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SXSW Review: Mine
Filed under: Documentary », Independent », SXSW », Theatrical Reviews »
Get out a whole box of Kleenex, one of the jumbo packs, before you see Mine. Movies about post-Katrina problems can be sad enough, but this documentary is about pets, too. You know you're not going to get through this movie dry-eyed unless you have no heart whatsoever. You may even find yourself headed for an animal shelter afterwards, if you're not careful. Director Geralyn Pezanoski skillfully tells an emotional story that rarely resorts to the obvious, or to "good guys vs. bad guys."
Mine focuses on Katrina evacuees who were separated from their pets (involuntarily in one case), and who are trying to find and reunite with the animals. The movie opens with Malvin, a man in his eighties, reminiscing about his dog Bandit while carrying the dog's leash, which he found in his yard after the floods. I immediately suspected this story wouldn't end happily at all. The movie then shows us post-Katrina animal rescue. Shelters and many hotels didn't accept pets, so many evacuees had to leave the animals behind. They assumed it would only be for a few days, but the impact of the disaster was such that people couldn't return to their homes for weeks.
In the meantime, animal rescue teams were able to find and round up many of the stranded pets. Some pets were taken to animal shelters in other states, some of which offered the pets not for fostering but for adoption. Heartbreaking situations resulted, and Mine focuses on a few of them. For example, Victor's dog Max was sent to Florida and adopted by Tiffany, who bonded with her new pet immediately. But Victor missed Max. How could this be resolved?
'Scooby Doo' Writer Likes His 'Pets'
Filed under: Comedy », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Deals », Scripts »
Did you ever see Mars Attacks!? Remember when Sarah Jessica Parker's head was put on the body of her little chihuahua, pretty much making her the brainy alien's pet? We're about to get something similar, but probably without the intricate surgery. Variety reports that New Regency has picked up a comedy pitch called Pets, that Scooby Doo and Dawn of the Dead writer James Gunn will write and direct, working with Red Hour producers Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld, and Jeremy Kramer. The comedy focuses on a guy who is abducted by aliens and turned into their household pet. What sort of pet remains to be seen -- will he be put on a leash and taken for walks, or is he free to spend the day cleaning himself and chasing after stuffed mice?It should be comfortable territory for Gunn, between his past with talking dogs, and the fact that he got his start doing strange flicks for Troma -- his first film was the tres-weird Tromeo and Juliet. He also wrote and acted in the alternative to Mystery Men, The Specials, which pretty much went nowhere. One of his co-stars was actually his brother Sean (Kirk from Gilmore Girls), who played an "Alien Orphan." And, for one final bit of trivia -- James and Sean are the namesakes behind Joss Whedon's Angel character, Gunn.
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