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June 6, 2000 - The Hollywood Reporte |
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| The double-disc "Fight Club" DVD hits the streets today, offering the most ambitious title to be assembled by the once DVD-averse 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. "Fox was one of the last to get on the DVD bandwagon, but this release shows that they're now seriously committed to DVD," Tower Records video product manager Cliff MacMillan said. Fox initially believed that digital video was the preferred digital format because of its backward compatibility with VHS. But hardware manufacturers threw their collective weight behind DVD, and Fox has joined the fastest-growing home entertainment format. While the "Fight Club" DVD isn't the first Fox double-disc set ("Patton" was), it is clearly the studio's most feature-rich and director-involved DVD. "I didn't particularly like the movie, but I was extremely impressed with the extras on the double-disc set," MacMillan said. "I told our store managers to bump up their buys because I believe it'll move quickly once the DVD reviews come in." Fox executives say that "Fight Club" director David Fincher went to unprecedented lengths in developing the extra materials for the DVD. "I haven't seen any director open himself up like this in an effort to explain what he was trying to say and how he chose to say it," Fox Home Entertainment senior vp marketing Peter Staddon said. The extras include four commentary tracks, six multi-angle video tracks, nine visual effects behind-the-scenes vignettes and seven outtake scenes, to name a few. "It's no secret that this was a controversial film, and David Fincher was determined to offer explanations about not only why he thought the movie was important to make, but why he chose to tell the story in the graphic detail that he did," Staddon said. "On the DVD, he literally takes the viewer through the entire filmmaking process from story board to shot selection, sharing his decision-making process like no other director ever has on a DVD." The commentary tracks include one with Fincher speaking about the whys and hows of the production. Another track features Fincher, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter in a loose, free-flowing recollection of the filming. Yet another track spotlights the original author Chuck Palahniuk and screenwriter Jim Uhls discussing their inspiration for the film. The fourth track includes the film's technical staff talking about how scenes were developed and shot. Besides "Fight Club" being one of the first DVDs to have Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound in English and French, it is the first DVD to feature the new THX Optimode system, which offers several audio and video tests that are used by consumers to fine-tune their home DVD surround sound and video playback systems. Developed by Lucasfilm THX, the system allows home theater enthusiasts to calibrate each DVD video according to how the director intended it to be viewed. The "Fight Club" double-disc set carries a $34.98 suggested retail price but can be purchased online for as little as $19.95. | |||
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May 25, 2000 - Montreal Gazette - Entertainment |
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 MONTREAL
(CP) Edward Norton and Robert De Niro were in Montreal on May 25 to promote
their latest movie The Score. The $65-million US production will be shot
entirely in Montreal and for a change the city won't be substituting for
an American metropolis. The movie's plot will be based in this city. De
Niro plays Nick Wells, a crook who owns a jazz club in Montreal and wants
to settle down. But he's convinced to do one more heist with characters
played by Marlon Brando and Edward Norton, who directed the recently released
Keeping the Faith. Angela Bassett, who was nominated for an Oscar for her
portrayal of Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It, plays De Niro's
love interest. The film will be directed by British-born Frank Oz, a major
creative force behind The Muppets. Oz also directed Little Shop of Horrors
and Bowfinger. Oz as well as De Niro, Norton and Bassett answered questions
on the set, in the jazz club that De Niro's character owns. Brando was
not present. He and the cast were peppered with questions about Montreal.
"It's not seedy at all," De Niro said. "Montreal is a terrific city. It
has changed. I'm not sure how I can say it has changed. The people are
very nice." He seemed surprised when told Montreal has been home to possible
terrorists linked to international bomb plots. "So this is a place known
for harbouring criminals?" Bassett said she was drawn to role for the "idea
of working with this guy," referring to De Niro.  Her
reply was a smooth "Yeah," when love scenes with him were mentioned. She
was asked about racism in the film industry and said it's a "cultural issue"
that African-Americans don't get more roles. For his part, Norton has been
talking to some shady characters to prepare for his role but said some
of their stories could be embellished. "You've kind of got to sift through
it." De Niro briefly addressed the issue of the United States losing productions
to Canada due to tax rebates and cheaper costs. He said some film crew
members, especially in Los Angeles, have found themselves in financial
difficulties because of productions coming north. |
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May 23, 2000 - Variety |
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| Scripter and producer Stuart Blumberg ("Keeping the Faith") has sold comedy spec script "Ebony and Ivory" to Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures for a $400,000 advance against a $900,000 payout if the movie is made. The tale revolves around a pair of male friends, one black and one white, who wind up switching identities due to circumstances beyond their control. Blumberg wrote and acted in Disney's "Keeping the Faith," which has grossed $34 million domestically in six weeks. He is also attached to re-write Ted Griffin's comedy "Beached" for 20th Century Fox and will produce the drama "Mother Brooklyn" for New Line Cinema with "Keeping the Faith" star, director and former Yale roommate Edward Norton. | |||
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May 5, 2000 - Jam! Canoe |
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| Edward Norton is being targeted for the lead role in an unlikely sequel to the Turkish prison drama "Midnight Express." The original film -- based on the true story of Billy Hayes -- was released 20 years ago and starred the late Brad Davis, under the direction of Alan Parker. The UK movie news website Popcorn says producers want to shoot "Midnight Return" in Tunisia, with a budget of $30 million. Norton is being sought for (although there's no indication he's interested in) the project, presumably to resurrect the Hayes character and his continuing brutal adventures in the Turkish prison system. | |||
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April 27, 2000 - Reuters/Variety |
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| It was our good fortune to get into the AMC Century City's multiplex where "Keeping the Faith'' was playing. About the film, Daily Variety reviewer Emanuel Levy had written, "strong word of mouth could turn it into a popular date movie for moviegoers in their 20s and 30s.'' (So who better to see it than us!) P.S. it is a terrific movie for all ages. Afterward, we talked to members of the audience who had not only laughed, applauded throughout, but stayed for the final credits when each cast member was credited in vignettes. Edward Norton one of the producers, makes an auspicious directing bow and costars with Ben Stiller in the pic scripted by Stuart Blumberg. Norton and Blumberg are planning future joint productions including "Motherless Brooklyn'' for New Line. Norton says he has gotten many calls, plus letters from brothers-sisters of mixed marriages and also congrats from rabbis. He says he's learned to direct from working with Milos Forman, Woody Allen, David Fincher, etc. "You pay attention when you work with great directors.'' He also wrote in a terrific scene for Forman, his "People vs. Larry Flynt'' director. Norton credits the pic's polish to his terrif d.p. Anastas Michos, to composer Elmer Bernstein -- and the crew with whom Norton had worked in N.Y. on many pix. As for co-star Stiller, Norton reminds, "Everyone knows how funny he can be, but (in this picture) he shows his fine dramatic balance as well.'' As for Jenna Elfman, he says, "She's a reminder of Jean Arthur, with her acting ranging from goofy to classy.'' She will be a major star. Norton next works for director Frank Oz in "The Score,'' co-starring with Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando. "I'd do that movie just to be in the poster,'' admits Norton. In the pic, he and De Niro are thieves reporting to Brando. Norton has met a couple of times with Marlon and is thoroughly impressed -- by his scientific knowledge. He already knows all about his acting. | |||
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April 26, 2000 - Reuters/Variety |
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| HOLLYWOOD - A federal judge in Los Angeles has thrown out a lawsuit filed by director Tony Kaye against New Line Cinema and the Directors Guild of America over their refusal to remove Kaye's name from "American History X." U.S. District Court Judge Dean D. Pregerson sided with the studio and the union after a settlement conference last week with attorneys in the 1998 action. The dismissal order, entered Monday, was made "with prejudice," meaning that the action may not be refiled. The British director filed the suit, seeking $200 million in damages, over the refusal by New Line and the DGA to allow Kaye to use his own choice of pseudonym in "American History X" film credits. Kaye had refused the "Alan Smithee" pseudonym in favor of "Humpty Dumpty." Kaye alleged that New Line and the DGA rigged an arbitration and hearing that followed their refusal to allow him to use the name Humpty Dumpty after lead actor Edward Norton changed the skinhead morality tale in order to increase the length of his role. In December, Pregerson granted the DGA's motion to have two of the seven key allegations thrown out. Attorneys for Kaye were not available for comment. Ernie Getto, who represented the DGA in the case, said Monday that Kaye's attorney indicated last week that they no longer wished to proceed further. "This is a case that should not have been allowed to move forward on its merits," he added. A New Line representative had no comment on the dismissal. | |||
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April 24, 2000 - Toronto Sun |
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| Fight Club, one of the three most daring American movies of 1999, was mugged, savagely beaten and left for dead by conservative thugs voting in the Oscar race. Like P.T. Anderson's Magnolia, or Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich, David Fincher's Fight Club should have been nominated as best picture. It is that good, that smart, that bloody inventive. All three out-duel American Beauty. For Fight Club, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter and even pretty boy Brad Pitt should have been nominated. Instead, a single nomination for sound effects. Insulting. But even with its face beaten to a pulp -- and a modest yet significant $38 million in North American boxoffice stuffed into its pocket -- the anarchist's wet dream movie thatt so frightened Hollywood has two more chances for success. Tomorrow, it is being released on VHS video. On June 6, it is being released on DVD, with lots of added extras. The VHS has a few extras, too. There are trailers (too many) plus a bright, tightly edited, six-minute featurette about the film that includes interviews with Fincher, Norton and Bonham Carter, as well as Meat Loaf Aday, who is so deliciously oddball in his freakish co-starring role. "If there ever was a child of Raging Bull and Harold And Maude, this would be it," says Bonham Carter, who plays what she calls, with a smirk, "a chain-smoking, death-obsessed, support group junkie." Fight Club, Norton informs us, is not "an average, normal, grounded movie -- it operates in kind of its own zone." No kidding. He plays a terminally depressed young businessman who re-invents himself and empowers other emotionally suffocated males through personal violence. It is a provocative, fascinating premise. And the movie, while brutal, is not nearly as violent as its worst critics claim. The video is a full-screen, pan-and-scan version. Widescreen fans will have to wait for the DVD release. | |||
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April 24, 2000 - Northwest Airlines |
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| MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, Minn., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Passengers traveling first or business class on Northwest Airlines' (Nasdaq: NWAC - news) international flights can now enjoy some of the world's finest independent films and documentaries, thanks to a new marketing partnership announced today by Northwest and The Independent Film Channel (IFC). Northwest's newest in-flight movie channel, called The Independent Film Channel Above, presents feature and documentary films from some of the hottest young filmmakers working outside of the Hollywood studio system. The Independent Film Channel Above will feature selections from IFC-branded original programming, including the network's award winning "Christie'' spots with Matt Damon, Edward Norton and Hallie Eisenberg, among others; its original "At The Angelica'' film discussion program; and IFC's exclusive worldwide film festival coverage from places such as the Cannes Film Festival, presented around independent films selected by Northwest. The service kicks off this month on flights to Europe and Asia with two Italian films, "Nights of Cabiria'' and "Fellini's Roma.'' "With this partnership, we are taking our support of independent filmmakers to a new level,'' said Beth Shultis, Northwest's vice president for marketing programs and worldwide advertising. "Since introducing independent films to our passengers in 1997, we have presented more than 150 different feature films, documentaries and short subjects. The Independent Film Channel is the best-known and most-respected brand in this area of filmmaking, and we are delighted to have them as our partner. I'm sure our passengers will be pleased with this expanded independent programming.'' "We are excited to expand consumers' access to independent film via this synergistic partnership,'' commented Caroline Bock, Senior Vice President, Marketing for IFC. She added, "IFC's key goal is to continuously raise awareness for the independent film genre on every available platform. Northwest's commitment to showcasing groundbreaking works by cutting-edge filmmakers uniquely parallels our own philosophy. "Northwest's independent film channel is a wonderful asset for our industry,'' said independent film producer Chris Smith of Blue Mark Pictures. "The airline bought our first film, 'American Job,' and this enabled us to produce our second film, 'American Movie.' It's great to be able to show our work to people around the world, and to receive money to fund other projects.'' Smith's "American Movie'' won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. The film was called, "the 'Rocky'' of independent films," by critic Roger Ebert. The New York Times exclaimed, ''For anyone wondering where the spirit of maverick filmmaking has its source, you need to look no further." Northwest Airlines is the world's fourth largest airline offering more than 1,700 daily departures with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam. With its travel partners, Northwest serves more than 750 cities in more than 120 countries on 6 continents. Northwest and partner KLM Royal Dutch Airlines received Air Transport World's prestigious "1997 Airline of the Year'' award and, based on statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Northwest was the most on-time U.S. airline among the seven largest network carriers for the period 1990-1999. Northwest is the 2000 recipient of Air Transport World Airline Technology Management Award. Northwest's WorldPerks frequent flyer program is the highest rated U.S.-based program reviewed by InsideFlyer Magazine, the leading authority on airline free travel programs, and in 1999 was named the most preferred frequent flyer program by the readers of Time in Asia. WorldPerks received the special "Industry Impact Award'' during InsideFlyer's 12th Annual Freddie Awards. In 1999, Northwest's nwa.com was chosen as best airline web site by zdNews.com and Business 2.0 and was named one of the top 500 sites by Internet World magazine. The Independent Film Channel (IFC), managed and operated by Bravo Networks, is the alternative movie channel on television, presenting uncut and commercial-free independent films 24 hours a day. Presenting television's most extensive film library -- combined with original series, live events and enhanced new media programming -- IFC delivers a highly distinctive movie-watching experience to more than 30 million homes. | |||
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April 17, 2000 - Yahoo! Entertainment Headlines |
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| Edward Norton has received a nomination for a MTV movie award in the category of "Best Fight". To | |||
| vote in the MTV movie awards, click here. | |||
| Here's a complete list of all the nominees: | |||
| BEST FIGHT: | |||
| Mike Myers vs. Verne Troyer, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | |||
| Edward Norton vs. himself, Fight Club | |||
| Keanu Reeves vs. Laurence Fishburne, The Matrix | |||
| Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor vs. Ray Park, Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace | |||
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April 13, 2000 - The CMJ Network
NEW YORK, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- CMJ FilmFest 2000, to be held Octobeer 19-22 in New York City, will continue its focus on music and its powerful role in film. The CMJ FilmFest is the first of its kind to celebrate the collaborative effort between musicians and filmmakers. This four-day event will also explore the current landscape of music and film on the Internet. With a slate of distinctive independent productions and major studio premieres, FilmFest 2000 will run concurrently with one of the world's largest music industry events, the CMJ Music Marathon and MusicFest. The mission of CMJ FilmFest 2000 is dramatically different from other film festivals. "Music is the centerpiece of the entire festival,'' said CMJ FilmFest Director Donita Dooley. "Whether the film is an effort from a first time filmmaker or from a recognized, established talent -- if it has great music, it has a place at CMJ. This diversity sets the stage for a truly unique event.'' One of the primary plans for CMJ FilmFest 2000 is to create a community where filmmakers can network with emerging musicians as well as renowned music industry professionals. "When it comes to music, an independent filmmaker has to be very resourceful with a limited budget. CMJ is the perfect opportunity for artists from the worlds of music and film to connect,'' added Dooley. The increasing synergy between music and film was reflected at last year's FilmFest. During a breakout year where a variety of industry and independent screenings were held, music was the defining element. Highlights from last year's event included: * A special presentation of Fight Club starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and recording artist, Meat Loaf Aday. * A post-screening interview with the Dust Brothers, producers of the Fight Club soundtrack. * Allison Anders' Sugar Town starring Rosanna Arquette and former Duran Duran band member John Taylor. * A re-release of The Beatles animated classic, Yellow Submarine. * Westway to the World, a documentary about The Clash. * The independently produced Better Living through Circuitry, which provided an in-depth look at the electronic dance community. * The CMJ Signature Award for Best Use of Music in Film went to the independent short, Some Common Things That Happen to Corpses. All films will be screened at the Manhattan DGA Theater with additional short films being featured in various club venues in connection with CMJ MusicFest 2000. Further announcements regarding tickets sales and the 2000 lineup will follow in the coming weeks and months. For more information, contact the festival offices at 1-877-6-FESTIVAL or email filmfest@cmj.com . Details can also be found at the CMJ Website (http://www.cmj.com/Marathon). |
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