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Cast begins to come together for Wes Anderson's latest stab at genius... THE LIFE AQUATIC!
Hey folks, Harry here... Hollywood Reporter has begun announcing more cast members to join aboard Wes Anderson's latest project, THE LIFE AQUATIC. Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, Peter Stormare, Wallace Wolodarsky and Bud Cort. The film is shooting in Rome this month and is about an oceanographer and his crew on various deep-sea excursions. Dafoe is set to play the engineer and brother to Bill Murray's character. While sounding vaguely wet, I'm sure this flick will fly. Wes can do no wrong.
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Well, my day is now made. Thanks!
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After "Rushmore"..Anderson has my complete and total faith. Tenenbaums was a bit overly ambitious, weighed down by a cast that could could promt an "Oceans Eleven 2" movie, but brilliant all the same. I don't believe Anderson has even come close to coming into his own yet. Like a wine, he will age beautifully. I knew it when I was "Bottle Rocket when barley anyone knew what it was...and i knew it within 20 minutes of seeing "Rushmore for the first time. We haven't seen anything yet.
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Wow, Bud Cort! That gives me new respect for Anderson. I haven't seen ol' Brewster since some sort of lame Psycho spin-off a few years back. The man who made sweet love to Ruth Gordon! Very cool, and he kind of looks like an older Jason Schwarzman (sp?).
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I haven't seen the guy in a major role for a while.
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Dafoe and Bill Murray as brothers? Beautiful!
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the same guy who used to write for the simpsons early on?
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Sep 03, 2003 10:27:55 AM CDT
I can almost hear Ringo Starr singing "Octopus' Garden" on the s
by lance rock
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Wes's first 3 films were brilliant, but it should be noted that he co-wrote them with Owen Wilson ... and although Owen is acting in this new movie, he didn't co-write it this time. That is slightly worrisome.
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I would love to see the script get a rewrite from Kyle and Efram.
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paying his respects to who seems like his greatest inspiration: Harold and Maude director, Hal Ashby. This ought to be one to see. Can't wait.
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if this is gonna be the Wes Anderson movie with an all-Devo soundtrack?? I heard it was, and if so, be prepared to be ROCKED! I GOT AN UNCONTROLLABLE URGE, LEMME TELL YA ALL ABOUT IT!
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Wes wrote Life Aquatic with Noah Baumbach, writer-director of Mr. Jealousy, Kicking and Screaming, and Highball. Check them out. His writing style is very different from Wes and Owen's; the best way to describe him is that he kind of splits the difference between Hal Hartley and Kevin Smith... more accessible than Hartley but sharp like Smith (minus the pop culture riffs). Rest assured, this is going to be great. Wes is the man and Owen apparently didn't contribute as much to Tenenbaums as he did to Rushmore and Bottle Rocket; which is to say that Wes can hold up well without Owen.
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Yeah, you know you want it.
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Yeah, I was in the shit.
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I harbor deep hope that he'll keep the whimsical nature of his three prevs in full effect here, and here's hoping the soundtrack kicks us all right in the balls!
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I don't believe Harry has mentioned this yet, but it was announced a while back that Henry Selick had been hired to do the underwater sequences in stop motion. This, of course, shoots the movie up to the top of the highly-anticipated list.
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Another Anderson movie is on the way.
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Each of W. Anderson pics is great. Hope he breaks some new ground here, though. Not just a rehash of past 2 (albeit brilliant) films.
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If you watch the Royal Tenenbaums DVD, you'll learn that Owen Wilson had not nearly as much to do with the script for the Royal Tenenbaums as he did on Rushmore or Bottlerocket. So if you thought that was the best of the three (as I did), then you needn't worry that a sans-Owen Wes Anderson movie won't be every bit as brilliant as the other three. In any case, I wouldn't worry about it too much -- his direction is brilliant, and Owen Wilson has nothing to do with that (as far as I know). To recycle an old cliche, he could direct the phone book and I'd watch it.
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Sep 03, 2003 5:15:05 PM CDT
Is there anyone making better movies right now than Wes Anderson
by charliechaplin
P.T. Anderson, Spike Jonze and Richard Kelly are doing some great original stuff. But how good do you feel after watching Royal Tennenbaums? Positively glowing.
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Clearly his most recent effort, THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS, was not up to his first two. Hackman was just plain bad and the overall movie left much to be desired, even with a star-studded cast. This is troubling but not an insurmountable obstacle. And underwater pix can be dogs at the box office. HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER is one of very few I can think of that was respectable and made any money. So meanwhile Anderson is two for three, which ain't bad. Compare that to someone like M. Night Shamalamadingdong, who started off with a bang but with his two subsequent pictures seems to be going out with a whimper.
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Wes Anderson + Bill Murry + Owen Willson = Amazing Movie Well acualy Wes Anderson = Amazing movie by himself. The man can do no wrong. I love you Wes. Hey, what happened to Jason Schwartzman? I heard that he was also in the cast along with Jeff Goldblume and Nichole Kidman.
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lighthearted, or it tries to be all wacky and off the wall, and then someone tries to commit suicide. the movie isn't funny, it's barely coherent, and the story you can actually scrap together is barely worth telling in the first place. arthouse crap for stoners, no thanks.
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Was easily my favorite movie of 2001, and my second favorite film of the 2000's after Spirited Away. I'd have to say it's this Anderson's best film, although his other films are a lot of fun as well. Is Jason Schwartzman going to be in this one. I'd heard a rumor that he was cast a few months ago, but haven't heard his name mentioned in connection with the film since. Off topic: I'm not really a big Jackie Chan film fan, but I like his chemistry with Owen Wilson. I think it would be interesting if they put Mr. Chan in a Wes Anderson film. Maybe he could work on the boat or something...
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"Hackman was just plain bad and the overall movie left much to be desired, even with a star-studded cast"...how can you possibly think that performance was bad? His performance in Tennebaums was arguably the best performance of that year and easily one of Hackman's best. I think you need to re-watch the Criterion DVD release of Wes' film.
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Does anyone know if this is written by Noah Baumbach. For some reason I believe he's associated with this film. Baumbach wrote and directed "Kicking and Screaming," one of my favorite films about adjusting to life after college. Wes Anderson is a filmmaker I trust implicitly - I am willing to go out of my way to catch his latest film sight unseen or without knowing what it's about. If Baumbach is writing it than I'm all the more excited.
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Sep 04, 2003 4:18:31 AM CDT
I Remember when ANG LEE could do know wrong. Remember that?
by theginger twit
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seriously... hail him. and owen wilson too
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I was a huge Roald Dahl nut as a kid, and Fantastic Mr Fox was easily my favourite. As for this 'ere film, sounds like it could be pretty good.
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Awesome idea, Ribbons, I'm all for it. An opera with costumes by the great Gerald Scarfe was put on recently (http://www.tobiaspicker.com/fox.html). It could be really dark and odd.
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Come on, it's not like Wes is doing the film version of Preacher or something... and besides, before The Hulk, Ang Lee had Ride With the Devil.
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Trying to be wacky and off the wall? The Royal Tenenbaums was never wacky or off the wall, it was quirky with heart. Guess this proves people who go in looking to set frames around what type of film a film is always end up disappointed. You can't frame genius, mate. www.rockithardcore.com
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I found nothing likeable about this movie except the part where the one guy is playing tennis and talking off his shoes and such.
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but it seems like it should have, so the reason everyone says they like it is because they want to appear as though they "got it" well it's a sad day for you posers because there was no point I'm not afraid to admit and you've all been suckered by that emporers new cloths thing, you gullible sluts. ha ha ha I laugh at you cretins, you sultans of stupid. That bandwagon had lots of people on it, you didn't know or care why and hopped right on to prove something, you don't know what though.
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Sep 04, 2003 8:44:16 PM CDT
Eat shit haters.... Wes is the J.D. Salinger of the new milleniu
by bunger
so fuck you Milton and your flamer friends, you ignorant fuck!!! FUCK!
-Bunger! (hey what happened to UserIDindeed? He still around?) -
As much respect as I have for Anderson's films, I think there are some worrisome signs that he is beginning to repeat himself. While I enjoyed all three of his films, I began to notice a sameness in his themes and his storytelling style during TENENBAUMS. Sure, it was a much more polished work, but it I felt it didn't significantly advance or elevate themes that he had began in BOTTLE ROCKET and RUSHMORE. I just felt it was more of the same. While not bad when it's as amusing as Anderson's movies are, there is a danger that he may not have much more up his sleeve. I'm not a big fan of P.T. Anderson, but I thought PUNCH DRUNK LOVE was significantly different than anything he'd done before. I've yet to see Wes Anderson step outside his comfort zone. I think the danger is that he ends up being boring and a parody of himself.
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Sep 05, 2003 5:24:29 AM CDT
I can't believe I was beaten to the punch by someone called Pump
by merkin muffley
But when I saw Bud Cort listed, I thought the same thing. Wes has come full circle in his Ashby-ness, and I mean that in the kindest way possible. Someone needs to carry that torch of brilliance and WA does it both well and with his own voice.
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Interesting, I always felt that Anderson's films had that same sweetness and darkness of Harold and Maude..."Being There" as well.
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Come on. The point was pretty clear, even if it wasn
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Sep 06, 2003 12:40:40 PM CDT
Owen Wilson will never play the role of The Blob in X3 (it's tru
by freddukesrules
Fred J. Dukes as a major villain in X3 for 2005! (Mike D. and Dan H. are you listening)?
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