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Francis Ford Coppola directing a horror flick starring Val Kilmer!?!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Deadline is reporting that Francis Ford Coppola has quietly been filming a "thriller with overtones of horror" in Napa. This film is called TWIXT NOW AND SUNRISE and is based on a short story by Coppola.
Val Kilmer is starring as a horror novelist. Co-starring are Elle Fanning and Bruce Dern.
Seriously, how crazy-awesome is this news? I liked Tetro and Youth Without Youth for what they were, but I'd love it if Coppola made a film for audiences again and not just himself if you know what I mean. Not that he has to pander, just that both his recent films are very personal and I almost feel like I'm watching him tell stories to himself when watching.
But I'm so psyched for this new thriller. Great title, great cast... Kilmer's been on the cusp of a comeback since KISS KISS BANG BANG and Bruce Dern is always, ALWAYS worth watching... and I'm a sucker for thrillers or horror stories featuring a horror novelist as their protagonist. I guess I have Stephen King to thank for that.
What do you guys think?
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I mean what was the last good movie he made? Apocalypse Now?
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after recently rewatching the new AN blu-ray I'm dying for some new Coppola material. Let's hope this is a return to form.
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will be well placed throughout the film, I'm sure
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That was pretty badass, mainly because of Gary Oldman. But goddamn was Keanu awful in it. Still, the Oldman compensates for all negativity in all films, even the ones he didn't act in.
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Bram Stoker's Dracula and before that Rumble Fish.
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Val Kilmer's horrific weight gain and spiraling descent to a low since the 90s.
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everyone else was solid and the production design and fantastic score easily make up for it, imo. I was always saddened he never made a trilogy of Gothic Horror like he said he was going to. I blame Branagh.
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Oct. 25, 2010, 9:15 p.m. CST
Kilmer is the new Col. Kurtz and Shia is his Willard.
by Julius Dithers
Just remake Dementia 13.
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Was actually really damn awful.
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...to his career if he had gotten Duvall for Godfather 3. That was the story waiting to be told after 2, Michael Corleone and Tom Hagen, running Vegas in the 70s and having to deal with their "investors" back east while also being involved in national politics. Coulda been a hell of a movie if Coppola went in that direction. Instead, Duvall didn't get paid so said no, they went with the lame story of 3, and he cast his freaking daughter after Winona dropped out. Disaster.
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Always enjoyed his work, Top Secret is a masterpiece and Real Genius is well...genius (Heat, Tombstone, the resume is impressive). The guy has always had a natural charisma, I've been somewhat surprised by the road his career took. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang was great, and some of his less mainstream films (such as the Salton Sea) have been quite good. And he was great in the The Doors, but now when you watch that movie you realize how over the top Stone made Morrison, it's actually pretty hilarious - watching Kilmer as Morrison you find yourself wondering why the rest of the band didn't beat him to death with a microphone stand .
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kiiiiiiiiillll meeeeeeeeeerrrr
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...and I agree. Dern is always worth watching.
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was tits with Kilmer, but Greene made the movie.
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yeah there's a lot wrong, but man I love that movie.
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I think In The Mouth Of Madness and John Carpenter are fantastic! But... I'm not sure what it's doing here. But I guess 'Dracula' is the only kinda horror-ish movie the FFC's done, so maybe that'd be too much? Man... I loved that movie, too.
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with Val Kilmers Doc Holiday in Tombstone..He elevated that film to greater heights than expected. But so did Kurt Russell's excellent save when he took over the directors chair.. "I'm your Huckleberry" and countless other memorable lines made Kilmers role iconic..
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No idea about the plot of this film, but the title of the story most likely refers to Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown.
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seen at the end of the MOUTH OF MADNESS trailer, that is. as in once-young hotshot movie producer Michael Deluca? Recipient of the infamous hooker blowjob on his lawn?
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Damn fine Kilmer performance in that one, really great movie too.
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I'm guessing IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS trailer was embedded not just simply because it's a horror movie, but a central character is a horror novelist.
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"Apparently he's an educated man, now I really hate him." mr dark beat me to it, Doc Holiday is Kilmer's best performance by far, in my opinion.
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After being told that he was drunk and probably seeing double, "I have two guns... one for each of you."
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These days a new Coppola release is about as exciting as, say, a new Dominic Sena picture.
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...is Kilmer even still acting by any chance? Did you see recent pics of the guy? He's a fat ass now, he's not like what he used to be in the 80's and early 90's.
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and he was great as recently as Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as well. I hope this works out for him. Changing the subject: I thought the main character in In the Mouth of Madness (Sam Neill) was a private investigator who did insurance fraud work, and is hired to track down a reclusive author. Am I remembering something else?
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I've always been fond of Snickers myself. They seem to be trying to pass them off as energy bars these days, but we all know better. And every Halloween, the truth comes to light. Funny post, by the way.
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Want know a little more. Kilmer needs more roles since Spartan & Kiss Kiss Bang, i can only remember those that he's done recently. Yip.
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Still one of my favorites as it introduced me to Oldman and Monica Bellucci...but caving in to the studio who wanted Keanu over Depp? It would have eliminated the one negative spot I have with the film.
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it was his attitude. For years and years there have been multiple multiple (yes I said it twice) stories about how he would act like a total douchebag on the set and pissed off actors to the point they didin't ever want to work with him again. Evetually, he got a reputation and had trouble getting work that wasn't direct to video. They actually have a medical term for what happened to him - Costnerization. <p>And yes, he has returned to the big screen a fatass - like he could play old, turkey-leg eatin, gold llame wearing Elvis in a biopic type fatass! Someone get that man to a treadmill STAT! <p>Finally, let me add myself to the "His best performance was Doc Holliday in Tombstone" club! Fucking brilliant performance that helped make the film a must own for me. "It's a nocturne. You know, Fredrick Fucking Chopin."
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Oct. 25, 2010, 10:40 p.m. CST
oh, and one more thing... <p>...even with Kilmer...
by AKA_Gern_Blanston
MACGRUBER <p>FUCKING <p>SUCKED <p>DONKEYBALLS! <p>Sweet mother of shit that movie was awful. Like a whoopi goldberg porno type of awful. Seriously, you'd have to be a retarded rhesus monkey's left nut to be able to argue otherwise and not get bitchslapped for dragging down the genepool.
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Where'd you get that from? Johnny Depp turned down the role of Harker because he didn't see the point in being in a Dracula movie if he wasn't playing Dracula.
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Anyone? Anyone? Well, that's the line that leaps to mind whenever I think of Tombstone. And A tip of my cap to Gern for the Steve Martin reference. That made me smile.
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Weyland, I was thinking the same thing.
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the man is extremely talented i hold the salton sea in my top films of all time.the last thing i saw him in that was a real role no was felon which was excellent.the guy's body of work speaks for itself and he needs to get back into shape and continue to deliver memorable performances and win an oscar
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if only for his Gay Perry in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. if that film was released today it would make a 100 million domestic. it was ahead of it's time. hit the gym, Val. we need you to make a comeback.
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just don't let Val play someone stupid. he can't pull off stupid. which is why he struggled as a leading man. he needs to play smart.
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I love Val Kilmer, always have, always will. This news makes me very happy. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is one of the best films of the last 10 years. It pisses me off to know that were it released now it would be a blockbuster. It played at my theater for a week and I saw it 3 times. I also think David Mamet's "Spartan" is a criminally underrated film.
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The most gothic horror film ever made. The practical effects were great too.
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Everyone keeps ragging on him lately cuz of his weight gain, but he's had some really good performances in his acting career.
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Despite being a craptastiq fliq, he did the best with Batman Forever, and yes he was the bomb diggity in Salton Sea, as was Peter Saarsgaard (spl?) as his "best friend"
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was also Nic Cage's partner in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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absolutely about Peter Saarsgaard that was the movie that turned me on to his work.been a fan since.definitely one of my actors i follow
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and that's one of the reasons I love 'em, but they're also regular old (or Halloween), self indulgent candy too (gives the kids their sugar rush). It may be the first candy bar with duel identities. There may be a script in here somewhere.
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I'm not knocking Twix. Good stuff that is.
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why you'd steal a Snickers bar?"<P>"The nougat?"<P>I will forever like Eli Roth for putting that bon mot in "Cabin Fever". And yes, it IS a good pick-me-up.
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It's an European's joke, you know?
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I propose a candy bar-eating contest. We both pony up $100, and all proceeds go to charity (perhaps the American Hypoglycemic Kids Foundation, if there is such a thing).<P>You can devour your precious Twix bars like a fiend, and I'll masticate my Snickers bars like there's no tomorrow.<P>Just you & me, hoss. Mano a mano. Let's do this thing.
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Yeah, he hasn't made a masterpiece since AN, but think about it: he made arguably 4 of the greatest movies of all time in a row. No director has had that record before or since. And everything he's done since, with a few exceptions ("Jack" and "Rainmaker") has at least been glorious to watch, if problematic on a dramatic level. He's still a visionary, capable of reaching operatic heights.
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He was dubbed by a solid German actor that made his character sound like a serious, well-educated solicitor. The dubbed German version of Dracula blows away the original.
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... I like the idea of this movie. Mainly because of Dracula. Yes, it had many flaws, but it had some visually original and unsettling images in it, my favorite of which was when Dracula bat-monster stomps on the floor and roars which causes the cross in Anthony Hopkins' hand to burst into flame. Coppola's last two films were unwatchable. I tried, but couldn't finish either. He cared about the characters more than he did making the audience care about them. Hopefully with this movie, he'll give a shit about the audience.
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at the moment. When you get the real soft ones from the supermarket (you gotta do a bit of squeezing) it's SPEKTAKKALA!<P>I'm up for donating to a charity though, I hear "Twix's for Joely_Boy" is a worthwhile cause.
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...hire a private trainer for six weeks and eat low carb, high protein diet- lose that bulk then spend a year excercising regularly and your body will be back to shape. Why don't you watch Batman Forever to remember what shape you were in when you were a leading man. Always should have been a bigger star- you have the talent!
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The last good film he made (and it was his best, most amazing film) was Apocalypse Now. Since then, his career has been a study in diminishing returns.
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WONDERLAND and DEJA VU too.
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Yes, Coppola is far past his best - but name me a director who is thirty years into their career and still making films as good as they were decades ago. Maybe Malick if the word on Tree of Life is accurate. But still, I've really liked his [Coppola's] last two films and his approach to filmmaking self-funding his projects. If only he could talk some sense into his old pal George... <p> Rumble Fish is a brilliant film - so underrated. One of Rourke's finest performances. beautiful cinematography and a wonderful percussive score. I'm also a big fan of Dracula. Yes, some performances are weak (no names - we all know who) but the design, score and atmosphere are superb. I love the in-camera techniques Coppola utilised, like the shadow of Dracula done with a double, and the closing-in of walls on certain sets to add a strange sense of claustrophobia. <p> Great to see Kilmer get a (hopefully) meaty role again - um, no pun intended. He should have made much better films than he has, but hopefully this will give him a new start. I'm surprised that nobody has yet mentioned his ace turn as Elvis/mentor in True Romance!
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Maybe it's just me, but I like Kilmer when he's doing comedies such as Top Secret, MacGrubber, and The Doors. My money is on 'unwatchable.'
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But it's nice to see all the Kilmer love still here. I think I might have to shoot for Doc Holliday next Halloween. I always thought he was a solid actor.
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i'm sure this will be too arty for its own good like the last 10 years of coppola's efforts
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Oct. 26, 2010, 9:29 a.m. CST
If it's half as good as Bram Stoker's Dracula, count me in!
by HoboCode
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I liked how Herzog used him as the calm, cool, and collected cop in Bad Lieutenant. Made me laugh.
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Val Kilmer was in a straight to dvd release last year called the Thaw - - - It was sort of a re-make of The Thing - - - I thought it was a pretty good horror flick - - - Anyway Ive always been a Kilmer fan - - -
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Can't wait to see a thriller with horror elements from Coppola. I'm betting it's "horror" more like Polanski's Repulsion than horror like a John Carpenter film.
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Oct. 26, 2010, 10:59 a.m. CST
Dracula was awful. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein was awesome.
by Dr. Samuel Loomis
And yes, I'm aware Coppola didn't do Frankenstein. Just saying.
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The man is a legend for those two movies alone.
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With Val giving me my first look at a possible big screen incarnation of Snake Eyes at the beginning. A fun little $5 DVD.
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I believe it is the best version of the story ever made and easily the most visually interesting.I'm not sure if Keanu actually adds to it or not.He does create some much needed comic relief with his shit acting and accent
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..checkout Resident Evil afterlife and judge for yourselves.
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I'm including Apocalypse Now and all 3 Godfather movies too. Many have since FAR outdone him in the mafioso, gangster genre. All of his other work is absolute crap. This new "thriller" is going to be crap as well.
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at the cinema. Seeing it now I like it a lot, indeed parts of it are brilliant.
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Just stop talking. Please.
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Man, he looks bad now. I also just saw Sebastian Bach (from Skid Row) in that new Rush documentary. He's become a big fat slob too.
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Kilmer has been awesome in a lot of roles, it's a shame and a little sad that he's fat and ugly now. Heat, Tombstone, Spartan, The Salton Sea, Top Gun, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I'm surprised he doesn't just take more supporting work instead of the current straight-to-DVD crap he's been churning out. He must get paid well for the crap and just doesn't care anymore.
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I didn't like this one...but I'll watch it again. But damn I LOVED Tetro. Funny, beautiful, touching, fantastic casting, and...this: http://www.weplug.com/images_1/ac2d1cbbc3564ad3b9ba6d0d0bc4d85820100607120756.jpg
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A brilliant representation of 19th century horror. The mix of German expressionism & operatic cinema was such a perfect combination. Dracula proves that films can(and should)be far more than just a script.
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Both those guys were brilliant and lost it over the last two decades. Spielberg, too. All three of them should just stop making movies. Now.
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Oct. 26, 2010, 5:10 p.m. CST
" A talking monkey. Ugly sucker. Came from the future. Only says
by Kammich
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...is ruined for me simply by Keanu's performance. Now, I am NOT a Keanu hater, but Jesus, that was some poor casting...
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As for Dracula.. Ive tried to watch it 3 times and never finished. Maybe I havent been in the right frame of mind. Seeing as though you fan boy cocksucker seem to like it, ill give it another go.
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jumped to Kilmer on the set of "The Island of Doctor Moreau." I predict its next victim to be Shia LaBeouf.
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It is always ironic when fat booger eaters (AICN Posters) make fat jokes about someone who has accomplished something. Kilmer is a great actor. Wonderland, Spartan, Salt and Sea, Tombstone.. all just Epic.
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