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Summit releases first shot of The Beaver... wait, that doesn't sound right...
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Well, look at this... Summit must have found this Mel Gibson movie under a couch somewhere. Surely they didn't kick it under there after the latest round of Mel Gibson craziness and pretend like it didn't exist!
The Beaver is one of my most anticipated movies of 2011 (and it was one of my most anticipated movies of 2010 before the... um... delay...) and I'm happy to see they're not just shelving it indefinitely.
Not only have I read the script by Austinite Kyle Killen and love it to death, but I spent a day on the set that hopefully you'll be able to read about sooner than later. I was impressed with what I saw on the set, mostly because it seemed to embrace the darkly comic tone of the script, not shy away from it.
Basically the flick is about a guy scraping the bottom of the barrel... he's distant from his family, doesn't care about anybody or anything. As suicide looks like the best option for him the man stumbles upon a discarded Beaver hand puppet, which he then uses as an outlet for his emotions.
It's a story of a splintered family, broken by insanity, that is somehow bizarrely drawn together by a different side to that same insanity. Family friendly, this is not, and thank God for that. If Mel Gibson is looking for a comeback, he's already got it in the can.
Directed by Jodie Foster (who also plays Gibson's wife in the film) and featuring Anton Yelchin as Gibson's pissed off kid, the flick sees release this coming Spring.
Here's the photo Summit released, with the promise of a trailer coming shortly:
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where?
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And the Beaver is invisible? Is that it?
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http://www.aintitcool.com/images2009/BeaverThreesom.jpg<br /><br />The image is there, but takes a while to load on my machine, for some reason.
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People will watch it. If they know it's out there. If it's bad, they won't. Mel's craziness not withstanding.
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A labor of love.
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Looks interesting. Jodie is always worth your time either in front or behind the camera. Plus I may or may not be a member of her stated sexual preference but.... you'd have agree that you would if you could.
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That foster would be working with Gibson when I presume she fairly liberal and he is bigoted arsehole. Lethal Weapon still remains one of the greatest films of all time however.
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Dec. 3, 2010, 12:24 p.m. CST
Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing Jodie Foster's Beaver
by Dr Hemlock
I hope Jodie is the kind of woman who likes dirty jokes because she's going to hear a lot of them when the movie comes out.
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His comeback is really just a matter of time, but I get the feeling that no matter how good the movie turns out to be, this is not it. I'm looking forward to it anyway. Though, Edge of Darkness sounded very interesting and turned out to be fucking AWFUL.
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Oddly enough, when he said that, his hand was up Danny Glover's ass.
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Mel: "I can't understand a single fucking word you're saying, son."
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film she made a couple of years ago what terrible waste that film was awful. I saw it on tv a while ago. the brave one. hideous.
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difficult to get the site to open, slow to load, etc. Hacked, maybe?
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So which one is stuffed...?<p>Filthy replies....<p>GO!
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Oh wait, some of them got here early, and one of them communicates like a Down Syndrome child. "...when I presume she fairly liberal and he is bigoted arsehole." Learn to talk, dipshit. Hey, at least Mel can communicate like he isn't retarded.
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Stupid people won't appreciate it right away, and when their children are mature enough to understand the plot they will laugh at their parents faces for missing out on something cool for stupid reasons.
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Let it begin!
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Dec. 3, 2010, 8:36 p.m. CST
You mean it's not another rip off of the old Jerry Mathers show?
by Triple_J_72
Bummer... j/k
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But I can't wait to see this movie. It's kind of win-win. People who love him will go just to see him act again, and people who hate him will go to see him act crazy. It's like Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky all over again.
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next step: "Blow me"
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If that's true, I sure hope the self-righteous hypocrites in Hollywood acknowledge the performance and nominate him.
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Dec. 3, 2010, 10:25 p.m. CST
IT PUTST HE BEAVER ON ITS HAND OR ELSE IT GETS THE VOICEMAILS AG
by Murraypalooza
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damned character limit
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damned character limit!
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looks understated...almost like they didn't want to really promote it...could be good though...at least we know Mel can do an authentic Australian accent for the puppet
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No matter what one thinks of Gibson, there's no doubt he's incredibly talented.<p>Somehow this story almost looks like his past catching up to him. Crazy was all fun and games back in the Lethal Weapon days, and how life has become hard in real life for him.<p>If we had all the crap dumped into us that Gibson got from his dad, we'd have trouble keeping it together, too.<p>Good for Gibson. Glad to see him back.
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This trailer doesn't exactly scream comedy to me. Uhhh..... I seriously don't know what to say.
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really makes me want Beaver
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Dude ruined it. I can't watch his movies without thinking about all his real life bullshit now. Sucks.
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that's the kind of guy for a role like that
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..swayin' inna winn!<p> Nell Meets Mell.
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