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Francis Ford Coppola Coming To Comic-Con With TWIXT!
Nordling here.
The last time Francis Ford Coppola was at San Diego's Comic-Con was to talk about BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA . This time, he's talking TWIXT - a supernatural thriller shot partially in 3D - to Hall H. TWIXT stars Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Ben Chaplin, and Elle Fanning, and is described by Coppola as "one part Gothic romance, one part personal film, and one part the kind of horror film that began my career." Since his career started with DEMENTIA 13, I'm intrigued as to what level of horror this film will have. I love the cast and I'm always pleased to see Kilmer onscreen again. Coppola's been doing the art-house thing the past few years, and this one seems to have Coppola trying something more mainstream, although I wouldn't be surprised if this turned out more high-brow than we expect.
Here's the official synopsis of the plot:
A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V. He’s unsure of her connection to the murder in the town, but is grateful for the story being handed to him. Ultimately he is led to the truth of the story, surprised to find that the ending has more to do with his own life than he could ever have anticipated.
Coppola calls the film "interactive", bringing musician Dan Deacon to play live at the Hall H presentation. The film is being called by Coppola something of a "gothic romance" inspired by a nightmare Coppola had. Very curious, and I'm sure film fans will be very interested to hear what Coppola has to say about TWIXT on July 23rd.
Nordling, out.
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I made my fortune and achieved greatness early in life, allowing me to wallow around and poke my bliss in the heiny willy nilly ever since. I should by a winery.
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...Twin Peaks.
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But I bet the guy can really put away the candy bars.
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July 1, 2011, 8:21 a.m. CST
donkeyballstwo, are you rejecting inxious kids wearing eye makeup?
by THE_CHOPPAH
or the combined works of Gothic and Romantic literature? Take a moment to think about your answer.
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'Twixt Now And Sunrise' was a brilliant title. Idiots.
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Let me guess, Kilmer's writer character is a serial killer who uses his books tours as camouflage for his state-spanning killing sprees...except he ALSO has multiple personalities and doesn't remember killing anyone! "V" is his first victim whose ghost keeps trying to get through to the "good" personality and get him to stop. Or something. That sounds like a stretch even for Hollywood, I admit. But I'm so sick of surprise endings, particularly when they as good as announce beforehand that there will be a surprise ending.
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July 1, 2011, 9:04 a.m. CST
credit where credit is due: william_faulkner broke this news on a previous AICN TB
by AssyMuffJizz
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Even fat Kilmer. He's always been dreamy looking. And he's ten times the actor that midget-Tommy is.
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His films are pretentious. Another great filmmaker who 2nd half of their lives has been shit films (Spielberg, Cameron, Lucas as well).
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July 1, 2011, 9:43 a.m. CST
BRAM STOKERS DRACULA WAS COPPOLA'S LAST GOOD MOVIE AND COULD HAVE BEEN A MASTERPIECE IF NOT FOR KEANU "WOAH DUDE" REEVES!!!FACT!!!.....
by CreepyThinMan
I didn't like Wynona Ryder in it either. After seeing the movie SIRENS, I always thought that Tara Fitzgerald and Huge Grant would have been perfect as Mina and Jonathan.
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But I doubt I'll be able to break away from my booth to even see this.
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I seriously thought the board game movie trend had spread to candy bars.
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July 1, 2011, 11 a.m. CST
He's following up his Nintendo movie about Tetris to make his chocolate bar film
by Bobo_Vision
Next up, a film about Hungry Hungry Hippos. It will be called Hippero.
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Don't know if that's a very fair list of directors you put up there. Spielberg did Munich in 2005. Saving Private Ryan in 1998. A.I. in 2001. Catch me if you Can and Minority Report were both sometime in the 2000's. Seeing as he's been directing major movies since the early 1970s, I can't say that the second half of his carreer has been of low quality, based on that list alone. And Cameron, in his defence, has only done one movie in the past ten years. And while it has garnered a fair bit of geek-backlash, I don't know that it qualifies as a "shit movie". (I won't defend Lucas - too many tired battlegrounds - but I still like the Star Wars movies. But I can see where they can be criticized).
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Turns out it's only coconut FLAVOR. Stiffed by The Man again!
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None of you virginal nerds have heard of him, I'm sure.
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July 1, 2011, noon CST
How does Coppola know Dan Deacon, much less anyone cool under 50?
by Doctor_Strangepork
This has got to be a Sofia thing, right?
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he pretty much snapped in the Philipine jungle...typhoons, heart attacks, his personal fortune on the line, Brando not giving a fuck, megalomania... it would break any man.
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July 1, 2011, 1:01 p.m. CST
countryboy, damn, I love coconut. I won't try it now.
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Anyone try the cocunut M&Ms yet?
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July 1, 2011, 1:03 p.m. CST
Any back to Coppola, it only tooks us seconds to turn this from a movie talkback into
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
a talkback about cereal and candy bars. Fix the title.
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Munich and Avatar are shit? Only in your world baby...
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The guy definitely has the chops to still be a leading man, he just needs some good roles to build himself up again. Unfortunately this probably means he needs to lose weight. I think he was awesome in The Salton Sea. I also don't think he wants to be a typical Hollywood actor since he's pretty low profile and doesn't do a lot of interviews. Here's hoping this movie can help his career get back on track.
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Hill's book needs to be made into a movie. "Stay Gold" Pony Boy.
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This means most of the fans in Hall H will fill his panel to wait for another panel for a director or movie that only appeals to the Lamb of God, Adele, and Katy Perry crowd.
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July 1, 2011, 1:33 p.m. CST
So Nordling, you expect it to be more highbrow than you expect?
by Gabe Athouse
Too bad there's no "logic check" in Microsoft Word.
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July 1, 2011, 2:30 p.m. CST
Spielberg and Cameron (my response to kwisatzhaderach and lochkray)
by Fah-Cue
First off, Cameron---> "Titanic" was a Lifetime Movie of the Week with great effects. "Avatar" was good to look at... with a horrible, predictable story and flat, seen-them-before characters. You've heard it all in here before. Do those two films hold a candle to the filmic groundbreaking (as well as the pop-culture status) of "Terminator" (1 and 2), "Aliens", or even "The Abyss"? Spielberg---> His last "Oh my god!" movie was "Private Ryan". Not only was it a great film, it has influenced all battle scenes and drama-filmed-as-if-it's-documentary-styled shooting from "Gladiator" to "Battlestar Galactica". EVERY OTHER FILM since then, with the SLIGHT exception to "Munich", has been cringe-inducingly bad. "A.I." should have ended after the second act, "Minority Report"s last ten minutes were ridiculously contrived (Cruise's character SHOULD have been left in that limbo-thingy), "Catch Me If You Can", "Terminal", "Indy 4", and even "Amistad" were bad and filled with too much sugary, try-to-make-'em-cry scenes.
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In Hall H! Fucking awesome!
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I really liked TETRO, but than again, I really like THE TALES OF HOFFMAN.
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Dave chappelle cracks me up!!!
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Niiiiice. Snookered gives me chills.
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July 5, 2011, 12:27 a.m. CST
SPOILER ALERT! When Kilmer finishes eating the TWIXT, he declares it tasty!
by MrMysteryGuest
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Talkbackers should just start putting in their jokes in now!
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