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Euro-AICN with some tidbits on Brian De Palma, Robin Williams, Sam Mendes, and Will Smith
Well, Father Geek here posting the local Paris weather report... well not really; just some news from the continent regarding some pretty big Hollywood names. Now some of this is just speculation, but it's pretty interesting stuff. Here's Edgard...
Hello... it's Edgard and it's raining outside, but it's
also raining in the Euro AICN mailbox... so much news,
so little time... So Brian De Palma would stay in
France for a while ??.. That's interesting... I always
thought that Brian De Palma could do great outside the
American studio system (as many directors actually...
why don't we have more American directors working here
?? I know there's a difference of budgets but
still...). And before giving the floor to Donnar who
brought us this news, I want to thank AICN readers...
you were so negative with MISSION TO MARS, that I went
expecting a really really bad movie and I was
surprised it was not as bad as planned (except the
last 15 minutes, THAT nothing can prepare you for). So
now I am actually looking forward to M:I2... you have been so
negative that I know I will like it !!
Anyway here's Donnar...
also raining in the Euro AICN mailbox... so much news,
so little time... So Brian De Palma would stay in
France for a while ??.. That's interesting... I always
thought that Brian De Palma could do great outside the
American studio system (as many directors actually...
why don't we have more American directors working here
?? I know there's a difference of budgets but
still...). And before giving the floor to Donnar who
brought us this news, I want to thank AICN readers...
you were so negative with MISSION TO MARS, that I went
expecting a really really bad movie and I was
surprised it was not as bad as planned (except the
last 15 minutes, THAT nothing can prepare you for). So
now I am actually looking forward to M:I2... you have been so
negative that I know I will like it !!
Anyway here's Donnar...
Brian De Palma has completed the script for a new
thriller called FEMME FATALE, and he submitted it to a
French film studio at Cannes. He told an interviewer
there that he plans to stay in France for a while. He
also said that he is through making big-budget special
effects movies, and anything else he makes will be a
smaller, less technical film.
You can call me Donnar.
Hello again... We got an interesting news both from
Ozymandias and Muad'Dip today... Same text but from
different sources... I don't know much about the
original British film they talk about here (I remember
I read about it but I don't think I saw it), but it
could be nice to see Will Smith and Robin Williams
together... as long as Robin Williams tries to be good
again... I mean we all know he has the potential but
lately I thought he was more annoying than anything
else... And if he has to play 8 characters (!)... this
could be... well... too much. But let's wait and
see...
Here's the text :
Will Smith and Robin Williams could be about to team
up in a remake of the classic British movie "Kind
Hearts and Coronets". The original version, made in
1949, starred Sir Alec Guinness as eight members of
the same family who are killed off by a relative after
they snub his mother. In the remake, to be directed by
Brit Mike Nichols, Robin Williams would play all the
victims and Will Smith the killer.
Nichols tells film
magazine Cinescape: "The movie is about a large, rich
family where this heiress marries a black man. She's
thrown out of the family. Years later, her grown-up
son, who I hope will be played by Will Smith, wants to
bury his mother in the family tomb. They turn him down
and he decides to avenge her. So he kills the rich
family members one by one."
But Nichols, who directed
The Graduate and Working Girl, says he won't be
totally faithful to the original, that was about class
struggle, the new one will be about race.
"My movie will also end differently. We won't wind up
in a prison," he says. Filming is expected to begin
later this year
Edgard again here from rainy Paris... God ! I've
never had such a bad spring... it really sucks ! But
are we here to talk about the weather ?? I don't think
so... This morning I was chatting with Darth Bond and
we were both talking very positively on AMERICAN
BEAUTY, looking forward to get the DVD to be able to
watch it over and over... and here we just received
some rumours on what COULD be the next project of Sam
Mendes. Sounds intriguing... Dali is such a
character... This was brought by Holly Martins, our
friend from www.netribution.co.uk
Launching today (Tues 6th June) is the book "Sex
Surrealism, Dali and Me", which is the memoirs of
Carlos Lozano by Clifford Thurlow. Lozano was
Salvador Dali's muse, lover, confident and playmate
from 1969 through to Dali's death in '89. The book is
packed with stories of Dali's encounters with the
great and the good - Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, George
Harrison, Duchamp, David Hockney and so forth.
Anyway, pre-publication bidding from film studios has
heated up pretty fast with a lot of interest. So far
only two industry figures have been allowed copies. A
big, as yet unnamed producer, and Sam Mendes. Mendes
personally requested a copy and has enquired about
option rights. He's reading it now, and if his
enthusiasm is maintained, expect an announcement
within the next week or two.
Holly Martins
Well, that's it right now from rainy Paris. Since we have to remain indoors we've lots of time to read your E-mails, just send them to Edgard and Darth Bond and we'll check them out.
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Hmmm...this is something I can't wait to see. I wonder if he can pull it off. The story sounds interesting enough and Nichols is due for a "comeback," if you will. First the Ali biopic and now this...if he does well, this could prove that Mr.Smith might just have acting talent beyond the funny action hero.***BTW, Euro-AICN is shaping up to be one of the best features on this site. I remember when it was something more of an inside joke, but now it's blossomed into something far better than hoped for. I enjoy reading these great tidbits of news. Keep up the good work you guys!
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is giving up big budget special effects films? Could it be that his movies for the last 2 decades have SUCKED? Unworthy of the week old grease from my spectacular bouffant.
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AT couldn't agree with you more about Euro-Aicn getting better and better...I hate to admit but I'm not much of a connusiour of foregin film, Kursowa sure...an occousnial Wenders or whatnot and of course the "main-stream" indy brit hits...but as Euro AICN grows it makes this ol Kansas farm boy film geek wanna streach his wings and see some great foreign movies...now AT about Will's acting abilites...he does have some! check out 6 Degrees of Seperation for a wonderful display of Mr. Smith's acting talents it just seems he's been peigonholed into funny action hero lately...this and the Ali pic could actually bring some cred back to his name beyond "box office draw"..and am I the only person that liked PRIMARY COLORS...jeez*laugh*however try and try as he might he couldn't get what planet are you from up...I consider Nicols a hit and miss director..one film awesome, the next horrible...I think he's a schizo or something*laugH*one side a hack one side a genius--Everett
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Mike Nichols is British? who knew...
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So when's the DVD coming out anyway? It better be as packed with stuff as Fight Club is.
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(as in cars, not the movie) it would probably be more intersting then his last few films. Greasily yours, Bouffant Spectacular
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Well,I hate to be the barer of bad news, but your constant referrals to your greasy bouffant hair is just way way wrong! A bouffant hair style was a early 1960's to 70's woman's (only) hair style using absolutely NO grease at all but tons of lacquer-like hair spray. Marge Simpson sports a bouffant. Your comments lead me to believe that you really mean a pompadour which was the men's hair style of choice in the 1950's and early 60's. The style worn in the movie GREASE and by the revival rock group Sha-na-na. This was your greaser hair with the classic "Spit-curl" in front a la REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTAL.
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Jun 07, 2000 11:46:10 PM CDT
"The Fresh Prince of Ealing" or " If you remake me (badly) now,
by rockojinx
I can forgive this cinematic travesty only if they do the new version at the original ealing studios and pump some much needed capital back into a great british institution. Oh and HERE'S A QUESTION for FATHER GEEK and The KNOWLES CLAN: Do any of you have a favourite ealing movie??? It's always interesting to find out how far these classic british movies have travelled
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He is, in fact, Polish. His family came to America to escape the Nazis, so he's been here for a while. He grew up, and has spent most of his life, in New York.
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My favorite Ealing flick is beyond a doubt THE LAVENDER HILL MOB followed closely by THE LADY KILLERS and then the pic this story is talking about remaking.
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My mistake. Mike Nichols is not Polish, he's German. His birth name is Michael Igor Peschowsky, which is probably what threw me off.
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...I also have a soft spot for "The Man in the White Suite" I always thought it would be the most obvious re-make for the modern era because of the the idea of the lone inventor toiling away in his room and coming up with a revolutionary new product. An idea which lends itself to the age of high-tech and even Dotcom-ology. Not that I would want a remake of that movie to be about Bill Gates (although the bit about the product turning to crap and falling apart((blue screen???))would translate pretty well) But anyhoo, nice to know that the Ealing crew are well represented in texas. Keep up the good work old boy (!)
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The Austin Film Society helmed by Richard Linkletter; and with a relative small membership that includes the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Sanda Bullock, Mike Judge, Guillermo del Toro, and Terrence Malick, screened about 10 Ealing flicks free to the public on Tuesday nights a couple of years ago. It was a great little mini festival that included all 4 of the movies mentioned in this talkback. So there are a couple of hundred of us Austinites at the least that have recently seen these masterworks on the big screen
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Jun 08, 2000 6:55:58 AM CDT
I fired an arrow into the air; she fell to Earth in Berkeley Squ
by schnorbitz
I can't see WIll Smith pulling off that line. Will the remake be set in America? And what about things I heard a while back of US remakes of the Lavender Hill Mob (which I still haven't seen - shameful) and The Ladykillers (my favourite)? rockojinx's misspelling "The Man In The White Suite" made me laugh a bit. Alec Guinness running around dressed in indestructible furniture...
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Will Smith in a remake of Kind Hearts & Coronets?! Yeah, baby! That's be so cool! He can pull off enough serious for the killings, and we all know he has comic talents... I'm more concerned over Robin Williams as the family members that are bumbed off -- I'm getting Mrs Doubtfire flashbacks! (Oh yeah, and keep it in England! It wouldn't work if it was set in America)
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Will Smith in a remake of Kind Hearts & Coronets?! Yeah, baby! That's be so cool! He can pull off enough serious for the killings, and we all know he has comic talents... I'm more concerned over Robin Williams as the family members that are bumbed off -- I'm getting Mrs Doubtfire flashbacks! (Oh yeah, and keep it in England! It wouldn't work if it was set in America)
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...You gave me a good chuckle at my own expense there. I do appear to have been somewhat remiss in the spelling department. I was watching a bit of "Fight Club", shortly before posting that reply to Pater Geek and had images of IKEA swimming around the old noggin. The basic concept however of a nice shiny product which gets everyone all excited and then falls apart and turns to crap however, applies to both and remains undiminished with either spelling. Good Afternoon.
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Mike Nichols' original name is actually a Russian one. If you read a little more in his bio, you would see that his family was part of a Russian intellectual emigre group that lived in Berlin.
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Robin Williams and Will Smith in the same movie? Youpieeeeeee! And whaddayamean Robin Williams can't be 8 guys. Hello, the Genie in "Aladdin" is one of the most "scizophrenic" things that has ever hit the screen. He even made a parody on himself as mrs. Doubtfire for crying out loud! And Will Smith as a killer sounds like a good idea. He can do those serious role, just try to rember when he portrayed a homosexual. OK, that wasn't a killer but still not a role model. I find the criticism against Rob lately a bit misplaced. Call me a sentimental fool but "Patch Adams" was a great film and Rob did great in it! I can't wait to see "Femme Fatale"!
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...for further correcting me re: the nationality of Mike Nichols. The only thing I can say in my defence is that I was working from (faulty) memory. I could have sworn I read in an interview that he was a Polish immigrant. Of course, you're correct, his family was Russian, but he himself was born in Berlin. At least we've established that he's not British.
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...well, whatever his ancestry, he speaks with a brit accent and holds british citizenship. certainly the press over here refer to him as 'british director mike nichols'. incidentally, i live in ealing, and there are some great hip hop nights going off in the old studio complex (which still runs, in a slimmed down manner: tv shows and ads film there now).
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And, no he doesn't speak with a British accent. And neither does Elaine May. His accent is a cultured Mid-West/Illinois accent.
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For chrissakes you bastards, get a friggin ORIGINAL IDEA in your heads. Another bloody remake? Find a bad film and remake that, you cheap braindead hacks!
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rokojinx sent me thinking... How about the remake of the Wim Wenders film, Settee of Angels. Or the bleak post-apocalyptic Dark Settee. Or the film version of the 60s musical "Chair".
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