Born in 1920, Walter Matthau was a celebrated performer on both the stage and screen, known for his gruff, rumpled persona. Let’s take a look back at 15 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Matthau turned to acting after serving in the United States Army Air Force during WWII. He became a frequent presence on the small screen with appearances in “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Goodyear Playhouse,” and “The Du Pont Show of the Week” (which brought him an Emmy bid in 1963), to name a few. During this period he also appeared in several films, few of them comedies, including “A Face in the Crowd” (1957) and “Fail Safe” (1964).
At the same time, he gained increasing respect as a stage actor with Tony Award-winning performances in “A Shot in the Dark” (Featured Actor in a Play in 1962) and “The Odd Couple” (Actor in a Play in 1965). It was in the latter role of Oscar Madison,...
Matthau turned to acting after serving in the United States Army Air Force during WWII. He became a frequent presence on the small screen with appearances in “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Goodyear Playhouse,” and “The Du Pont Show of the Week” (which brought him an Emmy bid in 1963), to name a few. During this period he also appeared in several films, few of them comedies, including “A Face in the Crowd” (1957) and “Fail Safe” (1964).
At the same time, he gained increasing respect as a stage actor with Tony Award-winning performances in “A Shot in the Dark” (Featured Actor in a Play in 1962) and “The Odd Couple” (Actor in a Play in 1965). It was in the latter role of Oscar Madison,...
- 9/28/2024
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Renowned opera director Yuval Sharon returns to The Industry, the company where he began his career, for The Comet / Poppea. The new piece is quite the mashup, weaving together Monteverdi’s 1643 opera The Coronation of Poppea and W.E.B. Du Bois’ short story The Comet. The work — composed by George Lewis with a libretto by Douglas Kearney — opens Friday and runs through June 23 at Los Angeles’ Geffen Contemporary at Moca.
“The juxtaposition of these two pieces allows us to create a kind of constantly shifting relational field between this baroque opera and a contemporary aesthetic,” Sharon says of his latest collaboration. “We’ve created a space for these worlds to bleed into each other, to somehow contradict each other and contrast with each other, sometimes resonate with each other, to rhyme with each other.”
Monteverdi’s Poppea focuses on the titular character’s efforts to become queen by convincing...
“The juxtaposition of these two pieces allows us to create a kind of constantly shifting relational field between this baroque opera and a contemporary aesthetic,” Sharon says of his latest collaboration. “We’ve created a space for these worlds to bleed into each other, to somehow contradict each other and contrast with each other, sometimes resonate with each other, to rhyme with each other.”
Monteverdi’s Poppea focuses on the titular character’s efforts to become queen by convincing...
- 6/13/2024
- by Jordan Riefe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When a streaming service has so much to offer it can be overwhelming, and instead of hunkering down with your popcorn for a movie night in, you end up scrolling in every direction, ultimately giving up in favor of another comfort episode of The Office. But now, The Criterion Channel is going to decide what you watch. No, it’s not some sort of spin-the-wheel-and-make-a-deal but rather a continuously running stream of movies from their catalog. That’s right, they’re making good on the “channel” part.
The streaming service, which launched in April 2019, sent an email to coincide with their fifth anniversary, which read: “Don’t know what to watch? Let us choose! Over on the Criterion Channel, we’re trying something new: Click on Criterion24/7 and drop into a steady stream of must-see movies, any time you want.”
But Criterion’s live stream isn’t your average “channel...
The streaming service, which launched in April 2019, sent an email to coincide with their fifth anniversary, which read: “Don’t know what to watch? Let us choose! Over on the Criterion Channel, we’re trying something new: Click on Criterion24/7 and drop into a steady stream of must-see movies, any time you want.”
But Criterion’s live stream isn’t your average “channel...
- 4/11/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
What looks like diamonds but on closer inspection turns out to be little more than reams of cheap polyester? Why, argyle, of course — that preppy pattern found on socks and sweaters, and an apt name for the latest kooky spy caper from Matthew Vaughn. The erstwhile “Kick-Ass” director has been trapped in “Kingsman” mode for so long (going on a decade now) that it feels like we’ve lost him to that kind of live-action cartoon forever, cramming Gen Z James Bond riffs with disco music and outrageous greenscreen shenanigans.
“Argylle” boasts an entirely new set of characters, but sticks to Vaughn’s CG-exaggerated aesthetic as hacky spy novelist Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) gets pulled into a scheme nearly identical to the one she described in her bestselling series of books. She invented a character called Agent Argylle who’s uncovered a secret division of rogue agents, creatively named the Division.
“Argylle” boasts an entirely new set of characters, but sticks to Vaughn’s CG-exaggerated aesthetic as hacky spy novelist Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) gets pulled into a scheme nearly identical to the one she described in her bestselling series of books. She invented a character called Agent Argylle who’s uncovered a secret division of rogue agents, creatively named the Division.
- 1/31/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Taking a cue from the genre-melding impulse of the music at its heart, They Shot the Piano Player initially gives every appearance of being pure fiction. The plot of this animated film by Spanish directors Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba follows Jeff Harris (voiced by Jeff Goldblum), a journalist from New York City who’s been commissioned to write a book on bossa nova. Immersing himself in the music in preparation for a trip to Rio de Janeiro, he hears a solo by Brazilian jazz pianist Francisco Tenorio Jr. and gets sidetracked. The innovator of samba jazz, it turns out, disappeared under suspicious circumstances in Buenos Aires just before the 1976 military coup, and Jeff decides to fill in the blanks.
The setup, then, has all the trappings of a detective story, with an amateur sleuth in obsessive pursuit of an unsolved mystery. In Rio, Jeff’s friend João (Tony Ramos...
The setup, then, has all the trappings of a detective story, with an amateur sleuth in obsessive pursuit of an unsolved mystery. In Rio, Jeff’s friend João (Tony Ramos...
- 11/20/2023
- by William Repass
- Slant Magazine
“Squid Game” fans, get ready for the next chapter of your favorite survival franchise when Netflix debuts a reality TV version, dubbed “Squid Game: The Challenge,” on November 22, 2023. This competition will welcome 456 real people to the game who will duke it out for the biggest cash reward in reality series history: $4.56 million. Of course, the number 456 comes directly from the 2021 Korean action drama, as it’s the same number of people who started out the fictional contest on Netflix’s biggest show ever.
In the official teaser video (watch above), we see quick-cuts of various numbered contestants decked out in the trademark green-and-white track suits. “You have got to be kidding me,” says an awe-struck man wearing the number 336. Another woman is heard rasping, “Oh my God.” The clip montage ends with a man declaring, “4.56 million dollars? People do a whole lot worse for a whole lot less.”
The streamer...
In the official teaser video (watch above), we see quick-cuts of various numbered contestants decked out in the trademark green-and-white track suits. “You have got to be kidding me,” says an awe-struck man wearing the number 336. Another woman is heard rasping, “Oh my God.” The clip montage ends with a man declaring, “4.56 million dollars? People do a whole lot worse for a whole lot less.”
The streamer...
- 9/22/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Netflix is promising the biggest cash prize in reality TV show history for its upcoming competition series, Squid Game: The Challenge, which is set to premiere globally on Wednesday, November 22, 2023. Based on the smash hit South Korean survival drama Squid Game, the new series will give 456 real players the chance to compete for a life-changing reward of $4.56 million. As the players battle through a series of games inspired by the original show (plus surprising new additions), their strategies, alliances, and characters will be put to the test while competitors are eliminated around them. In the short teaser, we get a glimpse at some of the games, which include Red Light, Green Light and Hopscotch, two of the more memorable games from the scripted series. There also appears to be a human version of Battleships. “4.56 million dollars, people do a whole lot worse for a whole lot less,” says one of the contestants.
- 9/22/2023
- TV Insider
Loretta Swit remembers well the night she won her first Emmy Award.
On Sept. 7, 1980, the “Mash” star sat in her agent’s living room in Beverly Hills, watching the ceremony on TV when she heard her name called out and saw her picture flash on the screen. Swit was not in the audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium that year because her union, the Screen Actors Guild, was on strike.
Swit and her fellow “Mash” troupers Alan Alda, Mike Farrell and Jamie Farr were among the most vocal and visible actors on picket lines and at press conferences when SAG initiated its first work stoppage in 20 years on July 21, 1980. The reality of her Emmy win – after seven consecutive nominations — sunk in for Swit when she suddenly got a phone call from Europe from her friend Jacqueline Bisset. “She was so excited. She said, ‘Hey, you won!’ ” Swit recalls.
Forty-three years later,...
On Sept. 7, 1980, the “Mash” star sat in her agent’s living room in Beverly Hills, watching the ceremony on TV when she heard her name called out and saw her picture flash on the screen. Swit was not in the audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium that year because her union, the Screen Actors Guild, was on strike.
Swit and her fellow “Mash” troupers Alan Alda, Mike Farrell and Jamie Farr were among the most vocal and visible actors on picket lines and at press conferences when SAG initiated its first work stoppage in 20 years on July 21, 1980. The reality of her Emmy win – after seven consecutive nominations — sunk in for Swit when she suddenly got a phone call from Europe from her friend Jacqueline Bisset. “She was so excited. She said, ‘Hey, you won!’ ” Swit recalls.
Forty-three years later,...
- 9/1/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Sunny Day Real Estate have expanded their 2023 reunion tour dates with new shows in the US all the way through October.
The emo heroes will pick up again on August 18th in Portland, Maine, before making stops in cities including New Haven, Seattle, Nashville, Miami, New Orleans, and more. The 14-date trek — which includes festival sets at Massachusetts’ In Between Days, North Carolina’s Hopscotch, and Seattle’s Bumbershoot, as well aboard Coheed and Cambria’s SS Neverlander — will finish off on November 1st in Fort Lauderdale.
Ticket pre-sale is happening now over at Ticketmaster (use code Disco) before general on-sale follows this Friday, June 23th at 10:00 a.m. local time. Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value,...
The emo heroes will pick up again on August 18th in Portland, Maine, before making stops in cities including New Haven, Seattle, Nashville, Miami, New Orleans, and more. The 14-date trek — which includes festival sets at Massachusetts’ In Between Days, North Carolina’s Hopscotch, and Seattle’s Bumbershoot, as well aboard Coheed and Cambria’s SS Neverlander — will finish off on November 1st in Fort Lauderdale.
Ticket pre-sale is happening now over at Ticketmaster (use code Disco) before general on-sale follows this Friday, June 23th at 10:00 a.m. local time. Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Glenda Jackson, the British actress who hit the snooze bar on her acting career for a 23-year career in politics, died on Thursday, as per her representatives. During her peak years in the 1970s and 80s, she won two Oscars (and was nominated for two more) and two Emmy Awards. She was nominated for four Tony Awards, finally winning one in 2018 after a late-in-life career resurgence. She was 87 years old.
Jackson, whose father was a bricklayer and whose mother was a barmaid and domestic, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was told by the academy’s principal that, due to her looks, she would likely only find work as a character actress, and she shouldn’t depend on getting jobs after 40.
This proved to be the opposite of true. Her big break came when experimental theater director Peter Brook cast her in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s groundbreaking adaptation of “Marat/Sade.
Jackson, whose father was a bricklayer and whose mother was a barmaid and domestic, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was told by the academy’s principal that, due to her looks, she would likely only find work as a character actress, and she shouldn’t depend on getting jobs after 40.
This proved to be the opposite of true. Her big break came when experimental theater director Peter Brook cast her in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s groundbreaking adaptation of “Marat/Sade.
- 6/15/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar winner who walked away from a hugely successful acting career to spend nearly a quarter-century in the U.K. parliament, only to make a comeback on the stage, died Thursday. She was 87.
Jackson died peacefully after a brief illness at her home in Blackheath, London, and her family was at her side, her agent Lionel Larner said in a statement. “Today we lost one of the world’s greatest actresses, and I have lost a best friend of over 50 years,” he said.
She recently completed filming The Great Escaper opposite Michael Caine, Larner noted.
The British actress collected a slew of honors that included best actress Academy Awards for Women in Love (1969) and A Touch of Class (1973); two Emmys for her performance as Elizabeth I in the BBC miniseries Elizabeth R (a role she also played in the 1971 film Mary, Queen of Scots); and a...
Jackson died peacefully after a brief illness at her home in Blackheath, London, and her family was at her side, her agent Lionel Larner said in a statement. “Today we lost one of the world’s greatest actresses, and I have lost a best friend of over 50 years,” he said.
She recently completed filming The Great Escaper opposite Michael Caine, Larner noted.
The British actress collected a slew of honors that included best actress Academy Awards for Women in Love (1969) and A Touch of Class (1973); two Emmys for her performance as Elizabeth I in the BBC miniseries Elizabeth R (a role she also played in the 1971 film Mary, Queen of Scots); and a...
- 6/15/2023
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix has been forced to defend the conditions on its upcoming Squid Game: The Challenge reality series following reports of freezing cold temperatures and medical issues during the Red Light, Green Light game.
In amidst UK temperatures that have dropped below freezing during the day, Netflix and producers Studio Lambert and The Garden said “while it was very cold on set – and participants were prepared for that – any claims of serious injury are untrue.”
“We care deeply about the health and safety of our cast and crew, and invested in all the appropriate safety procedures,” added the statement.
According to The Sun, contestants felt unwell and experienced frostbite after playing the game Red Light, Green Light – in which they have to remain motionless to win for hours.
All3Media-owned Gogglebox producer Studio Lambert and ITV Studios-backed The Garden are co-producing Squid Game: The Challenge, which is one of Netflix...
In amidst UK temperatures that have dropped below freezing during the day, Netflix and producers Studio Lambert and The Garden said “while it was very cold on set – and participants were prepared for that – any claims of serious injury are untrue.”
“We care deeply about the health and safety of our cast and crew, and invested in all the appropriate safety procedures,” added the statement.
According to The Sun, contestants felt unwell and experienced frostbite after playing the game Red Light, Green Light – in which they have to remain motionless to win for hours.
All3Media-owned Gogglebox producer Studio Lambert and ITV Studios-backed The Garden are co-producing Squid Game: The Challenge, which is one of Netflix...
- 1/25/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Hopscotch Films and eOne colleagues Troy Lum and Jason Hernandez have partnered to launch a new distribution company, Kismet, with a stated commitment to local films and an international slate that includes Palme d’Or winner Titane.
Joining Julia Ducournau’s horror-thriller are other acquisitions from Cannes like Mamoru Hosoda’s sci-fi anime Belle and Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s debut feature, French romance Anaïs in Love.
Kismet titles also include Zach Braff’s A Good Person, starring Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman; Nick Cassavettes’ Cus and Mike; Queen Bees, featuring Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret and Christopher Lloyd; Flore Vasseur’s Bigger Than Us, produced by Marion Cotillard; Jean-Albert Lievre’s Whale Nation and Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby, released last weekend.
Lum is the founder of Hopscotch Films and Hopscotch Features, and former managing director of eOne Asia Pacific, while Hernandez is eOne’s former head of theatrical sales Anz.
Joining...
Joining Julia Ducournau’s horror-thriller are other acquisitions from Cannes like Mamoru Hosoda’s sci-fi anime Belle and Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s debut feature, French romance Anaïs in Love.
Kismet titles also include Zach Braff’s A Good Person, starring Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman; Nick Cassavettes’ Cus and Mike; Queen Bees, featuring Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret and Christopher Lloyd; Flore Vasseur’s Bigger Than Us, produced by Marion Cotillard; Jean-Albert Lievre’s Whale Nation and Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby, released last weekend.
Lum is the founder of Hopscotch Films and Hopscotch Features, and former managing director of eOne Asia Pacific, while Hernandez is eOne’s former head of theatrical sales Anz.
Joining...
- 8/5/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Hopscotch Features’ Troy Lum and Andrew Mason have joined forces with UK producer Gabrielle Tana to form a new production house, Brouhaha Entertainment.
The company combines their respective slates, with upcoming projects including Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand, starring Michelle Williams; Kate Dennis’ All That I Am, based on the novel by Anna Funder; Lee Tamahori’s The Convert; Richard E. Grant’s Majesty and Patrick Dickinson’s Cottontail.
To be based across Sydney and London, the company has received investment via the Calculus Creative Content Eis Fund, which was launched in June 2019 in association with the British Film Institute (BFI).
The fund aims to support the growth of dynamic and ambitious UK companies, and has also backed the likes of Wonderhood Studios, Raindog Films, Maze Theory and Maven Screen Media.
Tana is the producer of the Oscar-nominated Philomena, The Invisible Woman and most recently, Netflix’s The Dig, from Australian director Simon Stone.
The company combines their respective slates, with upcoming projects including Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand, starring Michelle Williams; Kate Dennis’ All That I Am, based on the novel by Anna Funder; Lee Tamahori’s The Convert; Richard E. Grant’s Majesty and Patrick Dickinson’s Cottontail.
To be based across Sydney and London, the company has received investment via the Calculus Creative Content Eis Fund, which was launched in June 2019 in association with the British Film Institute (BFI).
The fund aims to support the growth of dynamic and ambitious UK companies, and has also backed the likes of Wonderhood Studios, Raindog Films, Maze Theory and Maven Screen Media.
Tana is the producer of the Oscar-nominated Philomena, The Invisible Woman and most recently, Netflix’s The Dig, from Australian director Simon Stone.
- 7/21/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Firm will operate from London and Sydney.
UK producer Gabrielle Tana is partnering with Australia’s Troy Lum and Andrew Mason on Brouhaha Entertainment, a new production company based in London and Sydney.
Brouhaha is backed by the Calculus Creative Content Eis Fund, which launched in 2019 to use the UK government’s Enterprise Investment Scheme to support indie firms.
The BFI initiated the Fund although has no financial investment in it.
The Brouhaha slate will combine the upcoming projects of Tana, Lum and Mason. They include Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand starring Michelle Williams; Kate Dennis’ All That I Am; Lee Tamahori...
UK producer Gabrielle Tana is partnering with Australia’s Troy Lum and Andrew Mason on Brouhaha Entertainment, a new production company based in London and Sydney.
Brouhaha is backed by the Calculus Creative Content Eis Fund, which launched in 2019 to use the UK government’s Enterprise Investment Scheme to support indie firms.
The BFI initiated the Fund although has no financial investment in it.
The Brouhaha slate will combine the upcoming projects of Tana, Lum and Mason. They include Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand starring Michelle Williams; Kate Dennis’ All That I Am; Lee Tamahori...
- 7/19/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
AGC Studios CEO Stuart Ford has a number of UK film and TV projects in development.
As AGC Studios kicks off talks at AFM 2020 Online this week on Dave Bautista sci-fi Universe’s Most Wanted and updates buyers on Doug Liman’s recent London production Lockdown, first details have emerged of the company’s ambitious UK slate.
Since founder and CEO Stuart Ford launched the company two years ago, he and his European team have been quietly assembling a robust film and TV production and development roster alongside the US titles.
The burgeoning pipeline features a rare directorial outing from Richard E. Grant,...
As AGC Studios kicks off talks at AFM 2020 Online this week on Dave Bautista sci-fi Universe’s Most Wanted and updates buyers on Doug Liman’s recent London production Lockdown, first details have emerged of the company’s ambitious UK slate.
Since founder and CEO Stuart Ford launched the company two years ago, he and his European team have been quietly assembling a robust film and TV production and development roster alongside the US titles.
The burgeoning pipeline features a rare directorial outing from Richard E. Grant,...
- 11/9/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
If you can't say anything about these batch of individuals, it's that they'll do anything for love.
Of course, some of them will do more than others from what we saw on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way Season 2 Episode 8.
The hour gave us some confirmation about Sumit's divorce procedure, another emotionally fraught experience with Brittany and Yazan, and the highly-anticipated reunion between Kenny and Armando.
Big Boys Don't Cry
After the latest run-in with Deavan, and the unfortunate translation that causes them more harm than good, Jihoon went literally crying to his mom about the state of his marriage and all that quarter-life crisis angst.
All joking aside, Jihoon isn't a bad guy. He's a bit misguided, immature, and irresponsible, but he carries the bulk of the blame for every aspect of his relationship with Deavan, and it's not necessarily fair.
I think I've been living my life all wrong.
Of course, some of them will do more than others from what we saw on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way Season 2 Episode 8.
The hour gave us some confirmation about Sumit's divorce procedure, another emotionally fraught experience with Brittany and Yazan, and the highly-anticipated reunion between Kenny and Armando.
Big Boys Don't Cry
After the latest run-in with Deavan, and the unfortunate translation that causes them more harm than good, Jihoon went literally crying to his mom about the state of his marriage and all that quarter-life crisis angst.
All joking aside, Jihoon isn't a bad guy. He's a bit misguided, immature, and irresponsible, but he carries the bulk of the blame for every aspect of his relationship with Deavan, and it's not necessarily fair.
I think I've been living my life all wrong.
- 7/21/2020
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
Ronald Neame remains somewhat of an underrated, incredibly multi-faceted figure from the annals of classic British cinema. Beginning as a writer/producer/cinematographer for David Lean, Neame began his directorial debut in the late 1940s and stretched into the mid-1980s.
Twice competing at Cannes (his 1969 Muriel Sparks adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie won Maggie Smith her first Oscar), his work ranged from film noir (the Locarno entry The Golden Salamander) and twice went to Venice, with 1958’s The Horse’s Mouth and 1960’s underappreciated post-wwii drama Tunes of Glory, one of three Neame titles to join the Criterion Collection (including The Horse’s Mouth and Hopscotch), and won John Mills Best Actor in Venice while scribe James Kennaway nabbed an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay (from his own novel).…...
Twice competing at Cannes (his 1969 Muriel Sparks adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie won Maggie Smith her first Oscar), his work ranged from film noir (the Locarno entry The Golden Salamander) and twice went to Venice, with 1958’s The Horse’s Mouth and 1960’s underappreciated post-wwii drama Tunes of Glory, one of three Neame titles to join the Criterion Collection (including The Horse’s Mouth and Hopscotch), and won John Mills Best Actor in Venice while scribe James Kennaway nabbed an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay (from his own novel).…...
- 12/31/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Hopscotch Features is joining forces with Colin Farrell’s new production company and The Favourite producer Lee Magiday for a screen adaption of Irish crime novel The Ruin.
The Irish actor is expected to star in the movie set in Galway, which follows detective Cormac Reilly as he investigates a 20-year-old case involving two children whose mother died of an overdose. The investigation uncovers police corruption and abuses in the church.
Hopscotch Features optioned the rights to the debut novel by Dervla McTiernan last year after a bidding war orchestrated by literary agents Curtis Brown.
The novel was published in Australia by HarperCollins, Penguin in the Us and Little Brown in the UK. The sequel, The Scholar, was released in March and the follow-up, The Good Turn, will be published next year.
The project was brought to Hopscotch by head of production Maeva Gatineau, who said at the time: “The...
The Irish actor is expected to star in the movie set in Galway, which follows detective Cormac Reilly as he investigates a 20-year-old case involving two children whose mother died of an overdose. The investigation uncovers police corruption and abuses in the church.
Hopscotch Features optioned the rights to the debut novel by Dervla McTiernan last year after a bidding war orchestrated by literary agents Curtis Brown.
The novel was published in Australia by HarperCollins, Penguin in the Us and Little Brown in the UK. The sequel, The Scholar, was released in March and the follow-up, The Good Turn, will be published next year.
The project was brought to Hopscotch by head of production Maeva Gatineau, who said at the time: “The...
- 8/27/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Colin Farrell has set Irish crime drama “The Ruin” as the first production for his new production banner Chapel Place Productions. The project will re-team Farrell with his “The Lobster” producer Lee Magiday.
The newly formed Chapel Place was set up by Farrell with his sister and manager Claudine Farrell. The pair will team with Magiday’s, also newly founded, Sleeper Films as well as Australia’s Hopscotch Features for the feature adaptation. Troy Lum and Andrew Mason will produce for Hopscotch.
Written by Dervla McTiernan, ‘The Ruin’ tells the story of police officer Cormac Reilly who discovers two neglected children in a crumbling house in Galway, their mother dead upstairs from an overdose. Twenty years later, when another body is found, Reilly is drawn back to the cold case that has haunted his career, uncovering shocking secrets about police corruption and abuses of the church, and questioning who among his colleagues he can trust.
The newly formed Chapel Place was set up by Farrell with his sister and manager Claudine Farrell. The pair will team with Magiday’s, also newly founded, Sleeper Films as well as Australia’s Hopscotch Features for the feature adaptation. Troy Lum and Andrew Mason will produce for Hopscotch.
Written by Dervla McTiernan, ‘The Ruin’ tells the story of police officer Cormac Reilly who discovers two neglected children in a crumbling house in Galway, their mother dead upstairs from an overdose. Twenty years later, when another body is found, Reilly is drawn back to the cold case that has haunted his career, uncovering shocking secrets about police corruption and abuses of the church, and questioning who among his colleagues he can trust.
- 8/27/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Colin Farrell is teaming up with producer Lee Magiday (The Favourite) and Hopscotch Features on a screen adaptation of Irish crime novel The Ruin, which marks the first project for Farrell’s new production company Chapel Place Productions.
Irish writer Dervla McTiernan’s well-received thriller, set in Galway, follows detective Cormac Reilly as he is thrown back into a case from 20 years before involving two children whose mother died of an overdose. Through the eyes of the detective we see into dark corners of Ireland including police corruption and abuses in the church.
Film and TV outfit Chapel Place, which Farrell will run with his sister Claudine, is developing and producing the project with Magiday’s fledgling outfit Sleeper Films and Australia’s Hopscotch Features. Cast has yet to be set.
The movie reunites Farrell with former Element Pictures executive Magiday with whom he worked on Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster.
Irish writer Dervla McTiernan’s well-received thriller, set in Galway, follows detective Cormac Reilly as he is thrown back into a case from 20 years before involving two children whose mother died of an overdose. Through the eyes of the detective we see into dark corners of Ireland including police corruption and abuses in the church.
Film and TV outfit Chapel Place, which Farrell will run with his sister Claudine, is developing and producing the project with Magiday’s fledgling outfit Sleeper Films and Australia’s Hopscotch Features. Cast has yet to be set.
The movie reunites Farrell with former Element Pictures executive Magiday with whom he worked on Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster.
- 8/27/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Top End Wedding.’
The disappearance of eOne from the theatrical distribution landscape in Australia/New Zealand is being lamented by exhibitors, producers, former staffers and even rival distributors.
The demise of the distributor known for its sharp commercial tastes marks the end of an era dating back to 2002 with the founding of Hopscotch Films by Troy Lum, Frank Cox and Sandie Don.
Despite the parent company’s assurances, eOne’s exit almost certainly means there is one less avenue for Australian producers seeking finance and distribution.
Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight, who collaborated with the firm on Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires and Blair’s upcoming Top End Wedding, describes eOne’s withdrawal from the Australian market as a great loss.
“From the days of Hopscotch to transforming into eOne, Sandie Don, Troy Lum and their incredible team have bought passion and intelligence to the distribution landscape,” she tells If.
“Australian...
The disappearance of eOne from the theatrical distribution landscape in Australia/New Zealand is being lamented by exhibitors, producers, former staffers and even rival distributors.
The demise of the distributor known for its sharp commercial tastes marks the end of an era dating back to 2002 with the founding of Hopscotch Films by Troy Lum, Frank Cox and Sandie Don.
Despite the parent company’s assurances, eOne’s exit almost certainly means there is one less avenue for Australian producers seeking finance and distribution.
Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight, who collaborated with the firm on Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires and Blair’s upcoming Top End Wedding, describes eOne’s withdrawal from the Australian market as a great loss.
“From the days of Hopscotch to transforming into eOne, Sandie Don, Troy Lum and their incredible team have bought passion and intelligence to the distribution landscape,” she tells If.
“Australian...
- 3/19/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Brian Garfield, an author best known for his novel “Death Wish” which spawned a popular movie franchise of the same name, died Dec. 29 at his home in Pasadena, Variety has confirmed. He was 79.
After his birth to parents Frances O’Brien and George Garfield, Garfield grew up in Arizona where he wrote his first novel “Range Justice” at the age of 18.
Soon after, he began writing prolifically, producing more than 70 books and printing more than 20 million copies world wide. His most popular work, “Death Wish,” also led to the creation of one of Hollywood’s longest-running film franchises starring Charles Bronson as well as a 2018 reboot with Bruce Willis.
After seeing the film, Garfield was famously disappointed, prompting the author to write a sequel to the novel in 1975 titled “Death Sequence.” Like its predecessor, the novel was adapted into a film in 2007 by director James Wan and actor Kevin Bacon.
After his birth to parents Frances O’Brien and George Garfield, Garfield grew up in Arizona where he wrote his first novel “Range Justice” at the age of 18.
Soon after, he began writing prolifically, producing more than 70 books and printing more than 20 million copies world wide. His most popular work, “Death Wish,” also led to the creation of one of Hollywood’s longest-running film franchises starring Charles Bronson as well as a 2018 reboot with Bruce Willis.
After seeing the film, Garfield was famously disappointed, prompting the author to write a sequel to the novel in 1975 titled “Death Sequence.” Like its predecessor, the novel was adapted into a film in 2007 by director James Wan and actor Kevin Bacon.
- 1/3/2019
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
Brian Garfield, who wrote the 1972 novel Death Wish that spawned the popular movie franchise featuring Charles Bronson as an architect turned vigilante, has died. He was 79.
Garfield died Saturday at his home in Pasadena after a battle with Parkinson's disease, Judy Coppage, his literary agent, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Garfield also wrote the screenplay, adapted from his 1975 novel, for Hopscotch, a 1980 comedy starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson and Sam Waterston. He said he wrote that book, in which no one dies, in response to the violence of Death Wish, and it won an Edgar Award.
Another of his ...
Garfield died Saturday at his home in Pasadena after a battle with Parkinson's disease, Judy Coppage, his literary agent, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Garfield also wrote the screenplay, adapted from his 1975 novel, for Hopscotch, a 1980 comedy starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson and Sam Waterston. He said he wrote that book, in which no one dies, in response to the violence of Death Wish, and it won an Edgar Award.
Another of his ...
Brian Garfield, who wrote the 1972 novel Death Wish that spawned the popular movie franchise featuring Charles Bronson as an architect turned vigilante, has died. He was 79.
Garfield died Saturday at his home in Pasadena after a battle with Parkinson's disease, Judy Coppage, his literary agent, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Garfield also wrote the screenplay, adapted from his 1975 novel, for Hopscotch, a 1980 comedy starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson and Sam Waterston. He said he wrote that book, in which no one dies, in response to the violence of Death Wish, and it won an Edgar Award.
Another of his ...
Garfield died Saturday at his home in Pasadena after a battle with Parkinson's disease, Judy Coppage, his literary agent, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Garfield also wrote the screenplay, adapted from his 1975 novel, for Hopscotch, a 1980 comedy starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson and Sam Waterston. He said he wrote that book, in which no one dies, in response to the violence of Death Wish, and it won an Edgar Award.
Another of his ...
At the 56th New York Film Festival there were titles that have intrigued, beguiled, and challenged viewers, perhaps none more so than Mariano Llinás’ fourteen-hour grand experiment La Flor and Orson Welles’ posthumously released The Other Side of The Wind. The former will be lucky to achieve any life after the festival; the latter will be widely available through Netflix next month. These are both films of grand ambition, creativity, and reflexivity. Quite coincidentally, both feature films within films that underscore this reflexivity, center the process of filmmaking for viewers, and show Llinás and Welles unlocking a kind of creative freedom that very few are privileged to make and be seen in such a way.
How does any filmmaker justify a fourteen-plus hour runtime? In the case of the Argentine Llinás, it is to express or at least give the impression of self-awareness in his massive undertaking with La Flor,...
How does any filmmaker justify a fourteen-plus hour runtime? In the case of the Argentine Llinás, it is to express or at least give the impression of self-awareness in his massive undertaking with La Flor,...
- 10/17/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Walter Matthau would’ve celebrated his 98th birthday on October 1, 2018. Born in 1920, the actor was a celebrated performer on both the stage and screen, known for his gruff, rumpled persona. In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 15 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Matthau turned to acting after serving in the United States Army Air Force during WWII. He became a frequent presence on the small screen with appearances in “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Goodyear Playhouse,” and “The Du Pont Show of the Week” (which brought him an Emmy bid in 1963), to name a few. During this period he also appeared in several films, few of them comedies, including “A Face in the Crowd” (1957) and “Fail Safe” (1964).
At the same time, he gained increasing respect as a stage actor with Tony Award-winning performances in “A Shot in the Dark” (Featured Actor in a Play...
Matthau turned to acting after serving in the United States Army Air Force during WWII. He became a frequent presence on the small screen with appearances in “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Goodyear Playhouse,” and “The Du Pont Show of the Week” (which brought him an Emmy bid in 1963), to name a few. During this period he also appeared in several films, few of them comedies, including “A Face in the Crowd” (1957) and “Fail Safe” (1964).
At the same time, he gained increasing respect as a stage actor with Tony Award-winning performances in “A Shot in the Dark” (Featured Actor in a Play...
- 10/1/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
In among Venice’s typically stellar documentary line-up was Northern Irish director Mark Cousins’ next film: Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema.
More details are emerging today about the episodic 16-hour documentary, whose first four hours will debut on the Lido and be narrated by Tilda Swinton. The film will celebrate female directors from around the world.
The project is produced by Hopscotch Films, with Dogwoof handling world sales. Swinton will also serve as an executive producer on the movie, which is debuting in Venice’s Classics strand.
Cousins writes and directs, with John Archer from Hopscotch producing. Four years in the making and still in production, the finished film will be ready in spring 2019.
The epic undertaking is made up of forty chapters to be narrated by Swinton and other leading women in cinema who have yet to be announced. According to the production, “using almost...
More details are emerging today about the episodic 16-hour documentary, whose first four hours will debut on the Lido and be narrated by Tilda Swinton. The film will celebrate female directors from around the world.
The project is produced by Hopscotch Films, with Dogwoof handling world sales. Swinton will also serve as an executive producer on the movie, which is debuting in Venice’s Classics strand.
Cousins writes and directs, with John Archer from Hopscotch producing. Four years in the making and still in production, the finished film will be ready in spring 2019.
The epic undertaking is made up of forty chapters to be narrated by Swinton and other leading women in cinema who have yet to be announced. According to the production, “using almost...
- 7/31/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Tilda Swinton narrates first four hours of project.
Mark Cousins’ next film will be an episodic 16-hour documentary titled Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema that celebrates female directors from around the world.
The project is produced by Hopscotch films, with Dogwoof handling world sales.
The first four hours of the film, narrated by Tilda Swinton who is also an executive producer, will debut at this year’s Venice Film Festival in the Classics strand.
Cousins writes and directs, with John Archer from Hopscotch producing.
Four years in the making and still in production, the finished doc...
Mark Cousins’ next film will be an episodic 16-hour documentary titled Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema that celebrates female directors from around the world.
The project is produced by Hopscotch films, with Dogwoof handling world sales.
The first four hours of the film, narrated by Tilda Swinton who is also an executive producer, will debut at this year’s Venice Film Festival in the Classics strand.
Cousins writes and directs, with John Archer from Hopscotch producing.
Four years in the making and still in production, the finished doc...
- 7/31/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Australia’s Hopscotch Features has optioned rights to hot debut novel The Ruin from Dervla McTiernan with plans to adapt it for the screen. The crime thriller by the Irish author has been a bestseller in Oz where she now lives. The project was brought to Hopscotch by Head of Production, Maeva Gatineau, and adds to the company’s expanding slate of both Australian and international titles.
Set in Galway, The Ruin follows detective Cormac Reilly as he is thrown back into a case from 20 years ago involving two children whose mother died of an overdose. It’s a twisting tale that delves into the dark heart of Ireland, examining police corruption and the abuses of the church through the eyes of Reilly — the kind of cop you’d trust with your life, and follow to hell and back.
Says Gatineau, “The Ruin is one of the best debut...
Set in Galway, The Ruin follows detective Cormac Reilly as he is thrown back into a case from 20 years ago involving two children whose mother died of an overdose. It’s a twisting tale that delves into the dark heart of Ireland, examining police corruption and the abuses of the church through the eyes of Reilly — the kind of cop you’d trust with your life, and follow to hell and back.
Says Gatineau, “The Ruin is one of the best debut...
- 5/11/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
There's a tense moment that sums up Mosaic, Steven Soderbergh's HBO thriller about a murder in a Utah ski-resort town. A character confronts another over a moment from their tangled past, to make sure they've got their story straight for the cops. She smiles warily. "Is this like a 12-step thing?" When he presses her not to talk, she says, "Well, I'm not gonna lie." He shrugs. "Right. I totally get that. And that's cool." They're feeling each other out, comparing notes, neither one quite trusting. Meanwhile, we try...
- 1/19/2018
- Rollingstone.com
When one thinks of films built on international espionage and spy movie cat and mouse, an entry like Hopscotch likely isn’t what springs to mind. An ambling and easily digestible affair, this 1980 caper stars everyone's favorite sad turtle of an actor, Walter Matthau, as the world's most laid back rogue agent. Matthau plays Miles Kendig, an affable lifer in the field for the Central Intelligence Agency. When he opts not to bring in a Soviet agent when he has the chance, he's immediately downgraded to a desk job in the dreaded file room. Not having any of that, the disgruntled Kendig launches into the most elaborately devised non-lethal payback scheme ever. Don't be fooled by the nonchalant way Matthau and veteran director Ronald Neame...
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- 9/6/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Hey, you might not be aware of this – and honestly, no worries if not, we’ve all got a lot going on – but Hopscotch is the greatest movie ever. This is an irrefutable fact, and I’m glad I was able to save you from all kinds of hand-wringing. If your hands are already getting pretty wrung, though, feel free to pop in Hopscotch just to check. I’ll wait.
Okay, so we’re all set then? I can come clean – in the pure, cleansing light of day, Hopscotch may not literally be the greatest movie ever made. But it feels that way every second whenever I watch it. Walter Matthau as a CIA agent outwitting the CIA and every other national intelligence agency? You couldn’t ask for a more pleasurable premise. Anytime you can get a protagonist the audience likes but doesn’t fully understand, you’re on the right track.
Okay, so we’re all set then? I can come clean – in the pure, cleansing light of day, Hopscotch may not literally be the greatest movie ever made. But it feels that way every second whenever I watch it. Walter Matthau as a CIA agent outwitting the CIA and every other national intelligence agency? You couldn’t ask for a more pleasurable premise. Anytime you can get a protagonist the audience likes but doesn’t fully understand, you’re on the right track.
- 8/16/2017
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
A generic spy story becomes an inspired light comedy with the application of great talent led by the star-power of Walter Matthau. Matthau’s CIA spook hooks up with old flame Glenda Jackson to retaliate against his insufferable CIA boss (Ned Beatty) with a humiliating tell-all book about the agency’s dirty tricks history. Matthau’s sloppy, slouchy master agent is a comic delight; Ronald Neame’s stylishly assured direction makes a deadly spy chase into a wholly pleasant romp.
Hopscotch
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 163
1980 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 105 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date August 15, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, Herbert Lom, David Matthau, George Baker, Ivor Roberts, Lucy Saroyan, Severn Darden, George Pravda.
Cinematography: Arthur Ibbetson, Brian W. Roy
Production Designer: William J. Creber
Film Editor: Carl Kress
Original Music: Ian Fraser
Written by Bryan Forbes from a novel by Brian Garfield
Produced...
Hopscotch
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 163
1980 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 105 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date August 15, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, Herbert Lom, David Matthau, George Baker, Ivor Roberts, Lucy Saroyan, Severn Darden, George Pravda.
Cinematography: Arthur Ibbetson, Brian W. Roy
Production Designer: William J. Creber
Film Editor: Carl Kress
Original Music: Ian Fraser
Written by Bryan Forbes from a novel by Brian Garfield
Produced...
- 8/5/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Late summer is all about reflection over at The Criterion Collection, as the library is spending August offering up a handful of unsung classics and new look at some longtime favorites.
Michael Curitz’s “The Breaking Point,” a mostly overlooked Hemingway adaptation, starring John Garfield and Patricia Neal, will be available on Blu-ray for the first time, while Sacha Guitry’s “La poison” arrives on home video for the first time ever. Elsewhere, Mike Leigh’s revelatory “Meantime” is getting a 2K restoration, all the better to enjoy the early work of Tim Roth and Gary Oldman. That’s not all for Oldman fans, however, as Alex Cox’s “Sid & Nancy” hits the collection with a brand new 4K digital restoration. Finally, Walter Matthau stars in the charming comedy “Hopscotch,” also available on Blu-ray in a 2K digital restoration.
Below is the complete list of August additions, with descriptions provided by Criterion.
Michael Curitz’s “The Breaking Point,” a mostly overlooked Hemingway adaptation, starring John Garfield and Patricia Neal, will be available on Blu-ray for the first time, while Sacha Guitry’s “La poison” arrives on home video for the first time ever. Elsewhere, Mike Leigh’s revelatory “Meantime” is getting a 2K restoration, all the better to enjoy the early work of Tim Roth and Gary Oldman. That’s not all for Oldman fans, however, as Alex Cox’s “Sid & Nancy” hits the collection with a brand new 4K digital restoration. Finally, Walter Matthau stars in the charming comedy “Hopscotch,” also available on Blu-ray in a 2K digital restoration.
Below is the complete list of August additions, with descriptions provided by Criterion.
- 5/16/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Didn’t I just write one of these a week ago? Of course I did, because this is your destination for the best coverage of all the new titles Criterion puts up on their Hulu Plus page, and this week is no different. There’s fewer films (unless they decide to throw up another 30 when I least expect it) but in this case, less is more. And the lucky number is 13 this time. With worries of what the future for Hulu is, there are supposed talks that Google is definitely interested, which is interesting. Especially with their roll out of Google+ these past few days. If you like what you see, please sign up via this link. It does wonders for this article. But enough about that, you want to know about the movies. So let’s not make the good people wait.
The one that made my head explode was Godzilla,...
The one that made my head explode was Godzilla,...
- 7/4/2011
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
11:45: Steven Spielberg classes up the joint when giving out the Best Picture award. He reminds the "losers" they'll join The Grapes of Wrath, Citizen Kane, Raging Bull and a few other masterpieces that didn't win.
Then he announced The King's Speech as the Best Picture winner.
The King's Speech is a very, very good movie. But not the Best Picture. The Social Network, Black Swan, Inception and True Grit are all, in my opinion, far superior. I even prefer The Kids Are All Right. 127 Hours and Toy Story 3 are around the same level as The King's Speech. (Winter's Bone, I felt, was interesting, but not all that great.)
I suppose this is why awards shows annoy me. How do you compare art? You can't. But Oscar Night can still be fun. It affords me an opportunity to think back about all the great movies of the past year.
Then he announced The King's Speech as the Best Picture winner.
The King's Speech is a very, very good movie. But not the Best Picture. The Social Network, Black Swan, Inception and True Grit are all, in my opinion, far superior. I even prefer The Kids Are All Right. 127 Hours and Toy Story 3 are around the same level as The King's Speech. (Winter's Bone, I felt, was interesting, but not all that great.)
I suppose this is why awards shows annoy me. How do you compare art? You can't. But Oscar Night can still be fun. It affords me an opportunity to think back about all the great movies of the past year.
- 2/28/2011
- UGO Movies
Producer, director and cinematographer of many well-loved British film classics, including Oliver Twist, Tunes of Glory and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The producer, director, writer and cinematographer Ronald Neame, who has died aged 99, played an important role in British cinema for more than half a century. The critic Matthew Sweet once called him "a living embodiment of cinema, a sort of one-man world heritage site". Neame was assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock on Blackmail (1929), the first British talkie; he was the cinematographer on In Which We Serve (1942), Noël Coward's moving tribute to the Royal Navy during the second world war; he co-produced and co-wrote David Lean's Brief Encounter (1945) and Great Expectations (1946); and he directed Alec Guinness in two of his best roles, in The Horse's Mouth (1958) and Tunes of Glory (1960). As if this wasn't enough, Neame also conquered Hollywoo d with one of the first and most successful disaster movies,...
The producer, director, writer and cinematographer Ronald Neame, who has died aged 99, played an important role in British cinema for more than half a century. The critic Matthew Sweet once called him "a living embodiment of cinema, a sort of one-man world heritage site". Neame was assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock on Blackmail (1929), the first British talkie; he was the cinematographer on In Which We Serve (1942), Noël Coward's moving tribute to the Royal Navy during the second world war; he co-produced and co-wrote David Lean's Brief Encounter (1945) and Great Expectations (1946); and he directed Alec Guinness in two of his best roles, in The Horse's Mouth (1958) and Tunes of Glory (1960). As if this wasn't enough, Neame also conquered Hollywoo d with one of the first and most successful disaster movies,...
- 6/20/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
British filmmaker Ronald Neame, whose career dates back to serving as assistant cameraman on the first feature film made with sound in Great Britain, Alfred Hitchcock's "Blackmail," has died, according to reports. He was 99.
No details were available.
His directing credits ranged from "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972) to "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969), for which Maggie Smith won the Oscar for best actress.
As a producer, Neame was involved with three British classics: "Brief Encounter" (1945), "Great Expectations" (1946) and "Oliver Twist" (1948). "Brief Encounter" and "Great Expectations" were the fruition of a production partnership called Cineguild that Neame had formed with David Lean and Anthony Havelock-Allan.
As a screenwriter, Neame earned Oscar nominations for the screenplays of "Brief," adapted from a Noel Coward play, and "Expectations," from Charles Dickens' novel. He shared those distinctions with Lean and Havelock-Allan.
Cineguild broke up in 1947 with a fall-out between Neame and Lean when...
No details were available.
His directing credits ranged from "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972) to "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969), for which Maggie Smith won the Oscar for best actress.
As a producer, Neame was involved with three British classics: "Brief Encounter" (1945), "Great Expectations" (1946) and "Oliver Twist" (1948). "Brief Encounter" and "Great Expectations" were the fruition of a production partnership called Cineguild that Neame had formed with David Lean and Anthony Havelock-Allan.
As a screenwriter, Neame earned Oscar nominations for the screenplays of "Brief," adapted from a Noel Coward play, and "Expectations," from Charles Dickens' novel. He shared those distinctions with Lean and Havelock-Allan.
Cineguild broke up in 1947 with a fall-out between Neame and Lean when...
- 6/18/2010
- by By Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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