As part of Severin's mid-year sale, they're offering a number of new titles, including Paul Morrissey's Blood for Dracula, starring Udo Kier! The movie is getting an impressive 4K Uhd upgrade and we have all the details:
At Midnight Eastern on June 25th (Thursday transitioning into Friday), Severin Films is launching their Mid-Year Sale, and as part of it they’re offering up the 4K Uhd debut of Paul Morrissey’s cult classic Blood For Dracula (aka Andy Warhol’S Dracula) in a 3-disc set. The first disc is a Uhd with the film in 4K with Hdr. The second disc is a blu-ray with a 1080P presentation of the film, along with bonus features. The third disc is a newly mastered, extended version of the CD soundtrack
Immediately after completing Flesh For Frankenstein, writer/director Paul Morrissey and star Udo Kier created what remains sumptuously depraved Euroshocker, cunning...
At Midnight Eastern on June 25th (Thursday transitioning into Friday), Severin Films is launching their Mid-Year Sale, and as part of it they’re offering up the 4K Uhd debut of Paul Morrissey’s cult classic Blood For Dracula (aka Andy Warhol’S Dracula) in a 3-disc set. The first disc is a Uhd with the film in 4K with Hdr. The second disc is a blu-ray with a 1080P presentation of the film, along with bonus features. The third disc is a newly mastered, extended version of the CD soundtrack
Immediately after completing Flesh For Frankenstein, writer/director Paul Morrissey and star Udo Kier created what remains sumptuously depraved Euroshocker, cunning...
- 6/24/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The appealingly atmospheric crime thriller Alphabet City (1984) debuts on Blu-ray this fall courtesy of Fun City Editions. Directed by Amos Poe, with a script by Poe, Gregory K. Heller (additional dialogue is credited to Robert Seidman), Alphabet City belongs in the company of After Hours and Into The Night (both 1985) as one of the ultimate ’80s nightmare nocturnes, and it is downright, well, criminal that Alphabet City is not better remembered today. Hopefully this Blu-ray will work towards amending that.
Alphabet City
Blu-ray
Fun City Editions
1984 / Color / 1.85:1 widescreen / 85 min. / Street Date September 29, 2020 / available through Vinegar Syndrome / 24.99
Starring: Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Kate Vernon, Jami Gertz, Zohra Lampert, Raymond Serra.
Cinematography: Oliver Wood
Film Editor: Grahame Weinbren
Composer: Nile Rodgers
Written by Amos Poe, Gregory K. Heller, Robert Siedman (additional dialogue).
Produced by Andrew Braunsberg
Directed by Amos Poe
As things kick off, our temperamental hero Johnny, a street hustler for the mob,...
Alphabet City
Blu-ray
Fun City Editions
1984 / Color / 1.85:1 widescreen / 85 min. / Street Date September 29, 2020 / available through Vinegar Syndrome / 24.99
Starring: Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Kate Vernon, Jami Gertz, Zohra Lampert, Raymond Serra.
Cinematography: Oliver Wood
Film Editor: Grahame Weinbren
Composer: Nile Rodgers
Written by Amos Poe, Gregory K. Heller, Robert Siedman (additional dialogue).
Produced by Andrew Braunsberg
Directed by Amos Poe
As things kick off, our temperamental hero Johnny, a street hustler for the mob,...
- 10/22/2020
- by Alex Kirschenbaum
- Trailers from Hell
After The Fox
Blu-ray
Kino Lorber
2017 / Color / 2.35 : 1 widescreen / Street Date March 22, 2017
Starring: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Martin Balsem, Akim Tamiroff.
Cinematography: Leonida Barboni
Film Editor: Russell Lloyd
Written by Neil Simon and Cesare Zavattini
Produced by John Bryan
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
After The Fox, a sunny mid-sixties farce about con-artists and movie-makers, boasts a powerhouse pedigree featuring leading men Peter Sellers and Victor Mature, a script by Neil Simon and Cesare Zavattini, music by Burt Bacharach, poster art from Frank Frazetta and the legendary director/actor/gambler Vittorio De Sica at the helm.
With such diverse talent on board, the film was somewhat misleadingly promoted as another in the line of 60’s screwball hipster comedies like Casino Royale and What’s New Pussycat. But the result is closer to De Sica’s laid back charmers from the ‘50s, Miracle in Milan and Gold of Naples (in fact,...
Blu-ray
Kino Lorber
2017 / Color / 2.35 : 1 widescreen / Street Date March 22, 2017
Starring: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Martin Balsem, Akim Tamiroff.
Cinematography: Leonida Barboni
Film Editor: Russell Lloyd
Written by Neil Simon and Cesare Zavattini
Produced by John Bryan
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
After The Fox, a sunny mid-sixties farce about con-artists and movie-makers, boasts a powerhouse pedigree featuring leading men Peter Sellers and Victor Mature, a script by Neil Simon and Cesare Zavattini, music by Burt Bacharach, poster art from Frank Frazetta and the legendary director/actor/gambler Vittorio De Sica at the helm.
With such diverse talent on board, the film was somewhat misleadingly promoted as another in the line of 60’s screwball hipster comedies like Casino Royale and What’s New Pussycat. But the result is closer to De Sica’s laid back charmers from the ‘50s, Miracle in Milan and Gold of Naples (in fact,...
- 4/2/2017
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Macbeth was the first film Roman Polanski made following the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate, and friends at the hands of the Manson family. At the time he'd been working on the sci-fi thriller The Day of the Dolphin, which would later be made by Mike Nichols. It was during a skiing trip arranged by Victor Lownes, a subsequent producer of the film, Polanski made the decision Macbeth would be his next film. It was a decision he made feeling his next film "should be something serious, not a comedy... something with some depth." Polanski would team with Kenneth Tynan to write the screenplay and, thanks to urging from Lownes, Hugh Hefner and Playboy would eventually serve as the film's producer after no one else would touch it. As Polanski notes in an included 60-minute documentary on this new Criterion Blu-ray release, to that point there had only been...
- 10/15/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Macbeth
Written by Roman Polanski and Kenneth Tynan
Directed by Roman Polanski
UK, 1971
Following the success of Rosemary’s Baby in 1968, and prior to what is arguably still his greatest film, Chinatown (1974), Roman Polanski made three curious filmmaking choices. One was the international coproduction and rarely discussed What? (1972), one was the racing documentary Weekend of a Champion (1972), and the third, which actually came before these two, was Macbeth (1971). It is obviously not that a Shakespearean adaptation in itself is unusual, but rather that it so seemingly diverted from the films that were garnering the young Polanski his worldwide acclaim: taut thrillers like The Knife in the Water (1962), Repulsion (1965), Cul-De-Sac (1966), and Rosemary’s Baby. Yet in Macbeth, there are a number of characteristic Polanski touches — in story and style — harkening back to these previous works and in many ways pointing toward those to come.
Don’t be fooled by the Playboy...
Written by Roman Polanski and Kenneth Tynan
Directed by Roman Polanski
UK, 1971
Following the success of Rosemary’s Baby in 1968, and prior to what is arguably still his greatest film, Chinatown (1974), Roman Polanski made three curious filmmaking choices. One was the international coproduction and rarely discussed What? (1972), one was the racing documentary Weekend of a Champion (1972), and the third, which actually came before these two, was Macbeth (1971). It is obviously not that a Shakespearean adaptation in itself is unusual, but rather that it so seemingly diverted from the films that were garnering the young Polanski his worldwide acclaim: taut thrillers like The Knife in the Water (1962), Repulsion (1965), Cul-De-Sac (1966), and Rosemary’s Baby. Yet in Macbeth, there are a number of characteristic Polanski touches — in story and style — harkening back to these previous works and in many ways pointing toward those to come.
Don’t be fooled by the Playboy...
- 9/30/2014
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Sept. 23, 2014
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Jon Finch is Macbeth
In Macbeth, Roman Polanski (Rosemary’s Baby) imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity.
Jon Finch (Frenzy) and Francesca Annis (Dune) are charged with fury and sex appeal as a decorated warrior rising in the ranks and his driven wife, scheming together to take the throne by any means.
Co-adapted by Polanski and the great theater critic and dramaturge Kenneth Tynan, and shot against a series of stunning, stark British Isle landscapes, this version of Macbeth is among the most atmospheric and authentic of all Shakespeare films.
Criterion’s DVD and Blu-ray editions of Macbeth contain the following features:
• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with director Roman Polanski,...
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Jon Finch is Macbeth
In Macbeth, Roman Polanski (Rosemary’s Baby) imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity.
Jon Finch (Frenzy) and Francesca Annis (Dune) are charged with fury and sex appeal as a decorated warrior rising in the ranks and his driven wife, scheming together to take the throne by any means.
Co-adapted by Polanski and the great theater critic and dramaturge Kenneth Tynan, and shot against a series of stunning, stark British Isle landscapes, this version of Macbeth is among the most atmospheric and authentic of all Shakespeare films.
Criterion’s DVD and Blu-ray editions of Macbeth contain the following features:
• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with director Roman Polanski,...
- 6/18/2014
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
By Frank Calvillo
The final day of the Austin Polish Film Festival held, by far, the most intriguing of all the films screened that weekend; each one more different than the last, and each one mesmerizing and completely unforgettable.
Up first was Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir by film historian and documentarian Laurent Bouzereau. I must confess this was the film I was looking forward to all weekend, being after all a student of film, an admirer of Bouzereau and a fan of Polanski. The movie was shot during Polanski's time under house arrest in Switzerland following his entry into the country in 2009.
Shot as a conversation between Polanski and his long-time friend and collaborator Andrew Braunsberg, the famed director gave what is perhaps his most frank and candid interview ever. No subject was off-limits for Polanksi, including his experiences as a child during the invasion of Poland, the murder...
- 11/14/2013
- by Contributors
- Slackerwood
A vintage Cannes offers a whale of a drama, a Chinese mystery, and a dainty slice of dysfunctional family life from Wes Anderson. Meanwhile, Woody Allen and Roman Polanski have some explaining to do
Like the Godfather of film festivals that it is, Cannes keeps its friends close and its enemies closer. Over the 65th edition's early days, Cannes clawed back any deserters or doubters with a storming selection, confirming it as the best showcase for challenging cinema from around the world.
Andrea Arnold, the British director whose career Cannes nurtured by promoting her films Red Road and Fish Tank, showed her version of Wuthering Heights at Venice last year. Cannes immediately installed her as a member of this year's jury.
Regulars such as Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, neither of whom have a film showing here, have instead been rewarded with warmly respectful documentaries, made and populated by high-profile friends and fans.
Like the Godfather of film festivals that it is, Cannes keeps its friends close and its enemies closer. Over the 65th edition's early days, Cannes clawed back any deserters or doubters with a storming selection, confirming it as the best showcase for challenging cinema from around the world.
Andrea Arnold, the British director whose career Cannes nurtured by promoting her films Red Road and Fish Tank, showed her version of Wuthering Heights at Venice last year. Cannes immediately installed her as a member of this year's jury.
Regulars such as Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, neither of whom have a film showing here, have instead been rewarded with warmly respectful documentaries, made and populated by high-profile friends and fans.
- 5/19/2012
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
If you didn’t like Roman Polanski before, you’re not going to like him any better after seeing him tell his life story in “Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir.” Producer Andrew Braunsberg, one of the director’s closest friends, sits with him to talk through an extraordinary life: a childhood torn to shreds by the Holocaust, a film career in Poland, his marriage to Sharon Tate and her murder by the Manson clan, his rape of Samantha Geimer and the media circus aftermath and his life in exile, capped by arrest in Switzerland...
- 5/17/2012
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
The Cannes Film Festival has long been a friendly home to Roman Polanski. It’s a place where he still occasionally shows up, assured that he won’t be bombarded by the kind of hanging-judge hostility that will inevitably be expressed in the comments at the end of this post. I’m tempted — oh, how I’m tempted! — to leave the He’s a great artist!/He’s a child rapist! debates to all of you, but the interesting and troublesome new documentary Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir inevitably calls up all the old tidbits and scandals and moral questions once again.
- 5/17/2012
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW - Inside Movies
Roman Polanski has more than one story to tell. In a lifetime dedicated to storytelling, it is ironic that his own life experiences have been the stuff that good Hollywood films tend to made of. No doubt much will be made of the fact that the Memoir was filmed while Polanski was under house arrest in Switzerland, and indeed the film takes the controversial “American problems” as the director himself refers to them here as the starting point but the documentary is a good deal more than an opportunity to clear the director’s name. Instead it tells the story of his entire life, in which Samantha Geimer is merely one chapter, and – most enticingly for film fans – in Polanski’s own words (and occasionally those of “host” Andrew Braunsberg). Rather than opt for a narrative-type documentary, director Laurent Bouzereau opts instead for a feature length interview with his subject, presided...
- 5/17/2012
- by Simon Gallagher
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
This new documentary about Roman Polanski is undoubtedly enlightening, but suffers from a reticence over the key issues of the director's career
Laurent Bouzereau's film about Roman Polanski is not merely a documentary, but a full-length, wide-ranging interview with the man himself, carried out by his long-time friend and producing partner Andrew Braunsberg. The prospect of Polanski speaking about the extraordinary events that shaped his life is mouth-watering; Braunsberg's questioning is intelligent and sympathetic and Polanski can be a wonderful raconteur.
But perhaps inevitably the film founders on the issue of the Samantha Geimer affair, the 1977 charge of unlawful sex with an underage girl, on account of which he fled the Us and still cannot enter that country or those likely to extradite him. The movie is not evasive exactly, but reticent, emphasising the moral equivalence of Geimer's and Polanski's suffering at the hands of a prurient and intrusive press over the past decades.
Laurent Bouzereau's film about Roman Polanski is not merely a documentary, but a full-length, wide-ranging interview with the man himself, carried out by his long-time friend and producing partner Andrew Braunsberg. The prospect of Polanski speaking about the extraordinary events that shaped his life is mouth-watering; Braunsberg's questioning is intelligent and sympathetic and Polanski can be a wonderful raconteur.
But perhaps inevitably the film founders on the issue of the Samantha Geimer affair, the 1977 charge of unlawful sex with an underage girl, on account of which he fled the Us and still cannot enter that country or those likely to extradite him. The movie is not evasive exactly, but reticent, emphasising the moral equivalence of Geimer's and Polanski's suffering at the hands of a prurient and intrusive press over the past decades.
- 5/16/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
A few years back, the Zurich Film Festival burst onto the map, but for all the wrong reasons. In 2009, Roman Polanski, en route to the festival to receive a lifetime achievement award, was apprehended shortly after landing on Swiss soil. He was never extradited to the United States to stand trial for his mid ’70s sexual escapades with the then underaged Samatha Geimer in Jack Nicholson’s Hollywood Hills home, and now he’s free, having returned for the seventh edition of Zurich’s increasingly important film festival. He screened his “film memoir,” which I simply loathed for its canned, staged quality, its lack of genuine insight into the man and his times. Made by ex-Polanski producer Andrew Braunsberg, Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir had its “secret” world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival. Hot off the heels of Polanski’s lukewarm Yesmina Reza adaptation Carnage, it is the...
- 12/16/2011
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
"She is a double victim: my victim, and a victim of the press," says the subject of Laurent Bouzereau's documentary, Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir, which saw its world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival last night. Kevin Dolak of ABC News calls this statement Polanski's "first public acknowledgement about Samantha Geimer, the 13-year-old model he sexually assaulted in Los Angeles," even though he goes on to mention the letter of apology Polanski sent to Geimer in 2009. Surely the director would have assumed that this would amount to a public acknowledgment? Regardless, the new documentary evidently consists primarily of interviews Polanski's friend and producer Andrew Braunsberg conducted while the filmmaker was under house arrest in Gstaad and "reportedly shows Polanski's side of the story." IndieWIRE's Nigel M Smith notes that Polanski also discusses his childhood, his work and the violent murder of Sharon Tate.
The premiere capped an...
The premiere capped an...
- 9/29/2011
- MUBI
Succumbing to the most numbing of documentary aesthetics, Laurent Bouzereau’s Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir had its “secret” world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival Tuesday night. Aftering being hyped as a groundbreaking work of filmic autobiography, what unspooled in this most expensive of European cities consisted mainly of footage shot by longtime Polanski friend and former producer Andrew Braunsberg, who convinced Polanski to spend 20 hours talking with him in Polanski’s Gstaad estate during his house arrest following his apprehension at Zurich’s ambitious young festival a few years ago. The film’s cumulative effect is rather enervating given its fascinating subject, who rarely if ever gives interviews. Feeling longer than it actually is and must less relevant than it would like to be, the movie barely flies above the level of propoganda, especially when it arrives at the scandalous case of Mr. Polanski’s dalliance with Samantha Geimer,...
- 9/29/2011
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The incredible life of Anne Frank will be celebrated by film once again in a new version of her story to be written and directed by David Mamet.
Just recently, Disney acquired the rights to the story, which will be a mix of her diary, the stage adaptation of that text by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, and Mamet’s own “take on the material.” Variety is hinting that Mamet “could reframe the story” as a young girl’s rite of passage.
For those unfamiliar with her story, Frank became an “icon of the Holocaust” when her diary that chronicled her family’s two years in hiding from Nazis in World War II was published. She died at the age of 15 at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Producer Andrew Braunsberg had been working over a year on acquiring the rights to the story, both from the estate of Frank and also...
Just recently, Disney acquired the rights to the story, which will be a mix of her diary, the stage adaptation of that text by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, and Mamet’s own “take on the material.” Variety is hinting that Mamet “could reframe the story” as a young girl’s rite of passage.
For those unfamiliar with her story, Frank became an “icon of the Holocaust” when her diary that chronicled her family’s two years in hiding from Nazis in World War II was published. She died at the age of 15 at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Producer Andrew Braunsberg had been working over a year on acquiring the rights to the story, both from the estate of Frank and also...
- 8/16/2009
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Walt Disney has acquired the film rights to the holocaust memoir "The Diary of Anne Frank." Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet is set to write and direct the project.
The film will be based on the famed diary and on the 1950s play by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. Mamet's own take on the story will also be considered in making the plot.
The diary was written by the young teenage girl who was hiding in a secret attic apartment for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Her family was captured in 1944 and taken to concentration camp. She died at age 15.
Variety reports that Mamet will also produce with Andrew Braunsberg.
The film will be based on the famed diary and on the 1950s play by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. Mamet's own take on the story will also be considered in making the plot.
The diary was written by the young teenage girl who was hiding in a secret attic apartment for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Her family was captured in 1944 and taken to concentration camp. She died at age 15.
Variety reports that Mamet will also produce with Andrew Braunsberg.
- 8/13/2009
- icelebz.com
Disney has acquired the rights to film a new version of “The Diary of Anne Frank”, which will be written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet. Mamet will produce along with Andrew Braunsberg. Mamet will be drawing on both the original diary, as well as the play by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, to tell the story of the young Jewish girl named Anne Frank who, during the Second World War, hid with her family from the Nazis in the a secret attic of a house in Amsterdam, from 1942 until 1944 when the family was betrayed and arrested by the Nazis. Anne Frank’s sister Margot Frank, [...]...
- 8/13/2009
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
Playwright and screenwriter David Mamet is working a screenplay based on the diary of Anne Frank. The Disney film will be based on her writing, a 1950’s play about her, and Mamet’s take on the story.
The diary of Anne Frank was given to her on June 12, 1942 (her 13th birthday) and chronicles her life until August 1944 during World War II and the Holocaust. Her family went into hiding that July and after two years in a secret enclosure were betrayed to Nazi forces. Frank died at the age of 15 in a German concentration camp.
According to Variety, Mament will produce alongside Andrew Braunsberg, who spent a year securing the rights from Anne Frank’s estate as well as the original play’s representation.
Mamet’s involvement (especially with Disney) is curious because typically his characters are intense males, for example his Pulitzer Prize-winning Glengarry Glen Ross and an executive...
The diary of Anne Frank was given to her on June 12, 1942 (her 13th birthday) and chronicles her life until August 1944 during World War II and the Holocaust. Her family went into hiding that July and after two years in a secret enclosure were betrayed to Nazi forces. Frank died at the age of 15 in a German concentration camp.
According to Variety, Mament will produce alongside Andrew Braunsberg, who spent a year securing the rights from Anne Frank’s estate as well as the original play’s representation.
Mamet’s involvement (especially with Disney) is curious because typically his characters are intense males, for example his Pulitzer Prize-winning Glengarry Glen Ross and an executive...
- 8/13/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Disney has acquired film rights to a new version of "The Diary of Anne Frank," to be written and directed by David Mamet.According to Variety, Mamet will produce with Andrew Braunsberg.The film will be an combination of the famed diary; the stage adaptation by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; and Mamet's own original take on the material that could reframe the story as a young girl's rite of passage. Frank, who died at 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, became an icon of the Holocaust after the post-war publication of the diary that she kept during the two years that her family hid in a secret attic apartment in Amsterdam.Braunsberg, best known for producing "Being There," spent a year gathering...
- 8/12/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Disney has acquired rights to a new rendition of "The Diary of Anne Frank," to be written and helmed by David Mamet (Heist, Spartan). The film will be an amalgamation of the famed diary; the stage adaptation by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; and Mamet's own original take on the material that could reframe the story as a young girl's right of passage. Frank, who died at 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, became an icon of the Holocaust after the post-war publication of the diary that she kept during the two years that her family hid in a secret attic apartment in Amsterdam. Producer Andrew Braunsberg, best known for producing "Being There," spent a year gathering the rights from the Anne Frank Estate as well as the estates of Hackett and Goodrich. He met with Icm's John Burnham, who recommended Mamet. Mamet sparked to the opportunity tell the story,...
- 8/12/2009
- WorstPreviews.com
Disney has acquired screen rights to a new rendition of "The Diary of Anne Frank," to be written and helmed by David Mamet, reports Variety . Mamet will also produce with Andrew Braunsberg. The trade says that the film will be an amalgamation of the famed diary; the stage adaptation by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; and Mamet's own original take on the material that could reframe the story as a young girl's right of passage. Frank, who died at 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, became an icon of the Holocaust after the post-war publication of the diary that she kept during the two years that her family hid in a secret attic apartment in Amsterdam. A 1959 big screen rendition of Hackett and Goodrich's "Diary of Anne Frank" earned an Oscar for...
- 8/12/2009
- Comingsoon.net
I'm not so sure if this is a strange idea or an interesting one as Variety reports David Mamet is setting out to write and direct a new take on "The Diary of Anne Frank" for Walt Disney Pictures. The 1959 George Stevens directed original won three Oscars and was nominated for a total of eight statues. Shelley Winters won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Petronella Van Daan. As everyone knows, the film was an adaptation of the secret diary kept by Frank while she and her family hid in a secret attic apartment in Amsterdam during the Holocaust. As Michael Fleming at Variety points out, the young girl became an icon after the post-war publication of her diary. Mamet is said to be adapting not only the famed diary, but plans on making an amalgamation of the diary and the stage adaptation by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich...
- 8/12/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
David Mamet has signed on to write and direct an adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank. Disney recently acquired the film rights to a new rendition of the true story. Mamet, whose directing credits include Heist, Spartan and Redbelt, will also produce with Andrew Braunsberg. Frank, who died at 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, became an icon of the Holocaust after the post-war publication of the diary that she kept during the two years that her family hid in a secret attic apartment in Amsterdam. The film will be an amalgamation of the famed diary; the stage adaptation by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; and Mamet's own original take on the material that could reframe the story as a young girl's right of passage. Braunsberg, best known for producing Being There, spent a year gathering the rights from the Anne Frank Estate as well as the estates of Hackett and Goodrich.
- 8/12/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
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