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I first met Michael (that’s what he went by in college, so that’s what I still call him) White in an acting class during our freshman year at Wesleyan. There were two acting classes, and we were in the bad one — the B group, so to speak. Michael was already a little bit famous on campus, having done a scene that made a big splash in No Doze Theater, an all-night theater production that ran during finals. But what stuck out to me was that he wasn’t wearing socks — it was January in Connecticut. He still doesn’t really know how to dress for the winter.
We remained close friends for years before ever working together. When I was just starting out and would travel to Los Angeles for work, I would stay with him, frequently overstaying my welcome. I...
I first met Michael (that’s what he went by in college, so that’s what I still call him) White in an acting class during our freshman year at Wesleyan. There were two acting classes, and we were in the bad one — the B group, so to speak. Michael was already a little bit famous on campus, having done a scene that made a big splash in No Doze Theater, an all-night theater production that ran during finals. But what stuck out to me was that he wasn’t wearing socks — it was January in Connecticut. He still doesn’t really know how to dress for the winter.
We remained close friends for years before ever working together. When I was just starting out and would travel to Los Angeles for work, I would stay with him, frequently overstaying my welcome. I...
- 8/2/2022
- by Meredith Tucker, as told to Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Berlinale Co-Production Market
Kutch, a project to be directed by Bobby Bedi and produced by his company Kaleidoscope Entertainment made it to the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2012 as the first Indian project in the official selection. Bobby Bedi who has produced films like Maqbool, Saathiya and Bandit Queen and directed a documentary series called Kehta Hai Joker, will make his foray into feature film direction with Kutch, which is said to be based on female infanticide.
Berlinale announced 39 projects that will participate at the 9th Berlinale Co-Production Market to be held from February 12-14, 2012.
Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox has been selected for Talent Project Market. He was a participant of the Berlinale Talent Campus in 2011.
The official section for the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2012
- Odyssea (director: Pascal Deux), Alliance de Production Cinématographique, France
- Heirs of the Night (director: Marco Kreuzpaintner, tbc), Bavaria Pictures & Hamster Film, Germany
- The Santo...
Kutch, a project to be directed by Bobby Bedi and produced by his company Kaleidoscope Entertainment made it to the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2012 as the first Indian project in the official selection. Bobby Bedi who has produced films like Maqbool, Saathiya and Bandit Queen and directed a documentary series called Kehta Hai Joker, will make his foray into feature film direction with Kutch, which is said to be based on female infanticide.
Berlinale announced 39 projects that will participate at the 9th Berlinale Co-Production Market to be held from February 12-14, 2012.
Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox has been selected for Talent Project Market. He was a participant of the Berlinale Talent Campus in 2011.
The official section for the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2012
- Odyssea (director: Pascal Deux), Alliance de Production Cinématographique, France
- Heirs of the Night (director: Marco Kreuzpaintner, tbc), Bavaria Pictures & Hamster Film, Germany
- The Santo...
- 1/18/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Vastly entertaining and well-nourished by a large and splendid cast, Alan Parker's ambitious screen adaptation of T. Coraghessan Boyle's 1993 novel "The Road to Wellville" puts the audience through a rigorous workout of Reform Era slapstick, sexual awakening, "biological living" and early 20th century confidence games. The film recently unspooled at the Tokyo Film Festival.
Fast-paced and beautifully mounted, Columbia Pictures' offbeat period comedy is one of the delights of the fall release schedule, but possesses no single element or combination of assets that will ensure runaway success at the boxoffice.
Too sexy and scatological for general acceptance and too literary for easy consumption by the date-night crowd, the marketing of "The Road to Wellville" will no-doubt concentrate on its stellar cast. Alas, ultimate success will come down the ancillary road.
With a billy-goat beard, buck teeth and an American accent and delivery reminiscent of John Huston, Anthony Hopkins plays corn flake inventor and dietary guru Dr. John Harvey Kellogg with far more pep and animation than his usual reserved Englishman. As the driving force at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Kellogg believed in lifelong celibacy, but Hopkins opts for a cheery tone and extrovert's confidence when delivering such gems as "an erection is a flagpole on your grave."
Set in 1907, the story follows the wild experiences of the Lightbodys (Bridget Fonda and Matthew Broderick), a New England couple going through marital strains who hope to get healthy at the "San". Paralleling their story is that of a well-intentioned go-getter (John Cusack) who dreams of striking it rich in the cereal business.
On the fringes of the story, and the subject of hilarious flashbacks underscoring the tyranny of Kellogg's approach, is the doctor's decidedly unhealthy and revenge-minded son (Dana Carvey), one of 42 children adopted in his lifetime.
Parker finds the right balance of satiric commentary and outright comedy. Overall the spirit of Boyle remains intact in such lines as "behind every shining fortune lurks the shadow of a lie."
THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures and Beacon present
A Dirty Hands proudction
An Alan Parker Film
Writer-director Alan Parker
Producers Alan Parker, Armyan Bernstein, Robert F. Colesberry
Based on the novel by T. Goraghessan Boyle
Executive producers Tom Rosenberg, Marc Abraham
Director of photography Peter Biziou
Production designer Brian Morris
Editor Gerry Hambling
Costume designer Penny Rose
Music Rachel Portman
Casting Howard Feuer, Juliet Taylor
Color/Stereo
Cast:
Dr. John Henry Kellogg Anthony Hopkins
Eleanor Lightbody Bridget Fonda
Will Lightbody Matthew Broderick
Charles Ossining John Cusack
George Kellogg Dana Carvey
Goodloe Bender Michael Lerner
Dr. Lionel Badger Colm Meaney
Running time -- 119 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
Fast-paced and beautifully mounted, Columbia Pictures' offbeat period comedy is one of the delights of the fall release schedule, but possesses no single element or combination of assets that will ensure runaway success at the boxoffice.
Too sexy and scatological for general acceptance and too literary for easy consumption by the date-night crowd, the marketing of "The Road to Wellville" will no-doubt concentrate on its stellar cast. Alas, ultimate success will come down the ancillary road.
With a billy-goat beard, buck teeth and an American accent and delivery reminiscent of John Huston, Anthony Hopkins plays corn flake inventor and dietary guru Dr. John Harvey Kellogg with far more pep and animation than his usual reserved Englishman. As the driving force at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Kellogg believed in lifelong celibacy, but Hopkins opts for a cheery tone and extrovert's confidence when delivering such gems as "an erection is a flagpole on your grave."
Set in 1907, the story follows the wild experiences of the Lightbodys (Bridget Fonda and Matthew Broderick), a New England couple going through marital strains who hope to get healthy at the "San". Paralleling their story is that of a well-intentioned go-getter (John Cusack) who dreams of striking it rich in the cereal business.
On the fringes of the story, and the subject of hilarious flashbacks underscoring the tyranny of Kellogg's approach, is the doctor's decidedly unhealthy and revenge-minded son (Dana Carvey), one of 42 children adopted in his lifetime.
Parker finds the right balance of satiric commentary and outright comedy. Overall the spirit of Boyle remains intact in such lines as "behind every shining fortune lurks the shadow of a lie."
THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures and Beacon present
A Dirty Hands proudction
An Alan Parker Film
Writer-director Alan Parker
Producers Alan Parker, Armyan Bernstein, Robert F. Colesberry
Based on the novel by T. Goraghessan Boyle
Executive producers Tom Rosenberg, Marc Abraham
Director of photography Peter Biziou
Production designer Brian Morris
Editor Gerry Hambling
Costume designer Penny Rose
Music Rachel Portman
Casting Howard Feuer, Juliet Taylor
Color/Stereo
Cast:
Dr. John Henry Kellogg Anthony Hopkins
Eleanor Lightbody Bridget Fonda
Will Lightbody Matthew Broderick
Charles Ossining John Cusack
George Kellogg Dana Carvey
Goodloe Bender Michael Lerner
Dr. Lionel Badger Colm Meaney
Running time -- 119 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
- 9/30/1994
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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