Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’ also hits cinemas.
Universal animation Sing 2 is the latest challenger to the six-week consecutive run atop the UK-Ireland box office chart of Sony behemoth Spider-Man: No Way Home this weekend.
Sing 2 is opening in 635 sites – a 14.4% increase on the 555-site opening of first title Sing in 2017. That film took a huge £6.25m at a location average of £11,261; this figure was boosted to a £10.5m total opening by two days of previews that brought in £4.19m.
That is still the biggest-ever opening for an original animated film, ahead of the likes of The Secret Life of Pets...
Universal animation Sing 2 is the latest challenger to the six-week consecutive run atop the UK-Ireland box office chart of Sony behemoth Spider-Man: No Way Home this weekend.
Sing 2 is opening in 635 sites – a 14.4% increase on the 555-site opening of first title Sing in 2017. That film took a huge £6.25m at a location average of £11,261; this figure was boosted to a £10.5m total opening by two days of previews that brought in £4.19m.
That is still the biggest-ever opening for an original animated film, ahead of the likes of The Secret Life of Pets...
- 1/28/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Frank Hurley’s 1919 silent footage turns Sir Ernest Shackleton’s gruelling expedition into a travelogue with cute penguins
Pioneering Australian photographer and film-maker Frank Hurley was the official witness to Sir Ernest Shackleton’s gruelling expedition attempting to cross the Antarctic landmass, which lasted three years from 1914 to 1917. For most of the time the crew were utterly cut off from news of the outside world and the expedition became an epic ordeal when, on the way there, their ship (aptly named Endurance) was crushed and sunk by pack ice. Shackleton and his men were forced to journey onwards in a lifeboat in the desolate cold, finally to South Georgia, then rescued and brought by a Chilean vessel to the harbour in Valparaíso where they were accorded a hero’s welcome.
This 1919 silent movie is Hurley’s filmed record of Shackleton’s voyage and what is startling about it is its...
Pioneering Australian photographer and film-maker Frank Hurley was the official witness to Sir Ernest Shackleton’s gruelling expedition attempting to cross the Antarctic landmass, which lasted three years from 1914 to 1917. For most of the time the crew were utterly cut off from news of the outside world and the expedition became an epic ordeal when, on the way there, their ship (aptly named Endurance) was crushed and sunk by pack ice. Shackleton and his men were forced to journey onwards in a lifeboat in the desolate cold, finally to South Georgia, then rescued and brought by a Chilean vessel to the harbour in Valparaíso where they were accorded a hero’s welcome.
This 1919 silent movie is Hurley’s filmed record of Shackleton’s voyage and what is startling about it is its...
- 1/26/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
We see you, Scott Eastwood!
The 30-year-old actor showed off his incredible physique on Thursday while soaking up the sun at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
Watch: 7 Stars With the Hottest Beach Bodies
Eastwood went shirtless, putting his ripped abs on full display, and sported black Hurley board shorts and square-framed sunglasses.
Akm-gsi
Swoon!
Eastwood is currently in Australia to film Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, and judging by his recent Instagram pics, he's been having a blast Down Under.
Photos: Scott Eastwood Goes Shirtless During Charity Triathlon to Benefit St. Jude Kids
"Down here in Australia working on #pacificrim and look who I ran into. Dalia and I used to Bartend together back in my early 20's," he captioned a pic of him and his close pal wearing matching California-based Firehouse American Eatery T-shirts. "I travel with this shirt everywhere I go to always remind myself where I came from. Every time I put it on I'm reminded...
The 30-year-old actor showed off his incredible physique on Thursday while soaking up the sun at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
Watch: 7 Stars With the Hottest Beach Bodies
Eastwood went shirtless, putting his ripped abs on full display, and sported black Hurley board shorts and square-framed sunglasses.
Akm-gsi
Swoon!
Eastwood is currently in Australia to film Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, and judging by his recent Instagram pics, he's been having a blast Down Under.
Photos: Scott Eastwood Goes Shirtless During Charity Triathlon to Benefit St. Jude Kids
"Down here in Australia working on #pacificrim and look who I ran into. Dalia and I used to Bartend together back in my early 20's," he captioned a pic of him and his close pal wearing matching California-based Firehouse American Eatery T-shirts. "I travel with this shirt everywhere I go to always remind myself where I came from. Every time I put it on I'm reminded...
- 11/10/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
From ‘rats’ in politics to cane toads in Queensland via ice-bitten tragedies in Everest and Antarctica, we round up the best documentaries from Australia
Documentaries have been a part of Australian film history from the beginning. A whole 10 years before The Story of the Kelly Gang claimed the title as the world’s first feature-length movie, Marius Sestier was making nonfiction short films that detailed the extravagance of the annual Melbourne Cup and the mundanity of passengers disembarking from a paddle steamer at Manly. Not too long later, photographer Frank Hurley was documenting his travels to Antarctica in South and Home of the Blizzard.
Sestier, an employee at the time of film pioneers the Lumière brothers in France, is just one of many documentarians whose importance to Australian cinema culture has long been ignored. It’s disappointing considering documentaries are frequently among the world-class cinema this country produces; even our...
Documentaries have been a part of Australian film history from the beginning. A whole 10 years before The Story of the Kelly Gang claimed the title as the world’s first feature-length movie, Marius Sestier was making nonfiction short films that detailed the extravagance of the annual Melbourne Cup and the mundanity of passengers disembarking from a paddle steamer at Manly. Not too long later, photographer Frank Hurley was documenting his travels to Antarctica in South and Home of the Blizzard.
Sestier, an employee at the time of film pioneers the Lumière brothers in France, is just one of many documentarians whose importance to Australian cinema culture has long been ignored. It’s disappointing considering documentaries are frequently among the world-class cinema this country produces; even our...
- 4/28/2016
- by Glenn Dunks
- The Guardian - Film News
From ‘rats’ in politics to cane toads in Queensland via ice-bitten tragedies in Everest and Antarctica, we round up the best documentaries from Australia
Documentaries have been a part of Australian film history from the beginning. A whole 10 years before The Story of the Kelly Gang claimed the title as the world’s first feature-length movie, Marius Sestier was making nonfiction short films that detailed the extravagance of the annual Melbourne Cup and the mundanity of passengers disembarking from a paddle steamer at Manly. Not too long later, photographer Frank Hurley was documenting his travels to Antarctica in South and Home of the Blizzard.
Sestier, an employee at the time of film pioneers the Lumière brothers in France, is just one of many documentarians whose importance to Australian cinema culture has long been ignored. It’s disappointing considering documentaries are frequently among the world-class cinema this country produces; even our...
Documentaries have been a part of Australian film history from the beginning. A whole 10 years before The Story of the Kelly Gang claimed the title as the world’s first feature-length movie, Marius Sestier was making nonfiction short films that detailed the extravagance of the annual Melbourne Cup and the mundanity of passengers disembarking from a paddle steamer at Manly. Not too long later, photographer Frank Hurley was documenting his travels to Antarctica in South and Home of the Blizzard.
Sestier, an employee at the time of film pioneers the Lumière brothers in France, is just one of many documentarians whose importance to Australian cinema culture has long been ignored. It’s disappointing considering documentaries are frequently among the world-class cinema this country produces; even our...
- 4/28/2016
- by Glenn Dunks
- The Guardian - Film News
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Spectrum Films has moved into its new home at Fox Studios after a raft of key appointments..
The new site on the second floor of the Frank Hurley Building at Fox Studios Australia is now operational..
With Adam Scott now a partner in the business working in tandem with Josh Pomeranz, Spectrum Films "3.0" offers refined technical services including edit suites, online picture finishing, colour grading and a custom built sound mixing theatre, as well as sound design, editing and post sound management.
The new post facility will be looked after by recently appointed post producer, Catherine Armstrong, and head of sound, Angus Robertson.
Armstrong, whose credits include Please Like Me, Tanna, Dance Academy, Underbelly and Paper giants: Magzine Wars, had previously worked at SoundFirm for almost two years as post producer.
Robertson's credits include Dead Calm, The Year My Voice Broke and Black Robe, as well as his more...
Spectrum Films has moved into its new home at Fox Studios after a raft of key appointments..
The new site on the second floor of the Frank Hurley Building at Fox Studios Australia is now operational..
With Adam Scott now a partner in the business working in tandem with Josh Pomeranz, Spectrum Films "3.0" offers refined technical services including edit suites, online picture finishing, colour grading and a custom built sound mixing theatre, as well as sound design, editing and post sound management.
The new post facility will be looked after by recently appointed post producer, Catherine Armstrong, and head of sound, Angus Robertson.
Armstrong, whose credits include Please Like Me, Tanna, Dance Academy, Underbelly and Paper giants: Magzine Wars, had previously worked at SoundFirm for almost two years as post producer.
Robertson's credits include Dead Calm, The Year My Voice Broke and Black Robe, as well as his more...
- 3/16/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Spectrum Films has appointed Catherine Armstrong as post producer to work alongside general manager, Adam Scott.
Armstrong, whose credits include Please Like Me, Tanna, Dance Academy, Underbelly and Paper giants: Magzine Wars, had previously worked at SoundFirm for almost two years as post producer.
The appointment comes as the Specturm relocates to its new headquarters on the second floor of the Frank Hurley Building at Fox Studios, which overlooks Hans Pomeranz Stage 8 - named in honour of Spectrum's founder.
It's the second time Spectrum, which was established in 1964 by Pomeranz, has shifted its operations.
Spectrum moved from Willoughby to building 53 on the Fox lot when it opened in 1998. .
Scott said Armstrong, who has worked across feature films and television, was experienced at managing and supervising post-production workflows, budgets and tight turn-arounds..
"Catherine's post-production background complemented by her technical understanding, will provide an invaluable addition to the Spectrum Films family,...
Armstrong, whose credits include Please Like Me, Tanna, Dance Academy, Underbelly and Paper giants: Magzine Wars, had previously worked at SoundFirm for almost two years as post producer.
The appointment comes as the Specturm relocates to its new headquarters on the second floor of the Frank Hurley Building at Fox Studios, which overlooks Hans Pomeranz Stage 8 - named in honour of Spectrum's founder.
It's the second time Spectrum, which was established in 1964 by Pomeranz, has shifted its operations.
Spectrum moved from Willoughby to building 53 on the Fox lot when it opened in 1998. .
Scott said Armstrong, who has worked across feature films and television, was experienced at managing and supervising post-production workflows, budgets and tight turn-arounds..
"Catherine's post-production background complemented by her technical understanding, will provide an invaluable addition to the Spectrum Films family,...
- 2/11/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Spectrum Films will start a new chapter in its 51 year history early next year by moving into a new creative space in the heart of the Fox Studios.
It.s just the second time the post production facility founded by Hans Pomeranz in a converted shop in Willoughby has shifted its operations.
Spectrum Films has been based in Building 53 on the Fox lot since the studios opened in 1998, well before the advent of Avid and other digital devices.
Managing director Josh Pomeranz and general manager Adam Scott- who is taking a stake in the business- see the move as the next evolution of Spectrum Films.
.We have come a long way from the converted chicken shop in Willoughby, and we look forward to welcoming our Spectrum family on the balcony soon,. Pomeranz said.
The opportunity to shift to the far more central location - the second floor of the Frank Hurley...
It.s just the second time the post production facility founded by Hans Pomeranz in a converted shop in Willoughby has shifted its operations.
Spectrum Films has been based in Building 53 on the Fox lot since the studios opened in 1998, well before the advent of Avid and other digital devices.
Managing director Josh Pomeranz and general manager Adam Scott- who is taking a stake in the business- see the move as the next evolution of Spectrum Films.
.We have come a long way from the converted chicken shop in Willoughby, and we look forward to welcoming our Spectrum family on the balcony soon,. Pomeranz said.
The opportunity to shift to the far more central location - the second floor of the Frank Hurley...
- 11/8/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Hitchcock's silents are now on the Memory of the World register – I can think of five others that deserve the same recognition
If, when you consider our national heritage, you think of murder, guilt, sex and cheeky humour – well, somebody out there agrees with you. The decision to add Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent movies to Unesco's UK Memory of the World register puts his early work on a cultural par with the Domesday Book and Field Marshal Douglas Haig's war diaries – also selected for the list this year.
The nine silents were all directed by Hitchcock in the 1920s and include better-known films in the director's classic thriller mode such as The Lodger and Blackmail as well as comedies (Champagne, The Farmer's Wife) a boxing movie (The Ring) and dramas (The Pleasure Garden, Downhill, Easy Virtue and the lush, rustic romance The Manxman). The collection was nominated by the BFI,...
If, when you consider our national heritage, you think of murder, guilt, sex and cheeky humour – well, somebody out there agrees with you. The decision to add Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent movies to Unesco's UK Memory of the World register puts his early work on a cultural par with the Domesday Book and Field Marshal Douglas Haig's war diaries – also selected for the list this year.
The nine silents were all directed by Hitchcock in the 1920s and include better-known films in the director's classic thriller mode such as The Lodger and Blackmail as well as comedies (Champagne, The Farmer's Wife) a boxing movie (The Ring) and dramas (The Pleasure Garden, Downhill, Easy Virtue and the lush, rustic romance The Manxman). The collection was nominated by the BFI,...
- 7/12/2013
- by Pamela Hutchinson
- The Guardian - Film News
South: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of the Antarctic It was surprising to see the large crowd waiting to get into the 2012 San Francisco Silent Film Festival screening of South: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of the Antarctic (1920). I did not think that a documentary would interest so many people, but the theater was packed. South — the screening was narrated by Paul McGann — tells the story of the 1914-1916 expedition across the Antarctic, led by explorer Ernest Shackleton on the ship "The Endurance." Shackleton was accompanied by a crew, a kennel of dogs, and photographer Frank Hurley. Whether the Antarctic adventure can be called successful or not, is up for debate. After being locked in ice for nine months, the ship got stuck, eventually shattering and sinking in the Weddell Sea. South‘s most striking scene, in fact, was of the crew watching "The Endurance" crack and fall apart in an icy grave.
- 6/5/2013
- by Danny Fortune
- Alt Film Guide
Elizabeth Hurley and Shane Warne's whirlwind romance has gone Down Under . literally!
The newly engaged couple, who announced their intent to marry over Twitter in October, enjoyed rides, games . and some very public Pda! . during a visit to the Movie World theme park on the Gold Coast in Australia.
Joined by his three young children, Brooke, Summer and Jackson, and Hurley's son, Damian (dad is film producer Stephen Bing), the casually-clad crowd did everything as a family unit . save for one heart-racing activity.
"Rides too scary for me-i had to bury my head in my 9 year old's shoulder," Hurley Tweeted, before congratulating her cricket-playing fiancé on braving Lethal Weapon and Super-Man-themed roller coasters.
The newly engaged couple, who announced their intent to marry over Twitter in October, enjoyed rides, games . and some very public Pda! . during a visit to the Movie World theme park on the Gold Coast in Australia.
Joined by his three young children, Brooke, Summer and Jackson, and Hurley's son, Damian (dad is film producer Stephen Bing), the casually-clad crowd did everything as a family unit . save for one heart-racing activity.
"Rides too scary for me-i had to bury my head in my 9 year old's shoulder," Hurley Tweeted, before congratulating her cricket-playing fiancé on braving Lethal Weapon and Super-Man-themed roller coasters.
- 12/23/2011
- icelebz.com
Elizabeth Hurley and Shane Warne's whirlwind romance has gone Down Under - literally! The newly engaged couple, who announced their intent to marry over Twitter in October, enjoyed rides, games - and some very public Pda! - during a visit to the Movie World theme park on the Gold Coast in Australia. Joined by his three young children, Brooke, Summer and Jackson, and Hurley's son, Damian (dad is film producer Stephen Bing), the casually-clad crowd did everything as a family unit - save for one heart-racing activity. "Rides too scary for me-i had to bury my head in my 9 year old's shoulder,...
- 12/21/2011
- by Justine Harman
- PEOPLE.com
Elizabeth Hurley's Australian fiance Shane Warne has vowed to make the relationship work despite the vast distance involved, because the romance is so "special".
The cricketer proposed to the British model/actress in September, and they have decided to spend more time getting to know their respective families before they tie the knot.
Warne has three children who live Down Under and Hurley's son Damian goes to boarding school in Britain while she works in New York filming TV show Gossip Girl.
The sportsman admits they face a challenge organising their schedules, but he is determined to make the relationship last.
He tells reporters at a press conference in Sydney, "For me, in my life at the moment, I'm in a really good place. My number one priority is my children and that's the most important thing - and my new family too, Elizabeth and her son Damian, and vice-versa. I'm in a great space personally... and probably the happiest I've ever been... For the first time in my life, I'm really comfortable where I'm at.
"There will be a fair bit of travelling involved but when you've got something that is as special as what Elizabeth and I have, it's worth a bit of a challenging schedule."
Warne also reveals he doesn't think the couple will sign a pre-nuptial agreement before the big day, adding, "I don't think we'll worry about that stuff."
Hurley divorced husband Arun Nayar in June, while Warne separated from his wife Simone last year.
The cricketer proposed to the British model/actress in September, and they have decided to spend more time getting to know their respective families before they tie the knot.
Warne has three children who live Down Under and Hurley's son Damian goes to boarding school in Britain while she works in New York filming TV show Gossip Girl.
The sportsman admits they face a challenge organising their schedules, but he is determined to make the relationship last.
He tells reporters at a press conference in Sydney, "For me, in my life at the moment, I'm in a really good place. My number one priority is my children and that's the most important thing - and my new family too, Elizabeth and her son Damian, and vice-versa. I'm in a great space personally... and probably the happiest I've ever been... For the first time in my life, I'm really comfortable where I'm at.
"There will be a fair bit of travelling involved but when you've got something that is as special as what Elizabeth and I have, it's worth a bit of a challenging schedule."
Warne also reveals he doesn't think the couple will sign a pre-nuptial agreement before the big day, adding, "I don't think we'll worry about that stuff."
Hurley divorced husband Arun Nayar in June, while Warne separated from his wife Simone last year.
- 10/19/2011
- WENN
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him "sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under." "Since he met and started dating Hurley, ...
- 7/29/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
A fitter and the slimmer looking Australian spin legend Shane Warne credited his girlfriend Liz Hurley for losing 22 pounds and said he feels better than he has done in years. The colourful leg-spinner, who was never interested in his physique or appearance during his playing days, was photographed more muscle-bound and tanned on the set of Gossip Girl in New York. The Daily Telegraph spotted him .sporting a tight blue T-shirt, dark glasses and a chic new hairdo and was almost unrecognisable from his former incarnation as a beefty, louty, knockabout bloke from Down Under.. .Since he met and started dating Hurley, he has morphed into an altogether more sophisticated creature. These days Warne seems to be styling himself, or being styled, on a cross between James Bond and a Ken doll,. the daily said. Warne had his eyebrows reshaped and has even admitted to using moisturising cream. .Yes, I.m still a man,...
- 7/28/2011
- Filmicafe
Perfectly timed to cash in on the recent spate of interest in the ill-fated 1914-16 Antarctic expedition led by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, this large-format documentary of the fascinating tale is a natural for science museums. "Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure" will have no problem translating to its eventual berth on public television as it was co-produced by NOVA/WGBH Boston. Directed by George Butler -- who also made "Endurance", a recent Sundance documentary about the same subject -- the film is necessarily condensed. Those looking for a comprehensive telling of the story should look elsewhere. But the giant-screen format adds immeasurably to conveying the visual starkness of the frigid settings.
As a quick reminder, Shackleton wanted to lead the first expedition to cross Antarctica. Recruiting a 27-man crew despite an advertisement promising "small wages ... bitter cold ... constant danger ... safe return doubtful," he led them and 70 sled dogs on a wooden ship called "Endurance", which eventually was crushed by ice floes. Their rescue was accomplished only when Shackleton and a few of his men made two hazardous journeys. First, they made an 800-mile voyage on rough seas on only a lifeboat. Second, they trekked on foot more than 30 miles of rugged and uncharted terrain.
The most powerful attribute of the film, which is narrated well by Kevin Spacey, is the inclusion of amazing footage that consists of still photos and 35mm film shot by Frank Hurley of the original expedition. (The footage was previously seen in the classic 1919 documentary "South".) The film also includes new footage shot by Butler replicating the original journey. Butler's footage was shot in the actual locations, and it is thankfully free of the cheesiness so normally prevalent in such re-creations. A retracing of Shackleton's steps across the Antarctic tundra by a trio of renowned modern-day mountain climbers demonstrates well the hazards he and his comrades must have faced.
SHACKLETON'S ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE
WGBH Enterprises and Giant Screen Films
Director: George Butler
Screenwriters: Moses Richards, Crystal V. Spijer
Producers: Susanne Simpson, Scott Swofford, George Butler
Co-producer: Louise Rosen
Executive producer: Susanne Simpson
Director of photography: Reed Smoot
Additional photography: David Douglas
Music: Sam Cardon
Narrator: Kevin Spacey
Color and black & white/stereo
Running time -- 40 minutes
No MPAA rating...
As a quick reminder, Shackleton wanted to lead the first expedition to cross Antarctica. Recruiting a 27-man crew despite an advertisement promising "small wages ... bitter cold ... constant danger ... safe return doubtful," he led them and 70 sled dogs on a wooden ship called "Endurance", which eventually was crushed by ice floes. Their rescue was accomplished only when Shackleton and a few of his men made two hazardous journeys. First, they made an 800-mile voyage on rough seas on only a lifeboat. Second, they trekked on foot more than 30 miles of rugged and uncharted terrain.
The most powerful attribute of the film, which is narrated well by Kevin Spacey, is the inclusion of amazing footage that consists of still photos and 35mm film shot by Frank Hurley of the original expedition. (The footage was previously seen in the classic 1919 documentary "South".) The film also includes new footage shot by Butler replicating the original journey. Butler's footage was shot in the actual locations, and it is thankfully free of the cheesiness so normally prevalent in such re-creations. A retracing of Shackleton's steps across the Antarctic tundra by a trio of renowned modern-day mountain climbers demonstrates well the hazards he and his comrades must have faced.
SHACKLETON'S ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE
WGBH Enterprises and Giant Screen Films
Director: George Butler
Screenwriters: Moses Richards, Crystal V. Spijer
Producers: Susanne Simpson, Scott Swofford, George Butler
Co-producer: Louise Rosen
Executive producer: Susanne Simpson
Director of photography: Reed Smoot
Additional photography: David Douglas
Music: Sam Cardon
Narrator: Kevin Spacey
Color and black & white/stereo
Running time -- 40 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Perfectly timed to cash in on the recent spate of interest in the ill-fated 1914-16 Antarctic expedition led by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, this large-format documentary of the fascinating tale is a natural for science museums. "Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure" will have no problem translating to its eventual berth on public television as it was co-produced by NOVA/WGBH Boston. Directed by George Butler -- who also made "Endurance", a recent Sundance documentary about the same subject -- the film is necessarily condensed. Those looking for a comprehensive telling of the story should look elsewhere. But the giant-screen format adds immeasurably to conveying the visual starkness of the frigid settings.
As a quick reminder, Shackleton wanted to lead the first expedition to cross Antarctica. Recruiting a 27-man crew despite an advertisement promising "small wages ... bitter cold ... constant danger ... safe return doubtful," he led them and 70 sled dogs on a wooden ship called "Endurance", which eventually was crushed by ice floes. Their rescue was accomplished only when Shackleton and a few of his men made two hazardous journeys. First, they made an 800-mile voyage on rough seas on only a lifeboat. Second, they trekked on foot more than 30 miles of rugged and uncharted terrain.
The most powerful attribute of the film, which is narrated well by Kevin Spacey, is the inclusion of amazing footage that consists of still photos and 35mm film shot by Frank Hurley of the original expedition. (The footage was previously seen in the classic 1919 documentary "South".) The film also includes new footage shot by Butler replicating the original journey. Butler's footage was shot in the actual locations, and it is thankfully free of the cheesiness so normally prevalent in such re-creations. A retracing of Shackleton's steps across the Antarctic tundra by a trio of renowned modern-day mountain climbers demonstrates well the hazards he and his comrades must have faced.
SHACKLETON'S ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE
WGBH Enterprises and Giant Screen Films
Director: George Butler
Screenwriters: Moses Richards, Crystal V. Spijer
Producers: Susanne Simpson, Scott Swofford, George Butler
Co-producer: Louise Rosen
Executive producer: Susanne Simpson
Director of photography: Reed Smoot
Additional photography: David Douglas
Music: Sam Cardon
Narrator: Kevin Spacey
Color and black & white/stereo
Running time -- 40 minutes
No MPAA rating...
As a quick reminder, Shackleton wanted to lead the first expedition to cross Antarctica. Recruiting a 27-man crew despite an advertisement promising "small wages ... bitter cold ... constant danger ... safe return doubtful," he led them and 70 sled dogs on a wooden ship called "Endurance", which eventually was crushed by ice floes. Their rescue was accomplished only when Shackleton and a few of his men made two hazardous journeys. First, they made an 800-mile voyage on rough seas on only a lifeboat. Second, they trekked on foot more than 30 miles of rugged and uncharted terrain.
The most powerful attribute of the film, which is narrated well by Kevin Spacey, is the inclusion of amazing footage that consists of still photos and 35mm film shot by Frank Hurley of the original expedition. (The footage was previously seen in the classic 1919 documentary "South".) The film also includes new footage shot by Butler replicating the original journey. Butler's footage was shot in the actual locations, and it is thankfully free of the cheesiness so normally prevalent in such re-creations. A retracing of Shackleton's steps across the Antarctic tundra by a trio of renowned modern-day mountain climbers demonstrates well the hazards he and his comrades must have faced.
SHACKLETON'S ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE
WGBH Enterprises and Giant Screen Films
Director: George Butler
Screenwriters: Moses Richards, Crystal V. Spijer
Producers: Susanne Simpson, Scott Swofford, George Butler
Co-producer: Louise Rosen
Executive producer: Susanne Simpson
Director of photography: Reed Smoot
Additional photography: David Douglas
Music: Sam Cardon
Narrator: Kevin Spacey
Color and black & white/stereo
Running time -- 40 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 2/26/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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