Leave it to The Daily Beast to get Scorsese talking about films. Not that it would be hard to do. The man is “Mr. Cinema.” He directs, produces and he even has his own nonprofit organization for preserving classic films, The Film Foundation. The director may have toyed with other genres during his lifetime, but the one people would discuss aplenty is his contributions to crime cinema. To think of Scorsese is to think of Goodfellas, Casino and The Departed, despite also directing films like After Hours and The Last Temptation of Christ. As he turns his attention to the small screen with HBO’s Boardwalk Empire – touted as being the network’s costliest production to date – the director lists off his 15 favorite gangster movies. Scorsese writes:
“Here are 15 gangster pictures that had a profound effect on me and the way I thought about crime and how to portray it on film.
“Here are 15 gangster pictures that had a profound effect on me and the way I thought about crime and how to portray it on film.
- 9/17/2010
- by thedvdlounge
- Examiner Movies Channel
HollywoodNews.com: After catching the music icon bug on “Walk the Line,” Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon is in talks to headline a Peggy Lee biopic to be written and directed by Nora Ephron.
Witherspoon scooped up the rights to Lee’s story from her estate. Variety says that Witherspoon met with Lee’s granddaughter Holly Foster-Wells.
Witherspoon plans to produce with Marc Platt.
The actress sought out Ephron, who happened to be a fan of Lee.
Lee’s career lasted seven decades. Variety writes:
She rose to prominence during the big band era and had her first hit, “Somebody Else is Taking My Place,” in 1941. She recorded a series of hit albums and songs, including “Fever” and “Is That All There Is?” during the next 30 years. She’s regarded as one of the most influential jazz vocalists of all time.
Lee also was a prolific songwriter. She penned a number...
Witherspoon scooped up the rights to Lee’s story from her estate. Variety says that Witherspoon met with Lee’s granddaughter Holly Foster-Wells.
Witherspoon plans to produce with Marc Platt.
The actress sought out Ephron, who happened to be a fan of Lee.
Lee’s career lasted seven decades. Variety writes:
She rose to prominence during the big band era and had her first hit, “Somebody Else is Taking My Place,” in 1941. She recorded a series of hit albums and songs, including “Fever” and “Is That All There Is?” during the next 30 years. She’s regarded as one of the most influential jazz vocalists of all time.
Lee also was a prolific songwriter. She penned a number...
- 8/10/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
If you won an Oscar for portraying a legendary singer, as Reese Witherspoon did with June Carter in Walk The Line, wouldn’t you jump at the chance to play another famous warbler? Witherspoon has – she’s working on getting a film about Peggy Lee up and dancing through development with Nora Ephron attached to write and direct.Witherspoon, in fact, was the one who managed to negotiate the rights to Lee’s life from her estate and got it across the desk of Legally Blonde producer Marc Platt. The pair then managed to secure Ephron’s services.Peggy Lee might not be quite as well known as Johnny Cash’s other half outside of musical circles, but she had quite the iconic career, including possibly her most famous track, Fever. She got her start working with Benny Goodman’s band before moving on to recording albums and film soundtracks.
- 8/10/2010
- EmpireOnline
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