PVR MOVIES FIRST VOL. 7 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF CINEMA APRIL 2016
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THE BEST NEW MOVIES PLAYING THIS MONTH: Ki and Ka, Kung Fu Panda 3, Baaghi PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 1 GREETINGS
ear Movie Lovers, Did you know that Hollywood’s most iconic director, Steven Spielberg, once bribed Universal Studio Here’s the new edition of Movies First, your exclusive guards to let him watch a movie shoot? Or window to the world of cinema. that cinema’s most compelling courtroom drama, April will amaze you with its lineup of power- Twelve Angry Men, never actually had a court scene? packed movies: Ki and Ka turns hackneyed man- This and much more will be revealed to you inside. woman roles on their head. Devotion turns deadly We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a in FAN. And young lovers breathe rebellious fire fabulous month of movie watching. in Baaghi. Regards Join us in wishing the legendary Al Pacino a Happy 76th Birthday. And check your Teenage Mutant Gautam Dutta Ninja Turtle quotient with our truly tough quiz! CEO, PVR Limited
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PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 2 CONTENTS Tables are turned as a superstar chases his die-hard fan in the lanes of Dubrovnik.
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supports his wife as she pursues her dream. Ki & Ka Kareena plays an ambitious girl who brings home Streeling, Pulling, Same thing the bread.
Thespian couple Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan make a guest appearance. Rajit Kapur plays Arjun The last two letters of the words “ladki” and “ladka” Kapoor’s disapproving dad. The comely Swaroop form the title of this gender-barrier-busting film. Sampat returns to the screen after decades, in a fun Arjun Kapoor plays a house husband who cheerfully turn as Kareena’s chic mother.
DID YOU KNOW? R. Balki asked Arjun Kapoor if he knew how to sweep the floor and chop vegetables. The actor said he had no clue. This landed him the role, because it fit the character the director wanted.
PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 Reason to Watch: The Collection The idea of a macho man happily turning homemaker R. Balki’s films speak in a unique is like a whiff of fresh air. The bubbly presentation is voice, addressing a socially relevant sure to connect with gen-next. issue in a lighthearted, touching manner. His previous work:
wanted to show a different side to love. I wanted a hunk of a man and a girl who is the epitome of femininity, then show what happens when they reverse their roles.” Cheeni Kum (2007) – R. Balki
Pa (2009)
Ki & Ka RELEASE 1 APRIL
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama Language: Hindi Director: R. Balki Cast: Rajit Kapur, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan (Guest Appearance) Studio: Eros International, Hope Productions Pic Courtesy: Eros International Shamitabh (2015)
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Director: Maneesh Sharma were painted with messages like ‘Love you SRK’ Star Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Waluscha de Sousa, and ‘C u 15th,’ and were signed with the name Shriya Pilgaonkar ‘Gaurav,’ after the character who plays “Fan.” Genre: Drama, Thriller Rating: (U/A) This is the first Bollywood film to be shot at London’s Release Date:15 April iconic Madame Tussaud’s museum, which is home Studio: Yash Raj Films to Shah Rukh Khan’s own wax statue.
Fan, the year’s most awaited blockbuster, boasts many firsts:
Supermodel Waluscha de Sousa makes a dream debut ish opposite Bollywood’s biggest superstar. Though I was twins this will be her first ever movie role, Waluscha has acted with Shah Rukh Khan before—in a television in my real life. commercial for a family sedan. Would have been Veteran actor Sachin Pilgaonkar’s daughter Shriya so much easier also debuts into Bollywood with this film. She is a theatre actress who has directed short films and to do this role acted in Marathi cinema. – Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk The film kicked off with a unique promotional idea: The walls of Shah Rukh Khan’s mansion Mannat
PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 7 THE PLOT: Fan is the story of Gaurav (Shah Rukh ACTION: Khan) a 20-something young man, whose world Some of the most heart-pounding sequences in Fan revolves around the mega movie star Aryan Khanna have been shot in the Old City of Dubrovnik, Croatia. (Shah Rukh Khan) or God as he prefers to call him. Motorbike chases around the old city harbour, From the bylanes of Delhi, young Gaurav embarks jumps across rooftops and stunning stunts...this is on a journey to the city of dreams, Mumbai, in Dubrovnik as you have never seen it before. order to wish his God on his birthday. After all, he is Aryan’s biggest fan and even has a striking resemblance to him. But things don’t go according to plan, and Gaurav’s love and passion for his God turns in to a dangerous obsession that crosses over from worship to vengeance.
The local Croatian crew along with the YRF team from Mumbai met months in advance to meticulously plan out these sequences. Acclaimed Korean action director Seyoung Oh, who has done the high-octane action for Korean superhit Suspect and superhero saga Avengers 2 was roped in to deliver never- seen-before thrills in Fan. MAKE-UP: Special make-up effects for the film have been supervised by Greg Cannom, nine-time Oscar THE APPEAL: nominee and three time winner for “The Curious An edge-of-the-seat psychological thriller, Fan is Case of Benjamin Button” (2008), “Mrs. Doubtfire” a layered story that gradually peels away at both (1993) and “Dracula” (1992). Gaurav and Aryan’s personalities. As the story unravels, the two characters discover people within Cannom has not only tried out different hair styles, themselves that even they didn’t know existed. The but also experimented with Shah Rukh Khan’s film also lays bare the vulnerabilities of superstars, eyebrows, beard and scars. The dramatic personality presenting them as flesh-and-blood people with makeover has been achieved without using any real, relatable emotions. prosthetics.
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The logo of the film is unique—it features 01 a collage of pictures of Khan’s real fans. As you read this, the film’s twitter handle, 02 @FanTheFilm, has already crossed 70,000 followers. SRK’s character in the film, Gaurav 03 (the diehard fan) will be seen wearing some of the actual clothes worn by the star in earlier films – like the hat and leather jacket from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. Getting into the skin of Gaurav’s character 04 was not easy. Shah Rukh Khan’s make-up took six hours every day. ‘Jabra’ is the first Bollywood song to be 05 dubbed in eight different languages - Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali Oriya and Bhojpuri.
“It’s difficult to play both sides of the spectrum but in Fan, Shah Rukh Khan has understood the psychology of both the characters really well. In fact, there’s an action sequence in the end of the film where I just could not decide whose side I am on,” says Namrata Rao, the editor of Fan.
THE ANIMATION A team of more than 250 technicians worked day and night to pull off some incredible special effects. “The VFX in Fan is done like never before seen in the world. Twice Hollywood has strived to do what we have done in Fan and failed,” says Shah Rukh Khan.
PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 9 QUIZ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The pizza-loving superheroes hit the big screens again with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Take our TMNT quiz and find out how well you know Leo, Donnie, Mikey and Raph.
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PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 10 1. Which company created the chemical that caused 7. What is the name of the TMNT’s hockey mask mutation in the turtles? wearing vigilante friend? o TGIF o Casey Jones o TGRI o Vern Fenwick o TGIR o Casey Casum Techno-Global Research Industries (TGRI) created the Best friends with Raphael and romantically linked mutagen called Ooze, which plays a key role in the origin with April O’Neil, Casey Jones is a young vigilante of the Turtles. who first appeared in season two ofT eenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 2. How did Master Splinter learn the martial arts? o Watching old kung-fu movies o Watching his owner in Japan o Living in a dojo before he mutated Splinter was the pet rat of Hamato Yoshi, the greatest shadow warrior of the Foot Clan in Japan. He used to copy Hamato’s movements as he practiced ninjutsu.
3. Which famous rapper coined the now iconic line “Go ninja, go ninja, go!” o Flavor Flav o Ice T o Vanilla Ice HAPPY BIRTHDAY The line is from “Ninja Rap” performed by Vanilla Ice in the movie “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze” Al Pacino
4. What was the name of Shredder’s ninja henchmen? Just 5.5. feet tall, Oscar-winning Al Pacino is a o The Wu Clan towering presence in Hollywood. Critics say he can o The Blue Clan play “small as rivetingly as he can play big, that he can implode as well as explode.” o The Foot Clan The Foot Clan is a ninjutsu clan led by The Shredder Here are 5 fun facts about the Godfather star, who against Ninja Turtles and their friends. turns 76 on April 25. 1. young Al Pacino, “Sonny” to his friends, aimed 5. What is the Shredder’s real name? to become a basketball player. o Oroku Saki 2. At 17, he dropped out of school to pursue o Oroku Nagi acting, but was rejected by New York’s Actors o Hamato Yoshi Studio several times. Shredder or Oroku Saki is a master of Ninjutsu and the 3. Al Pacino was nominated for Oscars seven times main antagonist of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. before he finally won one in 1992 for his role of Frank Slade in the film “Scent of a Woman.“ 6. What is the name of Master Shredder’s adopted 4. During the filming of “Serpico” Al Pacino truly daughter? threw himself into the character so much o Milo that he actually pulled over a taxi driver and o Sansa threatened to arrest him for the excessive o Karai pollution by his vehicle. Actually the biological daughter of Splinter, Oroku Karai is 5. Al Pacino’s grandparents belonged from a 16-year-old master Kunoichi who was adopted into The Corleone, Sicily. Foot Clan by Shredder as his daughter.
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APR APR Sardaar Gabbar Singh 08 Nil Battey Sannata 22 Guts, Guns and Love Genre: Action A powerful account Genre: Drama Language(s): Hindi of motherly love Language(s): Hindi Director: K. S. Ravindra Director: Ashwini Iyer Tiwari Cast: Sharad Kelkar, Kajal Cast: Swara Bhaskar, Aggarwal, Pawan Kalyan Ratna Pathak Shah, Certification: (U/A) Pankaj Tripathi, Ria Shukla Studio: Pawan Kalyan Creative Certification: (U/A) Works, Northstar Entertainment Studio: JAR Pictures, Pvt. Ltd., Eros International Colour Yellow Pic Courtesy: © Pawan Kalyan Pic Courtesy: © JAR Pictures Creative Works
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APR APR Santa Banta Pvt. Ltd. 22 Yeh Laal Rang 22 Live Life Singh Size Genre: Comedy Blood-y Crooks Genre: Drama Language(s): Hindi Language(s): Hindi Director: Akashdeep Sabir Director: Syed Ahmad Afzal Cast: Boman Irani, Lisa Hayden, Cast: Randeep Hooda, Akshay Neha Dhupia, Vir Das Oberoi Certification: (U/A) Certification: (U/A) Studio: Sheeba Akashdeep, Studio: Krian Media Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Pic Courtesy: © Krian Media Pic Courtesy: © Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS SET REMINDER Movie Plot: A story about two friends who land in the middle Movie Plot: Yeh Lal Rang is a social thriller which deals with the of a kidnapping investigation and their sweet and endearing menace of thefts in a blood bank in a small town in Haryana. misadventures that follow. Randeep plays Akshay’s mentor in the film where the too indulge in the illegal business of blood transfusion. Reason to watch: Santa Banta Pvt Ltd is an out and out laugh riot headlined by Boman Irani and Vir Das at their Reason to watch: The film deals with an issue never touched by hilarious best. Bollywood before, with the help of black humour, conveying the message in a lighter vein. Did you know: Sonu Nigam has sung all five songs of the Did you know: Yeh Laal Rang will be Randeep Hooda’s first film and will also be performing a dance number in a song movie to fully exploit his Haryanvi roots. titled “Machli Jal Ki Rani Hai.”
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APR 3D APR Baaghi 29 Kung Fu Panda 3 01 Be a Rebel Genre: Action The Weight is Over Genre: Animation, Action, Language(s): Hindi Adventure Director: Sabbir Khan Language(s): English Cast: Shraddha Kapoor, Director: Alessandro Carloni, Tiger Shroff Jennifer Yuh Nelson Certification: U/A Cast: Jack Black, Bryan Studio: Nadiadwala Grandson Cranston, Dustin Hoffman Entertainment Certification: (U/A) Pic Courtesy: © Nadiadwala Studio: DreamWorks Animation, Grandson Entertainment Oriental DreamWorks Pic Courtesy: © DreamWorks Animation
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Did You Know: Sajid Nadiadwala hired a special Did You Know: Four of Angelina Jolie’s children, Shiloh, team of 50 people to keep Tiger Shroff’s look Pax, Knox and Zahara, are voice extras in the scene when under wraps. Po talks to the pandas about a game plan.
APR APR The Divergent Series: Allegiant 01 Demolition 08 Break the boundaries Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi Tear It All Down Genre: Drama of your world Language(s): English Language(s): English Director: Robert Schwentke Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Cast: Shailene Woodley, Cast: Naomi Watts, Jake Miles Teller, Theo James Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper Certification: (U/A) Certification: (U/A) Studio: Red Wagon Studio: Red Wagon Entertainment, Lionsgate, Entertainment, Lionsgate, Mandeville Films Mandeville Films Pic Courtesy: © Summit Pic Courtesy: © Summit Entertainment Entertainment
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Did you know: Allegiant will be split into two parts, making it Did you know: The screenplay for this film was featured in the fourth movie franchise to do so, along with Harry Potter, the 2007 Blacklist; a list of the “most liked” unmade scripts The Twilight Saga and The Hunger Games. of the year.
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3D APR APR The Jungle Book 08 Hardcore Henry 15 Born of men. Raised by animals. Genre: Adventure, Drama, First They Made Him Dangerous. Genre: Action, Adventure Destined for adventure. Fantasy Then They Made Him Mad. Language(s): English Language(s): English Directors: Ilya Naishuller Director: Jon Favreau Cast: Haley Bennett, Danila Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Kozlovsky, Sharlto Copley Idris Elba, Bill Murray Certification: (U/A) Certification: (U/A) Studio: Bazelevs Versus Pictures Studio: Walt Disney Pictures, Pic Courtesy: © Bazelevs Fairview Entertainment Versus Pictures Pic Courtesy: © Walt Disney Pictures
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APR APR Before I Wake 15 Barbershop: The Next Cut 15 Fear Your Dreams Genre: Horror, Thriller Everybody’s back Genre: Comedy Language(s): English for the fresh cut Language(s): English Director: Mike Flanagan Director: Malcolm D. Lee Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Annabeth Cast: Ice Cube, Margot Gish, Kate Bosworth Bingham, Regina Hall Certification: (U/A) Certification: (U/A) Studio: Intrepid Pictures, Studio: New Line Cinema, Demarest Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MICA Entertainment Cube Vision Pic Courtesy: © Intrepid Pic Courtesy: © Metro- Pictures Goldwyn-Mayer
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Reason to watch: The movie is an intense and heart- Reason to watch: The movie is a direct sequel to the 2004 pounding supernatural thriller. film Barbershop 2: Back in Business and the fourth film in the Barbershop film series. Did you know: It was originally titled “Somnia,” which Did you know: Though they co-star in this film, Ice Cube and would have made it the third film by Mike Flanagan Common were the center of a long and brutal feud in their Rap featuring a single Latin word for a title after Absentia careers during the 1990s. (2011) and Oculus (2013).
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APR APR Everybody Wants Some 22 Eddie the Eagle 22 Here for a Good Time. Genre: Comedy Win or lose, Genre: Drama, Biography Not a Long Time. Language(s): English always aim high Language(s): English Directors: Richard Linklater Directors: Dexter Fletcher Cast: Zoey Deutch, Cast: Taron Egerton, Tyler Hoechlin, Blake Jenner Hugh Jackman, Certification: (U/A) Tom Costello Jr. Studio: Annapurna Pictures, Certification: (U/A) Detour Filmproduction Studio: Marv Films, Saville Pic Courtesy: © Annapurna Productions, Studio Babelsberg, Pictures TSG Entertainment Pic Courtesy: © Marv Films
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APR APR The Huntsman: Winter’s War 22 Keanu 29 Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Who is Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Kitten, please. Genre: Comedy the most powerful of them all? Drama Language(s): English Language(s): English Director: Peter Atencio Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Cast: Will Forte, Jason Mitchell Cast: Charlize Theron, Chris Certification: U/A Hemsworth, Emily Blunt Studio: New Line Cinema, The Certification: (U/A) Sifi Company, Cindylou, Studio: Roth Films Monkeypaw Productions Pic Courtesy: © Roth Films Pic Courtesy: © New Line Cinema
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APR APR Mother’s Day 29 10 Cloverfield Lane 29 Come Celebrate the Mother Genre: Comedy Monsters Come Genre: Drama of All Holidays Language(s): English in Many Forms Language(s): English Director: Garry Marshall Director: Dan Trachtenberg Cast: Britt Robertson, Jennifer Cast: John Goodman, Mary Aniston, Julia Roberts Elizabeth Winstead, John Certification: U/A Gallagher Jr. Studio: Siempre Viva Certification: U/A Productions Studio: Bad Robot Productions Pic Courtesy: © Siempre Viva Pic Courtesy: © Bad Robot Productions Productions
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APR APR The Man Who Knew Infinity 29 Criminal 29 Great Knowledge Comes From Genre: Drama The Mission is in the Genre: Action, Drama the Humblest of Origins Language(s): English Memories Language(s): English Director: Matt Brown Director: Ariel Vromen Cast: Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Cast: Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds, Toby Jones Alice Eve Certification: U/A Certification: U/A Studio: Pressman Film, Studio: BenderSpink, Xeitgeist Entertainment Group, Campbell-Grobman Films, Cayenne Pepper Productions Millennium Films Pic Courtesy: © Pressman Film Pic Courtesy: © BenderSpink
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Did You Know: The film is based on the 1991 book of the Did You Know: Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Tommy Lee Jones, same name by Robert Kanigel chronicling the life and work of Gary Oldman, Antje Traue and Kevin Costner have all appeared Srinivasa Ramanujan. in DC comics films
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PVR MOVIE FIRST PAGE 18 R. BALKI GUEST INTERVIEW
R. Balki’s films always arrive like but you will see how effortlessly they complement a breath of fresh air. In Ki and Ka, each other. his characters switch conventional A secondary character or characters gender roles to create a breezy love that you would like us to watch out for. story laced with laughter. The director Of course! The secondary characters are vital to reveals the story behind the story: Ki and Ka. You will see Swaroop Sampath making a return after a long time, and I can tell you she How did the idea for Ki and Ka emerge? is more spirited than you have ever seen before. The germ of the idea was a simple thought. Award-winning actor Rajit Kapur plays Arjun’s Most love stories end in marriage, but few father, in a short but powerful role. And of course talk about what happens after marriage. Also, Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan reutrn to the screen “marriage” in the movies has mostly meant together after a long gap, in an endearing guest showcasing men and women in standard, appearance. stereotyped roles. I wondered what if I put a different spin on them. Any twists in this modern love story? Every love story, no matter how fun and feisty, The characters in the movie...do they has its ups and downs. Ki and Ka has its conflicts belong to Delhi, Mumbai or simply any and bittersweet moments, too. Watch the movie to big city? unwrap the surprises! The film is shot and set in Delhi, but once you meet the characters, you will realise they could Fill in the blank: Ki and Ka will leave belong to any major metro city. This is the first you feeling.... Steven Spielberg time Arjun and Kareena are sharing the screen, ...that you wish life could be like this.
PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 24 THE LIFE OF A LEGEND: Steven Spielberg ARCHITECTS OF CINEMA PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 25 Steven Spielberg ARCHITECTS OF CINEMA
Steven Spielberg is Hollywood’s best the guards at Universal Studios to let him watch known director and one of the world’s major movies being filmed. Years later, he would helm Hollywood’s biggest projects at the studios wealthiest filmmakers. He gave birth he had once gatecrashed. to the modern blockbuster, co-founded two studios (DreamWorks SKG and His Films: In a career spanning nearly four Amblin Entertainment), earned 12 Oscar decades, Steven Spielberg has made more than nominations, and gave the world E.T. 50 films, evoking fear, awe, wonder and joy in our hearts. Early Life: The oldest and the only son among four children, Spielberg was born to Arnold, an electrical Spielberg’s first directorial effort was a television engineer and Leah, a concert pianist. movie named Duel, featuring a battle of wits between an ordinary man driving a car and a crazed Steven shone at home under his mother and driver of an eighteen-wheeler truck. It took 16 days three sisters’ doting care, but didn’t fare too well to make, and earned over $5 million worldwide. at school, making average grades at best. He A director had arrived. suffered from dyslexia and got bullied at school, but said he never felt like a victim—“Movies were Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), perhaps my great escape.” Spielberg’s most personal film, dealt with the heroic efforts of average middle-class Americans to Indeed, Spielberg would use his home movie make contact with visitors from another planet. camera to record camping trips and family events. At 12, he made his first movie from a script he had written. The “Indiana Jones” trilogy (1981–1989), E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and The Color Purple His alma mater California State College had no (1985) established Spielberg among movie-making formal film program, so he graduated in English. greats, drawing multiple awards, nominations and But he watched every movie he could, and cajoled profits his way.
PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 26 The director turned creative mogul when he formed DreamWorks studios with Jeffrey Katzenberg and Bet You Didn’t Know: David Geffen in 1994. And when Queen Elizabeth bestowed an honorary knighthood on him, the • Do you know who appeared the most in anointment of Steven Spielberg as Hollywood’s Spielberg’s movies? Tom Cruise? Richard greatest living legend was official. Dreyfuss? Tom Hanks? Nope! Steven Spielberg cast his dog, cocker spaniel Elmer, in some of his most famous movies.
• When Spielberg was 16, he made a sci-fi flick, Firelight, on a budget of just $500, shot in his gargage and starring his high school friends. He even scored the music for the film on clarinet! His father screened the movie for 500 people in Phoenix Little Theatre, Arizona. The admission fee was $1 per person, but one guest must have paid double because Spielberg made a profit of one dollar.
• Spielberg is a quirky eater. He eats only organic, avoids spicy food, and loathes the beverage most creative people love. “I don’t drink coffee. I’ve never had a cup of coffee in QUICK FACTS my entire life. That’s something you probably don’t know about me. I’ve hated the taste since BIRTH NAME: I was a kid.” Steven Allan Spielberg ______
OCCUPATION: Spielberg’s 1993 mega-hit Jurassic Park featured a Director, Producer, Screenwriter present day theme park with genetically engineered ______dinosaurs as the main attraction. Four years later, he released its sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic BIRTH DATE: Park in 1997. 18 Dec, 1946 ______Perhaps his most poignant work was Schindler’s List (1993), filmed in black and white. It drew from PLACE OF BIRTH: the real-life story of German businessman Oskar Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Schindler, who saved thousands of his Jewish ______factory workers during the Holocaust. The picture won the 1993 Best Picture Academy Award and Residence: Spielberg won Best Director. In 1999 he won both Los Angeles, California, U.S. the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best ______Director for Saving Private Ryan. YEARS ACTIVE: Spielberg’s cinema is rich in special effects and 1963–present visual appeal. Kids in danger. Characters staring at something off screen. Long sideways tracking shots. The use of the piano in key scenes. You cannot miss signature Spielberg.
PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 27 HISTO RY This Month 59 Years Ago
*ing: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam Twelve Angry Men (1957) Director: Sidney Lumet
PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 28 HISTO RY This Month 59 Years Ago
An intense and compelling court room drama can add a The Plot: An eighteen-year-old,slum-dwelling Puerto dose of intrigue to almost any movie, except One Million Rican boy is accused of stabbing his father to death and Years B.C. of course. Although movie cameras had focused faces the electric chair if convicted. It’s an open-and- on jurors many a time before, the way Twelve Angry Men shut case for eleven of the jurors who believe the boy managed to do it took this tautly scripted drama far beyond is guilty. Only one, Juror #8 (Henry Fonda) has doubts. the closed confines of its jury room setting. No wonder it is He begs his colleagues to look closely at the facts of the cited as the greatest courtroom drama of all, even though trial. What results is a study in humanity as each of the you never get to see any of the actual trial. jurors faces his own prejudices and emotions.
Incidentally, 12 Angry Men was Sidney Lumet’s directorial Wow Factor: The movie is a textbook example of how the debut, a fact that remains massively impressive considering basic principles of composition can change the mood the film’s meticulous craft and pacing. He succeeds in of a scene. At the beginning of the film, the cameras are making almost every shot and line of dialogue count. Henry all positioned above eye level and we look down on the Fonda gives a natural yet strikingly effective performance characters, suggesting they can be comprehended and as the open-minded juror whose logical reasoning implants mastered. By the end, they loom over us, and we feel facts and doubts into the minds of his colleagues. overwhelmed by the force of their passion.
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DOG DAY NETWORK THE AFTERNOON (1976) VERDICT (1975) * Faye Dunaway, William Holden, (1982) Peter Finch * Al Pacino, John Cazale, * Paul Newman, Charlotte Penelope Allen Theme: A television network cynically exploits a deranged Rampling, Jack Warden Theme: A man robs a bank to pay for former anchor’s ravings and Theme: A lawyer sees the his lover’s operation; it turns into a revelations about the news media chance to salvage his career and hostage situation and a media circus. for its own profit. self-respect by taking a medical Awards Won: 1 Academy Award, Awards Won: 4 Academy Awards, malpractice case to trial rather 2 BAFTAs 4 Golden Globes, 1 BAFTA than settling.
PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 29 FILM FESTIVALS Cleveland International Film Festival Plot: Madly explores six stories of modern love in all of its Festival Date: March 30 – April 10, 2016 dizzying, sweet complications, culminating into one iconoclastic, Venue: Cleveland, Ohio, USA feature-length anthology. The film takes a passionate trip around Opening Film: Good Ol’ Boy the world with some of the world’s most visionary directors. Closing Film: Hunt for the Wilder people MOVIE INFO Acclaimed Movie Directed By: Gael García Bernal, Mia Wasikowska, Sebastian PARCHED Silva, Anurag Kashyap, Sion Sono, Natasha Khan Written By: Gael García Bernal, Mia Wasikowska, Sebastian Silva, Anurag Kashyap, Sion Sono, Natasha Khan Cast: Radhika Apte, Kathryn Beck, Tamsin Topolski Runtime: 105 min Genre: Drama
2016 Nashville Film Festival Festival Date: April 14 – April 23, 2016 Venue: Nashville, Tennessee, USA Opening Film: Love & Friendship Closing Film: American Epic
Acclaimed Movie Plot: Parched is a story about women set in the heart of SING STREET the parched rural landscape of Gujarat, India. It traces the bittersweet tale of four ordinary women Rani, Lajjo, Bijli and Janaki. We see them unapologetically talk about men, sex and life as they struggle with their individual boundaries to face their demons and stage their own personal wars.
MOVIE INFO Directed By: Leena Yadav Written By: Supratik Sen, Leena Yadav Runtime: 116 min Genre: Drama
Tribeca Film Festival 2016 Festival Date: April 13 – April 24, 2016 Venue: New York, USA Opening Film: First Monday in May Closing Film: Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
Acclaimed Movie MADLY Plot: With 1980s Dublin mired in recession, Conor’s parents move him from a comfortable private school to a rough inner- city public school where the scrappy 14-year-old forms a band. Mentored by his older brother, a dropout who’s hip to cool tunes, Conor starts to compose lyrics and the glamish band finds its “no covers” groove. Renaming himself Cosmo, he convinces the mysterious, über-cool Raphina to star in their music videos (and tries to win her heart in the process).
MOVIE INFO Directed By: John Carney Run Time: 106 min Cast: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy Genre: Drama, Musical
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