DOCSLIB.ORG

Sicario Script Pdf

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Sicario Script Pdf Sicario script pdf Continue Both Sicario and Sicario: Day Of The Soldado - stories that follow drug trafficking and people respectively across the U.S.-Mexico border - were written by Taylor Sheridan, and star Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin starring. The first production received outstanding critical praise, and Wolski was set to take on the film for the franchise. The first film was really beautifully made by a film of very talented people, says Wolski, who is no stranger to sequels that with the filming of all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies except the latter, and Stranger: Covenant. With this was an opportunity to do it with another director, with a different look and a different temperament. It was a big challenge. Although it is difficult for Wolski to determine what is said in the first meetings with the new director, he bases many of his ideas on how working relationships begin to build during this time. Details were discussed as they were going to honor the first film, but with some specific changes. Making my own statement was my biggest challenge, says Wolski, who started shooting music videos for artists such as Sting, Paula Abdul and a host of other great acts throughout the 1980s and 90s. Roger (Dickins) is just so specific about photography and very thorough in his work, which is always beautifully decorated. However, we decided to go a little more gritty, a little more realistic. The full interview can be found in the July issue of The Cinematographer magazine for the July 2018 issue (88). You can read it online as well as the rest of our extensive back catalogue by buying a digital subscription for a year for as little as 30 pounds here, or an all-inclusive subscription per year for just 64 euros here. 2015 film directed by Denis Villeneuve SicarioTheatrical release posterDirectored Denis VilleneuveBasil IwanykEdward L. McDonnellMolly SmithThad LuckinbillTrent LuckinbillWritten byTaylor SheridanStarring Emily Blunt Benicio del Toro Josh Brolin Victor Garber Music Jahann JahannssonCinematographyRoger DickinsOred Joe WalkerPromajorsion Black Label MediaThunder RoadDistributed byLionsgateRelease Date May 19, 2015 (2015-05-19) (Cannes) September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18) (USA) Duration 12 1st 1CountryUnguageEnglishbudbad $30 million 2 Box Office $84.9 Million 3 Sicario (Si.ˈka.ɾjo) Spanish for Hitman) - American action movie 2015 directed by Denis Villeneuve written by Taylor Sheridan and starred Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin. The film tells the story of a principled FBI agent who is recruited by a government task force to demolish the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel. Sicario was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival Year. He began a limited release at United On September 18, 2015, a nationwide release was released on October 2, 2015. Sicario received praise for the screenplay, directing, musical score, cinematography, as well as for the performances of Blunt and del Toro. The film was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Original Performance and Best Sound Editing at the 88th Academy Awards. She also received BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography and Best Motion Picture Music. Its sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, was released on June 29, 2018. Plot in Chandler, Arizona, FBI agents Keith Meiser and Reggie Wayne lead a raid on the suspected Sonora cartel safe house where they discover dozens of decomposing corpses and booby traps that kill two police officers. After the raid, Kate's boss recommends it to the Department of Justice and The Department of Defense joint task force, led by CIA SAC/SOG Officer Matt Graver and secretive Alejandro Gillick, to apprehend Sonora Cartel Lt. Manuel Diaz. Assuring that the task force will bring the perpetrators of the incident to a safe place before the trial, Kate joins the operation. The group, which includes SFOD-D operators, U.S. deputy marshals and CIA officers, travels to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to extradite Manuel Diaz's brother and henchman Guillermo Diaz. Back in the U.S., the group is in a shootout with cartel fighters on the border, killing militants, endangering nearby civilians, shocking Kate. Alejandro tortures Guillermo on American soil and learns that the cartel is using a tunnel near Nogales, Sonora to smuggle drugs into the U.S. Reggie and Kate begin to doubt the illegal methods of the task force, forcing Matt to reveal that their goal is not to detain Diaz, but to disrupt his drug operation enough for Diaz to be summoned back to Mexico by his boss: the elusive drug lord. The group later searches the bank used by Diaz's money laundering and freezes his accounts. Kate and Reggie want to use their findings from the raid to mount a lawsuit against Diaz, but they are ordered to retreat so as not to jeopardize the operation. However Kate enters the bank despite a warning from Matt not to go inside and questions the manager. Later that evening, Reggie introduces Kate to Ted, a friend and a local policeman. Kate invites Ted to his apartment, only to realize that he works with the cartel. Ted tries to strangle Kate, but Alejandro suddenly appears and conquers him. Alejandro and Matt used Kate as bait, knowing that the cartel would target her after she foolishly allowed herself to be seen on a bank raid. After Alejandro tortures Ted and Matt threatens to put him in jail and harm him Ted reveals the names of other officers also working for Diaz. Soon the team learns that Diaz has now been recalled to Mexico, and prepare for a raid raid Matt also checks that Kate and Reggie's involvement is simply a technical necessity, as working with U.S. law enforcement provides the CIA with a legal advice to work on American soil. Reggie advises Kate that they are leaving, but she insists on joining the raid to learn more about the true nature of the operation. At the Mexican end of the tunnel, Kate sees Alejandro kidnap one of Diaz's drug couriers: a corrupt Mexican policeman named Silvio. Kate tries to arrest Alejandro, but he shoots her in a bulletproof vest to disable her, and then leaves with Silvio. Kate understands that Alejandro is a CIA assassin working with a task force to bring in and eliminate Alarcon, and there has never been any plan to bring Alarcon to justice through legitimately executed methods. Kate then angrily confronts Matt, who finally explains that the operation is part of the ultimate plan to eliminate all cartel competition, which will result in only one cartel that the U.S. will be able to easily control. Alejandro, a former Mexican federal prosecutor who worked for the Medellin cartel, was hired to kill Alarcon as part of that goal. Alejandro's motives are also personal, as Alarcon ordered the brutal murder of his wife and daughter Alejandro. In Mexico, Alejandro forces Silvio to take him to Diaz, kills Silvio, and then forces Diaz to continue moving towards Alarcon. Reaching the Alarcon estate, Alejandro (using remote surveillance of the task force) kills Diaz and the guards of the estates. Alejandro confronts Alarcon and his family at the dinner table; when Alarcon asks Alejandro not to shoot him in front of his two sons, Alejandro kills them both and his wife before shooting Alarcan twice, killing him. The next day, Alejandro shows up at Kate's apartment and forces her at gunpoint to sign a statement confirming that the whole operation was legal. When he leaves, she points her gun at him, but can't bring herself to pull the trigger. Back in Nogales, Silvio's widow watches his son's football match, which is briefly interrupted by the sound of a distant shooting. Starring Emily Blunt as Kate Macer, FBI agent Josh Brolin as Matt Graver, CIA officer Benicio del Toro as Alejandro Gillick Victor Garber as Dave Jennings as John Bernthal as Ted, police officer Daniel Calhoua as Reggie Wayne, a rookie FBI agent and friend of Keith Jeffrey Donovan as Steve Forsing, CIA officer Raul Trujillo, as Manuel Diaz, Sonora cartel lieutenant Maximiliano Hernandez as Silvio, Mexican policeman Edgar Arreola as Guillermo produced in December 2013 it was announced that Denis Villeneuve will direct the Mexican border drama, (.ˈka.ɾjo) (.ˈka.ɾjo) Taylor Sheridan. This is the first installment in Sheridan's neo-Western trilogy exploring crime on the modern American border. Black Label Media has also co-produced Thunder Road Pictures. Vasily Ivanyk produced the film with Molly Smith, Trent Lukkinbil and Ted Lukkinbill. Emily Blunt joined the film in April 2014, followed by Benicio del Toro. John Bernthal and Josh Brolin joined the film in May, and cameraman Roger Dickins was also hired. Daniel Kaluuya, Maximiliano Hernandez and Jeffrey Donovan were then cast, and in August 2014 Jahann Jahannsson was hired to create the film's musical score. The main photo begins on June 30, 2014 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The music of Jahann Jahannsson was chosen to write and compose a score for the film, making Sicario his second collaboration with director Denis Villeneuve. Jahansson's work, scoring the film, was highly appreciated: Sicario was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Result, a BAFTA Award for Best Motion Picture Music, a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Performance and a Saturn Award for Best Music. Villeneuve's release with Josh Brolin, Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro at the premiere of Sicario in May 2014 at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014, Lionsgate acquired the rights to the film in the United States, while Lionsgate International was selling overseas.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Joker (2019 Film) - Wikipedia
    Joker (2019 film) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(2019_film) Joker (2019 film) Joker is a 2019 American psychological thriller film directed by Todd Joker Phillips, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Silver. The film, based on DC Comics characters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker. An origin story set in 1981, the film follows Arthur Fleck, a failed stand-up comedian who turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City. Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Bill Camp, Shea Whigham, and Marc Maron appear in supporting roles. Joker was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, and Joint Effort in association with Bron Creative and Village Roadshow Pictures, and distributed by Warner Bros. Phillips conceived Joker in 2016 and wrote the script with Silver throughout 2017. The two were inspired by 1970s character studies and the films of Martin Scorsese, who was initially attached to the project as a producer. The graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke (1988) was the basis for the premise, but Phillips and Silver otherwise did not look to specific comics for inspiration. Phoenix became attached in February 2018 and was cast that July, while the majority of the cast signed on by August. Theatrical release poster Principal photography took place in New York City, Jersey City, and Newark, from September to December 2018. It is the first live-action Directed by Todd Phillips theatrical Batman film to receive an R-rating from the Motion Picture Produced by Todd Phillips Association of America, due to its violent and disturbing content.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Catalogue
    LIBRARY "Something like Diaz’s equivalent "Emotionally and visually powerful" of Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville" THE HALT ANG HUPA 2019 | PHILIPPINES | SCI-FI | 278 MIN. DIRECTOR LAV DIAZ CAST PIOLO PASCUAL JOEL LAMANGAN SHAINA MAGDAYAO Manilla, 2034. As a result of massive volcanic eruptions in the Celebes Sea in 2031, Southeast Asia has literally been in the dark for the last three years, zero sunlight. Madmen control countries, communities, enclaves and new bubble cities. Cataclysmic epidemics ravage the continent. Millions have died and millions more have left. "A dreamy, dreary love story packaged "A professional, polished as a murder mystery" but overly cautious directorial debut" SUMMER OF CHANGSHA LIU YU TIAN 2019 | CHINA | CRIME | 120 MIN. DIRECTOR ZU FENG China, nowadays, in the city of Changsha. A Bin is a police detective. During the investigation of a bizarre murder case, he meets Li Xue, a surgeon. As they get to know each other, A Bin happens to be more and more attracted to this mysterious woman, while both are struggling with their own love stories and sins. Could a love affair help them find redemption? ROMULUS & ROMULUS: THE FIRST KING IL PRIMO RE 2019 | ITALY, BELGIUM | EPIC ACTION | 116 MIN. DIRECTOR MATTEO ROVERE CAST ALESSANDRO BORGHI ALESSIO LAPICE FABRIZIO RONGIONE Romulus and Remus are 18-year-old shepherds twin brothers living in peace near the Tiber river. Convinced that he is bigger than gods’ will, Remus believes he is meant to become king of the city he and his brother will found. But their tragic destiny is already written… This incredible journey will lead these two brothers to creating one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen, Rome.
    [Show full text]
  • Before the Forties
    Before The Forties director title genre year major cast USA Browning, Tod Freaks HORROR 1932 Wallace Ford Capra, Frank Lady for a day DRAMA 1933 May Robson, Warren William Capra, Frank Mr. Smith Goes to Washington DRAMA 1939 James Stewart Chaplin, Charlie Modern Times (the tramp) COMEDY 1936 Charlie Chaplin Chaplin, Charlie City Lights (the tramp) DRAMA 1931 Charlie Chaplin Chaplin, Charlie Gold Rush( the tramp ) COMEDY 1925 Charlie Chaplin Dwann, Alan Heidi FAMILY 1937 Shirley Temple Fleming, Victor The Wizard of Oz MUSICAL 1939 Judy Garland Fleming, Victor Gone With the Wind EPIC 1939 Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh Ford, John Stagecoach WESTERN 1939 John Wayne Griffith, D.W. Intolerance DRAMA 1916 Mae Marsh Griffith, D.W. Birth of a Nation DRAMA 1915 Lillian Gish Hathaway, Henry Peter Ibbetson DRAMA 1935 Gary Cooper Hawks, Howard Bringing Up Baby COMEDY 1938 Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant Lloyd, Frank Mutiny on the Bounty ADVENTURE 1935 Charles Laughton, Clark Gable Lubitsch, Ernst Ninotchka COMEDY 1935 Greta Garbo, Melvin Douglas Mamoulian, Rouben Queen Christina HISTORICAL DRAMA 1933 Greta Garbo, John Gilbert McCarey, Leo Duck Soup COMEDY 1939 Marx Brothers Newmeyer, Fred Safety Last COMEDY 1923 Buster Keaton Shoedsack, Ernest The Most Dangerous Game ADVENTURE 1933 Leslie Banks, Fay Wray Shoedsack, Ernest King Kong ADVENTURE 1933 Fay Wray Stahl, John M. Imitation of Life DRAMA 1933 Claudette Colbert, Warren Williams Van Dyke, W.S. Tarzan, the Ape Man ADVENTURE 1923 Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan Wood, Sam A Night at the Opera COMEDY
    [Show full text]
  • Feature Films Serving As Exclusive Product Placement Supervising Executive/Agency
    FEATURE FILMS SERVING AS EXCLUSIVE PRODUCT PLACEMENT SUPERVISING EXECUTIVE/AGENCY ❑ Ad Astra---Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland---New Regency---20th Century Fox ❑ Captive State---John Goodman, Vera Farmiga---Amblin Partners, Universal Studios ❑ The Circle---Tom Hanks, Emma Watson ❑ The Neon Demon---Keanu Reeves, Elle Fanning ❑ The Wake---Bruce Willis, Sir Ben Kingsley ❑ John Wick---Keanu Reeves ❑ Black & White---Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer ❑ Danny Collins---Al Pacino, Jennifer Garner, Annette Bening ❑ Oldboy---Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen--- Spike Lee Director ❑ Don Jon’s Addiction---Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Joseph Gordon Levitt ❑ Carrie---Chloe Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore---M-G-M---Sony Screen Gems ❑ Parental Guidance---Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei---Fox ❑ Mavericks---Gerard Butler---Walden Media---Fox ❑ Won’t Back Down---Walden Media---Fox ❑ Looper---Bruce Willis---Emily Blunt---Joseph Gordon---Levitt---Sony ❑ Spy Kids 4---Jessica Alba---Robert Rodriguez Director ❑ 30 Minutes or Less---Ben Stiller Producer---Jesse Eisenberg---Sony Pictures ❑ Scream 4---Wes Craven---Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campbell--- Weinstein Co ❑ The Hungry Rabbit Jumps---Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce ❑ The Details---Tobey Maguire, Laura Linney, Elizabeth Banks, Dennis Haysbert ❑ Law Abiding Citizen---Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler ❑ Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins---Christian Bale---Directed By McG--- Warner Bros./Sony ❑ Seven Pounds---Will Smith, Rosario Dawson---Sony Release ❑ Soul
    [Show full text]
  • PROJECT LEE DAI SOH Print Gallery, 17 Jan – 3 Feb \ Box Office Foyer, 17 Jan – 13 Mar 10Am – 10Pm \ Free Admission
    CONTENTS 01 DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE 02 FEATURED LITERARY ARTS - 06 TALKS 02 12 WORKSHOPS THE ARTS HOUSE TURNS 10 15 MUSIC 19 FILM 09 25 FESTIVAL WORLD Lit 27 VISUAL ARTS FEATURING FANG SU-CHEN 29 OTHER EVENTS 32 EVENT LISTINGS 34 SHOP & DINE 11 AT THE ARTS HOUSE AMANDA ANNANDA AND 36 SUPPORT THE LibRARY BOOK BOX THE ARTS HOUSE! 37 ABOUT THE ARTS HOUSE 26 19 WORLD STORYTELLING DAY BUT IS THE BOOK BEttER?: 2014 OSCAR BUZZ Information is accurate at the time of print and changes could have been made since. For updates, please visit our website at www.theartshouse.com.sg DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE The Arts House turns 10 this March! On March 26, 2004, the late war heroine Mrs Elizabeth Choy declared The Arts House open as the guest-of-honour. Her benediction gave us the boost of confidence – the skies did clear up after raining non-stop – and we have been on a mission ever since to fulfil our mandate as “the Singapore Arts House”. Thousands of performances, readings, exhibitions and film screenings later, and after supporting hundreds of Singapore artists (showcasing them abroad as well: Hong Kong, Tokyo, Moscow, Cape Town), we have finally reached this milestone. Through many ups and downs and various changes – physically, programmatically, and even financially – we have always stayed true to our vision of being an arts centre that is “all-encompassing and that is always relevant to the needs of the communities of Singapore”. We wanted to mark our 10th anniversary by celebrating our achievements but at the same time, we are also very eager to look forward to the future – to the next decade as a centre for writing, writers and ideas.
    [Show full text]
  • Pieces of a Woman
    PIECES OF A WOMAN Directed by Kornél Mundruczó Starring Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Iliza Shlesinger, Benny Safdie, Jimmie Falls, Ellen Burstyn **WORLD PREMIERE – In Competition – Venice Film Festival 2020** **OFFICIAL SELECTION – Gala Presentations – Toronto International Film Festival 2020** Press Contacts: US: Julie Chappell | [email protected] International: Claudia Tomassini | [email protected] Sales Contact: Linda Jin | [email protected] 1 SHORT SYNOPSIS When an unfathomable tragedy befalls a young mother (Vanessa Kirby), she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that touches her husband (Shia LaBeouf), her mother (Ellen Burstyn), and her midwife (Molly Parker). Director Kornél Mundruczó (White God, winner of the Prix Un Certain Regard Award, 2014) and partner/screenwriter Kata Wéber craft a deeply personal meditation and ultimately transcendent story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss. SYNOPSIS Martha and Sean Carson (Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf) are a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood whose lives change irrevocably during a home birth at the hands of a flustered midwife (Molly Parker), who faces charges of criminal negligence. Thus begins a year-long odyssey for Martha, who must navigate her grief while working through fractious relationships with her husband and her domineering mother (Ellen Burstyn), along with the publicly vilified midwife whom she must face in court. From director Kornél Mundruczó (White God, winner of the Prix Un Certain Regard Award, 2014), with artistic support from executive producer Martin Scorsese, and written by Kata Wéber, Mundruczó’s partner, comes a deeply personal, searing domestic aria in exquisite shades of grey and an ultimately transcendent story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
    [Show full text]
  • Separate and Consolidated Interim Financial Statements As at 30 June 2020
    Separate and Consolidated Interim Financial Statements as at 30 June 2020 Separate and Consolidated Interim Financial Statements as at 30 June 2020 Contents 7 Introduction 17 Report on Operations 171 Interim Separate Financial Statements as at 30 June 2020 239 Interim Consolidated Financial Statements as at 30 June 2020 303 Corporate Directory 4 Contents Introduction 7 Corporate Officers 8 Organisational Structure 9 Introduction from the Chairman of the Board of Directors 11 Financial Highlights 12 Report on Operations 17 Mission 18 Market scenario 18 The Rai Group 24 Television 41 Radio 97 RaiPlay and Digital 107 Public broadcasting service function 116 TV production 119 Technological activities 120 Transmission and distribution activities 129 Sales activities 130 Other activities 135 Changes in the regulatory framework 143 Corporate governance 148 Corporate Governance Report - the Rai Control Governance Model and the Internal Control and Risk Management System (SCIGR) 150 Other information 155 Human Resources and Organisation 155 Safety & Security 159 Intercompany Relations 161 Significant events occurring after 30 June 2020 168 Outlook of operations 168 5 Interim Separate Financial Statements as at 30 June 2020 171 Analysis of the results and performance of operating results, financial position and cash flows for the first half of 2020 172 Financial Statements of Rai SpA 186 Notes to the Interim Separate Financial Statements as at 30 June 2020 191 Certification pursuant to article 154-bis of Italian Legislative Decree 58/98 235 Independent
    [Show full text]
  • Suburra O Las Entrañas De Roma”
    CARMELITANO, Luigi (2016): “Suburra o las entrañas de Roma”. Ángulo Recto. Revista de estudios sobre la ciudad como espacio plural, vol. 8, núm. 1-2, pp. 161- 163. ISSN: 1989-4015. Suburra o las entrañas de Roma Luigi CARMELITANO Título: Suburra Director: Stefano Sollima Guión: Giancarlo De Cataldo, Carlo Bonini, Stefano Rulli y Sandro Petraglia. Intérpretes: Pierfrancesco Favino, Greta Scarano, Elio Germano, Claudio Amendola, Alessandro Borghi, Jean-Hugues Anglade. Género: drama Año: 2015 Duración: 130 minutos Idioma: italiano Si la película de Paolo Sorrentino La grande bellezza (2013) ofrecía una imagen de la ciudad eterna entre la decadencia y el desencanto, proporcionando al espectador un conocimiento superficial de la verdadera alma romana contemporánea, con Suburra de Stefano Sollima descubrimos las entrañas profundas de Roma. Bajo un aspecto de ciudad durmiente, cansada de sobrevivir en el siglo XXI gracias a las herencias de un pasado glorioso, Roma oculta en realidad unas dinámicas muy activas que se entretejen entre los fuertes poderes que componen la realidad italiana. El mundo político, los aparatos eclesiásticos y, sobre todo, la mafia animan el escenario romano convirtiéndolo en el lugar privilegiado de una lucha donde cada uno de ellos persigue su propio objetivo. En el caso de los dos primeros, se trata de mantener el statu quo, es decir, evitar cualquier cambio que pueda poner en riesgo la conservación de privilegios adquiridos a lo largo del tiempo. Por todo ello, todo acontecimiento capaz de tambalear el precario equilibrio
    [Show full text]
  • Bong Joon Ho, Todd Haynes, Michel Hazanavicius, Taylor Sheridan and More
    THE WE’VE GOT CANNES COVERED MAY 2017 EXCLUSIVE Directors Portfolio: Noah Baumbach, Bong Joon Ho, Todd Haynes, Michel Hazanavicius, Taylor Sheridan and more THE ETHEREAL ARTISTRY OF TILDA Plus: The Cannes market, the Chinese giants, the streaming invasion Photographer: Nicolas Guerin/ Production: Clotilde Lecuillier & Sarah Lafrontiere Lafrontiere Clotilde Lecuillier & Sarah Nicolas Guerin/ Production: Photographer: SWINTON THE wEINSTEIN COMPANY IS PROUD TO PRESE NT OUR LINEUP AT THE 2017 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL AND MARKET THE CURRENT WAR THE WAR WITH GRANDPA Directed by: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Directed by: Tim Hill Written by: Michael Mitnick Written by: Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember Producers: Harvey Weinstein, Based on the book by Robert Kimmel Smith Timur Bekmambetov, Basil Iwanyk, Cast: Robert De Niro, Uma urman, Steven Zaillian, Garrett Basch, Ann Ruark Christopher Walken Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Producers: Marvin Peart, Phillip Glasser, Michael Shannon, Katherine Waterston, Rosa Morris Peart Tuppence Middleton, Tom Holland, Release Date: 10/20/17 Nicholas Hoult Worldwide: TWC Release Date: 12/22/17 Worldwide: TWC POLAROID Directed by: Lars Klevberg MARY MAGDALENE Written by: Blair Butler Based on the short lm “Polaroid” Directed by: Garth Davis directed by Lars Klevberg WIND RIVER Written by: Helen Edmundson and Cast: Kathryn Prescott, Javier Botet, Mitch Pileggi Philippa Goslett Directed and Written by: Taylor Sheridan Producers: Roy Lee, Chris Bender, Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Peter Berg, Matthew George, Wayne Rogers, Elizabeth A. Bell
    [Show full text]
  • For Immediate Release 22​Nd​ Annual Nantucket Film
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ND 22 ​ ANNUAL NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ​ THE BIG SICK AS OPENING NIGHT FILM AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER TO CLOSE FESTIVAL WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME SCREENS AS CENTERPIECE DISNEY•PIXAR’S CARS 3 PRESENTED AS OPENING FAMILY FILM SPOTLIGHT FILMS INCLUDE COUP D’ETAT, DOG YEARS, FUN MOM DINNER, PATTI CAKE$, TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON New York, NY (April 25, 2017) – The Nantucket Film Festival proudly announced today the ​ opening night selection for its 2017 festival, Lionsgate/Amazon Studios’ THE BIG SICK, directed ​ ​ by Michael Showalter and written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. Based on the screenwriters’ real-life courtship, the romantic comedy follows the relationship between comedian Kumail (Nanjiani) and grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) as they struggle with cultural differences and the unexpected impact of a mysterious illness. The film also stars Holly Hunter and Ray Romano. Paramount Pictures & Participant Media’s AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO ​ POWER, directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk will close the festival. As a follow-up to the ​ Oscar®-winning AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, the film charts Vice President Al Gore's continuing mission to solve our climate crisis before it's too late. The 22nd Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) will take place June 21-26, 2017, and celebrates the art of screenwriting and storytelling in cinema and television. Nick Broomfield (2017 NFF Honoree) and Rudi Dolezal’s WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME will screen ​ ​ as the festival’s centerpiece film. The documentary offers a candid look at the life, career, and untimely death of Whitney Houston.
    [Show full text]
  • Jo-Ann Macneil CV
    JO-ANN MACNEIL +44 (0)7539 274156 Makeup Designer [email protected] Jo-Ann’s current project is Guillermo del Toro's feature "Nightmare Alley" and has just completed Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" as Key Make Up. Her recent films as Makeup Designer include the DC Comic feature film "Shazam" with Zachary Levi and Mark Strong. The Netflix original How It Ends with Forest Whitaker and Theo James and The Headhunter’s Calling with Gerard Butler. She has also recently completed Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 as Key Makeup in which she was nominated for A MUAHS guild award. David Ayer’s DC comic epic Suicide Squad as Makeup Head of Department. Suicide Squad won an Academy Award in 2017 for Achievement in Makeup. In 2014, Jo-Ann won a Canadian Screen Award for her work on The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Jo-Ann has always prided herself on an impeccable attention to detail that helps bring every one of her projects to life. Much in demand, she is based in the UK and available for work worldwide. Jo-Ann is a member of IATSE Local 873. Selected recent credits include: Director / Production company Date / Production Head of Department / Makeup Designer Feature Films Guillermo del Toro/Tyrone Productions 2020 Nightmare Alley 2019 SHAZAM David Sandberg / Jellystone Films 2018 HOW IT ENDS David Rosenthal / Netflix 2017 XXX: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE DJ. Caruso / Maple Cage Productions 2017 A FAMILY MAN Mark Williams/Zero Gravity Productions David Ayer / Atlas Entertainment 2016 SUICIDE SQUAD ** Academy Award for Achievement in Make Up 2017 Chris Colombus / Columbia Pictures 2014 PIXELS Paul W.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Adapted Screenplays
    Absorbing the Worlds of Others: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Adapted Screenplays By Laura Fryer Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of a PhD degree at De Montfort University, Leicester. Funded by Midlands 3 Cities and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. June 2020 i Abstract Despite being a prolific and well-decorated adapter and screenwriter, the screenplays of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala are largely overlooked in adaptation studies. This is likely, in part, because her life and career are characterised by the paradox of being an outsider on the inside: whether that be as a European writing in and about India, as a novelist in film or as a woman in industry. The aims of this thesis are threefold: to explore the reasons behind her neglect in criticism, to uncover her contributions to the film adaptations she worked on and to draw together the fields of screenwriting and adaptation studies. Surveying both existing academic studies in film history, screenwriting and adaptation in Chapter 1 -- as well as publicity materials in Chapter 2 -- reveals that screenwriting in general is on the periphery of considerations of film authorship. In Chapter 2, I employ Sandra Gilbert’s and Susan Gubar’s notions of ‘the madwoman in the attic’ and ‘the angel in the house’ to portrayals of screenwriters, arguing that Jhabvala purposely cultivates an impression of herself as the latter -- a submissive screenwriter, of no threat to patriarchal or directorial power -- to protect herself from any negative attention as the former. However, the archival materials examined in Chapter 3 which include screenplay drafts, reveal her to have made significant contributions to problem-solving, characterisation and tone.
    [Show full text]