Hacksaw Ridge (2016) [139M] D: Mel Gibson. C: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Jim Robison, Mikael Koski

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Hacksaw Ridge (2016) [139m] D: Mel Gibson. C: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Jim Robison, Mikael Koski. Remarkable and unusual biography of Desmond Doss (Garfield), a Seven-Day Adventist who eagerly volunteered services as a combat medic during World War II with one condition: to withhold from bearing arms. This peculiar conduct not only imperils him from the enemy, but also garners frustration and suspicion among peers and superior officers. Garfield is so earnest and disarming (so to speak) and his acts of heroism so genuine one can easily overlook Gibson’s excessive exhibition of blood and gore that almost negates the anti-war message the film shamelessly conveys! Live footage of the real Doss and some of the survivors in his unit are presented during the film’s final credits. Won Oscars for film editing and sound mixing. Arrival (2016) [116m) D: Denis Villeneuve C: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien, Tzi Ma A brilliant linguistics professor (Adams) and hotshot physicist (Renner) are handpicked to converse with an alien species of whose incentives and purposes remain unclear. The communication development is slow causing impatience among the United States military (lead by Whitaker) and unrest among global leaders. Intelligent and challenging science-fiction bares more than a few resemblances to Spielberg’s CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, but Villeneuve and his technical visionaries aid in establishing a moving and intimate reflection on the impacts of language and time. Adams is excellent in compelling lead. Arresting cinematography by Bradford Young. Academy Award winner for sound editing. .

Copy Link

Recommended publications

Customizable • Ease of Access Cost Effective • Large Film Library
CUSTOMIZABLE • EASE OF ACCESS COST EFFECTIVE • LARGE FILM LIBRARY www.criterionondemand.com Criterion-on-Demand is the ONLY customizable on-line Feature Film Solution focused specifically on the Post Secondary Market. LARGE FILM LIBRARY Numerous Titles are Available Multiple Genres for Educational from Studios including: and Research purposes: • 20th Century Fox • Foreign Language • Warner Brothers • Literary Adaptations • Paramount Pictures • Justice • Alliance Films • Classics • Dreamworks • Environmental Titles • Mongrel Media • Social Issues • Lionsgate Films • Animation Studies • Maple Pictures • Academy Award Winners, • Paramount Vantage etc. • Fox Searchlight and many more... KEY FEATURES • 1,000’s of Titles in Multiple Languages • Unlimited 24-7 Access with No Hidden Fees • MARC Records Compatible • Available to Store and Access Third Party Content • Single Sign-on • Same Language Sub-Titles • Supports Distance Learning • Features Both “Current” and “Hard-to-Find” Titles • “Easy-to-Use” Search Engine • Download or Streaming Capabilities CUSTOMIZATION • Criterion Pictures has the rights to over 15000 titles • Criterion-on-Demand Updates Titles Quarterly • Criterion-on-Demand is customizable. If a title is missing, Criterion will add it to the platform providing the rights are available. Requested titles will be added within 2-6 weeks of the request. For more information contact Suzanne Hitchon at 1-800-565-1996 or via email at [email protected] LARGE FILM LIBRARY A Small Sample of titles Available: Avatar 127 Hours 2009 • 150 min • Color • 20th Century Fox 2010 • 93 min • Color • 20th Century Fox Director: James Cameron Director: Danny Boyle Cast: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Giovanni Ribisi, Clemence Poesy, Kate Burton, Lizzy Caplan CCH Pounder, Laz Alonso, Joel Moore, 127 HOURS is the new film from Danny Boyle, Wes Studi, Stephen Lang the Academy Award winning director of last Avatar is the story of an ex-Marine who finds year’s Best Picture, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
[Show full text]
FAITHFUL UNDER FIRE: a BIBLE STUDY and DEVOTIONAL for the FILM Introduction
FAITHFUL UNDER FIRE: A BIBLE STUDY AND DEVOTIONAL FOR THE FILM Introduction Hacksaw Ridge, a new film released by Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc., tells the story of Private First Class Desmond Doss, an Army medic who received the nation’s highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor. The MOH decoration is awarded only for conspicuous and personal acts of valor that are unequivocally deemed to be “above and beyond the call of duty.” Desmond Doss was the first conscientious objector to receive that award — and one of only three ever to do so in our Nation’s history. Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, had a personal, deeply held, biblically formed conviction not to kill — or even to carry a weapon. Nevertheless, he voluntarily enlisted in the Army in 1942 as a combat medic so as to fulfill his calling to serve both his country and his fellow soldiers by saving lives rather than taking them. But a significant part of Desmond’s story is the staunch resistance he faced in the U.S. Army — from both his superiors and fellow soldiers alike, who deemed his non-combatant stance to be a guise for cowardice. The manner in which Doss tenaciously holds-onto his Scripturally based beliefs and ultimately proves himself under the most excruciating and even barbaric combat conditions not only makes for gripping drama. It also confronts everyone who similarly holds biblical convictions in a pluralistic or secular “marketplace” with a challenging roadmap for living faithfully in this world as citizens of our Nation while reserving our highest allegiance to the Kingdom of God.
[Show full text]
Cue the Music: Music in Movies Kelsey M
Cedarville University DigitalCommons@Cedarville The Research and Scholarship Symposium The 2017 yS mposium Apr 12th, 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Cue the Music: Music in Movies Kelsey M. DePree Cedarville University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/ research_scholarship_symposium Part of the Composition Commons, Film and Media Studies Commons, and the Other Music Commons DePree, Kelsey M., "Cue the Music: Music in Movies" (2017). The Research and Scholarship Symposium. 5. http://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/research_scholarship_symposium/2017/podium_presentations/5 This Podium Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Cedarville, a service of the Centennial Library. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Research and Scholarship Symposium by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Cedarville. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Music We Watch Kelsey De Pree Music History II April 5, 2017 Music is universal. It is present from the beginning of history appearing in all cultures, nations, economic classes, and styles. Music in America is heard on radios, in cars, on phones, and in stores. Television commercials feature jingles so viewers can remember the products; radio ads sing phone numbers so that listeners can recall them. In schools, students sing songs to learn subjects like math, history, and English, and also to learn about general knowledge like the days of the week, months of the year, and presidents of the United States. With the amount of music that is available, it is not surprising that music has also made its way into movie theatres and has become one of the primary agents for conveying emotion and plot during a cinematic production.
[Show full text]
A Dangerous Method
A David Cronenberg Film A DANGEROUS METHOD Starring Keira Knightley Viggo Mortensen Michael Fassbender Sarah Gadon and Vincent Cassel Directed by David Cronenberg Screenplay by Christopher Hampton Based on the stage play “The Talking Cure” by Christopher Hampton Based on the book “A Most Dangerous Method” by John Kerr Official Selection 2011 Venice Film Festival 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, Gala Presentation 2011 New York Film Festival, Gala Presentation www.adangerousmethodfilm.com 99min | Rated R | Release Date (NY & LA): 11/23/11 East Coast Publicity West Coast Publicity Distributor Donna Daniels PR Block Korenbrot Sony Pictures Classics Donna Daniels Ziggy Kozlowski Carmelo Pirrone 77 Park Ave, #12A Jennifer Malone Lindsay Macik New York, NY 10016 Rebecca Fisher 550 Madison Ave 347-254-7054, ext 101 110 S. Fairfax Ave, #310 New York, NY 10022 Los Angeles, CA 90036 212-833-8833 tel 323-634-7001 tel 212-833-8844 fax 323-634-7030 fax A DANGEROUS METHOD Directed by David Cronenberg Produced by Jeremy Thomas Co-Produced by Marco Mehlitz Martin Katz Screenplay by Christopher Hampton Based on the stage play “The Talking Cure” by Christopher Hampton Based on the book “A Most Dangerous Method” by John Kerr Executive Producers Thomas Sterchi Matthias Zimmermann Karl Spoerri Stephan Mallmann Peter Watson Associate Producer Richard Mansell Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant Director of Photography Peter Suschitzky, ASC Edited by Ronald Sanders, CCE, ACE Production Designer James McAteer Costume Designer Denise Cronenberg Music Composed and Adapted by Howard Shore Supervising Sound Editors Wayne Griffin Michael O’Farrell Casting by Deirdre Bowen 2 CAST Sabina Spielrein Keira Knightley Sigmund Freud Viggo Mortensen Carl Jung Michael Fassbender Otto Gross Vincent Cassel Emma Jung Sarah Gadon Professor Eugen Bleuler André M.
[Show full text]
Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 90Th Academy Awards Alien
REMINDER LIST OF PRODUCTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE 90TH ACADEMY AWARDS ALIEN: COVENANT Actors: Michael Fassbender. Billy Crudup. Danny McBride. Demian Bichir. Jussie Smollett. Nathaniel Dean. Alexander England. Benjamin Rigby. Uli Latukefu. Goran D. Kleut. Actresses: Katherine Waterston. Carmen Ejogo. Callie Hernandez. Amy Seimetz. Tess Haubrich. Lorelei King. ALL I SEE IS YOU Actors: Jason Clarke. Wes Chatham. Danny Huston. Actresses: Blake Lively. Ahna O'Reilly. Yvonne Strahovski. ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD Actors: Christopher Plummer. Mark Wahlberg. Romain Duris. Timothy Hutton. Charlie Plummer. Charlie Shotwell. Andrew Buchan. Marco Leonardi. Giuseppe Bonifati. Nicolas Vaporidis. Actresses: Michelle Williams. ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AMERICAN ASSASSIN Actors: Dylan O'Brien. Michael Keaton. David Suchet. Navid Negahban. Scott Adkins. Taylor Kitsch. Actresses: Sanaa Lathan. Shiva Negar. AMERICAN MADE Actors: Tom Cruise. Domhnall Gleeson. Actresses: Sarah Wright. AND THE WINNER ISN'T ANNABELLE: CREATION Actors: Anthony LaPaglia. Brad Greenquist. Mark Bramhall. Joseph Bishara. Adam Bartley. Brian Howe. Ward Horton. Fred Tatasciore. Actresses: Stephanie Sigman. Talitha Bateman. Lulu Wilson. Miranda Otto. Grace Fulton. Philippa Coulthard. Samara Lee. Tayler Buck. Lou Lou Safran. Alicia Vela-Bailey. ARCHITECTS OF DENIAL ATOMIC BLONDE Actors: James McAvoy. John Goodman. Til Schweiger. Eddie Marsan. Toby Jones. Actresses: Charlize Theron. Sofia Boutella. 90th Academy Awards Page 1 of 34 AZIMUTH Actors: Sammy Sheik. Yiftach Klein. Actresses: Naama Preis. Samar Qupty. BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) Actors: 1DKXHO 3«UH] %LVFD\DUW $UQDXG 9DORLV $QWRLQH 5HLQDUW] )«OL[ 0DULWDXG 0«GKL 7RXU« Actresses: $GªOH +DHQHO THE B-SIDE: ELSA DORFMAN'S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY BABY DRIVER Actors: Ansel Elgort. Kevin Spacey. Jon Bernthal. Jon Hamm. Jamie Foxx.
[Show full text]
Production Notes
A Film by John Madden Production Notes Synopsis Even the best secret agents carry a debt from a past mission. Rachel Singer must now face up to hers… Filmed on location in Tel Aviv, the U.K., and Budapest, the espionage thriller The Debt is directed by Academy Award nominee John Madden (Shakespeare in Love). The screenplay, by Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan, is adapted from the 2007 Israeli film Ha-Hov [The Debt]. At the 2011 Beaune International Thriller Film Festival, The Debt was honoured with the Special Police [Jury] Prize. The story begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (played by Academy Award winner Helen Mirren) and Stephan (two-time Academy Award nominee Tom Wilkinson) about their former colleague David (Ciarán Hinds of the upcoming Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy). All three have been venerated for decades by Israel because of the secret mission that they embarked on for their country back in 1965-1966, when the trio (portrayed, respectively, by Jessica Chastain [The Tree of Life, The Help], Marton Csokas [The Lord of the Rings, Dream House], and Sam Worthington [Avatar, Clash of the Titans]) tracked down Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace), the feared Surgeon of Birkenau, in East Berlin. While Rachel found herself grappling with romantic feelings during the mission, the net around Vogel was tightened by using her as bait. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team’s mission was accomplished – or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods, with startling action and surprising revelations that compel Rachel to take matters into her own hands.
[Show full text]
Hacksaw Ridge Partners with DAV
Hacksaw Ridge partners with DAV Film focuses on Medal of Honor recipient, DAV member’s actions, effects of war Andrew Garfield (far right) portrays conscientious objector and Medal of Honor recipient Desmond Doss, credited with carrying 75 injured soldiers one at a time down a cliff face to safety during the Battle of Okinawa. The young medic went on to rescue and render aid to several others in the days that followed, before being seriously wounded himself. (Photo by Mark Rogers © Cross Creek Pictures Pty. Ltd.) Academy Award-winning director Mel Gibson’s newly released film, “Hacksaw Ridge,” will undoubtedly earn millions of dollars at the box office and get plenty of award buzz during its opening weekend, but its impact has the potential to extend well beyond Hollywood. The film is based on the extraordinary true story of late DAV life member Desmond Doss, an Army medic who became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Doss is credited for singlehandedly saving and evacuating 75 wounded men from behind enemy lines, without firing or even carrying a weapon, during World War II’s Battle of Okinawa. “I did a lot of research prior to principal photography because the responsibility I immediately felt taking on the role was palpable,” said Andrew Garfield, who portrayed Doss in the film. “It’s difficult to even attempt to understand who he was and how he was able to do the things that he did with such conviction and bravery and love in his heart through such a horribly violent, traumatizing situation.” While speaking at the 2016 DAV and Auxiliary National Convention in August, Gibson said he intentionally made the battle scenes of the film graphic in order to give viewers a better understanding of the horrors of combat.
[Show full text]
Movie Review: ‘Hacksaw Ridge’
Movie Review: ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Hacksaw Ridge By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service NEW YORK – In the Gospel of John, Jesus tells his disciples, “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” That statement is vividly realized in “Hacksaw Ridge” (Summit), which recounts the extraordinary heroism of Army medic Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield) during the Battle of Okinawa in the closing days of World War II. A committed Christian and conscientious objector who refused to bear arms, Doss was nonetheless eager to serve his country. He single-handedly saved the lives of more than 75 wounded soldiers while under constant enemy fire, earning him the Medal of Honor, awarded by Congress. Director Mel Gibson, working from a screenplay by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, presents his fact-based drama in two parts. The first probes Doss’ childhood and upbringing in rural Virginia, while the second unfolds on Okinawa, atop a jagged cliff nicknamed “Hacksaw Ridge” for the brutality of the Japanese offensive there. War is indeed hell, as Gibson pulls no punches in extreme battle scenes reminiscent of “Saving Private Ryan.” Awash in blood and gore, with heads blown off and soldiers set afire by napalm, the violence is no doubt realistic, but will necessarily restrict this film’s audience to those adults willing to endure such sights. We first meet Desmond as a spirited boy (Darcy Bryce) who is losing a fistfight with his older brother, Hal (Roman Guerriero). Desmond picks up a brick and strikes Hal, knocking him out cold.
[Show full text]
2016 FEATURE FILM STUDY Photo: Diego Grandi / Shutterstock.Com TABLE of CONTENTS
2016 FEATURE FILM STUDY Photo: Diego Grandi / Shutterstock.com TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS REPORT 2 FILMING LOCATIONS 3 GEORGIA IN FOCUS 5 CALIFORNIA IN FOCUS 5 FILM PRODUCTION: ECONOMIC IMPACTS 8 6255 W. Sunset Blvd. FILM PRODUCTION: BUDGETS AND SPENDING 10 12th Floor FILM PRODUCTION: JOBS 12 Hollywood, CA 90028 FILM PRODUCTION: VISUAL EFFECTS 14 FILM PRODUCTION: MUSIC SCORING 15 filmla.com FILM INCENTIVE PROGRAMS 16 CONCLUSION 18 @FilmLA STUDY METHODOLOGY 19 FilmLA SOURCES 20 FilmLAinc MOVIES OF 2016: APPENDIX A (TABLE) 21 MOVIES OF 2016: APPENDIX B (MAP) 24 CREDITS: QUESTIONS? CONTACT US! Research Analyst: Adrian McDonald Adrian McDonald Research Analyst (213) 977-8636 Graphic Design: [email protected] Shane Hirschman Photography: Shutterstock Lionsgate© Disney / Marvel© EPK.TV Cover Photograph: Dale Robinette ABOUT THIS REPORT For the last four years, FilmL.A. Research has tracked the movies released theatrically in the U.S. to determine where they were filmed, why they filmed in the locations they did and how much was spent to produce them. We do this to help businesspeople and policymakers, particularly those with investments in California, better understand the state’s place in the competitive business environment that is feature film production. For reasons described later in this report’s methodology section, FilmL.A. adopted a different film project sampling method for 2016. This year, our sample is based on the top 100 feature films at the domestic box office released theatrically within the U.S. during the 2016 calendar
[Show full text]
Screen Australia
AUSTRALIA Great opportunities, fresh exciting talent and a solid base for partnerships Australia makes a rewarding Why work with an Australian co-production partner. Working with production partner? Official co-productions can utilise the Producer Offset. and in Australia you can draw on Film and TV made under Australia’s official co-production some of the world’s best actors, arrangements are automatically regarded as Australian, directors and crews. Your Australian and therefore eligible for the Producer Offset, providing they meet other criteria too. co-producer will also benefit from a Australia has co-production arrangements with Canada, China, certain, secure, national and legislated France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, New Zealand, rebate on eligible spend. Singapore, South Africa and the UK. Screen Australia Some of the world’s most recognisable faces are Australian – Hugh Jackman (The Wolverine), Nicole Kidman (Australia), Screen Australia is the Australian Government’s film and TV Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Russell Crowe (Gladiator, funding agency. We support the development and production A Beautiful Mind), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Liam Hemsworth of high-quality, innovative and commercially attractive projects (The Hunger Games), Sam Worthington (Avatar) and Geoffrey designed with audiences in mind. We conduct research, Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean). assist the development of local screen culture, and market Australian talent and screen content domestically and Our films range from innovative low-budget features to internationally. Screen Australia also administers the Producer blockbusters backed by Hollywood finance but made in Offset and Australia’s official Co-production Program. Australia by local filmmakers. Recent hit Australian films include The Great Gatsby, Bait 3D, Sanctum, Predestination, Doing business with Australia Happy Feet 1 & 2, Knowing and Daybreakers.
[Show full text]
Life and Death on Hacksaw Ridge
Life and Death on + HACKSAW RIDGE esmond Doss. In Adventist meant he would not carry a gun. He circles, the story of his bravery served in combat in the Pacific, on the Dand how he faced persecution islands of Guam, Leyte, and Okinawa. from fellow soldiers is repeated over His most well-known service was and over. Now, seventy-one years after when Doss was tested in one of the his heroic efforts, the Desmond Doss bloodiest battles during World War story will be shared with the world. II, when his fellow soldiers needed aid Hacksaw Ridge tells the story during the Battle of Okinawa. It was on of Doss’ enlistment and the trials the Maeda Escarpment that Doss ran he faced for taking a stand as a into the fight rather than from it. He is conscientious objector who wanted credited with lowering 75 men to safety to serve his country. Although Doss down the 400-foot escarpment. was a conscientious objector and “Courage and bravery can’t be could have received a draft exemption, taught,” says retired U. S. Army he chose to serve according to the Colonel Charles Knapp and chair of dictates of his conscience, which the Desmond Doss Council. “What 20 many people don’t know about for making the movie changed when Desmond is that before his actions the economy tanked in 2007-2008. on the Maeda Escarpment, he had After that, we had to start completely already been awarded 2 Bronze Stars over.” In February 2015, funding and 2 Purple Hearts. His faith carried was obtained, and the creation of the him through unimaginable horror.” movie was finally underway.
[Show full text]
DESMOND-THOMAS-DOSS.Pdf
DESMOND THOMAS DOSS Virginia Native ~ Shipbuilder ~ Conscientious Objector ~ Army Medic Medal of Honor Recipient On October 12, 1945, a 26 year-old Army medic, still recovering from multiple wounds he received during a series of bloody battles on Okinawa earlier that year, was the guest of honor at a ceremony at the White House. President (and World War I veteran) Harry S. Truman held a Medal of Honor in his hand as he said: "I would rather have this medal than to be President." Then, he placed the Medal of Honor around the neck of Corporal Desmond Thomas Doss. Desmond Doss was the first of only three conscientious objectors to ever receive the nation’s highest military decoration. The other two, both of whom were also army medics, were killed in action in Viet Nam while tending wounded and were posthumously named to receive the Medal of Honor. Usually, when people think of Medal of Honor recipients, they picture soldiers rushing into battle with guns blazing. But that description does not fit Desmond Doss. Although he repeatedly rushed into battle, heedless of his own safety, this brave American never carried or fired a weapon. But he was fearless on the battlefield, and more importantly, he also saved an untold number of men's lives. The Medal of Honor is bestowed on members of the armed forces who distinguish themselves through “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States”.
[Show full text]