The casting branch of the academy is only seven years old and doesn’t have an Oscar category of its own. However, the Casting Society of America has been handing out the Artios Awards for 35 years (“Artios” is from the ancient Greek meaning “perfectly fitted.”). Nominees for feature films were announced on February 19 and many of the leading 2021 Oscar contenders reaped bids across the various categories according to production cost.
Winners will be revealed a virtual ceremony on April 15. In addition, The Actors Fund will be honored with the Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award while casting directors Robi Reed and Tara Rubin will receive the Hoyt Bowers Award.
Last year’s big budget winners were the comedy “Knives Out” and the drama “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” while “Jojo Rabbit” and “Marriage Story” took the equivalent prizes in the independent division. “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” won the...
Winners will be revealed a virtual ceremony on April 15. In addition, The Actors Fund will be honored with the Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award while casting directors Robi Reed and Tara Rubin will receive the Hoyt Bowers Award.
Last year’s big budget winners were the comedy “Knives Out” and the drama “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” while “Jojo Rabbit” and “Marriage Story” took the equivalent prizes in the independent division. “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” won the...
- 2/19/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Casting Society of America has made its final callbacks for 2020, unveiling the film nominees for its 36th annual Artios Awards. The winners will be announced during the virtual ceremony April 15.
The casting crews for Da 5 Bloods, Hillbilly Elegy, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mulan and The Trial of the Chicago 7 will vie in the marquee Big Budget – Drama category. In the running for Big Budget – Comedy are Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Enola Holmes, The King of Staten Island, The Prom and On the Rocks.
The folks who cast the voices for The Croods: A New Age, Onward, Soul and Trolls World Tour will battle it out for the Animation trophy. See the film list of nominees below.
The CSA announced last month that the Actors Fund will receive its Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award, and the Hoyt Bowers Award will go to Robi Reed and Tara Rubin, the first...
The casting crews for Da 5 Bloods, Hillbilly Elegy, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mulan and The Trial of the Chicago 7 will vie in the marquee Big Budget – Drama category. In the running for Big Budget – Comedy are Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Enola Holmes, The King of Staten Island, The Prom and On the Rocks.
The folks who cast the voices for The Croods: A New Age, Onward, Soul and Trolls World Tour will battle it out for the Animation trophy. See the film list of nominees below.
The CSA announced last month that the Actors Fund will receive its Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award, and the Hoyt Bowers Award will go to Robi Reed and Tara Rubin, the first...
- 2/19/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
I’ve become one of Azazel Jacobs biggest fans.
First of all, he’s got a great movie called Terri, about an overweight teen (Jacob Wysocki) who lives with his uncle (Creed Bratton). Having pretty much given up on anything involving a social life, Terri soon forms a surprising friendship with his high school vice-principal (John C. Reilly).
And second, when I talked to him at SXSW, each question he answered was extremely honest and heartfelt. I could have talked with him for hours.
This is Azazel’s 4th film – his 3rd, Momma’s Man, was a Sundance hit – and it’s a touching, extremely funny piece of work.
Azazel talked to me the casting process, what he thinks kills actors when auditioning and if he ever met a kid like Terri growing up.
For the full interview, click the audio link above or download from iTunes
What’s it...
First of all, he’s got a great movie called Terri, about an overweight teen (Jacob Wysocki) who lives with his uncle (Creed Bratton). Having pretty much given up on anything involving a social life, Terri soon forms a surprising friendship with his high school vice-principal (John C. Reilly).
And second, when I talked to him at SXSW, each question he answered was extremely honest and heartfelt. I could have talked with him for hours.
This is Azazel’s 4th film – his 3rd, Momma’s Man, was a Sundance hit – and it’s a touching, extremely funny piece of work.
Azazel talked to me the casting process, what he thinks kills actors when auditioning and if he ever met a kid like Terri growing up.
For the full interview, click the audio link above or download from iTunes
What’s it...
- 3/29/2011
- by Lance@dailyactor.com (Lance Carter)
- DailyActorMedia
Allison Strong, Union City, N.J.Constant pouting, spastic crying spells, and the occasional desire to croon to “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter. If you're under 20 and suffering from these symptoms, you may be experiencing a midteen crisis: the heartbreaking realization that you've hit puberty and still aren't starring in your own Disney show. You may feel like you've been hit by a speeding double-decker bus, but you're really just moping on the couch surrounded by empty chocolate wrappers. I know this because I've been there. I had my first catastrophe at 14 years old: An agent came to my high school production of “Once on This Island” and requested an appointment with me. Hopeful that this was my big break into the industry, I walked into the agent's office, enthusiastically performed a song from “Wicked,” did my best reading of the sides provided, and didn't get signed. She explained that...
- 7/4/2010
- backstage.com
Prolific independent auteur Morty Fineman has had quite a run, from 1981's "Festering Destiny" and 1982's "Large Angry Antennae" to 1991's "Supermodel Carnival II: Runway Runaways" and 1993's "Psycho Vet Meets Hercules". In a 37-year career, Fineman has cranked out more than 400 low-budget features and earned the respect of many Hollywood veterans, from Ron Howard to Nick Cassavetes.
Including sequences from such classics as "The Foxy Chocolate Robot" (1976) starring Fred Williamson and glimpses of Fineman's latest, troubled production "Ms. Kevorkian", "The Independent" is -- you may have guessed -- a bunch of baloney. Fineman is fictional, and this mock documentary, distributed by Arrow Releasing, is an affectionate tribute to schlockmeisters who don't know when or how to quit.
Jerry Stiller is perfect casting as the obsessed, sensitive, always-on-the-brink-of-catastrophe Fineman, who tries to stop lenders from seizing all his old films -- lenders who measure the films' worth like so many pounds of potatoes. Reluctantly at first, but soon with genuine camaraderie, his daughter Paloma (Janeane Garofalo) helps in the time of crisis, while his trusty assistant (Max Perlich) continues to endure abuse and work miracles in the gloomy environment of Fineman's sinking business.
Directed by Stephen Kessler and written by Kessler and producer Mike Wilkins, "Independent" frequently includes laudatory comments from (playing themselves) Howard, Cassavetes, Ted Demme, Roger Corman, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich and Williamson, while numerous hilarious moments from Fineman's movies (Ben Stiller steals the movie as the lead in the climactic scene of "Whale of a Cop") display a great sense of how filmmaking styles have changed.
Recalling "And God Spoke", one of the best bogus docus about movies, along with fictional Hollywood loser comedies like "Mistress", "Independent" has lots of satirical hilarity and characters one grows fond of, and it ultimately touches on truths about the hucksterism at the heart of showbiz.
THE INDEPENDENT
Arrow Releasing
Director: Stephen Kessler
Screenwriters: Mike Wilkins, Stephen Kessler
Producer: Mike Wilkins
Executive producer: Jerry Weintraub
Director of photography: Amir Hamed
Production designer: Russell Christian
Editor: Chris Franklin
Costume designer: Yoona Kwak
Music: Ben Vaughn
Casting: Nicole Arbusto, Joy Dickson
Color/stereo
Cast:
Morty Fineman: Jerry Stiller
Paloma Fineman: Janeane Garofalo
Ivan: Max Perlich
Running time -- 85 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Including sequences from such classics as "The Foxy Chocolate Robot" (1976) starring Fred Williamson and glimpses of Fineman's latest, troubled production "Ms. Kevorkian", "The Independent" is -- you may have guessed -- a bunch of baloney. Fineman is fictional, and this mock documentary, distributed by Arrow Releasing, is an affectionate tribute to schlockmeisters who don't know when or how to quit.
Jerry Stiller is perfect casting as the obsessed, sensitive, always-on-the-brink-of-catastrophe Fineman, who tries to stop lenders from seizing all his old films -- lenders who measure the films' worth like so many pounds of potatoes. Reluctantly at first, but soon with genuine camaraderie, his daughter Paloma (Janeane Garofalo) helps in the time of crisis, while his trusty assistant (Max Perlich) continues to endure abuse and work miracles in the gloomy environment of Fineman's sinking business.
Directed by Stephen Kessler and written by Kessler and producer Mike Wilkins, "Independent" frequently includes laudatory comments from (playing themselves) Howard, Cassavetes, Ted Demme, Roger Corman, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich and Williamson, while numerous hilarious moments from Fineman's movies (Ben Stiller steals the movie as the lead in the climactic scene of "Whale of a Cop") display a great sense of how filmmaking styles have changed.
Recalling "And God Spoke", one of the best bogus docus about movies, along with fictional Hollywood loser comedies like "Mistress", "Independent" has lots of satirical hilarity and characters one grows fond of, and it ultimately touches on truths about the hucksterism at the heart of showbiz.
THE INDEPENDENT
Arrow Releasing
Director: Stephen Kessler
Screenwriters: Mike Wilkins, Stephen Kessler
Producer: Mike Wilkins
Executive producer: Jerry Weintraub
Director of photography: Amir Hamed
Production designer: Russell Christian
Editor: Chris Franklin
Costume designer: Yoona Kwak
Music: Ben Vaughn
Casting: Nicole Arbusto, Joy Dickson
Color/stereo
Cast:
Morty Fineman: Jerry Stiller
Paloma Fineman: Janeane Garofalo
Ivan: Max Perlich
Running time -- 85 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Prolific independent auteur Morty Fineman has had quite a run, from 1981's "Festering Destiny" and 1982's "Large Angry Antennae" to 1991's "Supermodel Carnival II: Runway Runaways" and 1993's "Psycho Vet Meets Hercules". In a 37-year career, Fineman has cranked out more than 400 low-budget features and earned the respect of many Hollywood veterans, from Ron Howard to Nick Cassavetes.
Including sequences from such classics as "The Foxy Chocolate Robot" (1976) starring Fred Williamson and glimpses of Fineman's latest, troubled production "Ms. Kevorkian", "The Independent" is -- you may have guessed -- a bunch of baloney. Fineman is fictional, and this mock documentary, distributed by Arrow Releasing, is an affectionate tribute to schlockmeisters who don't know when or how to quit.
Jerry Stiller is perfect casting as the obsessed, sensitive, always-on-the-brink-of-catastrophe Fineman, who tries to stop lenders from seizing all his old films -- lenders who measure the films' worth like so many pounds of potatoes. Reluctantly at first, but soon with genuine camaraderie, his daughter Paloma (Janeane Garofalo) helps in the time of crisis, while his trusty assistant (Max Perlich) continues to endure abuse and work miracles in the gloomy environment of Fineman's sinking business.
Directed by Stephen Kessler and written by Kessler and producer Mike Wilkins, "Independent" frequently includes laudatory comments from (playing themselves) Howard, Cassavetes, Ted Demme, Roger Corman, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich and Williamson, while numerous hilarious moments from Fineman's movies (Ben Stiller steals the movie as the lead in the climactic scene of "Whale of a Cop") display a great sense of how filmmaking styles have changed.
Recalling "And God Spoke", one of the best bogus docus about movies, along with fictional Hollywood loser comedies like "Mistress", "Independent" has lots of satirical hilarity and characters one grows fond of, and it ultimately touches on truths about the hucksterism at the heart of showbiz.
THE INDEPENDENT
Arrow Releasing
Director: Stephen Kessler
Screenwriters: Mike Wilkins, Stephen Kessler
Producer: Mike Wilkins
Executive producer: Jerry Weintraub
Director of photography: Amir Hamed
Production designer: Russell Christian
Editor: Chris Franklin
Costume designer: Yoona Kwak
Music: Ben Vaughn
Casting: Nicole Arbusto, Joy Dickson
Color/stereo
Cast:
Morty Fineman: Jerry Stiller
Paloma Fineman: Janeane Garofalo
Ivan: Max Perlich
Running time -- 85 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Including sequences from such classics as "The Foxy Chocolate Robot" (1976) starring Fred Williamson and glimpses of Fineman's latest, troubled production "Ms. Kevorkian", "The Independent" is -- you may have guessed -- a bunch of baloney. Fineman is fictional, and this mock documentary, distributed by Arrow Releasing, is an affectionate tribute to schlockmeisters who don't know when or how to quit.
Jerry Stiller is perfect casting as the obsessed, sensitive, always-on-the-brink-of-catastrophe Fineman, who tries to stop lenders from seizing all his old films -- lenders who measure the films' worth like so many pounds of potatoes. Reluctantly at first, but soon with genuine camaraderie, his daughter Paloma (Janeane Garofalo) helps in the time of crisis, while his trusty assistant (Max Perlich) continues to endure abuse and work miracles in the gloomy environment of Fineman's sinking business.
Directed by Stephen Kessler and written by Kessler and producer Mike Wilkins, "Independent" frequently includes laudatory comments from (playing themselves) Howard, Cassavetes, Ted Demme, Roger Corman, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich and Williamson, while numerous hilarious moments from Fineman's movies (Ben Stiller steals the movie as the lead in the climactic scene of "Whale of a Cop") display a great sense of how filmmaking styles have changed.
Recalling "And God Spoke", one of the best bogus docus about movies, along with fictional Hollywood loser comedies like "Mistress", "Independent" has lots of satirical hilarity and characters one grows fond of, and it ultimately touches on truths about the hucksterism at the heart of showbiz.
THE INDEPENDENT
Arrow Releasing
Director: Stephen Kessler
Screenwriters: Mike Wilkins, Stephen Kessler
Producer: Mike Wilkins
Executive producer: Jerry Weintraub
Director of photography: Amir Hamed
Production designer: Russell Christian
Editor: Chris Franklin
Costume designer: Yoona Kwak
Music: Ben Vaughn
Casting: Nicole Arbusto, Joy Dickson
Color/stereo
Cast:
Morty Fineman: Jerry Stiller
Paloma Fineman: Janeane Garofalo
Ivan: Max Perlich
Running time -- 85 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 12/7/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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