Donald Westlake’s lovably luckless crook John Dortmunder is brought to life by Robert Redford, in a lightweight crime caper engineered by top talent: screenwriter William Goldman and director Peter Yates. Redford’s partner is a worrisome, talkative George Segal; Moses Gunn is the unhappy client, Ron Liebman a jolly master of all things technical and Zero Mostel a major obstacle in the obtaining of a priceless diamond.
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Twilight Time
1972 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 100 min. / How to Steal a Diamond in Four Uneasy Lessons / Street Date August 21, 2018 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95
Starring: Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn, Zero Mostel, William Redfield, Lynne Gordon, Robert Weil, Christopher Guest.
Cinematography: Ed Brown
Film Editors: Fred W. Berger, Frank P. Keller
Original Music: Quincy Jones
Written by William Goldman from a novel by Donald E. Westlake
Produced by Hal Landers, Bobby Roberts...
The Hot Rock
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1972 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 100 min. / How to Steal a Diamond in Four Uneasy Lessons / Street Date August 21, 2018 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95
Starring: Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn, Zero Mostel, William Redfield, Lynne Gordon, Robert Weil, Christopher Guest.
Cinematography: Ed Brown
Film Editors: Fred W. Berger, Frank P. Keller
Original Music: Quincy Jones
Written by William Goldman from a novel by Donald E. Westlake
Produced by Hal Landers, Bobby Roberts...
- 8/28/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
HanWay to introduce Kim Nguyen project to international buyers in Cannes.
Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgård are set to star in writer-director Kim Nguyen’s The Hummingbird Project.
Eisenberg and Skarsgård will portray two men who take a chance in the world of high frequency trading in order to build a fibre-optic cable straight between Kansas and New Jersey, making them millions.
Pierre Even of Montreal-based Item 7 is producing, while Automatik’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger will serve as executive producers.
HanWay Films is handling international sales in Cannes and CAA represents Us rights. Production will begin in October in Montreal.
Eisenberg was nominated for an Oscar for The Social Network. He starred in Woody Allen’s Café Society and plays Lex Luthor in Batman Vs. Superman and Justice League.
Alexander Skarsgård will next be seen in Duncan Jones’ Mute and recently wrapped production on The Aftermath and Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold The Dark. He most...
Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgård are set to star in writer-director Kim Nguyen’s The Hummingbird Project.
Eisenberg and Skarsgård will portray two men who take a chance in the world of high frequency trading in order to build a fibre-optic cable straight between Kansas and New Jersey, making them millions.
Pierre Even of Montreal-based Item 7 is producing, while Automatik’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger will serve as executive producers.
HanWay Films is handling international sales in Cannes and CAA represents Us rights. Production will begin in October in Montreal.
Eisenberg was nominated for an Oscar for The Social Network. He starred in Woody Allen’s Café Society and plays Lex Luthor in Batman Vs. Superman and Justice League.
Alexander Skarsgård will next be seen in Duncan Jones’ Mute and recently wrapped production on The Aftermath and Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold The Dark. He most...
- 5/8/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Automatik, Motion Picture Capital producing elevated thriller with director Sebastian Gutierrez.
Voltage Pictures has come on board to handle international sales on the elevated thriller Elizabeth Harvest and will introduce to buyers on the Croisette.
Production began in Colombia last month on the story about obsession, betrayal and identity based on the French folktale of Bluebeard with a sci-fi twist.
Sebastian Gutierrez directs and previously wrote Gothika, Snakes On A Plane and The Eye, and directed Rise: Blood Hunter, among others.
Abbey Lee (pictured), Carla Gugino, Ciarán Hinds, Matthew Beard, and Dylan Baker star in Elizabeth Harvest and CAA represents Us rights.
Producers are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger of Automatik, Motion Picture Capital, and Gutierrez. Motion Picture Capital is fully financing the project.
Voltage head Nicolas Chartier and president and COO Jonathan Deckter will serve as executive producers.
“Elizabeth Harvest is such a special project for me, made even more extraordinary by Sebastian’s powerful...
Voltage Pictures has come on board to handle international sales on the elevated thriller Elizabeth Harvest and will introduce to buyers on the Croisette.
Production began in Colombia last month on the story about obsession, betrayal and identity based on the French folktale of Bluebeard with a sci-fi twist.
Sebastian Gutierrez directs and previously wrote Gothika, Snakes On A Plane and The Eye, and directed Rise: Blood Hunter, among others.
Abbey Lee (pictured), Carla Gugino, Ciarán Hinds, Matthew Beard, and Dylan Baker star in Elizabeth Harvest and CAA represents Us rights.
Producers are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger of Automatik, Motion Picture Capital, and Gutierrez. Motion Picture Capital is fully financing the project.
Voltage head Nicolas Chartier and president and COO Jonathan Deckter will serve as executive producers.
“Elizabeth Harvest is such a special project for me, made even more extraordinary by Sebastian’s powerful...
- 5/3/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Automatik, Motion Picture Capital producing elevated thriller with director Sebastian Gutierrez.
Voltage Pictures has come on board to handle international sales on the elevated thriller Elizabeth Harvest and will introduce to buyers on the Croisette.
Production began in Colombia last month on the story about obsession, betrayal and identity based on the French folktale of Bluebeard with a sci-fi twist.
Sebastian Gutierrez directs and previously wrote Gothika, Snakes On A Plane and The Eye, and directed Rise: Blood Hunter, among others.
Abbey Lee (pictured), Carla Gugino, Ciarán Hinds, Matthew Beard, and Dylan Baker star in Elizabeth Harvest and CAA represents Us rights.
Producers are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger of Automatik, Motion Picture Capital, and Gutierrez. Motion Picture Capital is fully financing the project.
Voltage head Nicolas Chartier and president and COO Jonathan Deckter will serve as executive producers.
“Elizabeth Harvest is such a special project for me, made even more extraordinary by Sebastian’s powerful...
Voltage Pictures has come on board to handle international sales on the elevated thriller Elizabeth Harvest and will introduce to buyers on the Croisette.
Production began in Colombia last month on the story about obsession, betrayal and identity based on the French folktale of Bluebeard with a sci-fi twist.
Sebastian Gutierrez directs and previously wrote Gothika, Snakes On A Plane and The Eye, and directed Rise: Blood Hunter, among others.
Abbey Lee (pictured), Carla Gugino, Ciarán Hinds, Matthew Beard, and Dylan Baker star in Elizabeth Harvest and CAA represents Us rights.
Producers are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger of Automatik, Motion Picture Capital, and Gutierrez. Motion Picture Capital is fully financing the project.
Voltage head Nicolas Chartier and president and COO Jonathan Deckter will serve as executive producers.
“Elizabeth Harvest is such a special project for me, made even more extraordinary by Sebastian’s powerful...
- 5/3/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
For those of you who know Oscar Isaac, you may be familiar with his work in Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Poe Dameron, a rebel pilot who fights against the very Nazi-like First Order down to the Almost Hitler Salute. Well, now it seems the actor gets to play a Mossad agent who hunts down a real Nazi in the film Operation Finale.
The film is based on the capture of notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann by Peter Malkin, a Mossad agent, after WWII. Eichmann was one of the worst of the worst in the Nazi regime. He was responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews as one of the architects of the Holocaust. Isaac is set to play Peter Malkin who hunts down the Nazi who is in hiding in Argentina.
The film will be directed by Chris Weltz, who is known for directing and writing About a Boy...
The film is based on the capture of notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann by Peter Malkin, a Mossad agent, after WWII. Eichmann was one of the worst of the worst in the Nazi regime. He was responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews as one of the architects of the Holocaust. Isaac is set to play Peter Malkin who hunts down the Nazi who is in hiding in Argentina.
The film will be directed by Chris Weltz, who is known for directing and writing About a Boy...
- 3/30/2017
- by Bryam Dayley
- GeekTyrant
Mediterranean-set love story is told in reverse
The company announced on Wednesday it has acquired television rights to Peter Nichols’s novel.
BAFTA-nominated Tom Harper (pictured) will direct The Rocks and Laura Eason is attached to adapt the screenplay. Harper’s credits include the War & Peace mini-series and horror feature The Woman In Black 2: Angel Of Death.
The book was published in 2015 and is a love story told in reverse set on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.
The story starts in the present day with the death of an older married couple who fall from a cliff after an argument.
It rewinds through time, following the intertwined lives of the couple and their families over the course of 50 years.
The series, developed in the Us and the UK, is being spearheaded by eOne’s Carolyn Newman and Polly Williams. eOne controls worldwide rights to the series.
“Dark, funny and romantic, with a unique...
The company announced on Wednesday it has acquired television rights to Peter Nichols’s novel.
BAFTA-nominated Tom Harper (pictured) will direct The Rocks and Laura Eason is attached to adapt the screenplay. Harper’s credits include the War & Peace mini-series and horror feature The Woman In Black 2: Angel Of Death.
The book was published in 2015 and is a love story told in reverse set on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.
The story starts in the present day with the death of an older married couple who fall from a cliff after an argument.
It rewinds through time, following the intertwined lives of the couple and their families over the course of 50 years.
The series, developed in the Us and the UK, is being spearheaded by eOne’s Carolyn Newman and Polly Williams. eOne controls worldwide rights to the series.
“Dark, funny and romantic, with a unique...
- 3/29/2017
- ScreenDaily
Oscar Isaac is set to hunt down Nazis in Chris Weitz’s upcoming World War II drama “Operation Finale,” which will tell the true story of the capture of Adolf Eichmann.
One of the primary architects of the Holocaust, Eichman helped in planning and executing the mass deportation of Jews in Eastern Europe to the ghettos and concentration camps. He went into hiding after WWII in Argentina, where he was found and brought to justice by Mossad.
Read More: Oscar Isaac to Star in ‘Life Itself,’ a Multigenerational Romance
Isaac will be joining the cast as Peter Malkin, the operative who made headlines for wrestling and capturing Eichmann in May 1960. Chris Weitz, who worked on early drafts of “Star Wars: Rogue One” and directed “About A Boy” and “Twilight Saga: New Moon,” will be behind the camera, and The Hollywood Reporter notes the film has been envisioned in the...
One of the primary architects of the Holocaust, Eichman helped in planning and executing the mass deportation of Jews in Eastern Europe to the ghettos and concentration camps. He went into hiding after WWII in Argentina, where he was found and brought to justice by Mossad.
Read More: Oscar Isaac to Star in ‘Life Itself,’ a Multigenerational Romance
Isaac will be joining the cast as Peter Malkin, the operative who made headlines for wrestling and capturing Eichmann in May 1960. Chris Weitz, who worked on early drafts of “Star Wars: Rogue One” and directed “About A Boy” and “Twilight Saga: New Moon,” will be behind the camera, and The Hollywood Reporter notes the film has been envisioned in the...
- 3/29/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Oscar Isaac is going to hunt some Nazis.
The actor, who stars in the Star Wars movies as hotshot pilot Poe Dameron, will lead the period drama Operation Finale, the story of the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Chris Weitz is directing the drama, which is said to echo thrillers such as Argo and Munich. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger are producing the project, which is set up at MGM.
Eichmann was considered one of the architects of the Holocaust and oversaw the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jews, mostly those from Hungary. After...
The actor, who stars in the Star Wars movies as hotshot pilot Poe Dameron, will lead the period drama Operation Finale, the story of the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Chris Weitz is directing the drama, which is said to echo thrillers such as Argo and Munich. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger are producing the project, which is set up at MGM.
Eichmann was considered one of the architects of the Holocaust and oversaw the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jews, mostly those from Hungary. After...
- 3/29/2017
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
La La Land wins top prize at the ceremony.
La La Land was the big winner at the 2017 Baftas, winning five prizes, including best film, best director (Damien Chazelle) and best actress (Emma Stone).
Casey Affleck won leading actor for Manchester by the Sea, with Dev Patel (Lion) and Viola Davis (Fences) winning supporting actor and actress.
I, Daniel Blake won outstanding British film.
The 2017 Baftas took place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and were once again hosted once again by Stephen Fry.
Read: Eight talking points ahead of the BaftasThe full list of winners
Winners in bold.
Best Filmarrival Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron RyderI, Daniel Blake Rebecca O’BrienLA La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc PlattMANCHESTER By The Sea Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. WalshMOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele RomanskiLEADING Actressamy Adams ArrivalEMILY Blunt The Girl on the TrainEMMA Stone La La LandMERYL Streep...
La La Land was the big winner at the 2017 Baftas, winning five prizes, including best film, best director (Damien Chazelle) and best actress (Emma Stone).
Casey Affleck won leading actor for Manchester by the Sea, with Dev Patel (Lion) and Viola Davis (Fences) winning supporting actor and actress.
I, Daniel Blake won outstanding British film.
The 2017 Baftas took place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and were once again hosted once again by Stephen Fry.
Read: Eight talking points ahead of the BaftasThe full list of winners
Winners in bold.
Best Filmarrival Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron RyderI, Daniel Blake Rebecca O’BrienLA La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc PlattMANCHESTER By The Sea Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. WalshMOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele RomanskiLEADING Actressamy Adams ArrivalEMILY Blunt The Girl on the TrainEMMA Stone La La LandMERYL Streep...
- 2/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
La La Land, Arrival, Nocturnal Animals and I, Daniel Blake among films competing for Bafta glory.
The 2017 Baftas take place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and are hosted once again by Stephen Fry.
The show is broadcast on BBC One on a time delay, but Screen will be following the action as it happens from around 6:45Gmt and updating the winners as they are announced, below.
Read: Eight talking points ahead of the BaftasThe nominations
Winners in bold.
Leading Actorandrew Garfield Hacksaw RidgeCASEY Affleck Manchester by the SeaJAKE Gyllenhaal Nocturnal AnimalsRYAN Gosling La La LandVIGGO Mortensen Captain FantasticCINEMATOGRAPHYARRIVAL Bradford YoungHELL Or High Water Giles NuttgensLA La Land Linus SandgrenLION Greig FraserNOCTURNAL Animals Seamus McGarveyORIGINAL Screenplayhell Or High Water Taylor SheridanI, Daniel Blake Paul LavertyLA La Land Damien ChazelleMANCHESTER By The Sea Kenneth LonerganMOONLIGHT Barry JenkinsOutstanding British contribution to cinemaCURZON Cinemassupporting Actoraaron Taylor-johnson Nocturnal AnimalsDEV Patel LionHUGH Grant Florence Foster JenkinsJEFF Bridges Hell or High...
The 2017 Baftas take place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and are hosted once again by Stephen Fry.
The show is broadcast on BBC One on a time delay, but Screen will be following the action as it happens from around 6:45Gmt and updating the winners as they are announced, below.
Read: Eight talking points ahead of the BaftasThe nominations
Winners in bold.
Leading Actorandrew Garfield Hacksaw RidgeCASEY Affleck Manchester by the SeaJAKE Gyllenhaal Nocturnal AnimalsRYAN Gosling La La LandVIGGO Mortensen Captain FantasticCINEMATOGRAPHYARRIVAL Bradford YoungHELL Or High Water Giles NuttgensLA La Land Linus SandgrenLION Greig FraserNOCTURNAL Animals Seamus McGarveyORIGINAL Screenplayhell Or High Water Taylor SheridanI, Daniel Blake Paul LavertyLA La Land Damien ChazelleMANCHESTER By The Sea Kenneth LonerganMOONLIGHT Barry JenkinsOutstanding British contribution to cinemaCURZON Cinemassupporting Actoraaron Taylor-johnson Nocturnal AnimalsDEV Patel LionHUGH Grant Florence Foster JenkinsJEFF Bridges Hell or High...
- 2/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards are in and La La Land leads the pack with 14 nominations! I knew La La Land was going to explode at this event, and it's probably going to end up taking home many of the awards is was nominated for. The 14 nominations ties the record with 1997's Titanic and 1950's All About Eve.
Arrival ended up with eight nominations as did Moonlight, while Hacksaw Ridge, Lion, and Manchester by the Sea all got six. Deadpool ended up with zero nominations. I was hoping to see it somewhere on the list, but it looks like all that hype didn't work.
Every film and actor who was nominated for their work deserves to be on this list, so congratulations to them all! There are so many great films and actors to root for, but there can be only one winner in each category.
Jimmy Kimmel...
Arrival ended up with eight nominations as did Moonlight, while Hacksaw Ridge, Lion, and Manchester by the Sea all got six. Deadpool ended up with zero nominations. I was hoping to see it somewhere on the list, but it looks like all that hype didn't work.
Every film and actor who was nominated for their work deserves to be on this list, so congratulations to them all! There are so many great films and actors to root for, but there can be only one winner in each category.
Jimmy Kimmel...
- 1/24/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Sophie Turner and Dominic Cooper presented this year’s nominations.Baftas 2017‘La La Land’ leads the way with 11 nominationsBaftas 2017: nominees’ reactionsBaftas 2017: eOne and Lionsgate score record number of nominationsBaftas 2017 analysis: ‘La La Land’ soars, diversity debate simmers
Bafta chair Jane Lush was joined by Sophie Turner and Dominic Cooper to announce the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in London on January 10 2017.
The awards will take place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and will be hosted once again by Stephen Fry. The show will be broadcast on BBC One.
2017 nominationsBEST Filmarrival Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron RyderI, Daniel Blake Rebecca O’BrienLA La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc PlattMANCHESTER By The Sea Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. WalshMOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele RomanskiOUTSTANDING British Filmamerican Honey Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van HoyDENIAL Mick Jackson, Gary Foster, [link...
Bafta chair Jane Lush was joined by Sophie Turner and Dominic Cooper to announce the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in London on January 10 2017.
The awards will take place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and will be hosted once again by Stephen Fry. The show will be broadcast on BBC One.
2017 nominationsBEST Filmarrival Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron RyderI, Daniel Blake Rebecca O’BrienLA La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc PlattMANCHESTER By The Sea Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. WalshMOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele RomanskiOUTSTANDING British Filmamerican Honey Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van HoyDENIAL Mick Jackson, Gary Foster, [link...
- 1/10/2017
- ScreenDaily
The Toronto-based company has acquired André Øvredal’s supernatural horror, which receives its world premiere in Toronto Midnight Madness on Thursday night.
Emile Hirsh, Brian Cox, and Ophelia Lovibond star in the tale of father-and-son coroners who uncover terrifying secrets when they examine the corpse of a mysterious homicide victim.
Im Global fully financed the film and handled international sales. IFC Films holds Us rights.
Ian B. Goldberg and Richard Naing wrote the screenplay Fred Berger, Eric Garcia, Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken of 42 produced and Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford is executive producer with Matt Jackson and Steven Squillante.
Raven Banner will release the film day-and-date with IFC Films.
Raven Banner will release Tiff selections The Happiest Day In The Life of Olli Maki, Mimosas, and Hello Destroyer under its specialty Northern Banner Label.
Emile Hirsh, Brian Cox, and Ophelia Lovibond star in the tale of father-and-son coroners who uncover terrifying secrets when they examine the corpse of a mysterious homicide victim.
Im Global fully financed the film and handled international sales. IFC Films holds Us rights.
Ian B. Goldberg and Richard Naing wrote the screenplay Fred Berger, Eric Garcia, Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken of 42 produced and Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford is executive producer with Matt Jackson and Steven Squillante.
Raven Banner will release the film day-and-date with IFC Films.
Raven Banner will release Tiff selections The Happiest Day In The Life of Olli Maki, Mimosas, and Hello Destroyer under its specialty Northern Banner Label.
- 9/15/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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