Spike Jonze plays Otto Von Strassberger, Lukas Haas plays George Munn and Robert Clendenin (back) plays Otto’s Assistant Director in Babylon from Paramount Pictures.
LA LA Land director Damien Chazelle gives a different take on the movie industry with ‘s Babylon, focused on Hollywood pre- and post- the transition from silent films to sound, but as if that took place in an alternate reality partly in the 1920s and partly in the late 1970s, eras that share reputations for excess, partying and drugs, although the 1920s had much better clothes.
This tale of a wild silent-era Hollywood opens in 1926, according a title card, at the height of the Hollywood’s Babylon of partying excess and creative freedom and shortly before the debut of talking films brought the party to a halt. The opening sequence features an elephant as studio employee Manny Torres (Diego Calva) negotiating with someone hired to...
LA LA Land director Damien Chazelle gives a different take on the movie industry with ‘s Babylon, focused on Hollywood pre- and post- the transition from silent films to sound, but as if that took place in an alternate reality partly in the 1920s and partly in the late 1970s, eras that share reputations for excess, partying and drugs, although the 1920s had much better clothes.
This tale of a wild silent-era Hollywood opens in 1926, according a title card, at the height of the Hollywood’s Babylon of partying excess and creative freedom and shortly before the debut of talking films brought the party to a halt. The opening sequence features an elephant as studio employee Manny Torres (Diego Calva) negotiating with someone hired to...
- 12/23/2022
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In the late 1920s, silent era filmmaking was at the height of its artistry, and Hollywood was one big, debaucherous party. This was the roaring twenties, after all. In fact, it was the depravity — on screen and off — of this era that led to the creation of the Production Code that would handicap studio films for decades to come.
Although many films have paid tribute to these wild, early days like James Ivory’s “The Wild Party” or Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist,” few have boasted as impressive a grasp the magic and darkness of its history and mythology as Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon.” This era is a perfect collision of all the Oscar winner’s interests.
In his three-hour epic “Babylon,” the romantic cinephilia of “La La Land” meets the obsessive jazz rhythms of “Whiplash” meets the detailed history of “First Man.” Inspired in part by the racier (though often...
Although many films have paid tribute to these wild, early days like James Ivory’s “The Wild Party” or Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist,” few have boasted as impressive a grasp the magic and darkness of its history and mythology as Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon.” This era is a perfect collision of all the Oscar winner’s interests.
In his three-hour epic “Babylon,” the romantic cinephilia of “La La Land” meets the obsessive jazz rhythms of “Whiplash” meets the detailed history of “First Man.” Inspired in part by the racier (though often...
- 12/21/2022
- by Marya E. Gates
- Indiewire
Paramount has debuted a set of first-look images from Damien Chazelle’s upcoming feature ‘Babylon.’
The movie is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles. A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
Brad Pitt plays Jack Conrad Margot Robbie plays Nellie Laroy
Also in news – Jodie Comer stars in first look image from ‘The End We Start From’
The film stars Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, P.J. Byrne, Lukas Haas, Olivia Hamilton, Tobey Maguire, Max Minghella, Rory Scovel, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Jeff Garlin, Eric Roberts, Ethan Suplee, Samara Weaving, Olivia Wilde.
The film is set for UK cinemas in January 2023.
Tobey Maguire plays James McKay Li Jun Li plays Lady Fay Zhu Margot Robbie plays Nellie Laroy Jovan Adepo plays...
The movie is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles. A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
Brad Pitt plays Jack Conrad Margot Robbie plays Nellie Laroy
Also in news – Jodie Comer stars in first look image from ‘The End We Start From’
The film stars Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, P.J. Byrne, Lukas Haas, Olivia Hamilton, Tobey Maguire, Max Minghella, Rory Scovel, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Jeff Garlin, Eric Roberts, Ethan Suplee, Samara Weaving, Olivia Wilde.
The film is set for UK cinemas in January 2023.
Tobey Maguire plays James McKay Li Jun Li plays Lady Fay Zhu Margot Robbie plays Nellie Laroy Jovan Adepo plays...
- 9/12/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Brad Pitt plays Jack Conrad in Babylon from Paramount Pictures.
Here’s your first look at the u[coming movie Babylon.
From Damien Chazelle, Babylon is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, with an ensemble cast including Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li and Jean Smart. A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
Margot Robbie plays Nellie Laroy in Babylon from Paramount Pictures. Margot Robbie plays Nellie Laroy in Babylon from Paramount Pictures.
The cast features Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, P.J. Byrne, Lukas Haas, Olivia Hamilton, Tobey Maguire, Max Minghella, Rory Scovel, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Jeff Garlin, Eric Roberts, Ethan Suplee, Samara Weaving, Olivia Wilde
Babylon opens in select theatres December 25, everywhere...
Here’s your first look at the u[coming movie Babylon.
From Damien Chazelle, Babylon is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, with an ensemble cast including Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li and Jean Smart. A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
Margot Robbie plays Nellie Laroy in Babylon from Paramount Pictures. Margot Robbie plays Nellie Laroy in Babylon from Paramount Pictures.
The cast features Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, P.J. Byrne, Lukas Haas, Olivia Hamilton, Tobey Maguire, Max Minghella, Rory Scovel, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Jeff Garlin, Eric Roberts, Ethan Suplee, Samara Weaving, Olivia Wilde
Babylon opens in select theatres December 25, everywhere...
- 9/9/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Margot Robbie plays Nellie Laroy in ‘Babylon’ from Paramount Pictures.
Paramount has released the first batch of photos from Babylon, writer/director Damien Chazelle’s star-studded epic tale of Hollywood in the 1920s. Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie lead the cast, reuniting after starring in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, a fairy tale take on the Manson family murder of Sharon Tate.
Babylon‘s cast also includes Tobey Maguire, Jean Smart, Lukas Haas, Li Jun Li, Jovan Adepo, and Diego Calva. P.J. Byrne, Olivia Hamilton, Max Minghella, Rory Scovel, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Jeff Garlin, Eric Roberts, Ethan Suplee, Samara Weaving, and Olivia Wilde also star in what’s sure to be a 2023 Oscar contender.
Filmmaker Chazelle spoke to Vanity Fair about directing Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. “Part of what was magical about working with them in these roles is that each of them felt like...
Paramount has released the first batch of photos from Babylon, writer/director Damien Chazelle’s star-studded epic tale of Hollywood in the 1920s. Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie lead the cast, reuniting after starring in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, a fairy tale take on the Manson family murder of Sharon Tate.
Babylon‘s cast also includes Tobey Maguire, Jean Smart, Lukas Haas, Li Jun Li, Jovan Adepo, and Diego Calva. P.J. Byrne, Olivia Hamilton, Max Minghella, Rory Scovel, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Jeff Garlin, Eric Roberts, Ethan Suplee, Samara Weaving, and Olivia Wilde also star in what’s sure to be a 2023 Oscar contender.
Filmmaker Chazelle spoke to Vanity Fair about directing Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. “Part of what was magical about working with them in these roles is that each of them felt like...
- 9/8/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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