Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Jan. 29, 2013
Price: DVD $30.99
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ABC TV show Pan Am was canceled after its first season, but it did have its fans and even garnered awards overseas.
The drama series is set in the early 1960s, when commercial flights are just beginning. Christina Ricci (Bel Ami) headlines the show as the spunky Maggie Ryan, a Pan Am stewardess with ambitions for more.
The television show also stars Margot Robbie (TV’s Neighbors) as a fledgling stewardess, Kelli Garner (Going the Distance) as a stewardess recruited by the CIA as a spy, Karine Vanasse (Midnight in Paris) as a French stewardess and Michael Mosley (TV’s Justified) and Mike Vogel (What’s Your Number?) as pilots trying to find women and build their careers.
Created by Jack Orman (Men of a Certain Age), Pan Am follows the flight crew members on their journeys overseas and as they witness history.
Price: DVD $30.99
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ABC TV show Pan Am was canceled after its first season, but it did have its fans and even garnered awards overseas.
The drama series is set in the early 1960s, when commercial flights are just beginning. Christina Ricci (Bel Ami) headlines the show as the spunky Maggie Ryan, a Pan Am stewardess with ambitions for more.
The television show also stars Margot Robbie (TV’s Neighbors) as a fledgling stewardess, Kelli Garner (Going the Distance) as a stewardess recruited by the CIA as a spy, Karine Vanasse (Midnight in Paris) as a French stewardess and Michael Mosley (TV’s Justified) and Mike Vogel (What’s Your Number?) as pilots trying to find women and build their careers.
Created by Jack Orman (Men of a Certain Age), Pan Am follows the flight crew members on their journeys overseas and as they witness history.
- 12/7/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
What could be more exciting than a new show that involves an actress from one of the most legendary musical films of all time? How about a new show involving the actress who plays the most awesome character from that film? Yes I am talking about the one and only Grease, and the one and only-est Stockard Channing! The famed Rizzo has been cast on an ABC pilot where she will play mother to none other than the teen pop icon turned actress, Mandy Moore. I am almost equally thrilled at Mandy's participation in this pilot because I have been a fan of hers since her big acting debut in A Walk to Remember. Her portrayal of Jamie Sullivan is one of the reasons I believe in true love to this day. Clearly both actresses are musically gifted so the producers on this pilot might as well stop kidding...
- 3/20/2012
- by Molly Fosco
- Aol TV.
The "The Genuine Article" walked us through the artifice of all of our Pan Am characters and the lives most of us live every day. Laura was again being photographed for a follow up to the Life Magazine article, and it hit her hard how difficult it was to be natural once you possessed actual experience, something she didn't have when the first photos were shot.
The title played on throughout the episode in many different ways, and we'll examine some of them below. It would be easy to point to the fake handbags and jewelery being sold on the streets of Rio de Janeiro as the origin, but the in-authenticity went much deeper.
Who is Maggie Ryan?
Prior to now, seemingly smart as a whip with the sass to back it up, Maggie was an unknown loose cannon. Always in trouble, fighting for her rights. It was interesting to...
The title played on throughout the episode in many different ways, and we'll examine some of them below. It would be easy to point to the fake handbags and jewelery being sold on the streets of Rio de Janeiro as the origin, but the in-authenticity went much deeper.
Who is Maggie Ryan?
Prior to now, seemingly smart as a whip with the sass to back it up, Maggie was an unknown loose cannon. Always in trouble, fighting for her rights. It was interesting to...
- 10/31/2011
- by modwild@gmail.com (Carissa Pavlica)
- TVfanatic
'Pan Am' costume designer, Ane Crabtree, gushed over Christina's love for vintage fashion -- and she explained why it has such a special meaning to the star! We got to chat with the woman behind the costumes on the ABC series Pan Am, costume designer Ane Crabtree! From the sleek uniforms to high-waisted trousers and platforms, Ane shared her inspiration behind the iconic blue uniform -- and she also weighed in on Christina Ricci's love of vintage fashion! Christina plays airline stewardess Maggie Ryan, who Ane described as a rare bird, really into adventure -- and it shows in her clothes! "She's a little bit more daring than all the other charcters," Ane said. She went on to say that Christina really loves all the costumes, probably because she just generally loves everything vintage! Even off set, she's often seen in vintage pieces. "Her mom was a model during this time,...
- 10/27/2011
- by Janice2
- HollywoodLife
There are two shows this fall which are (at least according to what people are saying) hoping to capitalize on the success of Mad Men. Both of them shift the primary focus to women, and ABC's Pan Am is looking to relive the glamour of the glory days of stewardesses.
1963 is a very different world, and we're about to see quite a bit of it with the help of four stewardesses aboard Pan Am's Clipper Majestic. It's a world where these goddesses of the air were better than supermodels, and flying was still something of an event in itself. Held to incredible standards (virtually all of which are now illegal), these women became the most-clothed fantasies the world has ever known.
Maggie Ryan (Christina Ricci) is listed as the "scrapper/realist" of the crew (and the most notable name), and though she is attracted to the glamorous life inherent in the job,...
1963 is a very different world, and we're about to see quite a bit of it with the help of four stewardesses aboard Pan Am's Clipper Majestic. It's a world where these goddesses of the air were better than supermodels, and flying was still something of an event in itself. Held to incredible standards (virtually all of which are now illegal), these women became the most-clothed fantasies the world has ever known.
Maggie Ryan (Christina Ricci) is listed as the "scrapper/realist" of the crew (and the most notable name), and though she is attracted to the glamorous life inherent in the job,...
- 9/13/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Adapted from a German art-house film, adorned with a noir-ish title, swathed in a '30s romantic comedy plot line and outfitted with two certifiable Hollywood stars (Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan), "City of Angels" is a lot of things, and it shows.
Playing up the romance rather than the haunted angst of Wim Wenders' 1988 film "Wings of Desire", this Warner Bros. release is a lusciously lensed yet erratically patched work that scrapes off "Wings'" philosophical subject matter in favor of an opposites-attract love story.
In athletics, there's a type of athlete who is too big and slow to play one position but too small and quick to play another -- that is, someone who doesn't quite fit in. Similarly, "City of Angels" is too abstract and clinical for mainstream audiences but too bland and unbelievable for select-site sophisticates. It's a tweener, not likely to please anyone completely. Boxoffice will be decidedly earthbound, rather than heavenly, clipped by lackluster word-of-mouth after a promising, star-propelled first weekend.
As one may recall, Wenders' film centered around an angel distraught by the nature of his existence. Resigned to roam the earth viewing human behavior but never experiencing human emotion, the angel yearned to be alive, to feel emotion, joy as well as pain. The film was, above all, a celluloid treatise on the nature of being, what it means to be alive. The angel ultimately fell in love with a circus performer and traded his immortality for pleasures of the "flesh," both spiritual and carnal.
The haunting lyricism of Wenders' film has been superseded here by gimmickry: The filmmakers have molded Wenders' plot line around a standard, Hollywood-ish love story of mismatched lovers and sacrificial longing. Wenders' film was never about plot, but that's about all that remains in this homogenous reincarnation: Dewy-eyed angel Seth (Cage) in his earthly wanderings, mainly through libraries and on top of high rises, spots a blonde cardiovascular surgeon, Maggie Ryan), and falls in love. Even by angelic standards, Seth is a tad on the ethereal side and, well, Maggie is definitely from Mars, as in "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus." She's aggressive, driven, cold, analytical and aloof; kindly put, she is people-skills impaired and has a chilly bedside manner rivaled only by the Eric La Salle character on "E.R". Put an umlaut over "yukk" and you'd have a good German description of Ryan's character. In short, the only thing appealing about the pert doctor is that she, well, looks like Meg Ryan.
Fine lead performances from Cage and Ryan are, alas, adrift in the film's ill-defined nature. As love-longing Seth, Cage's portrayal is ripe with frustration and unfulfilled desire; ultimately, it is rendered just plain woozy by director Brad Silberling's unsteady grip on what exactly the film wants to be. As the crisp cardiovascular surgeon, Ryan exudes the proper competitive arrogance associated with that branch of practice; admittedly, one is confounded by an angel falling for this sort of being.
Seth's essential void of being has been narrowed from a philosophical/psychological/romantic angst to the mere scope of a generic Hollywood movie plot line. Admittedly, there's nothing wrong with that, but unlike the classic Hollywood romantic comedies, such as the "Topper" series with its fun, ectoplasmic angels, this formulaic, dewy romance has been outfitted in the austere, Teutonic aesthetics of Wenders' film. In essence, screenwriter Dana Stevens' adaptation, which consists mainly of moving the romance to the forefront, dilutes the rich excellence of the story's promising scope.
Similarly, Silberling's literal rendering of the cold, expressionistic aspects of Wenders' film imbues this work with a conflicted, dual personality; it's neither a satisfying romance nor a substantive philosophical piece, akin to delivering a wedding cake in a grim paper bag.
As such, one is reduced to savoring good spots, found mainly in the supporting performances of Andre Braugher as a beatific angel and Dennis Franz, a burly cardiac patient who knows Seth's real nature and identity. In isolation, and certainly not in relation to Silberling's atonal creation, the technical contributions are superb. John Seale's gloriously luminous, expressionistic framings are dense and packed with implication, while Gabriel Yared's spare, astringent score evokes depths of meaning not only skirted but avoided in this uneven, romantic abstraction. Technically, the film is truly with the angels, but neither the scripting nor the directing gives it any wings.
"City of Angels" is dedicated to the late Dawn Steel, one of its producers.
CITY OF ANGELS
Warner Bros.
in association with Regency Pictures
An Atlas Entertainment production
A Brad Silberling film
Producers:Dawn Steel, Charles Roven
Director:Brad Silberling
Screenwriter:Dana Stevens
Based on the film "Wings of Desire", directed by Wim Wenders, written by Wim Wenders, Richard Reitinger, Peter Handke
Executive producers:Arnon Milchan, Charles Newirth, Robert Cavallo
Director of photography:John Seale
Production designer:Lilly Kilvert
Editor:Lynzee Klingman
Co-producers:Douglas Segal, Kelley Smith-Wait
Music:Gabriel Yared
Music supervisor:Danny Bramson
Costume designer:Shay Cunliffe
Casting:David Rubin
Color/stereo
Cast:
Seth:Nicolas Cage
Maggie:Meg Ryan
Cassiel:Andre Braugher
Messinger:Dennis Franz
Jordan:Colm Feore
Anne:Robin Bartlett
Teresa:Joanna Merlin
Susan:Sarah Dampf
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Playing up the romance rather than the haunted angst of Wim Wenders' 1988 film "Wings of Desire", this Warner Bros. release is a lusciously lensed yet erratically patched work that scrapes off "Wings'" philosophical subject matter in favor of an opposites-attract love story.
In athletics, there's a type of athlete who is too big and slow to play one position but too small and quick to play another -- that is, someone who doesn't quite fit in. Similarly, "City of Angels" is too abstract and clinical for mainstream audiences but too bland and unbelievable for select-site sophisticates. It's a tweener, not likely to please anyone completely. Boxoffice will be decidedly earthbound, rather than heavenly, clipped by lackluster word-of-mouth after a promising, star-propelled first weekend.
As one may recall, Wenders' film centered around an angel distraught by the nature of his existence. Resigned to roam the earth viewing human behavior but never experiencing human emotion, the angel yearned to be alive, to feel emotion, joy as well as pain. The film was, above all, a celluloid treatise on the nature of being, what it means to be alive. The angel ultimately fell in love with a circus performer and traded his immortality for pleasures of the "flesh," both spiritual and carnal.
The haunting lyricism of Wenders' film has been superseded here by gimmickry: The filmmakers have molded Wenders' plot line around a standard, Hollywood-ish love story of mismatched lovers and sacrificial longing. Wenders' film was never about plot, but that's about all that remains in this homogenous reincarnation: Dewy-eyed angel Seth (Cage) in his earthly wanderings, mainly through libraries and on top of high rises, spots a blonde cardiovascular surgeon, Maggie Ryan), and falls in love. Even by angelic standards, Seth is a tad on the ethereal side and, well, Maggie is definitely from Mars, as in "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus." She's aggressive, driven, cold, analytical and aloof; kindly put, she is people-skills impaired and has a chilly bedside manner rivaled only by the Eric La Salle character on "E.R". Put an umlaut over "yukk" and you'd have a good German description of Ryan's character. In short, the only thing appealing about the pert doctor is that she, well, looks like Meg Ryan.
Fine lead performances from Cage and Ryan are, alas, adrift in the film's ill-defined nature. As love-longing Seth, Cage's portrayal is ripe with frustration and unfulfilled desire; ultimately, it is rendered just plain woozy by director Brad Silberling's unsteady grip on what exactly the film wants to be. As the crisp cardiovascular surgeon, Ryan exudes the proper competitive arrogance associated with that branch of practice; admittedly, one is confounded by an angel falling for this sort of being.
Seth's essential void of being has been narrowed from a philosophical/psychological/romantic angst to the mere scope of a generic Hollywood movie plot line. Admittedly, there's nothing wrong with that, but unlike the classic Hollywood romantic comedies, such as the "Topper" series with its fun, ectoplasmic angels, this formulaic, dewy romance has been outfitted in the austere, Teutonic aesthetics of Wenders' film. In essence, screenwriter Dana Stevens' adaptation, which consists mainly of moving the romance to the forefront, dilutes the rich excellence of the story's promising scope.
Similarly, Silberling's literal rendering of the cold, expressionistic aspects of Wenders' film imbues this work with a conflicted, dual personality; it's neither a satisfying romance nor a substantive philosophical piece, akin to delivering a wedding cake in a grim paper bag.
As such, one is reduced to savoring good spots, found mainly in the supporting performances of Andre Braugher as a beatific angel and Dennis Franz, a burly cardiac patient who knows Seth's real nature and identity. In isolation, and certainly not in relation to Silberling's atonal creation, the technical contributions are superb. John Seale's gloriously luminous, expressionistic framings are dense and packed with implication, while Gabriel Yared's spare, astringent score evokes depths of meaning not only skirted but avoided in this uneven, romantic abstraction. Technically, the film is truly with the angels, but neither the scripting nor the directing gives it any wings.
"City of Angels" is dedicated to the late Dawn Steel, one of its producers.
CITY OF ANGELS
Warner Bros.
in association with Regency Pictures
An Atlas Entertainment production
A Brad Silberling film
Producers:Dawn Steel, Charles Roven
Director:Brad Silberling
Screenwriter:Dana Stevens
Based on the film "Wings of Desire", directed by Wim Wenders, written by Wim Wenders, Richard Reitinger, Peter Handke
Executive producers:Arnon Milchan, Charles Newirth, Robert Cavallo
Director of photography:John Seale
Production designer:Lilly Kilvert
Editor:Lynzee Klingman
Co-producers:Douglas Segal, Kelley Smith-Wait
Music:Gabriel Yared
Music supervisor:Danny Bramson
Costume designer:Shay Cunliffe
Casting:David Rubin
Color/stereo
Cast:
Seth:Nicolas Cage
Maggie:Meg Ryan
Cassiel:Andre Braugher
Messinger:Dennis Franz
Jordan:Colm Feore
Anne:Robin Bartlett
Teresa:Joanna Merlin
Susan:Sarah Dampf
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
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