Stars: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano, Luke Johnson, Katherine Quittner, Scott Turner, Stan Armsted, Mary Ellen Kleinhall | Written and Directed by Peter Watkins
“Under the provision of Title 2 of the 1950 Internal Security Act, also known as the McCarran Act, the President of the United States of America is still authorized, without further approval by Congress to determine an event of insurrection within the United States and to declare the existence of an “internal security emergency”. The President is then authorized to apprehend and detain each person as to whom there is reasonable ground to believe probably will engage in certain future acts of sabotage. Persons apprehended shall be given a hearing, without right of bail, without the necessity of evidence and shall then be confined to places of detention.”
Peter Watkins, a British filmmaker who would work for the BBC in the 1960’s before finally directing Punishment Park in...
“Under the provision of Title 2 of the 1950 Internal Security Act, also known as the McCarran Act, the President of the United States of America is still authorized, without further approval by Congress to determine an event of insurrection within the United States and to declare the existence of an “internal security emergency”. The President is then authorized to apprehend and detain each person as to whom there is reasonable ground to believe probably will engage in certain future acts of sabotage. Persons apprehended shall be given a hearing, without right of bail, without the necessity of evidence and shall then be confined to places of detention.”
Peter Watkins, a British filmmaker who would work for the BBC in the 1960’s before finally directing Punishment Park in...
- 6/12/2014
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Being able to relate to a character within a film can be important. That’s part of the reason I walked away from Safety Not Guaranteed with such genuine happiness, understanding this story of an outcast and the joy one can have of truly just being yourself. During SXSW I had the chance to sit down with the film’s Karan Soni and Jake Johnson who play the co-workers of Aubrey Plaza. Together we talked about expectations, Jaws, seeing themselves on film, and a lengthy discussion of technology and the good and bad side of it. Check it out below.
The Film Stage: The film played at Sundance. Did you both see it there?
Karan Soni (Ks) and Jake Johnson (Jj): We did.
There was a certain level of success over there. Do you come here with an idea of how it is going to play or are you sitting there,...
The Film Stage: The film played at Sundance. Did you both see it there?
Karan Soni (Ks) and Jake Johnson (Jj): We did.
There was a certain level of success over there. Do you come here with an idea of how it is going to play or are you sitting there,...
- 6/8/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Melodie Knight Luke Johnson
“It is certainly an irrational thing to do if you want either of the usual rewards of fame and riches…Nowadays, it’s about as rational as saying, ‘what do you do for a living’ ‘Well, I’m a kite-flyer.’ I mean, there’s not a great demand for kite-flyers around.” -George Garrett
I once asked a classroom of sixth graders to draw a picture of a poet. Virtually all of them came up with...
“It is certainly an irrational thing to do if you want either of the usual rewards of fame and riches…Nowadays, it’s about as rational as saying, ‘what do you do for a living’ ‘Well, I’m a kite-flyer.’ I mean, there’s not a great demand for kite-flyers around.” -George Garrett
I once asked a classroom of sixth graders to draw a picture of a poet. Virtually all of them came up with...
- 4/21/2011
- by Luke Johnson
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Remember I told you about Luke Johnson, the ex-Channel 4 chairman who also presided over the demise of Borders UK, warning High Street book shops are doomed? Curzon Artificial Eye, the arthouse distributor/exhibitor, is building a cinema inside Waterstone’s flagship Piccadilly store. Trade magazine The Bookseller says more Curzon/Waterstone’s bookshop cinemas are planned. The exhibition chain already runs one cinema in Wimbledon out of an HMV record store. HMV owns Waterstone’s. Ross Fitzsimons, group strategy director of Curzon Artificial Eye, says 20 more HMV joint ventures are planned over the next five years. Waterstone’s declined to comment.
- 7/13/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline London
Luke Johnson, former chairman of UK broadcaster Channel 4, who tried to rescue the ailing Borders chain, has warned High Street bookshops are finished. Johnson, who tried to turn UK Borders around before admitting defeat, says bookstores will be put out of business through a combination of supermarkets and the internet. Stores such as Asda and Sainsbury’s offer heavily discounted bestsellers, while you can get anything you want via Amazon. The UK book market itself has shrunk by nearly 3% over the past 12 months. “I bought Borders thinking we could turn it around,” he told the BBC. “I believed wrongly we [...]...
- 6/30/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline London
✒ With the radio industry keen to persuade listeners to invest in a digital audio broadcasting (Dab) radio, the technology was given a boost by BBC Radio 2's new breakfast host, Chris Evans. "We've got a digital radio in our kitchen. It's rubbish," Evans told his 8 million listeners. "It breaks up all the time. Is it the radio or where we are? Are shows driving under bridges as we listen to them?" It was unfortunate timing, with MPs about to debate the radio proposals in the digital economy bill going through parliament. But Evans wasn't quite finished. "They are supposed to be all the rage. It's a very good make," he added. "It looks like an old one but it's a new one. But the old ones which were the old ones seem to work better than the new ones that look like old ones. I think perhaps we need to move the kitchen.
- 1/18/2010
- by Monkey
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- Former government mandarin and chairman of Abbey National Terry Burns has been appointed Channel 4 chairman, it was announced Thursday by media regulator Ofcom.
Burns, who has never run, or worked for, a media company, will replace outgoing chairman Luke Johnson who leaves at the end of the year, taking up the post of chairman designate of the publicly-owned broadcaster with immediate effect.
Burns will face the immediate task of hiring a replacement for outgoing Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan and negotiating a slew of commercial deals with partners including BBC Worldwide.
Burns, who was chief economic advisor and permanent secretary to the Treasury in the late nineties, also advised the then culture secretary Tessa Jowell on a review of the BBC's Charter five years ago.
He was chosen ahead of a slew of senior media industry figures thought to have interviewed for the job, including former BBC director general Greg Dyke,...
Burns, who has never run, or worked for, a media company, will replace outgoing chairman Luke Johnson who leaves at the end of the year, taking up the post of chairman designate of the publicly-owned broadcaster with immediate effect.
Burns will face the immediate task of hiring a replacement for outgoing Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan and negotiating a slew of commercial deals with partners including BBC Worldwide.
Burns, who was chief economic advisor and permanent secretary to the Treasury in the late nineties, also advised the then culture secretary Tessa Jowell on a review of the BBC's Charter five years ago.
He was chosen ahead of a slew of senior media industry figures thought to have interviewed for the job, including former BBC director general Greg Dyke,...
- 11/5/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London – Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan announced his resignation Wednesday morning, following a board meeting in which he told Channel 4 bosses that he would leave the broadcaster before the year-end.
The move brings to an end Duncan's five-year tenure atop the broadcaster behind such shows as "Death of a President" and multi Oscar winner "Slumdog Millionaire," and marks a likely end to merger talks between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide that had been under discussion for almost a year.
It also mean that Channel 4 will be without a chairman and a chief executive by the end of the year, when current chairman Luke Johnson steps down, with speculation that ITV director of channels Peter Fincham, Talkback Thames chief executive Lorraine Heggessey, Channel 4 director of programs Kevin Lygo and BBC director of vision Jana Bennett could all pitch for the CEO job.
Duncan, who said that under his watch Channel 4 had "punched...
The move brings to an end Duncan's five-year tenure atop the broadcaster behind such shows as "Death of a President" and multi Oscar winner "Slumdog Millionaire," and marks a likely end to merger talks between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide that had been under discussion for almost a year.
It also mean that Channel 4 will be without a chairman and a chief executive by the end of the year, when current chairman Luke Johnson steps down, with speculation that ITV director of channels Peter Fincham, Talkback Thames chief executive Lorraine Heggessey, Channel 4 director of programs Kevin Lygo and BBC director of vision Jana Bennett could all pitch for the CEO job.
Duncan, who said that under his watch Channel 4 had "punched...
- 9/16/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- The lofty spires of Kings College Cambridge will play host to a U.K. TV sector in turmoil this week, with the future of Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan in question and the mounting possibility that former BSkyB boss Tony Ball will take over as CEO of ITV set to dominate a three-day conference, at which the future role of the BBC will likely also be put under the microscope.
As the industry's elite gather for the Royal Television Society's biennial policy debate, speculation that Channel 4's Duncan will announce his resignation has been mounting to fever pitch.
As recently as two weeks ago, Duncan told journalists at the Edinburgh Television Festival that he had no plans to quit the broadcaster.
"It is rumor, speculation and gossip...there has been rumor and speculation for the last five years. There is nothing to tell, there has been no board...
As the industry's elite gather for the Royal Television Society's biennial policy debate, speculation that Channel 4's Duncan will announce his resignation has been mounting to fever pitch.
As recently as two weeks ago, Duncan told journalists at the Edinburgh Television Festival that he had no plans to quit the broadcaster.
"It is rumor, speculation and gossip...there has been rumor and speculation for the last five years. There is nothing to tell, there has been no board...
- 9/15/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Edinburgh -- Free-to-air advertising is not coming back any time soon, RTL chief executive Gerhard Zeiler said Saturday, predicting a wave of consolidation across the continent and warning that networks must cut costs, innovate in advertising and develop a pay-tv strategy in order to survive.
His comments came as speculation swirled through the ranks at the Edinburgh International TV Festival that Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan is to step down before the end of the year. Reportedly “agreed in principle,” the departure will likely be announced soon, after months of disagreements on the Channel 4 board about the broadcaster’s future direction.
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson’s term of office also runs out at the year-end, effectively leaving the broadcaster leaderless until a new team is appointed.
Channel 4 has made no comment on the rumor, but possible candidates could include ITV director of television Peter Fincham, Channel Four director of television...
His comments came as speculation swirled through the ranks at the Edinburgh International TV Festival that Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan is to step down before the end of the year. Reportedly “agreed in principle,” the departure will likely be announced soon, after months of disagreements on the Channel 4 board about the broadcaster’s future direction.
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson’s term of office also runs out at the year-end, effectively leaving the broadcaster leaderless until a new team is appointed.
Channel 4 has made no comment on the rumor, but possible candidates could include ITV director of television Peter Fincham, Channel Four director of television...
- 8/29/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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