Respect was a word that came up often as I was talking with the filmmakers who brought THE IMPOSSIBLE to the screen on October 31 2012. Based on the true story of one family’s harrowing experience trying to survive in the aftermath of the Christmas Day tsunami in Thailand, the film was shot on location… Read More »
Jason Patric’s NARC
If Jason Patric had made no other contribution to American cinema than producing and starring in Neil LaBute’s second film, YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, that would be reason enough for me to owe him an immeasurable debt of gratitude. Patric has a savvy sense of the business side of show biz, resulting in very few misses… Read More »
Chris Paine & Dean Devlin Ask WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
I didn’t know where to begin when I spoke with Chris Paine, writer and director, and Dean Devlin, producer, of WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? on April 21, 2006. The film had raised a host of issues that had somehow been overlooked by the mainstream press, and what it had been that made them want to make… Read More »
Dean DeBlois & Clark Spencer & LILO AND STITCH
Dean DeBlois and Clark Spencer, co-director and producer respectively of LILO AND STITCH are, like so many Disney folk, big kids masquerading as grown-ups. Stitch, the alien of the title, is like nothing so much as Buster Keaton’s evil alter ego, and Lilo, the little girl who adopts him, is more like the typical Disney nemesis, not heroine.… Read More »
Neve Campbell Joins THE COMPANY
Neve Campbell showed her gutsy side with THE COMPANY. Not only did she take the stage with The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, she also took on the business side of show biz by being a hands-on co-producer of the film, starting with developing the script, going throught the studio grind, and finding just the right… Read More »