We launched part one of our Sundance Preview series yesterday with a look at all four competition slates. Today we take you through a handful of our picks from the out of competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections. Stay tuned all week for plenty more pre-fest coverage from the Sundance Film Festal. Dramatic Premieres The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman This highly coveted script by Matt Drake (Project X) marks the directorial debut of Frederick Bond. Shia LeBeouf stars as the titular traveler with Evan Rachel Wood as the Hungarian heartthrob and Mads Mikkelsen as the violent foil in this little plot. Moby cranked out some tunes (along with Dead Mono and Christophe Beck) for what could end up being one of the most...
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- 1/15/2013
- Screen Anarchy
On again. Off again. Well, now "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman" is definitively on again.
Since Shia Labeouf returned to his starring role in the film (after briefly being replaced by Zac Efron), it seems two more leads have been filled. Evan Rachel Wood and Danish star Mads Mikkelsen ("Casino Royale") have signed on for the thriller.
Penned by Matt Drake, the scribe behind the upcoming "Project X," the story follows Charlie, who, after the death of his mother, heads to Europe to find himself. (Sounds reasonable to us.) On the plane, however, he meets Hungarian beauty Gabi Banyai (Wood) — and her father dies on the flight. Charlie does what any reasonable, grieving man would do. He promptly falls in love with Gabi.
The trouble is that her violent ex-husband (Mikkelsen) vows to keep them apart, forcing Charlie to suffer a slew of serious beatdowns fight for the girl he loves.
Since Shia Labeouf returned to his starring role in the film (after briefly being replaced by Zac Efron), it seems two more leads have been filled. Evan Rachel Wood and Danish star Mads Mikkelsen ("Casino Royale") have signed on for the thriller.
Penned by Matt Drake, the scribe behind the upcoming "Project X," the story follows Charlie, who, after the death of his mother, heads to Europe to find himself. (Sounds reasonable to us.) On the plane, however, he meets Hungarian beauty Gabi Banyai (Wood) — and her father dies on the flight. Charlie does what any reasonable, grieving man would do. He promptly falls in love with Gabi.
The trouble is that her violent ex-husband (Mikkelsen) vows to keep them apart, forcing Charlie to suffer a slew of serious beatdowns fight for the girl he loves.
- 2/13/2012
- by Elizabeth Durand
- NextMovie
Although Ari Folman's "Waltz With Bashir" did not make the shortlist of 15 films under consideration for the best documentary Oscar, it is among the nominees for the DGA's doc award, announced Friday.
"Waltz" will compete with Gonzalo Arijon's "Stranded: I've Come From a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains," in which survivors of a 1972 Andes plane crash tell their story; Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco's "The Judge and the General," a look back at the investigation into the regime of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet; Peter Gilbert & Stevie James' "At the Death House Door," an examination of the wrongful conviction of a Texas man executed for murder; and James Marsh's "Man on Wire," a study of tight-rope walker Philippe Petit.
All the nominees are first-time DGA nominees, with the exception of Gilbert (who won the DGA's doc award in 1998 for "Vietnam: Long Time Coming" and was...
"Waltz" will compete with Gonzalo Arijon's "Stranded: I've Come From a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains," in which survivors of a 1972 Andes plane crash tell their story; Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco's "The Judge and the General," a look back at the investigation into the regime of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet; Peter Gilbert & Stevie James' "At the Death House Door," an examination of the wrongful conviction of a Texas man executed for murder; and James Marsh's "Man on Wire," a study of tight-rope walker Philippe Petit.
All the nominees are first-time DGA nominees, with the exception of Gilbert (who won the DGA's doc award in 1998 for "Vietnam: Long Time Coming" and was...
- 1/9/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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