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Reportedly, Sebastian Stan clocks in at 6 feet tall, comparable with 6-foot-2 Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, whom the actor plays in Pam & Tommy. Co-star Lily James hits 5-foot-7 in flats, which corresponds with Pamela Anderson. But, via extensive research, Pam & Tommy costume designer Kameron Lennox determined that Anderson’s documented height may be with her trademark 4-inch heels on.
In the Hulu limited series (nominated for an Emmy for outstanding contemporary costumes), James often wore Anderson-style high heels, such as for an incognito trip to the library to access the nascent internet, where her Christian Louboutin boots (a take on Uggs) brought James near Stan’s height. But, in the preceding scene, shot from the waist up, James actually stood flat-foot for a tension-filled conversation with Stan as the hotheaded Tommy. “It was so important that [Pam] felt smaller, like she’s vulnerable,...
Reportedly, Sebastian Stan clocks in at 6 feet tall, comparable with 6-foot-2 Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, whom the actor plays in Pam & Tommy. Co-star Lily James hits 5-foot-7 in flats, which corresponds with Pamela Anderson. But, via extensive research, Pam & Tommy costume designer Kameron Lennox determined that Anderson’s documented height may be with her trademark 4-inch heels on.
In the Hulu limited series (nominated for an Emmy for outstanding contemporary costumes), James often wore Anderson-style high heels, such as for an incognito trip to the library to access the nascent internet, where her Christian Louboutin boots (a take on Uggs) brought James near Stan’s height. But, in the preceding scene, shot from the waist up, James actually stood flat-foot for a tension-filled conversation with Stan as the hotheaded Tommy. “It was so important that [Pam] felt smaller, like she’s vulnerable,...
- 7/26/2022
- by Fawnia Soo Hoo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Blood. There are gallons of the stuff, and even when you give them all that they can drink, it will never be enough. Well, replace "drink" with "spill onto clothes," and you'll have a good idea of how weird the costuming department is on "The Umbrella Academy." This is especially true for this third season, which is its wildest and bloodiest venture yet.
Don't just take our word for it. Take it from Christopher Hargadon, the Emmy-nominated costume designer on "The Umbrella Academy," who helps bring to life the Hargreeves we all know, love, and worry about through their unique sets of clothes. It turns...
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Don't just take our word for it. Take it from Christopher Hargadon, the Emmy-nominated costume designer on "The Umbrella Academy," who helps bring to life the Hargreeves we all know, love, and worry about through their unique sets of clothes. It turns...
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- 6/22/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
Gabriele Binder was “so happy to be part of this group” that we assembled for our “Meet the Btl Experts” panel of Emmy-contending costume designers, who joined us to discuss their work, inspirations, challenges, and more. Binder is nominated for Best Period Costumes for “The Queen’s Gambit,” while Dayna Pink (“Lovecraft Country”) and Christopher Hargadon (“The Umbrella Academy”) vie for Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes and Zaldy (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”) hopes to win a juried award for Best Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program. The four artists represent “absolutely different imaginations, different universes.” Watch our group discussion above, and watch each person’s individual chat by clicking on each name.
“You’re kind of born with it, and you carry it through your life, and it is kind of an honor that other people recognize it, especially nowadays,” Hargadon adds about working in costume design. And it’s not just a craft.
“You’re kind of born with it, and you carry it through your life, and it is kind of an honor that other people recognize it, especially nowadays,” Hargadon adds about working in costume design. And it’s not just a craft.
- 8/12/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“I found the Handler to be really a costume designer’s dream because I was really allowed full rein as I have rarely experienced in the past. I was allowed to do exactly what I wanted with her,” says “The Umbrella Academy” costume designer Christopher Hargadon about his Emmy-nominated work on the Netflix series. “She’s a time-traveling, psychopathic fashionista.” We talked to Hargadon as part of our “Meet the Btl Experts” panel of Emmy-nominated costume designers. Watch our interview above.
“The Umbrella Academy” follows the adventures of a dysfunctional family of superheroes who in season two found themselves stranded in 1960s Dallas in the years leading up to the John F. Kennedy assassination. Hargadon is nominated for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes for the second episode of the season, “The Frankel Footage,” as the family begins to reunite. But as Hargadon points out, the episode is also distinguished by the...
“The Umbrella Academy” follows the adventures of a dysfunctional family of superheroes who in season two found themselves stranded in 1960s Dallas in the years leading up to the John F. Kennedy assassination. Hargadon is nominated for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes for the second episode of the season, “The Frankel Footage,” as the family begins to reunite. But as Hargadon points out, the episode is also distinguished by the...
- 8/12/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Four top TV costume designers who are nominated for Emmys shared the secrets of their success and their craft in this special group roundtable discussion moderated by Gold Derby senior editor Daniel Montgomery. Included in this event, which was part of our “Meet the Btl Experts” series, were:
“Lovecraft Country”: Dayna Pink
Synopsis: A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.
“The Queen’s Gambit”: Gabriele Binder/
Synopsis: Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”: Zaldy
Synopsis: RuPaul and a team of judges search for America’s next drag superstar.
“The Umbrella Academy”: Christopher Hargadon
Synopsis: A family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world.
“Lovecraft Country”: Dayna Pink
Synopsis: A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.
“The Queen’s Gambit”: Gabriele Binder/
Synopsis: Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”: Zaldy
Synopsis: RuPaul and a team of judges search for America’s next drag superstar.
“The Umbrella Academy”: Christopher Hargadon
Synopsis: A family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world.
- 8/6/2021
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Four top costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with 2021 Emmy nominees. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, August 5, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a group chat with Daniel and all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 Emmy nominees:
“Lovecraft Country”: Dayna Pink
Synopsis: A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.
“The Queen’s Gambit”: Gabriele Binder...
RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 Emmy nominees:
“Lovecraft Country”: Dayna Pink
Synopsis: A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.
“The Queen’s Gambit”: Gabriele Binder...
- 7/29/2021
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the second season of “The Umbrella Academy,” streaming now on Netflix.
The second season of “The Umbrella Academy” snaps its characters back in time to the 1960s — and yes, that includes Kate Walsh as the Handler, despite being shot and presumed dead in the first season of the Netflix adaptation of Gerard Way’s graphic novels. To put together the Handler’s colorful and often grand looks for the season, costume designer Christopher Hargadon relied on magazines and other photo references from the 1950s and ’60s, but he also found collaborating with Walsh herself was key.
Walsh says the role of the Handler was originally written for a man, so when she was cast instead, creator and showrunner Steve Blackman told her and Hargadon that they could “do whatever you want to do with hair, makeup and costume.”
“Chris...
The second season of “The Umbrella Academy” snaps its characters back in time to the 1960s — and yes, that includes Kate Walsh as the Handler, despite being shot and presumed dead in the first season of the Netflix adaptation of Gerard Way’s graphic novels. To put together the Handler’s colorful and often grand looks for the season, costume designer Christopher Hargadon relied on magazines and other photo references from the 1950s and ’60s, but he also found collaborating with Walsh herself was key.
Walsh says the role of the Handler was originally written for a man, so when she was cast instead, creator and showrunner Steve Blackman told her and Hargadon that they could “do whatever you want to do with hair, makeup and costume.”
“Chris...
- 8/1/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
For Christopher Hargadon, who designed costumes for The Umbrella Academy, the “diverse and eccentric personalities” present within the show were the key factor, that made it an instant draw. Based on a comic book series created by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, the Netflix superhero series occupied a stylistic space all its own, replete with characters and visual details that captured the mind.
First and foremost, there were the seven members of “The Umbrella Academy,” themselves, who had been adopted by an eccentric billionaire at an early age, and trained to save the world. Each crime fighter in the makeshift family had his or her own specific skill, and a similarly distinct look to go with it. Perhaps most memorably, there was Tom Hopper’s Luther, an astronaut with super strength, and the upper body of an ape.
In The Umbrella Academy, though, some of the more fascinating characters to...
First and foremost, there were the seven members of “The Umbrella Academy,” themselves, who had been adopted by an eccentric billionaire at an early age, and trained to save the world. Each crime fighter in the makeshift family had his or her own specific skill, and a similarly distinct look to go with it. Perhaps most memorably, there was Tom Hopper’s Luther, an astronaut with super strength, and the upper body of an ape.
In The Umbrella Academy, though, some of the more fascinating characters to...
- 5/28/2019
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Tonight, Bryan Fuller and company gave us the end of "Hannibal" as we know it. Even if the money and logistics can ever be worked out for some kind of movie or miniseries featuring Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh Dancy, and this creative team, the show's time as an ongoing TV series is done, and it ended in a way that functions as a conclusion to the story, even if it's one that may outrage some fans. (My finale review is here.) Earlier this week, I spoke with Fuller about that ending, potential ways he could continue the franchise, the challenges of finally doing a direct adaptation of "Red Dragon," and a lot more — including me having a very different interpretation of the post-credits scene than what Fuller intended — coming up just as soon as you take the key from around my neck... At what point in the season did you realize...
- 8/30/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Hannibal, Season 3, Episode 3, “Secondo”
Written by Angelina Burnett and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot
Directed by Vincenzo Natali
Airs Thursdays at 10pm (Et) on NBC
“Primavera” ended with a stunning surprise, Will standing in the catacombs under the Norman Chapel and, upon sensing Hannibal’s presence, offering his forgiveness to Il Mostro. As shocking as this may have been for the audience, it’s far more keenly felt by Hannibal and the entirety of “Secondo” is spent exploring how this proclamation has affected both men. There is power in storytelling, the episode argues, in crafting a narrative for oneself to make even the most horrific experience bearable. But while the fairy tales we tell ourselves may be beautiful, they are also isolating, fragile things easily shattered by other players in the drama. We must choose between maintaining the fantasy or returning to society, where words as simple as, “I forgive you...
Written by Angelina Burnett and Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot
Directed by Vincenzo Natali
Airs Thursdays at 10pm (Et) on NBC
“Primavera” ended with a stunning surprise, Will standing in the catacombs under the Norman Chapel and, upon sensing Hannibal’s presence, offering his forgiveness to Il Mostro. As shocking as this may have been for the audience, it’s far more keenly felt by Hannibal and the entirety of “Secondo” is spent exploring how this proclamation has affected both men. There is power in storytelling, the episode argues, in crafting a narrative for oneself to make even the most horrific experience bearable. But while the fairy tales we tell ourselves may be beautiful, they are also isolating, fragile things easily shattered by other players in the drama. We must choose between maintaining the fantasy or returning to society, where words as simple as, “I forgive you...
- 6/19/2015
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Hannibal, Season 3, Episode 1, “Antipasto”
Written by Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot
Directed by Vincenzo Natali
Airs Thursdays at 10pm (Et) on NBC
“Mizumono”, the tour-de-force finale of Hannibal season two, left fans wrecked, the two year arc of Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter’s relationship reaching its inevitable climax as Will, Abigail, Alana, and Jack lay bleeding out in Hannibal’s home while Hannibal strode off to start his life anew. Despite its title, the first two seasons of Hannibal have been Will’s story more than anyone else’s; picking up not in the aftermath of the finale’s carnage but an indeterminate amount of time later, with Hannibal, is a surprising but canny move that refocuses the series on its titular character. Free from the grounding influence of Will, Jack, and the rest of the series’ usual trappings, “Antipasto” is free to indulge in the elegance and romance of Hannibal’s world,...
Written by Bryan Fuller & Steve Lightfoot
Directed by Vincenzo Natali
Airs Thursdays at 10pm (Et) on NBC
“Mizumono”, the tour-de-force finale of Hannibal season two, left fans wrecked, the two year arc of Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter’s relationship reaching its inevitable climax as Will, Abigail, Alana, and Jack lay bleeding out in Hannibal’s home while Hannibal strode off to start his life anew. Despite its title, the first two seasons of Hannibal have been Will’s story more than anyone else’s; picking up not in the aftermath of the finale’s carnage but an indeterminate amount of time later, with Hannibal, is a surprising but canny move that refocuses the series on its titular character. Free from the grounding influence of Will, Jack, and the rest of the series’ usual trappings, “Antipasto” is free to indulge in the elegance and romance of Hannibal’s world,...
- 6/5/2015
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
As Hannibal season 3 arrives, we chat to showrunner Bryan Fuller about origin stories, Francis Dolarhyde, David Bowie & more…
The long wait to find out who survived The Red Dinner (aka Hannibal’s spectacular season two finale, Mizumono) is almost over. Hannibal season three is nearly upon us, and to mark its arrival, we caught up with showrunner Bryan Fuller to find out what’s in store.
Firstly, we’re due to meet a different kind of Hannibal in a very different kind of setting. Fuller’s James Bond fandom has leached into the first seven-episode chapter of the season, which sees Mads Mikkelsen’s chicly dressed predator living undercover in the upper echelons of Italian society. The season’s second six-episode chapter introduces Richard Armitage as Francis Dolarhyde, a character familiar to Red Dragon fans.
We chatted to Fuller about the show’s revised take on Hannibal’s origin story,...
The long wait to find out who survived The Red Dinner (aka Hannibal’s spectacular season two finale, Mizumono) is almost over. Hannibal season three is nearly upon us, and to mark its arrival, we caught up with showrunner Bryan Fuller to find out what’s in store.
Firstly, we’re due to meet a different kind of Hannibal in a very different kind of setting. Fuller’s James Bond fandom has leached into the first seven-episode chapter of the season, which sees Mads Mikkelsen’s chicly dressed predator living undercover in the upper echelons of Italian society. The season’s second six-episode chapter introduces Richard Armitage as Francis Dolarhyde, a character familiar to Red Dragon fans.
We chatted to Fuller about the show’s revised take on Hannibal’s origin story,...
- 5/27/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
How does NBC’s Hannibal make murder look so bloody stylish?
Related Hannibal Season 3: Gillian Anderson Is a Full-Fledged Series Regular
It helps, of course, that Mads Mikkelsen’s titular sociopath always commits his bad acts while rocking a three-piece suit.
And in the following exclusive video from the Season 2 DVD (out today), costume designer Christopher Hargadon and executive producers Bryan Fuller and Martha De Laurentiis dish the origin and purpose of Dr. Lecter’s clear plastic “kill suit” — which protects his expensive threads and keeps his DNA trail nearly nonexistent.
Related Fall TV Spoiler Spectacular: Exclusive Scoop and...
Related Hannibal Season 3: Gillian Anderson Is a Full-Fledged Series Regular
It helps, of course, that Mads Mikkelsen’s titular sociopath always commits his bad acts while rocking a three-piece suit.
And in the following exclusive video from the Season 2 DVD (out today), costume designer Christopher Hargadon and executive producers Bryan Fuller and Martha De Laurentiis dish the origin and purpose of Dr. Lecter’s clear plastic “kill suit” — which protects his expensive threads and keeps his DNA trail nearly nonexistent.
Related Fall TV Spoiler Spectacular: Exclusive Scoop and...
- 9/16/2014
- TVLine.com
Two weeks of links. It’s exciting.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Mindbogglingly thorough look at the costumes and modern fashion influence of Gpb.
Sleepy Hollow
Kristin M. Burke’s headless costumes go on a little jaunt to ignite Emmy fever.
…and here’s an interview with Ms. Burke where she talks about her career so far. And quilting.
Maps to the Stars
Not seen this yet but Superqueen makes a captivating case for this film being the new Drive in terms of heavy gloves symbolism.
Maleficent
A very brief insight into Angelina Jolie’s extravagant look. Look out for Clothes on Film’s coverage (hopefully) soon.
…a bit more about Anna B. Sheppard’s process.
…and Nathalie Atkinson gets to the bottom of all those feathers, with a teeny tiny bit of insight from CoF.
Dallas
‘Everything is Bigger in Texas’. Tyranny of Style Visit The Set of Dallas and interview...
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Mindbogglingly thorough look at the costumes and modern fashion influence of Gpb.
Sleepy Hollow
Kristin M. Burke’s headless costumes go on a little jaunt to ignite Emmy fever.
…and here’s an interview with Ms. Burke where she talks about her career so far. And quilting.
Maps to the Stars
Not seen this yet but Superqueen makes a captivating case for this film being the new Drive in terms of heavy gloves symbolism.
Maleficent
A very brief insight into Angelina Jolie’s extravagant look. Look out for Clothes on Film’s coverage (hopefully) soon.
…a bit more about Anna B. Sheppard’s process.
…and Nathalie Atkinson gets to the bottom of all those feathers, with a teeny tiny bit of insight from CoF.
Dallas
‘Everything is Bigger in Texas’. Tyranny of Style Visit The Set of Dallas and interview...
- 6/7/2014
- by Lord Christopher Laverty
- Clothes on Film
At last in the season finale of "Hannibal," Ep. 2.13, "Mizumono," we'll see the payoff of the fight between Jack and Dr. Lecter that began in the season opener. We also get the return of Cynthia Nixon as Kade Prurnell. Here are a dozen stills plus the preview.
And that's not all... on Page 2 you'll find three more installments of the show's companion web series, "Post Mortem with Scott Thompson," one with series star Mads Mikkelsen, who discusses playing Hannibal, what his character has in common with Jack, and what he thinks about Jimmy Price (Thompson's character).
He's followed by food stylist Janice Poon and wardrobe head Christopher Hargadon.
"Hannibal" Episode 2.13 - "Mizumono" (airs 5/23/14; 10-11Pm)
The Trap For Hannibal Has Been Set, But Whose Side Is Will Really On? - Hannibal (Mads Mikkelsen) prepares for his imminent departure with, he believes, Will (Hugh Dancy). Will prepares for a departure of another sort,...
And that's not all... on Page 2 you'll find three more installments of the show's companion web series, "Post Mortem with Scott Thompson," one with series star Mads Mikkelsen, who discusses playing Hannibal, what his character has in common with Jack, and what he thinks about Jimmy Price (Thompson's character).
He's followed by food stylist Janice Poon and wardrobe head Christopher Hargadon.
"Hannibal" Episode 2.13 - "Mizumono" (airs 5/23/14; 10-11Pm)
The Trap For Hannibal Has Been Set, But Whose Side Is Will Really On? - Hannibal (Mads Mikkelsen) prepares for his imminent departure with, he believes, Will (Hugh Dancy). Will prepares for a departure of another sort,...
- 5/17/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
What a busy twelve months it’s been for costume design. Really though, this art, or craft, or business (Deborah Nadoolman Landis insists it is definitely a business) gets more talked about each year. 2013 was especially exciting however as it seemed every month something even more thrilling arrived to fawn over. In the last few weeks alone we have had The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Sleepy Hollow, and now American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street on the horizon. Dipping back further, it was Stoker that got us excited about subtext, The Great Gatsby that slammed the lid on that twenties revival once and for all, and Behind the Candelabra that put Michael Douglas in a 16ft fox fur cape and white brocade jumpsuit.
With just so many memorable movies and TV shows to cover, Clothes on Film asked some respected contributors to the site for their opinions on the best,...
With just so many memorable movies and TV shows to cover, Clothes on Film asked some respected contributors to the site for their opinions on the best,...
- 12/28/2013
- by Lord Christopher Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Mad Men is a show that is superlative to others in many ways: the outstanding acting, the on-point direction, the ridiculously perfect casting, attention to detail by set design, a script that any actor would kill for…. and, oh yeah, the best wardrobe department in the business.
Any man or woman I know (and even some kids, have you seen Sally’s outfits?) would be content for the rest of their days having only a few pieces of that audacious, colorful, sexy, classy collection.
All that being said, Mad Men was not the first show, and not the only show currently on the air that has amazing threads. So let’s explore the truly stellar ones, shall we?
10. Hannibal - Christopher Hargadon
“Hannibal,” a deliciously creepy new NBC drama (if you have not watched the first season, Do It, it’s amazing), centers on the notorious psychologist with exotic tastes.
Any man or woman I know (and even some kids, have you seen Sally’s outfits?) would be content for the rest of their days having only a few pieces of that audacious, colorful, sexy, classy collection.
All that being said, Mad Men was not the first show, and not the only show currently on the air that has amazing threads. So let’s explore the truly stellar ones, shall we?
10. Hannibal - Christopher Hargadon
“Hannibal,” a deliciously creepy new NBC drama (if you have not watched the first season, Do It, it’s amazing), centers on the notorious psychologist with exotic tastes.
- 9/13/2013
- by Shira Segal
- Obsessed with Film
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The votes have been counted, prizes dished out and winners’ speeches read. Now the Big Three honours have all been awarded it is time to list the lucky recipients and give them the hearty round of applause they deserve.
First to be announced on 12th February was the BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) award for Best Costume Design, which the BBC typically and shamefully edited from their main broadcast, sandwiching it with Cinematography, Editing and other worthy categories ninety seconds before the end credits. Nominees and winner below:
The Artist – Mark Bridges Winner
Hugo – Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor
My Week with Marilyn – Jill Taylor
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy – Jacqueline Durran
Mark Bridges for The Artist: first a BAFTA...
Of course,...
The votes have been counted, prizes dished out and winners’ speeches read. Now the Big Three honours have all been awarded it is time to list the lucky recipients and give them the hearty round of applause they deserve.
First to be announced on 12th February was the BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) award for Best Costume Design, which the BBC typically and shamefully edited from their main broadcast, sandwiching it with Cinematography, Editing and other worthy categories ninety seconds before the end credits. Nominees and winner below:
The Artist – Mark Bridges Winner
Hugo – Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor
My Week with Marilyn – Jill Taylor
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy – Jacqueline Durran
Mark Bridges for The Artist: first a BAFTA...
Of course,...
- 2/28/2012
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
The Costume Designers Guild has announced winners of its 14th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards! In the movie category, nominations are broken down into three separate categories namely Contemporary, Fantasy, and Period.
David Fincher's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" won the Contemporary category; "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" received the Best Fantasy and Madonna's "W.E." took home the Period prize.
The Gala event, hosted by Jane Lynch, was held yesterday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees (To find out other winners/nominees of this awards season, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here):
Excellence in Period Film:
.The Artist. (Mark Bridges)
.Jane Eyre. (Michael O.Connor)
.The Help. (Sharen Davis)
.Hugo. (Sandy Powell)
*** (Winner) .W.E.. (Arianne Phillips)
Excellence in Fantasy Film:
*** (Winner) .Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Jany Temime)
.Pirates of the...
David Fincher's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" won the Contemporary category; "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" received the Best Fantasy and Madonna's "W.E." took home the Period prize.
The Gala event, hosted by Jane Lynch, was held yesterday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees (To find out other winners/nominees of this awards season, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here):
Excellence in Period Film:
.The Artist. (Mark Bridges)
.Jane Eyre. (Michael O.Connor)
.The Help. (Sharen Davis)
.Hugo. (Sandy Powell)
*** (Winner) .W.E.. (Arianne Phillips)
Excellence in Fantasy Film:
*** (Winner) .Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Jany Temime)
.Pirates of the...
- 2/22/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
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It’s been all go with award nomination announcements for costume design over the past two weeks. Here is our round-up of the big three: BAFTA, Cdg and Oscar.
First up the BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) Film Awards:
The Artist – Mark Bridges
Hugo – Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor
My Week with Marilyn – Jill Taylor
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy – Jacqueline Durran
Perhaps the most surprising nomination, even though it shouldn’t be, is Jacqueline Durran for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Overruling the costumers’ chapter vote for Anonymous (Lisy Christl), general voters chose Tinker, Tailor instead – and with good reason. Critic Guy Lodge goes into detail about the film’s costumes in this article, so we’ll not tread on his toes. One...
It’s been all go with award nomination announcements for costume design over the past two weeks. Here is our round-up of the big three: BAFTA, Cdg and Oscar.
First up the BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) Film Awards:
The Artist – Mark Bridges
Hugo – Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor
My Week with Marilyn – Jill Taylor
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy – Jacqueline Durran
Perhaps the most surprising nomination, even though it shouldn’t be, is Jacqueline Durran for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Overruling the costumers’ chapter vote for Anonymous (Lisy Christl), general voters chose Tinker, Tailor instead – and with good reason. Critic Guy Lodge goes into detail about the film’s costumes in this article, so we’ll not tread on his toes. One...
- 1/24/2012
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Nominations were released today for the 14th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, and The Kennedys received a nomination in the category of Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Mini Series. The costume designer for The Kennedys is the Emmy-nominated Christopher Hargadon. With his team, Hargadon delivered authentic recreations of mid-20th century fashion for the cast and made stunning replicas of some of Jackie Kennedy's most famous gowns. The nominees going up against Hargadon are Susannah Buxton for her work on Downton Abbey and Ann Roth for Mildred Pierce.
The Kennedys has already garnered several accolades including four Emmys (one for Barry Pepper's performance as Bobby Kennedy) and three Gemini Awards. Greg Kinnear is currently up for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries.
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The Kennedys has already garnered several accolades including four Emmys (one for Barry Pepper's performance as Bobby Kennedy) and three Gemini Awards. Greg Kinnear is currently up for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries.
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- 1/19/2012
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
Throughout eight episodes of The Kennedys, Katie Holmes evolves her style as Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ Bouvier, Kennedy and then Onassis from New Look debutante to elegant socialite hidden behind huge plastic sunglasses. Unquestionably her most important outfit is a Chez Ninon pink wool suit for JFK’s fateful trip to Dallas, recreated here by Giorgio Armani under guidance from The Kennedys costume designer Christopher Hargadon.
The real suit, still covered in President Kennedy’s blood, is housed at the Maryland National Archives; however the accompanying pillbox was lost at Parkland Memorial Hospital where he died. This suit is symbolic of a tumultuous period in American history and of an eternally glamorous woman who will forever be defined by what she wore. Even though the costume is only seen for one episode of The Kennedys, in narrative terms it marks both the return of Jackie to public life after the loss of...
The real suit, still covered in President Kennedy’s blood, is housed at the Maryland National Archives; however the accompanying pillbox was lost at Parkland Memorial Hospital where he died. This suit is symbolic of a tumultuous period in American history and of an eternally glamorous woman who will forever be defined by what she wore. Even though the costume is only seen for one episode of The Kennedys, in narrative terms it marks both the return of Jackie to public life after the loss of...
- 8/5/2011
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Zak Cassar Jon Cassar, left, and “The Kennedys” star Greg Kinnear (as JFK) on the set of the miniseries.
The first two hours of the television miniseries “The Kennedys” debuted yesterday on ReelzChannel, and drew a record audience for the channel of 1.9 million total viewers.
The premiere was the culmination of a year-long rollercoaster ride of media scrutiny, partisan accusations and an unceremonious dumping by its original network, The History Channel.
Emmy-award winning director Jon Cassar has been in the middle of the fray.
The first two hours of the television miniseries “The Kennedys” debuted yesterday on ReelzChannel, and drew a record audience for the channel of 1.9 million total viewers.
The premiere was the culmination of a year-long rollercoaster ride of media scrutiny, partisan accusations and an unceremonious dumping by its original network, The History Channel.
Emmy-award winning director Jon Cassar has been in the middle of the fray.
- 4/4/2011
- by Tara DiLullo Bennett
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
This review was written for the theatrical release of "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium."
One of the central characters in "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" longs to achieve the "sparkle" that shows she's inspired and expressing her highest potential. The film, presumably, aims for that same glow. But for all its playful touches and neat-o nostalgia for nondigital entertainment, the whimsy feels forced.
In the director's chair for the first time, Zach Helm juggles some of the same themes he brought to his script for "Stranger Than Fiction" -- the process of storytelling, fear of death and the need to live life to the fullest. As in that movie, there's less here than meets the eye, but without the former's Charlie Kaufman Lite layers of metafiction, the emptiness is often glaringly evident. Helm's slender tale doesn't quite know what to do with its four characters; what might have been pleasing simplicity instead feels thinly conceived. As family-friendly fare starring Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman, the fantasy drama should conjure up decent, if not magical, boxoffice.
Divided into storybook chapters, the film begins at "the beginning of the end" for Mr. Magorium, who, at age 243, is preparing to depart this earthly plane because -- well, enough is enough, and he's out of shoes. For the past 113 years he has run the titular establishment, a sort of enchanted indie FAO Schwarz. Hoffman plays the toy impresario in teased 'do and unruly eyebrows and with a wispy, silly voice. The performance isn't a flat-out miscalculation like Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka, but as oddities go, it's more distracting than compelling.
Magorium plans to bequeath his shop, a storefront/house sandwiched between skyscrapers, to its manager, Molly Mahoney (a convincingly tentative Portman). At 23, she's a onetime musical prodigy who feels stuck, unable to complete the concerto she's been trying to compose. She has a fondness for Emporium regular Eric (Zach Mills), a sweetly geeky 9-year-old who has a knack for invention and troublemaking friends. He tries out his nascent social skills on Henry Weston (Jason Bateman), the accountant Magorium has hired to put his finances in order. Being an accountant, Henry is necessarily an impassive skeptic who can't accept that magic exists. He will, of course, be convinced.
For her part, Molly can't accept that her beloved boss is leaving. Neither can the store, whose red walls begin turning gray -- decor body language for a sulk. The books and stuffed animals start acting out, too, until full-fledged magic mayhem forces Magorium to close shop temporarily.
Within the Crayola-hued profusion created by production designer Therese DePrez and costumer designer Christopher Hargadon, there are lovely fillips, and visual effects designer Kevin Tod Haug brings high-spirited contributions to the low-fi fantasy. There's not a PlayStation 3 in sight but plenty of such delightful diversions as a squeak-toy gavel, a nervous Slinky, a room full of bouncing balls and a particularly expressive sock monkey.
Until the final sequence, though, the phantasmagoria is mildly charming rather than wondrous. That wouldn't be a problem if the characters had more substance. Chanting a pop-psych carpe diem mantra, the film can't find its own pulse. Helping to set a pace is the lush score by Alexandre Desplat and Aaron Zigman, but its ooh-ahh insistence isn't enough to truly entrance.
MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM
Fox
Mandate Pictures and Walden Media presenta FilmColony production in association with Gang of Two
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Zach Helm
Producers: Richard N. Gladstein, Jim Garavente
Executive producers: Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane
Director of photography: Roman Osin
Production designer: Therese DePrez
Music: Alexandre Desplat, Aaron Zigman
Co-producer: Barbara A. Hall
Costume designer: Christopher Hargadon
Visual effects designer: Kevin Tod Haug
Editors: Sabrina Plisco, Steven Weisberg
Cast:
Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer: Dustin Hoffman
Molly Mahoney, the Composer: Natalie Portman
Henry Weston, the Mutant: Jason Bateman
Eric Applebaum, the Hat Collector: Zach Mills
Bellini, the Bookbuilder: Ted Ludzik
Mrs. Goodman, Who Wants the Store: Kiele Sanchez
Running time -- 94 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
One of the central characters in "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" longs to achieve the "sparkle" that shows she's inspired and expressing her highest potential. The film, presumably, aims for that same glow. But for all its playful touches and neat-o nostalgia for nondigital entertainment, the whimsy feels forced.
In the director's chair for the first time, Zach Helm juggles some of the same themes he brought to his script for "Stranger Than Fiction" -- the process of storytelling, fear of death and the need to live life to the fullest. As in that movie, there's less here than meets the eye, but without the former's Charlie Kaufman Lite layers of metafiction, the emptiness is often glaringly evident. Helm's slender tale doesn't quite know what to do with its four characters; what might have been pleasing simplicity instead feels thinly conceived. As family-friendly fare starring Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman, the fantasy drama should conjure up decent, if not magical, boxoffice.
Divided into storybook chapters, the film begins at "the beginning of the end" for Mr. Magorium, who, at age 243, is preparing to depart this earthly plane because -- well, enough is enough, and he's out of shoes. For the past 113 years he has run the titular establishment, a sort of enchanted indie FAO Schwarz. Hoffman plays the toy impresario in teased 'do and unruly eyebrows and with a wispy, silly voice. The performance isn't a flat-out miscalculation like Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka, but as oddities go, it's more distracting than compelling.
Magorium plans to bequeath his shop, a storefront/house sandwiched between skyscrapers, to its manager, Molly Mahoney (a convincingly tentative Portman). At 23, she's a onetime musical prodigy who feels stuck, unable to complete the concerto she's been trying to compose. She has a fondness for Emporium regular Eric (Zach Mills), a sweetly geeky 9-year-old who has a knack for invention and troublemaking friends. He tries out his nascent social skills on Henry Weston (Jason Bateman), the accountant Magorium has hired to put his finances in order. Being an accountant, Henry is necessarily an impassive skeptic who can't accept that magic exists. He will, of course, be convinced.
For her part, Molly can't accept that her beloved boss is leaving. Neither can the store, whose red walls begin turning gray -- decor body language for a sulk. The books and stuffed animals start acting out, too, until full-fledged magic mayhem forces Magorium to close shop temporarily.
Within the Crayola-hued profusion created by production designer Therese DePrez and costumer designer Christopher Hargadon, there are lovely fillips, and visual effects designer Kevin Tod Haug brings high-spirited contributions to the low-fi fantasy. There's not a PlayStation 3 in sight but plenty of such delightful diversions as a squeak-toy gavel, a nervous Slinky, a room full of bouncing balls and a particularly expressive sock monkey.
Until the final sequence, though, the phantasmagoria is mildly charming rather than wondrous. That wouldn't be a problem if the characters had more substance. Chanting a pop-psych carpe diem mantra, the film can't find its own pulse. Helping to set a pace is the lush score by Alexandre Desplat and Aaron Zigman, but its ooh-ahh insistence isn't enough to truly entrance.
MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM
Fox
Mandate Pictures and Walden Media presenta FilmColony production in association with Gang of Two
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Zach Helm
Producers: Richard N. Gladstein, Jim Garavente
Executive producers: Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane
Director of photography: Roman Osin
Production designer: Therese DePrez
Music: Alexandre Desplat, Aaron Zigman
Co-producer: Barbara A. Hall
Costume designer: Christopher Hargadon
Visual effects designer: Kevin Tod Haug
Editors: Sabrina Plisco, Steven Weisberg
Cast:
Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer: Dustin Hoffman
Molly Mahoney, the Composer: Natalie Portman
Henry Weston, the Mutant: Jason Bateman
Eric Applebaum, the Hat Collector: Zach Mills
Bellini, the Bookbuilder: Ted Ludzik
Mrs. Goodman, Who Wants the Store: Kiele Sanchez
Running time -- 94 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
- 11/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One of the central characters in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium longs to achieve the "sparkle" that shows she's inspired and expressing her highest potential. The film, presumably, aims for that same glow. But for all its playful touches and neat-o nostalgia for nondigital entertainment, the whimsy feels forced.
In the director's chair for the first time, Zach Helm juggles some of the same themes he brought to his script for Stranger Than Fiction -- the process of storytelling, fear of death and the need to live life to the fullest. As in that movie, there's less here than meets the eye, but without the former's Charlie Kaufman Lite layers of metafiction, the emptiness is often glaringly evident. Helm's slender tale doesn't quite know what to do with its four characters; what might have been pleasing simplicity instead feels thinly conceived. As family-friendly fare starring Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman, the fantasy drama should conjure up decent, if not magical, boxoffice.
Divided into storybook chapters, the film begins at "the beginning of the end" for Mr. Magorium, who, at age 243, is preparing to depart this earthly plane because -- well, enough is enough, and he's out of shoes. For the past 113 years he has run the titular establishment, a sort of enchanted indie FAO Schwarz. Hoffman plays the toy impresario in teased 'do and unruly eyebrows and with a wispy, silly voice. The performance isn't a flat-out miscalculation like Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka, but as oddities go, it's more distracting than compelling.
Magorium plans to bequeath his shop, a storefront/house sandwiched between skyscrapers, to its manager, Molly Mahoney (a convincingly tentative Portman). At 23, she's a onetime musical prodigy who feels stuck, unable to complete the concerto she's been trying to compose. She has a fondness for Emporium regular Eric (Zach Mills), a sweetly geeky 9-year-old who has a knack for invention and troublemaking friends. He tries out his nascent social skills on Henry Weston (Jason Bateman), the accountant Magorium has hired to put his finances in order. Being an accountant, Henry is necessarily an impassive skeptic who can't accept that magic exists. He will, of course, be convinced.
For her part, Molly can't accept that her beloved boss is leaving. Neither can the store, whose red walls begin turning gray -- decor body language for a sulk. The books and stuffed animals start acting out, too, until full-fledged magic mayhem forces Magorium to close shop temporarily.
Within the Crayola-hued profusion created by production designer Therese DePrez and costumer designer Christopher Hargadon, there are lovely fillips, and visual effects designer Kevin Tod Haug brings high-spirited contributions to the low-fi fantasy. There's not a PlayStation 3 in sight but plenty of such delightful diversions as a squeak-toy gavel, a nervous Slinky, a room full of bouncing balls and a particularly expressive sock monkey.
Until the final sequence, though, the phantasmagoria is mildly charming rather than wondrous. That wouldn't be a problem if the characters had more substance. Chanting a pop-psych carpe diem mantra, the film can't find its own pulse. Helping to set a pace is the lush score by Alexandre Desplat and Aaron Zigman, but its ooh-ahh insistence isn't enough to truly entrance.
MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM
Fox
Mandate Pictures and Walden Media presenta FilmColony production in association with Gang of Two
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Zach Helm
Producers: Richard N. Gladstein, Jim Garavente
Executive producers: Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane
Director of photography: Roman Osin
Production designer: Therese DePrez
Music: Alexandre Desplat, Aaron Zigman
Co-producer: Barbara A. Hall
Costume designer: Christopher Hargadon
Visual effects designer: Kevin Tod Haug
Editors: Sabrina Plisco, Steven Weisberg
Cast:
Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer: Dustin Hoffman
Molly Mahoney, the Composer: Natalie Portman
Henry Weston, the Mutant: Jason Bateman
Eric Applebaum, the Hat Collector: Zach Mills
Bellini, the Bookbuilder: Ted Ludzik
Mrs. Goodman, Who Wants the Store: Kiele Sanchez
Running time -- 94 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
In the director's chair for the first time, Zach Helm juggles some of the same themes he brought to his script for Stranger Than Fiction -- the process of storytelling, fear of death and the need to live life to the fullest. As in that movie, there's less here than meets the eye, but without the former's Charlie Kaufman Lite layers of metafiction, the emptiness is often glaringly evident. Helm's slender tale doesn't quite know what to do with its four characters; what might have been pleasing simplicity instead feels thinly conceived. As family-friendly fare starring Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman, the fantasy drama should conjure up decent, if not magical, boxoffice.
Divided into storybook chapters, the film begins at "the beginning of the end" for Mr. Magorium, who, at age 243, is preparing to depart this earthly plane because -- well, enough is enough, and he's out of shoes. For the past 113 years he has run the titular establishment, a sort of enchanted indie FAO Schwarz. Hoffman plays the toy impresario in teased 'do and unruly eyebrows and with a wispy, silly voice. The performance isn't a flat-out miscalculation like Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka, but as oddities go, it's more distracting than compelling.
Magorium plans to bequeath his shop, a storefront/house sandwiched between skyscrapers, to its manager, Molly Mahoney (a convincingly tentative Portman). At 23, she's a onetime musical prodigy who feels stuck, unable to complete the concerto she's been trying to compose. She has a fondness for Emporium regular Eric (Zach Mills), a sweetly geeky 9-year-old who has a knack for invention and troublemaking friends. He tries out his nascent social skills on Henry Weston (Jason Bateman), the accountant Magorium has hired to put his finances in order. Being an accountant, Henry is necessarily an impassive skeptic who can't accept that magic exists. He will, of course, be convinced.
For her part, Molly can't accept that her beloved boss is leaving. Neither can the store, whose red walls begin turning gray -- decor body language for a sulk. The books and stuffed animals start acting out, too, until full-fledged magic mayhem forces Magorium to close shop temporarily.
Within the Crayola-hued profusion created by production designer Therese DePrez and costumer designer Christopher Hargadon, there are lovely fillips, and visual effects designer Kevin Tod Haug brings high-spirited contributions to the low-fi fantasy. There's not a PlayStation 3 in sight but plenty of such delightful diversions as a squeak-toy gavel, a nervous Slinky, a room full of bouncing balls and a particularly expressive sock monkey.
Until the final sequence, though, the phantasmagoria is mildly charming rather than wondrous. That wouldn't be a problem if the characters had more substance. Chanting a pop-psych carpe diem mantra, the film can't find its own pulse. Helping to set a pace is the lush score by Alexandre Desplat and Aaron Zigman, but its ooh-ahh insistence isn't enough to truly entrance.
MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM
Fox
Mandate Pictures and Walden Media presenta FilmColony production in association with Gang of Two
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Zach Helm
Producers: Richard N. Gladstein, Jim Garavente
Executive producers: Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane
Director of photography: Roman Osin
Production designer: Therese DePrez
Music: Alexandre Desplat, Aaron Zigman
Co-producer: Barbara A. Hall
Costume designer: Christopher Hargadon
Visual effects designer: Kevin Tod Haug
Editors: Sabrina Plisco, Steven Weisberg
Cast:
Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer: Dustin Hoffman
Molly Mahoney, the Composer: Natalie Portman
Henry Weston, the Mutant: Jason Bateman
Eric Applebaum, the Hat Collector: Zach Mills
Bellini, the Bookbuilder: Ted Ludzik
Mrs. Goodman, Who Wants the Store: Kiele Sanchez
Running time -- 94 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
- 11/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Olsen twins, Ashley and Mary-Kate, are growing up. In their new movie, New York Minute, they have turned 17, are kissing boys and are even playing scenes wearing no more than a robe and a towel. For all the peekaboo provided by their constant wardrobe changes, males of any age will only come to this chick flick kicking and screaming. Nevertheless, the Olsens' core female following, adolescent and teenage girls, will enjoy the innocuous tale of estranged sisters pulling together against comical adversity during one wild day in Manhattan. Prospects are even brighter in ancillary markets.
This tailor-made project, which the twins co-produced with Denise Di Novi and Robert Thorne, the head of their own company, is cheerfully disconnected from the real world, bearing a great resemblance to screwball comedies of old. With Eugene Levy and Andy Richter contributing inspired clowning and TV veteran Dennie Gordon moving the story along at a merry pace, this harmless concoction should help the Olsens plug into a new generation of viewers.
The script by Emily Fox, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage is designed to maximize comic predicaments for the twins. The Ryan sisters, as they are know here, live on Long Island with their widowed physician dad (radio personality Dr. Drew Pinsky). They may be twins, but they are not identical: Overachiever Jane Ashley Olsen) is due to deliver a speech at Columbia University in a competition to win a scholarship to Oxford University. Rock rebel Roxy (Mary-Kate Olsen) plans to ditch school for the umpteenth time to sneak into a rock video shoot in Manhattan to slip her band's demo into the hands of the A&R guys. (Amusing side note: Jack Osbourne of The Osbournes makes his feature debut as Roxy's band manager.)
Things go awry immediately. Both get booted off a commuter train. Then a sinister guy slips a microchip into Roxy's purse. Bennie Bang (Richter), the hapless gangster who is desperate to get his hands on that chip, offers the two a ride into the city. Before he can retrieve his precious chip, they escape his clutches. Unfortunately, Jane leaves her all-important dayplanner in the back seat of his limo.
So the chase is on. The girls are pursued not only by the woefully inept Benny -- who as No. 1 adopted son of his Chinese gangster mom must effect a bad Chinese accent -- but by Max Lomax (Levy), an obsessed truancy officer determined to nab Roxy, his No. 1 violator.
(It's interesting to track what constitutes villainy in Hollywood movies today. Whereas once villains were bank robbers, drug dealers, white-slave traders, psychotic losers and abusive husbands, this movie's villains are intellectual property thieves as the microchip contains pirated music and movies.)
The girls acquire love interests in Jared Padalecki, playing a senator's son who is drawn to Roxy, and Riley Smith, a bicycle messenger who runs into Jane at opportune moments during the day. Neither romance gives off any sparks as the guys are barely onscreen long enough to register. The senator's lap dog, a Chinese Crested, has more screen time.
At one point, the girls stumble into a Harlem beauty parlor for an interlude in which Mary Bond Davis (star of Broadway's Hairspray) gives them a huge makeover. This has little to do with the story, but does allow the twins to perform a fashion show.
The movie flows nicely from one wacky episode to the next, and the Olsen girls make pleasant company. Cinematographer Greg Gardiner's high-key lighting and George S. Clinton's bright music keep things perky. Costume designer Christopher Hargadon has fun by emphasizing the extremes between the sisters and, of course, goes wild during their beauty parlor makeover.
NEW YORK MINUTE
Warner Bros. Pictures
A Dualstar Prods./Di Novi Pictures production
Credits:
Director: Dennie Gordon
Screenwriters: Emily Fox, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage
Story by: Emily Fox
Producers: Denise Di Novi, Robert Thorne, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen
Executive producer: Alison Greenspan
Director of photography: Greg Gardiner
Production designer: Michael Carlin
Music: George S. Clinton
Co-producers: Christine Sacani, Jill Zimmerman
Costume designer: Christopher Hargadon
Editors: Michael Jablow, Roderick Davis
Cast:
Jane Ryan: Ashley Olsen
Roxy Ryan: Mary-Kate Olsen
Max Lomax: Eugene Levy
Bennie Bang: Andy Richter
Jim: Riley Smith
Trey: Jared Padalecki
Sen. Lipton: Andrea Martin
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
This tailor-made project, which the twins co-produced with Denise Di Novi and Robert Thorne, the head of their own company, is cheerfully disconnected from the real world, bearing a great resemblance to screwball comedies of old. With Eugene Levy and Andy Richter contributing inspired clowning and TV veteran Dennie Gordon moving the story along at a merry pace, this harmless concoction should help the Olsens plug into a new generation of viewers.
The script by Emily Fox, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage is designed to maximize comic predicaments for the twins. The Ryan sisters, as they are know here, live on Long Island with their widowed physician dad (radio personality Dr. Drew Pinsky). They may be twins, but they are not identical: Overachiever Jane Ashley Olsen) is due to deliver a speech at Columbia University in a competition to win a scholarship to Oxford University. Rock rebel Roxy (Mary-Kate Olsen) plans to ditch school for the umpteenth time to sneak into a rock video shoot in Manhattan to slip her band's demo into the hands of the A&R guys. (Amusing side note: Jack Osbourne of The Osbournes makes his feature debut as Roxy's band manager.)
Things go awry immediately. Both get booted off a commuter train. Then a sinister guy slips a microchip into Roxy's purse. Bennie Bang (Richter), the hapless gangster who is desperate to get his hands on that chip, offers the two a ride into the city. Before he can retrieve his precious chip, they escape his clutches. Unfortunately, Jane leaves her all-important dayplanner in the back seat of his limo.
So the chase is on. The girls are pursued not only by the woefully inept Benny -- who as No. 1 adopted son of his Chinese gangster mom must effect a bad Chinese accent -- but by Max Lomax (Levy), an obsessed truancy officer determined to nab Roxy, his No. 1 violator.
(It's interesting to track what constitutes villainy in Hollywood movies today. Whereas once villains were bank robbers, drug dealers, white-slave traders, psychotic losers and abusive husbands, this movie's villains are intellectual property thieves as the microchip contains pirated music and movies.)
The girls acquire love interests in Jared Padalecki, playing a senator's son who is drawn to Roxy, and Riley Smith, a bicycle messenger who runs into Jane at opportune moments during the day. Neither romance gives off any sparks as the guys are barely onscreen long enough to register. The senator's lap dog, a Chinese Crested, has more screen time.
At one point, the girls stumble into a Harlem beauty parlor for an interlude in which Mary Bond Davis (star of Broadway's Hairspray) gives them a huge makeover. This has little to do with the story, but does allow the twins to perform a fashion show.
The movie flows nicely from one wacky episode to the next, and the Olsen girls make pleasant company. Cinematographer Greg Gardiner's high-key lighting and George S. Clinton's bright music keep things perky. Costume designer Christopher Hargadon has fun by emphasizing the extremes between the sisters and, of course, goes wild during their beauty parlor makeover.
NEW YORK MINUTE
Warner Bros. Pictures
A Dualstar Prods./Di Novi Pictures production
Credits:
Director: Dennie Gordon
Screenwriters: Emily Fox, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage
Story by: Emily Fox
Producers: Denise Di Novi, Robert Thorne, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen
Executive producer: Alison Greenspan
Director of photography: Greg Gardiner
Production designer: Michael Carlin
Music: George S. Clinton
Co-producers: Christine Sacani, Jill Zimmerman
Costume designer: Christopher Hargadon
Editors: Michael Jablow, Roderick Davis
Cast:
Jane Ryan: Ashley Olsen
Roxy Ryan: Mary-Kate Olsen
Max Lomax: Eugene Levy
Bennie Bang: Andy Richter
Jim: Riley Smith
Trey: Jared Padalecki
Sen. Lipton: Andrea Martin
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 6/10/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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