no country for old men
‘No Country’ Sequel Features Angry Tommy Lee Jones Hunting For $10 Million Payday
6:50AM STV | For a while, it looked like No Country For Old Men might have been the perfect crime, one where everybody made out as a winner: Javier Bardem, Scott Rudin and the Coens with their Oscars; Josh Brolin with leading-man creds; and Miramax and Paramount Vantage splitting the $160 million worldwide gross. Did we forget anyone? Oh. Right: More »
7:20AM Defamer Hollywood | The heartiest of Defamer congratulations go out today to the marketers behind The Dark Knight and Iron Man, whose savvy trailers have now captivated legions of inhaler-clutching fanboys and the highly discriminating eyes of those judging the Golden Trailer Awards. The films claimed the top prizes in the Action and Summer Blockbuster categories respectively at last night’s ceremony at the Orpheum; other notable winners included Tropic Thunder (Comedy), No Country For Old Men (Drama), Atonement (Romance) and, in a miracle of better-late-than-never recognition, The Assassination of Jesse James took home the evening’s Best Voice-Over hardware. Even the Weinsteins didn’t go home empty-handed, as their teaser for Awake won the Golden Fleece prize for best false advertsing. Way to go, Harvey; we hope you can remember where you put the key to the trophy case. [Golden Trailers via Spout Blog] More »
7:20AM Defamer Hollywood | The heartiest of Defamer congratulations go out today to the marketers behind The Dark Knight and Iron Man, whose savvy trailers have now captivated legions of inhaler-clutching fanboys and the highly discriminating eyes of those judging the Golden Trailer Awards. The films claimed the top prizes in the Action and Summer Blockbuster categories respectively at last night’s ceremony at the Orpheum; other notable winners included Tropic Thunder (Comedy), No Country For Old Men (Drama), Atonement (Romance) and, in a miracle of better-late-than-never recognition, The Assassination of Jesse James took home the evening’s Best Voice-Over hardware. Even the Weinsteins didn’t go home empty-handed, as their teaser for Awake won the Golden Fleece prize for best false advertsing. Way to go, Harvey; we hope you can remember where you put the key to the trophy case. [Golden Trailers via Spout Blog] More »
No Country For Old She-Men
11:12AM Seth | Let’s play “What If?” What if…Javier Bardem went a different way with Anton Chigurh, and chose to go the Felicity Huffman-in-Transamerica route? Click play to find out! [Fourth Grade Gladiators] Corey Haim is back! And he looks like a lesbian dogwalker. [TMZ] Here’s the first seven minutes of Speed Racer. As Idolator Maura put it, “Watching this is like watching them set a giant pile of money on fire in slow motion.” To which we add: But the flames and sparks are so colorful! [movies.yahoo.com] Yeah, we’re with Nick Malis: We plan on staying home, and hitting Rainbow Road instead. [Malis In Wonderland] After a few hits from the corpse bong! [chron.com] And then we’re hitting this: [ThingsIDidLastNight.com] More »
How to Find God, With Your Guides Ethan and Joel Coen
8:45AM Defamer Hollywood | The closest we ever came to God while watching a Coen brothers film was the time we thanked Him when The Ladykillers was over, but that’s not to say we wouldn’t give a fair shake to Cathleen Falsani’s new book: The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers. Follow the jump for a few key dots Falsani apparently plans to connect — some a little more plausible than others — and then reach into your own filmgoing soul for the ones she sure as Hell better not leave out: More »
Will ‘No Country’ Weak Links Compel Oscar Recount?
4:25AM Defamer Hollywood | Some people’s underwear cinches at the mere thought of foreign-language film snubs, “In Memoriam” montage omissions and other Oscar-night transgressions, but one eagle-eyed blogger appears to have found the sure-to-be-controversial Achilles’ heel that could have — nay, should have — stopped the No Country For Old Men juggernaut in its laconic Texas tracks: No Country for Old Men was a great film. I’m not trying to say it was anything but spectacular. But I’m going to fucking take the Coen Brothers to task on something. Ready? WHY THE FUCK IS THERE JACK LINK’S BEEF JERKY SO PROMINENTLY PLACED IN SUCH A PIVOTAL SCENE?” More »
Buffalo News Team Not Exactly On The ‘No Country’ Express
11:28AM Seth | If you’ve not yet heard the tale of the Buffalo news crew Oscar night gaffe, it goes something like this: Shortly after Best Director was announced, a technical mess-up caused the audio of a conversation between a local ABC news team to be broadcast to the general public. It’s the content of that exchange, warranting
Uncompromising Superproducer Scott Rudin Would Gladly Sacrifice 1000 Assistants For One ‘No Country’
4:31AM Seth | As a shepherd of great literary works from page to screen, assistant-gobbling producer/Kraken Scott Rudin is arguably without equal: He produced both of the dark, uncompromising visions currently vying for Oscar greatness, No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood. In an LAT profile, Rudin is credited with scooping up rich source material before it even hits bookstore shelves, pairing it with the right director, making casting suggestion, and even tweaking crucial moments in the script. (Recent legend has it that he quietly pulled P.T. Anderson aside between Blood takes to question if “maybe some other beverage besides Ovaltine might work better in that one line,” before staring down at a half-finished Wendy’s Frostee for the creative epiphany of a lifetime.) Still, no Rudin profile is complete without the requisite paragraph on his notoriously mercurial temper: More »
‘Doctor Parnassus’ Paid Visit By A Six-Eyed Guardian Angel
5:58AM Seth | Variety floated the days-old AICN rumors about The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus this morning. Namely, they re-report that Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell have all signed on to play the role in which Heath Ledger was originally cast. Reps for Cate Blanchett, meanwhile, have yet to confirm her involvement, but it’s widely assumed she’ll also throw her interpretation into the ring, and walk away with the picture. [Variety] The ACE EDDIE Awards give top editing honors to The Bourne Ultimatum and Sweeney Todd. The best reality show editing went to an episode of Cops (for real!), though the winner’s acceptance speech was tragically cut short when he triumphantly waved his Golden Scissors trophy above his head and lost his grip. [Variety] More »
