http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie/276024/paul/news/ - this is a website i found with trailers and information about the movie.
http://www.paulthemovie.co.uk/ - this is the official website for the movie. there are photos, cast crew information and lots more for people to find out about the movie.
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Monday, 17 January 2011
M*A*S*H 1970 A closer look at Robert Altman
1. Robert Altman was born in Kansas City, Missouri (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006), the son of Helen (née Matthews), a Mayflower descendant from Nebraska, and Bernard Clement Altman, a wealthy insurance salesman and amateur gambler who came from an upper-class family. Altman's ancestry was German, English and Irish; his paternal grandfather, Frank Altman, Sr., changed the family name from "Altmann" to "Altman". He was educated in Jesuit schools prior to joining the Army at the age of 18; over the course of World War II, Altman flew over 50 bombing missions in Borneo and the Dutch East Indies.
2. Bodyguard, space film called Countdown- he was fired, 1969's That Cold Day in the Park, a critical and box-office disaster.
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4.In 1969 Altman was offered the script for MASH, an adaptation of a little-known Korean War-era novel satirizing life in the armed services, which had already been passed over by over a dozen other filmmakers. Altman agreed to direct the project.
5. He was 44 when he directed MASH.
6. In 1949 he returned to Kansas City, accepting a job as a director and writer of industrial films for the Calvin Company. Here he had his first experiences working with film technology, as well as with actors.1956 Altman was hired by a local businessman to write and direct a feature film in Kansas City on juvenile delinquency. The finished product, titled The Delinquents, made for $60,000, was purchased by United Artists for $150,000, and released in 1957.Altman's first two features brought him to the attention of Alfred Hitchcock, who tapped him as a director for his CBS anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. After just two episodes, Altman resigned due to differences with a producer, but the exposure enabled him to mount a successful TV career in series including Bonanza, Combat!, and the Kraft Television Theater. Altman was also one of the directors of the DuMont drama series Pulse of the City (1953–1954). In 1964, one of his episodes for the Kraft Television Theatre was expanded for commercial release under the name Nightmare in Chicago. Two years later he accepted the invitation to direct the low-budget space travel feature Countdown, but was fired within days of the project's conclusion because of his refusal to edit the film down to a manageable length. Altman did not direct another movie until 1969's That Cold Day in the Park, a critical and box-office disaster.
7. Though production was so tumultuous that stars Elliot Gould and Donald Sutherland even attempted to have Altman fired over his unorthodox filming methods.
8. Produced by Aspen Productions Ingo Preminger Productions, distributed by 20th Century Fox. Estimated Budget of $3.5 million.
Reference- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Altman
2. Bodyguard, space film called Countdown- he was fired, 1969's That Cold Day in the Park, a critical and box-office disaster.
3.
4.In 1969 Altman was offered the script for MASH, an adaptation of a little-known Korean War-era novel satirizing life in the armed services, which had already been passed over by over a dozen other filmmakers. Altman agreed to direct the project.
5. He was 44 when he directed MASH.
6. In 1949 he returned to Kansas City, accepting a job as a director and writer of industrial films for the Calvin Company. Here he had his first experiences working with film technology, as well as with actors.1956 Altman was hired by a local businessman to write and direct a feature film in Kansas City on juvenile delinquency. The finished product, titled The Delinquents, made for $60,000, was purchased by United Artists for $150,000, and released in 1957.Altman's first two features brought him to the attention of Alfred Hitchcock, who tapped him as a director for his CBS anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. After just two episodes, Altman resigned due to differences with a producer, but the exposure enabled him to mount a successful TV career in series including Bonanza, Combat!, and the Kraft Television Theater. Altman was also one of the directors of the DuMont drama series Pulse of the City (1953–1954). In 1964, one of his episodes for the Kraft Television Theatre was expanded for commercial release under the name Nightmare in Chicago. Two years later he accepted the invitation to direct the low-budget space travel feature Countdown, but was fired within days of the project's conclusion because of his refusal to edit the film down to a manageable length. Altman did not direct another movie until 1969's That Cold Day in the Park, a critical and box-office disaster.
7. Though production was so tumultuous that stars Elliot Gould and Donald Sutherland even attempted to have Altman fired over his unorthodox filming methods.
8. Produced by Aspen Productions Ingo Preminger Productions, distributed by 20th Century Fox. Estimated Budget of $3.5 million.
Reference- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Altman
The War Genre- my own war film idea
Whats is the war? Children VS Teachers.
Where is the war? At a secondary school.
What does the film focus on? A group of friends at the school.
What happens in the film? The children play pranks on their teachers for revenge.
What type of musical soundtrack? Funky, fast, up beat music which reflects the comedy in the film.
How do you want the film to look? Wide shots, camera inside the classrooms to record the pranks, close up of teacher's faces.
What films are similar to yours? I don't think any film is similar to mine.
Where is the war? At a secondary school.
What does the film focus on? A group of friends at the school.
What happens in the film? The children play pranks on their teachers for revenge.
What type of musical soundtrack? Funky, fast, up beat music which reflects the comedy in the film.
How do you want the film to look? Wide shots, camera inside the classrooms to record the pranks, close up of teacher's faces.
What films are similar to yours? I don't think any film is similar to mine.
Films that follow or don't follow the 5 stages in film industry.
From movies that i have watched, all of them follow the 5 stages in film industry so films like Beauty and the Beast, Indiana Jones movies i believe follow the 5 stages. But there are some movies that don't quite follow the 5 stages like the Blair Witch Project and i think maybe Moulin Rouge could be one because Satine, the leading girl in the movie dies at the end of the film which doesn't solve the equilibrium but in a way it does because she reveals her love to Christian, the leading male in the movie and doesn't marry the Duke even though it's not a happy ending, it still in a way follows the 5 stages.
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