About the Film “`King Arthur’ is the definitive story of the leader and warrior who emerged to lead the Britons against the Saxons. It is the story of the man who became King Arthur,” says Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” and “Black Hawk Down.” “That’s what…
King Arthur (2004)
Tagline: Rule Your Destiny. Let me sing with inspiration Of a man born of two nations Of Rome and of Britain Declaring his kingly rule and rightful place Among the defenders of the Wall. -6th century A.D. Celtic poem From producer Jerry Bruckheimer (“Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” “Black Hawk…
Kinsey Movie Production Notes (2004)
Using the technique of his own famous sex interviews, KINSEY recounts the scientist’s extraordinary journey from obscurity to global fame. Alfred Kinsey grows up the son of an engineering teacher and occasional Sunday school preacher (John Lithgow). Rebelling against the rigid piety of his home life, and drawn to the world of the senses, Kinsey…
Kinsey (2004)
Tagline: Let’s Talk About Sex. Academy Award-winner Bill Condon (“Gods and Monsters,” “Chicago”) explores the life of the pioneer of human sexuality research, Alfred Kinsey (Neeson). Spanning six decades from his childhood in the early 1900s to his death in 1956, the film turns the microscope on the man whose landmark studies on the sexual…
La Petite Lili Production Notes (2004)
Review Chekhov, but in France, and With Cellphones The most ruthless way of gauging to what degree a classic play is really timeless may be to set it in the present and watch where its pieces tumble. “La Petite Lili,” the French filmmaker Claude Miller’s ingeniously freewheeling adaptation of “The Seagull,” drags Chekhov’s 1895 play…
La Petite Lili (2004)
When the young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DV art-film starring his girlfriend Lili–a sexy young local girl–to his famous actress mother Mado, and her lover Brice, an accomplished film director, an unraveling of the delicate peace in their house begins. The graceful beauty Lili, who dreams of becoming a famous actress…