Tagline: Have you ever been tempted to look inside his little black book? In Revolution Studios’ delightfully unpredictable comedy Little Black Book, aspiring newswoman Stacy (Brittany Murphy) opens a Pandora’s box when her boyfriend Derek (Ron Livingston) leaves temptation – his Palm electronic organizer – in her path. As Stacy uncovers Derek’s past and looks…
Man on Fire Production Notes (2004)
About the Film The start of production in Mexico City for Man on Fire marked the culmination of a 20-year odyssey by director Tony Scott and Regency Enterprises to bring the project to the screen. Regency owner and founder Arnon Milchan purchased motion picture rights to the 1980 novel Man on Fire by A.J. Quinnell…
Man on Fire (2004)
A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were 24 abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy (Denzel Washington), a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin who has given up on life. Creasy’s…
The Manchurian Candidate Production Notes (2004)
Despite its basis in the Richard Condon novel and George Axelrod script that drove the 1962 film, Demme’s picture, with its ambiguous mood and unsettling tension, also recalls Alan J. Pakula’s shadow-world suspensers of the ’70s: “Klute,” “The Parallax View” and “All the President’s Men.” By outfitting the superbly insinuating basic story with a battery…
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Tagline: Everything is under control. Director Jonathan Demme and star Denzel Washington team together for the first time since 1993’s critically acclaimed “Philadelphia” in this remake of the 1962 political thriller “The Manchurian Candidate,” which was based on the novel of the same name by Richard Condon and featured Frank Sinatra in the lead role….
Maria Full of Grace Production Notes (2004)
Maria Alvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno) has grown up in a small rural town tucked inside the rolling green-gold hills north of Bogotá. It’s a place where three or more generations of a family might share the same house; Maria lives in a modest concrete house with her grandmother, mother, sister and infant nephew. Each morning…