Norma and Arthur Lewis are faced with a terrible dilemma when a mysterious glass box turns up at their door. If they press the button inside the box, they’ll get enough money to save their ailing son, but in exchange, someone, somewhere in the world will die. When the temptation to save their beloved son…
The Boys Are Back Production Notes (2009)
Wrestling with an oncoming tidal wave of foreign emotions, Carr nevertheless had to figure out how to reinvent himself, how to go from a shell-shocked widower to a hands-on dad with the wherewithal to bring his family back from the brink. It wasn’t easy, and there was no map. He dodged all the do-gooder advice,…
The Boys Are Back (2009)
Tagline: Growing up can be the adventure of a lifetime. A witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter (Clive Owen) who, in the wake of his wife’s tragic death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood. With turbulent emotions swirling just below the surface, Joe Warr throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks…
Bride Wars Production Notes (2009)
About the Production Every wedding has a story but this one isn’t about a bride and a groom; it’s about a bride… and a bride. The ladies in question are lifelong best friends Liv and Emma, who couldn’t be closer – or more dissimilar. Liv, a high-powered attorney, is a natural leader who knows what…
Bride Wars (2009)
Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) are best friends who have planned every detail of their respective weddings from the time they were little girls playing “Here Comes the Bride” in their attics. They have always known, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they will be married at New York’s ultimate bridal destination,…
Bright Star Production Notes (2009)
Director’s Notes The film is in itself a kind of ballad, like Keats’s ‘Eve of St Agnes’ – it is a story about the love affair of Fanny Brawne and John Keats. The story progresses in verses charting their increasing involvement and attachment as well as their deepening difficulties. The storytelling’s restraint mimics Fanny’s own…