Month: June 2016

Get to know the film: IRONIED. Playing at the June Film Festival

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See the full lineup, plus details of the June 30th Film Festival. Best of Dramatic Twists:http://www.wildsound.ca/torontofilmfestivals.html

Playing at the Film Festival:

MOVIE POSTERIRONIED, 11min, Canada, Drama/Comedy
Directed by Tyler Lionel Parr

A normal everyday guy (Donald) wakes up late for work and goes through an unfortunate series of events. After finally arriving to work he quickly realizes – what he has gone through is unlike anything his first client (a homeless man named Charlie) has gone through within the last 24hrs. Here we see the existentialism slowly emerge as Charlie lays his life on the table. How will Charlies fate be left; in the hands of a disgruntled social worker or his own?

Key Cast:

TYLER LIONEL PARR

Film Type: Short

Runtime: 11 minutes 42 seconds

Completion Date: December 2, 2014

Country of Origin: Canada

Country of Filming: Canada

Film Language: English

Shooting Format: Black Magic/HD

Aspect Ratio: 2:35 scope

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Interview with Costume Designer Malgosia Turzanska (Maggie’s Plan)

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Chatting with Costume Designer Malgosia Turzanska was inspirational, educational, and fun! She’s a true talent and someone who is obviously in love with her job. Maggi

To learn more about Maglosia, go to her website: http://www.turzanska.com

maglosiaMatthew Toffolo: I recently interviewed director Rebecca Miller about the film “Maggie’s Plan” and she raved about her working relationship with you. How did you find working on the film and collaborating with Rebecca?

Malgosia Turzanska: Rebecca is a wonderful artist. She is a fearless writer and director and honestly, she took a chance on me. The images I brought to the first interview were so abstract, that it really took courage to trust they would end up as regular clothing rather than people dressed as snowflakes. I am very grateful to her for that trust, because it lead to one of my favorite collaborations. I am very proud that the costumes ended up…

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Deadline June 7th for Drama Screenplays

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Festival Deal – SAVE $10 off the regular submission.

Due Date June 8th:

FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival. SUBMIT your FEATURE or SHORT SCREENPLAY.

Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.

Watch Recent Screenplay Winners (at least 10 winners every month)

The RULES are simple:1. Write a script. Edit the heck out of it. We accept features and shorts of any genre.

2. Email your script to submission@festivalfordrama.com in .pdf, .doc, .wpd, .rtf, or .fdr format.

In the body in the email please add your:
– FULL NAME
– CITY AND COUNTRY
– TITLE OF SCRIPT
– TYPE OF SCRIPT (feature, TV, short)
– (optional) and a 1-2 line synopsis of your screenplay.

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Happy Birthday: Mick Foley

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mickfoley.jpgHappy Birthday wrestler
Mick Foley

Born: Michael Francis Foley Sr.
June 7, 1965 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA

QUOTES:

[To Randy Orton, about how Foley and Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) lost to the team of Orton, Ric Flair and Dave Bautista (aka Batista)] “I’m very impressed that, in a three-on-two situation, you can defeat a Hollywood movie star and a writer of children’s books”.

[about getting knocked unconscious during Hell in a Cell] I had been knocked goofy countless times …. but this was the first time that a period of time elapsed and I wasn’t aware of it.

Wrestling has become so good at creating the illusion of disaster that when disaster does hit, it’s very difficult to tell the difference. Sadly, when Owen Hart died in the ring during a World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view, many initially thought it was just part of the show.

Eric Bischoff was the perfect heel. ECW fans hated both WCW and the World Wrestling Federation, but at least they respected Vince.

[about Ric Flair] When Flair is retired and fans are singing his praises as one of the greatest ever, I hope those same fans realize that, as a booker, this is the same guy who let both Mick Foley and Stone Cold Steve Austin walk away.

Happy Birthday: James Ivory

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jamesivory.jpgHappy Birthday director James Ivory

Born: James Francis Ivory
June 7, 1928 in Berkeley, California, USA

QUOTES:

[on his affinity to India] It wasn’t as though I had a childhood preoccupation with India. It was completely accidental and was based on my seeing The River (1951) and later on seeing a group of miniature Indian paintings. And then, most important, seeing the films of Ray, the Apu trilogy. That’s what really got me started – a combination of things spread out over a period of six or so years.

[1984 interview] The first book she gave me to read was “The Europeans”; then I went through them all. But it’s very hard to get financing for a Henry James story. I spent many years trying with The Europeans (1979) and finally got the money from Britain. And the same with this one: a little American money, but, again, the English came up with most of it. Henry James just isn’t box office here, apparently. He’s more appreciated in England.

Ismail (Merchant) was very keen for us to do A Room with a View (1985). We had paid for the rights and it was just sitting there. But Ruth (Prawer Jhabvala) and I were working on another screenplay, a contemporary story, and I said, “Must we? I don’t want to do another period film right now.” Thank God we did! Because of that film a lot of opportunities were created in studios. They couldn’t understand how a film which cost $3.5 million to make could make $70 million at the box office. They thought we had some great secret.

Happy Birthday: William Forsythe

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williamforsytheHappy Birthday actor William Forsythe

Born: June 7, 1955 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Read reviews of the best of the actor:

moviesLOOSIES
2012
dir. Michael Corrente
Stars:
Peter Facinelli
Jaimie Alexander

88 Minutes
2008
Directed by Jon Avnet
Starring
Al Pacino
Alicia Witt
TV POSTERTHE MOB DOCTOR
Review of the 2012 drama

 TV POSTERBOARDWALK EMPIRE SEASON 3
Best of the series

MOVIE POSTERHALLOWEEN
2007
dir. by Rob Zombie
Stars:
Scout Taylor Compton
Malcolm McDowell

MOVIE POSTERFREEDOMLAND
2006
dir. Joe Roth
Stars:
Julianne Moore
Samuel L Jackson

TV POSTERBOARDWALK EMPIRE
Best of the HBO series

TV POSTERBOARDWALK EMPIRE Season 2
2010
Created by Terence Winter

Happy Birthday: Dean Martin (1917–1995)

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deanmartin.jpgHappy Birthday actor/singer Dean Martin (1917–1995)

Born: Dino Paul Crocetti
June 7, 1917 in Steubenville, Ohio, USA

Died: December 25, 1995 (age 78) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Catherine Hawn (25 April 1973 – 24 February 1976) (divorced) (1 child)

Jeanne Martin (1 September 1949 – 29 March 1973) (divorced) (3 children)

Elizabeth Anne McDonald (2 October 1941 – 23 March 1949) (divorced) (4 children)

Read reviews of the best of the actor:

ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODSRobin and the 7 Hoods
1964
dir. Gordon Douglas
Starring
Frank Sinatra
Martin
Sammy Davis Jr.

AIRPORTAirport
1970
dir. George Seaton
Starring
Burt Lancaster
Martin
The Cannonball RunThe Cannonball Run
1981
dir. by Hal Needham
starring
Burt Reynolds
Roger Moore

Happy Birthday: Iggy Azalea

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iggyazalea.jpgHappy Birthday Iggy Azalea

Born: Amethyst Amelia Kelly
June 7, 1990 in Sydney, Australia

QUOTES:

People criticize you for trying new things. I think, ‘I’m new! I’m 22!’ I don’t know exactly what my sound is or what I want my album to sound like, so I’m not releasing it yet. While I’m experimenting, I’ll let you in on the journey, and you can hear it for free.

It’s different, it’s weird to say, ‘She’s a white rapper or she can’t do this because she’s this color – this color does this thing. These are the boxes we have, this is what it is, don’t try to change it.’ And it’s crazy to me because I’m just not from that world, so I can’t really rock with it all the way.

I’ve never heard a man in a suit tell me what to wear; that’s not their forte. You hire your stylist; whatever someone’s image is as an artist is what they’ve chosen to portray.

I’ve been a little bit Las Vegas and casino-obsessed. So, I love some trashy glamour… and I think nothing’s trashier or more glamorous than a bit of a sheer number!

I’d dropped out of high school without really doing it on purpose – I’d just go home at lunch ‘cos I didn’t have friends, then stay there all afternoon listening to rap. It got to the point where I wouldn’t have passed even if I’d gone back. I was depressed, basically.

They say I’m insane because I need to have so much creative control. They say I’m unmanageable, but I’m not. I just know what I like. I’m obsessed with it. If you can’t control it, that’s like having somebody else paint your pictures. How could you do that? I never could.

Happy Birthday: Jessica Tandy (1909–1994)

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jessicatandy.jpgHappy Birthday actor Jessica Tandy (1909–1994)

Born: Jessie Alice Tandy
June 7, 1909 in Stoke Newington, London, England, UK

Died: September 11, 1994 (age 85) in Easton, Connecticut, USA

OSCAR Winner for Best Actress (Driving Miss Daisy)

Married to: Hume Cronyn (27 September 1942 – 11 September 1994) (her death) (2 children)
Jack Hawkins (22 October 1932 – 2 January 1940) (divorced) (1 child)

QUOTES:

[joking reference to her husband, Hume Cronyn] When he’s late for dinner, I know he’s either having an affair or is lying dead in the street, I always hope it’s the street.

I must say, if I had known at the beginning of my life that this is where I would get to, I would have said, “Not possible. Not possible.”

I’m most comfortable on the stage. Because of the nature of film and television, you’ll very often do the climactic scene on the first day and the other parts weeks later. It’s hard to remember exactly what state you were in. It’s easier when you start at the beginning and go through to the end. Any new project, new play, new film, you’re really starting from square one every time. You can’t be sure enough of yourself to say, “Well, this is just a piece of cake.” It’s not like that at all — not for me.

Happy Birthday: Tom McCarthy

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tommccarthy.jpgHappy Birthday director/writer/actor Tom McCarthy

Born: Thomas Joseph McCarthy
June 7, 1966 in New Providence, New Jersey, USA

OSCAR Winner for Best Screenplay (SPOTLIGHT). Film went on to win best picture!

QUOTES:

The Cobbler (2014) will always be a very special film to me. I’ve had a lot of wonderful response from “The Cobbler.” I’m not here to defend any of the movies I make, but I can always speak very honestly that will never be diminished by anyone’s perspective on it. [2015]

So yeah, is it hard when a movie like The Cobbler (2014) doesn’t connect critically. I’d never had that experience. But even when I was going through it, I had to have a good perspective about things, and sometimes in those situations I have the ability to go, “Wow, this is really interesting. This has never happened, and it’s a really intense feeling.” [2015]