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[in 1993] I’ve always maintained that actors are best when they find characters that are congruent with the emotions they’re going through at the moment.
[in 1993] My wife doesn’t understand why I’m a sex symbol. She says I don’t look different from a guy on the street.
[In 2012, reflecting on working with Debra Winger in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)] I was delighted, she was perfect for the part . . .
She has a really interesting quality. Again, I haven’t seen this film in 30 years. But she is, she’s really a kind of true heart in the camera. It’s very hard to be as kind of open and unguarded and nice. You know, a nice person and kind of a genuine person and true heart on camera. That’s not an easy thing to do. She’s able to pull that off. I could never be that way. I was too complicated. There were too many things going on. Just the straightforward presence is an extremely difficult thing to do.
There doesn’t appear to be any sort of basis for any of this. I have a feeling something hidden is at work here that will someday see the light of day. I keep asking myself where all this personal enmity between George Bush and Saddam Hussein comes from. It’s like the story of Captain Ahab and the great white whale from “Moby Dick”. We have to say, “Stop”. There’s no reason for a war. At the moment Hussein is not threatening anybody. It’d be different if he was staring somebody down with a loaded gun in his hand. But there doesn’t seem to be any indications whatsoever that this man poses an immediate threat to anybody. America has never paid any attention to other people, so it’s absurd for Bush to say that it’s all in the best interests of the Iraqi people. If the United States marches into Iraq without the backing of the United Nations, that will be done entirely without the backing of the American people.
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BEDAZZLED follows a computer company worker who makes a deal with the Devil to receive seven wishes in exchange for his soul so he can pursue the woman he loves, though the Devil twists the spirit of each wish to frustrate him.
A remake of the 1967 British film of the same name, written by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, itself a comic retelling of the Faust legend.
Directed by Harold Ramis Screenplay by Larry Gelbart, Harold Ramis, Peter Tolan Produced by Trevor Albert, Harold Ramis Starring: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O’Connor
Release dates: October 20, 2000 Running time 93 minutes Budget $48 million Box office $90.3 million
TOP 5 BEDAZZLED MOVIE REVIEWS:
#1) Nell Minow Common Sense Media Charming Fraser Faustian tale with lots of sexual innuendo.
#2) Christopher Smith Bangor Daily News (Maine) Hurley is great fun to watch, a Faustian powerhouse of curves, smoky eyes and big hair who sounds exactly like Jackie Collins doing an imitation of Madonna’s pan-European accent. It’s creepy, but effective.
#4) Rob Blackwelder SPLICEDWire Has its flaws, but the laughs keep coming at a steady clip — and in a slight comedy such as this, that’s what matters most.
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“Meet the Parents” stars Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, a nurse who suffers a series of unfortunate events while visiting his girlfriend’s parents (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner). Teri Polo stars as Greg’s girlfriend, and Owen Wilson stars as Pam’s ex-boyfriend.
Directed by Jay Roach
Screenplay by Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg
Story by Greg Glienna, Mary Ruth Clarke Based on Meet the Parents (1992 film)
Produced by Nancy Tenenbaum, Jay Roach, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro
Starring Robert De Niro Ben Stiller Blythe Danner Teri Polo James Rebhorn Jon Abrahams Owen Wilson
Release date October 6, 2000
Running time 108 minutes
Budget $55 million
Box office $330.4 million
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TOP 5 MOVIE REVIEWS:
#1 – Wendy Ide The Times (UK) It’s just that it’s the kind of comedy that’s as likely to have you gnawing your fist in an agony of embarrassment as it is to make you laugh.
#2 – Bob Thomas Associated Press Meet the Parents isn’t as funny as There’s Something About Mary, nor as outrageous. But it confirms that Ben Stiller is the best of today’s young practitioners of frustration comedy.
#4 – Richard Schickel TIME Magazine Alas, poor Focker. He can’t help himself. And we can’t help ourselves from falling about, equally helpless, at this superbly antic movie.
“Meet the Parents” stars Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, a nurse who suffers a series of unfortunate events while visiting his girlfriend’s parents (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner). Teri Polo stars as Greg’s girlfriend, and Owen Wilson stars as Pam’s ex-boyfriend.
Directed by Jay Roach
Screenplay by Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg
Story by Greg Glienna, Mary Ruth Clarke
Based on Meet the Parents (1992 film)
Produced by Nancy Tenenbaum, Jay Roach, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro
Starring
Robert De Niro
Ben Stiller
Blythe Danner
Teri Polo
James Rebhorn
Jon Abrahams
Owen Wilson
Release date
October 6, 2000
Running time 108 minutes
Budget $55 million
Box office $330.4 million
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TOP 5 MOVIE REVIEWS:
#1 – Wendy Ide
The Times (UK)
It’s just that it’s the kind of comedy that’s as likely to have you gnawing your fist in an agony of embarrassment as it is to make you laugh.
Meet the Parents isn’t as funny as There’s Something About Mary, nor as outrageous. But it confirms that Ben Stiller is the best of today’s young practitioners of frustration comedy.
Question & answer session after the festival screening with filmmakers from the August 28, 2025 festival at the Carlton Cinemas, in downtown Toronto, Canada.
Conversation with directors:
Miguel Ángel Vives Ponzanelli Onámuh
Enrico Ferri Midnight Coachmen (with actors Michael Lake & Sarah Spencer
Onámuh, 22min., Mexico Directed by Miguel Ángel Vives Ponzanelli Onámuh, a humanoid marked by past abuses, searches for resources to survive. Árret, a deity of the earth, helps him and takes him to her lair, where Onámuh finds the energy he needed. However, his need turns into an addiction, leading him to abuse Árret and make her his prisoner. As the environment rapidly deteriorates, Onámuh must make a fatal decision due to his accumulated guilt.
Midnight Coachmen, 18min., Canada Directed by Enrico Ferri A reimagining of the classic fairytale of Cinderella, told from the perspective of a dog and mouse who live as humans until the stroke of midnight disrupts their world.
A terrific festival where every single film showcased received multiple votes for BEST FILM. Each film is the best of the best of FANTASY films from around the world in the last year.
BEST FILM: Midnight Coachmen BEST PERFORMANCES: A Princess’s Plea BEST MIRO-SHORT: Paraland: The Prologue BEST VISUAL DESIGN: Porcelain BEST STORY: Dwindle BEST DIRECTION: Onámuh
PORCELAIN, 16min., UK Directed by Tim Wildgoose Porcelain is the story of ‘Child’ – A street urchin who leaves behind the cold streets of a disparate city to discover mystery and wonder within the walls of the Porcelain makers mansion.
A Princess’s Plea, min., USA Directed by Brooke Thornton, Madison Hubler Princess Circe awaits in her tower when Vince Davenport, crown prince of a rich kingdom, comes to claim her as his wife. But with the beast left unslain and the princess left unimpressed, Vince’s quest takes a dark and unexpected turn.https://www.instagram.com/aprincesssplea
Onámuh, 22min., Mexico Directed by Miguel Ángel Vives Ponzanelli Onámuh, a humanoid marked by past abuses, searches for resources to survive. Árret, a deity of the earth, helps him and takes him to her lair, where Onámuh finds the energy he needed. However, his need turns into an addiction, leading him to abuse Árret and make her his prisoner. As the environment rapidly deteriorates, Onámuh must make a fatal decision due to his accumulated guilt.
DWINDLE, 17min, USA Directed by John M. Broadhead A young woman, traveling alongside her blind father in search of a new life, discovers that his chilling stories about an ancient forest creature will threaten their relationship in unforeseeable ways.
Paraland: The Prologue, 4min., USA Directed by Patrick McCarthy Paraland is an animated fantasy series about a trio of heroes who must unite the 12 incredibly different races of the land to keep the nation from falling apart. All while battling terrifying monsters, otherwordly calamities, and enduring the Gods’ twisted sense of humor.
Midnight Coachmen, 18min., Canada Directed by Enrico Ferri A reimagining of the classic fairytale of Cinderella, told from the perspective of a dog and mouse who live as humans until the stroke of midnight disrupts their world.
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I’m a movie nerd, and when I’m really looking forward to something coming out, the less I know, the better.
If you meet someone on the street that likes something that you did or likes the way you brought this character to life, that’s really rewarding. That’s really cool.
I loved movies, growing up. They brought me so much joy.
I’ve always wanted to meet Robert Downey, Jr. because I think he’s awesome.
I’m great at fake typing but in real life terrible.
You never want me in a position to have to think. That’s bad.
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As actors, you like to think about the luxury of having choices in your career, but for the most part you kind of take whatever comes your way and hope that you carved out something that you’re proud of in the end.
I’ve been really lucky because when I go out to L.A. it’s for a job, not to look for a job. That’s the way I like L.A. most – when I already have a job.
Usually, I end up being the frumpy or mentally challenged or in ‘Reasons to Be Pretty’, regular. Or a weirdo. I play a lot of weirdos.
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