According to Alt Film Guide, Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) is in talks to take a role in Water for Elephants, joining Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson. Waltz, winner of many awards this season and a favorite for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, will play the role of a cruel animal trainer, originally believed to be intended [...]
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Water for Elephants casting news
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies
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A Singular Achievement
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies
On Sunday, Colin Firth was awarded the Best Leading Actor prize at the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards, for his work in the film A Single Man. The competition in his field came from George Clooney (Up in the Air), Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), and Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), all [...]
Tags: Award·BAFTA·Colin Firth·Single Man
The Danish Girl out on audio this March
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies
First it was a national bestseller, soon it will be a major motion picture, but right now The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff is a much-anticipated audiobook coming out in March. It’s inspired by the true story—and unusual marriage—of Danish painter Einar Wegener and American Greta Waud and is set in 1920’s Europe.
Nicole Kidman (also [...]
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A Single Man: movie storyline vs. original storyline
January 21st, 2010 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies
Colin Firth has another Best Actor nomination: This time a BAFTA for A Single Man.
Certainly well deserved—he does an excellent job with the script.
That said, any one familiar with both the novel (hopefully from our audio edition!) and the movie?
Certain liberties were taken with the storyline, if not perhaps the underlying spirit of [...]
Tags: audiobook·BAFTA·Colin Firth·movie·Single Man
A Single Man makes BAFTA longlist
January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies
Yesterday, the Orange British Academy Film Awards announced their longlist for nominations. A Single Man is up for eight BAFTA nominations. When the nominations are announced on January 21, the categories to watch are Leading Actor (Colin Firth), Supporting Actress (Julianne Moore), and Costume Design. Another possibility is in the adapted screenplay category, for the [...]
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Prairie Home Companion show coming live to a movie theater near you
January 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Author News, HighBridge at the Movies
Check this off your list in 1,000 Places to See Before You Die—US and Canada (Workman Publishing, pp. 556-557): A Prairie Home Companion will be broadcast live in movie theaters across the country on February 4.
That’s right, you can catch the show live without having to come to Minnesota in February (It’s -7F right [...]
Tags: 1000 places to see before you die·cinecast·garrison keillor·Prairie Home Companion
AFI Honors “A Single Man”
December 14th, 2009 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies
The American Film Institute has named “A Single Man (book available on audio from HighBridge) one of its top ten movies of the year. Other top films are “The Hurt Locker,” “Coraline,” “The Hangover,” “The Messenger,” “Precious,” “A Serious Man,” “Sugar,” “Up” and “Up in the Air.”
A Single Man – multiple nominations
December 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies
The nominees for the Spirit Awards were announced today. A Single Man received nominations for Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay, and Best Male Lead for star Colin Firth. The awards will be given on March 5, two days before the Academy Awards.
The movie opens in select cities on December 11, with a wide release on [...]
Hobbit filming scheduled
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies
According to a story in today’s Variety, Ian McKellen is scheduled to start filming for The Hobbit in March 2010. The long-awaited follow-up to the hugely successful Lord of the Rings movies is tentatively set for a 2011 release date.
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Merlin’s Magic and Arthur’s Story
June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies
Did you catch the premiere of NBC’s summer series Merlin, which premiered on Sunday night? To learn more about Merlin and the Arthurian legend, listen to Le Morte d’Arthur. Derek Jacobi reads the classic story, first published in 1485, which inspired so many of the later versions, including Tennyson’s verse, T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, [...]
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