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Film's take on Irish history rankles Brits
![Paris — CROWNED at Cannes one minute only to be buried in Britain the next, Ken Loach's new film, "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," arrives in the U.S. with a rabble-rousing reputation.](http://www.zap2it.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-03/28392176.jpg "Paris — CROWNED at Cannes one minute only to be buried in Britain the next, Ken Loach's new film, "The Wind That Shakes the Barley,\" arrives in the U.S. with a rabble-rousing reputation.")
Zap2It.comParis — CROWNED at Cannes one minute only to be buried in Britain the next, Ken Loach's new film, "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," arrives in the U.S. with a rabble-rousing reputation. In May, Loach marched up Cannes' red steps to receive his...Tags: Personal Finance, Carol Reed, Movies, London (England), Leni Riefenstahl
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A super battle over 'Watchmen'
![The iconic image from " Watchmen," Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' ground-breaking graphic novel, is a yellow button sporting the familiar happy-face design. Next to the cheerful smile, though, you'll find a foreboding splatter of blood. ¶ That good-news-bad-news contradiction also fits the high-stakes legal tussle surrounding the movie version of the novel -- a film that holds great creative and financial promise but is now being overshadowed by a bitter copyright- infringement lawsuit that threatens "Watchmen's" distribution. ¶ Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson and Jackie Earle Haley, "Watchmen" is one of the spring's most anticipated releases, and fan interest exploded after Snyder showed his film's trailer at July's Comic-Con in San Diego. The sprawling Cold War-era drama about a band of masked crime fighters is scheduled to arrive in theaters March 6, almost two years to the day after Snyder's global blockbuster "300" premiered. ¶ It's taken more than 20 years and any number of false starts to bring "Watchmen" this far along: Forsaken film adaptations include versions from directors Terry Gilliam ("Brazil"), Paul Greengrass ("The Bourne Ultimatum") and screenwriter David Hayter ("X-Men"), with countless script revisions along the way. Joaquin Phoenix was once considered for Crudup's starring part as Dr. Manhattan, the all-powerful but tortured soul at the center of the "Watchmen" story. Early screenplay costs and abandoned preproduction fees total close to $10 million, and no fewer than four studios have worked on the movie over the decades, including 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Paramount and Universal.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-11/43329790-15132459.jpg "The iconic image from " Watchmen,\" Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' ground-breaking graphic novel, is a yellow button sporting the familiar happy-face design. Next to the cheerful smile, though, you'll find a foreboding splatter of blood. ¶ That good-news-bad-news contradiction also fits the high-stakes legal tussle surrounding the movie version of the novel -- a film that holds great creative and financial promise but is now being overshadowed by a bitter copyright- infringement lawsuit that threatens \"Watchmen's\" distribution. ¶ Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson and Jackie Earle Haley, \"Watchmen\" is one of the spring's most anticipated releases, and fan interest exploded after Snyder showed his film's trailer at July's Comic-Con in San Diego. The sprawling Cold War-era drama about a band of masked crime fighters is scheduled to arrive in theaters March 6, almost two years to the day after Snyder's global blockbuster \"300\" premiered. ¶ It's taken more than 20 years and any number of false starts to bring \"Watchmen\" this far along: Forsaken film adaptations include versions from directors Terry Gilliam (\"Brazil\"), Paul Greengrass (\"The Bourne Ultimatum\") and screenwriter David Hayter (\"X-Men\"), with countless script revisions along the way. Joaquin Phoenix was once considered for Crudup's starring part as Dr. Manhattan, the all-powerful but tortured soul at the center of the \"Watchmen\" story. Early screenplay costs and abandoned preproduction fees total close to $10 million, and no fewer than four studios have worked on the movie over the decades, including 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Paramount and Universal.")
The iconic image from " Watchmen," Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' ground-breaking graphic novel, is a yellow button sporting the familiar happy-face design. Next to the cheerful smile, though, you'll find a foreboding splatter of blood. ¶ That good-news-...Tags: Movies, Business, San Diego (San Diego, California), Terry Gilliam, Spider-Man (fictional character)
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Movie Review: 'Watchmen'
Alan Moore was right. There isn't a movie in his landmark graphic novel "Watchmen" -- at least not a really good one. What we get instead is something acceptable but pedestrian, an adaptation that is more a prisoner of its story than the master of it....Tags: Fiction, Science and Technology, Movies, Crimes, Murder
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'United 93' Opens TriBeCa Film Festival
Zap2It.comThe actors who portray passengers on board "United 93" encountered loved ones of their real-life counterparts for the first time Tuesday night as the controversial movie kicked off the Tribeca Film Festival at the Ziegfeld Theatre. Cheyenne Jackson...Tags: Film Festivals, Movies, Broadway Theater, Air Transportation, Marcia Gay Harden
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BAFTAs Honor 'Queen' for a Day
Zap2It.comLargely an afterthought in the Oscar best picture discussion, Stephen Frears' "The Queen" was named best film at Sunday's (Feb. 11) British Academy Film Awards. The film's star, Helen Mirren, won the best actress BAFTA, paired as she has been all award...Tags: Academy Awards, Movies, Forest Whitaker, Alan Arkin, Stephen Frears
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Tribeca Fest Will Open With 9/11 Drama
Zap2It.comPaul Greengrass' "United 93" will open the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, orchestrating its world premiere in the most sensitive of locations. The drama focuses on the United flight that crashed in rural Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, an aircraft that many...Tags: Film Festivals, Movies, TriBeCa Film Festival, United Air Lines, Arts and Culture
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Broadcast Critics Love Leo
Zap2It.com"Babel," "The Departed," "Dreamgirls" and "Little Miss Sunshine" scored seven Critics Choice Awards nominations apiece, but Leonardo DiCaprio may be the man of the hour. DiCaprio will compete against himself in the best actor category, scoring dueling...Tags: Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Celebrities, Will Smith, Forest Whitaker
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Drawing light from concrete and smoke
Sun ReporterNow every time I try to sleep I'm haunted by the sound Of firemen pounding up the stairs While we were running down. ... - from "The Bravest" by Tom Paxton Tom Paxton wrote "The Bravest" on Sept. 24, 2001 - a mere 13 days after the Twin Towers fell....Tags: Movies, Pablo Picasso, Culture, Arts and Culture, Discovery Communications, Inc.
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Edgar Ramirez, professional chameleon
Special to The TimesNew York When actor Edgar Ramirez had a break from shooting "The Bourne Ultimatum" in London last spring, he didn't hit the English nightclubs or take a long weekend to unwind in the Cotswolds. Instead, he hopped over to Paris to observe the first...Tags: Movies, Venezuela, Coup d'Etat, Thriller (genre), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'United 93'
!["United 93" is not an easy flight to board. This staggering, draining film is exceptionally accomplished but extremely difficult to watch. It turns out to be easier to admire from whatever distance you can manage than to embrace with any kind of emotional intimacy. This may have been filmmaker Paul Greengrass' intention, but only up to a point.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-04/23154251.jpg ""United 93\" is not an easy flight to board. This staggering, draining film is exceptionally accomplished but extremely difficult to watch. It turns out to be easier to admire from whatever distance you can manage than to embrace with any kind of emotional intimacy. This may have been filmmaker Paul Greengrass' intention, but only up to a point.")
Times Staff Writer"United 93" is not an easy flight to board. This staggering, draining film is exceptionally accomplished but extremely difficult to watch. It turns out to be easier to admire from whatever distance you can manage than to embrace with any kind of emotional...Tags: Movies, Washington, DC, Air Transportation, Arts and Culture, Transportation
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Jennifer Hudson, New 007 Lead Academy Invitees
Zap2It.comOn "American Idol," Jennifer Hudson couldn't get enough people to vote for her, but as a newly minted Oscar winner, she's been invited to vote for next year's Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced on Monday (June 18)...Tags: Film Festivals, Television, Movies, Elections, Peter Berg
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'World Trade Center'
Times Staff WriterIt's taken the Hollywood system five years to come up with a major motion picture about what happened at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, but if you think that time was used for thoughtful introspection and careful analysis about the best way...Tags: Regional Authority, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Movies, Iraq, Maria Bello
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