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CAMERON | PACE Group talks to the award-winning cinematographer about his Oscar-nominated work on "Life of Pi" and the remarkable storytelling potential for 3D. BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "The Life of Pi," the story of a young man adrift in a life raft with a Bengal tiger, was no simple cinematic endeavor. Logistical hurdles, among other challenges, led many to conclude that "Pi," based on the 2001 novel by Yann Martel, might never make it to the screen. Even...
LONDON, February 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Argo beat the competition to take the gong for Best Film at this year's BAFTAs, with Skyfall awarded Outstanding British Film. Leading Actor went to Daniel Day Lewis for Lincoln, Emmanuelle Riva was named Leading Actress for Michael Haneke's Amour, while Christoph Waltz and Anne Hathaway walked away with the awards for Supporting Actor and Actress respectively. Although it garnered the most nominations overall, Steven Spielberg's...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, presented by the Los Angeles Times, is pleased to announce that three-time Academy Award nominated actress, Amy Adams will be given the "Hollywood Supporting Actress Award;" editor Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E., will receive the "Hollywood Editor Award;" and production designer Sarah Greenwood, A.D.G., will be given the "Hollywood Production Designer Award." "We are very proud to recognize the films and...
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- OVERVIEW: Academy Award®-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) brings audiences back to the groovy days of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival with the funny, entertaining and very human comedy - Taking Woodstock. Inspired by a true story, Taking Woodstock captures all the color and excitement of this generation-defining experience that forever changed American culture. The far-out cast includes Demetri Martin (Comedy Central...
The jury for this year's Venice Film Festival in Italy will be headed up by director Ang Lee, event organizers say. The festival's Web site reveals the Taiwanese-born director will serve as chairman of the judging jury, the BBC reported Friday. The event will run Sept. 2-12. Organizers called Lee, who directed Brokeback Mountain, one of the most highly appreciated international film makers in their online posting. He is one of the most successful directors in creating a dialogue between the...
Taiwanese-born filmmaker Ang Lee is in talks to direct the big-screen adaptation of Yann Martel's popular novel Life of Pi, Variety.com reported. Lee won an Oscar for directing Brokeback Mountain. His other movies include The Ice Storm, Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Lust, Caution. Pi, a Man Booker Prize winner, is about the lone survivor of a sunken freighter who finds himself sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orangutan and a hungry Bengal...
Feng Xiaogang's "The Assembly" wins biennial Chinese audience film awards DALIAN, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- "The Assembly," a warfare film by Chinese director Feng Xiaogang became the biggest winner at the 29th Full Blossom biennial awards given by the audiences in China's northeast seaport of Dalian on Saturday evening. The movie won the Best Feature Film after beating the strongest opponent "The Knot," and helped Feng, Zhang Hanyu and Deng Chao got the Best Director, Best Leading Actor and...
"Incredible Hulk" takes in 3.5 mln dlrs from Chinese movie-goers BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- "The Incredible Hulk" surpassed its predecessor with a take of 24 million yuan (about 3.48 million U.S. dollars) from the opening weekend box office on the Chinese mainland, according to its releaser. The film comes just five years after another movie adaptation of the Marvel Comics character, Ang Lee's "The Hulk" in 2003, which only earned about 10 million yuan on the mainland, Tuesday's Beijing...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Mount Olympus never had such a potent gang as Marvel Comics, whose vast pantheon ranges from Hollywood A- lister Spider-Man to the murky shape-shifting process server Ditto. Now producing its own film adaptations for all but a few previously licensed superheroes, Marvel Studios unveils "The Incredible Hulk" on the heels of blockbuster "Iron Man," whose 2010 sequel will be followed by an ambitious Marvel lineup. Headlining their own upcoming movies...
If at first you don't succeed, don't try again... Oscar-winning director Ang Lee's flawed 2003 film adaptation of the not-so-jolly green giant struggled to marry a ponderous screenplay with overblown action set pieces, and a central character who looked more like Shrek's dishevelled cousin than an unbridled force of rage. The emotional power of scientist Bruce Banner's struggle to tame the beast within him was lost amid a blitzkrieg of computer- generated mayhem. Five years on, director...
