THE PRESSURE TRULY HIT ME ONE SECOND BEFORE I SANG. I SUDDENLY THOUGHT, 'OH MY GOD, I'M ABOUT TO SING ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SONGS OF ALL TIME, IN FRONT OF THE GUY WHO WROTE IT, AND THE DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER. NO PRESSURE THERE, THEN! The Phantom of the Opera is set to...
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Year: 2004
Fame’s two faces
Interviewsdec04 HE'S GERRY to his mates and to almost everyone who comes in contact with him. Yet no matter how affable Gerard Butler is in person, with his leading role in the movie version of The Phantom of the Opera the 35-year-old Glaswegian's career is at a...
Gerard Butler drops the mask and opens up about bringing “The Phantom of the Opera” to the big screen.
Once upon a time, a famous composer and a renowned gay director were casting the male lead in an oft-delayed, big-budget film version of one of the most successful Broadway musicals of all time. They considered the actor who had originated the role on stage, but...
Butler Previews Beowulf
Gerard Butler told SCI FI Wire that he has high hopes for his upcoming film, the medieval adventure Beowulf & Grendel. "I think it's going to be like nothing you've ever really seen before," the Scottish actor said in an interview while promoting his latest film,...
Gerard Butler as The Phantom
"I saw Gerry Butler in Dracula 2000 and he had such incredible screen presence I wanted to meet him," says director Joel Schumacher (Phone Booth). "He's a wonderful actor and I knew he would make a stunning Phantom." Though Dracula 2000 is one of Butler's lesser know...
Gerry and the face makers
Gerry Butler drives through Hampstead in his Audi TT, past the smart boutiques and lush mansions that “look like something out of Tennessee Williams”, his stomping ground, North London’s Jewish village, a moneyed part of town. It turns out Audi gave him the car for...
Film fest earned its good luck
For the St. Louis International Film Festival, which concluded on Sunday, 13 was a lucky number. The 13th installment was both a commercial and artistic success, with solid attendance, distinguished guests, a near-perfectly balanced roster and an enthusiastic...
“Les Choristes,” and “Kinsey” Take St. Louis Honors
France's selection for best foreign language Oscar consideration "Les Choristes" by Christophe Barrastier has taken top honors at the 13th annual St. Louis International Film Festival, which ended on Sunday night. "Les Choristes," which centers on a teacher at a...
Was She Like This When She Worked for Tommy?
GIMMÉ MUR SCHWÄG, Boldface's chain-smoking fashion editor, is extremely selective about the events she covers. But when she heard that JESSICA SEINFELD and SARAH JESSICA PARKER were among the chairwomen of the American Museum of Natural History's Museum Ball, she...
WIN A STOBO TREAT; TESSA TALKING
I WAS speaking to the mother of actor Gerry Butler, about to star in the film of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom. She was just back from a stay at Stobo Castle Health Spa, in Peebleshire. "I had a wonderful time, " revealed Margaret. "I felt so spoiled I didn't want to...
Audiences pick fest’s top films
The High Falls Film Festival has announced its Audience Choice Award Winners. Born into Brothels was the Audience Choice Award Winner for Documentary, while Dear Frankie was the Audience Choice Award Winner for Feature Film, said Randi Minetor, executive director of...
Three Rivers Film Fest continues its mix of fact and fiction
The Three Rivers Film Festival continues this weekend. Here are capsule reviews of some of the films showing: 'Dear Frankie' "Dear Frankie" is a wee charmer of a movie. The boy of the title is a 9-year-old (Jack McElhone) who is frequently on the move with his...
Year 13: 170 films, 30 nations
The St. Louis International Film Festival - which runs tonight through Nov. 21 at the Tivoli and Hi-Pointe theaters and Webster University - turns 13 this year. Since its awkward beginnings in the nursery of the Esquire Theatre, SLIFF has grown confident and strong,...
In Iceland, Freeze Frame Takes on New Meaning
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Icelanders love movies. They go to them, on average, more than any other people in the world, edging out Americans (second place) and Australians (third), film industry data indicate. This means about 5.4 visits a year for each of the country's...
Frequent Flyer
Gerard Butler is in need of a good travel agaent. The actor has had a busy year, globe-trotting to country after country on a string of mini-vacations but always winding up at his variuos destinations at the wrong time. "This year, I went traveling to Isreal,...
Get ready for 300- Frank Miller style
One of last years biggest hits was the cinematic feast, SIN CITY. Based on Frank Miller's cult comic series and amazingly adapted to the screen by Robert Rodriquez. Now up for adaptation is another one of Miller's acclaimed graphic novels, "300!". 300 tells the true...
‘I had a lot of anger about not spending my childhood with my father’
GERARD BUTLER’S father turned up on the doorstep of the family home in Paisley when Butler was four. Cocooned in the self-absorption of early childhood, he was too young to understand the significance of the stranger. So shadowy a figure was the dad of the unexpected...
Dear Frankie Review
This moving Scottish drama has a strongly emotional punch that, nicely, never turns sappy or sentimental at all. Lizzie (Mortimer) is on the run again, moving with her 9-year-old son Frankie and her cantankerous mother (Riggans) to a new flat so her ex doesn't find...
DEAR FRANKIE
(U.K.) A Miramax Films (U.S.)/Pathe Distribution (U.K.) release of a Pathe Pictures presentation in association with U.K. Film Council, Scottish Screen of a Scorpio Films production in association with Sigma Films, Inside Track Prods. Produced by Caroline Wood....
Dear Frankie and the Masculine Principle (a la Gerard Butler) (Blog)
Dear Frankie (2004) is another of my Netflix pics. My husband and I were on the outs so he really didn't want to watch it with me. But he did anyway. Such a sport! Of course, he griped about it and his crankiness was wearing on me but we soon got into watching the...
And the Bafta for most improved nation goes to Scotland
IT’S easy to forget just how far Scottish film has come. In the course of a single generation, film-making in Scotland has grown from the endeavours of a few hardy pioneers to a profession that consistently produces world class work. Inevitably, there are...
Andrea’s films up for seven Baftas
FILM writer Andrea Gibb is celebrating today after two of her films were showered with Scottish BAFTA nominations. Dear Frankie, which was shot in Greenock and Gourock last year, is up for three awards at the glittering ceremony, the equivalent of Scotland’s Oscars....
Hobbit star urges backing for film studio in Scotland
BILLY Boyd, the Lord of the Rings actor, has called on the Scottish Executive to support the establishment of a film studio in Scotland. The Scots star spoke out yesterday at the unveiling of nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)...
Hollywood comes to Coventry
Warwick Arts Centre's November and December Film Season includes a weekend of incredible cinema events and special guests. On Thursday 25 November there's a special preview screening of Dear Frankie, by Warwickshire film maker, Shona Auerbach. Shona is an...
Dear Frankie for Free to Celebrate 10 Years of National Lottery
The National Lottery celebrates its 10th Birthday this year. Thanks to everyone who has played or supported it, over £16 billion has been raised for good causes. National Lottery money has been essential in funding many Scottish films in recent years. The first ever...