The Dear Frankie press conference took place at the 2004 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Present were the film's director and director of photography Shona Auerbach, screenwriter Andre Gregg, actor (The Stranger) Gerard Butler, actor (Marie) Sharon Small. "Dear...

On paper, the Scottish drama "Dear Frankie" sounds suitable only for adults who collect Hallmark cards: A single mother raising a deaf child attempts to keep him from learning that his father was so physically abusive she had to leave him and that they remain...

A little back story before the focus moves to the star of this yarn, the lovely and amazing Emily Mortimer. That's not showbiz puffery -- it's how she was described in a film with those adjectives in the title. Mortimer's new movie, "Dear Frankie," was set to be in...

Dear Frankie Released by Miramax Rated PG-13 for language The once low-key Sundance Film Festival just wrapped up out in Park City, Utah. The big story of this year's festival, according to the New York Times, was a madcap bidding war among major studios that broke...

The nominations for the Bowmore Scottish Screen Awards exclusively offer readers of The Sunday Times the chance to vote in Scotland's democratic version of the Oscars. Be sure to cast your vote - and win the opportunity to attend this year's glittering award ceremony...

There are times when Jack manages somehow to marry the naiviety and wide-eyed wonder of the average Glasgow school kid with the cool swagger of James Dean or maybe Steve McQueen, whom he cites as one of his favourite actors. "My dad is quite a big Steve McQueen fan...

British actress EMILY MORTIMER was too protective of her unborn baby to mix with her DEAR FRANKIE co-stars off-set - even though her anti-social attitude turned her into an outcast. Mortimer - whose character runs away from her husband with their young son in the film...

The first nominations for the Bowmore Scottish Screen Awards exclusively offer readers of the Sunday Times the chance to vote in Scotland's democratic version of the Oscars. Be sure to cast your vote - and win the opportunity to attend this year's glittering award...

PHANTOM of the Opera star Gerard Butler understands why his new film Dear Frankie has had audiences crying their eyes out. He felt the same way when he first read the script. Just like nine-year-old Frankie - played by Jack McElhone - Gerard grew up estranged from his...

SCOTS movie star Gerard Butler has started off 2005 well - he's just been named best actor at an Italian film festival. The Phantom Of The Opera star won the best actor gong at the Capri Film Festival for his new film Dear Frankie. In the movie he plays a troubled man...

The screenwriter Andrea Gibb has drawn on the real-life experience of her family to come up with a pair of tearjerkers, writes Anna Burnside Within the film industry, writers have traditionally occupied a place somewhere between the wig technician and the second...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Scot Gerard Butler plays a guest father in 'Dear Frankie' before becoming the Phantom. [img]http://www.gerardbutler.net/4images/data/media/20/latimes_092604.jpg[/img] Few actors can do the "tall, dark and handsome" thing well enough to pull off a character known...

LOS ANGELES – Dawn Hudson, Executive Director of IFP/Los Angeles, announced today the winners for the Tenth Annual Los Angeles Film Festival including the winner of the Target Filmmaker Award (for Best Narrative Feature), which went to Ferenc Toth for "Unknown...

...Disc Extras Static menu with music Scene Access with 18 cues and remote access Subtitles/Captions in English, Spanish with remote access 5 Other Trailer(s) featuring Raising Helen, Finding Neverland, Shall We Dance?, Dear Frankie, The Alamo.10 Deleted Scenes ......

When Milestone Films recently brought The Clay Bird, a Bangladeshi film about growing up Muslim in a country about to ignite in revolution, to the U.S. art-house circuit, the film made its simultaneous debut in New York City and San Francisco, but not Los Angeles....

Butler's top 10 Kansas International Film Festival picks: “Bazaar Bizarre”: A fanciful/disturbing riff on KC's own serial killer, Bob Berdella. (See story at right) “Dear Frankie”: Scottish hankie-grabber about a deaf boy yearning for a father. Sounds icky. Isn't....

"Facing Window," an Italian-British-Turkish-Portuguese co-production directed by "Emerging Master" honoree Ferzan Ozpetek, was named best picture yesterday in the closing-day award ceremonies of the 30th Seattle International Film Festival. Runners-up for the top...

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...

An Indianapolis family, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and Dave Matthews have something in common: They'll all be seen in Heartland Film Festival offerings Oct. 21-29 at various Indianapolis venues. Crystal Heart Award winners, opening and closing films and other festival...

Emily Mortimer sits drinking dodgy bottled water at the end of the pier that juts out from the Majestic Hotel's beach-front restaurant. It's a pebble's throw from where her latest film, Dear Frankie, opening in the UK on September 17, was screened to much acclaim on...