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...

A SCHOOLBOY is to get a chance of film stardom with a leading role in a pounds 3 million feature film to be shot in Scotland in the spring. The lucky youngster will follow in the footsteps of such recent discoveries as Martin Compston and Kathleen McDermott, who won...

The Egyptian theatre was one of three venues in down town Boise participating in this years Idaho International Film Festival. The Flicks and Boise Center on the Grove were also participants . Over fifty films filled three theaters for four days as Boise residents...

SCOTLAND is well represented at this year's 58th Edinburgh Film Festival - and it's probably just as well. Insiders claim there will be announcements next week about stars coming to the capital. But, for the moment, the films don't boast many big guns, leaving room...

Vista estrenará en abril del próximo año el drama Dear Frankie. Lizzie (Mortimer) lleva años huyendo del padre de su hijo Frankie un niño sordo, a través de Escocia. En su huída, Lizzie ha creado una historia ficticia en la que el padre está permanente embarcado en un...

JUDGED as a filmmaking nation Scotland has always punched above its weight. Even with the well-documented handicaps of limited finance and poor distribution, we still manage to create exceedingly good films. This is a country of world-class talents, from Bill Forsyth...

“Ambush” (2002; Finland, 123 minutes): Inspired by a true story, this war yarn takes place in the summer of 1941 when Finnish troops — mounted on bicycles — were mobilized along Russia's border. Sort of a Scandinavian “Private Ryan.” (Screening at 3:30 p.m. Monday)...

A huge raft of indies & foreign imports heads our way Before the Revolution: Gael Garcia Bernal and Rodrigo de la Serna in 'The Motorcycle Diaries.' Star-driven independent films dominate the art-house lineup this season, and some of them are certain to appeal to...

SEVEN Scottish premieres - and a talk by TV film presenter Barry Norman - are among the major attractions at the second Inverness Film Festival being held at Eden Court from 11th15th November at the Eden Court Theatre and the Vue multiplex. The full programme for this...

Edinburgh is dominated by brooding, homegrown talent with an ability to turn from the comic to the violent Film festivals tend to be about directors, countries or genres, but sometimes they are also about a new star. In Cannes, it was the young Mexican actor Gael...

NEW YORK -- Miramax has sealed a pact with Pathe Pictures Intl. to acquire distribution rights to animated feature "Sprung! The Magic Roundabout" for North and South America. In post-production and set to be completed in January, "Sprung" is based on the vintage U.K....

The leading actor in a movie which is to receive its UK premiere tonight, today described filming on location in the west coast of Scotland as “just a really good, simple experience”. Tomb Raider star Gerard Butler, who grew up in Paisley, said that shooting Dear...

The Chicago International Film Festival offers early looks at four dramas -- "The Machinist," "Dear Frankie," "P.S." and "Sideways" -- expected to open soon in local art houses. The dialogue is in English, if you're one to avoid subtitles. And if you want to take...

All this time in Edinburgh and, Ae Fond Kiss and The Purifiers aside, Empire hasn't yet been flying the flag for the Scottish films on show. There's always a danger at any film festival, of course, that special favours and lower standards exist to allow locally...

Pittsburgh native Antoine Fuqua captured "Lightning in a Bottle" -- a once-in-a-lifetime salute to the blues at Radio City Music Hall -- and the movie will be uncorked as part of the Three Rivers Film Festival. The tribute features legends such as B.B. King, Buddy Guy...

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...

Doug at the EIFF: day 10 [b]Those of you who have a penchant for Hollywood heartthrobs would have done well to get to the premiere of Dear Frankie at the Fountainbridge UGC. Scottish hunk of Tomb Raider fame, Gerry Butler, has returned to his homeland, but is here to...

Women's Image Network (WIN), levels the playing field for women each year by producing The WIN Awards which venerate films, shows, and commercials, which either feature female protagonists OR that have been directed/created by a women. On Sunday, November 7, 2004, WIN...

Miramax Films' slender release schedule for 2004 has gotten slimmer. "Dear Frankie," which Miramax confirmed for a fall release less than two weeks ago, is now slated for March 4. And while the Robert Redford-Jennifer Lopez starrer "An Unfinished Life" is slated for...

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...

Shona Auerbach is an award-winning short film director whose first feature, Dear Frankie, had its UK premiere at Edinburgh. The film got a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, and it won the audience award for best international feature at the LA Film...

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...

ANDREA GIBB: Film writer says Inverclyde has a special hold on her imagination.GREENOCK writer Andrea Gibb is getting ready for one of the biggest weeks in her career with the UK premiere of her second feature film, Dear Frankie. In an exclusive interview with the...