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Greenock reel outsider to be shown at Cannes
A LOW-budget Scottish film shot in Greenock is to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival next month, making a dramatic late entry to one of the world's most prestigious events. The appearance of Dear Frankie, starring Emily Mortimer and Gerard Butler, alongside the...
Tribeca festgoers cross the party line
NEW YORK --- Tribeca bashes finished off with full downtown flair this past weekend, with slick back-to-back soirees at some of the neighborhood's grooviest destinations. Friday night featured a 20th anni bash for U.K.-based indie Working Title ("has it really been 20...
SCOTS’ CANNES-DO ATTITUDE
ALTHOUGH it is not necessarily a strong year for British film at Cannes, there will be a Scottish presence in the south of France this week, determinedly keeping the country's film industry foremost in the minds of distributors and directors. One Scottish filmmaker...
Dear Frankie Review – Rolling Stone
Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler, Sharon Small, Jack McElhone, Mary Riggans Directed by Shona Auerbach 2005 Drama Rated PG-13 - for language Gerard Butler hid his looks behind a mask and disfiguring makeup in The Phantom of the Opera. But onscreen in Dear Frankie, Butler...
HEARTLAND FILM FESTIVAL – Capsule Reviews
This year's Heartland Film Festival winners celebrate the positive values of life. But the fare isn't always kid-friendly. 'Dear Frankie' ***1/2 A fiercely protective mother (Emily Mortimer) concocts an elaborate lie to shield her deaf son from the truth about his...
Heartfelt and moving
THE PRESENCE OF Gerry Butler has presumably inspired Miramax to postpone the public release of Dear Frankie until 2005, when his rising star is expected to be further illuminated by his title role in Joel Schumacher's film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom...
‘Dear Frankie’ a letter-perfect drama about mother, son
Last week at SIFF, the comedy "Touch of Pink" turned out to be a sweet story about the love between a mother and her son. Now, Shona Auerbach's wistful drama "Dear Frankie" (11 a.m., Cinerama), from Scotland, provides another variation on that theme. Nine-year-old...
Gerry Butler on the Cover of Health Magazine (Blog)
Gerry Butler is currently on the cover of this month's issue of Men's Health. Video of the cover shoot That anchor lady in the video is a moron. He's neither English or Irish, he's SCOTTISH. For all the fangirls, the issue comes out Feb. 14 I believe. He's looking...
Gerry Butler on the Cover of Health Magazine (Blog)
Gerry Butler is currently on the cover of this month's issue of Men's Health. Video of the cover shoot That anchor lady in the video is a moron. He's neither English or Irish, he's SCOTTISH. For all the fangirls, the issue comes out Feb. 14 I believe. He's looking...
Groundbreaking Short Film “Jewel of the Sahara” Premieres
"Jewel of the Sahara," a 15-minute short film directed by Ariel Vromen, will have its United States Premiere June 28, 2001 in Los Angeles. The film stars Gerard Butler, star of Wes Craven's "Dracula 2000," and USA Network's "Attilla.". Gerard has recently finished...
JEWEL OF THE SAHARA
“Jewel of the Sahara” is a droll short film based on an ancient dirty joke. Set in a French Foreign Legion Camp circa 1954, it follows the (mostly) mental adventures of a British Captain, desperately missing his home and wife. With opium stoking the fires of desire...
JEWEL OF THE SAHARA
“Jewel of the Sahara” is a droll short film based on an ancient dirty joke. Set in a French Foreign Legion Camp circa 1954, it follows the (mostly) mental adventures of a British Captain, desperately missing his home and wife. With opium stoking the fires of desire...
Cameo — Gerard Butler
There was a time when Gerard Butler, eager to get a foothold as an actor, had a guaranteed conversation starter to use when introduced to someone “It used to be, ‘Hey, how you doing? I’m an actor. I used to be a lawyer,’ ” he says. “Now I don’t really talk about it.”...
Miscellaneous Reviews
From the Attila Press Kit: (Thanks to Diane for the contribution!) From Tim Curry: "It's a pretty dynamic cast - and I think Gerry Butler is an extremely charismatic and enormously energetic and riveting actor. I think this will make him a star." From writer Robert...
Was Atilla a hunk or an early Hitler?
Oh, that Attila the Hun. Was he a fifth-century Hitler or a hunk on a horse with a heart as big as Asia Minor? It's a movie on USA. You do the math. The two-part "Attila" (9 p.m., USA) concludes just like it started. With much hacking, throat-slitting and pillaging....
HONEY SIDE OF ATTILA IS AN EPIC HUN-DINGER
ATTILA THE HUN - one of history's major heavies or merely misunderstood? You guessed it. Seems he had the fifth-century equivalent of a dysfunctional childhood, watching his beloved father slaughtered in front of his eyes, among other things. His role model was a...
‘IF ATTILA HAD LOOKED LIKE THIS IN REAL LIFE,HE WOULDN’T HAVE HAD TO BOTHER RAPING AND PILLAGING’
Attila the hunk. Hi Hun, I'm home! So who knew the big brute was also a serial ladykiller? FOR reasons I had hoped never to understand, in the last month ads started appearing on public transportation which read, "Attila: Lover, Leader, Warrior, Hun." Now, call me...
Attila
Filmed on location in Lithuania by Alphaville Prods. in association with Attila Prods. and USA Cable Entertainment. Executive producers, Sean Daniel, James Jacks, Caldecot Chubb; co-executive producer, Michael Joyce; director, Dick Lowry; writer, Robert Cochran;...
‘Attila’ Is Slashing, Burning Fun
There's television, which calls for clearing your throat and speaking almost respectfully, and then there's TV. "Attila" is TV, a foolishly watchable, old-timey trash wallow with Roman baths, grunting battles and barbarian beauties. It's dumb Hun fun from the USA...
The Hun Also Rises: A Bloody, Boffo ‘Attila’
Oh Attila the Hun was a very fine Hun, a honey of a Hun was he. He pillaged and he plundered and he ravaged and he sacked but 'twas never never late for tea. Perhaps you remember that wee little rhyme from your youth. If so, you had a very strange upbringing, because...