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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...

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...

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...

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...

Epic ‘Attila’ takes liberties but entertains

Attila the Hun is off on a four-hour race to build himself a Western empire. To see what makes Attila run, cable's USA is the place to be tonight and Wednesday. It's a big step for USA to bring this epic warrior tale with a big international cast (filmed in Lithuania)...

DOPEY ‘ATTILA’ NO THRILLA

ATTILA 1 1/2 StarsTuesday and Wednesday, 9 p.m., USA Once in a great while, a TV film comes along that sets a new standard in its field. "Attila" is not one of those - unless we're talking about Unintentionally Funny, Pseudo-Historical, Cheesy Action Epics, in which...

Attila Rides (Roughshod) Again

Hero or villain - depending on which side tells the story - there is no question Attila the Hun changed the history of the world. It was the fifth century, and the Roman Empire was struggling for survival when a band of nomadic Huns stormed from the East, ending...

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