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Notting Hill star filming in to
Emily Mortimer on location filming Natural History WELL-KNOWN actress Emily Mortimer is shooting a film in Greenock, Gourock and Port Glasgow over the next seven weeks. In the movie, called Natural History, she plays a single mother who bizarrely hires a father for...
The unknown Scots who stole the Cannes Festival
AS RAGS-to-riches tales go, this is one of the more remarkable of British cinematic success stories. It is, after all, the film from nowhere, made by unknowns for a pittance, that yesterday stunned the Cannes critics and stole the heart of canny Miramax supremo Harvey...
STAR SWAPS BLOCKBUSTERS FOR LOW-BUDGET DRAMA
Tomb Raider actor Gerard Butler today talked about swapping the blockbuster Hollywood action adventure movie for a role in a low-budget drama. And the 33-year-old star said he prefered making smaller, "more intimate" films such as Natural History which he is currently...
‘Windows’ needled
SEATTLE -- The 30th annual Seattle Film Festival wrapped its 25-day run Sunday with the North American premiere of Patrice Leconte (news)'s "Intimate Strangers," followed by the event's closing gala. In a ceremony held earlier that day, at their vertiginous namesake...
Emily tips Glasgow as top UK film spot
ACTRESS Emily Mortimer is tipping Glasgow as a potential film capital of Britain. Emily, star of hits such as The 51st State, is in the city filming the family drama Natural History. It's her second film in a row here - last year she starred opposite Ewan McGregor in...
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;...