Post by lindahoyland on May 8, 2006 23:07:24 GMT
Here is some news of David Wenham,Viggo and a chance for people in the USA to see "Sharpe !
Subject: "The Proposition" w/David Wenham playing
in New York & Los Angeles
THE PROPOSITION
Written by NICK CAVE, Directed by JOHN HILLCOAT
GUY PEARCE, RAY WINSTONE, DANNY HUSTON, JOHN
HURT, DAVID WENHAM and EMILY WATSON star in a
visually stunning tale of loyalty, revenge and
the quest for justice.
Exclusive engagements start this Friday in Los
Angeles & New York
"Primal, savage, brutal in the best western
tradition."
- J. Hoberman, The Village Voice
Set against the harsh and unforgiving landscape
of the 1880s Australian outback, The Proposition
is a visually stunning tale of loyalty, revenge
and the quest for justice in a lawless land.
Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is a renegade. Along
with his two brothers, Arthur (Danny Huston) and
Mikey (Richard Wilson), he is wanted for murder.
When Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) captures
Charlie and Mikey, he offers Charlie a
proposition in an attempt to end the brutality that
surrounds them -- the only way to save Mikey from
the noose is for Charlie to track down and kill
Arthur, his psychotic older brother. An
impossible moral dilemma leads to a murderous climax.
Starts Friday in Los Angeles:
Landmark's Nuart
11272 Santa Monica Boulevard
just west of the 405 Freeway
Starts Friday in New York:
Angelika Film Center
Corner of Houston & Mercer
AMC Empire 25
42nd & 8th Avenue
For more information about the film, please log
on to www.ThePropositionFilm.com
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Focus Features Picks Up 6 High-Profile Films at
Cannes
MovieWeb - USA
www.movieweb.com/news/22/12522.php
Eagerly anticipated new films from such major
directors as David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises,
starring Viggo Mortensen), ...
Eastern Promises
Director David Cronenberg is reteaming with his
"A History of Violence" leading man Viggo
Mortensen for "Eastern Promises". The new
thriller follows Nikolai, a ruthless hit man for one of
London's most notorious organized crime families.
When he crosses paths with an innocent young
midwife who has stumbled on potential evidence
against the family, he goes against his own nature
to help her stay alive - and making himself a
marked man. The Focus Features and BBC Films
production is scripted by Steven Knight (Academy
Award nominee for Dirty Pretty Things).
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Sharpe on BBC America....
BBC America now has set their schedule for airing
Sharpe....
[]
Every Saturday night this summer, BBC AMERICA
takes viewers on a
sweeping two-hour journey to a new land, a new
battle, and a new set of
potential love interests with the epic romantic
war saga Sharpe.
Created by novelist Bernard Cornwell and starring
Sean Bean (North
Country, The Lord of the Rings), Sharpe
chronicles the victories and
loves of the legendary fictional Napoleonic war
hero, Richard Sharpe.
BBC AMERICA brings the complete series from the
very first episode,
Sharpe's Rifles, and will finish the
fifteen-episode run with a U.S.
premiere BBC AMERICA co-production, Sharpe's
Challenge, shot in India.
Sharpe's Rifles begins in 1809 when Sharpe is a
scrappy Sergeant. After
bravely saving the life of a distinguished
Captain, he is quickly
promoted to Lieutenant. His first mission is to
go behind enemy lines
to locate a missing agent, James Rothschild, who
carries badly needed
funds for the British army.
Sharpe is given command of the 95th Rifles under
Captain Murray, but
soon finds that they are an undisciplined bunch,
and neither Murray nor
the men of the Rifles are prepared to accept
Sharpe's command as
"proper" officers are not raised from the ranks.
After Captain Murray
is killed in a surprise French attack, Sharpe is
left in sole command.
Two Spanish allies, Major Blas Vivar and
Comandante Teresa, offer to
lead Sharpe to Rothschild at Casa Antiga. There
is no sign of
Rothschild upon arrival and Sharpe becomes
increasingly suspicious of
his Spanish companions. He discovers their real
mission is to transport
one of Spain's holy relics to Torrecastro to
inspire an uprising
against the French.
Sharpe's Rifles premieres Saturday, May 27, 9:00
p.m. ET/10:00 p.m. PT.
<http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/movies_specials/sharpes_rifles/sharpes_rifles.jsp>http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/movies_specials/sharpes_rifles/sharpes_rifles.jsp
Subject: "The Proposition" w/David Wenham playing
in New York & Los Angeles
THE PROPOSITION
Written by NICK CAVE, Directed by JOHN HILLCOAT
GUY PEARCE, RAY WINSTONE, DANNY HUSTON, JOHN
HURT, DAVID WENHAM and EMILY WATSON star in a
visually stunning tale of loyalty, revenge and
the quest for justice.
Exclusive engagements start this Friday in Los
Angeles & New York
"Primal, savage, brutal in the best western
tradition."
- J. Hoberman, The Village Voice
Set against the harsh and unforgiving landscape
of the 1880s Australian outback, The Proposition
is a visually stunning tale of loyalty, revenge
and the quest for justice in a lawless land.
Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is a renegade. Along
with his two brothers, Arthur (Danny Huston) and
Mikey (Richard Wilson), he is wanted for murder.
When Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) captures
Charlie and Mikey, he offers Charlie a
proposition in an attempt to end the brutality that
surrounds them -- the only way to save Mikey from
the noose is for Charlie to track down and kill
Arthur, his psychotic older brother. An
impossible moral dilemma leads to a murderous climax.
Starts Friday in Los Angeles:
Landmark's Nuart
11272 Santa Monica Boulevard
just west of the 405 Freeway
Starts Friday in New York:
Angelika Film Center
Corner of Houston & Mercer
AMC Empire 25
42nd & 8th Avenue
For more information about the film, please log
on to www.ThePropositionFilm.com
~~~~~~~~
__________________________________________________
Focus Features Picks Up 6 High-Profile Films at
Cannes
MovieWeb - USA
www.movieweb.com/news/22/12522.php
Eagerly anticipated new films from such major
directors as David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises,
starring Viggo Mortensen), ...
Eastern Promises
Director David Cronenberg is reteaming with his
"A History of Violence" leading man Viggo
Mortensen for "Eastern Promises". The new
thriller follows Nikolai, a ruthless hit man for one of
London's most notorious organized crime families.
When he crosses paths with an innocent young
midwife who has stumbled on potential evidence
against the family, he goes against his own nature
to help her stay alive - and making himself a
marked man. The Focus Features and BBC Films
production is scripted by Steven Knight (Academy
Award nominee for Dirty Pretty Things).
__________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Sharpe on BBC America....
BBC America now has set their schedule for airing
Sharpe....
[]
Every Saturday night this summer, BBC AMERICA
takes viewers on a
sweeping two-hour journey to a new land, a new
battle, and a new set of
potential love interests with the epic romantic
war saga Sharpe.
Created by novelist Bernard Cornwell and starring
Sean Bean (North
Country, The Lord of the Rings), Sharpe
chronicles the victories and
loves of the legendary fictional Napoleonic war
hero, Richard Sharpe.
BBC AMERICA brings the complete series from the
very first episode,
Sharpe's Rifles, and will finish the
fifteen-episode run with a U.S.
premiere BBC AMERICA co-production, Sharpe's
Challenge, shot in India.
Sharpe's Rifles begins in 1809 when Sharpe is a
scrappy Sergeant. After
bravely saving the life of a distinguished
Captain, he is quickly
promoted to Lieutenant. His first mission is to
go behind enemy lines
to locate a missing agent, James Rothschild, who
carries badly needed
funds for the British army.
Sharpe is given command of the 95th Rifles under
Captain Murray, but
soon finds that they are an undisciplined bunch,
and neither Murray nor
the men of the Rifles are prepared to accept
Sharpe's command as
"proper" officers are not raised from the ranks.
After Captain Murray
is killed in a surprise French attack, Sharpe is
left in sole command.
Two Spanish allies, Major Blas Vivar and
Comandante Teresa, offer to
lead Sharpe to Rothschild at Casa Antiga. There
is no sign of
Rothschild upon arrival and Sharpe becomes
increasingly suspicious of
his Spanish companions. He discovers their real
mission is to transport
one of Spain's holy relics to Torrecastro to
inspire an uprising
against the French.
Sharpe's Rifles premieres Saturday, May 27, 9:00
p.m. ET/10:00 p.m. PT.
<http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/movies_specials/sharpes_rifles/sharpes_rifles.jsp>http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/movies_specials/sharpes_rifles/sharpes_rifles.jsp