28 June 2008
Thanks to Kimberly for sending in a link to a long interview with Julia at www.premiere.com.
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Thanks to Kimberly for sending in a link to a long interview with Julia at www.premiere.com.
The BBFC website reports that Surveillance has been passed as an 18 certificate in the UK. It has a running time of 97 minutes. It is "expected to open on 05/09/2008".
Captives will be shown on BBC tv next week. Check your listings!
Jo sent in a link to a Julia interview connected to the Kit Kittredge movie. Check it out at www.moviesonline.ca.
Rodolfo sent me in a link to photos of Julia at the world premiere of Kit Kittredge. (or as he describes it "aka the one Julia Ormond film I am sure I will never see... unless it becomes a classic and I have kids some day").
Here are some thumbnailed goodies:
To see more and bigger check out www.gettyimages.com.
Julia looks smashing. Julia, if you happen to be reading this, keep doing what you're doing.
Smashing, I tell you.
Rodolfo also found some cool little clips from Surveillance. at www.evene.fr.
According to the new Total Film magazine the Che movies should get a release in the UK early next year.
Jo tells me that there is a trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at www.traileraddict.com.
According to the IMDb Julia's character in the Che movie is called Lisa Howard. There's lots of info on her at www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk and it gives an idea on Julia's role. It'll be interesting to see how big a role is as after Julia prominently promoting it at Cannes.
Rodolfo found another set of Julia Cannes photos at www.gettyimages.com.
He also found more Surveillance reviews at www.screendaily.com (positive), www.time.com (non-committal?) and www.timeout.com (negative).
Also it seems like someone here is posting reviews as they show up: daily.greencine.com.
There was a Spanish trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on youtube but it's gone now. Let me know if you find an official trailer.
Another Cannes roundup.
www.latimes.com has an article about Jennifer Lynch and Surveillance.
www.reuters.com has a review of Surveillance.
celebrities-portal.com has photos of the Che photocall and some info on the movie(s).
popwatch.ew.com mentions both Surveillance and Che and finishes with the following thought:
And finally, it just so happens that Julia Ormond appears in Che as well as Surveillance. What's your take on the once-expected-to-be-a-megastar Ormond? Are you happy that she is (or may be) back?
Well, duh!
www.cinemastrikesback.com has a long and not-so-positive review of Surveillance.
Rodolfo sent in this link to some Julia related video at www.festival-cannes.fr.
Finally thanks to Mari for sending in this link. I do agree with the sentiment... Well played Julia.
As you may know the Cannes film festival is happening right now. Julia is in attendance as two of her new movies are getting their premieres there. There's LOTS of BIG photos at www.thefashionspot.com. Here are just a sample...
Julia at Surveillance premiere 20 May 2008
Julia at Che Party at Yacht Prometej 21 May 2008
Julia at Che premiere 21 May 2008
=THUD= (Sound of Jack's head hitting table.)
Julia at Surveillance photocall 21 May 2008
You can probably find many more from other sources.
Rodolfo found some footage of our Julia on www.youtube.com.
There's an interview with Surveillance director Jennifer Lynch at www.hollywoodreporter.com. Here's a quote:
Julia Ormond called me after reading the script. She really wanted to go someplace with her character that she'd never gone before. I told her that if I pushed her in a direction that was uncomfortable, I would also catch her.
www.indiewire.com reports that 'Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced that it has acquired the U.S. rights to Jennifer Lynch's "Surveillance." ... Magnet is planning a fall theatrical release.'
If anyone finds any quality Julia goodies why not email them in...
UK filmgoers will finally be able to see Julia on the big screen again:
LONDON -- Odeon Sky Filmworks, the joint theatrical distribution arm operated by U.K. exhibitor Odeon and satcaster BSkyB, has snapped up all U.K. rights to Jennifer Lynch's "Surveillance."
Executive produced by Lynch's filmmaker father, David, "Surveillance" is due to unspool in an Out of Competition midnight slot at the Festival de Cannes.
It stars Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James, Kent Harper, Ryan Simpkins, Michael Ironside and French Stewart and is billed as a "chilling thriller."
Odeon Sky Filmworks head Tony Miller struck the deal with sales and finance house Arclight executive vp Liz Mackiewicz.
The picture is written by Kent Harper and Jennifer Lynch and is a Film Star Pictures/Lago Film production and will be released across the U.K. in the fall.
Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
Jo sent in these links on Julia's work to stop slavery and end people trafficking:
In addition to Julia's movie Guerrilla her other movie Surveillance will get shown at Cannes next month.
I found this poster of Surveillance at www.impawards.com. Follow the link to see the bigger photo.
You can see the full Kit Kittredge trailer at www.cinematical.com. Thanks Jo. Warning, it's for kids.
Rodolfo has sent a link to an English-language trailer of Surveillance on www.youtube.com.
He also tells me that Soderberghs's two movies The Argentine and Guerrilla (the one what Julia is supposed to be in) are expected to premiere at at Cannes: www.hollywoodreporter.com
Rodolfo got in touch again with more info about Surveillance. There is a low-quality, German-dubbed trailer available on YouTube. Expect Lynch-style disturbing images!
See www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Gt-g1fAu4
The film is being released in Germany on July 17 according to www.imdb.com.
An article about the filming is posted at www.forodvdmania.com.ar.
Rodolfo has let me know that First Knight comes out on Special Edition Blu-Ray, April 29th : "extras include audio commentary with director Jerry Zucker and producer Hunt Lowry, Authurian Legend commentary, the featurettes "Making of First Knight" and "In Shining Armor: Knights in Training", and deleted scenes." See www.blu-ray.com
Lettie found some new photos of Julia at www.rexfeatures.com. They are dated 12 Feb 2008 but there is no mention of the event, but there appears to be a UN flag in the background. Here are five thumbnails. Julia is looking well.
Here's Lettie's review of IKWKM.
'IKWKM is not the sort of film that I would usually watch but as a devoted fan of Ms Ormond I was obliged to sit through it. It is a supernatural thriller and 'whodunnit' muder mystery all rolled into one. The story revolves around twins separated at birth and a serial killer on the loose. There are some truly horrific and distrubing scenes in the film with graphic images of torture and limb amputation. And plenty of blood. Ms Ormond has never, as far as I am aware, appeared in such a film before and hopefully never will again. Ms Ormond deserves much better. IKWKM is a far cry from her ealier works such as The Barber of Siberia and Smilla. However, as always, Ms Ormond brought intellgence and depth to her role and character. She just shines in everything she does. Let us all hope that her next films due to be released are worthy of her presence'.
Linda tells me that there is a sort of slide-show on the main www.arclightfilms.com page. A larger pic of Julia turns up there. You need the Flash plug-in working properly to see it.
Some finds from Rodolfo.
The El Escorial Conspiracy has an official website set up at www.laconjuradeelescorial.com. So far it's bare bones although it displays a release date: September 5, 2008. Also there's another gem of a eyepatch photo!
Also there's some news on Jennifer Lynch's Surveillance at www.arclightfilms.com. That page includes a little photo of Julia with Bill Pullman. There's a trailer but you need to be a movie buyer to see it.
According to www.berlinale.de Surveillance was shown in Germany at the European Film Festival on February 8 & 9. The film is listed as being 93 minutes long.
Thanks to Rodolfo for the finds.
Lettie tells me that "Sky" from Beach Girls turned up in the new Aliens Vs Predator movie!
Lettie has asked that I mention that her mother passed away suddenly last month. Lettie has been a long time contributor to the page and a friend. Please keep her in your thoughts.
Jack comments:
I finally got a chance to see I Know Who Killed Me at the weekend on DVD. My first impression is a bit mixed. It is by no means a great movie but it's not quite the dog turd that it's been made out to be. There are much worse movies being released right now. For example I had the misfortune to rent the DVD of the Black Xmas remake. 80 minutes of pointless eye-popping.
But back to IKWKM... Frankly Lohan is out of her depth. It was miscasting to put her in it. Still, if you want to see her pole-dancing, having some simulated sex, and then sew her finger back on, then this is the movie for you.
Julia wasn't in it that much, but when she turned up she was, well, her usual stunning self. It is a crying shame that we have not seen as much of her this last decade as we should have. Thankfully we have a bunch of new projects in the pipeline. And that Razzie nomination was quite undeserved. I guess Julia has been singled out because of the bad press the movie got.
So back to the movie. I thought it was far from perfect but quite well made, to be honest. There were some interesting ideas in there trying to get out.
I'm wondering about the whole "it was a fantasy/she made it up" theory. There are clues to support that idea in the early parts of the movie. But as it progressed the movie seemed to be saying that there were two Lohans.
In summary, not great, but not a complete disaster. Julia great, but not enough of her. Lohan not great. Press fast-forward when the fingers come off.
Oh dear. Julia has been nominated for a Razzie in the Worst Supporting Actress category for I Know Who Killed Me. It could have been worse. Lohan got nominated twice for the same movie!
I Know Who Killed Me is out on DVD in the UK on Monday. I've ordered my copy already!
After a longer than expected delay here are the September 2007 You magazine scans:
Rudy tells me that the NYT article mentioned, "The Conception, Production and Distribution of Julia Ormond", was recently made available by the New York Times at query.nytimes.com.
Rudy also let me know about a new Julia Czech website located at www.juliaormond.cz and if you do a search for "El Escorial Conspiracy" there is a myspace profile that shows up of a guy who was an extra of the film and he has some pics of him with Julia: profile.myspace.com.