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SHINE A LIGHT - [2008]
 
Photo Credit: Brigitte Lacombe
© 2007 by Brigitte Lacombe. All Rights Reserved
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ABOVE IMAGE FOR a clip from the film featuring the song "ALL DOWN THE LINE".
Mick Jagger was in the middle of the band’s planet-circling “Bigger Bang” tour. and
had the idea to make a film about the tour. Jagger’s original concept was to shoot the group’s biggest concert
ever and they were going to be doing this big concert in Rio de Janeiro with a million people on the beach. But once
Scorsese got involved, he thought that a Stones concert is already such a spectacle.. “What if I can convince them
to play on a smaller stage, the "Beacon Theatre" in New York, with the best cameramen in the world..?”
The result is SHINE A LIGHT, and the STONES Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood are joined on the
BEACON's stage by long time admired Bluesman BUDDY GUY along with Pop rockers Christina Aguilera & Jack White III.
IF you're ready to ROCK.. Catch this ULTIMATE
CONCERT FILM.
Official Website: http://www.shinealightmovie.com/
HOLLYWOOD2YOU.TVTRANSFORMERS - [2007]
 Imaages © 2007 DreamWorks Pictures and
Paramount Pictures – All rights reserved Synopsis:
Our world will be changed on July 3 when aliens make Earth their final battleground in “TRANSFORMERS.” As the
forces of evil seek the key to ultimate power, our last chance for survival rests in the hands of young Sam Witwicky (SHIA
LABEOUF). Release: July 3, 2007. This film has been rated PG-13. “I’ve been one of the biggest fans of Transformers™ since they first came out,” says
executive producer Steven Spielberg. “I’m not talking about buying the toys for my kids. I’m talking about
reading the comic books and buying the toys for myself. I’d play with them at home with my kids, but I’m the one
who was enthralled with them,” he recalls. “I was a collector and I always thought the Hasbro toy line would one
day ‘transform’ into a big summer movie.” A
single Transformer™ is made up of thousands of separate pieces that combine to make a living machine. That is a fair
assessment of how Michael Bay put together the film "TRANSFORMERS." The famously meticulous director laid out his
grand vision, assembled its many thousand pieces and kept his eye on each and every one of them as he moved through the development
process during which the pieces were manipulated by hundreds of technical experts under Bay's masterful command.
Then, once he had his mass-production factory set up just the way he liked it, he proceeded to guide his troops toward creating
the ultimate action fun ride — a giddy, transcendental process of blowing things up on an epic scale. DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures Present, in Association with
Hasbro, a di Bonaventura Pictures Production, a Tom DeSanto/Don Murphy Production of a Michael Bay Film, “TRANSFORMERS”
starring Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Anderson, Megan Fox, Rachael Taylor with John Turturro and Jon
Voight. Directed by Michael Bay from a story by John Rogers and Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman and a screenplay by Roberto
Orci & Alex Kurtzman, the film is based on Hasbro’s Transformers™ Action Figures. The producers are
Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce and the executive producers are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay,
Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. The director of photography is Mitchell Amundsen. The production designer is Jeff Mann.
The film is edited by Paul Rubell, A.C.E. and Glen Scantlebury. The costume designer is Deborah L. Scott. The music is by
Steve Jablonsky. The music supervisor is Dave Jordan. The special visual effects are by Industrial Light & Magic. HOLLYWOOD2you.TV – John Reed WORLD TRADE CENTER - [2006]
   
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Directed by Oliver Stone
WORLD TRADE CENTER the new motion picture from Oliver Stone tells
the story of a team of PAPD first responders trapped themselves in their survival attemps. Stars Nicolas Cage as(John McLoughlin)
and Michael Pena as (Will Jimeno). The film also follows their wives (Donna McLoughlin in Goshen, New York, and Allison Jimeno
in Clifton, New Jersey), children, and parents who suffered in their own confined circle of hell. To bring McLoughlin’s
and Jimeno’s story to the screen, Oliver Stone brought together an outstanding team of professionals. The director of
photography is Seamus McGarvey, who filmed the Academy Award® nominee for best picture, “The Hours.” Jan Roelfs,
the production designer, is a two-time Academy Award® nominee and previously worked with Stone on the epic “Alexander.”
Editor David Brenner, who won the Oscar® for his work on Stone’s “Born on the Fourth of July,” marks
his eighth collaboration with the director, joining with his longtime assistant and now fine lead editor in her own right,
Julie Monroe. The costumes are designed by Michael Dennison. Composer Craig Armstrong, who has provided the music for such
diverse films as “Moulin Rouge” and “Ray,” writes the score. Although several of Stone’s movies
feature operatic camerawork, “World Trade Center,” by comparison, is visually spare. “Seamus and I agreed
early on to go more conservatively on this movie, to keep the moves simple, especially in the holes where the men are buried,”
says Stone. “And to concentrate on the lighting. We wanted to keep the balance of realistic shadows, yet see into their
eyes. Outside the holes, we sought the light as much as possible in the story of the wives and the Marine, to alleviate the
dark. In the end, we played off the light and the dark, with variations, seeking to reverse the normal functions of both.”
With that in mind, McGarvey and Stone designed the camera work to convey the characters’ internal emotional journeys.
To achieve that vision, McGarvey embarked on a testing process on the best ways to pick up emotion through shifts in light
and focus. “On every film, you find something that offers a way of expressing emotion photographically. I asked Panavision,
‘I’m trying to focus in on a single plane, on an eye or a mouth, trying to explore the landscape of the face without
a camera move. Have you anything like that? They told me, ‘We’ve got the perfect thing.’” The perfect
thing turned out to be a prototype of a lens invented by Steve Hylen, the designer at Panavision. As for Lighting, “We
shot much of Ground Zero at night, because that’s when Will was rescued. That first night, after the Towers collapsed,
there wasn’t much light; the site was mostly lit from the ground and some emergency equipment. We had to light a movie
set, but essentially, it was the same concept: the set was lit from low angles and we had one large backlight from behind
to provide shards of light,” per Chief Lighting Technician Randy J. Woodside. for Hollywood2You.TV -- John Reed _____________________
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BEOWULF
  
Photo: Paramount Pictures and Shangri-La Entertainment, LLC © 2007 by Paramount
Pictures and Shangri-La Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Unlike anything you will see this year, “Beowulf”
represents a decade long quest for New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman (“Mirrormask,” the Sandman graphic
novels), and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Roger Avary ("Pulp Fiction") to see the myth adapted to the
big screen. The Film is being released in Real D, Dolby Digital 3D and IMAX 3D. The story follows the Viking hero, Beowulf,
as he sets out to avenge the death of his men. Paramount Pictures Presents In Association with Shangri-La Entertainment An
ImageMovers Production “Beowulf” starring Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin
Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman and Angelina Jolie. The film is directed by Robert
Zemeckis from a screenplay by Neil Gaiman & Roger Avary. The producers are Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke.
The executive producers are Martin Shafer, Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman.
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RENO 911 -MIAMI ... THE MOVIE!!!
 
Reno 911! co-stars-writers-executive
producers Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, and Kerri Kenney-Silver. first met in college, where they created a comedy troupe
they called The State. Garant, Lennon and Kenney-Silver came up with the idea of a parody of the popular reality series “Cops.”
“‘Cops’ was a huge hit for the network, so we thought it would be a fun thing to parody,” says Kenney-Silver.
The result was a hilarious take on the traditional cop drama, with soap opera-like twists and turns. It worked on TV and now
here comes THE MOVIE.
The Movie RENO 911!: MIAMI, with its confluence of dueling cities may be the stupidest title
in movie history. Not surprisingly, it wasn’t the product of market research, filmmaker/corporate brainstorming –
or any kind of creative thinking. Robert Ben Garant explains: “I’m not positive, but I think I came up with the
title. I thought it was the dumbest title I’ve ever heard.
Director
Garant and the rest of the team were delighted to shoot the film in high-definition video – an upgrade from the series’
standard definition video. But with HD came significant challenges, including dealing with Lt. Dangle’s facial hair.
For the show, the usually-clean-shaven Lennon uses a stick-on mustache, but for the movie, it’s all him. Lennon notes
their cost-savings benefits. “Those things cost $100 apiece.” HA!
These guys echo
the great "Second City TV" & "Saturday Night Live" shows when theye peaked at their funniest!
TM and ©2007 Twentieth Century Fox. All rights reserved.
Official Movie Site: http://www.reno911movie.com/ _________________________________________ DREAM
GIRLS
Left to Right: ANIKA NONI ROSE, BEYONCE
KNOWLES and JENNIFER HUDSON star in DreamWorks Pictures' and Paramount Pictures' big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning
Broadway sensation DREAMGIRLS, under the direction of Bill Condon.
DREAMGIRLS
DOMESTIC RELEASE: DECEMBER 22,2006
[DREAM WORKS]
A co-production of DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount
Pictures, “Dreamgirls” will be distributed domestically by DreamWorks, with Paramount handling the international
release. The Tony Award-winning musical sensation “Dreamgirls” comes to the big screen starring Academy Award®
winner Jamie Foxx (“Ray”), Beyoncé Knowles (“Austin Powers in Goldmember”), Danny Glover (“Lethal
Weapon”), newcomer Jennifer Hudson, Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Broadway’s “Caroline or Change”)
and Eddie Murphy (“The Nutty Professor,” “Dr. Dolittle”). Set in the turbulent late 1960s and early
‘70s, “Dreamgirls” follows the rise of a trio of women—Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Deena (Beyoncé
Knowles) and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose)—who have formed a promising girl group called The Dreamettes. At a talent competition,
they are discovered by an ambitious manager named Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Jamie Foxx), who offers them the opportunity of a lifetime:
to become the back-up singers for headliner James “Thunder” Early (Eddie Murphy). Curtis gradually takes control
of the girls’ look and sound, eventually giving them their own shot in the spotlight as The Dreams. That spotlight,
however, begins to narrow in on Deena, finally pushing the less attractive Effie out altogether. Though the Dreams become
a crossover phenomenon, they soon realize that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined. Rounding
out the main cast are Keith Robinson (“Fat Albert”), Sharon Leal (TV’s “Boston Public”), and
three-time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle (“Miss Saigon,” “The Tap Dance Kid,” “The Wiz”).
“Dreamgirls” is being directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay he adapted from the stage musical’s original
book by Tom Eyen. An Academy Award® winner for his screenplay for “Gods and Monsters,” which he also directed,
Condon received another Oscar® nomination for his screenplay adaptation of “Chicago.” He more recently wrote
and directed “Kinsey.” Academy Award®-nominated producer Laurence Mark (“Jerry Maguire,” “As
Good As It Gets,” “I, Robot”) is producing “Dreamgirls,” with Patricia Whitcher (“Memoirs
of a Geisha,” “The Terminal”) executive producing. The lyrics are by Tom Eyen, with music by Henry Krieger.
The Credits are not final and date is subject to change. for Hollywood2You.TV -- John Reed NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
 
  Director/Producer Shawn Levy's
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM's is a great comedy concept with Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and master comic legends
Dick Van Dyke & Mickey Rooney lending their magic. Right from the beginning, the
idea behind NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM proved impossible to resist for the filmmakers. A Croatian illustrator, Milan Trenc,
first drew a children’s storybook with the museum coming alive concept.
The book was soon optioned by Fox, with Chris Columbus
and Michael Barnathan of 1492 Pictures attached to produce, and 1492’s Mark Radcliffe attached to executive produce.
The trio of filmmakers, who would later merge contemporary humor and cutting-edge effects into modern adventure classics with
the Harry Potter series of films, envisioned an expanded story for NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM.
When Fox executives showed
the book to screenwriters Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant – who came to the
fore as partners with the runaway television hit “Reno 911” (and the upcoming film version Reno 911!: Miami) --
the duo could barely contain themselves. “We literally leapt from our seats,” says Lennon. “I mean, we’re
both from New York and we basically spent our boyhoods roaming the Natural History Museum. We could draw you a map from memory,
that’s how much we loved spending time there. It was simply the coolest place on earth.”
Levy is currently developing several films to produce through his production
company, 21 Laps Entertainment, which is housed at Fox. These projects include The Rocker, Father Figure, and Back Magick
for Fox; Me, Me, Me at New Line; and The Talent Thief for Universal.
Link to the the FILM site: http://www.nightatthemuseum.com/
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    Pirates
of the Caribbean (2006)
TOUCHTONE PICTURES
Directed by Gore Verbinski The Curse of the Black Pearl
is pillaging box offices across the country. The special effects are fantastic with this DISNEY film. But the most compelling
is the pirate character played by Johnny Depp. Who would have thought that the mannerisms of Keith Richards of The Rolling
Stones, would have inspired a Disney pirate film, and the now TOP BANKABLE ACTOR, Johnny Depp. Keith Richard has had the reputation
of one of the Hardest Partying Rockers in history. Johnny drew from Keith drawl speech and quirky head & body movements
to create a fantastic character who is responsible for the largest BOX OFFICE weekend in history. This film may prove to be
the biggest grossing ever with the inevitable merchandising for years to follow . Cheers to Keith & Johnny! A Great Film. and Icon Distribution, Inc.. All rights reserved. for
Hollywood2You.TV -- John Reed _________________________________________   MY
SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND Ivan Reitman is one of the most successful comedy filmmakers of all time. His numerous directorial credits
include “Ghostbusters,” “Stripes,” “Meatballs” and “Ghostbusters 2.” In addition,
he produced or executive produced hits such as “Old School,” “Road Trip,” “Private Parts”
and “Animal House.” For his latest film, Reitman was looking for a fresh take on the genre. “It wasn’t
easy,” Reitman says. “We’ve seen lots of comedies with a romantic element, and most seem to play out in
a strict template: Boy meets girl; loses girl for a while; then he gets her back.” Reitman found the kind of novel idea
he was searching for in an original screenplay by Don Payne, a longtime writer/co-executive producer on the “The Simpsons.”
Payne’s script, called MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND, changed up the classic comedy template: the “boy” falls for
a “girl” whom he discovers is a superhero. Taking the idea even further, Payne made his super-heroine neurotic,
needy and clingy – the nightmare trifecta of romance. “Even though the female lead character is a superhero, Don’s
script wasn’t a comic-book story,” says Reitman. “This is not a superhero film. It’s a comedy grounded
in reality. Even if you don’t like comics or superhero films, there’s a lot for you in MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND.
Don’s dialogue was naturalistic, contemporary, sharp – and funny.” Hollywood2You.TV -- John Reed
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 FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS FL-015 (Left to right) Ira Hayes (ADAM BEACH), John ‘Doc’
Bradley (RYAN PHILLIPPE) and Rene Gagnon (JESSIE BRADFORD) are greeted as heroes upon returning home from the war in DreamWorks
Pictures’ and Warner Bros. Pictures’ World War II drama FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. From Academy Award®-winning
director Clint Eastwood (“Million Dollar Baby,” “Unforgiven”) comes the World War II drama “Flags
of Our Fathers,” produced by Eastwood and Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg (“Saving Private Ryan,”
“Schindler’s List”). February 1945. Even as victory in Europe was finally within reach, the war in the Pacific
raged on. One of the most crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo Jima, which culminated
with what would become one of the most iconic images in history: five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American flag
on Mount Suribachi. The inspiring photo capturing that moment became a symbol of victory to a nation that had grown weary
of war and made instant heroes of the six American soldiers at the base of the flag, some of whom would die soon after, never
knowing that they had been immortalized. But the surviving flag raisers had no interest in being held up as symbols and did
not consider themselves heroes; they wanted only to stay on the front with their brothers in arms who were fighting and dying
without fanfare or glory. “Flags of Our Fathers” is based on the bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers,
which chronicled the battle of Iwo Jima and the fates of the flag raisers and some of their brothers in Easy Company. Bradley’s
father, John “Doc” Bradley, was one of the soldiers pictured raising the flag, although James never knew the full
extent of his father’s experiences until after the elder Bradley’s death in 1994. The ensemble cast of “Flags
of Our Fathers” includes Ryan Phillippe (“Crash”), Jesse Bradford (“Happy Endings”), Adam Beach
(“Windtalkers”), Paul Walker (“Into the Blue”), Jamie Bell (“Billy Elliot”), Barry Pepper
(“Saving Private Ryan”) and John Benjamin Hickey (“Flightplan”). Clint Eastwood directed “Flags
of Our Fathers” from a screenplay adapted by Oscar® nominee Paul Haggis (“Million Dollar Baby”). Robert
Lorenz (“Million Dollar Baby,” “Mystic River”) served as executive producer. A co-production of DreamWorks
Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, “Flags of Our Fathers” will be distributed domestically by DreamWorks, with
Warner Bros. handling the international release. DOMESTIC RELEASE: FALL 2006 Credits are not final and date is subject to
change. for Hollywood2You.TV -- John Reed
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V for
VENDETTA
WARNER BROS - (2005)
Directed by James McTeigue CAST:
Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond
Hugo Weaving as V
Stephen Rea
as Inspector Eric Finch
Stephen Fry as Gordon Deitrich
John Hurt as Chancellor Adam Sutler
This film takes it's start from a DC Comic superhero "V".
But unlike a Spiderman, the strengths of "V" are believable, and lure you in to believing in the film. It is a drama,
action film without a drop of comedy, (it doesn't always need comedy guys). It takes you somewhere between a 1984 George Orwell
film, and Vigilante Justice. The Voice of V was an entrancing. The editing of the film was quick, just perfect allowing you
to lose yourself in the film effortlessly. The scenes were often lit darkly capturing the mood of the social unrest, and struggling
in the somewhat futuristic London. This film has a cult movie status to be re-viewed for a long, long time. Tremendously good
intelligent action film! for Hollywood2You.TV -- John Reed
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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA THE DEVIL WEARS
PRADA is based on the internationally best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger, which spent six months on The New York Times
bestseller list and was translated into 27 languages. In the film, two-time Oscar® winner Meryl Streep is Miranda Priestly,
the reigning queen of fashion whose whims can start and end careers. Director David Frankel, who explored the vagaries of
fashion and celebrity in the landmark series “Sex in the City” and “Entourage,” says that instead
of making the obvious choice to demonize Miranda, he preferred “to explore Miranda’s relentless pursuit of excellence
in a serious way,” he says. “And how many sacrifices she must make to excel. “There are lots of famous women
who are successful on the level of Miranda Priestly, and it is very easy to criticize them because they put their work first,”
Frankel continues. “Men are rarely criticized for that.” Miranda has made hard sacrifices to make it to the top
and stay there. Love her or hate her (with most underlings falling into the “hate” category), no one can deny
she is the primary architect of a formidable empire. “Miranda has an incredible amount of power in the marketplace,”
says Meryl Streep. “She’s a taste- and trend-maker and therefore a market-setter. She functions with a lot of
pressure, and she runs a very tight ship.” Streep’s Miranda, Frankel points out, skates the edge between the comically
mean and the genuinely sad. “A key part of Meryl’s incredible talent is the ability to blend comedy and drama,”
he says. “She can find what’s funny in the real so that it never feels forced.” for Hollywood2You.TV -- John Reed © 2008 HOLLYWOOD2YOU.TV - all rights reserved
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