SimplyScripts (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008
A couple of non-FYC scripts up. Thanks to JoBlo.com you can read the 2001 shooting script of Vanilla Sky which was based on the screenplay Abre Los Ojos by Alejandro Amenabar and Mateo Gil. And, thanks to the the definitive Coen Brothers fan site Coen Brothers, “You know, for the kids” you can [...]
Just Jared (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Rachel Weisz really knows how to work out black-and-white stripes in another Narciso Rodriguez creation at the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Museum of Finance on Tuesday (December 2) in New York City. The 37-year-old British actress came out to support her husband, Darren Aronofsky (pictured below), who directed the The Wrestler. His [...]
The Screening Log (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Remember Alejandro Amenábar? He's the guy who directed "Tesis," "The Others" and "Mar Adentro," among others, and his next project is "Agora," due in theaters Dec. 18, 2009. IMDb describes the film as follows: A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous...
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
THE OTHERS director Alejandro Amenábar's upcoming period epic AGORA has so far eluded the ever watchful eye of the internet but today, the folks at "Cineblog" got their hands on a couple of shots of Rachel Weisz as Greek philospher Hypatia in a story centering on her dalliance with a slave (Max Minghella). Or as the official synopsis puts it: A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
All we've seen this holiday weekend is nothing but first look photo debuts and today we have yet another. Back in April we wrote about a film called Agora where filmmaker Alejandro Amenábar wanted to allow "the audience to see, feel and smell a remote civilization as if it were as real as today." The civilization in question - the Egyptians during the 4th century AD. In the film, Rachel Weisz stars...
Screenhead (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Alejandro Amenabar, the director of The Others and Open Your Eyes, has been working on a closed set for the movie Agora. Over at Twitch, it has been reported that the film managed to run entirely under the radar for the majority of its production cycle even though it’s a high-budget film. Now, a bit [...]
Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
To say that Agora - the new film from The Others and Open Your Eyes director Alejandro Amenabar has been functioning on a closed set is a bit of an understatement. Despite a simply massive budget the film managed to run entirely under the rader for the majority of its production cycle, not even releasing a synopsis until relatively late in the game. And though the film is now through photography and...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Film News: Film produced by Amenabar's company -- Fernando Bovaira’s Mod Producciones and Telecinco Cinema have joined Alejandro Amenabar’s shingle Himenoptero to produce “El Mal ajeno,” helmed by Oskar Santos.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Film News: Company also nets 'Nine,' 'Taking Woodstock' -- Leading Polish indie distributor Kino Swiat went on an AFM shopping spree grabbing local rights to "Killers" from Mandate.
Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
english actorsnbsp rachel weisz and max minghella have signed on for an ancient egyptian epic tilted agorathe film will be directed by alejandro amenabar who also helmed the nicole kidman starrer the othersagora is set in roman egypt in the fourth century adweisz plays astrologerphilosopher hypatia of alexandria who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient worldher slave davus minghella is...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe, 2001) 9pm, More 4 This lesser remake of Alejandro Amenabar's disquieting psychological thriller, Open Your Eyes, stars Tom Cruise as a complacent playboy who is horribly disfigured in a car accident caused by a jealous girlfriend (Cameron Diaz), and then experiences all sorts of weird hallucinatory traumas. This being Hollywood, even with the scars Tom is pretty cute; and...
The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz B (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
By Steven Zeitchik An English-language remake of a foreign film is like a certain kind of cover band -- capable of adding its own spin to the original but more likely reminding us why that original should have remained untouched....
Reel Suave (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Starring : Nicole Kidman, Alakina Mann, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Elaine Cassidy, James Bentley Directed By : Alejandro Amenábar Darkness is where this woman wanted to reside. She closes the blinds so that her children don’t get exposed to the sunlight that can have an adverse effect on them. Grace Stewart is the lady played by Nicole Kidman who is just been bothered by three people...
Heartcrossings (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
I watched Abre los ojos by Alejandro Amenábar recently and have not seen Vanilla Sky which is apparently inspired by this movie. The story is a complex mix of fact and fiction, dream and illusion; how what we desire in life is often very far away from what we end up getting even after having the received the gift of exercising free will as the hero César does in Amenábar's movie. He is allowed to select...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
It seems there are two sides to Penelope Cruz. There's the renowned Spanish actress, celebrated by such auteurs as Bigas Luna, Alejandro Amenabar and Pedro Almodovar, whose 2006 effort Volver won her the first Oscar nomination of her career. And there's the Hollywood starlet, better known for dating her co-stars than for the string of forgettable roles she's taken. But her latest film, Elegy, an adaptation...
