Opposition to the Academy’s plan to award eight Oscars prior to the live telecast continues to grow, with more than 350 new names — including more than a dozen Oscar-winning editors, cinematographers and production designers — added to the petition sent last week to Academy president David Rubin urging a reversal of the plan.
Among the industry professionals signing are Oscar-winning cinematographers John Seale (“The English Patient”), John Toll (“Braveheart”) and Dean Semler (“Dances With Wolves”), and Oscar-winning editors Richard Chew and Paul Hirsch (“Star Wars”), Mikkel Neilsen (“The Sound of Metal”), Pietro Scalia (“JFK”) and Zach Staenberg (“The Matrix”).
Oscar-winning production designers Hannah Beachler (“Black Panther”), Barbara Ling (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”), Adam Stockhausen (“Grand Budapest Hotel”) and David and Sandy Wasco (“La La Land”) also signed on.
Cinematography will be presented during the live show, but editing and production design are among the eight awards to be presented during the 4 p.
Among the industry professionals signing are Oscar-winning cinematographers John Seale (“The English Patient”), John Toll (“Braveheart”) and Dean Semler (“Dances With Wolves”), and Oscar-winning editors Richard Chew and Paul Hirsch (“Star Wars”), Mikkel Neilsen (“The Sound of Metal”), Pietro Scalia (“JFK”) and Zach Staenberg (“The Matrix”).
Oscar-winning production designers Hannah Beachler (“Black Panther”), Barbara Ling (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”), Adam Stockhausen (“Grand Budapest Hotel”) and David and Sandy Wasco (“La La Land”) also signed on.
Cinematography will be presented during the live show, but editing and production design are among the eight awards to be presented during the 4 p.
- 3/17/2022
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: WestEnd Films has closed a raft of deals on Flammable Children (aka Swinging Safari) ahead of its international premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival next month.
The Australian comedy, written and directed by Stephan Elliott, sold in Cannes to UK (Thunderbird), France (Swift), Italy (Lucky Red), Spain (Twelve Oaks), Switzerland (Frenetic), Scandinavia (Sandrew), the Middle East (Ecs) and Russia (Luxor). Becker Film Group released in the film in Australia in January of this year.
Guy Pearce (Iron Man 3), former pop star Kylie Minogue (Holy Motors), Radha Mitchell (The Shack), Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck), Asher Keddie (Wolverine) and Jeremy Sims (Idiot Box) star in the comedy about teenager Jeff and his crush Melly who are coming of age in a small Australian town during the 1970s when a 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach. Meanwhile, their eccentric parents...
The Australian comedy, written and directed by Stephan Elliott, sold in Cannes to UK (Thunderbird), France (Swift), Italy (Lucky Red), Spain (Twelve Oaks), Switzerland (Frenetic), Scandinavia (Sandrew), the Middle East (Ecs) and Russia (Luxor). Becker Film Group released in the film in Australia in January of this year.
Guy Pearce (Iron Man 3), former pop star Kylie Minogue (Holy Motors), Radha Mitchell (The Shack), Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck), Asher Keddie (Wolverine) and Jeremy Sims (Idiot Box) star in the comedy about teenager Jeff and his crush Melly who are coming of age in a small Australian town during the 1970s when a 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach. Meanwhile, their eccentric parents...
- 5/24/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Australian actors last appeared on screen together nearly 30 years ago in TV soap Neighbours.
Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue have signed on to join Radha Mitchell in Flammable Children, the new comedy feature written and directed Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).
It marks the first time the two have appeared on screen together in nearly 30 years, having starred as Mike and Charlene in TV soap Neighbours in the 1980s.
As well as a successful pop career, Minogue has appeared in films including Moulin Rouge! and Holy Motors while Pearce is perhaps best known for roles in Memento, La Confidential and Iron Man 3.
Flammable Children will shoot in Australia this autumn. Three other leading roles are yet to be cast.
Taking place in 1975, the film is set in a sleepy beachside suburb where “an extraordinary event” sets in motion a revelatory week for a teenage boy and girl.
The feature...
Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue have signed on to join Radha Mitchell in Flammable Children, the new comedy feature written and directed Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).
It marks the first time the two have appeared on screen together in nearly 30 years, having starred as Mike and Charlene in TV soap Neighbours in the 1980s.
As well as a successful pop career, Minogue has appeared in films including Moulin Rouge! and Holy Motors while Pearce is perhaps best known for roles in Memento, La Confidential and Iron Man 3.
Flammable Children will shoot in Australia this autumn. Three other leading roles are yet to be cast.
Taking place in 1975, the film is set in a sleepy beachside suburb where “an extraordinary event” sets in motion a revelatory week for a teenage boy and girl.
The feature...
- 4/8/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Stephan Elliott and a Guy Pearce doppelganger.
Stephan Elliott's next film, Flammable Children, starring Guy Pearce and Radha Mitchell, will start pre-production in Queensland in mid-August and begin shooting in early October.
The film is being produced by Wildheart Films. Al Clark and See Pictures. Jamie Hilton.
"We are thrilled Stephan and the producers of Flammable Children have chosen Queensland to shoot their film and the opportunities that will be afforded to our world-class local creatives and crew", said Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira.
"This news is another major boost to our local industry and follows on from back-to-back domestic and international film and television productions"..
"Productions like Flammable Children create jobs, up-skill our local crew and creative base and create greater certainty to our local industry".
Elliott's film will shoot in South East Queensland, employ around 120 Queensland crew and spend more than $6 million on Queenslanders and Queensland businesses,...
Stephan Elliott's next film, Flammable Children, starring Guy Pearce and Radha Mitchell, will start pre-production in Queensland in mid-August and begin shooting in early October.
The film is being produced by Wildheart Films. Al Clark and See Pictures. Jamie Hilton.
"We are thrilled Stephan and the producers of Flammable Children have chosen Queensland to shoot their film and the opportunities that will be afforded to our world-class local creatives and crew", said Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira.
"This news is another major boost to our local industry and follows on from back-to-back domestic and international film and television productions"..
"Productions like Flammable Children create jobs, up-skill our local crew and creative base and create greater certainty to our local industry".
Elliott's film will shoot in South East Queensland, employ around 120 Queensland crew and spend more than $6 million on Queenslanders and Queensland businesses,...
- 2/23/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Stephan Elliott and a Guy Pearce doppelganger.
Stephan Elliott's next film, Flammable Children, starring Guy Pearce and Radha Mitchell, will start pre-production in Queensland in mid-August and begin shooting in early October.
The film is being produced by Wildheart Films. Al Clark and See Pictures. Jamie Hilton.
"We are thrilled Stephan and the producers of Flammable Children have chosen Queensland to shoot their film and the opportunities that will be afforded to our world-class local creatives and crew", said Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira.
"This news is another major boost to our local industry and follows on from back-to-back domestic and international film and television productions"..
"Productions like Flammable Children create jobs, up-skill our local crew and creative base and create greater certainty to our local industry".
Elliott's film will shoot in South East Queensland, employ around 120 Queensland crew and spend more than $6 million on Queenslanders and Queensland businesses,...
Stephan Elliott's next film, Flammable Children, starring Guy Pearce and Radha Mitchell, will start pre-production in Queensland in mid-August and begin shooting in early October.
The film is being produced by Wildheart Films. Al Clark and See Pictures. Jamie Hilton.
"We are thrilled Stephan and the producers of Flammable Children have chosen Queensland to shoot their film and the opportunities that will be afforded to our world-class local creatives and crew", said Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira.
"This news is another major boost to our local industry and follows on from back-to-back domestic and international film and television productions"..
"Productions like Flammable Children create jobs, up-skill our local crew and creative base and create greater certainty to our local industry".
Elliott's film will shoot in South East Queensland, employ around 120 Queensland crew and spend more than $6 million on Queenslanders and Queensland businesses,...
- 2/23/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Guy Pearce in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Guy Pearce will reunite with his Priscilla writer-director, Stephan Elliott, on Flammable Children, a comedy set in Dee Why in the 1970's.
WestEnd Films have acquired worldwide rights and are currently shopping the film at Berlin's Efm.
Looking for Grace's Radha Mitchell is also onboard, with more cast members to be announced..
The film will be made by Jamie Hilton's See Pictures, and produced by Hilton and Prisicilla producer Al Clark.
Set in 1975, Flammable Children begins with a 200-ton blue whale getting washed up on the local beach. The local kids think it.s the biggest thing ever. Behind closed doors, their mums and dads celebrate in their own special way - by joining the sexual revolution and throwing a wife-swapping key party. It.s all about to go spectacularly wrong..
According to Variety, the film will...
Guy Pearce will reunite with his Priscilla writer-director, Stephan Elliott, on Flammable Children, a comedy set in Dee Why in the 1970's.
WestEnd Films have acquired worldwide rights and are currently shopping the film at Berlin's Efm.
Looking for Grace's Radha Mitchell is also onboard, with more cast members to be announced..
The film will be made by Jamie Hilton's See Pictures, and produced by Hilton and Prisicilla producer Al Clark.
Set in 1975, Flammable Children begins with a 200-ton blue whale getting washed up on the local beach. The local kids think it.s the biggest thing ever. Behind closed doors, their mums and dads celebrate in their own special way - by joining the sexual revolution and throwing a wife-swapping key party. It.s all about to go spectacularly wrong..
According to Variety, the film will...
- 2/15/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Members of the American Cinema Editors have cut together an assembly of 10 nominees in two film categories for next month's 2007 Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing.
Making the dramatic feature film cut are Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel, Stuart Baird for Casino Royale, Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed, Lucia Zucchetti for The Queen and the triumvirate of Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson for United 93.
In the comedy feature heat, the nominees are Mark Livolsi for The Devil Wears Prada, Virginia Katz for Dreamgirls, Pamela Martin for Little Miss Sunshine, Craig Wood and Stephen Rivkin for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," and Dana Glauberman for Thank You for Smoking.
In the documentary competition, the nominees are Jay Cassidy and Dan Swietlik for An Inconvenient Truth, Patrick McMahon and Carrie Goldman for Baghdad ER and Samuel D. Pollard for Part 1 of Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."
The nominees for miniseries or motion picture for noncommercial television are Beverley Mills for HBO's Elizabeth I, Part 1, Curtiss Clayton and Lee Percy for HBO's Mrs. Harris, and Trevor Waite for A&E's "Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act, Part 1."
Best-edited miniseries or motion picture for commercial television earned nominations for Sue Blainey, Sarah Boyd and Stephen Semel for ABC's Lost: Live Together, Die Alone, Geoffrey Rowland, Eric Sears, Bryan Horne, David Handman and Mitchell Danton for ABC's "The Path to 9/11, Part Two," and Heather Persons for TNT's The Ron Clark Story.
In the half-hour series for television race, the contenders are Jon Corn for HBO's Entourage: Sorry Ari, Lance Luckey for NBC's My Name Is Earl: Number One, and Dean Holland and David Rogers for NBC's The Office: Casino Nights.
The one-hour series nominees for commercial television are Leon Ortiz-Gil for Fox's 24: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Conrad Gonzalez, Keith Henderson and Steve Michael for NBC's Friday Night Lights: Pilot, and Edward Ornelas for ABC's "Grey's Anatomy: It's the End of the World."
All eight film, television and documentary category winners will be disclosed during the editors' 57th annual awards ceremony Feb.
Making the dramatic feature film cut are Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel, Stuart Baird for Casino Royale, Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed, Lucia Zucchetti for The Queen and the triumvirate of Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson for United 93.
In the comedy feature heat, the nominees are Mark Livolsi for The Devil Wears Prada, Virginia Katz for Dreamgirls, Pamela Martin for Little Miss Sunshine, Craig Wood and Stephen Rivkin for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," and Dana Glauberman for Thank You for Smoking.
In the documentary competition, the nominees are Jay Cassidy and Dan Swietlik for An Inconvenient Truth, Patrick McMahon and Carrie Goldman for Baghdad ER and Samuel D. Pollard for Part 1 of Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."
The nominees for miniseries or motion picture for noncommercial television are Beverley Mills for HBO's Elizabeth I, Part 1, Curtiss Clayton and Lee Percy for HBO's Mrs. Harris, and Trevor Waite for A&E's "Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act, Part 1."
Best-edited miniseries or motion picture for commercial television earned nominations for Sue Blainey, Sarah Boyd and Stephen Semel for ABC's Lost: Live Together, Die Alone, Geoffrey Rowland, Eric Sears, Bryan Horne, David Handman and Mitchell Danton for ABC's "The Path to 9/11, Part Two," and Heather Persons for TNT's The Ron Clark Story.
In the half-hour series for television race, the contenders are Jon Corn for HBO's Entourage: Sorry Ari, Lance Luckey for NBC's My Name Is Earl: Number One, and Dean Holland and David Rogers for NBC's The Office: Casino Nights.
The one-hour series nominees for commercial television are Leon Ortiz-Gil for Fox's 24: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Conrad Gonzalez, Keith Henderson and Steve Michael for NBC's Friday Night Lights: Pilot, and Edward Ornelas for ABC's "Grey's Anatomy: It's the End of the World."
All eight film, television and documentary category winners will be disclosed during the editors' 57th annual awards ceremony Feb.
- 1/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Members of the American Cinema Editors have cut together an assembly of 10 nominees in two film categories for next month's 2007 Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing.
Making the dramatic feature film cut are Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel, Stuart Baird for Casino Royale, Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed, Lucia Zucchetti for The Queen and the triumvirate of Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson for United 93.
In the comedy feature heat, the nominees are Mark Livolsi for The Devil Wears Prada, Virginia Katz for Dreamgirls, Pamela Martin for Little Miss Sunshine, Craig Wood and Stephen Rivkin for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," and Dana Glauberman for Thank You for Smoking.
In the documentary competition, the nominees are Jay Cassidy and Dan Swietlik for An Inconvenient Truth, Patrick McMahon and Carrie Goldman for Baghdad ER and Samuel D. Pollard for Part 1 of Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."
The nominees for miniseries or motion picture for noncommercial television are Beverley Mills for HBO's Elizabeth I, Part 1, Curtiss Clayton and Lee Percy for HBO's Mrs. Harris, and Trevor Waite for A&E's "Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act, Part 1."
Best-edited miniseries or motion picture for commercial television earned nominations for Sue Blainey, Sarah Boyd and Stephen Semel for ABC's Lost: Live Together, Die Alone, Geoffrey Rowland, Eric Sears, Bryan Horne, David Handman and Mitchell Danton for ABC's "The Path to 9/11, Part Two," and Heather Persons for TNT's The Ron Clark Story.
In the half-hour series for television race, the contenders are Jon Corn for HBO's Entourage: Sorry Ari, Lance Luckey for NBC's My Name Is Earl: Number One, and Dean Holland and David Rogers for NBC's The Office: Casino Nights.
The one-hour series nominees for commercial television are Leon Ortiz-Gil for Fox's 24: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Conrad Gonzalez, Keith Henderson and Steve Michael for NBC's Friday Night Lights: Pilot, and Edward Ornelas for ABC's "Grey's Anatomy: It's the End of the World."
All eight film, television and documentary category winners will be disclosed during the editors' 57th annual awards ceremony Feb.
Making the dramatic feature film cut are Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise for Babel, Stuart Baird for Casino Royale, Thelma Schoonmaker for The Departed, Lucia Zucchetti for The Queen and the triumvirate of Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson for United 93.
In the comedy feature heat, the nominees are Mark Livolsi for The Devil Wears Prada, Virginia Katz for Dreamgirls, Pamela Martin for Little Miss Sunshine, Craig Wood and Stephen Rivkin for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," and Dana Glauberman for Thank You for Smoking.
In the documentary competition, the nominees are Jay Cassidy and Dan Swietlik for An Inconvenient Truth, Patrick McMahon and Carrie Goldman for Baghdad ER and Samuel D. Pollard for Part 1 of Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."
The nominees for miniseries or motion picture for noncommercial television are Beverley Mills for HBO's Elizabeth I, Part 1, Curtiss Clayton and Lee Percy for HBO's Mrs. Harris, and Trevor Waite for A&E's "Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act, Part 1."
Best-edited miniseries or motion picture for commercial television earned nominations for Sue Blainey, Sarah Boyd and Stephen Semel for ABC's Lost: Live Together, Die Alone, Geoffrey Rowland, Eric Sears, Bryan Horne, David Handman and Mitchell Danton for ABC's "The Path to 9/11, Part Two," and Heather Persons for TNT's The Ron Clark Story.
In the half-hour series for television race, the contenders are Jon Corn for HBO's Entourage: Sorry Ari, Lance Luckey for NBC's My Name Is Earl: Number One, and Dean Holland and David Rogers for NBC's The Office: Casino Nights.
The one-hour series nominees for commercial television are Leon Ortiz-Gil for Fox's 24: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Conrad Gonzalez, Keith Henderson and Steve Michael for NBC's Friday Night Lights: Pilot, and Edward Ornelas for ABC's "Grey's Anatomy: It's the End of the World."
All eight film, television and documentary category winners will be disclosed during the editors' 57th annual awards ceremony Feb.
- 1/12/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- "The Deli", which serves up a thick and not particularly appetizing slice of New York life, is the kind of laid-back comedy that will leaves audiences hungry for more.
Presenting a colorful cast of New York actors in the ramshackle tale of a delicatessen owner struggling to pay his gambling debts while dealing with myriad eccentric friends, relatives and customers, its minor charms won't get it much attention in a commercial environment. Inexplicably given a recommendation by the National Board of Review, it was showcased recently at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
John Gallagher's feature does give a welcome opportunity for heavy-set chararcter actor Mike Starr to shine in a starring role. He plays Johnny Amico, a deli owner whose gambling habit has put him in jeopardy with the neighborhood mobsters. To make things worse, his mother's number has just come in, but Johnny, although he's taken her money, hasn't placed a bet on it in years.
A lot of familiar faces pass through the deli, including Iceas a meat delivery man; Chris Noth as a trash man; David Johanson as a rambunctious cabbie; and the model Iman (which could account for the inclusion of some David Bowie songs on the soundtrack) as a woman searching for an avocado, etc.
Also showing up in tiny roles are figures such as veteran rapper Heavy D, Heather Matarazzo ("Welcome to the Dollhouse"), Michael Imperioli, Debi Mazar, William McNamara, Jerry Stiller, Shirley Stoler and Burt Young as the neighborhood gangster. Clearly, the filmmakers were able to call in some debts of their own.
Gallagher and John Dorian's anecdotal screenplay is short on true wit or resonance and doesn't add up to very much, but it does offer the opportunity for the colorful cast to provide some amusing moments, and the film manages to present a vivid and authentic depiction of an Italian working-class neighborhood.
Further adding to the atmosphere is the canny use of music from Rome-based CAM Original Soundtracks, including classic themes from composers such as Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone.
THE DELI
Golden Monkey Pictures
Director: John Gallagher
Screenplay: John Dorian, John Gallagher
Producer: Sylvia Caminer
Executive producer: John Dorrian
Director of photography: Robert Lechterman
Editor: Sue Blainey
Original score: Ernie Mannix
Color/stereo
Cast:
Johnny: Mike Starr
Andy: Matt Keeslar
Mrs. Amico: Judith Malina
Pinky: Brian Vincent
Eric the Soda Man: Michael Badalucco
Bo: Heavy D
Phil the Meat Man: Ice
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Presenting a colorful cast of New York actors in the ramshackle tale of a delicatessen owner struggling to pay his gambling debts while dealing with myriad eccentric friends, relatives and customers, its minor charms won't get it much attention in a commercial environment. Inexplicably given a recommendation by the National Board of Review, it was showcased recently at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
John Gallagher's feature does give a welcome opportunity for heavy-set chararcter actor Mike Starr to shine in a starring role. He plays Johnny Amico, a deli owner whose gambling habit has put him in jeopardy with the neighborhood mobsters. To make things worse, his mother's number has just come in, but Johnny, although he's taken her money, hasn't placed a bet on it in years.
A lot of familiar faces pass through the deli, including Iceas a meat delivery man; Chris Noth as a trash man; David Johanson as a rambunctious cabbie; and the model Iman (which could account for the inclusion of some David Bowie songs on the soundtrack) as a woman searching for an avocado, etc.
Also showing up in tiny roles are figures such as veteran rapper Heavy D, Heather Matarazzo ("Welcome to the Dollhouse"), Michael Imperioli, Debi Mazar, William McNamara, Jerry Stiller, Shirley Stoler and Burt Young as the neighborhood gangster. Clearly, the filmmakers were able to call in some debts of their own.
Gallagher and John Dorian's anecdotal screenplay is short on true wit or resonance and doesn't add up to very much, but it does offer the opportunity for the colorful cast to provide some amusing moments, and the film manages to present a vivid and authentic depiction of an Italian working-class neighborhood.
Further adding to the atmosphere is the canny use of music from Rome-based CAM Original Soundtracks, including classic themes from composers such as Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone.
THE DELI
Golden Monkey Pictures
Director: John Gallagher
Screenplay: John Dorian, John Gallagher
Producer: Sylvia Caminer
Executive producer: John Dorrian
Director of photography: Robert Lechterman
Editor: Sue Blainey
Original score: Ernie Mannix
Color/stereo
Cast:
Johnny: Mike Starr
Andy: Matt Keeslar
Mrs. Amico: Judith Malina
Pinky: Brian Vincent
Eric the Soda Man: Michael Badalucco
Bo: Heavy D
Phil the Meat Man: Ice
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 11/19/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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