Nick Aldwinckle Sep 4, 2017
Our latest round-up of horror and genre DVDs and Blu-rays...
So: with season two of Stranger Things fast approaching, a remake of Stephen King’s It set to mildly trouble a whole new generation and, erm, the on-going threat of nuclear armageddon, it seems everything eighties is 'in' at the moment. And, you know what? That surely must include Dennis Quaid, right? Well, maybe not, unless you count this year’s canine reincarnation/multiple hound-homicide horror A Dog’s Purpose, which we don’t in these parts. Anyway, Quaid’s back in Blu-ray form with the recent repackaging of his 1984 quirky fantasy thriller Dreamscape.
Nicely sandwiched between the release of Jaws 3-D and Enemy Mine, surely two of the most Quaidessential (sorry) films of the decade, Dreamscape sees our hero take on the mantle of a cheaper Harrison Ford, burdened with psychic powers that he must use...
Our latest round-up of horror and genre DVDs and Blu-rays...
So: with season two of Stranger Things fast approaching, a remake of Stephen King’s It set to mildly trouble a whole new generation and, erm, the on-going threat of nuclear armageddon, it seems everything eighties is 'in' at the moment. And, you know what? That surely must include Dennis Quaid, right? Well, maybe not, unless you count this year’s canine reincarnation/multiple hound-homicide horror A Dog’s Purpose, which we don’t in these parts. Anyway, Quaid’s back in Blu-ray form with the recent repackaging of his 1984 quirky fantasy thriller Dreamscape.
Nicely sandwiched between the release of Jaws 3-D and Enemy Mine, surely two of the most Quaidessential (sorry) films of the decade, Dreamscape sees our hero take on the mantle of a cheaper Harrison Ford, burdened with psychic powers that he must use...
- 8/15/2017
- Den of Geek
Author: Competitions
Entertainment One (eOne) is pleased to announce that Denial comes to DVD on 5 June 2017 (available to pre-order now from Amazon) and is available to download early from 22 May 2017. To celebrate the release, we’re giving away a DVD copy & copy of the book, Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, to 1 winner. There is also a DVD copy available for 1 runner up.
Starring Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz, alongside Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott and Tom Wilkinson, Denial is the gripping and inspirational true story of a relentless fight for justice.
When writer Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) speaks out against the lies of Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall) she is faced with a high-stakes battle to uncover one of the darkest deceptions in history. Passionate, fiery and independent she decides she must face him in court to fight the battle for the truth, even though the odds are solidly stacked against her.
Entertainment One (eOne) is pleased to announce that Denial comes to DVD on 5 June 2017 (available to pre-order now from Amazon) and is available to download early from 22 May 2017. To celebrate the release, we’re giving away a DVD copy & copy of the book, Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, to 1 winner. There is also a DVD copy available for 1 runner up.
Starring Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz, alongside Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott and Tom Wilkinson, Denial is the gripping and inspirational true story of a relentless fight for justice.
When writer Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) speaks out against the lies of Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall) she is faced with a high-stakes battle to uncover one of the darkest deceptions in history. Passionate, fiery and independent she decides she must face him in court to fight the battle for the truth, even though the odds are solidly stacked against her.
- 5/22/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Stefan Pape
For actors, all you can hope for are good roles. Whether they be fictional creations, or real life people – it’s that yearning to be challenged artistically which brings about some of the very finest on-screen performances. In Nick Hamm’s The Journey that much is a given, for Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney play Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, respectively.
To mark the release of this drama – which sees the two stuck in a car together for a number of hours, ahead of the eventual, significant moment where peace was finally brought to Northern Ireland after the Troubles, we sat down with the talented duo about the joys in getting their teeth stuck into such nuanced, layered roles.
The pair also discuss the blending of fact and fiction, and Meaney tells us if he knows whether McGuinness had seen the movie before his passing. Meanwhile, we...
For actors, all you can hope for are good roles. Whether they be fictional creations, or real life people – it’s that yearning to be challenged artistically which brings about some of the very finest on-screen performances. In Nick Hamm’s The Journey that much is a given, for Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney play Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, respectively.
To mark the release of this drama – which sees the two stuck in a car together for a number of hours, ahead of the eventual, significant moment where peace was finally brought to Northern Ireland after the Troubles, we sat down with the talented duo about the joys in getting their teeth stuck into such nuanced, layered roles.
The pair also discuss the blending of fact and fiction, and Meaney tells us if he knows whether McGuinness had seen the movie before his passing. Meanwhile, we...
- 5/3/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Zehra Phelan
We are pleased to launch an exclusive first look at Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney in the UK poster for The Journey – the story of two of Northern Ireland’s political forces, loyalist Ian Paisley and former Ira Commander Martin McGuinness, forced together over the final peace agreement, who reluctantly begin to form a bond.
Related: Timothy Spall on playing David Irving in Denial
The poster in which Spall looks uncannily like how Ben Stiller would look in his dotage depicts both men in their stature of power yet divided by the title, a reference to the division of Ireland as it stands, in both its political and religious beliefs.
The Hole and Killing Bono director, Nick Hamm, takes the helm to bring to life a script from screenwriter and former journalist, Colin Bateman. Joining Meaney and Spall is somewhat of a stellar cast with Toby Stephens (Believe,...
We are pleased to launch an exclusive first look at Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney in the UK poster for The Journey – the story of two of Northern Ireland’s political forces, loyalist Ian Paisley and former Ira Commander Martin McGuinness, forced together over the final peace agreement, who reluctantly begin to form a bond.
Related: Timothy Spall on playing David Irving in Denial
The poster in which Spall looks uncannily like how Ben Stiller would look in his dotage depicts both men in their stature of power yet divided by the title, a reference to the division of Ireland as it stands, in both its political and religious beliefs.
The Hole and Killing Bono director, Nick Hamm, takes the helm to bring to life a script from screenwriter and former journalist, Colin Bateman. Joining Meaney and Spall is somewhat of a stellar cast with Toby Stephens (Believe,...
- 4/7/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
He became one of the country’s few famous lawyers after representing Princess Diana in her divorce. Now he’s being portrayed on the big screen for his part in the David Irving Holocaust libel trial
As I walk up to the large detached house in north London belonging to Anthony Julius, one of the very few people in this country who can justly be described as a famous lawyer, I feel a small wave of apprehension. Not about his famed intellect, which allegedly, and somewhat snarkily, has earned him the nickname among his peers of “Anthony Genius” – over the past four decades, Julius has made his name not just as a fearsome lawyer for the grand and the gruesome, from Diana, Princess of Wales to Robert Maxwell, but also as the author of a clutch of widely respected books, including, in 2010, a 900-page doorstopper, Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Antisemitism in Britain.
As I walk up to the large detached house in north London belonging to Anthony Julius, one of the very few people in this country who can justly be described as a famous lawyer, I feel a small wave of apprehension. Not about his famed intellect, which allegedly, and somewhat snarkily, has earned him the nickname among his peers of “Anthony Genius” – over the past four decades, Julius has made his name not just as a fearsome lawyer for the grand and the gruesome, from Diana, Princess of Wales to Robert Maxwell, but also as the author of a clutch of widely respected books, including, in 2010, a 900-page doorstopper, Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Antisemitism in Britain.
- 1/31/2017
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
MaryAnn’s quick take… A terrific legal procedural about defending factual truth and smacking dishonest sowers of doubt. An essential film for our era of “alternative facts.” I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Not all opinions are equal,” says historian Deborah Lipstadt in Denial. “The Earth is round, the ice caps are melting, and Elvis is not alive.” And six million Jews really were killed by the Nazi death machine in World War II, which is the pertinent point of this riveting docudrama. This is the true story of the 2000 libel trial in which Lipstadt, a professor at Atlanta’s Emory University who specializes in Holocaust history, was forced to defend herself against professional Holocaust denier David Irving, who didn’t like that she dared to cast him...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Not all opinions are equal,” says historian Deborah Lipstadt in Denial. “The Earth is round, the ice caps are melting, and Elvis is not alive.” And six million Jews really were killed by the Nazi death machine in World War II, which is the pertinent point of this riveting docudrama. This is the true story of the 2000 libel trial in which Lipstadt, a professor at Atlanta’s Emory University who specializes in Holocaust history, was forced to defend herself against professional Holocaust denier David Irving, who didn’t like that she dared to cast him...
- 1/30/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall star in this dramatisation of the libel case between historian Deborah Lipstadt and Holocaust denier David Irving
A courtroom drama about the libel case brought by Hitler apologist David Irving (Timothy Spall, effectively repellent) against historian Deborah Lipstadt after she described him as a “Holocaust denier”, Denial couldn’t be more timely. It’s a film that is tailor-made for an era in which politicians glibly spout “alternative facts” if the truth doesn’t suit them. It’s also rather disheartening, as it reveals just how labyrinthine and time-consuming the process of legally unpicking these falsehoods is.
Rachel Weisz brings a barrelling energy to her performance as the academic who finds herself in the unaccustomed and decidedly uncomfortable position of having to let her legal team fight her battle for her. Andrew Scott and Tom Wilkinson play solicitor Anthony Julius and barrister Richard Rampton respectively.
A courtroom drama about the libel case brought by Hitler apologist David Irving (Timothy Spall, effectively repellent) against historian Deborah Lipstadt after she described him as a “Holocaust denier”, Denial couldn’t be more timely. It’s a film that is tailor-made for an era in which politicians glibly spout “alternative facts” if the truth doesn’t suit them. It’s also rather disheartening, as it reveals just how labyrinthine and time-consuming the process of legally unpicking these falsehoods is.
Rachel Weisz brings a barrelling energy to her performance as the academic who finds herself in the unaccustomed and decidedly uncomfortable position of having to let her legal team fight her battle for her. Andrew Scott and Tom Wilkinson play solicitor Anthony Julius and barrister Richard Rampton respectively.
- 1/29/2017
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
As flat-earthery returns to the world, this drama about a historian’s pursual through the UK justice system by a Holocaust denier is refreshing and very pertinent
In 1996, the historian Deborah Lipstadt was pursued in the UK courts by the notorious Holocaust denier David Irving, for calling him a falsifier of history in her book Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory. This movie version of those events, written for the screen by David Hare and directed by Mick Jackson, stars Rachel Weisz as Lipstadt and Timothy Spall as Irving; it has been coolly received by some on the festival circuit, its drama dismissed as stagey and flat. I disagree. For me, it has clarity, urgency and overwhelming relevance. Because denial is fashionable again. Irving himself is gloating at the way “alt–right” fascists are threatening to make him and his poisonous flat-earthery acceptable once more. The...
In 1996, the historian Deborah Lipstadt was pursued in the UK courts by the notorious Holocaust denier David Irving, for calling him a falsifier of history in her book Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory. This movie version of those events, written for the screen by David Hare and directed by Mick Jackson, stars Rachel Weisz as Lipstadt and Timothy Spall as Irving; it has been coolly received by some on the festival circuit, its drama dismissed as stagey and flat. I disagree. For me, it has clarity, urgency and overwhelming relevance. Because denial is fashionable again. Irving himself is gloating at the way “alt–right” fascists are threatening to make him and his poisonous flat-earthery acceptable once more. The...
- 1/26/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Author: Stefan Pape
At the turn of the 21st century, Deborah Lipstadt was faced in the unfortunate, remarkable position of having to prove the Holocaust existed, having been sued by British historian, and Holocaust denier David Irving for Defamation. It’s a tale that has now been brought to the big screen by Mick Jackson.
Lipstadt discusses with us how emotional it is watching these events unfold in front of her, and recounts her visit to Auschwitz. She talks about how just a significant case this was, and why it was the right idea to not allow survivors to take to the stand as witnesses. She also tells us why she would never debate with a Holocaust denier, and whether she has ever wanted to meet Irving again since their encounter in court. Finally, she discusses Spall’s performance, and why compares the events of the film to modern society,...
At the turn of the 21st century, Deborah Lipstadt was faced in the unfortunate, remarkable position of having to prove the Holocaust existed, having been sued by British historian, and Holocaust denier David Irving for Defamation. It’s a tale that has now been brought to the big screen by Mick Jackson.
Lipstadt discusses with us how emotional it is watching these events unfold in front of her, and recounts her visit to Auschwitz. She talks about how just a significant case this was, and why it was the right idea to not allow survivors to take to the stand as witnesses. She also tells us why she would never debate with a Holocaust denier, and whether she has ever wanted to meet Irving again since their encounter in court. Finally, she discusses Spall’s performance, and why compares the events of the film to modern society,...
- 1/26/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson and Timothy Spall headline Denial, a film released at a very timely moment...
People often talk about a marriage of director and material, and the moment when the right person gets their hands on the right story. That generally tends to refer to projects where there’s a slightly demonstrative or overtly stylistic element to the project in question. But I wonder if, for a quieter example, we should be holding up the unfussy diligence of Mick Jackson, in his bringing of Denial to the big screen.
Denial is a dramatisation of Holocaust denier David Irving’s libel action against American academic Deborah E. Lipstadt. Timothy Spall takes the former role, Rachel Weisz takes the latter. It’s also a deliberately quiet movie, a little contradictory given the outrage the real life events caused.
We meet the pair of them at the start in a slightly shaky opening,...
People often talk about a marriage of director and material, and the moment when the right person gets their hands on the right story. That generally tends to refer to projects where there’s a slightly demonstrative or overtly stylistic element to the project in question. But I wonder if, for a quieter example, we should be holding up the unfussy diligence of Mick Jackson, in his bringing of Denial to the big screen.
Denial is a dramatisation of Holocaust denier David Irving’s libel action against American academic Deborah E. Lipstadt. Timothy Spall takes the former role, Rachel Weisz takes the latter. It’s also a deliberately quiet movie, a little contradictory given the outrage the real life events caused.
We meet the pair of them at the start in a slightly shaky opening,...
- 1/26/2017
- Den of Geek
Author: Stefan Pape
Mick Jackson, the director behind films such as The Bodyguard and L.A. Story, is returning to the silver screen for the first time in 14 years, with courtroom drama Denial.
Telling the true story of Deborah Lipstadt – played here by Rachel Weisz, who is sued by British historian, and notorious Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall), Denial is a riveting, pertinent tale, and we asked Jackson what it was about this story that lured him back.
He discusses the relevance of the title, and how these days it’s become dangerously accepted for opinion to masquerade as fact, he also tells us about his first visit to Auschwitz, as well as the importance in not giving people like Irving a platform.
Synopsis
When university professor Deborah E. Lipstadt includes World War II historian David Irving in a book about Holocaust deniers, Irving accuses her of libel and sparks...
Mick Jackson, the director behind films such as The Bodyguard and L.A. Story, is returning to the silver screen for the first time in 14 years, with courtroom drama Denial.
Telling the true story of Deborah Lipstadt – played here by Rachel Weisz, who is sued by British historian, and notorious Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall), Denial is a riveting, pertinent tale, and we asked Jackson what it was about this story that lured him back.
He discusses the relevance of the title, and how these days it’s become dangerously accepted for opinion to masquerade as fact, he also tells us about his first visit to Auschwitz, as well as the importance in not giving people like Irving a platform.
Synopsis
When university professor Deborah E. Lipstadt includes World War II historian David Irving in a book about Holocaust deniers, Irving accuses her of libel and sparks...
- 1/26/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Simon Brew Jan 27, 2017
Director Mick Jackson on Denial, Donald Trump, directing films, and how he followed The Bodyguard...
Mick Jackson has lived through several chapters of his directorial career. His background was television, in particular the stunning Threads, and his classy adaptation of Chris Mullins’ A Very British Coup. Then he went to Hollywood, directing the likes of L.A. Story, The Bodyguard and Volcano.
He’s been away from cinema for a while, courtesy of some intriguing television projects. But he returns to the big screen this weekend with Denial, a classy courtroom drama that brings the story of Holocaust denier David Irving’s infamous libel action to the cinema. We snagged a chat with him ahead of its release, with the promise of further conversation about his 90s output at a later date too.
Can you talk us through this particular film, and why you wanted to bring it to the big screen?...
Director Mick Jackson on Denial, Donald Trump, directing films, and how he followed The Bodyguard...
Mick Jackson has lived through several chapters of his directorial career. His background was television, in particular the stunning Threads, and his classy adaptation of Chris Mullins’ A Very British Coup. Then he went to Hollywood, directing the likes of L.A. Story, The Bodyguard and Volcano.
He’s been away from cinema for a while, courtesy of some intriguing television projects. But he returns to the big screen this weekend with Denial, a classy courtroom drama that brings the story of Holocaust denier David Irving’s infamous libel action to the cinema. We snagged a chat with him ahead of its release, with the promise of further conversation about his 90s output at a later date too.
Can you talk us through this particular film, and why you wanted to bring it to the big screen?...
- 1/25/2017
- Den of Geek
Author: Stefan Pape
Timothy Spall returns to the silver screen to play the loathsome figure that is David Irving, a notorious Holocaust denier, and adversary to Deborah Lipstadt in the seminal court-case that Mick Jackson’s latest endeavour is based upon.
We had the pleasure to sit down with the talented, venerable actor to discuss the role, and whether he believes he needs to find a semblance of empathy for the role in order to embody him. He also tells us why he had apprehensions before getting involved in the project, and whether there was any point he felt compelled to meet the man himself. Finally, he briefly discusses his role in the forthcoming Sally Potter feature The Party, which is to receive its premiere in Berlin next month.
Synopsis
When university professor Deborah E. Lipstadt includes World War II historian David Irving in a book about Holocaust deniers, Irving...
Timothy Spall returns to the silver screen to play the loathsome figure that is David Irving, a notorious Holocaust denier, and adversary to Deborah Lipstadt in the seminal court-case that Mick Jackson’s latest endeavour is based upon.
We had the pleasure to sit down with the talented, venerable actor to discuss the role, and whether he believes he needs to find a semblance of empathy for the role in order to embody him. He also tells us why he had apprehensions before getting involved in the project, and whether there was any point he felt compelled to meet the man himself. Finally, he briefly discusses his role in the forthcoming Sally Potter feature The Party, which is to receive its premiere in Berlin next month.
Synopsis
When university professor Deborah E. Lipstadt includes World War II historian David Irving in a book about Holocaust deniers, Irving...
- 1/25/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Stefan Pape
Mick Jackson returns to the director’s chair for his first movie in 14 years – and it couldn’t feel like a more timely release, for here’s a film that scrutinises over the protection of free speech from those who abuse it, how opinion masquerades as fact, and the troubling ramifications that derive from public bullshitting. Though a staggeringly pertinent theme, Jackson presents his film with an affectionate nod to classic courtroom dramas, as a sub-genre that so often illuminates the silver screen, and when executed as efficiently as this, you can see why.
Based entirely on true events, with the dialogue in the courtroom taken verbatim from real life transcripts – we meet author Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), who is adamant she will never debate with a Holocaust denier, unwilling to get into an argument with someone who disputes facts. But British historian, the notorious Holocaust denier...
Mick Jackson returns to the director’s chair for his first movie in 14 years – and it couldn’t feel like a more timely release, for here’s a film that scrutinises over the protection of free speech from those who abuse it, how opinion masquerades as fact, and the troubling ramifications that derive from public bullshitting. Though a staggeringly pertinent theme, Jackson presents his film with an affectionate nod to classic courtroom dramas, as a sub-genre that so often illuminates the silver screen, and when executed as efficiently as this, you can see why.
Based entirely on true events, with the dialogue in the courtroom taken verbatim from real life transcripts – we meet author Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), who is adamant she will never debate with a Holocaust denier, unwilling to get into an argument with someone who disputes facts. But British historian, the notorious Holocaust denier...
- 1/25/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Jon Lyus
We are seemingly now living in a world of ‘alt-facts’ and deliberate, often brazen, misinformation. The truth is often an obscured commodity, but in these times its value is at its highest. Mick Jackson’s Denial tells a story about a story, about the truth and the importance of standing up for it. It takes the legal tussle between Dr. David Irving and Penguin Books as its foundation, and opens up a powerful discussion on opinion masquerading as fact. Something that can lead down some very dangerous paths.
This evening the film had a Gala screening at the Ham Yard Hotel in Soho. We were there on the red carpet and present our interviews from the event. The film stars Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, and Sherlock alumni Andrew Scott and Mark Gatiss. Mick Jackson directed David Hare’s screenplay adapted from Deborah Lipstadt’s book...
We are seemingly now living in a world of ‘alt-facts’ and deliberate, often brazen, misinformation. The truth is often an obscured commodity, but in these times its value is at its highest. Mick Jackson’s Denial tells a story about a story, about the truth and the importance of standing up for it. It takes the legal tussle between Dr. David Irving and Penguin Books as its foundation, and opens up a powerful discussion on opinion masquerading as fact. Something that can lead down some very dangerous paths.
This evening the film had a Gala screening at the Ham Yard Hotel in Soho. We were there on the red carpet and present our interviews from the event. The film stars Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, and Sherlock alumni Andrew Scott and Mark Gatiss. Mick Jackson directed David Hare’s screenplay adapted from Deborah Lipstadt’s book...
- 1/23/2017
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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Some movies become even more essential because of the climate in which they are released, and Mick Jackson’s “Denial” is certainly one of them. A very well made and acted courtroom drama about Holocaust deniers shouldn’t have been so relevant in the fall of 2016, and yet Donald Trump’s bombastic rise to President of the United States and subsequent election has turned the film into essential viewing. Fortunately it’s now on VOD, and it absolutely demands your attention.
“Denial” is an adaptation of Deborah E. Lipstadt’s book “History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier.” Weisz stars as the author herself, who was accused of libel by David Irving (Timothy Spall) for calling out his views on the Holocaust. What followed was a legal battle in the English court system,...
Some movies become even more essential because of the climate in which they are released, and Mick Jackson’s “Denial” is certainly one of them. A very well made and acted courtroom drama about Holocaust deniers shouldn’t have been so relevant in the fall of 2016, and yet Donald Trump’s bombastic rise to President of the United States and subsequent election has turned the film into essential viewing. Fortunately it’s now on VOD, and it absolutely demands your attention.
“Denial” is an adaptation of Deborah E. Lipstadt’s book “History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier.” Weisz stars as the author herself, who was accused of libel by David Irving (Timothy Spall) for calling out his views on the Holocaust. What followed was a legal battle in the English court system,...
- 1/18/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
A version of this story about Timothy Spall first appeared in the “Dark Horses We Love” feature in The Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine. “It never upsets me to not be the cool guy,” said Timothy Spall of his role in “Denial.” “I very rarely am. I’m usually the antagonist, or the insignificant guy.” In the Mick Jackson drama based on David Hare’s play, Spall’s character is decidedly not cool or insignificant. He plays real-life historian David Irving, who in 1996 sued professor and author Deborah Lipstadt for labeling him a Holocaust denier. Spall’s Irving is a brash,...
- 11/24/2016
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Here’s a brand new moving and powerful movie trailer for Denial starring Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott and based on the book Denial: Holocaust History on Trial by Deborah E. Lipstadt. Denial tells the story of the legal battle that Lipstadt went through after claiming David Irving (played by Spall) was a Holocaust denier). The book is available in it’s movie […]
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- 11/7/2016
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
David Hare (.The Hours.) wrote the screenplay and Mick Jackson (.Temple Grandin,. .La Story,. .The Bodyguard.) directed .Denial,. based on the true-life courtroom drama of author Deborah Lipstadt about Holocaust denier David Irving. I had a great time talking to the filmmakers and I had a better time telling Jackson that I will always love him, in homage to Whitney Houston!
- 10/19/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Title: Denial Director: Mick Jackson Screenwriter: David Hare Starring: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall. Elvis is alive as much as the Holocaust never happened. Mark the words of Professor Deborah E. Lipstadt, the American historian best known as author of the book ‘History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier.’ This is the very book adapted into a film by the brilliant BAFTA and Berlin Golden Bear–winning screenwriter David Hare and directed by Mick Jackson. ‘Denial’ recounts the legal battle of Deborah E. Lipstadt (Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz) for historical truth against David Irving (BAFTA nominee Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she [ Read More ]
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- 10/17/2016
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Chicago – HollywoodChicago.com interviews the “Queen of Truth,” Deborah Lipstadt, whose book and famous court trial inspired the new film “Denial”. This year’s “Spotlight” but for the Jews, Rachel Weisz plays Lipstadt opposite Timothy Spall, who portrays the Holocaust denier David Irving.
Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott are portrayed as Lipstadt’s lawyers as she fights Irving in a London court to prove the Holocaust happened and he’s a fraudulent historian. The film opened in Chicago on Oct. 7, 2016. Watch our full, private interview with Lipstadt below!
Interviews by: Adam Fendelman, Publisher
Filmed and edited by: Jeff Doles, Cameron Cox, Ethan Madison and Alex Gaul
Trailer and stills (used with permission): Bleecker Street Films
© 2016 HollywoodChicago.com LLC...
Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott are portrayed as Lipstadt’s lawyers as she fights Irving in a London court to prove the Holocaust happened and he’s a fraudulent historian. The film opened in Chicago on Oct. 7, 2016. Watch our full, private interview with Lipstadt below!
Interviews by: Adam Fendelman, Publisher
Filmed and edited by: Jeff Doles, Cameron Cox, Ethan Madison and Alex Gaul
Trailer and stills (used with permission): Bleecker Street Films
© 2016 HollywoodChicago.com LLC...
- 10/13/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
When Rachel Weisz took on her latest role in Denial, she knew it would be a moving project — but never imagined just how personal it would become.
In the film, Weisz plays professor Deborah Lipstadt, the woman who won a historic 2000 court case defeating prominent Holocaust denier David Irving.
“I had heard about the trial, but I didn’t know about it in any great detail,” the actress tells People in this week’s issue. “About a month before we began filming, Deborah and I sat in my kitchen for a couple of days and talked. The deniers called it the Holohoax.
In the film, Weisz plays professor Deborah Lipstadt, the woman who won a historic 2000 court case defeating prominent Holocaust denier David Irving.
“I had heard about the trial, but I didn’t know about it in any great detail,” the actress tells People in this week’s issue. “About a month before we began filming, Deborah and I sat in my kitchen for a couple of days and talked. The deniers called it the Holohoax.
- 10/12/2016
- by jodiguglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
With the arrival of Fall and Winter comes a return to more serious subject matter at movie theatres, and another look at events occurring during World War II. However, this new release really addresses the legacy of those events, a look back at history and those who document it. And the film is, in many ways, a courtroom thriller set in the British legal system, where the powdered wigs aren’t the only thing different from the Us legal proceedings. However, the person on trial there is from the states, a professor suddenly burdened with presenting proof of one of the past century’s greatest tragedies, all at the beginning of this relatively new century. Yes, this Ww II-themed docudrama take place less than twenty years ago, 50 years after the end of the war, when this woman accused must defend her belief that her accuser is in Denial.
The woman...
The woman...
- 10/6/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Tom Wilkinson and Timothy Spall on their Holocaust film DenialTom Wilkinson and Timothy Spall on their Holocaust film DenialAdriana Floridia10/6/2016 3:06:00 Pm
The Holocaust is among the most horrifying acts of mass genocide to ever have occurred in human history, so it's crazy to think that anyone would deny that it actually happened.
However, there were those who did, and this weeks new release Denial, starring Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall and Tom Wilkinson depicts one of these true instances where a man named David Irving, sues historian and writer Deborah E. Lipstadt for libel when she accused him of being a Holocaust denier.
We sat down with two of the films stars, Timothy Spall and Tom Wilkinson to talk about their new film and what it was like for Spall to play this villainous role.
Check out the interview below!
Denial opens at Cineplex theatres on October 7th. Click here for tickets and showtimes.
The Holocaust is among the most horrifying acts of mass genocide to ever have occurred in human history, so it's crazy to think that anyone would deny that it actually happened.
However, there were those who did, and this weeks new release Denial, starring Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall and Tom Wilkinson depicts one of these true instances where a man named David Irving, sues historian and writer Deborah E. Lipstadt for libel when she accused him of being a Holocaust denier.
We sat down with two of the films stars, Timothy Spall and Tom Wilkinson to talk about their new film and what it was like for Spall to play this villainous role.
Check out the interview below!
Denial opens at Cineplex theatres on October 7th. Click here for tickets and showtimes.
- 10/6/2016
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Incendiary subject, inadequate movie – that's the deal with Denial, a wobbly but well-meaning docudrama about the 2000 British libel suit by alleged historian/notorious Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall). against American academic in Jewish studies Deborah E. Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) and Penguin Books, who published her tome, Denial: Holocaust History on Trial. Irving, an ardent Hitler sympathizer, claimed that Lipstadt damaged his reputation and his livelihood. In England, as opposed to America, the burden of proof is on the defendant, not the plaintiff. It's an all-out war. At stake,...
- 10/3/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Plot: A true account of historian Deborah Lipstadt’s (Rachel Weisz) battle with holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall), who sues her for libel after characterizing him as such in a book she wrote. Review: It’s amazing to think that in the 21st century anyone could possibly deny the Holocaust happened. Yet, hate is hate and to this day a vocal, highly anti-Semitic fringe group of believers... Read More...
- 9/30/2016
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
This week sees the limited premiere of Mick Jackson's true-life courtroom drama Denial, in which Rachel Weisz plays Deborah Lipstadt, an American professor who had to defend herself in court by proving that the genocide against the Jews in World War II actually happened. Her opponent was the holocaust-denier David Irving, and he is played in the film by Timothy Spall. Due to his very unique face and appearance, Timothy Spall is one of those actors who is instantly recognizable. What is very impressive is that at the same time, he can disappear completely into a role. And it's amazing what he can do with the tiniest of nuances, the gleam in an eye, a look, a fidget. He is one of the finest conveyors...
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- 9/30/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Denial tells a fact-based story that should be a footnote, but holds a disturbing degree of present-day resonance. In 1996, self-styled historian David Irving filed a lawsuit against actual historian Deborah Lipstadt and her publisher for references in her book Denying The Holocaust that Irving considered libelous and that Lipstadt considered true. She went forward with the trial, even though it was held in Irving’s native England, where the burden of proof is placed on libel defendants, not their accusers. The story positively buzzes with present-day parallels, from its invocations of elaborate, grandstanding conspiracy theories, to the way deniers bend history to better suit their prejudices, to the way Irving seems to consider being called a Holocaust denier more offensive than denying the Holocaust. Intentionally or not, Denial is perfectly timed to a season of insane conspiracy theories and feelings-based readings of facts.
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- 9/29/2016
- by Jesse Hassenger
- avclub.com
Although the libel trial brought by British Holocaust denier David Irving against the American academic Deborah Lipstadt happened nearly 20 years ago, it simply could not be more pertinent today. With the level of discourse about various attacks on the truth and a certain current presidential campaign that had its beginnings on a lie and the birther movement, the issues brought up in the incredibly powerful and fascinating new drama Denial not only make this movie vital…...
- 9/28/2016
- Deadline
Denial, a new drama from the director of The Bodyguard, is the true story of an incredibly important but largely unknown legal battle in the '90s. In 1993 an American historian named Deborah Lipstadt wrote a book examining a movement of people denying that the Holocaust ever took place. One of the figures mentioned in the book was a British writer named David Irving whom she accused of not only denying the Nazi's killed millions of innocent people, but of falsifying...
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- 9/28/2016
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
While the new movies reigned at the box office this past weekend, both Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven (Sony) and the animated Storks (Warner Bros.) didn’t fare nearly as well as our projections, both falling short by about $10 million. The Magnificent Seven, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, fared decently with $34.7million, which is about the average for Washington’s films, but the fourth highest opening for a Western after last year’s The Revenant, the animated Rango, and Cowboys and Aliens. Storks’ $21.3 million opening wasn’t great compared to other animated September releases with Sony still holding the September opening record with Hotel Transylvania 2, but it should continue to do well with no other animated movies opening for another month.
This Past Weekend:
While the new movies reigned at the box office this past weekend, both Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven (Sony) and the animated Storks (Warner Bros.) didn’t fare nearly as well as our projections, both falling short by about $10 million. The Magnificent Seven, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, fared decently with $34.7million, which is about the average for Washington’s films, but the fourth highest opening for a Western after last year’s The Revenant, the animated Rango, and Cowboys and Aliens. Storks’ $21.3 million opening wasn’t great compared to other animated September releases with Sony still holding the September opening record with Hotel Transylvania 2, but it should continue to do well with no other animated movies opening for another month.
- 9/28/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
On Monday evening, the first of three Presidential debates was held, pitting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate, against businessman Donald Trump, the Republican candidate. This Friday, the historical drama Denial opens, and they’re kind of a perfect pairing. Politics aside, there’s a fundamental frustration when it seems like only one side is using facts in their argument, and that’s a central theme in Denial. Though it’s about a historian going up against a Holocaust denier, you can easily see the parallels. A decade ago, this would have been a surefire awards contender. This year, it’s a bit more of a fringe player, but it’s definitely a solid film and one well worth seeing. The movie centers on the surreal legal battle that author and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) endured when she was sued for libel by noted Holocaust...
- 9/28/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Based on the acclaimed book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier, Denial recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt’s (Academy Award) winner Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (Cannes Award winner Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. In the English legal system, the burden of proof is on the accused, therefore it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust occurred.
Now you can see Denial in St. Louis in advance. We Are Movie Geeks is giving away passes to see an advance screening next Wednesday night, October 5th, at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Theater at 7pm. Just leave a comment below and the lucky winners will have the passes sent via email. It’s so easy!
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1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area The Day Of The Screening.
Now you can see Denial in St. Louis in advance. We Are Movie Geeks is giving away passes to see an advance screening next Wednesday night, October 5th, at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Theater at 7pm. Just leave a comment below and the lucky winners will have the passes sent via email. It’s so easy!
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area The Day Of The Screening.
- 9/27/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There’s often a genuine dramatic pull to films in the courtroom drama genre, yet they’ve suffered the last few decades because of the conventional tropes that can come with it. How do you reinvent such a genre to become less predictable and less by-the-books? While Denial doesn’t do anything new on a technical side, it is fully aware of its gripping plot, one that welcomely avoids pushing its inherent clichés to the forefront of its story.
The true story centers around the legal battle David Irving (Timothy Spall) and Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) questioning the historical validity of the holocaust. Yes, the story might sound oddly over-the-top, but it did happen. Irving, a man who considers himself a historian, believed the holocaust was a complete hoax. So much so that he decided to bring Lipstadt to court over her book Denying the Holocaust, which he deemed insulting and filled with lies.
The true story centers around the legal battle David Irving (Timothy Spall) and Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) questioning the historical validity of the holocaust. Yes, the story might sound oddly over-the-top, but it did happen. Irving, a man who considers himself a historian, believed the holocaust was a complete hoax. So much so that he decided to bring Lipstadt to court over her book Denying the Holocaust, which he deemed insulting and filled with lies.
- 9/19/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
It's kind of incredible that in 2016, when so many movies that reach theaters are nothing but remakes, sequels or adaptations of one pop-cultural phenomenon or another, a new film has been made about Deborah Lipstadt, a professor and an expert on the Holocaust, and David Irving, the historian who sued her for libel after she called him a Holocaust denier in one of her books — because it is that rarity, a film about history and ideas and debate. But that is precisely what Bleecker Street will bring to theaters on Sept. 30 when it releases Mick Jackson's
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- 9/13/2016
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toronto – In this age of Trump where any statement is somehow a fact regardless of the truth, there should be something incredibly poignant about “Denial,” a film about the libel case between Holocaust denier David Irving and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt at the turn of the century. And outside of two fine performances by Tom Wilkinson and Timothy Spall that’s pretty much all director Mick Jackson’s on the nose courtroom drama has going for it.
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- 9/12/2016
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Despite its pedigree – with a top-notch cast and a script by David Hare – this drama about the real-life libel case involving disgraced historian David Irving never comes to life
Denial is textbook Oscar bait: an autumn release recounting an inspiring real story about fighting prejudice, led by a showy performance from an Oscar winner, written by an award-winning playwright, and buffeted by a swelling, emotional score. However, patches of it are so ludicrously hammy it plays like one of those unbearably corny fake films teased at the beginning of Tropic Thunder.
Related: Rachel Weisz interview: A spy in the house of love
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Denial is textbook Oscar bait: an autumn release recounting an inspiring real story about fighting prejudice, led by a showy performance from an Oscar winner, written by an award-winning playwright, and buffeted by a swelling, emotional score. However, patches of it are so ludicrously hammy it plays like one of those unbearably corny fake films teased at the beginning of Tropic Thunder.
Related: Rachel Weisz interview: A spy in the house of love
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- 9/12/2016
- by Nigel M Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
‘Denial’ Review: Rachel Weisz And Timothy Spall Square Off In A Compelling Courtroom Drama — Toronto
Earlier this year, the concentration camp Auschwitz was wiped off the face of the Earth. A superpowered Holocaust survivor who goes by the name of “Magneto” went to the hallowed massacre site, and — blind with rage after suffering a tremendous personal loss — used his mutant abilities to dismantle the single most important landmark of his people’s suffering. It was a striking moment, in part because it seemed wildly out of place in a movie about a group of teens who dress in purple spandex and fight each other with magic, and in part because Magneto’s rash show of rage wasn’t played as a revenge fantasy so much as an act of historical rejection.
There’s a good reason why, in real life, Auschwitz is a museum and not a landfill: It protects against those who say the Holocaust could never happen again, and — increasingly — to serve as...
There’s a good reason why, in real life, Auschwitz is a museum and not a landfill: It protects against those who say the Holocaust could never happen again, and — increasingly — to serve as...
- 9/12/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Defending truth is the subject of the compelling courtroom drama Denial, which forcefully recounts the sensational lawsuit for libel brought by English historical author and Holocaust denier David Irving against American academic Deborah E. Lipstadt and her publisher Penguin Books. Her influential work, now retitled Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, is sensitively dramatized by director Mick Jackson and screenwriter David Hare, who choose to stick as close to the real story as possible. Rachel Weisz’s arresting, combative Lipstadt, a shining woman warrior, is a role she will be remembered for, while as her antagonist Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner) makes a
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- 9/12/2016
- by Deborah Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This is a capsule review. A full one will be published closer to the film’s release.
The issue of Holocaust denial may not be at the forefront of today’s sociopolitical landscape, but Denial still feels tremendously relevant. Based on the actual libel lawsuit the famous Holocaust denier David Irving launched against historian Deborah Lipstadt in the 1990s, the film acts as a sort of morality tale, quaintly advocating for values like the rule of law, free speech, and standing up to bigotry.
A role like this seems long overdue for Rachel Weisz, who stars as Professor Lipstadt. She’s someone who’s paid her dues and developed enough gravitas to lend the moral clarity and credibility to stand against an unapologetic Hitler sympathizer. Queens accent notwithstanding (which the film self-consciously acknowledges), she keeps us on her side without equivocation. Timothy Spall, on the other hand, as David Irving...
The issue of Holocaust denial may not be at the forefront of today’s sociopolitical landscape, but Denial still feels tremendously relevant. Based on the actual libel lawsuit the famous Holocaust denier David Irving launched against historian Deborah Lipstadt in the 1990s, the film acts as a sort of morality tale, quaintly advocating for values like the rule of law, free speech, and standing up to bigotry.
A role like this seems long overdue for Rachel Weisz, who stars as Professor Lipstadt. She’s someone who’s paid her dues and developed enough gravitas to lend the moral clarity and credibility to stand against an unapologetic Hitler sympathizer. Queens accent notwithstanding (which the film self-consciously acknowledges), she keeps us on her side without equivocation. Timothy Spall, on the other hand, as David Irving...
- 9/12/2016
- by Darren Ruecker
- We Got This Covered
All this week, IndieWire will be rolling out our annual Fall Preview, including offerings that span genres, a close examination of some of the year’s biggest breakouts, all the awards contenders you need to know about now and special attention to all the new movies you need to get through a jam-packed fall movie-going season. Check back every day for a new look at the best the season has to offer, and clear your schedule, because we’re going to fill it right up.
“The Light Between Oceans,” September 2
Fresh off her Oscar win for her supporting role in “The Danish Girl,” Alicia Vikander might want to prepare herself to get back into the wilds of awards campaigning thanks to a very strong showing in Derek Cianfrance’s adaptation of “The Light Between Oceans.” Michael Fassbender stars alongside Vikander in the feature as a haunted lighthouse keeper who falls...
“The Light Between Oceans,” September 2
Fresh off her Oscar win for her supporting role in “The Danish Girl,” Alicia Vikander might want to prepare herself to get back into the wilds of awards campaigning thanks to a very strong showing in Derek Cianfrance’s adaptation of “The Light Between Oceans.” Michael Fassbender stars alongside Vikander in the feature as a haunted lighthouse keeper who falls...
- 8/19/2016
- by Kate Erbland, Anne Thompson, Zack Sharf, Chris O'Falt and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Oliver Stone’s Edward Snowden biopic leads the charge for topical movies premiering at this year’s Tiff, including fiction features about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the aftermath of the Good Friday agreement and the trial of David Irving
It was shunned by film studios and plagued by Pokémon, but now Oliver Stone will finally premiere Snowden, his biopic of the National Security Agency whistleblower, at the Toronto international film festival in September.
The film, which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden, is based partly on a book by the Guardian journalist Luke Harding and follows the former security analyst from his time in the Us military to his exile to Russia after he leaked thousands of classified documents.
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It was shunned by film studios and plagued by Pokémon, but now Oliver Stone will finally premiere Snowden, his biopic of the National Security Agency whistleblower, at the Toronto international film festival in September.
The film, which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden, is based partly on a book by the Guardian journalist Luke Harding and follows the former security analyst from his time in the Us military to his exile to Russia after he leaked thousands of classified documents.
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- 7/26/2016
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
As the beginnings of Oscar season take shape, certain performances are already receiving buzz. Take Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz in “Denial,” a movie that recounts historian Deborah E. Lipstadt’s efforts to prove the Holocaust actually occurred. As the trailer below indicates, thorny subject matter usually means a meaty acting role. With direction from Mick Jackson (“Temple Grandin”) and a screenplay by David Hare (“The Reader”), “Denial” draws from Lipstadt’s book, “History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier.” Co-starring Timothy Spall as David Irving, the denier in question who sues Lipstadt for libel, and Academy Award nominee Tom Wilkinson as her lawyer, the film promises a faithful look at a startling moment in history. Could it mean Oscar gold for Weisz or any of her co-stars? Watch the trailer for “Denial” and see for yourself! Inspired by this post? Check out our film audition listings!
- 7/5/2016
- backstage.com
He is one of Britain’s favourite actors. This year, he’s been on stage in The Caretaker and is set to star in films as Ian Paisley and Holocaust denier David Irving. So why is Timothy Spall so full of doubt?
A couple of weeks ago, Timothy Spall’s agent asked his client – quite casually, as you do – how he was. Spall told him: “I’m feeling a bit that I don’t really feel I can do it at the minute.” It being acting. Acting being what he has slaved at for 40 years, hitting the summit some time back.
The agent set him straight: “You’re in the best part of your career ever!” But Spall isn’t the sort to shed vexation easily. Never was. And as he nears 60, that isn’t changing. For all those BBC barge larks (he has shot three series touring Britain with his wife,...
A couple of weeks ago, Timothy Spall’s agent asked his client – quite casually, as you do – how he was. Spall told him: “I’m feeling a bit that I don’t really feel I can do it at the minute.” It being acting. Acting being what he has slaved at for 40 years, hitting the summit some time back.
The agent set him straight: “You’re in the best part of your career ever!” But Spall isn’t the sort to shed vexation easily. Never was. And as he nears 60, that isn’t changing. For all those BBC barge larks (he has shot three series touring Britain with his wife,...
- 6/21/2016
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Manuel here with yet another sign of the Rachel Weisz renaissance we all so spiritedly discussed a few weeks back. When the trailer for The Light Between Oceans surfaced I was probably not alone in earmarking her supporting role in that Vikander/Fassbender weepie as a chance for the actress to nab her second Oscar nomination (which most of us had vainly hoped she’d net with her beautiful work in The Deep Blue Sea). Well, there may be a clearer path for the actress with Denial which is, after all, squarely focused on that most Oscar-ey of topics: the Holocaust.
Rather than focus on the event itself, the film centers instead on a very public libel suit in the UK in the 1990s between a writer, David Irving (Timothy Spall), and a historian, Deborah E. Lipstadt (Weisz) after she accuses him of denying the Holocaust. Let’s break down...
Rather than focus on the event itself, the film centers instead on a very public libel suit in the UK in the 1990s between a writer, David Irving (Timothy Spall), and a historian, Deborah E. Lipstadt (Weisz) after she accuses him of denying the Holocaust. Let’s break down...
- 6/20/2016
- by Manuel Betancourt
- FilmExperience
With a script by playwright David Hare based on Deborah E. Lipstadt's nonfiction book about Holocaust deniers, Mick Jackson’s upcoming drama called, appropriately enough, Denial, promised fireworks from the get-go. This new trailer doesn’t back away, opening with a scene in which denier David Irving (Timothy Spall), lobs the first verbal grenade: “I say to you, quite tastelessly, that more women died on the backseat of Senator Edward Kennedy’s car at Chappaquiddick than…...
- 6/17/2016
- Deadline
"I'm not attacking freedom of speech. I've been defending my right to stand up against someone who wants to pervert the truth." What if you had to prove the Holocaust actually happened? That's the story behind this film, titled Denial, telling the true story of writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt's fight to clear her name when she's sued for libel by a Holocaust denier. Rachel Weisz stars as Lipstadt, along with Timothy Spall as the denier David Irving, and a cast including Andrew Scott, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Gatiss and Harriet Walter. This actually looks very strong, and quite compelling overall, thanks to what seem to be excellent performances and a script by the award-winning playwright David Hare. Check it out. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Mick Jackson's Denial, in high def from Apple: Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues ...
- 6/15/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It wouldn’t be the fall awards season if there wasn’t a Holocaust drama, but this year we’ll get one from a different angle. Rather being set during World War II, Denial takes places decades after as it recounts the true events captured in Deborah E. Lipstadt’s book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier. Coming from director Mick Jackson (Temple Grandin) and writer David Hare (The Reader, The Hours), the first trailer has landed today.
The film tracks Rachel Weisz as Lipstadt in which she fights for the truth against David Irving (Timothy Spall), with the help of Tom Wilkinson‘s character. While it checks off all the markings of a tried and true awards season drama, hopefully it proves to excel beyond those trappings. Ahead of a likely premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, check out the trailer and poster below for the Bleecker Street release.
Based on the acclaimed book “History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier,” Denial recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt’s (Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (Cannes Award winner Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she In the English legal system, the burden of proof is on the accused, therefore it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust occurred. Also starring two-time Academy Award® nominee Tom Wilkinson, the film is directed by Emmy Award® winner Mick Jackson (Temple Grandin) and adapted for the screen by BAFTA and Academy Award® nominated writer David Hare (The Reader). Producers are Gary Foster and Russ Krasnoff.
Denial opens on September 30, 2016.
The film tracks Rachel Weisz as Lipstadt in which she fights for the truth against David Irving (Timothy Spall), with the help of Tom Wilkinson‘s character. While it checks off all the markings of a tried and true awards season drama, hopefully it proves to excel beyond those trappings. Ahead of a likely premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, check out the trailer and poster below for the Bleecker Street release.
Based on the acclaimed book “History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier,” Denial recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt’s (Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (Cannes Award winner Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she In the English legal system, the burden of proof is on the accused, therefore it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust occurred. Also starring two-time Academy Award® nominee Tom Wilkinson, the film is directed by Emmy Award® winner Mick Jackson (Temple Grandin) and adapted for the screen by BAFTA and Academy Award® nominated writer David Hare (The Reader). Producers are Gary Foster and Russ Krasnoff.
Denial opens on September 30, 2016.
- 6/15/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Plus: Awesomeness Films acquires Spontaneous; and more…
Bleecker Street has set a September 30 awards season release date for Denial, the Rachel Weisz starrer based on Deborah E. Lipstadt’s book History On Trial: My Day In Court With A Holocaust Denier.
The story of Lipstadt’s legal battle with Holocaust denier David Irving stars Timothy Spall as the latter, as well as Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott.
Mick Jackson directs from David Hare’s adapted screenplay. Producing Denial are Gary Foster and Russ Krasnoff, while Participant Media’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King, BBC Films’ Christine Langan and Joe Oppenheimer, Bleecker Street’s Andrew Karpen, and Shoebox Films Guy Heeley serve as executive producers.
Awesomeness Films has acquired rights to Ya novel Spontaneous and set Brian Duffield to adapt. Duffield and Nicki Cortese will produce under their Jurassic Party’s first-look deal with Awesomeness. AwesomenessTV head Brian Robbins and Awesomeness Films head Matt Kaplan will produce...
Bleecker Street has set a September 30 awards season release date for Denial, the Rachel Weisz starrer based on Deborah E. Lipstadt’s book History On Trial: My Day In Court With A Holocaust Denier.
The story of Lipstadt’s legal battle with Holocaust denier David Irving stars Timothy Spall as the latter, as well as Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott.
Mick Jackson directs from David Hare’s adapted screenplay. Producing Denial are Gary Foster and Russ Krasnoff, while Participant Media’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King, BBC Films’ Christine Langan and Joe Oppenheimer, Bleecker Street’s Andrew Karpen, and Shoebox Films Guy Heeley serve as executive producers.
Awesomeness Films has acquired rights to Ya novel Spontaneous and set Brian Duffield to adapt. Duffield and Nicki Cortese will produce under their Jurassic Party’s first-look deal with Awesomeness. AwesomenessTV head Brian Robbins and Awesomeness Films head Matt Kaplan will produce...
- 6/2/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Having already assembled the likes of Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson and Timothy Spall, Mick Jackson’s legal drama Denial begins production today in London – but not without welcoming aboard Sherlock and Spectre star Andrew Scott.
That’s according to Screen International, reporting that Scott will subvert audience expectations somewhat by playing solicitor Anthony Julius. Based on Deborah E. Lipstadt’s non-fiction novel History on Trial: My Day in Court With a Holocaust Denier, the movie finds Rachel Weisz step into the shoes of Lipstadt, the American historian and author who served as a consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
For Denial, though, Weisz’ lead will become embroiled in a long-running court battle with David Irving (Wilkinson) who intended to sue Lipstadt after she accused him of being a Holocaust denier. With the burden of proof looming over her head, this spawned a comprehensive search by Lipstadt and her...
That’s according to Screen International, reporting that Scott will subvert audience expectations somewhat by playing solicitor Anthony Julius. Based on Deborah E. Lipstadt’s non-fiction novel History on Trial: My Day in Court With a Holocaust Denier, the movie finds Rachel Weisz step into the shoes of Lipstadt, the American historian and author who served as a consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
For Denial, though, Weisz’ lead will become embroiled in a long-running court battle with David Irving (Wilkinson) who intended to sue Lipstadt after she accused him of being a Holocaust denier. With the burden of proof looming over her head, this spawned a comprehensive search by Lipstadt and her...
- 12/9/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
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