After a nearly half a century performing in front of cameras, this year will see Dustin Hoffman taking on the role of the director for "Quartet," a musically-tinged comedy adapted by Ronald Harwood from his own acclaimed stageplay.
Featuring the rag-tag gang of British veterans including Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay and Michael Gambon, the film follows the dramas that arise at a retirement home for opera singers with the arrival of a new resident who plays the diva and refuses to take part in an annual concert celebrating Verdi's birthday. Here's an extended synopsis, courtesy of BBC Films:
Lifelong friends Wilf and Reggie, together with former colleague Cissy, are residents of Beecham House, a home for retired opera singers. Every year on Giuseppe Verdi's birthday, the residents unite to give a concert to raise funds for their home. But when Jean Horton, a...
Featuring the rag-tag gang of British veterans including Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay and Michael Gambon, the film follows the dramas that arise at a retirement home for opera singers with the arrival of a new resident who plays the diva and refuses to take part in an annual concert celebrating Verdi's birthday. Here's an extended synopsis, courtesy of BBC Films:
Lifelong friends Wilf and Reggie, together with former colleague Cissy, are residents of Beecham House, a home for retired opera singers. Every year on Giuseppe Verdi's birthday, the residents unite to give a concert to raise funds for their home. But when Jean Horton, a...
- 7/2/2012
- by Simon Dang
- The Playlist
We won’t post any deceitful trash like short, blurry clips from the set of The Dark Knight Rises, but when it comes to some cool tidbits, certainly. Composer Hans Zimmer is back in the reigns, without the help of James Newton Howard this time around. After working with guitarist Johnny Marr for the Oscar-nominated Inception score, and Rodrigo y Gabriela for Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, there are no planned collaborations for Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming mega-blockbuster, but talking with the BBC (via The Playlist) we do have some new, brief information.
He said he has “been in the studio trying out ideas” and he will “try to make it different,” but like Nolan’s storyline it will be in sync with the rest of the trilogy. He says, “it’s a matter of knocking down some walls and making it broader, wider and more epic.” When it comes to influences,...
He said he has “been in the studio trying out ideas” and he will “try to make it different,” but like Nolan’s storyline it will be in sync with the rest of the trilogy. He says, “it’s a matter of knocking down some walls and making it broader, wider and more epic.” When it comes to influences,...
- 7/5/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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