Chicago – Marilyn Monroe will never go away. The iconic actress of a long-gone era is the subject of a new film, “My Week with Marilyn,” directed by Simon Curtis. Ms. Monroe is portrayed during a in collaboration with Sir Lawrence Olivier, and their characters are played with sublime grace by Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh.
Director Simon Curtis was tapped to bring these actors – plus Julia Ormond, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson and Dame Judi Dench – to occupy another time and place with the image of Marilyn Monroe. Curtis was able to fully interpret the Adrian Hodges screenplay adaptation, in addition to balancing the public image and private dread of the Monroe essence. Admirers of both Monroe and Olivier will be transported.
She Wants to Loved By You: Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in ‘My Week with Marilyn’
Photo credit: The Weinstein Company
British born Simon Curtis has risen through the...
Director Simon Curtis was tapped to bring these actors – plus Julia Ormond, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson and Dame Judi Dench – to occupy another time and place with the image of Marilyn Monroe. Curtis was able to fully interpret the Adrian Hodges screenplay adaptation, in addition to balancing the public image and private dread of the Monroe essence. Admirers of both Monroe and Olivier will be transported.
She Wants to Loved By You: Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in ‘My Week with Marilyn’
Photo credit: The Weinstein Company
British born Simon Curtis has risen through the...
- 11/21/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Despite their wildly differing politics, John Malkovich and Harold Pinter were friends. Now the film star is directing Julian Sands in a tribute to the playwright. As the Edinburgh festival launches, Stephen Moss meets them
I spot John Malkovich's head as soon as I enter the courtyard of the hotel, even though he is in the lounge, with his back to me and partially obscured by a blind. That cranium has an aura. He has just arrived in Edinburgh, where he is directing his long-time friend Julian Sands, the British actor, in A Celebration of Harold Pinter. It is being touted as the starriest fringe event for a decade.
Sands gives me a cheery wave when I enter the lounge, and starts rearranging the furniture so the three of us can talk; Malkovich sprawls languidly in a large leather armchair. Sands, in an elegant grey suit and with a...
I spot John Malkovich's head as soon as I enter the courtyard of the hotel, even though he is in the lounge, with his back to me and partially obscured by a blind. That cranium has an aura. He has just arrived in Edinburgh, where he is directing his long-time friend Julian Sands, the British actor, in A Celebration of Harold Pinter. It is being touted as the starriest fringe event for a decade.
Sands gives me a cheery wave when I enter the lounge, and starts rearranging the furniture so the three of us can talk; Malkovich sprawls languidly in a large leather armchair. Sands, in an elegant grey suit and with a...
- 8/7/2011
- by Stephen Moss
- The Guardian - Film News
We hope you enjoy these three reviews from Zoners who were in the audience for the recent performance of Harold Pinter’s “Old Times”, featuring Stephen Colbert and his wife Evelyn McGee-Colbert, at the benefit for the Luna Stage theater.
From Zoner Sw:
On January 9, 2011, I was very fortunate to have attended Stephen Colbert’s performance as the character “Deeley” in a benefit staged reading of Harold Pinter’s “Old Times” at the Luna Stage in West Orange, NJ. His wife, Evelyn McGee portrayed Deeley’s wife in the play, “Kate,” and the renowned, Tony Award winning actress Maryann Plunkett played Kate’s friend, “Anna,” who comes to visit. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the play, it is quite enigmatic and much has been written about its hidden meanings. It is considered one of Harold Pinter’s “memory” plays; and as such, the overall theme is...
From Zoner Sw:
On January 9, 2011, I was very fortunate to have attended Stephen Colbert’s performance as the character “Deeley” in a benefit staged reading of Harold Pinter’s “Old Times” at the Luna Stage in West Orange, NJ. His wife, Evelyn McGee portrayed Deeley’s wife in the play, “Kate,” and the renowned, Tony Award winning actress Maryann Plunkett played Kate’s friend, “Anna,” who comes to visit. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the play, it is quite enigmatic and much has been written about its hidden meanings. It is considered one of Harold Pinter’s “memory” plays; and as such, the overall theme is...
- 1/14/2011
- by DB
- No Fact Zone
Two pieces of very important news have come up about the performance by Stephen Colbert and his wife, Evelyn McGee Colbert benefiting the Luna Stage theater in West Orange, New Jersey this Sunday, January 9, 2011.:
1) According to a press release for ticket holders for the event:
Mr. Colbert and his wife, Evelyn McGee-Colbert will be reading Harold Pinter’s ‘Old Times’, rather than the previously announced ‘Betrayal,’ also by Mr. Pinter. We recently learned that ‘Betrayal’ could not be made available to us for January 9th, so Mr. Colbert graciously agreed to read a different Pinter play.
Old Times has three characters – two women and a man. [Note: actress Maryann Plunkett will be playing the part of the second woman.] Because there is not another man in this reading, Jay O. Sanders, who was scheduled to be a reader, will not be joining us.
2) More tickets for the ‘Old Times’ performance have been released!
Visit the Luna Stage website to purchase tickets for this benefit performance.
1) According to a press release for ticket holders for the event:
Mr. Colbert and his wife, Evelyn McGee-Colbert will be reading Harold Pinter’s ‘Old Times’, rather than the previously announced ‘Betrayal,’ also by Mr. Pinter. We recently learned that ‘Betrayal’ could not be made available to us for January 9th, so Mr. Colbert graciously agreed to read a different Pinter play.
Old Times has three characters – two women and a man. [Note: actress Maryann Plunkett will be playing the part of the second woman.] Because there is not another man in this reading, Jay O. Sanders, who was scheduled to be a reader, will not be joining us.
2) More tickets for the ‘Old Times’ performance have been released!
Visit the Luna Stage website to purchase tickets for this benefit performance.
- 1/7/2011
- by DB
- No Fact Zone
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