For two people whose paths never crossed, Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman have a fascinatingly strong connection. Some might even call it cosmic.
Carrey has famously idolized Kaufman, whose remarkable career included a stint on the first season of “Saturday Night Live,” the role of Latka Gravas on “Taxi” and a standing invitation to appear on “Late Night With David Letterman.” And because no eccentric career would be complete without a good feud, Kaufman also had a running bone to pick with pro-wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler.
Audiences first had this connection spelled out for them in 1999, when Carrey portrayed his idol in Universal Pictures’ “Man on the Moon,” a powerful retelling of Kaufman’s life — his rise to stardom in 1970s New York City, his fatal battle with lung cancer in the 1980s, and the veritable circus of highs and lows in between. Kaufman was well known as a...
Carrey has famously idolized Kaufman, whose remarkable career included a stint on the first season of “Saturday Night Live,” the role of Latka Gravas on “Taxi” and a standing invitation to appear on “Late Night With David Letterman.” And because no eccentric career would be complete without a good feud, Kaufman also had a running bone to pick with pro-wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler.
Audiences first had this connection spelled out for them in 1999, when Carrey portrayed his idol in Universal Pictures’ “Man on the Moon,” a powerful retelling of Kaufman’s life — his rise to stardom in 1970s New York City, his fatal battle with lung cancer in the 1980s, and the veritable circus of highs and lows in between. Kaufman was well known as a...
- 11/17/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Comedy Central UK is to air new Us sitcoms The Millers and We Are Men.
The channel has struck a multi-season deal with CBS Studios International for the exclusive broadcast rights to both shows.
The Millers stars Will Arnett (Arrested Development) as a newly-divorced man who is looking forward to single life, until his parent's own marital problems derail his plans.
Jerry O'Connell (Scream 2), Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and Kal Penn (House) star in We Are Men as three single men who help their friend (Chris Smith) get over being jilted at the altar.
Watch the trailer for The Millers below:
"The Millers was the stand-out comedy at this year's La Screenings," said Brad Wood, Head of Acquisitions at Comedy Central UK.
"It's a great fit with our current crop of Us and UK sitcoms. And it has the best Dirty Dancing scene we've seen since the original movie!"
Comedy Central...
The channel has struck a multi-season deal with CBS Studios International for the exclusive broadcast rights to both shows.
The Millers stars Will Arnett (Arrested Development) as a newly-divorced man who is looking forward to single life, until his parent's own marital problems derail his plans.
Jerry O'Connell (Scream 2), Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and Kal Penn (House) star in We Are Men as three single men who help their friend (Chris Smith) get over being jilted at the altar.
Watch the trailer for The Millers below:
"The Millers was the stand-out comedy at this year's La Screenings," said Brad Wood, Head of Acquisitions at Comedy Central UK.
"It's a great fit with our current crop of Us and UK sitcoms. And it has the best Dirty Dancing scene we've seen since the original movie!"
Comedy Central...
- 9/17/2013
- Digital Spy
The British Film Institute's consultation document, New Horizons for UK Film, allocates £273m of lottery funding, including a third more money on backing new films
The British Film Institute plans to pump £273m of lottery money into British film over the next five years, spending a third more money on backing new films, digitising up to 15,000 movies from the enormous back catalogue of British films, and equipping up to 1,000 new venues including village halls with digital projectors so such films can be shown nationwide, as well as promoting training in film skills, and a chance for every school child to watch films and experiment in film techniques.
The BFI's New Horizons for UK Film, which incorporates many of the recommendations in Chris Smith's review of film policy launched earlier this year, now goes out for four weeks' consultation, but already has government backing.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey welcomed the new approach,...
The British Film Institute plans to pump £273m of lottery money into British film over the next five years, spending a third more money on backing new films, digitising up to 15,000 movies from the enormous back catalogue of British films, and equipping up to 1,000 new venues including village halls with digital projectors so such films can be shown nationwide, as well as promoting training in film skills, and a chance for every school child to watch films and experiment in film techniques.
The BFI's New Horizons for UK Film, which incorporates many of the recommendations in Chris Smith's review of film policy launched earlier this year, now goes out for four weeks' consultation, but already has government backing.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey welcomed the new approach,...
- 5/14/2012
- by Maev Kennedy
- The Guardian - Film News
Statements follow government-backed report saying broadcasters should do more to invest in British film
Both BSkyB and ITV have moved to flag up the amount of money they put into the UK's creative industries after a government-backed report said they should do more to invest in British film.
Lord Smith, chairman of the Film Policy Review Panel, singled out the two broadcasters for failing to do enough to support British films, and suggested the government could legislate to guarantee they spend more money on big-screen output.
A spokesman for ITV said: "ITV invests almost £1bn annually in programming on its channels, with the majority focussed on original UK-produced content from a broad range of suppliers.
"This significant investment in the British production sector helps support the UK's broader creative economy, with last night's Golden Globes win for Downton Abbey just one example of the vital role ITV1 plays in creating...
Both BSkyB and ITV have moved to flag up the amount of money they put into the UK's creative industries after a government-backed report said they should do more to invest in British film.
Lord Smith, chairman of the Film Policy Review Panel, singled out the two broadcasters for failing to do enough to support British films, and suggested the government could legislate to guarantee they spend more money on big-screen output.
A spokesman for ITV said: "ITV invests almost £1bn annually in programming on its channels, with the majority focussed on original UK-produced content from a broad range of suppliers.
"This significant investment in the British production sector helps support the UK's broader creative economy, with last night's Golden Globes win for Downton Abbey just one example of the vital role ITV1 plays in creating...
- 1/16/2012
- by John Plunkett
- The Guardian - Film News
Fears of unalloyed commercialism were allayed as the review panel sought to incentivise success without stifling creativity
When David Cameron suggested last week that the British film industry should become more "dynamic and entrepreneurial", he set alarm bells ringing in cinema arthouses across the land. Commentators inferred the government's report into the British film industry would recommend that only sure-fire hits received funding.
So when it was unveiled on Monday, Chris Smith, chair of the independent film policy review panel, which produced the report, insisted it "advocated support for the widest possible type of films, from the commercial to the arty". He added that it would be impossible only to fund hits, since box-office success cannot be reliably predicted.
Nevertheless, the report, The Future of British Film, does aim to reduce what it calls the British film industry's "overall dependence on public funding" and incentivise commercial success.
There will be...
When David Cameron suggested last week that the British film industry should become more "dynamic and entrepreneurial", he set alarm bells ringing in cinema arthouses across the land. Commentators inferred the government's report into the British film industry would recommend that only sure-fire hits received funding.
So when it was unveiled on Monday, Chris Smith, chair of the independent film policy review panel, which produced the report, insisted it "advocated support for the widest possible type of films, from the commercial to the arty". He added that it would be impossible only to fund hits, since box-office success cannot be reliably predicted.
Nevertheless, the report, The Future of British Film, does aim to reduce what it calls the British film industry's "overall dependence on public funding" and incentivise commercial success.
There will be...
- 1/16/2012
- by Alex Needham
- The Guardian - Film News
The purpose of the national film industry needs to be defined
The purposes served by a national film industry are a happy perennial of public debate. On Wednesday, the prime minister indicated – to no one's surprise – that his government thought the pre-eminent one should be making money. Speaking at Pinewood studios, Mr Cameron predicted approvingly that Lord Chris Smith's investigation of Britain's £4bn film industry, out next week, will call for government and lottery support to be directed more at entrepreneurial film-makers and box-office hits than at technically innovative or culturally important projects. It probably will, since that is what the then plain Chris Smith MP said 12 years ago when as culture secretary he set up the UK Film Council, the body his Conservative successor axed within weeks of taking office in May 2010.
There is a strong case here for defining terms. Precisely what is meant by the British...
The purposes served by a national film industry are a happy perennial of public debate. On Wednesday, the prime minister indicated – to no one's surprise – that his government thought the pre-eminent one should be making money. Speaking at Pinewood studios, Mr Cameron predicted approvingly that Lord Chris Smith's investigation of Britain's £4bn film industry, out next week, will call for government and lottery support to be directed more at entrepreneurial film-makers and box-office hits than at technically innovative or culturally important projects. It probably will, since that is what the then plain Chris Smith MP said 12 years ago when as culture secretary he set up the UK Film Council, the body his Conservative successor axed within weeks of taking office in May 2010.
There is a strong case here for defining terms. Precisely what is meant by the British...
- 1/12/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Pm visits Pinewood studios and backs review's call for lottery cash to go to those firms producing films with box office draw
David Cameron will urge the British film industry on Wednesday to make more films with mainstream appeal.
During a visit to Pinewood studios in west London, the prime minister will meet small and medium businesses in the £4.2bn UK film industry, and suggest he supports the expected findings of a review that aims to rebalance the industry's national lottery funding in favour of supporting independent pictures that have mainstream potential. Successful film companies would receive greater support, rather than government funding going to unproven film-makers.
Announcing the review in May 2011, arts minister Ed Vaizey said the industry was "still not as profitable as it should be for British film-makers".
The review is led by former culture minister Lord Chris Smith with eight industry experts including Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes,...
David Cameron will urge the British film industry on Wednesday to make more films with mainstream appeal.
During a visit to Pinewood studios in west London, the prime minister will meet small and medium businesses in the £4.2bn UK film industry, and suggest he supports the expected findings of a review that aims to rebalance the industry's national lottery funding in favour of supporting independent pictures that have mainstream potential. Successful film companies would receive greater support, rather than government funding going to unproven film-makers.
Announcing the review in May 2011, arts minister Ed Vaizey said the industry was "still not as profitable as it should be for British film-makers".
The review is led by former culture minister Lord Chris Smith with eight industry experts including Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes,...
- 1/11/2012
- by Allegra Stratton
- The Guardian - Film News
Okay, I’m aware that anyone can use Flickchart to filter their favorite documentaries. That’s Flickchart 101, Derek.
But I decided to focus on documentaries this week because I made an organic list of my ten favorite documentaries for a post I wrote last year on my own blog. This was at a time when I wasn’t aware of Flickchart’s potential to do the same thing, or at least, didn’t yet use the site that way, if I did know.
What truer measure of the effectiveness of Flickchart at distilling my true feelings, than to compare a list I produced from my brain with one produced from Flickchart’s algorithms? As an added bonus, Flickchart might also help me identify a movie I didn’t realize I loved as much as I do. Here is the list I came up with organically, to prepare you for what...
But I decided to focus on documentaries this week because I made an organic list of my ten favorite documentaries for a post I wrote last year on my own blog. This was at a time when I wasn’t aware of Flickchart’s potential to do the same thing, or at least, didn’t yet use the site that way, if I did know.
What truer measure of the effectiveness of Flickchart at distilling my true feelings, than to compare a list I produced from my brain with one produced from Flickchart’s algorithms? As an added bonus, Flickchart might also help me identify a movie I didn’t realize I loved as much as I do. Here is the list I came up with organically, to prepare you for what...
- 8/3/2011
- by Derek Armstrong
- Flickchart
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