Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between.
Today, we go from wild to Wilder! Gene Wilder! Conor and I are joined by the Pittsburgh-based writer Amanda Waltz, the A&e Editor at the Pittsburgh City Paper and a co-host of the Ghoul on Ghoul Podcast.
The B-Sides featured today are: Start the Revolution Without Me, Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx, The Woman in Red, and Haunted Honeymoon.
Wilder started his career in movies a bit later than most, exploding onto the scene with Bonnie and Clyde and The Producers in 1967. Only four years later, he was Willy Wonka. In between came our first two B-Sides! He would go on to direct four feature films, including our final two B-Sides!
We compare Wilder’s Wonka to Depp’s,...
Today, we go from wild to Wilder! Gene Wilder! Conor and I are joined by the Pittsburgh-based writer Amanda Waltz, the A&e Editor at the Pittsburgh City Paper and a co-host of the Ghoul on Ghoul Podcast.
The B-Sides featured today are: Start the Revolution Without Me, Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx, The Woman in Red, and Haunted Honeymoon.
Wilder started his career in movies a bit later than most, exploding onto the scene with Bonnie and Clyde and The Producers in 1967. Only four years later, he was Willy Wonka. In between came our first two B-Sides! He would go on to direct four feature films, including our final two B-Sides!
We compare Wilder’s Wonka to Depp’s,...
- 11/19/2021
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Editors’ Note: Todd McCarthy recently wrote about his layoff from The Hollywood Reporter. To commemorate the sense of collective loss we all feel for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival that would have started tomorrow but had to be scratched for safety reasons like everything else because of the Covid-19 pandemic, McCarthy writes about his long love affair for the singular event, and reveals what movies we would have seen and how, with theatrical moviegoing an uncertainty, some might wait to get their red carpet moment at the Palais in 2021 when Cannes comes roaring back.
I can feel it in my bones. When the pages of the year’s calendar fly off as in an old Hollywood montage to finally arrive at the beginning of May, I know it’s time to get ready for my annual date with the grande dame of all film festivals, the one that requires you—in...
I can feel it in my bones. When the pages of the year’s calendar fly off as in an old Hollywood montage to finally arrive at the beginning of May, I know it’s time to get ready for my annual date with the grande dame of all film festivals, the one that requires you—in...
- 5/11/2020
- by Todd McCarthy
- Deadline Film + TV
“Superman” actress Margot Kidder’s death has been ruled a suicide, according to the Associated Press.
Kidder’s daughter, Maggie McGuane, told the publication on Wednesday that she knew her mother had died by suicide when she went to her home in Livingston, Mont.
Kidder died in her sleep on May 13 from what Park County Coroner Richard Wood said in a statement was the result of “a self-inflicted drug and alcohol overdose.”
McGuane said she found relief knowing that the truth about her mother’s death was finally known to the public. She told the AP she believes it’s important to be open and honest about Kidder’s suicide so neither her nor her family faces a cloud of shame as a result.
Kidder was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and eventually suffered a public nervous breakdown in 1996 after facing several career setbacks in the early 1990s, including a car...
Kidder’s daughter, Maggie McGuane, told the publication on Wednesday that she knew her mother had died by suicide when she went to her home in Livingston, Mont.
Kidder died in her sleep on May 13 from what Park County Coroner Richard Wood said in a statement was the result of “a self-inflicted drug and alcohol overdose.”
McGuane said she found relief knowing that the truth about her mother’s death was finally known to the public. She told the AP she believes it’s important to be open and honest about Kidder’s suicide so neither her nor her family faces a cloud of shame as a result.
Kidder was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and eventually suffered a public nervous breakdown in 1996 after facing several career setbacks in the early 1990s, including a car...
- 8/8/2018
- by Ellis Clopton
- Variety Film + TV
Canadian-born actor, who secured screen stardom via blockbusting comic book adaptation, experienced long-term mental health issues
Margot Kidder – a life in pictures
Margot Kidder, whose best known role was as reporter Lois Lane in the 1978 Superman movie has died aged 69. The Franzen Davies funeral home in Montana confirmed her death on Sunday.
Kidder was born in Canada in 1948, and broke into film acting in the late 60s. Her first significant role was in the Gene Wilder comedy Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx in 1970. Brian DePalma cast her as conjoined twins in the cult horror Sisters (1973) before she graduated to a major Hollywood production opposite Robert Redford in The Great Waldo Pepper in 1975.
Margot Kidder – a life in pictures
Margot Kidder, whose best known role was as reporter Lois Lane in the 1978 Superman movie has died aged 69. The Franzen Davies funeral home in Montana confirmed her death on Sunday.
Kidder was born in Canada in 1948, and broke into film acting in the late 60s. Her first significant role was in the Gene Wilder comedy Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx in 1970. Brian DePalma cast her as conjoined twins in the cult horror Sisters (1973) before she graduated to a major Hollywood production opposite Robert Redford in The Great Waldo Pepper in 1975.
- 5/14/2018
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Margot Kidder, the actress who played Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in director Richard Donner's classic Superman movie and its sequels, has passed away. She was 69-years-old. For those of you who didn't know, the actress suffered from mental illness in her later years after she had a nervous breakdown.
According to the Franzen-Davis Funeral Home in Livingston, Mt, she died on Sunday but they didn't share any details on the cause of death.
Kidder had a very long and successful 50-year career and on top of the Superman films, most people know her from The Amityville Horror, the horror film Black Christmas, and The Great Waldo Pepper opposite Robert Redford. She also starred alongside Gene Wilder in Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx.
In 2015, she won an Emmy Award for her performance on the children's television series R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour. According to IMDb, one...
According to the Franzen-Davis Funeral Home in Livingston, Mt, she died on Sunday but they didn't share any details on the cause of death.
Kidder had a very long and successful 50-year career and on top of the Superman films, most people know her from The Amityville Horror, the horror film Black Christmas, and The Great Waldo Pepper opposite Robert Redford. She also starred alongside Gene Wilder in Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx.
In 2015, she won an Emmy Award for her performance on the children's television series R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour. According to IMDb, one...
- 5/14/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Margot Kidder, the actress best known for playing Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the original “Superman” films, has died. She was 69.
The actress died in her sleep at her home on Sunday in Livingston, Mont., her publicist Camilla Fluxman Pines confirmed to Variety.
Born Oct. 17 in Canada, Kidder got her start in low-budget Canadian films and TV shows before landing a role in 1970’s “Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx” opposite Gene Wilder. She later appeared in 1973’s “Sisters,” “The Great Waldo Pepper” with Robert Redford, and 1979’s “The Amityville Horror.”
She rose to prominence as Lois Lane, the award-winning Daily Planet journalist and Clark Kent’s love interest in all four “Superman” films from 1978 to 1987.
Kidder, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, suffered some career setbacks after a public nervous breakdown in 1996. She continued acting in smaller roles on TV series including “Smallville,” “Brothers & Sisters,...
The actress died in her sleep at her home on Sunday in Livingston, Mont., her publicist Camilla Fluxman Pines confirmed to Variety.
Born Oct. 17 in Canada, Kidder got her start in low-budget Canadian films and TV shows before landing a role in 1970’s “Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx” opposite Gene Wilder. She later appeared in 1973’s “Sisters,” “The Great Waldo Pepper” with Robert Redford, and 1979’s “The Amityville Horror.”
She rose to prominence as Lois Lane, the award-winning Daily Planet journalist and Clark Kent’s love interest in all four “Superman” films from 1978 to 1987.
Kidder, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, suffered some career setbacks after a public nervous breakdown in 1996. She continued acting in smaller roles on TV series including “Smallville,” “Brothers & Sisters,...
- 5/14/2018
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Margot Kidder, who is probably best known for portraying Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the 1970s and ’80s Superman movies and starred in many other films including The Amityville Horror while struggling with mental illness, has died. She was 69. The Franzen-Davis Funeral Home in Livingston, Mt, said she died Sunday but did not reveal a cause of death.
Kidder appeared with many of Hollywood’s leading men during her 50-year career, including Robert Redford and James Garner, it was her role as the plucky Daily Planet reporter with a penchant for finding trouble in Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983) and Superman IV (1987) that shot her to fame.
Born on October 17, 1948, in Yellowknife, Canada, Kidder started her career in TV in the late 1960s, guesting on such shows as McQueen and The Mod Squad. She starred opposite Gene Wilder in the 1970 film Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx...
Kidder appeared with many of Hollywood’s leading men during her 50-year career, including Robert Redford and James Garner, it was her role as the plucky Daily Planet reporter with a penchant for finding trouble in Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983) and Superman IV (1987) that shot her to fame.
Born on October 17, 1948, in Yellowknife, Canada, Kidder started her career in TV in the late 1960s, guesting on such shows as McQueen and The Mod Squad. She starred opposite Gene Wilder in the 1970 film Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx...
- 5/14/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
As we bid farewell this week to the mighty Gene Wilder, find out how many of his movie roles you can recognise
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Bonnie and Clyde
The Producers
Young Frankenstein
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Rhinoceros
The Woman in Red
Silver Streak
The Frisco Kid
Haunted Honeymoon
Blazing Saddles
Stir Crazy
Blazing Saddles
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Start the Revolution Without Me
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
The Woman in Red
The World's Greatest Lover
Silver Streak
Stir Crazy
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Hanky Panky
Another You
Silver Streak
Sunday Lovers
Bonnie and Clyde
Blazing Saddles
The Little Prince
Young Frankenstein
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Rhinoceros
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother...
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Bonnie and Clyde
The Producers
Young Frankenstein
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Rhinoceros
The Woman in Red
Silver Streak
The Frisco Kid
Haunted Honeymoon
Blazing Saddles
Stir Crazy
Blazing Saddles
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Start the Revolution Without Me
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
The Woman in Red
The World's Greatest Lover
Silver Streak
Stir Crazy
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Hanky Panky
Another You
Silver Streak
Sunday Lovers
Bonnie and Clyde
Blazing Saddles
The Little Prince
Young Frankenstein
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Rhinoceros
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother...
- 9/2/2016
- by Aidan Mac Guill
- The Guardian - Film News
The sad news for fans of film comedy spread like wildfire earlier this week. Here’s the opening paragraph facts from the New York Times:
Gene Wilder, who established himself as one of America’s foremost comic actors with his delightfully neurotic performances in three films directed by Mel Brooks; his eccentric star turn in the family classic “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”; and his winning chemistry with Richard Pryor in the box-office smash “Stir Crazy,” died early Monday morning at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was 83.
A nephew, the filmmaker Jordan Walker-Pearlman, confirmed his death in a statement, saying the cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
Mr. Wilder’s rule for comedy was simple: Don’t try to make it funny; try to make it real. “I’m an actor, not a clown,” he said more than once.
And what an actor. That’s from the...
Gene Wilder, who established himself as one of America’s foremost comic actors with his delightfully neurotic performances in three films directed by Mel Brooks; his eccentric star turn in the family classic “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”; and his winning chemistry with Richard Pryor in the box-office smash “Stir Crazy,” died early Monday morning at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was 83.
A nephew, the filmmaker Jordan Walker-Pearlman, confirmed his death in a statement, saying the cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
Mr. Wilder’s rule for comedy was simple: Don’t try to make it funny; try to make it real. “I’m an actor, not a clown,” he said more than once.
And what an actor. That’s from the...
- 8/31/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Below you will find a list of movie that Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright has never seen. Not long ago Wright went out and asked his friends and fans to recommend some movies they thought he may have missed over the last thirty years of his life. He got recommendations from Quentin Tarantino, Daniel Waters, Bill Hader, John Landis, Guillermo Del Toro, Joe Dante, Judd Apatow, Joss Whedon, Greg Mottola, Schwartzman, Doug Benson, Rian Johnson, Larry Karaszeski, Josh Olson, Harry Knowles and hundreds of fans on this blog.
From these recommendations, Wright created a master list of recommended films that were frequently mentioned. The director now wants the fans to choose which of the films on the list he should watch on the big screen.
Wright is holding a film event at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles called Films Edgar Has Never Seen.
From these recommendations, Wright created a master list of recommended films that were frequently mentioned. The director now wants the fans to choose which of the films on the list he should watch on the big screen.
Wright is holding a film event at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles called Films Edgar Has Never Seen.
- 10/18/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Edgar Wright's latest epic project [1] has him partnering with Quentin Tarantino, Judd Apatow, Joss Whedon, Bill Hader, Guillermo Del Toro, Joe Dante, Greg Mottola, Harry Knowles, Rian Johnson and, probably, several of you. Like all of us, Wright has a bunch of classic and cult films he's never seen. Unlike all of us, he has the means to see them for the first time on the big screen and will do just that in December [2] at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles during Films Edgar Has Never Seen. The director of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World asked both his famous friends (some of which are listed above) and fans to send in their personal must see lists and, from those titles, Wright came up with one mega list from which he'll pick a few movies to watch December 9-16. After the jump check...
- 10/18/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
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