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`The Harder They Come` Co-Writer Dead
Original at CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM
• Tue, Sep 15
Rhone also had a supporting Role in theMiramar ABC TV series `Going to Extremes` aired across the United States of America and in the Miramax feature film ... and more »
Iron Monkey BD Review
Original at bluray.ign.com
• Tue, Sep 15
Thanks in part to the success of Crouching Tiger, Miramax has just released a restored, re-scored, and newly subtitled version of Iron Monkey. ...
Weinsteins pounce on US, German rights for A Single Man
Original at Screendaily.com
• Tue, Sep 15
The Weinsteins will release this year to parlay the drama's strong critical buzz into Oscar consideration after beating out interest from Miramax. ...
Tarantino sees "Basterds" saving Weinstein brothers
Original at Reuters
• Tue, Sep 15
Brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein have released all of Tarantino's work, beginning in 1992 with "Reservoir Dogs" when they ran Miramax Films. ... and more »
Weinstein terminates stake in Genius Products-paper
Original at Reuters
• Tue, Sep 15
Harvey and Bob Weinstein founded Weinstein Co after they sold Miramax Films, the powerhouse studio behind such 1990s movies as "Pulp Fiction" and ... and more »
Media Room: DVD & Blu-ray reviews
Original at Washington Times
• Mon, Sep 14
Media Room: DVD & Blu-ray reviews Hero, The Legend of Drunken Master, Iron Monkey, Zatoichi ($39.99-$44.99, Blu Ray, Miramax) — Miramax has been at the forefront of bringing kung-fu features ... and more »
Set From 'Shakespeare in Love' to Be (or Not to Be) a Theater?
Original at New York Times
• Mon, Sep 14
guardian.co.uk Laurie Sparham/Miramax Films Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes in a scene from “Shakespeare in Love.” The set that stood in for a ... Judi Dench's theatre is Rose-tintedguardian.co.uk Shakespeare in Love' set to be reborn as theaterBloomington Pantagraph
Norman Reedus Talks “Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day” And More - Icon Vs. Icon
Original at iconvsicon.com
• Sat, Sep 12
Icon Vs. Icon - All Things Pop Culture Norman Reedus Talks “Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day” And More Icon Vs. Icon - All Things Pop Culture Back then, there was another film that I was up for that was a Miramax film. They flew me up to New York for a meeting. I met up with Bob Weinstein and he ...
Producers' pacts with the majors plunge
Original at Variety
• Sat, Sep 12
The 2000 edition of Facts on Pacts tallied 24 deals at DreamWorks, 33 at Miramax and 22 at New Line. At the same studios, those numbers are now three, ...
Oscars double down with 10 best-picture nominees
Original at TheV247.com
• Fri, Sep 11
Publicist Tony Angelotti, who has worked on awards campaigns for such studios as Miramax and Universal, said Oscar voters might stick largely to the sober ... and more »
Tough times for indie labels
Original at Variety
• Wed, Sep 9
There are rumors that Disney is looking to downsize Miramax in some way, but so far, it's just chatter. Amid U's thorny year at the box office, ... Searchlight zeroes in on emotionVariety all 2 news articles »
Weinstein Books Constricts
Original at Publishers Weekly
• Tue, Sep 8
Miramax Books, founded in 1993, was the publishing unit of the former Miramax, the boutique media company run by Bob and Harvey Weinstein and owned by ...
Comics won't be less Marvel-ous
Original at statepress.com
• Tue, Sep 8
Disney acquired Miramax in 1993. A year later, Miramax distributed “Pulp Fiction.” Disney didn't stifle that film because of violence or profanity. ... Disney buys MarvelTiger Weekly Disney acquires Marvel EntertainmentThe Daily Titan
Chasing Amy
Original at bluray.ign.com
• Fri, Sep 4
September 4, 2009 - On November 17, 2009, Miramax and Buena Vista Home Entertainment will release Chasing Amy on Blu-ray. ...
Love of film runs in the Garner family
Original at RocNow
• Fri, Sep 4
At the festival, we were able to get into an exclusive party where Matt met both filmmakers as well as Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein. ... and more »
Google To Add Video Results in Search Pages?
Original at ITProPortal
• Wed, Sep 2
Beta testing for the same has already begun with an Electronics Arts campaign for its latest “Need for Speed” video game, as well as with Miramax studio for ... Google Hitting up Hollywood for Ad Bucksmediabistro.com Google makes bid for Hollywood ad dollarsRevolution Magazine
3 Legitimate Reasons To Freak Out Over The Disney Marvel Deal
Original at Cinema Blend
• Mon, Aug 31
While the Disney brand is geared entirely towards kids, they also own Miramax. Miramax is a studio which releases mostly R-rated, edgy, independent adult ... Disney to buy Marvel EntertainmentExaminer.com Disney Marvel Deal: ReactionG4 TV
Stars hit Hollywood for 'Extract' preem
Original at Variety
• Wed, Aug 26
Us Magazine Miramax topper Daniel Battsek admitted he was a latecomer to Mike Judge's humor at the helmer's "Extract" premiere on Monday. ... Five or Six Things I Learned at the Extract PremiereIndie Wire Red carpet report: 'Extract' premiereUSA Today
Pitt, Tarantino's 'Basterds' earns glorious $37.6M
Original at google.com
• Sun, Aug 23
At Miramax, the Weinsteins balanced prestige and profit with a string of Academy Awards triumphs such as "Shakespeare in Love" and "Chicago" and hits such ... Basterds' Invading Weekend BOTheWrap Los Angeles Times -Box Office Prophets -TheWrap
A New Entry Stakes Out Low-Budget Film
Original at New York Times
• Sun, Jun 14
Many studios dedicated to independent movies have been closed (Picturehouse) or exist more in name than in function (Miramax). Production and advertising costs continue to climb, financing is virtually impossible to secure and the recession has ...
Disney Smartly Maneuvering to Exploit Turnaround in Entertainment ...
Original at Gerson Lehrman Group
• Tue, Jun 9
New York If there's any downside to this strategy, its that the studio does not position itself to be innovative with smaller, breakout films or with emerging filmmakers. The lack of spark from its Miramax division in this regard will surely be something that ...
DVD Review: "Enchanted April”
Original at NewsOK.com
• Thu, May 21
OK Unfortunately, Miramax offers a barebones DVD with disappointing picture quality. Still, the subpar release can't diminish the wonderful performances or charming, mellow storytelling of Newell's film version of Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel. ...
Miramax's Bob Weinstein pays $15M for Lincoln Square townhouse
Original at The Real Deal New York
• Wed, May 13
New York Miramax co-founder Robert Weinstein and his wife Annie Clayton paid $15 million for a townhouse at 39 West 70th Street in Lincoln Square. The couple closed on the mid-block building between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West May 6, according to ...
Movie Review: Enchanted April – Miramax Award-Winning Collection
Original at Blogger News Network
• Mon, May 4
Starting this May 5th, now available on DVD from BBC Films and Miramax Home Entertainment comes the classic tale of paradise and finding it in the midst of life. Enchanted April – Miramax Award-Winning Collection is ready to saunter out of your ...
Enchanted April DVD Review
Original at Ultimate Disney
• Mon, May 4
It didn't win any of those, faring slightly worse than the year's other Miramax/Miranda Richardson drama (original screenplay winner The Crying Game). It may seem like all of the major studios' 1990s theatrical output has been put on DVD with the ...
Quentin Tarantino: the golden boy must make good
Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk
• Sat, May 2
UK When it became apparent that Kill Bill would have to be released as two films instead of one, the producer, Harvey Weinstein, ever grateful for the glory bestowed on his company Miramax by Pulp Fiction, memorably announced: "Miramax is the house ...
NZ sites, designers nominated for Oscars of the internet
Original at National Business Review
• Tue, Apr 14
New Zealand Winners are decided by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), a global organisation of “industry experts and technology innovators” that includes Miramax’ Harvey Weinstein, Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Jamie Oliver, ...
Opinion: Giveaway - Doubt DVD
Original at TMR Zoo
• Mon, Apr 6
Movie City News by Steve Tomassetti To celebrate the April 7th Blu Ray and DVD release of Doubt, The Zoo is giving away THREE copies of the DVD, courtesy of Miramax Home Entertainment, to THREE lucky winners. From Miramax Films comes one of the most honored and ...
Doubt DVD Review
Original at Ultimate Disney
• Tue, Mar 31
This Miramax Films drama was less of a gamble and not just because its title lacked an eruptive disaster source ripe for unfavorable comparisons. With the subtitle "A Parable", Shanley's Doubt debuted as a one-act play in 2004. ...
Brideshead Revisited DVD Review
Original at dBTechno
• Sun, Jan 18
MA - Miramax Films is set to release Brideshead Revisited on the DVD format this month, and hopes to do justice to the release of this film based on the ...
Pressured Miramax Retracts 'Doubt' Pseudoblurb [Awards]
Original at Defamer
• Wed, Jan 7
By STV Miramax pulls fudged blurb from 'Doubt' ad [The Big Picture]
Opinion: Miramax pulls fudged blurb from 'Doubt' ad
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Wed, Jan 7
By LAT Blogs Scott Rudin and I have been having a lively e-mail exchange (at the U.N. they'd call it a "frank exchange of views") over the propriety of Miramax's ads for "Doubt," a Rudin production that inexplicably featured a mashed-up blurb from... Scott Rudin and I have been having a lively e-mail exchan...
Opinion: When Oscar Hype Goes Wrong, Vol. MMCXLII: Miramax Fakes 'Doubt' Blurb [Oscars]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Jan 2
By STV · Revolutionary Road: "Screenwriter Justin Haythe digests Richard Yates's piercing dialogue into compact, Oscar-clip-compatible bursts. A quasi-pedigreed patina reveling in excruciating emotional turmoil. $40 million of DreamWorks' money!"
Review: Doubt
Original at Cinematical
• Fri, Dec 12
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Shanley is a playwright who occasionally forays into movies, and he adapted his own 2004 play into the screenplay for Doubt. He won a Best Screenplay Oscar for Moonstruck (1987), and his other writing work ranges from Five Corners (1987) to an adaptation of Congo (1995). As a director, Doub...
A Free Burger and Beer Is Media Excess, 2008 Style [Recessionomics]
Original at Gawker
• Tue, Nov 18
By Sheila When Tina Brown's Talk magazine launched in 1999, its party was one of the biggest events of the year, an overblown, garish party that sprawled over Liberty Island. Today it's a sad memory of where magazines once stood in the New York social strata. Bob and Harvey Weinstein, then the dominat...
Empty Desks, Fire Sales, and Other Signs of the Weinstein Apocalypse [Weinstein DeathWatch]Original at Defamer
• Wed, Oct 22
By STV There aren't a lot of wheels left to fly off at the Weinstein Company, where as many as five executives are now expected to have made their exits by the end of the year. Add on the news that its previous Oscar hopeful The Road is officially shelved until 2009 while Bob Weinstein reportedly inve...
Del Toro’s not afraid of the dark
Original at sbiff.org
• Wed, Jul 30
By Roger Durling Share This “Hellboy 2″ director Guillermo del Toro and Miramax will produce a remake of the horror-thriller TV movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.” Comic book artist-writer Troy Nixey will make his feature directorial debut with the adaptation of ABC’s 1973 chiller, which gained a cu...
Why Harvey Weinstein Thinks He Owns New York Media
Original at gawker.com
• Tue, Apr 1
By Ryan Tate The mogul also makes his power felt further down the media food chain, where he can wow reporters with Hollywood glitz. David Carr said in the opening of a 2001 New York profile of Weinstein that the celebrities surrounding the mogul made Carr feel like "I'm in — kind of, temporarily, a membe...
Countdown to the Oscars!!
Original at The Ghetto Fashionista Entertainment
• Fri, Feb 22
By The Ghetto Fashionista The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Juliette Welfling Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment): Jay Cassidy No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
Podcast: Interview: Josh Brolin, 'No Country for Old Men'
Original at Cinematical
• Thu, Nov 8
By James Rocchi In an Esquire piece celebrating "The Casting Mistake of the Year," Joel and Ethan Coen explained how Josh Brolin wound up cast in one of No Country for Old Men's lead roles: "Our movie version of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men had Tommy Lee Jones in place -- no mistake there -- as a cr...
DVD Review: Renaissance
Original at Cinematical
• Mon, Jul 23
By Christopher Campbell The kidnap victim is a young woman named Ilona (voiced in the English-language dub by Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights star Romola Garai), a researcher at a huge cosmetics corporation called Avalon. Assigned to find her is Barthelemy Karas (Casino Royale's 007, Daniel Craig), a police dete...
Weinsteins Order Up Some Hong Kong Action
Original at Cinematical
• Fri, Jun 22
By Peter Martin Filed under: Action & Adventure, Deals, The Weinstein Co.Mention the Weinsteins to any fan of Asian cinema during the past dozen years and you'd be likely to hear a lot of profanity. While running Miramax, Harvey Weinstein constantly professed his great love for films from the region...
The First Teaser for 'There Will Be Blood' is OnlineOriginal at Cinematical
• Sat, Jun 16
By Jessica Barnes Filed under: Drama, Movie Marketing, Other Festivals, Miramax, Paramount VantageTo be honest, the summer crop of movies hasn't had me lining up at the box office like I thought it would. Instead, my attention has been firmly fixed on fall and winter. So you can imagine my glee when a promoti...
Cannes Press Raving Over New Coen Brothers Thriller
Original at Cinematical
• Sun, May 20
By Scott Weinberg Filed under: Action & Adventure, Drama, Cannes, Miramax, Cinematical IndieI don't know about you, but the arrival of a new Coen Brothers movie is a really big deal to me. (Yes, even after Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers, both of which I enjoy more than most people seem to.) Thei...
Review: The Lookout
Original at Cinematical
• Sat, Mar 31
By Kim Voynar What would you do if your entire life as you know it was changed in the blink of an eye? It doesn't take much, really ... just a few minutes of bad judgment and a smattering of bad luck and BOOM! -- everything's changed. The Lookout, directed by Oscar-nommed screenwriter Scott Frank in his directo...
Podcast: The Lookout: Interview with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode and Scott Frank
Original at /FILM
• Fri, Mar 30
By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Tags: Brideshead Revisited, Fourty Four, Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Killshot, Mathew Goode, Scott Frank, Stop Loss, The Lookout, Drama, Thriller, Features, Movie Marketing, Interviews Comment on this now or read more at slashfilm.com.
Randy Quaid's Rejected Spirit Awards Script
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Mar 24
By Mark I don't know, I guess I'm just not that excited about independent film anymore, because I've finally figured out what "independent" means: It means you don't make any money. I just did this film for Miramax, which means I'm working for The Walt Disney Company, but because it's the Oscar win...
Trade Round-Up: Executive Shuffle
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Jan 4
By Mark · Just because there's nothing to do in the first week of the year but count the piles of money: Sony wins the year in North American box office thanks to Spider-man 2, while Warner Bros. takes the international box office crown [THR, Variety]
Trade Round-Up: Hilary Swank To Play Woman
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Dec 14
By Mark · The latest on Miramax vs. Disney: In an SEC filing, Disney ominously states that production of Miramax projects may be "abandoned or otherwise impaired" after their deal with the Weinsteins expires. This is the closest Michael Eisner can get to threatening to kill Harvey Weinstein's ch...
Trade Round-Up: Critics Celebrate Tragic Love Affair With Sideways
Original at Defamer
• Mon, Dec 13
By Mark · The lovable drunks of Sideways take the LA Critics Assn. [THR], San Francisco Critics Circle [Variety, sub. req'd.], and NY Online Critics [THR] top honors. They're all just setting themselves up for disappointment when Miramax buys a win for The Aviator at the Oscars.