Sean Penn

Marshall Fine: Interview: Hal Holbrook relishes rediscovery

source: Huffington Post

It's been more than two years since Sean Penn cast Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild - but Holbrook is still singing his praises. "Sean... It's been more than two years since Sean Penn cast Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild - but Holbrook is still singing his praises.

Published 15 hours ago

Abigail Breslin and Alison Pill to Star in The Miracle Worker on Broadway

source: OH NO!!

Breslin will make her Broadway debut in the role of Helen Keller. She made her breakthrough feature film appearance at the age of five in M. Night Shyamalan’s 2002 film Signs, and received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the comedy Little Miss Sunshine.

Published Wed, Oct 28

Another 10 Movies About Movies

source: listverse.com

A week in the life of Ben, a powerful Hollywood producer, as he juggles negotiations with a studio head so that his newest picture can open at Cannes in two weeks, with a high-strung director who must make edits to the film, with an actor and his agent because the star has arrived on the set of a...

Published Sun, Oct 25

The Pledge (2001)

source: dtmmr (WordPress)

This is a very different movie from any of other Nicholson’s. He’s more serious and more quiet in another film feature from Sean Penn, yes the actor too. The Pledge isn’t as much a thriller as it is a journey inside the mind of this aging retired cop’s head.

Published Sat, Oct 24

Another season, another reason

source: Edward Copeland on Film

When I first saw Steve Kloves' film in 1989, while I liked it, I didn't know quite what to think of it because it really was unlike any major studio release I was used to at the time. Here it was though: a film more like a tone poem than a heavily plotted release with Warner Bros. behind it and marque...

Published Tue, Oct 13

Eddie Vedder-Rise

source: sofreelygiven (WordPress)

Read Krakauer’s riveting 1993 Outside Magazine article “Death of an Innocent”, the piece that inspired Into the Wild. Eddie Vedder, “Rise”, Music for the Motion Picture Into the Wild (2007) Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12, 1968 – mid-August, 1992) was an American wander...

Published Thu, Oct 1

Josh Brolin to star in CARTEL

source: gordon and the whale dot com

Josh Brolin will star in CARTEL, stepping into a role that his MILK co-star Sean Penn vacated months ago “to take a movie business sabbatical for personal reasons.” The film will be directed by Asger Leth as his feature film debut. His previous work includes the documentary GHOSTS OF CITE SO...

Published Thu, Oct 1

Books and Movies so far in 2009

source: marymurtz.com

Movies:  Movies: The Suicide Kings  I love Christopher Walken, and this was a surprisingly good movie.  June, July, August, September: “Bottle Shock” – Get this movie.  It’s a great little film about how California wines became critically acclaimed in the 1970s.

Published Sat, Sep 26