hollywoodnews.com: Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television and Commercials for the year 2010.
‘Whether it’s a 30-second commercial or a multi-part miniseries, television directors are crucial to the success of any television project.’ said Hackford. ‘As the DGA celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, we salute the critical role of the director in TV and are proud to honor the tremendous range of excellence found in the projects nominated today. Congratulations to all of the nominees.’
The winners will be announced at the 63rd Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.
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Movies For Television And Mini-series
The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series for 2010 are (in alphabetical order):
Mick Jackson
Temple Grandin
(HBO...
‘Whether it’s a 30-second commercial or a multi-part miniseries, television directors are crucial to the success of any television project.’ said Hackford. ‘As the DGA celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, we salute the critical role of the director in TV and are proud to honor the tremendous range of excellence found in the projects nominated today. Congratulations to all of the nominees.’
The winners will be announced at the 63rd Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.
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Movies For Television And Mini-series
The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series for 2010 are (in alphabetical order):
Mick Jackson
Temple Grandin
(HBO...
- 1/11/2011
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Film review: 'Dreamers'
Two naive but determined would-be filmmakers from the sticks are lured to Hollywood and flop in a small way -- or do they?
With cinematography by Neal Fredericks ("The Blair Witch Project") as perhaps its biggest claim to fame, the low-budget feature "Dreamers" has won several awards at small festivals since it first appeared last year. But it's little more than a depressing cinematic postcard to anyone who is not as clueless as its lead characters.
When has the business of making movies not been a daily tug of war between gross exploitation and grotesque deification of those responsible for creating our celluloid dreams? First-time writer-director Ann Lu, a native of China who has lived in the United States since 1994, may know that the answer is "never," but her film is neither insightful nor gritty enough to keep one's attention.
The film starts with a dog defecating on a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame as a way of introducing the recurring character of a worshipful Japanese tourist -- named after famed director Yasujiro Ozu -- who only enters the scenario directly at the end. "Dreamers" is about longtime pals Dave (Jeremy Jordan) and Ethan (Mark Ballou) of Jefferson City, Tenn.
Escaping a broken home, Ethan is the first young man to go west. The shy Dave, who was called "retard" by schoolmates when growing up, comes from a religious family. His parents matter-of-factly load him up with condoms as he gets on the bus. On the way to hell ... er, Hollywood, Dave gets sleepy reading Ethan's satirical script about sufferers of CFDS (Chronic Filmmaking Deficiency Syndrome). Does Dave wake up figuratively and literally when he gets to dreamland?
Most of "Dreamers" chronicles Dave's brush with the "realities of the business." Struggling auteur Ethan, living with his half-crazy mother, is already jaded and ready to call it quits when Dave shows up to urge him onward. With a pathetically ineffective producer (Courtney Gains) not helping the situation, unprepared Dave goes to work on a sexploitation movie to gain experience. He learns an illusion-shattering thing or two.
Eventually, Dave has romantic desires for genuine honey and struggling actress Patricia (Portia Dawson). But when he has the urge to help Ethan get money for his movie, Dave loses his innocence to Valerie (Ruth De Sosa), a horny married woman and potential investor. Meanwhile, there are several predictable flashbacks and interludes that might be dreams within a dream, including one where the leads meet a low-budget producer-distributor (wryly played by the late Paul Bartel), who insists the secret to a successful movie is to have "something happen every four minutes."
Much of "Dreamers" is competent in terms of the basics, but Lu really has nothing new to say and can't resist an upbeat ending. Her cause is helped and hindered by the performances, some of which are more focused than others, often as a result of Lu's hit-and-miss screenplay.
DREAMERS
Dark Lantern Pictures
An Artie Glackin production
Screenwriter-director: Ann Lu
Producer: Artie Glackin
Executive producers: Peiti Feng,
Yang-Wen Lu, Carl L. Fredericks, Henry Zhao
Director of photography: Neal Fredericks
Production designer: Jordan Steinberg
Editor: Andrea Zondler
Music: Bob Mithoff
Color/stereo
Cast:
Dave: Jeremy Jordan
Ethan: Mark Ballou
Mike: Courtney Gains
Patricia: Portia Dawson
Valerie: Ruth De Sosa
Matt: Camille Gaston
Pete: Brian Krause
Larry: Paul Bartel
Running time -- 93 minutes
No MPAA Rating...
With cinematography by Neal Fredericks ("The Blair Witch Project") as perhaps its biggest claim to fame, the low-budget feature "Dreamers" has won several awards at small festivals since it first appeared last year. But it's little more than a depressing cinematic postcard to anyone who is not as clueless as its lead characters.
When has the business of making movies not been a daily tug of war between gross exploitation and grotesque deification of those responsible for creating our celluloid dreams? First-time writer-director Ann Lu, a native of China who has lived in the United States since 1994, may know that the answer is "never," but her film is neither insightful nor gritty enough to keep one's attention.
The film starts with a dog defecating on a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame as a way of introducing the recurring character of a worshipful Japanese tourist -- named after famed director Yasujiro Ozu -- who only enters the scenario directly at the end. "Dreamers" is about longtime pals Dave (Jeremy Jordan) and Ethan (Mark Ballou) of Jefferson City, Tenn.
Escaping a broken home, Ethan is the first young man to go west. The shy Dave, who was called "retard" by schoolmates when growing up, comes from a religious family. His parents matter-of-factly load him up with condoms as he gets on the bus. On the way to hell ... er, Hollywood, Dave gets sleepy reading Ethan's satirical script about sufferers of CFDS (Chronic Filmmaking Deficiency Syndrome). Does Dave wake up figuratively and literally when he gets to dreamland?
Most of "Dreamers" chronicles Dave's brush with the "realities of the business." Struggling auteur Ethan, living with his half-crazy mother, is already jaded and ready to call it quits when Dave shows up to urge him onward. With a pathetically ineffective producer (Courtney Gains) not helping the situation, unprepared Dave goes to work on a sexploitation movie to gain experience. He learns an illusion-shattering thing or two.
Eventually, Dave has romantic desires for genuine honey and struggling actress Patricia (Portia Dawson). But when he has the urge to help Ethan get money for his movie, Dave loses his innocence to Valerie (Ruth De Sosa), a horny married woman and potential investor. Meanwhile, there are several predictable flashbacks and interludes that might be dreams within a dream, including one where the leads meet a low-budget producer-distributor (wryly played by the late Paul Bartel), who insists the secret to a successful movie is to have "something happen every four minutes."
Much of "Dreamers" is competent in terms of the basics, but Lu really has nothing new to say and can't resist an upbeat ending. Her cause is helped and hindered by the performances, some of which are more focused than others, often as a result of Lu's hit-and-miss screenplay.
DREAMERS
Dark Lantern Pictures
An Artie Glackin production
Screenwriter-director: Ann Lu
Producer: Artie Glackin
Executive producers: Peiti Feng,
Yang-Wen Lu, Carl L. Fredericks, Henry Zhao
Director of photography: Neal Fredericks
Production designer: Jordan Steinberg
Editor: Andrea Zondler
Music: Bob Mithoff
Color/stereo
Cast:
Dave: Jeremy Jordan
Ethan: Mark Ballou
Mike: Courtney Gains
Patricia: Portia Dawson
Valerie: Ruth De Sosa
Matt: Camille Gaston
Pete: Brian Krause
Larry: Paul Bartel
Running time -- 93 minutes
No MPAA Rating...
- 6/15/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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