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‘Quick Change’ At 30: No One Directed Bill Murray Quite Like Bill Murray

Jason Bailey — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 18:14:02 +0000

The story goes that Bill Murray and screenwriter Howard Franklin developed their adaptation of Jay Cronley’s novel “Quick Change” – released in theaters thirty years ago this week – with Jonathan Demme in mind to direct, but the filmmaker turned it down to make “The Silence of the Lambs.” (That abrupt transition mostly serves as a reminder of what a shift “Silence” was for Demme; “Quick Change” is much more in the mold of his earlier ‘80s films like “Married to the Mob” and “Something Wild.”) They asked Ron Howard, who turned it down because “he didn’t know who to root for.” (“He lost me at that moment,” Murray said.

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The Essentials: Al Pacino’s Best Performances

Ryan Oliver — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:34:10 +0000

Some icons are so enduring, so ubiquitous, so larger than life, they take on an air of invulnerability. Some renowned figures seem to last forever and it’s possible to take them for granted. Take Alfredo James Pacino, who has been around for on screen for five decades in every role imaginable and somehow is just two years away from turning 80 years old (he turns 78 next month). The thought blows our mind, frankly.

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Spike Lee Reveals The Connection Between ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ & ‘Inside Man’

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 16:38:38 +0000

When it comes to the cinematic universes, Spike Lee was playing that game well before Marvel. The director has long threaded his characters through multiple films, mostly serving as Easter eggs to keen eyed fans. However, Lee reveals that “Inside Man” shares a pretty interesting, little connection with the stone cold classic, “Dog Day Afternoon.”

In an extensive interview with Vulture about his Netflix series “She’s Gotta Have It,” Lee touches upon the themes and characters that carry across his oeuvre, and details how his bank heist movie is connected with Sidney Lumet‘s picture:

….this is not the first time I’ve done something like that.

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The 35 Best Heist Movies

Rodrigo Perez — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:38:00 +0000

Almost inseparable from the inception of cinema, the heist genre has enraptured audiences for generations, as it offers an escapist appeal to the anti-hero and the outlaw. There is something intrinsically cinematic about heist films, with the best of them moving like a captivating ballet through the intricacies of elaborate schemes to get rich and get away.

Edgar Wright‘s newly released “Baby Driver” offers an homage to the rich history of heist-induced exhilaration (our review).

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The Essentials: The Films Of Sidney Lumet [Complete Retrospective]

The Playlist Staff — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:00:00 +0000

The Films Of Sidney Lumet: A Retrospective

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Richard Shepard Talks John Cazale Doc ‘I Knew It Was You,’ Meryl Streep & More

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:22:00 +0000

You still don’t know him unless you’re a total cinephile geek (which hopefully many of you are), but John Cazale only starred in five movies and each one of those films — “The Godfather,” “The Godfather II,” “The Conversation,” “Dog Day Afternoon” and “The Deer Hunter” — was nominated for an Oscar Best Picture.

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R.I.P. Ground-Breaking Editor Dede Allen (1923-2010)

Oliver Lyttelton — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:22:00 +0000

Sad news broke over the weekend, with the announcement of the death of legendary film editor Dede Allen, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 86. Allen was a three-time Oscar nominee, who was also the first editor to receive solo credit on an American film, for her game-changing work on 1967’s “Bonnie and Clyde,” and was instrumental in many of the great films of 1960s and 1970s American cinema.

Allen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in December 1923, and moved to Hollywood in the early 1940s to take a job as a messenger for Columbia Pictures.

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‘I Knew It Was You’ Hits New York Early On July 29

Rodrigo Perez — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:53:00 +0000

You’ll recall that earlier in the year we were psyched to hear the news of “I Knew It Was You,” a documentary on the late, great ’70s actor John Cazale who died of lung cancer just as his career was hitting its peak in 1979. Cazale, only appeared in five feature films, during his brief movie career, but what a resume it was, man. “The Godfather I & II,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Conversation” and “The Deer Hunter” (the five unimpeachable classics garnered 40 Oscar nominations in total and the underappreciated Cazale never even received one nomination).

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John Cazale Doc, ‘I Knew It Was You,’ Coming To HBO Later This Year

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:07:00 +0000

We’ve gone on a few times now about the documentary, “I Knew It Was You,” about cult ’70s actor John Cazale, whose abrupt career burned through five unforgettable roles in five unassailable classics (“The Conversation,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Deer Hunter”) in an all too ephemeral seven years.

Best know for his role as the anxious and underappreciated, Fredo Corelone in ‘Godfather’ I and II,’ Cazale’s flame was snuffed out far too early in 1978 when he died of lung cancer before the release of “The Deerhunter.”

The documentary features affectionate testimonials, by his peers and friends, including former girlfriend Meryl Streep, fellow actors and filmmakers Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Sidney Lumet, Francis Ford Coppola (who hired him for three of the five pictures) and modern admirers, Steve Buscemi, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Sam Rockwell among many others.

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