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A Post SXSW Look Forward

I heard SXSW was a ton of fun this year and two of our films were featured at the Film and Music Festival which ran from March 12th through March 21. These are the titles we can look forward to in the coming months!

MACGRUBER from Universal Pictures releasing on May 21, 2010

http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/17/macgruber-review-sxsw/

CYRUS from Fox Searchlight Pictures releasing on July 9, 2010

http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/22/exclusive-cyrus-behind-the-scenes-at-sxsw/

There are those that are saying that MACGRUBER is the best Satuday Night Live film sinec WAYNE'S WORLD. It's about time, I say!

And CYRUS looks like a real comedy with a depth of meaning that is sometimes lacking in big splashy Hollywood gut-busters.

Cheers!
Sara

It's Oscar Time!

What are your plans for Oscar Night? I know what I will be doing...dressing up in my best red carpet attire, eating good food, drinking good wine and hoping that my choices in the office Oscar pool win me...big money! I will also of course be rooting for my favorite films and in doing so I am in a bit of a pickle because two of my favorites are contenders in the same category! They are FANTASTIC MR. FOX from Fox Searchlight Pictures and CORALINE from Focus Features and I so want both of them to win...what were the other nominated films anyway...? CORALINE holds a special place in my heart because we worked the premiere down in Portland and were able to talk to the artists who created the sets and figurines and see the extreme precision that goes in to preparing and shooting each scene. This experience made me appreciate even more FANTASTIC MR. FOX when it came out. And then I read an article in the New Yorker about Wes and how the movie was shot on something like 29 stages simultaneously and how every set piece was meaningful to the film, not just some background filler, something that many live action movies seem to not always consider! To sum up, while AVATAR is awesome (I saw it twice in 3-D IMAX) and THE HURT LOCKER is very good apparently (I have yet to see it but want to), sometimes it is within these smaller movies where you can really sense the craftsmanship and love. Ironic really that the, literally, tiniest films can have so much heart!

Cheers!
SARA

Time flies when you are watching a good movie

January is almost behind us...spring is just around the corner. Wait, I thought it already was spring. But it is January, how can it be spring as well? Crazy mid 50 degree weather in January...I am hoping that THE WOLFMAN, which comes out on February 12th will provide sufficient chills to counteract the startlingly spring-like winter weather.

I like the idea of remaking classic horror films so that a new generation is able to appreciate a classic story. Hope this new version strikes the delicate balance between keeping the long time horror fans happy and bringing new ones into the fold. Universal Pictures seems to do horror well, releasing some of our favorite originals such as The Hunchback of Norte Dame, The Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Frankenstein and of course The Wolf Man as well as such modern classics as DRAG ME TO HELL...yes, I just called DRAG ME TO HELL a modern classic. And I am sticking to my guns. We must not forget those campy movies that make you both laugh and scream at the same time. They are just as much a part of the horror genre these days as are their more classically structured and acted brethren. I seem to have gotten distracted from my original thread but my real point is that THE WOLFMAN has made me think about how movies are constantly evolving, like living things, dependent on the world around them, the people that watch them and what came before them. Interesting food for thought for movie lovers and movie publicists alike I think...

Cheers - Sara

Why is Fantastic Mr. Fox so Fantastic?

1. The sets and costumes that provide the backdrop for the film are warm red and yellow hues that will warm you from the inside.
2. Alcoholic Apple Cider will also warm you from the inside
3. Flaming pine cones
4. Woodland animals that can burrow faster than three bulldozers
5. Tranquilizer laced blueberries
7. The wolf

Go see it today and you can enjoy these and many other fantastic things about FANTASTIC MR. FOX!

Seattle Stares at Goats

Last Thursday the Guild45th hosted two special guests at the advance screening of Overture Film's THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS...two real goats from New Moon Goat Rescue and Sanctuary (a link to their facebook page is below). A fun time was had by all and the goats were kind enough to only do their business on the plastic provided for them...so polite :) I always like when we can do special things like this for our movies (you might remember the horse at the Oak Tree for Seabiscuit...).

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Arlington-WA/New-Moon-Farm-Goat-Rescue-Sanctuary/52480391847

Next I am thinking...Foxes for FANTASTIC MR. FOX??? Mmmm...maybe not. We'll come up with something though!

Check out the pictures!

The First Kind is Sighting

The Second Kind is Evidence...
The Third Kind is Contact...

THE FOURTH KIND is...Abduction! Have you been abducted by aliens? Take the survey at www.abduct.com and find out!

THE FOURTH KIND comes out in theaters on Friday, November 6th and is based on true events that took place in Nome, Alaska. Check out the websites! CREEPY!

www.facebook.com/thefourthkind and http://twitter.com/thefourthkind