When pirate radio put the 'arr!' in rock Nov 20, 2009
Radio on film: "Pirate Radio," the latest from writer-director Richard Curtis, who gave us "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Bridget Jones' Diary," is a valentine to rock 'n' roll and radio - especially the barely legal British stations that beamed the music into England, over the government's opposition, in the mid-'60s ... in rock Articles Radio on film: "Pirate Radio," the latest from writer-director Richard Curtis, who gave us "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Bridget Jones' Diary," is a... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Moorcock set for Doctor Who story Nov 17, 2009
Page last updated at 14:27 GMT, Monday, 16 November 2009. By Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Humbug to it all, actually Nov 14, 2009
If you know the films of the Working Title company, who brought us the prototype little English film that became a great big, fat American blockbuster Four Weddings And A Funeral, then you'll be familiar with the formula. The distinguishing feature of these pom-coms is that the cast includes every British actor you've ever seen on a BBC serial or in a minor role in a Harry Potter flick. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Review: Tuning into 'Pirate Radio' Nov 14, 2009
Curtis, who has written a string of superior movies, including "Notting Hill" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral," does something quite clever with the story. Essentially, he structures the scenes of life on the boat as a series of disparate incidents. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Pirate Radio' Nov 13, 2009
Curtis, the writer-director of "Love Actually" and writer of "Notting Hill" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral," infuses "Pirate Radio" with obvious, enormous affection for the time, the music and the real players who inspired the fictional ones. He's always seemed like the director version of a party host who doesn't want the fun to end, accounting for the length of "Love Actually." Curtis makes Dormandy a cookie-cutter villain whose version of a black hat is short, Brylcreemed hair and horrid... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
When rock could float Nov 13, 2009
Curtis, the writer of "Four Weddings and a Funeral," has dropped another bright joy-bomb that explodes in every direction with rock classics used in surprisingly direct and literal ways ... Curtis, the writer of "Four Weddings and a Funeral," has dropped another bright joy-bomb that explodes in every direction with rock classics used in surprisingly direct and literal ways. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Director Richard Curtis' pirate's life Nov 9, 2009
The creative mind that came up with wedding guests who click in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"; a bookstore owner and movie star who, unlikely as it may seem, fall in love in "Notting Hill"; and the "Tall Guy" character for the film of that name has outdone himself this time. "About 10 years ago I started to think I'd love to make a film with pop music at its absolute center, but I didn't want to make a film about a band starting up and falling apart. Then one day it suddenly occurred to me that... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Oscar Watch: George Clooney, The Coen Brothers And More Oct 3, 2009
"Pirate Radio" Oscar-nominated writer Richard Curtis ("Four Weddings and a Funeral") returns with this comedy about an offshore pirate station in the swinging '60s. Phillip Seymour Hoffman (an Oscar-winner for "Capote") stars as the American DJ behind the radio station's antics and is opposed by Kenneth Branagh, a four-time Oscar nominee himself. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Play TV god and fix the mix Sep 19, 2009
Seven has few deals in place with US movie studios, and would need to buy rights from other networks to avoid excessive repetition of such stockpiled items as Pretty Woman, True Lies, Jurassic Park, Mrs Doubtfire, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Finding Nemo. But don't let budgetary issues limit you. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Fall movies not to miss Sep 7, 2009
Pirate Radio British writer-director Richard Curtis has a reputation on this side of the Atlantic for his romantic films like "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill" and "Love Actually." But don't expect any smooching in his latest feature, the true story of a group of rogue disc jockeys in the 1960s who broadcast the best of rock 'n' roll from an old tanker in the middle of the North Sea, resisting government attempts to shut them down. "This film is about a young man finding something... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sentinel Lunchtime Blog (Movies): Virtual reality takes dystopian view Sep 3, 2009
Jerry Bruckheimer is betting that he can also buck that trend with a summer 2010 blockbuster with Jake Gyllenhaal as the action figure and, oddly enough, Mike Newell at the helm (Newell formerly directed the fourth Harry Potter film, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Mona Lisa Smile not really action-type films, with a sort of exception for The Goblet of Fire). However, there is plenty of extra garbage that will likely come our way in the form of video game-based... (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Eagle Takes Flight Aug 25, 2009
Duncan Kenworthy, an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee for Four Weddings and a Funeral, developed and is producing The Eagle of the Ninth through his Toledo Productions. Caroline Hewitt is co-producer. (IGN FilmForce)
USA Network Announces New Cast of Characters on Its Development Slate Aug 6, 2009
Executive producers are Mike Newell ("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "Four Weddings and a Funeral"), Laverne McKinnon and Mary Martin. STEPHEN J. CANNELL/SCOTT KAUFER PROJECT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
In the Loop: Stinging Strangelovean Satire Jul 26, 2009
When Simon's assistant Judy (Gina McKee) says that certain classified information "falls well within my purview," Malcolm explodes: "Within your purview? Where do you think you are, some f---in Regency costume drama? This is a government department, not some f---in Jane f---in Austen novel!" And the movie is not one of those genial Brit rom-coms like Notting Hill or Four Weddings and a Funeral. It's closer to the high-IQ ranting in plays by John Osborne and TV dramas by Dennis Potter. (Time.com)
Andie MacDowell, Daniel Sunjata, Diahann Carroll, Annabeth Gish and Ashley Williams to Star in First Adaptations of Patricia Cornwell Novels 'At Risk' and 'The Front' Jul 22, 2009
Andie MacDowell has starred in numerous feature films including the much lauded Steven Soderbergh indie, sex, lies and videotape, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bad Girls, Groundhog Day, Beauty Shop, Green Card (for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination) Multiplicity, Michael, Unstrung Heroes, Short Cuts, The Player, The End of Violence and St. Elmo's Fire. She was also the voice of "Etta the Hen" in Paramount's animated film Barnyard. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Friendly advice for the Harry Potter stars Jul 14, 2009
When one thinks of the highlights of Hugh Grants career, which of the following movies come to mind: Four Weddings and a Funeral, About a Boy and Bridget Jones Diary or Mickey Blue Eyes, Two Weeks Notice and Music and Lyrics. Exactly. (MSNBC -- Movies)
A history of Harry Jul 3, 2009
As Cuaron was still working on Azkaban, the deft and quintessentially English Mike Newell director of Four Weddings And A Funeral went to work on the story that begins with a nail-biting wizardry tournament. Harry's telepathic link to Voldemort is established in a battle where their wands lock. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Top wedding movies Jun 25, 2009
Four Weddings and A Funeral (1994) Hugh Grant stars as a British bachelor with a colorful romantic background, who meets his dream girl (Andie MacDowell) at a friends wedding. 6. (The Palm Beach Post)
Resort boat cast a wide Shadow on narrow roads Jun 20, 2009
POLSON Four weddings and a funeral are already booked on The Shadow, a 65-foot-long and 149-passenger tour boat that slid into the waters of Flathead Lake for the first time Friday morning. The Kwa Taq Nuk Resort's new vessel, which previously operated on Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho, replaces the resort's 48-passenger Princess and opens up a wide variety of new on-the-water events the Princess couldn't handle not just charters for weddings and funerals, but reunions, parties and meetings. (Missoulian, MT)
MacDowell: 40s are awkward for a leading lady Jun 18, 2009
SHANGHAI "Four Weddings and a Funeral" star Andie MacDowell says her 40s were an awkward time partly because Hollywood filmmakers didn't know how to cast the veteran American actress. The 51-year-old actress hasn't had a big hit since a string of commercial successes in the early and mid-1990s, including "Groundhog Day," "Michael," and "Four Weddings and a Funeral.". (Yahoo News)
Boyle gently chides China for movie restrictions Jun 18, 2009
AP - "Four Weddings and a Funeral" star Andie. AP - Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle on. (Yahoo News)
Tale of two Erics Jun 4, 2009
Given the gushing in the English media following its premiere at Cannes last month, one would have expected this latest film from the usually earnest social realist director of The Wind That Shakes The Barley and My Name Is Joe to be a Four Weddings And A Funeral 2. Looking For Eric is more firmly rooted in the real world of struggling England than that, but it has some genuine laughs as well as a likeable warmth and humanity. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Universal Pictures and Working Title Films Announce All-Star Cast for Upcoming Comedy Adventure Paul May 28, 2009
Among their commercial and critical hits are Atonement; Pride & Prejudice; United 93; Nanny McPhee; The Interpreter; About a Boy; Notting Hill; Elizabeth; Fargo; Dead Man Walking; Bean; High Fidelity; Johnny English; Billy Elliot; Four Weddings and a Funeral; Bridget Jones's Diary; Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason; O Brother Where Art Thou. Love Actually; Mr. Bean's Holiday; Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Burn After Reading; Frost/Nixon; State of Play and The Soloist. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Audience appeal May 21, 2009
" Adrian, Ben and Toby, who attend Aldenham School near Elstree in Hertfordshire, have been making short films for years, but Clovis Dardentor is their first shot at the big time. They have recruited a writer, Lizzie Hopley, who has turned the book into a screenplay - simply titled Dardentor. They have also produced professional storyboards and set up an office at their school to help them work on the project around their studies. Actress Joanna Lumley has even given them her backing, voicing a... (BBC News -- UK)
Bandon Dunes doubles for Scotland in movie May 11, 2009
"Actor Clint Eastwood owned the movie rights to "Golf in the Kingdom" for many years and talked of wanting Sean Connery to star in it.But with no sex, no violence and no sentimental ending, the script never got the green light from a major studio. Murphy and Affrime re-acquired the film rights from Warner Bros. last year.Bandon Dunes owner Mike Keiser is among the investors in the film, according to Hank Hickox, general manager of Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. As "part of our contribution to the... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Summit attempts to resist temptations May 9, 2009
But Summit is also plotting more romantic comedies, particularly those with international appeal -- less like "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and more like "Four Weddings and a Funeral." Meanwhile, it's enduring the inevitable flood of ideas for other bloodsucker pics even as it seeks to stake a claim on a more diverse slate. "When 'Twilight' broke out, we got a lot of vampire scripts," Friedman says, "But 'Knowing' has really confirmed that we're doing a broad range of projects and that we're not a... (Variety)
Bagehot: Through a pint glass, darkly Apr 9, 2009
Its main exponent is Richard Curtis, the romcom maestro behind Four Weddings and a Funeral and other saccharine distractions (though Woody Allen has tried to muscle in). Mr Curtis directed The Boat That Rocked and, in a way, the 1960s are a natural decade for him to fix on. (The Economist)
Yet another horror film worthy of the flick Apr 8, 2009
I did see the trailer, which was blood-curdling enough, but the memory of Richard Curtis's previous oeuvre, from Four Weddings And A Funeral onward, fills me with premonitory horror. We have a knack in Britain of making movies which are not only very bad but bad in an odious way, self-indulgent and self-regarding, knowing and cute, all false sentiment and mirthless humour. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
From 'Sex' to 'Rings Apr 4, 2009
In London, England, you can visit locations used in movies such as "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral." When in Rome, Italy, world-famous landmarks like the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain and the Colosseum will make you feel as if you've stepped right into "Roman Holiday" and "La Dolce Vita.". Tours highlighting sites used during the filming of "The Sound of Music" have many visitors singing with joy in Salzburg, Austria. (CNN -- US)
Can 'Ladies' Detective Agency' solve HBO's Emmy mystery? Apr 3, 2009
Minghella and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Richard Curtis ("Four Weddings and a Funeral") held the pen for this first installment. After Minghella's untimely death, Emmy nominee Charles Sturridge ("Brideshead Revisited") took over directing the six one-hour episodes of "" while Tony-nominated playwright Nicholas Wright ("Vincent in Brixton") handled scripting. (Multichannel News)
Bandon Dunes to be movie backdrop (6) Mar 27, 2009
The main actors are from Scotland and England and include David O Hara (featured in The Departed and Braveheart ), Mason Gamble ( Rushmore ), Frances Fisher ( Titanic ), Malcom McDowell ( Clockwork Orange ), Tony Curran ( The Extraordinary Gentleman ) and John Hannah ( Four Weddings and a Funeral ). Local residents will be cast as extras, Affrime said. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Redgrave actors span the generations Mar 20, 2009
Corin Redgrave: A winner of the U.K.'s Olivier Award for his performance in Tennessee Williams' Not for Nightingales he also won a Tony nomination for the Broadway transfer Corin, 69, is a veteran of Shakespeare and of films including A Man for All Seasons and Four Weddings and a Funeral. Joely Richardson: TV audiences are familiar with Natasha's surviving sister, 44, from her role on the FX series Nip/Tuck. (USA Today -- Life)
@ The Movies: 10 Romantic Film Favorites Feb 14, 2009
Four Weddings and a Funeral' (1994): This imported romantic comedy from Britain not only made Hugh Grant a household name stateside, it injected a fresh storyline into romantic comedy genre. The film follows a burgeoning romance between Grant and Andie MacDowell, and also focuses on the relationships of their friends -- and all roads lead to the four weddings and a funeral that the title suggests. (KIRO TV, WA)
Loved lingers after reel ends Feb 8, 2009
The actress is probably best known to audiences for the frosty, stalwart Brits she has played in big dramas (The English Patient) and jaunty romantic comedies (Four Weddings and a Funeral. A longtime resident of Paris, Scott Thomas has pursued a parallel career in French cinema over the last decade. (Vernon Morning Star)
The reel thing Feb 8, 2009
It's all a bit depressing, this notion that secretly we want our love lives to emulate the plot of Four Weddings and a Funeral. So it's reassuring to know that some couples actually do survive the Notting Hill effect and get the happy-ever-after ending. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The rules according to Chickmovietopia Feb 7, 2009
Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks coming together in the park in Youve Got Mail; Sandra Bullock running into Hugh Grants arms in Two Weeks Notice; and, perhaps most famously, Grant and Andie MacDowell at the end of Four Weddings And A Funeral, in which she manages to make the line Is it raining. I hadnt noticed sound a bit more literally dunderheaded than the writer perhaps envisioned. (MSNBC -- Movies)
