13 Days of Fright: Our Favorite Horror Movies Oct 30, 2009
by the graphic imagery (such as the then-revolutionary special effects as well as semi-subliminal shocks) and intense soundtrack, which included the now-iconic main theme "Tubular Bells." With actual actors (Ellen Burstyn, Miller, Max von Sydow) further anchoring the fantastic and excruciating aspects of the film in reality, as opposed to the CW Network also-rans who populate most modern horror films, the end result is a terrifying movie experience where the pea soup flies as fast and hard today... (IGN FilmForce)
Celebrity mom sang happy for everyone Oct 19, 2009
She hosted radio shows, performed at Waikk hotels and luau, had speaking roles on several episodes of "Hawaii Five-0" and was in the cast of the movie "Hawaii," where she taught star Max Von Sydow to dance hula at the cast party. For years, she did promotions with Aloha Airlines and traveled frequently to perform on the Mainland. (Honolulu Advertiser)
'Seal' set pawned Oct 12, 2009
The set was used by actor Max von Sydow, playing a world weary knight, and another actor, Bengt Ekerot, in the role of "Death.". The set was among 339 items belonging to the late film director Ingmar Bergman that were auctioned off last week. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Ingmar Bergman items sold at auction in Sweden Sep 30, 2009
"In one part of the film, Max von Sydow sweeps his mantle over the table and the (chess) pieces fall to the ground and you can see that the white king breaks into pieces," Bergstrom said. Bergstrom said the auction began Monday and lasted for more than nine hours, ending in the early hours of Tuesday and garnering a total of 17. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Bergman's Death-delaying Chess set sold for a fortune at auction Sep 30, 2009
Max von Sydow played a crusader knight who extended his life by playing Death at chess in the 1957 film. The pieces were among 339 items owned by the Swedish director which were sold at auction in Stockholm on Monday. (BBC News -- Europe)
Benny & Bjrn again Sep 22, 2009
They were turned into a pair of popular movies in the early 1970s, with Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow as married couple Kristina and Karl Oskar Nilsson ... They were turned into a pair of popular movies in the early 1970s, with Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow as married couple Kristina and Karl Oskar Nilsson. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
On Demand movie picks Aug 4, 2009
(Encore on Comcast) OK B-level Stephen King, about the way hell breaks loose when the devil, played by Max von Sydow, sets up shop in a Maine coastal town and starts pushing people s buttons. More conventional and less layered than the best King films - The Shining and Carrie - it gets the job done because while new director Fraser Heston s pacing is uneven, he makes contact with the essential misanthropy in King s writing. (Boston Globe)
5Top: Cheers! Movies that make you lift a glass Aug 3, 2009
Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas took their goofy SCTV characters to the big screen with this unhinged comedy-adventure about a megalomaniac (Max von Sydow. who uses the Elsinore Brewery as his base of operations to take over the world. (MSNBC -- News)
SDCC 09: Solomon Kane Chat Jul 30, 2009
Because putting him at the center of it all and then putting him in a cast with Max von Sydow and Pete Postlethwaite and Rachel Hurd-Wood, you've suddenly got a package. Yes, you get all the concept art and the key art. (IGN FilmForce)
Thank God it's "Humpday" Jul 10, 2009
Deep in an audio interview that's half-buried among the extras on the new double-disc DVD set of Max von Sydow drops an odd little film-history bombshell. When first contacted him about a role in that 1957 film, von Sydow says, Bergman first suggested that he should play Jof, the lovable clown and family man who survives the Black Death together with his wife and child. (Salon)
New on DVD: 'Seventh Seal' on Blu-ray, 'Crossing Over' Jun 22, 2009
Against a Northern Crusades backdrop of rampant plague, a 14th-century knight (Max von Sydow) plays chess with Death. It's as indelible an image as the movies have ever produced, and Criterion honors Ingmar Bergman's landmark with a brilliant package. (USA Today -- Life)
The Tudors on Showtime Story of Kin... May 23, 2009
Max Von Sydow as Cardinal Von Waldburg. The Tudors airs on Showtime on Sunday nights. (Suite101.com)
The Exorcist Movie (1973) May 12, 2009
Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair Star in Horror Film ... Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb also appear ... Max von Sydow has the title role, with Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller and Linda Blair along for the horrific ritual. (Suite101.com)
Click for Full Story Apr 10, 2009
Actor Max von Sydow is 80. Actress Liz Sheridan is 80. (KWTX.com, TX)
Review: Showtime's 'The Tudors' Apr 6, 2009
For its part, the Catholic Church has new messengers and foils in the personages of Cardinal Von Waldburg (Max Von Sydow) and Father Reginald Pole (Mark Hildreth). The latter just happens to be a claimant to the English throne, and has been charged with helping to raise money in the courts of Europe to fund the revolutionary march of the "Pilgrims of Grace" against Henry and Cromwell's religious realm. (Multichannel News)
Genie categories to watch Apr 5, 2009
Max Von Sydow, Emotional Arithmetic. Rade Sherbedgia , Fugitive Pieces. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
'The Haunting in Connecticut' is up to the same old scary tricks Mar 27, 2009
Eventually, Elias Koteas arrives as a holy man in a spiffy hat, and the filmmakers try to frame him with as much iconic authority as Max von Sydow in "The Exorcist." Nice try. This isn't moviemaking. (Boston Globe)
Bond, old and new Mar 27, 2009
He reports to Max von Sydow as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Largo's unwilling girlfriend is Kim Basinger (Domino Petachi), who had been recommended to Schwartzman after his wife, actress Talia Shire, saw her on a TV show. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
The Story of a Modern-Day Exorcist Mar 16, 2009
Swedish actor Max von Sydow performs a exorcism in a scene from the film The Exorcist. Bettmann / Corbis. (Time.com)
Review: 'International' Smart, Exciting Feb 14, 2009
It's a great scene, enhanced even more by Irish actor Brian O'Byrne as the coolly efficient assassin (think "Three Days of the Condor" and Max Von Sydow for a comparison to a similar business-like killer). Tykwer is clearly at the top of his game with "The International," a taut, suspenseful and intelligent action film. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
The International Feb 14, 2009
Thankfully, the venerable (in a role that once would have likely been played by Max von Sydow) makes his character's moral failings and complicated motivations understandable and fascinating. And Brotherhood's Brian F. O'Byrne nicely plays the IBBC's hired gun, a part reminiscent of the sleeper agent portrayed by Clive Owen in The Bourne Identity. (IGN FilmForce)
