The Paperboy

[MARGARETL]

Good Review I AM Beyond Excited For This Movie. Hope The Movie Is Released In NC. =)

[d. b. wilyumz]

(08-20-2012 09:27 AM)MARGARETL Wrote:  ...Hope The Movie Is Released In NC. =)

it will all depend on how well they handle the limited release during the first week or two. They will probably release in just a few cities. If they support the movie with effective advertising and publicity and get some good box office in the first "selected" cities, then the distributor will have some good numbers to show theaters in additional markets.

Distributor to exhibitor: "Look how well Paperboy is doing in New York. You should dump one of the movies doing poorly in your cineplex and put Paperboy on that screen. You will fill more seats and make more money."

Some "limited releases" of indy movies have expanded from an initial two or three theaters to 900 in a matter of six to eight weeks. It can be done if the distributor is committed to the project and the movie shows box office appeal.

[MARGARETL]

(08-20-2012 09:43 AM)d. b. wilyumz Wrote:  

(08-20-2012 09:27 AM)MARGARETL Wrote:  ...Hope The Movie Is Released In NC. =)

it will all depend on how well they handle the limited release during the first week or two. They will probably release in just a few cities. If they support the movie with effective advertising and publicity and get some good box office in the first "selected" cities, then the distributor will have some good numbers to show theaters in additional markets.

Distributor to exhibitor: "Look how well Paperboy is doing in New York. You should dump one of the movies doing poorly in your cineplex and put Paperboy on that screen. You will fill more seats and make more money."

Some "limited releases" of indy movies have expanded from an initial two or three theaters to 900 in a matter of six to eight weeks. It can be done if the distributor is committed to the project and the movie shows box office appeal.

That Is Great To Know. I Have To Look Out For This Movie.

Based On What I Seen Of The Trailer , I Really Feel THIS Movie Would Not Be Appropriate For My Kids. LOL Think I Have To Watch This With My Sister. HA HA =)

[d. b. wilyumz]

(08-20-2012 10:34 AM)MARGARETL Wrote:  Based On What I Seen Of The Trailer , I Really Feel THIS Movie Would Not Be Appropriate For My Kids. LOL Think I Have To Watch This With My Sister. HA HA =)

Ha ha. This movie is probably not appropriate for adults. The words "kinky" and "lurid" keep coming up in reviews. I'm ready for some inappropriate entertainment; can't wait.

[mirandagirl]

I kind of like that Zac is in such a polarizing movie. Because no ones really said it has bad acting just a weird story and the way it's directed.

[mirandagirl]

Quote: A pair of gala tributes—honoring both actress Nicole Kidman and Film Society program director Richard Peña—will anchor the upcoming 50th New York Film Festival (September 28 - October 14, 2012).

Nicole Kidman will be the festival's first honoree at an Alice Tully Hall event that will include an on stage conversation as well as a screening of Lee Daniels's latest, The Paperboy. The film, starring Kidman alongside Zac Efron, John Cusack & Matthew McConaughey, has been added to the Main Slate for the upcoming festival. During the second half of NYFF, the festival will salute longtime leader Richard Peña, who is leaving his role as Film Society program director and head of the fest's selection committee at the end of this year. The 50th NYFF caps his acclaimed 25 year run as the festival's artistic chief.

These new festival tributes were created this year to celebrate the work of those in film who've made significant artistic contributions to film culture in the past and will continue to do so in the future.

On Oscar winner for her role in Stephen Daldry's The Hours, Nicole Kidman turned heads when she worked with Gus Van Sant in To Die For. She proved her passion for bold cinema with roles in Lars Von Trier's Dogville and Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut and has also worked with filmmakers Baz Lurhman in Moulin Rouge, Jonathan Glazer in Birth, Anthony Minghella in Cold Mountain, Noah Baumbach in Margot at the Wedding and recently John Cameron Mitchell in Rabbit Hole. Kidman was recently nominated for an Emmy for her performance in HBO's Hemingway & Gelhorn.

In The Paperboy, Nicole Kidman plays the sultry Florida fiancée of a death row inmate (John Cusack). Working with a local journalist (Matthew McConaughey), she gets to know the writer's younger brother (Zac Efron), who develops an interest in her. The film, one of the most talked about entries at Cannes this year, will be released this fall by Millenium Entertainment.

"Nicole Kidman is one of film's finest contemporary actresses," the Film Society's Richard Peña said in a statement today, "Since her breakthrough performance in To Die For and her bold and provocative appearances in Lars Von Trier's Dogville, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, as well as her awarding-winning portrayal of Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry's The Hours, Kidman has insisted on finding roles that are complex, bold and demanding. We are excited to honor her with a tribute at the New York Film Festival."

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TIFF schedule for The Paperboy

Quote:Friday, September 14
Visa Screening Room (Elgin)
6:00 PM

Saturday, September 15
Ryerson Theatre
6:00 PM

Programmer's Note from the TIFF website

Quote:Jailhouse sex, life-saving golden showers, brutal bondage and all kinds of inventive nastiness — it’s remarkable to see what Lee Daniels can convince his A-list actors to do. Following on the monster success of the Academy Award®–winning Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, Daniels has upped the ante with this fiery, deliciously campy chunk of Southern-fried Gothic.

Based on Pete Dexter’s noir-ish crime novel, The Paperboy sizzles in the sun-drenched swamps of the deep south in 1969, where Miami Times reporter Ward Jansen (Matthew McConaughey) has returned to his hometown of Lately, Florida, to uncover the true story of Hillary Van Wetter (John Cusack), who has been sentenced to death for allegedly killing a notoriously racist sheriff. With his partner Yardley (David Oyelowo) and younger brother Jack (Zac Efron), Ward seeks out the assistance of Charlotte Bless (Nicole Kidman), an aging Southern sexpot with a penchant for felons. Believing in Hillary’s innocence, the four embark on a journey into the alligator-infested backwaters, where secrets, lies and desires lurk just beneath the murky surface. A twisted love triangle emerges as the naive Jack becomes increasingly infatuated with the world-weary Charlotte, though she remains devoted to her death-row soulmate Van Wetter.

Daniels keeps the racial and sexual tension simmering as he captures the sounds, smells and tastes of the Deep South. Unabashedly raunchy and playfully tongue-in-cheek, The Paperboy is wholly committed to crassness, complete with garish colour palette, jagged cutting and a bleached-out aesthetic. Kidman, a feverish blend of vamp and vulnerability, effortlessly commands every scene she saunters through, while McConaughey, after his impressively twisted performance in last year’s Killer Joe, seems right at home with this down-and-dirty material. Cusack, meanwhile, is downright nasty as the bloated, machete-wielding Van Wetter, perhaps not guilty, but far from innocent. Part thriller, part love story and part tragedy, Daniels’ wild and woolly camp-fest is a must-see. As The Paperboy careens toward its final act and the already feverish action gets ever wilder, raspy-voiced housekeeper Macy Gray — providing a weary, knowing turn on The Help — offers a reprieve: "I think y’all seen enough."

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[MARGARETL]

(08-21-2012 05:59 PM)mirandagirl Wrote:  I kind of like that Zac is in such a polarizing movie. Because no ones really said it has bad acting just a weird story and the way it's directed.

I Could NOT Agree WITH You More. This Movie Will Shake THINGS Up A Little. I Guess Playing This Role Is Important To Zac's Acting Career. Despite The REALITY That Watching THIS Movie Will Give Me The Heart Attack And Many More Young GALS. LOL I Am Beyond Estactic For The Paperboy.

[elle1234]

This is one movie that could set things on fire for Zac-cant wait to see it!
By elle12345 at 2012-07-30

[mirandagirl]

I like the fact that this is LITERALLY a different type of role for Zac.

[Zamber]

sounds raunchy haha cant wait to see a different side of Zac