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Filed under: Drama, Independent, New Releases, DIY/Filmmaking, Interviews The world changed on September 11, but Austin Chick's second film, August, focuses on the moments right beforehand. Starring Josh Hartnett as a young start-up entrepreneur deluded by power trips, the movie moves along with a subtle pace, letting the natural drama emerge from a situation about to veer out of the control with the crash of the stock market. Chick's first feature, XX/XY, explored a three-way relationship; August, which opens in New York on Friday, explores the relationship between money and power during a key time in American history. Supporting performances from Rip Torn and David Bowie elevate the movie, while Howard A. Rodman's script keeps its conceits in check. Chick spoke with Cinematical about envisioning August's themes and working with his talented cast. Cinematical: The film uses a very specific setting -- August 2001 -- immediately before 9/11. What interested you about that time? Austin Chick: It captures a moment on the eve of change. If Howard (Rodman) and I were to move it to any other time, we would probably move it further back. The market really started crashing about eighteen months prior to when the movie is set. But I feel like there was still a certain amount of momentum in New York up until 9/11, this sense that things were going to turn around. The market had completely crashed, but there was still this crazy sense of decadence. All that really changed with 9/11. Continue reading Interview: 'August' Director Austin Chick Permalink | Email this | Comments

Few leading male actors have followed the roundabout career trajectory of Josh Hartnett. Though indisputably tall, dark and handsome, Hartnett still manages to avoid the pratfalls of typecasting by landing roles in strange projects with questionable appeal. While this choice comes at the expense of a quality resume, his performances can lend barely competent films at least one redeeming ingredient: I could give or take Wicker Park, Resurrecting the Champ, and even the good intentions of The Black Dahlia, but each benefits from Hartnett's expressive glare, furrowed brow and whispered delivery. He's an instant generator of gravitas. Although August, director Austin Chick's second feature after the relationship drama XX/XY, doesn't qualify as Hartnett's best movie, it's certainly one of his meatiest roles - right up there with his work in the unfairly maligned Lucky Number Slevin. As the crudely pompous CEO of the mysterious start-up company Landshark in New York City during the summer before 9/11, Hartnett offers a maddened, garrulous anti-hero replete with dark humor and sustained by a surge of baseless confidence. The movie follows the audacious entrepreneur, Tom, as his fifteen minutes begin to run out - and it concludes with him facing off against a freakishly powerful David Bowie as the icy corporate foil. Despite the age gap, both men exude an eerie amount of restraint - which is not the case for the film. August adds up to less than it aspires to be, but it's populated with enough curiosities to keep you watching.Continue reading Review: August Permalink | Email this | Comments

Director Austin Chick talks about the film, which stars Josh Hartnett.

Filed under: Drama, Independent, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips Cinematical has just received this exclusive clip from the film August, starring Josh Hartnett, Adam Scott, Naomie Harris and ... David Bowie! Directed by Austin Chick (XX/XY), August tells of two brothers who fight to keep their dotcom start-up company afloat in August 2001, one month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In the clip above, Hartnett looks to be meeting with some of his advisers after his company's stock takes a massive hit and drops below a dollar. Running out of options, he may have to risk a lot more than the money in his wallet to save this puppy. But will he? August originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year before making stops in Seattle, Brooklyn and eventually Manhattan, where it opens on July 11. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Author: wendyshepherd Added: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:49:33 -0800 Duration: 105AUGUST is the story of two brothers, Tom and Joshua Sterling (Josh Hartnett and Adam Scott) whose Internet start-up, Landshark, is as hot as a New York City summer only this is the summer of 2001, their company is in lock up, its stock price is plunging and, in a few weeks, the world will change forever.

Those of you who were not among the meager handful of readers to click through our post yesterday about this mystifying Josh Hartnett short film for the New York Times missed a truly incredible answer to our question: What the hell is this all about? Commenter VirusWithShoes responded with a disquisition that reviews the film and the nature of life at a level of detail that is astounding, and absurd. The fact that someone who is (presumably?) working at another job during the day had time to write this is amazing. And scary. Reprinted below for your pleasure, the entire cinematic comment. This short decimates perceived conceptions about what it is to be alive in a modern landscape. The establishing shot transports us in mid-action, We never see the entire location - only the soulless passing traffic, which echoes and translates our post-millennial intellectual uncertainties through powerful use of slush as a cinematic shorthand for the passage of time we all feel, yet rarely express. The setting of Utah in modern day evokes Kubrik at his Hitchcockian best. As the character of "Josh" approaches the hotel, we hear his positive affirmation of "Yep, okay", and instantly derive his situation and intentions in a heart-beat. When "Josh" enters the hotel reception, a bell rings - what can this mean? Some have spoken of the bell representing the fate of modern America - views range on the bell tolling for the war dead, or marking the action of the door opening inwards as a visual metaphor relating to our latent need for a safe place in a time of uncertainty. "Josh" is obviously cold, and he expresses that in small gestures - hand-warming through blowing on them is a throwback to early John Ford, and here "Josh" utilises the unspoken language of mime to great effect. For a while, we actually feel his core temperature, and his all-too-human need for warmth, and perhaps, suitable atire for Winter. "Josh" approaches the desk, and after gunning himself for the inevitable question, asks for "Julie". The alliterative qualities speaks volumes about their past relationship, and foretell of even more to come. The man behind the desk, baseball cap lowered, intent on writing something (is it a crossword? his tax-return? a ransom demand? we're never told) barely looks up to see "Josh". His cold manner mirrors the weather outside, but "Josh" is persistent, and asks repeatedly for "Julie". The verbal too-and-fro between these main characters points to more than what is said - it seems actions speak louder to both the participants here, and one instantly recalls Jacques Tati at his sinister best. In the middle of the main dialogue, we get a sudden close-up of the pen writing - sombre and eloquent in it's apparent readiness to spill ink onto paper, we are moved to childhood or adolescence, when we too wrote things down onto whatever was laying around at the time while ignoring others. The man behind the desk (who has no given name - is this a reference to Tournier?) finally relents, and calls - using a telephone - for "Julie". We don't hear the other half of the conversation, but we are still mesmerised by "Josh" trying to keep the blood flowing to his fingertips. The man behind the desk returns after the call, and tells "Josh" that "Julie" will be arriving forthwith. He intimates a genuine, though latent empathy towards "Josh" by inviting him to sit for a while until "Julie" arrives. "Josh" partakes of the offer, and sits, again warming his hands and peering out into the cold sunlight of the outside. The short ends as he waits, and we ask ourselves - did "Julie" finally arrive? Or did "Julie" actually exist, or was the call taken by a Mexican auto-shop worker with a high-pitched voice? What was the man behind the desk writing? Was there even ink in the pen? Or could he have been using a mechanical pencil, and if so, was it because he was unsure of himself, and was worried about making a mistake? Or will "Julie" finally arrive for "Josh", and bring him gloves for his eternally cold hands, and are his hands a metaphor for what happened earlier in their relationship? We are left hanging in wonderment at the possibilities, but with an over-riding fear that "Julie" may never arrive, and that "Josh's" predicament could become like that of a modern-day Estragon, waiting for someone who will never appear, or perhaps, never existed in the first place. 4/10

Today on Relationship Chatter, Celebrity Matchmaker, Samantha Daniels puts a little pop culture into your relationship by talking about the dating lives of Lance Armstrong, Ashley Olsen, Paul McCartney, Nancy Shevell, Rihanna, and Josh Hartnett, and by discussing whether age matters when you are dating. Watch Relationship Chatter now and get some invaluable tips for when you are dating someone who is substantially younger or substantially older that you are.

What better film to review on Halloween than 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, a vampire film set in Northern Alaska as the sun sets for one month. The film is based on the popular series of graphic novels from Steve Niles and stars Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston and Ben Foster. 30 DAYS OF NIGHT official site Steve Niles' site Ghost House Pictures site Interstate 1002 Blubrry Door From Hell Radio

What better film to review on Halloween than 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, a vampire film set in Northern Alaska as the sun sets for one month. The film is based on the popular series of graphic novels from Steve Niles and stars Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston and Ben Foster. 30 DAYS OF NIGHT official site Steve Niles' site Ghost House Pictures site Interstate 1002 Blubrry

On today's Dave's Hollywood Minute: Box office numbers, "30 Days of Night", Josh Hartnett, "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?", Malibu wildfires, Mel Gibson, Olivia Newton-John, Britney Spears, James Cameron, Angela Bassett, Noah Wyle, "Nothing but the Truth", Matt Dillon, Kate Beckinsale, Alan Alda, and a Canine Walk of Fame.

In this episode, Neil Estep and Veronica Santiago review Lucky Number Slevin.

This week we focus on a couple of recent Josh Hartnett films. Why? Because we can. Here is what we have in this episode: Commentary: The Goal of FilmCrunch Theatrical Review: The Black Dahlia DVD Review: Lucky Number Slevin

Movie Reviews: The Black Dahlia, Hollywoodland Cast: Sarah Bonilla, Ray Bonilla, and Nate Zoebl Website: www.reelmonkey.com/pundits.htm Homepage: www.pictureshowpundits.com

On today's Dave's Hollywood Minute: Box office numbers, "Gridiron Gang", "Black Dahlia", Anna Nichole Smith, Lindsay Lohan, and Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman.

Reviews of THE BLACK DAHLIA, GRIDIRON GANG, EVERYONE'S HERO, HAVEN

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