Stephen Frears Videos
Stephen Frears Gears Up for 'High Fidelity' Reunion
from Cinematical on November 06, 2009
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Having dipped into the seductive waters of sexy courtesans, Stephen Frears is now looking towards the future, and the future's got lots of gambling. The trades are reporting that Frears is set to direct Lay the Favorite, a dramedy that will rejoin him with High Fidelity scribe D.V. De Vincentis. The project stems from an upcoming memoir by Beth Raymer called Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog, which will be published this Spring. Now, why did I say trades and not pick one? That's because it's time to play Pick the Plot. In one corner, we've got The Hollywood Reporter, who says that this is a world of "geeky gamblers" who "figure out how to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas for their own profit. It centers on a woman in her early thirties who has made a series of bad choices but achieves a redemption of sorts when she meets and then becomes involved with the gamblers." De Vincentis says: "This is the version of 50-year-old math geeks from Queens in basketball shorts who have pet guinea pigs." In the other corner, we've got Variety describing the story as a "young woman's journey into the world of sports gambling. She starts out as a cocktail waitress but gets caught up in gambling until falling in love," calling it a cross between High Fidelity and The Grifters. So, geek fest with gambling and a little romance thrown in for good measure, or a romantic world where a cocktail waitress can gamble her way to money ... and love. Which do you choose?Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Sports, Deals, Scripts Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Chéri - Eine Komödie der Eitelkeiten
from Dailymotion - most recent videos on July 07, 2009
Duration: 79
Duration: 79
Schauspieler : Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates, Felicity Jones Produktion : BK Films Direktor : Stephen Frears Kurzinhalt : Kann eine unmögliche Liebe ihre Erfüllung finden? Die schöne Edelkurtisane Léa de Lonval (Michelle Pfeiffer) kommt langsam in ein gewisses Alter und hat sich aus dem Geschäft der käuflichen Liebe zurückgezogen. Im Paris der Jahrhundertwende lebt sie in unbeschreiblichem Luxus. Auf Wunsch ihrer ehemaligen Kollegin und Rivalin Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates) soll Léa deren hübschen, verwöhnten Sohn Chéri (Rupert Friend) zum Mann machen und in die Geheimnisse der Liebe einweihen. Was als Flirt beginnt, wird zu einer leidenschaftlichen Beziehung, ein kurzer Kurs in Liebesdingen verwandelt sich in eine sechs Jahre andauernde Liaison. Umso über-raschender trifft sie die Leidenschaft und Tiefe ihrer Beziehung zu Chéri. Als er eine Geldheirat eingeht, wird Léa ihre Abhängigkeit von Chéri schmerzlich bewusst, und sie will sich mit aller Kraft aus der Beziehung befreien. Aber auch Chéri kann Léa nicht verges¬sen. Als die beiden wieder aufeinandertreffen, zeigt Léa ein Blick in den Spiegel, dass sie eine andere geworden ist ...Author: Filmtrailer Tags: Michelle Pfeiffer Rupert Friend Kathy Bates Felicity Jones BK Films Stephen Frears Posted: 08 July 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0
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Review: Cheri
from Cinematical on June 26, 2009
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The French writer Colette, born Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873 - 1954), lived one of those witty, charming lives you've read about, doing things like performing at the Moulin Rouge and having affairs with Josephine Baker, while marrying several rich husbands. She wrote, among many other things, what would become the famous musical Gigi, which Director Vincente Minnelli turned into a dull, immobile Oscar-winning hit in 1958. The English film director Stephen Frears would have been 13 when Colette died, though at that age, he had most likely never heard of her. But now, 55 years later, the two have teamed up for the new movie Cheri, based on Collete's 1920 novel about a passionate affair between an aging courtesan and a spoiled younger man. Frears seems like the right man for the job. After all, his similarly sexy costume drama Dangerous Liaisons (1988) was another Oscar-winning hit. And in his Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) he dealt with issues of sexuality and censorship on the stage, so he seems prepped to make something really sexy and full of wit and charm, especially given that he's re-teamed with his Dangerous Liaisons star Michelle Pfeiffer. It's a win-win scenario that quickly turns lose-lose. For some reason, Cheri is dead on arrival, a cold fish. It just lies there, too lethargic to be funny and too timid to be sexy, but not deep enough for any real drama. Filed under: Romance, New Releases, Theatrical Reviews, New in Theaters, MiramaxContinue reading Review: Cheri Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Michelle Pfeiffer gets herself a toyboy in 'Cheri'
from Dailymotion - ITN's most recent videos on May 09, 2009
Duration: 147
Duration: 147
New movie Cheri sees director Stephen Frears reunited with leading lady Michelle Pfeiffer.Author: ITN Tags: Cheri Michelle Pfeiffer Rupert Friend Kathy Bates Stephen Frears keira knightley film review Posted: 09 May 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0
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MovieBuff: Star Trek, Little Ashes, Cheri
from Dailymotion - ITN's most recent videos on May 07, 2009
Duration: 486
Duration: 486
We take a look at the new films from Chris Pine and Robert PattinsonAuthor: ITN Tags: star trek chris pine zachary quinto simon pegg heroes lost robert pattinson twilight new moon matthew mcnulty salvador dali kiss gay michelle pfeiffer rupert friend cheri keira knightley stephen frears Posted: 07 May 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0
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Film Weekly meets Stephen Frears and reviews Star Trek
from Film Weekly on May 06, 2009
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Duration: 2100
In this week's edition, Stephen Frears talks about his new film Chéri, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, and JJ Abrams's revamped Star Trek is given an enthusiastic thumbs-up
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CHERI: Movie Trailer
from Video Detective on Metacafe on April 25, 2009
Duration: 70
Duration: 70
A well-known French prostitute (KATHY BATES) sets up her son (RUPERT FRIEND) with a fellow courtesan (MICHELLE PFEIFFER) to learn the ways of love, not expecting the two to continue their affair years down the road - when the chance for the man to marry into wealth threatens to destroy their romance. Ranked 3.11 / 5 | 170 views | 0 comments Click here to watch the video (01:10) Submitted By: videodetective Tags: Cheri Frances Tomelty Kathy Bates Michelle Pfeiffer Anita Pallenberg Rupert Friend Felicity Jones Stephen Frears Drama Miramax Films Movie Trailers Movie Trailer Categories: Entertainment
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Chéri
from Filmtrailer.com: brand new film trailers on March 23, 2009
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Genre: Romance Cinema Premiere: 08/05/2009 Production Country: Germany , United Kingdom Directed By: Stephen Frears Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer , Rupert Friend , Kathy Bates , Felicity Jones Film Duration: 100 min Production Year: 2009 Plot Outline: Set in the luxurious demi-monde of pre-First World War Paris, CHÉRI is the story of the love affair between the beautiful retired courtesan Léa (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Chéri (Rupert Friend), the son of her old colleague and rival, Mme Peloux (Kathy Bates). Léa has educated the spoilt and callow boy in the ways of love, but after six years Mme Peloux has secretly arranged a marriage between Chéri and Edmée (Felicity Jones), daughter of another rich courtesan, Marie Laure (Iben Hjejle). As the inevitable moment of parting approaches, Léa and Chéri try to come to terms with their imminent separation, but the roots of their life of ease and pleasure reach deeper than even they imagine and they begin to understand, too late, how much they mean to one another.
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Chéri
from Filmtrailer.com: brand new film trailers on March 23, 2009
Duration: 70
Duration: 70
Genre: Romance Cinema Premiere: 08/05/2009 Production Country: Germany , United Kingdom Directed By: Stephen Frears Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer , Rupert Friend , Kathy Bates , Felicity Jones Film Duration: 100 min Production Year: 2009 Plot Outline: Set in the luxurious demi-monde of pre-First World War Paris, CHÉRI is the story of the love affair between the beautiful retired courtesan Léa (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Chéri (Rupert Friend), the son of her old colleague and rival, Mme Peloux (Kathy Bates). Léa has educated the spoilt and callow boy in the ways of love, but after six years Mme Peloux has secretly arranged a marriage between Chéri and Edmée (Felicity Jones), daughter of another rich courtesan, Marie Laure (Iben Hjejle). As the inevitable moment of parting approaches, Léa and Chéri try to come to terms with their imminent separation, but the roots of their life of ease and pleasure reach deeper than even they imagine and they begin to understand, too late, how much they mean to one another.
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FilmCrunch 049: The Queen DVD Review
from FilmCrunch on May 07, 2007
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Duration: 693
Veronica Santiago and Neil Estep review the DVD release of The Queen in this episode of FilmCrunch: A revealing, witty portrait of the British royal family in crisis immediately following the death of Princess Diana. The setting for this fictional account of real events is no less than the private chambers of the Royal Family and the British government in the wake of the sudden death of Princess Diana in August of 1997. In the immediate aftermath of the Princess's passing, the tightly contained, tradition-bound world of the Queen of England clashes with the slick modernity of the country's brand new, image-conscious Prime Minister, Tony Blair. The result is an intimate, yet thematically epic, battle between private and public, responsibility and emotion, custom and action - as a grieving nation waits to see what its leaders will do.
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Picture Show Pundits Episode 37b
from Picture Show Pundits on January 08, 2007
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Duration: 2037
Movie Reviews: The Queen, Marie Antoinette Cast: Sarah Bonilla, Ray Bonilla, Nate Zoebl
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Mrs Henderson Presents
from Variety Screening Series on March 01, 2006
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Duration: 1463
Kelly Reilly and helmer Stephen Frears discuss the art of taking one's clothes off.
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Episode 16: The Grifters
from Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir on February 01, 2006
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Duration: 1779
This is perhaps the most noir of all neo-noirs. Never has 1990 Los Angeles looked and sounded so much like 1950 Los Angeles. While Stephen Frears sets Jim Thompson's source novel at the time the film is made, he carefully trims away modern LA. The film moves between the Bryson Apartments, the racetrack, and scenes on a train. Gone are the glitter and glitz of modern downtown and its skyscrapers. In their place are the greed and grift that have always been the motor driving the City of Angels--forces so strong they tear families to shreds and answer prayers with death. This podcast is brought to you by Clute and Edwards of www.noircast.net. To leave a comment on this episode, or make a donation to the podcast, please visit "Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir" at outofthepast.libsyn.com.
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