See the First Image of Daniel Day-Lewis With His Lincoln Beard
Spielberg’s long in development film "Lincoln" is finally shooting in Richmond, Virginia, and a local has taken the first picture of star Daniel Day-Lewis sporting his Lincoln beard for the title role. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsValentine's Day Special: Hal Holbrook Remembers Dixie Carter
Hal Holbrook recently spoke with Paste about Mark Twain when we named the great American author our 2010 Man of the Year in Nonfiction. Holbrook, of course, has portayed Twain in the one man show Mark Twain Tonight! for over half a century, and currently, That Evening Sun director Scott Teems is in production on a documentary, Holbrook/Twain, that explores the cultural touchstone. At one point, the conversation turned to Holbrook’s late wife, actress Dixie Carter. His reminiscences were so sweet that we pulled them out for a short Valentine’s Day special.... read more
Found in: Movies, Features2010 Person of the Year in Nonfiction: Mark Twain
Since the quintessential American author was not himself available for interview, we decided to do the next best thing and talk to Hal Holbrook, the man who's spent as much time as anyone getting inside the author's head. read more
Found in: Books, FeaturesSXSW 2010: Low Budgets, High Outputs
Get Low With James Cameron spending half a billion on Avatar it’s difficult to expect much from a film with a $7 million budget. But Aaron Schneider’s appropriately titled Get Low beat all expectations with his lovely period piece about redemption and forgiveness in the waning years of an old man’s life. It obviously helped to get Oscar winner Robert Duvall to play the lead role as the “hermit” of the depression-era Tennessee woods. Bill Murray, who says he did it to work with Duvall, plays the town’s undertaker Frank Quinn whose business is slow because no one’s dying. When... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusThat Evening Sun
Release Date: In Theaters Now Director: Scott Teems Writers: Teems, (short story by William Gay) Cinematographer: Rodney Taylor Starring: Hal Holbrook, Raymond McKinnon, Carrie Preston, Mia Wasikowska, Walton Goggins, Barry Corbin Studio/Run Time: Freestyle Releasing, 110 mins. Holbrook’s crowning moment comes in truly Southern film Scott Teems’ That Evening Sun is an exquisitely crafted adaptation of a William Gay short story that’s fundamentally rooted in the real-world South, a subtle little wonder in which every single element works. Music from Michael Penn and Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood sets the portentous mood; character actors Raymond McKinnon, Walton Goggins and Barry... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsLittle Rock Film Festival 2009
First thing to do when arriving to the Little Rock Film Festival (if the films and parties haven't started) is to walk down Markham St. to The Flying Fish restaurant, just a rock's throw from the Bill Clinton Library. While waiting in line to order (there is ALWAYS a line) you giggle at the hundreds of photos of customers with fish that are posted on the wall . Then you grab a beer from the fridge and order from a choice of catfish, shrimp, oysters, frog legs, crawfish, calamari--fried, grilled, boiled, whatever. Today I kept it simple with a shrimp cocktail, a... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusSXSW 2009: More Film Reviews
Hal Holbrook & Barry Corbin in That Evening SunAs usual, the number of films seen during SXSW were in direct competition with the sum of hours slept, the quantity of BBQ consumed, the volume of alcoholic beverages imbibed, the length of lines endured and the number of parties partaken (Rachael Ray's was cool). And the music! I lost count of all the bands I saw, but I did enjoy: Bruce Robison at the Gibson Guitar party, the Meat Puppets at the Nat Geo taping, The Manichean at the Justice Records party, Theresa Andersson at the Boundless rooftop party and, of... read more
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