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Little Rock Film Festival 2011: Part One

Director Hal Needham (Smokey And the Bandit, White Lightning, Cannonball Run) was presented with the Diamond Award for Career Excellence at this year's Little Rock Film Fest. A few hours before the presentation I interviewed Needham who, before directing, was considered to be the greatest and highest paid stuntman in film. The audience was mesmerized by Needham's stories of his many years of work (4500 TV shows and 310 feature films) with stars like Burt Reynolds and John Wayne, and his mishaps that led to 56 broken bones and numerous near-death experiences (like driving the first car to break the...  read more

Coen Brothers Cast Damon, Brolin and Bridges for True Grit

The Coen brothers have gotten acclaim for their violent Westerns (No Country for Old Men) and for their period pieces (O Brother, Where Art Thou?). So the announcement that they are currently casting for a remake of historical Western True Grit seems like a no-brainer....  read more

Coen Brothers to remake John Wayne's True Grit

Following a mixed reception to 2008's Burn After Reading, the Coen Brothers will return with True Grit, the classic Western that won John Wayne an Oscar in 1969....  read more