Monday, July 29, 2013
TOM HANKS STARS ON OPENING NIGHT AT THE 2013 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
51st NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 2013
51st NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 2013
Opening Night Gala selection:
World Premiere of Paul Greengrass’s
World Premiere of Paul Greengrass’s
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
starring Tom Hanks
starring Tom Hanks
Paul Greengrass’s CAPTAIN PHILLIPS will make its World Premiere as the Opening Night Gala presentation for the upcoming 51st New York Film Festival (September 27 – October 13).
Starring two-time Academy Award® winner and 2009 Film Society Chaplin Award honoree Tom Hanks in the title role, the film is Academy Award®-nominated director Paul Greengrass’s multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates.
NYFF’s Director of Programming and Selection Committee Chair, Kent Jones said, “Paul Greengrass has become a master of immersive reality-based narratives set along geopolitical fault lines – in this case, the 2009 seizure of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship by four Somali pirates. I’m excited that this tough, tense, real-life thriller, capped by the remarkable performances of Tom Hanks and four brilliant first-time Somali actors (Barkhad Abdi, Faysal Ahmed, Barkhad Abdirahman and Mahat M. Ali), is opening the 51st edition of the festival.”
THE HIJACKERS
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is—through Greengrass’s distinctive lens—simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama’s commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two-time Academy Award® winner Tom Hanks), and his Somali counterpart, Muse (Barkhad Abdi). Set on an incontrovertible collision course off the coast of Somalia, both men will find themselves paying the human toll for economic forces outside of their control.
From a screenplay by Billy Ray, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is based upon the book, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. The film is produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca. The Sony Pictures release is due in theaters October 11.
Note: See below at the end of this story (after a list of NYFF Opening Night films) for links to more information about Tom Hanks, the Director Paul Greengrass, the film, the story of the hijacking, and Captain Richard Phillips!
The screening will mark Greengrass’s return to NYFF following his film BLOODY SUNDAY in 2002.
FilmLinc Daily Managing Editor Brian Brooks spoke with Greengrass about CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, the film’s selection for NYFF’s Opening Night Gala and looking ahead to the debut of the film. That interview can be found at www.Filmlinc.com
General Public tickets will be available September 8th.
Subscription Packages and VIP Passes for the New York Film Festival are on sale now to Film Society Members. There also will be an opportunity for Members to purchase single screening tickets in advance of the General Public.
For more information about becoming a Film Society Member visit
More ticket information for the New York Film Festival will be available mid-August on
The Opening Night Films have come mostly from the US, next most often from France, and have been productions or co-productions from 12 other countries:
US - 18
France - 15
USSR / Soviet Union - 3
UK - 3
Italy - 3
Czechoslovakia - 2
Spain - 2
Poland - 2
Japan, China, Mexico, West Germany, Denmark, Algeria - 1
Truffaut had three Opening Night films. Almodovar, Altman, Ang Lee and Greengrass have each had two.
Here's the list:
Japan, China, Mexico, West Germany, Denmark, Algeria - 1
Truffaut had three Opening Night films. Almodovar, Altman, Ang Lee and Greengrass have each had two.
Here's the list:
1963 The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, Mexico)
1964 Hamlet (Grigori Kozintsev, USSR)
1965 Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
1966 Loves of a Blonde (Milos Forman, Czechoslovakia)
1967 The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, Italy/Algeria)
1968 Capricious Summer (Jiri Menzel, Czechoslovakia)
1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Paul Mazursky, US)
1970 The Wild Child (François Truffaut, France)
1971 The Debut (Gleb Panfilov, Soviet Union)
1972 Chloe in the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer, France)
1973 Day for Night (François Truffaut, France)
1974 Don't Cry With Your Mouth Full (Pascal Thomas, France)
1975 Conversation Piece (Luchino Visconti, Italy)
1976 Small Change (François Truffaut, France)
1977 One Sings, The Other Doesn't (Agnès Varda, France)
1978 A Wedding (Robert Altman, US)
1979 Luna (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy/US)
1980 Melvin and Howard (Jonathan Demme, US)
1981 Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson, UK)
1982 Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
1983 The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan, US)
1984 Country (Richard Pearce, US)
1985 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
1986 Down By Law (Jim Jarmusch, US)
1987 Dark Eyes (Nikita Mikhalkov, Soviet Union)
1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
1989 Too Beautiful For You (Bertrand Blier, France)
1990 Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen, US)
1991 The Double Life of Veronique (Krysztof Kieslowski, Poland/France)
1992 Olivier Olivier (Agnieszka Holland, France)
1993 Short Cuts (Robert Altman, US)
1994 Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, US)
1995 Shanghai Triad (Zhang Yimou, China)
1996 Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, UK)
1997 The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, US)
1998 Celebrity (Woody Allen, US)
1999 All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
2000 Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
2001 Va Savoir (Jacques Rivette, France)
2002 About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, US)
2003 Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, US)
2004 Look At Me (Agnès Jaoui, France)
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. (George Clooney, US)
2006 The Queen (Stephen Frears, UK)
2007 The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, US)
2008 The Class (Laurent Cantet, France)
2009 Wild Grass (Alain Resnais, France)
2010 The Social Network (David Fincher, US)
2011 Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Poland)
2012 Life of Pi (Ang Lee, US)
LINKS
TOM HANKS - IMDBhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/
TOM HANKS - WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hanks
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS - WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Phillips
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS - IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/
PAUL GREENGRASS - IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339030/
PAUL GREENGRASS - WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Greengrass
MAERSK ALABAMA HIJACKING - WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk_Alabama_hijacking
BOOK: A CAPTAIN'S DUTY: SOMALI PIRATES, NAVY SEALS, AND DANGEROUS DAYS AT SEA - WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Captain%27s_Duty
AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
BOOK:
A CAPTAIN'S DUTY: SOMALI PIRATES,
NAVY SEALS, AND DANGEROUS DAYS AT SEA
THE TERMINAL - TOM HANKS
Labels: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, New York Film Festival, NYFF, Paul Greengrass, Tom Hanks
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
SUMMER THEATER IN NEW YORK - 2013
New York City is host to a tremendous amount of theater in the summer. Here is a guide to some of the major theater festivals in NY this summer. Of course, Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway continue playing through the summer as well! (We've also listed the Williamstown Theater Festival, one of my favorites: an important festival not too, too far from NY.)
(Special Freebie Note: Check their websites: many of these festivals have free and open special events before and during their festival!)
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK
Now thru Aug 18
http://www.shakespeareinthepark.org/#!calendar/cfvg
WILLIAMSTOWN THEATER FESTIVAL
Now thru Aug 18
http://wtfestival.org/2013/season
BRICK THEATER GAME PLAY FESTIVAL
JULY 5 - 28
http://bricktheater.com/
LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL
JULY 6 - 28
http://www.lincolncenterfestival.org/
NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATER FESTIVAL (NYMT)
JULY 8 - 28
http://www.nymf.org
EAST TO EDINBURGH
JULY 9 - 28
www.59e59.org
MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL (MITF)
JULY 15 - AUG 4
http://www.midtownfestival.org/
BETWEEN THE SEAS
JULY 22 - 28
http://betweentheseas.org/home/
SAMUEL FRENCH OFF-OFF-BROADWAY SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL
JULY 23-28
http://oob.samuelfrench.com/index.php/the-festival-schedule/
NEW YORK FRINGE FESTIVAL
AUG 9 - 25
http://www.fringenyc.org/
Labels: Between The Seas, Brick - Game Play Festival, East To Edinburgh, Lincoln Center Festival, Midtown International Theater Festival, New York Fringe, Shakespeare in the Park, summer theater, transmedia
ADL LIVE STREAMING A REVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S SCOTUS RULINGS
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is holding a live streaming event today at 12:00 p.m. EDT!
Legal scholars Erwin Chemerinsky, Frederick M. Lawrence, Lyle Denniston and Jeffrey Rosen will examine several significant rulings of the Supreme Court (SCOTUS)'s 2012 - 2013 term, including decisions on affirmative action, voting rights, and marriage equality.
The event will be held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, and will be streamed live across the country from this site:
Labels: ADL, affirmative action, Anti-Defamation League, marriage equality, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, voting rights
