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Year: 1973
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Plot: One man's dreams of success take him on a Byzantine journey through the various stations of the British class system in this politically charged black comedy from director Lindsay Anderson. Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) is an ambitious young man who is looking to get his foot on the first rung of the ladder of success by landing a job as a salesman. After the death of Imperial Coffee's leading drummer in the North, Travis' charm and enthusiasm so impresses manager Mr. Duff (Arthur Lowe) that he's given the job, and after some coaching from Gloria Rowe (Rachel Roberts), Travis sets out to find his fortune in the coffee trade. Travis' desire for success quickly sets him on a curious odyssey in which he happens upon a secret sex club for businessmen, finds himself the subject of random seductions by lonely women, is captured and tortured by military intelligence agents, submits to medical experiments at a bizarre private clinic, hitches a ride with a traveling rock band led by former Animals keyboardist Alan Price, falls in love with a beautiful young bohemian named Patricia (Helen Mirren), goes to work for her father (Ralph Richardson), who happens to be a singularly corrupt political figure, and eventually lands in prison after he's implicated in a deal to sell chemical weapons to the Third World. As Mick's strange tale progresses, we periodically visit Price and his band in the recording studio or rehearsal hall, as they work on songs which serve as both mirror and counterpoint for Travis' progress. O Lucky Man! was the second film in which Malcolm McDowell would portray Mick Travis for director Lindsay Anderson, following If..., and preceding Britannia Hospital; the film's surreal undercurrent was reinforced by the casting, in which nearly all of the principle actors play two or three roles. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:50:50 GMTO Lucky Man!1973Lindsay AndersonOne man's dreams of success take him on a Byzantine journey through the various stations of the British class system in this politically charged black comedy from director <a href="/players/P____79629/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lindsay Anderson</a>. Mick Travis (<a href="/players/P____47319/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Malcolm McDowell</a>) is an ambitious young man who is looking to get his foot on the first rung of the ladder of success by landing a job as a salesman. After the death of Imperial Coffee's leading drummer in the North, Travis' charm and enthusiasm so impresses manager Mr. Duff (<a href="/players/P____43492/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Arthur Lowe</a>) that he's given the job, and after some coaching from Gloria Rowe (<a href="/players/P____60655/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Rachel Roberts</a>), Travis sets out to find his fortune in the coffee trade. Travis' desire for success quickly sets him on a curious odyssey in which he happens upon a secret sex club for businessmen, finds himself the subject of random seductions by lonely women, is captured and tortured by military intelligence agents, submits to medical experiments at a bizarre private clinic, hitches a ride with a traveling rock band led by former Animals keyboardist <a href="/players/P___107065/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Alan Price</a>, falls in love with a beautiful young bohemian named Patricia (<a href="/players/P____49576/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Helen Mirren</a>), goes to work for her father (<a href="/players/P____60087/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ralph Richardson</a>), who happens to be a singularly corrupt political figure, and eventually lands in prison after he's implicated in a deal to sell chemical weapons to the Third World. As Mick's strange tale progresses, we periodically visit Price and his band in the recording studio or rehearsal hall, as they work on songs which serve as both mirror and counterpoint for Travis' progress. O Lucky Man! was the second film in which <a href="/players/P____47319/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Malcolm McDowell</a> would portray Mick Travis for director <a href="/players/P____79629/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lindsay Anderson</a>, following If..., and preceding <a href=/films/4477/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Britannia Hospital</a>; the film's surreal undercurrent was reinforced by the casting, in which nearly all of the principle actors play two or three roles. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide3Slightly Tagged (1-5)1114http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u43391do53g.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/O_Lucky_Man/25098/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Which_of_these_film_directors_with_the_name_Anders/657/43311/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Body: Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. Again it's kind of an arbitrary comparison I know, but I still thought it was interesting how many Andersons there were as famous directors. I know Roy Andersson has an extra "s" in it, but as far as I know it's pronounced the same. Please vote only once in each poll. Some of the movies from these directors: Lindsay Anderson - This Sporting Life, If...., O Lucky Man! Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood Paul W.S. Anderson - Event Horizon, Resident Evil, AVP: Alien vs. Predator Wes Anderson - Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Roy Andersson - A Swedish Love Story, Songs from the Second Floor, You, the Living
]]>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:50:50 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls7/29/2009 1:50:50 PMPlease reference this thread for the rules of this group. Again it's kind of an arbitrary comparison I know, but I still thought it was interesting how many Andersons there were as famous directors. I know Roy Andersson has an extra "s" in it, but as far as I know it's pronounced the same. Please vote only once in each poll. Some of the movies from these directors: Lindsay Anderson - This Sporting Life, If...., O Lucky Man! Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood Paul W.S. Anderson - Event Horizon, Resident Evil, AVP: Alien vs. Predator Wes Anderson - Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Roy Andersson - A Swedish Love Story, Songs from the Second Floor, You, the Living http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/9/15/35175.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 9/15/2008 6:01:15 PM
Body: The first thing you notice about Michael Cera in person is that he seems a lot smaller and skinnier than he does in the movies. Maybe it’s actually true that the camera adds ten pounds. He’s also even nicer and seemingly more vulnerable than the characters he plays, if that were actually possible. His role as Nick in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is nothing new for him, but because he’s so honest and innocent, it hasn’t gotten old. Yet. He’s like the Lloyd Dobbler for an entirely new generation. Read on for our interview with Michael in Toronto to find out all about the Arrested Development movie, how he likes his coffee (and what that says about how he likes his men), and what Lindsay Anderson film’s soundtrack he should hav on his iPod, but doesn’t. Do you mind if I make a coffee real quick? Go ahead. I can talk while I’m over here. How do you take your coffee? With sugar and milk. Like your men. [Laughter] I like it really delicious. That’s a good way to like it. It tastes best that way. So how did this project come to you? My manager sent me Raising Victor Vargas,  which is the movie that Pete (Sollett) did. And I really loved it and wanted to meet with him. And then I went to New York and met him and really like him and wanted to work with him. I thought he would do the movie really well. And we made it. Your career has obviously taken off pretty astronomically in the last year or so. I’m curious how you feel about the way things are going. Are you comfortable with it? Do you enjoy it? Yeah. I’ve been enjoying it, yeah. I enjoy working. I really like it. Being on sets. It’s nice, being able to do that. Being able to continue doing it. [laughs] When you were doing Arrested Development did you expect that you would achieve this kind of success? No. I never think about it or expect anything. I still don’t. I just like working and like being on sets. [laughs] Yeah. Is it nice to work on a project where you have the opportunity to showcase your improvisation skills? Yeah, it’s fun. It’s fun doing that. Just having a conversation, and it always feels real because it is real. You’re just talking off the top of your head. Yeah. Just being able to do that. It’s also nice having a script. It’s fun doing both. Where a script is carefully plotted. I mean this, with the movie, the whole plot is us getting to know each other. So we could just talk about anything and it would establish that we’re getting to know each other. That’s kind of a driving force of the movie. So with this we could just talk. Have you studied improvisation? Or is it something that you guys just did? I did that. Like these games, where you can take Second City classes here (in Toronto), and you just play games with other kids. I guess I probably learned something from that. Just listen, that’s all you have to do. I think anyone can do it. If you can have a conversation, you can improvise. As long as you’re not trying to be funny. That’s when you can start to, you know, trick yourself. It’s just much easier to talk than to worry about being funny. I’m curious, because you guys are kind of in the target demo that movies like this and Superbad and Juno are aimed at. What do you think is different about these movies of the last couple of years, as opposed to back in the ’90s when we had a lot of teen movies that were maybe a little more gross-out based, a little more sexist perhaps. Do you like any of the movies that come out now? I like anything that feels authentic or comes from a real place. Comes from someone’s heart. I’ve never liked those gross out comedies. I watch a lot of movies and that’s not really what I watch or like. I just try and do things that I think I would like. Are there ever situations where you will read something in a script, in a movie like this or another movie that you’ve done, and you’ll say, “OK, this isn’t really how I would respond in this sort of situation,” and you try to sort of lead them in more authentic direction? Sometimes, yeah. Sometimes. But sometimes it’s good to not respond the way you would respond. It depends, I guess. But sometimes it’s definitely like, “This sort of doesn’t ring true.” And you can work with the director or the writers on that. Pete was was good about that. Yeah. It’s good when you work with people that are collaborative and open minded. That’s what I’ve always found, is the people that aren’t afraid of forfeiting control kind of come out with the best products. If [a director is] afraid of forfeiting control, it seems like you shouldn’t be afraid at all, because you can make decisions in the editing room. And that’s totally where that happens. But you create options on set and you can only get it once unless you come back and reshoot. Obviously this movie centers around music and it and Juno both have amazing soundtracks. I’m curious about what your relationship is with music, and how you feel about the use in movies. Yeah. Music in movies is important, I think, and can totally change a movie. Absolutely. Yeah. It totally creates the tone. Some movies work without music, like… No Country For Old Men. Annie Hall. But it’s a conscious choice. You feel that, you feel that lack of music. Or like The Long Goodbye. Have you ever seen The Long Goodbye? There’s that theme song all throughout it, different versions of that wherever he goes. You always recognize it every time. It’s great. So, what’s on your iPod? I like movie music a lot and I like Neil Young, and Beach Boys and Alan Price and Alden Petter. Yeah, you know Alan Price? Have you seen O Lucky Man? Yeah, that’s a great soundtrack, it’s a wonderful film. Yeah, that’s a fantastic movie. That’s not on my iPod, that movie but, I guess it should be. So you play guitar? Yeah, and a little piano. But you had to learn how to play bass for this movie, right? Or fake it, I just kind of fake it. If you play guitar you can play bass. Yeah, its true, I felt confident in faking it. You’ve been in two of the biggest movies of the last year, but what keeps you grounded? You seem normal. That’s good. I don’t know, do people change? I’ve never met someone who’s changed. I think that was bound to happen no matter what they were doing. But, it depends on who you are I guess, I don’t know. How much do you relate to your characters in real life? I can relate to being broken up with and heartache and meeting someone and striking up a friendship. A lot of people can. Any tips for getting over a breakup? Watch this movie. [laughter] No, I was just joking, create a breakup CD. We keep hearing things about the Arrested Development movie, is it actually happening as far as you know? We’re not in production and I haven’t read a script. I know Jason (Bateman) wants to, and I don’t know if Mitch (Hurwitz) wants to. But, I would only want to be a part of it if it was going to be good. Because, its good to end on a high note, I think, and go out with a bang and leave the winning war. That’s just my instinct. I don’t think it would be worth doing unless it was going to live up to the expectation that might come with it. Can you talk a little bit about the legacy of that show? Because for a few people its like Freaks and Geeks, another one that got taken away before its time. Yeah, but we did have a good run, three seasons was more than I ever expected when we started. Because right off the bat we were told its not going to good and we may not get a back nine, so I was surprised every time it got picked up. It was nice and it had a nice following. Its nice to have a band of people who really love it. Its nice, it makes me feel good whenever people come up and talk about it. It feels like a tight knit group of fans, and that’s nice. I think it had a pretty good run, it told a long story. I love Freaks and Geeks too. I just treasure those episodes. I watch them over and over. I know you’ve got Youth In Revolt coming out? Oh, Youth In Revolt, yeah, its coming out in February, I think. Its based on a book. It says in here that its your favorite book. Yeah, I love the book, its a great book. It’s about a young guy who meets a girl on a family vacation and becomes obsessed with her. Its a great book by C.D. Payne, anyone should read it. I read it like five times. I love the book; I love the character and was so excited to it. I’m really happy with the experience, I think the movie will be good. Who plays the girl? Portia Doubleday, she is an actress that I don’t think has done very much and she’s great. Where was it shot? In Michigan, around the Detroit area and Ann Arbor. Do you go home a lot? Yeah, I’m home right now in Toronto. Yeah, I’m going to be here a little while after the festival. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:01:15 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com9/15/2008 6:01:15 PM The first thing you notice about Michael Cera in person is that he seems a lot smaller and skinnier than he does in the movies. Maybe it’s actually true that the camera adds ten pounds. He’s also even nicer and seemingly more vulnerable than the characters he plays, if that were actually possible. His role as Nick in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is nothing new for him, but because he’s so honest and innocent, it hasn’t gotten old. Yet. He’s like the Lloyd Dobbler for an entirely new generation. Read on for our interview with Michael in Toronto to find out all about the Arrested Development movie, how he likes his coffee (and what that says about how he likes his men), and what Lindsay Anderson film’s soundtrack he should hav on his iPod, but doesn’t. Do you mind if I make a coffee real quick? Go ahead. I can talk while I’m over here. How do you take your coffee? With sugar and milk. Like your men. [Laughter] I like it really delicious. That’s a good way to like it. It tastes best that way. So how did this project come to you? My manager sent me Raising Victor Vargas,  which is the movie that Pete (Sollett) did. And I really loved it and wanted to meet with him. And then I went to New York and met him and really like him and wanted to work with him. I thought he would do the movie really well. And we made it. Your career has obviously taken off pretty astronomically in the last year or so. I’m curious how you feel about the way things are going. Are you comfortable with it? Do you enjoy it? Yeah. I’ve been enjoying it, yeah. I enjoy working. I really like it. Being on sets. It’s nice, being able to do that. Being able to continue doing it. [laughs] When you were doing Arrested Development did you expect that you would achieve this kind of success? No. I never think about it or expect anything. I still don’t. I just like working and like being on sets. [laughs] Yeah. Is it nice to work on a project where you have the opportunity to showcase your improvisation skills? Yeah, it’s fun. It’s fun doing that. Just having a conversation, and it always feels real because it is real. You’re just talking off the top of your head. Yeah. Just being able to do that. It’s also nice having a script. It’s fun doing both. Where a script is carefully plotted. I mean this, with the movie, the whole plot is us getting to know each other. So we could just talk about anything and it would establish that we’re getting to know each other. That’s kind of a driving force of the movie. So with this we could just talk. Have you studied improvisation? Or is it something that you guys just did? I did that. Like these games, where you can take Second City classes here (in Toronto), and you just play games with other kids. I guess I probably learned something from that. Just listen, that’s all you have to do. I think anyone can do it. If you can have a conversation, you can improvise. As long as you’re not trying to be funny. That’s when you can start to, you know, trick yourself. It’s just much easier to talk than to worry about being funny. I’m curious, because you guys are kind of in the target demo that movies like this and Superbad and Juno are aimed at. What do you think is different about these movies of the last couple of years, as opposed to back in the ’90s when we had a lot of teen movies that were maybe a little more gross-out based, a little more sexist perhaps. Do you like any of the movies that come out now? I like anything that feels authentic or comes from a real place. Comes from someone’s heart. I’ve never liked those gross out comedies. I watch a lot of movies and that’s not really what I watch or like. I just try and do things that I think I would like. Are there ever situations where you will read something in a script, in a movie like this or another movie that you’ve done, and you’ll say, “OK, this isn’t really how I would respond in this sort of situation,” and you try to sort of lead them in more authentic direction? Sometimes, yeah. Sometimes. But sometimes it’s good to not respond the way you would respond. It depends, I guess. But sometimes it’s definitely like, “This sort of doesn’t ring true.” And you can work with the director or the writers on that. Pete was was good about that. Yeah. It’s good when you work with people that are collaborative and open minded. That’s what I’ve always found, is the people that aren’t afraid of forfeiting control kind of come out with the best products. If [a director is] afraid of forfeiting control, it seems like you shouldn’t be afraid at all, because you can make decisions in the editing room. And that’s totally where that happens. But you create options on set and you can only get it once unless you come back and reshoot. Obviously this movie centers around music and it and Juno both have amazing soundtracks. I’m curious about what your relationship is with music, and how you feel about the use in movies. Yeah. Music in movies is important, I think, and can totally change a movie. Absolutely. Yeah. It totally creates the tone. Some movies work without music, like… No Country For Old Men. Annie Hall. But it’s a conscious choice. You feel that, you feel that lack of music. Or like The Long Goodbye. Have you ever seen The Long Goodbye? There’s that theme song all throughout it, different versions of that wherever he goes. You always recognize it every time. It’s great. So, what’s on your iPod? I like movie music a lot and I like Neil Young, and Beach Boys and Alan Price and Alden Petter. Yeah, you know Alan Price? Have you seen O Lucky Man? Yeah, that’s a great soundtrack, it’s a wonderful film. Yeah, that’s a fantastic movie. That’s not on my iPod, that movie but, I guess it should be. So you play guitar? Yeah, and a little piano. But you had to learn how to play bass for this movie, right? Or fake it, I just kind of fake it. If you play guitar you can play bass. Yeah, its true, I felt confident in faking it. You’ve been in two of the biggest movies of the last year, but what keeps you grounded? You seem normal. That’s good. I don’t know, do people change? I’ve never met someone who’s changed. I think that was bound to happen no matter what they were doing. But, it depends on who you are I guess, I don’t know. How much do you relate to your characters in real life? I can relate to being broken up with and heartache and meeting someone and striking up a friendship. A lot of people can. Any tips for getting over a breakup? Watch this movie. [laughter] No, I was just joking, create a breakup CD. We keep hearing things about the Arrested Development movie, is it actually happening as far as you know? We’re not in production and I haven’t read a script. I know Jason (Bateman) wants to, and I don’t know if Mitch (Hurwitz) wants to. But, I would only want to be a part of it if it was going to be good. Because, its good to end on a high note, I think, and go out with a bang and leave the winning war. That’s just my instinct. I don’t think it would be worth doing unless it was going to live up to the expectation that might come with it. Can you talk a little bit about the legacy of that show? Because for a few people its like Freaks and Geeks, another one that got taken away before its time. Yeah, but we did have a good run, three seasons was more than I ever expected when we started. Because right off the bat we were told its not going to good and we may not get a back nine, so I was surprised every time it got picked up. It was nice and it had a nice following. Its nice to have a band of people who really love it. Its nice, it makes me feel good whenever people come up and talk about it. It feels like a tight knit group of fans, and that’s nice. I think it had a pretty good run, it told a long story. I love Freaks and Geeks too. I just treasure those episodes. I watch them over and over. I know you’ve got Youth In Revolt coming out? Oh, Youth In Revolt, yeah, its coming out in February, I think. Its based on a book. It says in here that its your favorite book. Yeah, I love the book, its a great book. It’s about a young guy who meets a girl on a family vacation and becomes obsessed with her. Its a great book by C.D. Payne, anyone should read it. I read it like five times. I love the book; I love the character and was so excited to it. I’m really happy with the experience, I think the movie will be good. Who plays the girl? Portia Doubleday, she is an actress that I don’t think has done very much and she’s great. Where was it shot? In Michigan, around the Detroit area and Ann Arbor. Do you go home a lot? Yeah, I’m home right now in Toronto. Yeah, I’m going to be here a little while after the festival. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/survival/MemberTagFilms.aspxsurvival
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