list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Sunshine Cleaning on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Sunshine_Cleaning/295156/default.aspx Title: Sunshine Cleaning
Year: 2009
Director: Karen Moncrieff, Christine Jeffs
Plot: A thirty-something single-mother whose boundless potential was squandered through a series of failed relationships and a misguided effort to help her younger sister succeed in life finds the fruits of her labors finally coming together in director Christine Jeffs' dark family comedy. Back in high school, the future looked pretty bright for Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams); not only was she the cheerleading captain, but she was also dating the star quarterback. Flash forward a little over a decade, and Rose is working overtime in hopes of getting her son into a better school. Her sister Norah (Rose Byrne) is still living at home with their father Joe (Alan Arkin), a failed salesman whose penchant for jumping into get-rich-quick schemes has left the family without a financial net to fall back on. Rose may be down, but she certainly isn't out, and when she hatches a plan to launch a crime-scene clean-up business, the money starts rolling in. Sure cleaning up murder scenes and suicide sites may not be the most glamorous job in the world, but death is a fairly profitable business and as the phone keeps ringing, Rose and Norah finally begin to experience the closeness of sisterhood that has eluded them all these years while providing their family with true security. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Times Tagged: 45
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Number of discussion threads: 1
SpoutRating: 4
]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:29:08 GMTSunshine Cleaning2009Karen Moncrieff, Christine JeffsA thirty-something single-mother whose boundless potential was squandered through a series of failed relationships and a misguided effort to help her younger sister succeed in life finds the fruits of her labors finally coming together in director Christine Jeffs' dark family comedy. Back in high school, the future looked pretty bright for Rose Lorkowski (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___273224/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Amy Adams</a>); not only was she the cheerleading captain, but she was also dating the star quarterback. Flash forward a little over a decade, and Rose is working overtime in hopes of getting her son into a better school. Her sister Norah (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___195364/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Rose Byrne</a>) is still living at home with their father Joe (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____79913/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Alan Arkin</a>), a failed salesman whose penchant for jumping into get-rich-quick schemes has left the family without a financial net to fall back on. Rose may be down, but she certainly isn't out, and when she hatches a plan to launch a crime-scene clean-up business, the money starts rolling in. Sure cleaning up murder scenes and suicide sites may not be the most glamorous job in the world, but death is a fairly profitable business and as the phone keeps ringing, Rose and Norah finally begin to experience the closeness of sisterhood that has eluded them all these years while providing their family with true security. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide45Tag Target (>10)3514http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s295156.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Sunshine_Cleaning/295156/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2009/5/8/42205.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 5/8/2009 12:29:08 PM
Body: First Person The format of the First Person series is what Errol Morris does best: finding unusual people, sitting them down in front of a camera, positioning the camera in the right way, and getting them to talk about what makes them so interesting. And then finding the right B-roll footage to splice in at the right times. Morris's invention of a camera device which he calls the "Interrotron" allows the subjects to see Morris's face as they look into the camera to make it feel more personal. As a viewer you really feel like the person is talking to you. We do see a few themes running through Morris's selection of people to interview. There are a few people involved with serial killers or murder cases. A couple lawyers with specific types of clients. A couple people who supposedly have brilliant minds but take some unexpected paths in life. I feel like Morris was a bit prescient in his choices as well. The episode "Harvesting Me" features Josh Harris who has recently been the subject of a full length documentary called We Live in Public. And it's almost impossible for me to not believe that whoever came up with the idea for the recent standardized indie flick Sunshine Cleaning didn't steal the idea directly from the First Person episode "You're Soaking In It". And I think I also read that my favorite Errol Morris film Fog of War started when Morris originally was trying to get Robert McNamara for an episode of First Person and realized this guy had enough to say to fill a full length film and win Morris an Oscar. And now it appears that Morris's next film project is actually a narrative film about cryonics, a subject that was explored in the First Person episode "I Dismember Mama" featuring Saul Kent the inventor of cryonics. There were a few episodes that were a bit less engaging than the best, but still seventeen episodes just wasn't enough. Rating: 9/10
]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:29:08 GMTRisseladaRisselada Blog5/8/2009 12:29:08 PMFirst Person The format of the First Person series is what Errol Morris does best: finding unusual people, sitting them down in front of a camera, positioning the camera in the right way, and getting them to talk about what makes them so interesting. And then finding the right B-roll footage to splice in at the right times. Morris's invention of a camera device which he calls the "Interrotron" allows the subjects to see Morris's face as they look into the camera to make it feel more personal. As a viewer you really feel like the person is talking to you. We do see a few themes running through Morris's selection of people to interview. There are a few people involved with serial killers or murder cases. A couple lawyers with specific types of clients. A couple people who supposedly have brilliant minds but take some unexpected paths in life. I feel like Morris was a bit prescient in his choices as well. The episode "Harvesting Me" features Josh Harris who has recently been the subject of a full length documentary called We Live in Public. And it's almost impossible for me to not believe that whoever came up with the idea for the recent standardized indie flick Sunshine Cleaning didn't steal the idea directly from the First Person episode "You're Soaking In It". And I think I also read that my favorite Errol Morris film Fog of War started when Morris originally was trying to get Robert McNamara for an episode of First Person and realized this guy had enough to say to fill a full length film and win Morris an Oscar. And now it appears that Morris's next film project is actually a narrative film about cryonics, a subject that was explored in the First Person episode "I Dismember Mama" featuring Saul Kent the inventor of cryonics. There were a few episodes that were a bit less engaging than the best, but still seventeen episodes just wasn't enough. Rating: 9/10 http://www.spout.com/blogs/cinemarian/archive/2009/4/6/41466.aspx Post By: CinemaRian
Post To: CinemaRian Blog
Post Date: 4/6/2009 2:59:34 AM
Body: Sunshine Cleaning has all the signs of a movie that went into production too soon, with script that was either still being written or with one in serious need of revision. The movie has the cast it needs and a setting that works, but lacks the crucial element of focus. As you’ve seen from the trailer, the movie is a light comedy about a two sisters who open up their own business cleaning up after bloody suicides or murders. This is certainly an interesting idea for a movie, but the picture never bothers to consider most of the implications of this. Instead it spends much of its time on a great many subplots, some of which are set up and never pay off. The two sisters are Rose (Amy Adams) and Norah (Emily Blundt). Rose works as a maid and has a young son named Oscar (Jason Spevack) and spends a great deal of time looking forward to her weekly rendezvous with a married police officer (Steve Zahn). Norah lives with her father Joe (Alan Arkin), an unsuccessful businessesman who is trying to market a new kind of candy. Oscar gets kicked out of school due to some troubling behavior (that the movie never resolves, nor mentions again) so Rose feels the needs to make more money to get him into a private school. The cop advises that she can big bucks cleaning up after dead people, and she convinces Norah join her. Among the nine million other subplots in the movie are Rose’s attempt to impress her former high school classmates at a baby shower, Norah’s quasi-voyeuristic interest in the daughter of one of the suicides (Mary Lynn Raskub) , Rose’s relationship with the cop, Rose’s potential relationship with the owner of a cleaning supplies shop (Eric Christian Olsen), the sister’s coming to terms with the death of their own mother, and Joe’s potential inability to deliver on a promise to Oscar. Lost in all of this is any kind of analysis as to the implications of the cleaning company, the ostensible selling point of the movie. At no point does director Christine Jeffs or screenwriter Megan Holley deal with any of the obvious questions. Aside from the fact that the job would be disgusting, how would this effect a person psychologically? Would this change someone’s opinion about death, or life or religion or whatever? Is there much of a distance between cleaning up blood and tomato sauce if you clean up one enough after a while? The screenplay is the central problem here, although the direction by Jeffs in uninspired. Some plot points, such as Oscar’s trouble at school are introduced and never referred to again, while others, such as the death of the sister’s mother, are brought up too late and pay off too quickly. The entire chronology of the movie seems off, with events that should be days apart apparently (and implausible) taking months to occur, while others seem to come along too fast. Where the film works is in the acting, which is very impressive. I really got the impression that Adams and Blundt were members of the same family, something that rarely happens in movies. They share a sisterly bond that is utterly believable and silently real, more real that anything else in the picture. I can’t flaw Sunshine Cleaning for a lack of ideas, or even a lack of good ones, but I can find fault in its inability to focus itself. The whole is far less than the sum of its parts, though I have to say that the movie was not boring. I think I might want to see a movie about a single mother with a troubled child, or a thirty something dealing with the emptiness of her life, or two sisters who start a weird business together, or two sisters dealing with death of their mother. But not all at once. Sunshine Cleaning(2009)
]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:59:34 GMTCinemaRianCinemaRian Blog4/6/2009 2:59:34 AMSunshine Cleaning has all the signs of a movie that went into production too soon, with script that was either still being written or with one in serious need of revision. The movie has the cast it needs and a setting that works, but lacks the crucial element of focus. As you&rsquo;ve seen from the trailer, the movie is a light comedy about a two sisters who open up their own business cleaning up after bloody suicides or murders. This is certainly an interesting idea for a movie, but the picture never bothers to consider most of the implications of this. Instead it spends much of its time on a great many subplots, some of which are set up and never pay off. The two sisters are Rose (Amy Adams) and Norah (Emily Blundt). Rose works as a maid and has a young son named Oscar (Jason Spevack) and spends a great deal of time looking forward to her weekly rendezvous with a married police officer (Steve Zahn). Norah lives with her father Joe (Alan Arkin), an unsuccessful businessesman who is trying to market a new kind of candy. Oscar gets kicked out of school due to some troubling behavior (that the movie never resolves, nor mentions again) so Rose feels the needs to make more money to get him into a private school. The cop advises that she can big bucks cleaning up after dead people, and she convinces Norah join her. Among the nine million other subplots in the movie are Rose&rsquo;s attempt to impress her former high school classmates at a baby shower, Norah&rsquo;s quasi-voyeuristic interest in the daughter of one of the suicides (Mary Lynn Raskub) , Rose&rsquo;s relationship with the cop, Rose&rsquo;s potential relationship with the owner of a cleaning supplies shop (Eric Christian Olsen), the sister&rsquo;s coming to terms with the death of their own mother, and Joe&rsquo;s potential inability to deliver on a promise to Oscar. Lost in all of this is any kind of analysis as to the implications of the cleaning company, the ostensible selling point of the movie. At no point does director Christine Jeffs or screenwriter Megan Holley deal with any of the obvious questions. Aside from the fact that the job would be disgusting, how would this effect a person psychologically? Would this change someone&rsquo;s opinion about death, or life or religion or whatever? Is there much of a distance between cleaning up blood and tomato sauce if you clean up one enough after a while? The screenplay is the central problem here, although the direction by Jeffs in uninspired. Some plot points, such as Oscar&rsquo;s trouble at school are introduced and never referred to again, while others, such as the death of the sister&rsquo;s mother, are brought up too late and pay off too quickly. The entire chronology of the movie seems off, with events that should be days apart apparently (and implausible) taking months to occur, while others seem to come along too fast. Where the film works is in the acting, which is very impressive. I really got the impression that Adams and Blundt were members of the same family, something that rarely happens in movies. They share a sisterly bond that is utterly believable and silently real, more real that anything else in the picture. I can&rsquo;t flaw Sunshine Cleaning for a lack of ideas, or even a lack of good ones, but I can find fault in its inability to focus itself. The whole is far less than the sum of its parts, though I have to say that the movie was not boring. I think I might want to see a movie about a single mother with a troubled child, or a thirty something dealing with the emptiness of her life, or two sisters who start a weird business together, or two sisters dealing with death of their mother. But not all at once. Sunshine Cleaning(2009) http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/3_13_New_movies_Oscar_nominees_hit_DVD_plus_t/216/40910/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: spout
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Body: HITTING THEATERS 3/13 Disney's latest leading man: Dwayne Johnson in Race to Witch Mountain Race to Witch Mountain -- Watch trailer. This has Brendan Fraser's name written all over it, but it's starring Fraser's remake, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Of course, Brendan Fraser is a remake of Kurt Russell, and I bet that if the original Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) had starred a young, sexy hero (not the older Eddie Albert), it would've been Disney favorite Kurt Rusell (remember The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and The Strongest Man in the World?). PS - I'm mostly joking; I like Dwayne Johnson. Standing on the shoulders of Swedes: The Last House on the Left The Last House on the Left -- Watch trailer. Produced by Wes Craven, this is a remake of the Craven-directed The Last House on the Left (1972), which was kind of like Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971), which is loosely based on a novel (The Siege of Trencher's Farm) but reminiscent of Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring (1959), which was inspired by the Swedish ballad "Torres dotter i Wange," which is purportedly based on true events... The Whitest Boys U'Know: Miss March Miss March -- Watch trailer. A young guy wakes from a 4-year coma to find that his high school sweetheart gave up waiting for him to become a pin-up for Playboy. Needless to say, the guy sets out for the Playboy mansion to reclaim his old girlfriend; also needless to say, he's joined by a sex-crazed friend. LIMITED RELEASE Dirty movie: Sunshine Cleaning Sunshine Cleaning -- Watch trailer. Amy Adams plays a short-on-cash mother who's determined to send her son to a quality private school. Adams reluctantly enlists the help of her sister (Emily Blunt) to start a cleaning service that specializes in crime scene clean-up and bio-hazard removal. Is it just me, or do you pick up on an indie cash-cow vibe? I mean, could it really only be a coincidence that it's called "Sunshine" Cleaning when it's being billed as the next movie from the producers of Little Miss "Sunshine"? But ultimately, any pandering to the audience may not matter if Sunshine Cleaning is actually good. And with actors like Blunt and Adams, Alan Arkin and Steve Zahn, I've got high hopes. They ain't heavy, they's my brothers: Brothers at War Brothers at War -- Watch trailer. Documentary filmmaker Jake Rademacher's two brothers are soldiers. Jake spent three and a half years on this film, staying with four army units over two trips to Iraq, exploring his brothers' service and motivation. This very personal film appears to reveal a lot that's universal, as Rademacher seeks to understand what the soldiers in Iraq continue to experience. Dennis Quaid takes the bait: The Horsemen The Horsemen -- Watch trailer. Dennis Quaid, widowed detective, finds chilling connections between himself and the victims of a serial killer who's obsessed with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. To me, this still sounds like Se7en, Part Two. I guess whether that's a good or bad thing depends on your point of view. ________________________________________ NEW TO DVD 3/10 -- Oscar films hit the shelves Oscar alumni 1. Milk -- Watch trailer. The one Best Picture nominee that probably could've taken the laurel leaves from Slumdog Millionaire. I haven't seen it yet--I was too busy watching The Wrestler three times. 2. Der Baader Meinhof Complex -- Watch trailer. This Oscar-nominated foreign film looks really good, even considering I don't know what's happening in that intense trailer! Check it out! 3. Happy-Go-Lucky -- Watch trailer. It's considered one of the biggest snubs of the Oscars that charming star Sally Hawkins wasn't nominated for Best Actress. 4. Rachel Getting Married -- Watch trailer. FilmCouch's Kevin Buist says Anne Hathaway is great in an otherwise grating, tiring, "annoying" movie about...you guessed it: family conflicts. Huh, I guess content equals form after all. Blockbusters (and wannabes) 5. Role Models -- Watch trailer. Paul Rudd and Sean William Scott are funny together, but the film coasts way too long during the scenes of LARPing (live action role playing). 6. Transporter 3 -- Watch trailer. I haven't seen any of these yet, would you guys recommend them? I do always like Jason Statham, even when he's in bad movies. 7. Max Payne -- Watch trailer. Mark Wahlberg. Video game movie. Much stylized violence. 8. Repo! The Genetic Opera -- Watch trailer. Interesting-sounding shocker set in a future where a mysterious epidemic of organ failures turns healthy organs into a precious commodity. When organ buyers fail to make good on their payment plans, their organs must be re-possessed... 9. Saw V and Saw Goreology: Movies 1 - 5 -- Watch trailer to Saw V. It's a Saw movie, you know the drill. Hey, was that a pun? Lil' nuggets 10. Let the Right One In -- Watch trailer. Best vampire movie ever? Looks like it to me. 11. Synechdoche, New York -- Watch trailer. The Charlie Kaufman-penned film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman. I've heard the film is intellectually demanding, but I've never felt like I've wasted my time watching something written by Kaufman. 12. Battle in Seattle -- Watch trailer. This feature recounts the events of the 1999 World Trade Organization and the ensuing riots. 13. Rocker -- Watch trailer. The Office's Rainn Wilson stars as a one-time promising rocker who now, 20 years later, gets a second chance. 14. Cadillac Records -- Watch trailer. The word: good actors, good music, so-so film.
]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:04:31 GMTspoutComing Soon3/9/2009 3:04:31 PMHITTING THEATERS 3/13 Disney's latest leading man: Dwayne Johnson in Race to Witch Mountain Race to Witch Mountain -- Watch trailer. This has Brendan Fraser's name written all over it, but it's starring Fraser's remake, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Of course, Brendan Fraser is a remake of Kurt Russell, and I bet that if the original Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) had starred a young, sexy hero (not the older Eddie Albert), it would've been Disney favorite Kurt Rusell (remember The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and The Strongest Man in the World?). PS - I'm mostly joking; I like Dwayne Johnson. Standing on the shoulders of Swedes: The Last House on the Left The Last House on the Left -- Watch trailer. Produced by Wes Craven, this is a remake of the Craven-directed The Last House on the Left (1972), which was kind of like Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971), which is loosely based on a novel (The Siege of Trencher's Farm) but reminiscent of Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring (1959), which was inspired by the Swedish ballad "Torres dotter i Wange," which is purportedly based on true events... The Whitest Boys U'Know: Miss March Miss March -- Watch trailer. A young guy wakes from a 4-year coma to find that his high school sweetheart gave up waiting for him to become a pin-up for Playboy. Needless to say, the guy sets out for the Playboy mansion to reclaim his old girlfriend; also needless to say, he's joined by a sex-crazed friend. LIMITED RELEASE Dirty movie: Sunshine Cleaning Sunshine Cleaning -- Watch trailer. Amy Adams plays a short-on-cash mother who's determined to send her son to a quality private school. Adams reluctantly enlists the help of her sister (Emily Blunt) to start a cleaning service that specializes in crime scene clean-up and bio-hazard removal. Is it just me, or do you pick up on an indie cash-cow vibe? I mean, could it really only be a coincidence that it's called "Sunshine" Cleaning when it's being billed as the next movie from the producers of Little Miss "Sunshine"? But ultimately, any pandering to the audience may not matter if Sunshine Cleaning is actually good. And with actors like Blunt and Adams, Alan Arkin and Steve Zahn, I've got high hopes. They ain't heavy, they's my brothers: Brothers at War Brothers at War -- Watch trailer. Documentary filmmaker Jake Rademacher's two brothers are soldiers. Jake spent three and a half years on this film, staying with four army units over two trips to Iraq, exploring his brothers' service and motivation. This very personal film appears to reveal a lot that's universal, as Rademacher seeks to understand what the soldiers in Iraq continue to experience. Dennis Quaid takes the bait: The Horsemen The Horsemen -- Watch trailer. Dennis Quaid, widowed detective, finds chilling connections between himself and the victims of a serial killer who's obsessed with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. To me, this still sounds like Se7en, Part Two. I guess whether that's a good or bad thing depends on your point of view. ________________________________________ NEW TO DVD 3/10 -- Oscar films hit the shelves Oscar alumni 1. Milk -- Watch trailer. The one Best Picture nominee that probably could've taken the laurel leaves from Slumdog Millionaire. I haven't seen it yet--I was too busy watching The Wrestler three times. 2. Der Baader Meinhof Complex -- Watch trailer. This Oscar-nominated foreign film looks really good, even considering I don't know what's happening in that intense trailer! Check it out! 3. Happy-Go-Lucky -- Watch trailer. It's considered one of the biggest snubs of the Oscars that charming star Sally Hawkins wasn't nominated for Best Actress. 4. Rachel Getting Married -- Watch trailer. FilmCouch's Kevin Buist says Anne Hathaway is great in an otherwise grating, tiring, "annoying" movie about...you guessed it: family conflicts. Huh, I guess content equals form after all. Blockbusters (and wannabes) 5. Role Models -- Watch trailer. Paul Rudd and Sean William Scott are funny together, but the film coasts way too long during the scenes of LARPing (live action role playing). 6. Transporter 3 -- Watch trailer. I haven't seen any of these yet, would you guys recommend them? I do always like Jason Statham, even when he's in bad movies. 7. Max Payne -- Watch trailer. Mark Wahlberg. Video game movie. Much stylized violence. 8. Repo! The Genetic Opera -- Watch trailer. Interesting-sounding shocker set in a future where a mysterious epidemic of organ failures turns healthy organs into a precious commodity. When organ buyers fail to make good on their payment plans, their organs must be re-possessed... 9. Saw V and Saw Goreology: Movies 1 - 5 -- Watch trailer to Saw V. It's a Saw movie, you know the drill. Hey, was that a pun? Lil' nuggets 10. Let the Right One In -- Watch trailer. Best vampire movie ever? Looks like it to me. 11. Synechdoche, New York -- Watch trailer. The Charlie Kaufman-penned film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman. I've heard the film is intellectually demanding, but I've never felt like I've wasted my time watching something written by Kaufman. 12. Battle in Seattle -- Watch trailer. This feature recounts the events of the 1999 World Trade Organization and the ensuing riots. 13. Rocker -- Watch trailer. The Office's Rainn Wilson stars as a one-time promising rocker who now, 20 years later, gets a second chance. 14. Cadillac Records -- Watch trailer. The word: good actors, good music, so-so film. http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/2/27/25636.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 2/27/2008 9:01:09 AM
Body: Is it too “gory,” or did the filmmakers want too much money? This Variety story offers both as potential reasons for why the Amy Adams/Emily Blunt Sundance comedy Sunshine Cleaning, which was pegged before and during the festival as an almost sure-thing candidate for a sale, is only now closing a distribution deal with Overture Films. In other sales news, Film Movement has picked up Argentinean teen hermaphrodite drama XXY. It won two awards at Cannes last year, and it’ll screen next month at New Directors/New Films here in New York. No Country For Old Men will “almost double” its screen count this weekend, in order to best take advantage of the profile boost offered by its multiple Oscar wins. It’s probably also smart counter-programming against Semi-Pro, which will be the only film to open this weekend on over 2,000 screens. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company is looking to cash in on a potential SAG strike by offering policies to film productions scheduled to coincide with the union’s summer contract negotiation deadline. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina
]]>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:01:09 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog2/27/2008 9:01:09 AM Is it too “gory,” or did the filmmakers want too much money? This Variety story offers both as potential reasons for why the Amy Adams/Emily Blunt Sundance comedy Sunshine Cleaning, which was pegged before and during the festival as an almost sure-thing candidate for a sale, is only now closing a distribution deal with Overture Films. In other sales news, Film Movement has picked up Argentinean teen hermaphrodite drama XXY. It won two awards at Cannes last year, and it’ll screen next month at New Directors/New Films here in New York. No Country For Old Men will “almost double” its screen count this weekend, in order to best take advantage of the profile boost offered by its multiple Oscar wins. It’s probably also smart counter-programming against Semi-Pro, which will be the only film to open this weekend on over 2,000 screens. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company is looking to cash in on a potential SAG strike by offering policies to film productions scheduled to coincide with the union’s summer contract negotiation deadline. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/2/27/25635.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/27/2008 9:00:56 AM
Body: Is it too “gory,” or did the filmmakers want too much money? This Variety story offers both as potential reasons for why the Amy Adams/Emily Blunt Sundance comedy Sunshine Cleaning, which was pegged before and during the festival as an almost sure-thing candidate for a sale, is only now closing a distribution deal with Overture Films. In other sales news, Film Movement has picked up Argentinean teen hermaphrodite drama XXY. It won two awards at Cannes last year, and it’ll screen next month at New Directors/New Films here in New York. No Country For Old Men will “almost double” its screen count this weekend, in order to best take advantage of the profile boost offered by its multiple Oscar wins. It’s probably also smart counter-programming against Semi-Pro, which will be the only film to open this weekend on over 2,000 screens. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company is looking to cash in on a potential SAG strike by offering policies to film productions scheduled to coincide with the union’s summer contract negotiation deadline. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:00:56 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/27/2008 9:00:56 AM Is it too “gory,” or did the filmmakers want too much money? This Variety story offers both as potential reasons for why the Amy Adams/Emily Blunt Sundance comedy Sunshine Cleaning, which was pegged before and during the festival as an almost sure-thing candidate for a sale, is only now closing a distribution deal with Overture Films. In other sales news, Film Movement has picked up Argentinean teen hermaphrodite drama XXY. It won two awards at Cannes last year, and it’ll screen next month at New Directors/New Films here in New York. No Country For Old Men will “almost double” its screen count this weekend, in order to best take advantage of the profile boost offered by its multiple Oscar wins. It’s probably also smart counter-programming against Semi-Pro, which will be the only film to open this weekend on over 2,000 screens. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company is looking to cash in on a potential SAG strike by offering policies to film productions scheduled to coincide with the union’s summer contract negotiation deadline. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/lopezdash/archive/2007/12/8/22633.aspx Post By: lopezdash
Post To: The Movie Blog
Post Date: 12/8/2007 2:28:16 PM
Body: The first picture has been posted from Amy Adams and Emily Blunt's 2008 "Sunshine Cleaning."Struck by financial hardship, an ambitious mother and her unmotivated sister become entrepreneurs in the field of biohazard removal and crime scene clean-up. Also starring Alan Arkin, Steve Zahn, and Clifton Collins, Jr. source
]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:28:16 GMTlopezdashThe Movie Blog12/8/2007 2:28:16 PMThe first picture has been posted from Amy Adams and Emily Blunt&#39;s 2008 &quot;Sunshine Cleaning.&quot;Struck by financial hardship, an ambitious mother and her unmotivated sister become entrepreneurs in the field of biohazard removal and crime scene clean-up. Also starring Alan Arkin, Steve Zahn, and Clifton Collins, Jr. source http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/family/MemberTagFilms.aspxfamily
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