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Year: 2007
Director: Alan Taylor
Plot: A rare original dramatic offering from cable's American Movie Channel, the weekly series Mad Men was the story of a major advertising agency operating from New York's Madison Avenue in 1960. The most successful ad executive at the Sterling Cooper Agency was handsome, indefatigable Don Draper (Jon Hamm), who was not only expert at "playing the game" while servicing accounts ranging from cigarette manufacturers to political candidates, but was also an accomplished ladies' man, frequently and shamelessly dipping deep into the agency's all-female secretarial pool. It was crucial for Draper to always be at the top of his professional form: there were scores of hungry young executives who were eager to topple him from his perch and become Sterling Cooper's new top dog. The series evoked the manners and mores of the early sixties with pinpoint accuracy: the advertising business, like practically every other business, was completely male-dominated, with an overabundance of WASPs, a minimum of Jews, and virtually no other minority anywhere in sight; women were second-class citizens and sex objects, expected to be both subservient and "available"; honesty and integrity were merely words in the dictionary; and everybody drank and smoked to excess (indeed, so many cigarettes were lit up in the course of each episode that a number of TV critics were "turned off" by the show, undoubtedly preferring that historical fact be subordinated to contemporary political correctness). Others in the the cast included John Slattery as agency CEO Roger Sterling; Elisabeth Moss as wide-eyed novice secretary Peggy Olson; Christina Hendricks as wordly-wise head secretary Joan Holloway; Vincent Kartheiser as Don Draper's sharkishly ambitious protegee Pete Campbell; and Maggie Stiff as Rachel Menken, a source of anger and confusion to the Mad Avenue Macho Males not only because she was the executive in charge of a major department store (and Jewish in the bargain!), but also because she refused to let any mere ad man tell her how to promote her business. Created by The Sopranos' Matthew Weiner, Mad Men was unveiled by AMC on July 19, 2007. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:01:18 GMTMad Men [TV Series]2007Alan TaylorA rare original dramatic offering from cable's American Movie Channel, the weekly series <a href=/films/353252/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Mad Men</a> was the story of a major advertising agency operating from New York's Madison Avenue in 1960. The most successful ad executive at the Sterling Cooper Agency was handsome, indefatigable Don Draper (<a href="/players/P___301544/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jon Hamm</a>), who was not only expert at "playing the game" while servicing accounts ranging from cigarette manufacturers to political candidates, but was also an accomplished ladies' man, frequently and shamelessly dipping deep into the agency's all-female secretarial pool. It was crucial for Draper to always be at the top of his professional form: there were scores of hungry young executives who were eager to topple him from his perch and become Sterling Cooper's new top dog. The series evoked the manners and mores of the early sixties with pinpoint accuracy: the advertising business, like practically every other business, was completely male-dominated, with an overabundance of WASPs, a minimum of Jews, and virtually no other minority anywhere in sight; women were second-class citizens and sex objects, expected to be both subservient and "available"; honesty and integrity were merely words in the dictionary; and everybody drank and smoked to excess (indeed, so many cigarettes were lit up in the course of each episode that a number of TV critics were "turned off" by the show, undoubtedly preferring that historical fact be subordinated to contemporary political correctness). Others in the the cast included <a href="/players/P___124569/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Slattery</a> as agency CEO Roger Sterling; <a href="/players/P___220426/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Elisabeth Moss</a> as wide-eyed novice secretary Peggy Olson; <a href="/players/P___329699/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Christina Hendricks</a> as wordly-wise head secretary Joan Holloway; <a href="/players/P___215595/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Vincent Kartheiser</a> as Don Draper's sharkishly ambitious protegee Pete Campbell; and Maggie Stiff as Rachel Menken, a source of anger and confusion to the Mad Avenue Macho Males not only because she was the executive in charge of a major department store (and Jewish in the bargain!), but also because she refused to let any mere ad man tell her how to promote her business. Created by <a href=/films/170347/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>The Sopranos</a>' Matthew Weiner, <a href=/films/353252/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Mad Men</a> was unveiled by AMC on July 19, 2007. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide322http://www.spout.com/images/no_image.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Mad_Men_TV_Series/333173/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/3/11/40976.aspxPost By: SpoutBlog
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Body: We at SpoutBlog love Jon Hamm tremendously, but we don’t get to write about him much because we’re primarily a film blog and don’t feature much discussion of either Mad Men or 30 Rock (we’ve slipped praise into posts here and there, of course). Fortunately for us, Hamm has made a new video for FunnyorDie.com, in which he references movies. Specifically, he portrays Lex Luthor and alludes to plot points from Superman: The Movie, Superman Returns and even Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. And as if this video (watch it after the jump) weren’t funny enough, we can now hopefully look forward to Hamm appearing in more Judd Apatow-related comedies — at least if the guys at Vulture have any influence. Or, maybe Hamm could actually be cast in a future Superman movie (was this video a response to requests for Warner Bros. to make him the new Man of Steel?), as either hero or villain — or both!?!? Again, check out the clip and what other bloggers (some TV bloggers, but whatever) are saying about it after the jump: Cinematical’s Erik Davis finds the clip “cute” and “funny” but chooses to focus his “Watch This” post on a car commercial starring Andy Richter. Okay, it might be funnier, but it has nothing to do with movies. Oh, and it doesn’t have Jon Hamm in it. To quote Tina at FishbowlLA, “Swoon. Bald even.” David Hauslaib at Jossip goes a step further: “Even with that stupid bald cap on, I’d still hit that so hard we’d reverse the earth and get rid of the national debt. Boom!” “Jon Hamm with no hair is still better than 99% of America with hair,” argues Joe Bua at IAmATVJunkie.com. Michelle Collins at Best Week Ever has apparently given us a place to leave all kinds of those “Jon Hamm would still be hot if…” comments. “As if my love of the man wasn’t already raging out of control,” confesses TV Critic Alan Sepinwall on What’s Alan Watching? Gonzalo Cordova at Comedy Central Insider insults movie and comic geeks with more Hamm praise: Before all the comic nerds get mad at me for saying Jon Hamm is a better Lex Luthor than Gene Hackman, I just wanna say, “Whoah, nerds. Take a deep breath from your inhaler and CALM THE FUCK DOWN!” Gene HACKman wasn’t a good actor in any movie ever, okay? (Alright, now I’m just saying things I don’t believe in order to get the film geeks mad at me too. Geeks getting mad is really funny!) Now, less gushing and more commenting about the actual video: commenter “ManchuCandidate” at io9 writes, “At this point, Lex is really less of a villain than any from a major bank these days. Lex’s only trying to kill one guy, an illegal alien no less, while the banks fucked all of us.” More defense for Luthor at Topless Robot: “Sure, Superman’s trying to protect the world, but does he ever think about all those Lexcorp employees he’s putting out of work? Jackass.” The video left most of our fellow film bloggers more or less speechless (or wordless), but here’s some of the link love for those who showed appreciation for Hamm as Luthor: Jeff Wells; Scott Mendlson; IESB.net. “Lex Luthor Bailout” with Jon Hamm - watch more funny videos Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:01:18 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/11/2009 6:01:18 PMWe at SpoutBlog love Jon Hamm tremendously, but we don’t get to write about him much because we’re primarily a film blog and don’t feature much discussion of either Mad Men or 30 Rock (we’ve slipped praise into posts here and there, of course). Fortunately for us, Hamm has made a new video for FunnyorDie.com, in which he references movies. Specifically, he portrays Lex Luthor and alludes to plot points from Superman: The Movie, Superman Returns and even Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. And as if this video (watch it after the jump) weren’t funny enough, we can now hopefully look forward to Hamm appearing in more Judd Apatow-related comedies — at least if the guys at Vulture have any influence. Or, maybe Hamm could actually be cast in a future Superman movie (was this video a response to requests for Warner Bros. to make him the new Man of Steel?), as either hero or villain — or both!?!? Again, check out the clip and what other bloggers (some TV bloggers, but whatever) are saying about it after the jump: Cinematical’s Erik Davis finds the clip “cute” and “funny” but chooses to focus his “Watch This” post on a car commercial starring Andy Richter. Okay, it might be funnier, but it has nothing to do with movies. Oh, and it doesn’t have Jon Hamm in it. To quote Tina at FishbowlLA, “Swoon. Bald even.” David Hauslaib at Jossip goes a step further: “Even with that stupid bald cap on, I’d still hit that so hard we’d reverse the earth and get rid of the national debt. Boom!” “Jon Hamm with no hair is still better than 99% of America with hair,” argues Joe Bua at IAmATVJunkie.com. Michelle Collins at Best Week Ever has apparently given us a place to leave all kinds of those “Jon Hamm would still be hot if…” comments. “As if my love of the man wasn’t already raging out of control,” confesses TV Critic Alan Sepinwall on What’s Alan Watching? Gonzalo Cordova at Comedy Central Insider insults movie and comic geeks with more Hamm praise: Before all the comic nerds get mad at me for saying Jon Hamm is a better Lex Luthor than Gene Hackman, I just wanna say, “Whoah, nerds. Take a deep breath from your inhaler and CALM THE FUCK DOWN!” Gene HACKman wasn’t a good actor in any movie ever, okay? (Alright, now I’m just saying things I don’t believe in order to get the film geeks mad at me too. Geeks getting mad is really funny!) Now, less gushing and more commenting about the actual video: commenter “ManchuCandidate” at io9 writes, “At this point, Lex is really less of a villain than any from a major bank these days. Lex’s only trying to kill one guy, an illegal alien no less, while the banks fucked all of us.” More defense for Luthor at Topless Robot: “Sure, Superman’s trying to protect the world, but does he ever think about all those Lexcorp employees he’s putting out of work? Jackass.” The video left most of our fellow film bloggers more or less speechless (or wordless), but here’s some of the link love for those who showed appreciation for Hamm as Luthor: Jeff Wells; Scott Mendlson; IESB.net. “Lex Luthor Bailout” with Jon Hamm - watch more funny videos Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/8/31/34589.aspxPost By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Veteran documentarian Ken Burns is on the Board of Governors for the Telluride Film Festival. The creator of classic PBS documentary mini-series like The War, Baseball, and Jazz, all of which have a total runtime of many hundreds of minutes, it’s a wonder this guy watches anything other that the archival material he uses to assemble his films. He mentions a film called Hunger by Steve McQueen that’s playing here. No, it’s not the ghost of the Steve McQueen you might be thinking of, this Steve McQueen is a Turner Prize winning British video artist turned filmmaker. A full review of Hunger with an interview is coming soon. Spout: What films have you been watching lately? Ken Burns: Well, I come to the Telluride Film Festival to sort of end a draught. Being a very busy person, and living in rural New Hampshire, and having a small child, I  don’t get into the communion of dark theaters very often. So to be here, to see Hunger by Steve McQueen, this great British director, is a revelation. I’ve sponsored a tribute to David Fincher, so we’re looking forward to seeing the uncut directors version of his Zodiac, and of course to see the clips from his others films is exciting, and looking forward to the whole rest of the cinema. You know, during my daily life I spend a lot of time with sports, I spend a lot of time with politics, which I follow astutely, and this is a particularly exciting year. And as a member of the Academy, I wait for those screeners that come sometime around Thanksgiving and don’t stop until January, that gives me a chance to catch up on what I’ve been missing. Spout: My next question is what you’ve been watching on TV, but I guess you already hinted at that. Burns: I’m mostly a sports… I’m a huge baseball fan, I’m a devoted fan specifically of the Boston Red Sox, so I spend a lot of time catching up with their activities. I watch a lot of news. It’s funny, it’s been a long time since I’ve had that addiction to a fiction program that I have to see. My kids tell me what they are, and buy the DVDs for Arrested Development and Mad Men, and I catch up that way. But I’ve got that kind of schedule that makes it literally impossible commit to a specific time. Spout: What about the internet? Is there anything originating there that you’re sort of tuned in to, or no? Burns: I don’t have the time. I see a lot of my friends who spend a lot of time there, and I just don’t have the time. I can’t spend two or three hours surfing, I just have a lot of work to do, and kids to raise, and movies to make. It’s something that I miss. When I do have a moment and play around, it’s always fun, but I’m not there as much as most of the people I know are. Spout: Thanks so much. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:00:26 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com8/31/2008 2:00:26 PM Veteran documentarian Ken Burns is on the Board of Governors for the Telluride Film Festival. The creator of classic PBS documentary mini-series like The War, Baseball, and Jazz, all of which have a total runtime of many hundreds of minutes, it’s a wonder this guy watches anything other that the archival material he uses to assemble his films. He mentions a film called Hunger by Steve McQueen that’s playing here. No, it’s not the ghost of the Steve McQueen you might be thinking of, this Steve McQueen is a Turner Prize winning British video artist turned filmmaker. A full review of Hunger with an interview is coming soon. Spout: What films have you been watching lately? Ken Burns: Well, I come to the Telluride Film Festival to sort of end a draught. Being a very busy person, and living in rural New Hampshire, and having a small child, I  don’t get into the communion of dark theaters very often. So to be here, to see Hunger by Steve McQueen, this great British director, is a revelation. I’ve sponsored a tribute to David Fincher, so we’re looking forward to seeing the uncut directors version of his Zodiac, and of course to see the clips from his others films is exciting, and looking forward to the whole rest of the cinema. You know, during my daily life I spend a lot of time with sports, I spend a lot of time with politics, which I follow astutely, and this is a particularly exciting year. And as a member of the Academy, I wait for those screeners that come sometime around Thanksgiving and don’t stop until January, that gives me a chance to catch up on what I’ve been missing. Spout: My next question is what you’ve been watching on TV, but I guess you already hinted at that. Burns: I’m mostly a sports… I’m a huge baseball fan, I’m a devoted fan specifically of the Boston Red Sox, so I spend a lot of time catching up with their activities. I watch a lot of news. It’s funny, it’s been a long time since I’ve had that addiction to a fiction program that I have to see. My kids tell me what they are, and buy the DVDs for Arrested Development and Mad Men, and I catch up that way. But I’ve got that kind of schedule that makes it literally impossible commit to a specific time. Spout: What about the internet? Is there anything originating there that you’re sort of tuned in to, or no? Burns: I don’t have the time. I see a lot of my friends who spend a lot of time there, and I just don’t have the time. I can’t spend two or three hours surfing, I just have a lot of work to do, and kids to raise, and movies to make. It’s something that I miss. When I do have a moment and play around, it’s always fun, but I’m not there as much as most of the people I know are. Spout: Thanks so much. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog