Pushing Daisies [TV Series] (2007)

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Starring Swoosie Kurtz, Chi McBride, Anna Friel, Kristin Chenoweth, Lee Pace.

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Clip from The Fall: Where’s the ...
by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com

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"As I mentioned back when I reviewed the film’s trailer, I will be seeing Tarsem Singh’s The Fall for the eye candy alone. But now Roadside Attractions has unveiled a clip from the fantasy drama (via Yahoo!), and there’s not one bit of that sweet, delicious spectacle I crave. Fortunately, the scene actually works for the film because it has none of the flashy visuals. The young actress here is terrific, seemingly working off her costar with a combination of innocence and improvisation (the miscommunication at the end is priceless, whether it was off the cuff or scripted that way). It gives us a sense that this isn’t a film only for the eyes, but is also for the heart, as in a Cinema Paradiso or (2008 Sundance-winner) Captain Abu Raed or something. In fact I kind of wish the man in the scene was a much older fella. In the film, which opens May 9, the girl (played by Catinca Untaru) and the man (Pushing Daisies’s Lee Pace) featured in the clip are both bedridden in a hospital. The ma ... " [More]

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"Pushing Daisies is one of the most charming series to come to television in quite some time. It was highly anticipated by television viewers everywhere, and the first episode aired on Wednesday, October 3 did not disappoint. Lee Pace stars as Ned, the “pie-maker,” in this comedy-drama. Ned possesses the extraordinary gift of being able to restore the dead back to life with a single touch, but with another touch, the revived will go back to being dead forever. The gift possesses the stipulation under which the revived can only live for sixty seconds without consequence until someone else nearby dies – an approximate exchange of a life for a life. Ned uses this gift in order to question murder victims on their killers before collecting the monetary reward. Finally after seasons after seasons of sex, love angst, and scandals comes a fresh new series that is delightful as it is witty. Pushing Daisies has an almost fairy tale-like feel to it ... " [More]

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