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Jun 26, 2020 - 12:30 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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THE SWEET HEREAFTER shows life in a small town in British Columbia, Canada in the wake of a horrific accident. A school bus crashes on its morning run, and almost all of the town’s children are killed. In the wake of the tragedy, lawyer “Mitchell Stephens” (Ian Holm) comes to the town and attempts to convince the families to bring a lawsuit which claims the accident was due to a fault with the bus. As well as the lawsuit, Mitchell has his own tragedy to deal with – his drug-addict daughter (Caerthan Banks) is spiraling out of control, and he fears the next phone call might be the one which informs him of her death. The film is primarily told from Mitchell point of view, as he attempts to piece together a lawsuit, and deals with his own issues.
Ian Holm in THE SWEET HEREAFTER
Donald Sutherland was originally cast as Mitchell Stephens, but had to back out, and was replaced by Ian Holm at the last minute. Director Atom Egoyan was inspired to do this 1997 movie by his wife Arsinée Khanjian giving him Russell Banks’ novel as a Christmas gift. Caerthan Banks is the author’s daughter. Mychael Danna’s score was released by Virgin Records.
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Jun 26, 2020 - 1:23 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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EXISTENZ follows one of the most influential game designers in the world, “Allegra Geller” (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who is in the beta testing phase of her latest project, a revolutionary new virtual reality game called eXistenZ. This is no ordinary game, however, as it requires the use of 'ports' to be inserted into the player through a hole in their own body along the lower spinal cord in order to work. The only working copy of the game exists in Allegra's own Metaflesh Game Pod, a throbbing and seemingly very alive device required for the game that connects to the aforementioned port. After assembling a focus group to help test the project, Allegra is shortly thereafter attacked by an assailant wielding a very unusual gun that looks like it's made out of flesh.
Her life in danger, Allegra escapes with some help from a marketing department employee named “Ted Pikul” (Jude Law), who later takes on the role of her protector, but in the ensuing chaos Allegra's 'pod' gets damaged and she gets shot. When Ted removes what they figure was a bullet from her, it turns out to be a tooth. Something very strange is going on here. With the entire project at stake, Allegra convinces Ted to let her insert a port in his body so that the two of them can play the game together. To do this, they have to find a literal 'country gas station' and when they do, with some help from a guy named “Gas” (Willem Dafoe), they get Ted fixed up and ready. As they begin, strange things start to happen to the two of them, and it soon becomes obvious that they can no longer tell what's happening in the 'real world' and what's happening inside eXistenZ. It all appears to be a scheme launched by “Kiri Vinokur” (Ian Holm), the owner of a rival gaming company, but nothing is as it seems.
Ian Holm in EXISTENZ
EXISTENZ was Ian Holm’s second film for director David Cronenberg, after NAKED LUNCH. Howard Shore’s score was released by RCA.
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Jun 26, 2020 - 4:13 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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In THE LAST OF THE BLONDE BOMBSHELLS, Judi Dench plays a woman who rejoins a wartime love; in this case, though, it’s not a man, but an all-girl swing band, with which she played during World War II. Olympia Dukakis, Leslie Caron, and, yes, even Ian Holm — as a drummer who donned a dress to avoid the war — play her former musical compadres in this made-for-television comedy. Gillies MacKinnon directed the 2000 film, which was a co-production of the BBC and HBO networks. John E. Keane provided the unreleased score.
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Jun 26, 2020 - 4:31 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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In FROM HELL, “Mary Kelly” (Heather Graham) and her friends are all London prostitutes who must avoid violence while trying to make a living with their bodies. When one of their friends, “Ann Crook” (Joanna Page), is attacked after her rich boyfriend returns, they learn that they are being hunted down and mutilated one by one. Soon, Whitechapel Police Inspector “Frederick Abberline” (Johnny Depp) is on the case, guided by psychic visions that he abates with opium.
His theory — which his partner Sergeant “Peter Godley” (Robbie Coltrane) doesn’t quite understand — is that the Ripper is a highly educated medical professional. After meeting with “Sir William Gull” (Ian Holm), the physician to the Royal Family, Abberline starts to see that there is a dark conspiracy behind everything, particularly the influence of the Freemasons.
Nigel Hawthorne was originally cast as Sir William Gull. Hawthorne was replaced by Ian Holm, his co-star in THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE, when Hawthorne’s cancer prevented him from working. He died in late 2001.
The Hughes Brothers (Albert and Allen) co-directed this 2001 release. Trevor Jones’ score was released by Varese Sarabande.
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Jun 26, 2020 - 5:46 PM
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Howard L
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THE SWEET HEREAFTER shows life in a small town in British Columbia, Canada in the wake of a horrific accident. A school bus crashes on its morning run, and almost all of the town’s children are killed. In the wake of the tragedy, lawyer “Mitchell Stephens” (Ian Holm) comes to the town and attempts to convince the families to bring a lawsuit which claims the accident was due to a fault with the bus.
Terrific, moving, thought-provoking film. Also notable for the first mature performance of Canadian child star Sarah Polley, who has since become a talented director (Away from Her).
Yet again, we are on the same page. Forget the popcorn, you walk into it knowing you're going to be buried. Haunting stuff of the serious, cinematic kind.
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Jun 26, 2020 - 10:02 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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In the Second Age of Middle-earth, the lords of Elves, Dwarves, and Men are given Rings of Power. Unbeknownst to them, the “Dark Lord Sauron” (Sala Baker) forges the One Ring in Mount Doom, instilling into it a great part of his power, in order to dominate the other Rings so he might conquer Middle-earth. A final alliance of Men and Elves battles Sauron's forces in Mordor. Isildur of Gondor severs Sauron's finger and the Ring with it, thereby destroying his physical form. With Sauron's first defeat, the Third Age of Middle-earth begins. The Ring's influence corrupts Isildur, who takes it for himself. Isildur is later killed by Orcs and the Ring is lost for 2,500 years until it is found by Gollum, who owns it for five centuries. The Ring is then found by a hobbit named “Bilbo Baggins” (Ian Holm), who is unaware of its history.
Sixty years later, Bilbo celebrates his 111th birthday in the Shire, reuniting with his old friend, the wizard “Gandalf the Grey” (Ian McKellen). Bilbo reveals that he intends to leave the Shire for one last adventure, and he leaves his inheritance, including the Ring, to his nephew “Frodo” (Elijah Wood). So begins 2001's THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING.
The scene of Bilbo finding the Ring in the prologue was the last scene that Ian Holm shot as Bilbo Baggins. A rubber puppet with a horrific face was superimposed over Holm's face when Bilbo covets the ring in Rivendell. Holm was so delighted with the puppet, that the design team had a cast iron version of it made for his mantelpiece, and gave it to him as a parting gift when Holm wrapped all of his scenes on the movie.
Ian McKellen teased Holm that his old-age make-up made him resemble Dame Judi Dench's mother
Ian Holm in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
Accounts differ regarding the casting of Holm. One says that director Peter Jackson had considered casting Sylvester McCoy as Bilbo Baggins before settling on Ian Holm. The other says that Holm was always Jackson’s first choice for the role. Although Bilbo Baggins' opening scenes are in Hobbiton, Ian Holm never actually worked on the location. His scenes were all done against a greenscreen.
Ian Holm was the voice of Frodo Baggins in the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of "The Lord of The Rings". During production of the film, the writer of the radio adaptation, Brian Sibley, visited the set to do research for two books about the production of the movie version. Howard Shore’s score was released by Reprise.
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Jun 26, 2020 - 11:54 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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“Andrew Largeman” (Zach Braff) is a struggling actor living in Los Angeles. Having taken prescribed lithium since the age of nine to combat ‘behavioral problems’, Andrew has spent most of his life in a medicated daze. When his disabled mother passes away, Andrew returns home to New Jersey, the GARDEN STATE, for the funeral, but leaves the lithium in L.A. Back home for the first time in years, Andrew runs into some old friends, including “Mark” (Peter Sarsgaard) and “Jesse” (Armando Riesco), and even manages to make a new one--the vivaciously attractive and extremely out-going “Sam” (Natalie Portman). Without his medication to hold him back, Andrew discovers that he genuinely enjoys experiencing life, a sensation the lithium had deprived him of for so many years. In fact, Andrew feels so good that he may finally be ready to face a troubling secret from his past, one that has completely destroyed his relationship with his father “Gideon” (Ian Holm).
In addition to starring (he’s in every scene), Zach Braff made his feature film writing and directing debuts with GARDEN STATE. None of Chad Fisher’s score appears on the Epic/Sony song-track CD.
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Jun 27, 2020 - 10:58 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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It’s THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, and according to climatologist “Jack Hall” (Dennis Quaid), the melting of the glaciers and our disinterest in them, is now heralding a new ice age, with a mankind-decimating temperature drop on the way. Hall struggles his way through bone-shattering cold from Philadelphia to New York City (by foot) to reunite with his estranged son “Sam” (Jake Gyllenhaal), who is himself scrambling to ward off the raging elements in the Public Library, alongside high-school sweetheart “Laura Chapman” (Emmy Rossum) and assorted other stranded folk. Elsewhere, scientist “Dr. Terry Rapson” (Ian Holm) broadcasts from a British Climate Research Centre while freezing; a pack of wolves runs amok, raptor-style, in a stranded Russian ship; and Sam's physician mother “Dr. Lucy Hall” (Sela Ward) and U.S. “President Blake” (Perry King) do what they can to address the mounting terror.
Roland Emmerich directed and co-wrote this 2004 disaster epic, which earned more than half a billion dollars at the world-wide box office. Harald Kloser’s score was released by Varese Sarabande.
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