Restricted “Bad Lieutenant” Clip
A restricted clip from Werner Herzog’s the upcoming “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,” which stars Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Xzibit and Fairuza Balk among others, has been released. Check it out below.
Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs – while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way.
AFI Fest 2009 Line-up
The complete lineup for the 23rd edition of the American Film Institute (AFI) Fest presented by Audi has been announced. Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” has already been announced as the opening night gala. The Weinstein Company’s “A Single Man” will have its US premiere at the festival’s Closing Night Gala. Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” has been selected as the Centerpiece Screening Gala presentation.
The film festival, which will debut it’s groundbreaking “See a Film on Us” initiative featuring complimentary tickets to all films including a limited number of seats at each Gala Presentation, will be headquartered at the historic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel between October 30 and November 5. AFI FEST will then move to Santa Monica for the final two days of screenings presented in association with the American Film Market (AFM).
AFI FEST 2009 will mark the return of Werner Herzog to the Festival after Herzog’s celebrated panel appearance two years ago. Herzog’s “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” is a loosely interpreted re-imagining of Abel Ferrara’s gritty classic starring Nicolas Cage as a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is to scoring drugs. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (played by Eva Mendes). The film also stars Val Kilmer.
Bad Lieutenant Trailer Online!
Today we have a new trailer for Werner Herzog’s “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,” remake of sorts of Abel Ferrara’s infamous 1992 film, starring Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Xzibit and Fairuza Balk.
Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs — while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous.
Two New “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” Posters
Below we have two new posters for Werner Herzog’s film “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,” remake of sorts of Abel Ferrara’s infamous 1992 film, which originally starred Harvey Keitel.
Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs — while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Poster
Check out the movie poster for upcoming Werner Herzog’s film “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.”
The film is a remake of sorts of Abel Ferrara’s infamous 1992 film, which originally starred Harvey Keitel.
Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs — while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Trailer
“Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” more-than-two-minute promo trailer directed by Werner Herzog has hit the web.
Abel Ferrera directed and co-wrote the 1992 original, which earned Harvey Keitel an Independent Spirit Award for his performance as a drug-addled, gambling sex addict who investigates the rape of a nun.
Actually, “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” isn’t real remake! Herzog himself calls it “a completely independent autonomous story.” He even claims he’s never seen the original.
At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, director Werner Herzog announced a remake of the film with Nicolas Cage starring and the original film’s producer, Edward R. Pressman returning. When asked about the remake, Ferrara said,
“These people should die in hell, all three of them. It’s so disrespectful. And it’s a good thing I’m not there (referring to his delayed arrival in Cannes) If I see them I’ll strangle every one of them”
“Nick Cage, Werner Herzog … I hope they’re in the same streetcar when it blows up.” [Source: LA Times]
Eva Mendes to join ”The Bad Lieutenant”
Eva Mendes is in talks to join the ”The Bad Lieutenant” directed by Werner Herzog, also starring Nicolas Cage.
The remake of ”The Bad Lieutenant” is being fast-tracked for a July shoot and the producers are in talks to film in New Orleans.
Abel Ferrera directed and co-wrote the 1992 original, which earned Harvey Keitel an Independent Spirit Award for his performance as a drug-addled, gambling sex addict who investigates the rape of a nun.
The new version is based on a screenplay from William M Finkelstein, a seasoned television writer whose credits include LA Law and NYPD Blue, and gives the conflicted officer a name – Terence McDonough – as he investigates the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.
Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage hit the streets in ‘Bad Lieutenant’ remake!
Werner Herzog is lining up to direct Nicolas Cage in a remake of Bad Lieutenant for Edward R Pressman and Nu Image/Millennium Films.The project is being fast-tracked for a July shoot and the producers are in talks to film in New Orleans.
Nu Image/Millennium is financing and handling international sales on the project, which is styled as a post-9/11 update of Pressman Film Corp’s 1992 tale of a self-destructive detective.
Abel Ferrera directed and co-wrote the original, which earned Harvey Keitel an Independent Spirit Award for his performance as a drug-addled, gambling sex addict who investigates the rape of a nun.
The new version is based on a screenplay from William M Finkelstein, a seasoned television writer whose credits include LA Law and NYPD Blue, and gives the conflicted officer a name – Terence McDonough – as he investigates the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.
Pressman is producing with Stephen Belafonte, who attached Finkelstein to the project, along with Alan and Gabe Polsky.
Nu Image/Millennium Films’ Danny Dimbort, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short and Boaz Davidson are serving as executive producers along with Elliot Rosenblatt, Alessandro Camon and Randall Emmet. Continue Reading…
