Tag: Ken Loach
Ken Loach’s Bittersweet Comedy The Angel’s Share Skedded to Shoot in Scotland
The Sweet Sixteen veteran film-maker is coming back to Glasgow to shoot his new movie The Angel’s Share, a comedy about a ned who makes last try to stay out of prison.
Filming on bittersweet comedy The Angels’ Share is set to start next week. The project re-teaming Ken Loach with Paul Laverty, who previously wrote two scripts for Loach – comedy-drama Looking for Eric (2009) and war-drama The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006). Loach’s long-time producer, Rebecca O’Brien, will be on board the project as well.
Ken Loach’s Route Irish Added To Cannes 2010 Lineup
Cannes again! Two days before the event, Ken Loach‘s film titled Route Irish was announced as a last-minute addition to the Cannes Film Festival 2010 Lineup and In Competition category!
Acclaimed British director who originally had intended to sit out the festival, recently changed his mind and screened the film for Cannes head Thierry Fremaux, among others.
The movie “tells the story of two ex-soldiers in love with the same woman who head to Iraq to work as private contractors”, but we think there’s even more than (simply) that. One of the most powerful questions that this movie is about to ask is: You can take the contractor out of war, but can you take the war out of the man?
Paladin Goes For Great Directors
New York-based independent film company Paladin, formed last fall by distribution veteran Mark Urman, announced today that it will release Angela Ismailos’ Great Directors, a celebration of films and filmmaking starring ten of the world’s most acclaimed, provocative, and individualistic living directors. The documentary had its world premiere at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, and was produced through Ismailos’ Anisma Films. Paladin will open the film in NY, Los Angeles, and other top markets in late Spring.
Looking For Eric Movie Clips
Ken Loach’s new film, “Looking For Eric” had its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and the buzz on the film in France was positive. We have today six clips from the movie. Take a look below.
The movie stars Eric Cantona as himself, and tells a story about a troubled adolescent soccer fan who’s counselled by former Manchester United star – Cantona.
His wife has gone, his stepsons are out of control and the house was chaotic even before a cement mixer appeared in the front garden. Life is crazy enough, but it is Eric’s own secret that is driving him to the brink…
Cannes 2009: Looking For Eric Movie Trailer
In “Looking For Eric,” Cantona is not just actor but co-producer and part-financier.
The film is based on an incident in his career: a fan so smitten by Cantona that he committed apostasy and transferred his allegiance from Leeds United to Manchester United.
“It is not about me and it’s not about football,” he said. “All the same, a director who knew nothing about football could not have made it. No French director could have made it either. I was afraid it would be coarsened, caricatured, made stupidly commercial.”
The buzz on the film in France is positive. But an interesting question is: could Cantona become the first footballer to win the English championship five times, the FA Cup, twice and the Cannes Palme d’Or?
