“Nine” Photos - Hi-Res
Here we have today some great hi-res photos from Rob Marshall’s new musical “Nine.”
As always, click on any of the photos to enlarge
Marshall’s movie is based on the Broadway musical of the same name written by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano. The screenplay for the movie was written by late Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin. So, the Broadway musical and the movie are adaptation of the book by Arthur L. Kopit.
The movie following a film director named Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is in his middle age. He is trying to complete his next film. His main problem is that he has too many women in his life - Luisa (Marion Cotillard) his wife, Carla (Penelope Cruz) his sexy mistress, and Claudia (Nicole Kidman), his muse and protege.
The movie which also stars Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson and Fergie is scheduled to hit theaters on November 25, 2009.
If you haven’t seen the trailer for “Nine” check it out now!
Nine First And Amazing Trailer
The first trailer for Rob Marshall’s new musical “Nine” looks absolutely fantastic as well as great cast - Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, Fergie and Daniel Day-Lewis.
The movie is based on the Broadway musical of the same name written by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano.
“Nine” is a musical following a film director named Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), who is in his middle age. He is trying to complete his next film. His main problem is that he has too many women in his life. Luisa (Marion Cotillard), his wife, Carla (Penelope Cruz) his sexy mistress, and Claudia, his muse and protege.
The movie is scheduled to hit theaters on November 25, 2009.
For more movie info go to “Nine” FF Movie Page
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Nicole Kidman Joins Woody Allen’s New Movie
Last December Nicole Kidman told that her role in Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia” may be her last and that she is not interested in making films any more.
But now she has joined the cast of Woody Allen’s newest still-untitled film. So, apparently Kidman still is in the game. She will join an impressive cast - Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire”), Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins.
After successful “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and “Whatever Works,” which will be released in June, Woody Allen will start a new project in London this summer, but no one knows what this is about at all.
Nicole Kidman To Quit Acting
Nicole Kidman has revealed that her role in Baz Luhrmann’s new epic movie “Australia” may be her last, for she is not interested in making films any more.
She told the Telegraph:
“I have to say I’m not that interested in making films any more,” she said. “I know I’m not meant to say that, but that’s where it is for me now. I’m 41 years old and very happy being in Tennessee with my baby and with my husband.
I obviously have creative blood in me and it needs to come out in some way but I just don’t have that burning desire any more.”
She added:
“I’m not saying I’m never going to work again, but I’m at peace with whatever happens, which is a nice place to be at this stage of my life.”
The actress had previously hinted that she might quit acting, however, she admitted that she could never completely rule out a return to Hollywood.
It was her role in “Dead Calm” that proved to be her breakthrough role but it was her roles in “Moulin Rouge” and “The Hours” that brought her critical and commerical success, she recievved a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Virginia Wolf in The Hours. Continue Reading…
“Australia” Premieres in New York
Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman hit the red carpet in New York for the premiere of their epic movie “Australia” on Monday, November 24.
Kidman, 41, looked glamourous in a sequinned gold and black dress when she arrived with her husband, country singer Keith Urban, also 41. But she was booed by waiting crowds when she shunned interviews and instead rushed inside the Ziegfeld Theatre.
Joining Jackman and Kidman on the red carpet were director Baz Luhrmann and co-producer Catherine Martin. Aside from them, other celebrity guests, like Kelsey Grammer, Olivia Newton-John, Lauren Bacall, Alicia Witt, Deborra-Lee Furness, Helena Christensen, and many others, have also been spotted attending the special event.
Australia follows the story of Lady Sarah Ashley, played by Nicole Kidman, who inherits a remote cattle station called Faraway Downs in the mid-1930s, before World War II.
When cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn drover, played by Jackman, to drive thousands of cattle across the country, only to face the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces. Continue Reading…
“Australia” Reviews
Some early reviews have criticised the length of the “Australia.” At the media conference, Baz Luhrmann said he didn’t expect everyone to like it but was hoping it would become a classic.
“It is between the film and the audience,” he said of the reviews at the press conference, describing the film as an epic in the style of ‘Out of Africa’ or ‘Gone with the Wind.’ I wanted to make a film that everyone could go and see.”
Nicole Kidman said the film’s release should be reason for the whole country to celebrate: “This is a celebration for me and hopefully for this country, she said, It’s not meant to be the second coming, but it is meant to be let’s have fun and enjoy it.”
“Australia” First Review
Australian site Watoday has the first review of highly awaited Baz Luhrmann’s epic adventure “Australia” which stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
“…The anxiously anticipated Australia is not a bad film. But it’s far from a great one, and certainly not one destined to be a classic.
That’s not to say it won’t be popular, possibly wildly so. The film has broad appeal, particularly to the chick-flick market, with its sweeping, overlong melodramatic saga about cattle drives, the stolen generations, the bombing of Darwin and Hugh Jackman’s abs. The story involves a prissy English woman (Nicole Kidman) who, with the help of a stockman known enigmatically as “The Drover” (Jackman), tries saving her troubled cattle station from a greedy cattleman (Bryan Brown) and his evil relative (David Wenham).
Blended into the tale is the touching story of a little boy of mixed blood, who serves as a symbol for the stolen generations and racism.
The film is fine, and never boring but, boy, is it overlong. At a mammoth 165 minutes it feels too much like a work-in-progress. There is a lot of narrative flab and longueurs in the first two hours and the film often has the pace of a steamroller with engine trouble.
Luhrmann also seems so eager to trowel on the Aussie cliches - obviously to appeal to the tourist markets! - that Australia is often simply irritating. The word “crikey” is spouted so often the film often sounds like a tribute to Steve Irwin.
As for the visuals, the film is pretty - you cannot point a camera at the outback and not get something impressive - but there are only so many wide shots of the Aussie outback that the human mind can stand…”
Read full story at watoday.com.au
“Australia” is scheduled to hit US theaters on November 26, 2008.
