Me and Orson Welles: Interview with Director Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater's "Me and Orson Welles," starring Zac Efron and Christian McKay, will be released by Freestyle November 25.

https://emanuellevy.com/videos/view.cfm?id=84.

“I said, before we start doing budgets and schedules and trying to go further, let’s get an Orson, because we are not going to do this thing at all unless we can get the right guy to play him."

 

Bad Lieutenant Port of Call: New Orleans–Interview with Herzog

Werner Herzog is the director of "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," starring Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes. The film, which is a remake of the 1992 original starring Harvey Keitel, is being release November 20 by First Look Pictures.

"I sensed something coming in the months leading up to the making of the film: a breakdown which was so obvious in New Orleans, and half a year before finances and the economy collapsed, the signs were written on the wall"–Werner Herzog

 

 

 

 

Box, The: Interview with Writer/Director Richard Kelly

Richard Kelly is the writer-director of "The Box," starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden. The film will be released November 6 by Warner.

See the Trailer: https://emanuellevy.com/videos/view.cfm?id=76

"At the heart of 'The Box' is a moral dilemma," says writer/director Richard Kelly. "What would you do if offered the opportunity for great wealth but it came at the cost of a human life, someone you don't know?"

 

 

 

 

Up in the Air: Interview with Co-Writer/Director Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman is the co-writer/director of the new film "Up in the Air," starring George Clooney and Vera Farmiga. The film is set for a Christmas release by Paramount on December 25, 2009.

“I saw it as a story about a guy who has to deal with the fact that, even though he thinks his life is complete, he’s been ignoring something very important, which is the responsibility to be part of something larger,” says Reitman. “Ryan Bingham is so scared off by the burdens of joining a community that he’s been missing out on the value of that.”

 

Law-Abiding Citizen

F. Gary Gray's "Law Abiding Citizen," which starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, will be released by Overture October 16.

The producers selected F. Gary Gray to direct the film based on the strength of his previous work, which includes The Italian Job, The Negotiator, Be Cool and Set It Off. “We knew we wanted to work with him,” says Producer Lucas Foster. “He continues to make really interesting movies. They’re all different in tone. What they have in common is complex characters. This movie required a very deliberate hand and he was the ideal film.

Click Link to see the Law Abiding Citizen Trailer