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Post by eaz35173 on Sept 18, 2014 8:45:57 GMT -5
A Russian tv interview (it's hard at some points to hear his English answers under the Russian translation) ...
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Post by eaz35173 on Sept 18, 2014 19:33:42 GMT -5
I've been monitoring Pierce chatter on the twitter feed this weekend, and other than people retweeting reviews by actual critics, the comments on November Man have been very positive. Most individuals who are tweeting about it seem to love it and are recommending it or sending Pierce kuddos on it. I saw where it was 5th in the weekend opening box office. But my question, for anyone who knows these things, is when they post these rankings do they take into account how many theaters a movie is actually playing in? For example ... if Guardians of the Galaxy is playing in 4000 theaters and November Man is playing in 2500 theaters, is that taken into account? (BTW, I made those numbers up - I have no clue how many theaters each movie is in). It's ranked by total gross. The per screen avg (which is really per theater since bigger movies will have multiple screens per theater) doesn't factor into it. The film has pretty much done what Relativity predicted and tracked what it would do over the 6 days early last week when they announced a sequel, maybe 1/2m less. Depending on legs it should make in the US anywhere from $20-25m. According to the LA Times it was made for a very inexpensive $15m for this kind of film (my guess is Pierce gets paid on the back end) and Relativity paid just $3m for the U.S, rights though far more for marketing. A sequel will depend on legs and Int'l numbers though Relativity has already pre-crunched estimated numbers, as well as VOD, TV, DVD etc if they're saying the want to produce the next one and not just distribute it in the U.S.. But lots of sequels are green-lit w/o happening so we'll wait an see. I got an email from one of my local theaters that had the grosses listed for the top 10 movies that are currently out. Looks like November Man is right on track - maybe doing even better than expected, because this theater that it just opened in in my town is small (2 screens), and I never would have expected to see it there. For weekend of 9/14/2014 Rank Title Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross Weeks In Release 1 No Good Deed $24,250,283 $ 24,250,283 1 2 Dolphin Tale 2 $15,873,397 $ 15,873,397 1 3 Guardians of the Galaxy $ 8,102,358 $305,987,190 7 4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $ 4,855,136 $181,096,627 6 5 Let's Be Cops $ 4,378,297 $ 73,050,745 5 6 The Drop $ 4,104,552 $ 4,104,552 1 7 If I Stay $ 3,937,176 $ 44,824,466 4 8 The November Man $ 2,800,262 $ 22,545,639 3
9 The Giver $ 2,572,763 $ 41,276,163 5 10 The Hundred-Foot Journey $ 2,423,269 $ 49,371,137 6 |
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Post by Ace on Sept 18, 2014 20:01:51 GMT -5
It's had solid legs, better than most for a Labor Day weekend opening and is now on track to finish at around $27-28m in the U.S. Not near revived Neeson levels but far far better than any recent solo Arnold or Stallone movie, better than even their two man team up, better than Stratham recent solos and on par with his earlier ones, adn on par with recent Costner. Also the budget is significantly lower than most of those movies. For up to date B.O. boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=novemberman.htmAs of Wed in the U.S. it's at $23,456,196. Should be around $25m after this w/e (it will lose almost half it's theaters with 4 wide openings this weekend). Overseas it's only opened in a few smaller markets and has so far made about $2m. It's first big market opening is this weekend in Russia. Edit: After the hugetheater count drop this w/e, no doubt precipitated by the Neeson movie opening this week and with Denzel's the week after - all after the same demographic looks like a $25-26m U.S. total |
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Post by Yuliya on Sept 22, 2014 11:53:11 GMT -5
A Russian tv interview (it's hard at some points to hear his English answers under the Russian translation) ... If you post the second, I can translate, but to be honest, you didn't miss much, besides, either the translation doesn't have much to do or in 2 out of 3 questions they just didn't bother translating the first phrase. Here is Tonight with Urgant. It aired yesterday. Follow the link; I didn't want to post a link to YouTube when it's available on the official page. It's actually quite funny at times; even when I thought it was getting tacky was still funny and they were both enjoying it. urgantshow.ru/page/33145 |
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Post by eaz35173 on Sept 22, 2014 12:15:49 GMT -5
A Russian tv interview (it's hard at some points to hear his English answers under the Russian translation) ... If you post the second, I can translate, but to be honest, you didn't miss much, besides, either the translation doesn't have much to do or in 2 out of 3 questions they just didn't bother translating the first phrase. Here is Tonight with Urgant. It aired yesterday. Follow the link; I didn't want to post a link to YouTube when it's available on the official page. It's actually quite funny at times; even when I thought it was getting tacky was still funny and they were both enjoying it. urgantshow.ru/page/33145Thanx, Yuliya! That Urgant interview was pretty funny. I posted it in the Interviews thread, as well. The youtube link I posted is from the official Urgant show youtube page (I think). In that interview, I was wondering what the multiple choice questions were and what the other choices were that Pierce didn't choose. He seemed to get a good laugh from the questions. It would be great if you were able to translate that if you have the time and inclination. They did seem to both enjoy the interview, as you mentioned. And yes, the tackiness added to the fun factor. |
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Post by Yuliya on Sept 22, 2014 18:51:56 GMT -5
Yeah, they have an official channel, I just didn't go looking for it. They had good rapport, considering PB had to wait for the translation somehow. (I didn't see an earpiece for synchronous translation.)
Evening Urgant.
(Yuliya - that's the proper name of the show. A play on newspaper titles like "Evening Moscow" and such.)
IU: Friends! On September 18 a spy thriller "November Man" came out in the theaters. Explosions, political secrets, secret agents, beautiful women – it's all there. An actor who played the main part came here to present the movie. But we know him under the name of... OH, here he is. Pierce Brosnan.
PB: Thank you very much.
IU: Welcome, Pierce.
PB: It's good to be here. Such warm welcome.
IU: Thank you very much. We're glad to have you here on your first visit to Moscow.
PB: Yes, it's the first time. I've been trying to get here for a while, yet when I was James Bond, but couldn't, and now, finally, I'm here.
IU: You see, Pierce, I'm from St. Petersburg. And I, just as everyone else living in St. Petersburg, was very excited about your visit to our city. (Gets out the GoldenEye tank picture.) If you can, please, remind us about your first visit to our city. This was really filmed in St. Petersburg, wasn't it? At least some of it.
PB: Some of it was, though my scenes weren't. This was shot at Pinewood Studios, in the backyard. It was a real tank, but the tank driver doesn't really sit there, he sits there (points to the "passenger" seat.) So I had to sit on the other side and just stick my head out.
IU: So you might just as well have been sitting on the muzzle and pretend to be driving?
PB (nodding in hesitation)
IU: Oh, very well.
PB: I could play with my levers. It was really very silly. There was an apple box I could sit on. There wasn't anything to do there, so I just sat and played with the levers.
IU: Ha-ha, very interesting. But at the same time there was a range of emotions on your face. Range of passions.
PB: Yeah, it was great acting. Really. I mean, just underrated. The story of my life. When they review my life, they'll see how brilliant I was.
IU: Regarding your face, Pierce. You have the stare. I've studied your Instagram, I've seen most of your movies, I value you as an actor...
PB: Right.
IU: (almost in tears) You're one of my favorite actors.
PH. Great.
IE: OK. I'm talking about this. (Pulls out the second photo.) Tell me, how it works. Tell me. I'm just like you. I also wear leather jackets.
PB: Um... This is (touching the cuff, just like on the picture.)
IU: Yes, yes. So, how do you do it? When you do it, people feel something. And when I... (Tries. Both laugh.)
PB: That's pose number 4.
IU: And how many total?
PB: There is pose number 4... There is... (Assumes another pose.)
IU: Let's call it passport photo pose.
PB (smiles)
IU: Wait, and the most... this one? (Assumes pose with the gun.)
PB: The raised eyebrow? (Shows.) That's it. I'm exhausted.
IU: When filming Bond movies, are there people who are responsible just for this? There are canons, traditions. "Pierce, please, lower the eyebrow a little, otherwise it's not James Bond anymore, it's Dracula."
PB: No, nothing like that. You're really on your own. It was such a long time ago. Why are we talking about James Bond?
IU: Yes, but all things considering, agents, super-agents still remain in your life. You've brought us "November Man" movie. In our country it refers to the man lying in the Red Square.
PB (laughs after a pause. Yuliya - I must say, he's quick on that one. Urgant made up this line about November Man, it's not a running joke, and probably not very clear to a foreigner, even thogh later PB says he'd went to the Red Square.)
IU: But you're once again playing a super-agent. May I ask you? Out all the gadgets – when you started playing Bond, he alone had gadgets. Now everyone does. So, what are your favorite Bond gadgets?
PB: I think just a good old gun. It's very simple and effective. But in "November Man" there are no gadgets. It's a story of a hard-boiled man. We filmed in Serbia, in the streets of Belgrade, so there is certain hardness to it.
IU: You've filmed "November Man," where you're playing an agent without gadgets, but next to you Olga Kurilenko, a Bond girl from a recent movie. Tell me, does it help or distract? Or do you rejoice in another Bonds girl being at *your* side?
PB: No, no, I didn't think of it like that. I saw "Hitman" with her and liked her there a lot, and after that she became a Bond girl. But we considered her from the start and we wrote the part for her.
IU: It was written especially for her?
PB: Yes.
IU: So, tell us a little about the "November Man." As far as I know, a part of it is set in Moscow.
PB: We shot the "November Man" in Belgrade. In Serbia. We shot all the movie there and in Montenegro. Because the book was set in Berlin, but we had no money to film there. Belgrade is in Serbia. Even though it's hard to film there, but I'd been there before the war, after the war, and during the war – it's great landscape, great culture, it really suited us, they let us film in the streets.
IU: Let's see what it really looks like. (A clip from the movie.)
PB: this kind of work is very hard to do in LA or in any other city in America; it'll be really costly. That's why it was so great that we could work in Belgrade.
IU: Pierce, allow me a little test. You've really grown into the character of the man who fights trouble – the man who has the stare you're giving me now. Super-agent. We have a little test on how you, as Pierce Brosnan, are a super-agent. Just pick 1 answer out of 3. First question. You need to go down to the basement to get a bottle of wine. When you do, you 1) first throw there a light grenade 2) ask your kids to cover you and 3) go there after donning your best tuxedo.
PB: Er... I think, number 3 – put on the tux and go to the basement. Let's make it simple.
IU: Let's imagine that you sliced vegetables and cut your finger. You 1) faint as soon as you see the blood 2) Scream and demand to be taken to the ER and 3) clean the wound and shoot the vegetables with a helicopter gun.
PB: (Look at PB's face at 9:00) I wish my life was like the movies, but the real life is not like it.
IU: If it's not like the movies, then let us in on a secret. What else do you do that does not fit the image of a super-agent? What do you do? Do you knit? Do you fish? (Both laugh) Do you do Pilates?
PB: No needle-point. I paint.
IU: Here!
PB: I paint.
IU: And we have... (Gets out the painting.)
PB: Here you go. I started as an artist. I left school at 15 and had a painting set, and I've been painting ever since. (Yuliya – I think he actually says something about having paintings and drawings, but I can't make it out and that's how it was translated. Doesn't really matter.) So it's my passion. (IU gets out another painting.) It's a very old painting. And the other one I painted during the filming of "Mama Mia."
IU: (Gets out another painting.) And this one was done while you were working on the "November Man."
PB: Yes, I had a sketch pad. I always bring them with me on location. So when I was in Belgrade, I could draw.
IU: Who is your favorite artist? I'd say – looking at this painting – that it's, I don't know, maybe Picasso.
PB: Er... I love Picasso. I love Paul Gaugin. Kandinsky. John Sargent. Malevich. There are many, many. There are many artists whom I admire. I don't know; it's something that has been ongoing in my life. I'm going to have an exhibition.
IU: Do you give your paintings as presents or sell them?
PB: I don't sell them, no. I give them away for charity. I make giclees from them. There is a collection of approximately 6 paintings. Sometimes charities ask and I sign one and give it to them.
IU: In the "November Man" you were running around Moscow, but filmed it in another city. Now that you're in Moscow, did it live up to your expectations? What is your impression of the city?
PB: It has not disappointed me. I went for a walk yesterday. I didn't get to see much, but what I saw, from the car and this morning in the Red Square – it was very beautiful. Unfortunately, I don't have much time. I'd like to have more, but I only have 2 days. Mostly to be with you. It's the highlight.
IU: Friends, we'll be back after the advertisement.
IU: I want to suggest you to take part in a little competition. In many movies, mostly Bond movies, you take a drink in which an olive is present as a decoration.
PB: Right.
IU: Now we'd like to test your sports skills in a competition we've prepared just for you – an olive basketball. (After the title announcement.) Pierce, let me explain the rules. This is the cinematography competition. In front of your there are two Russian women.
(Laughter in the audience. Russian woman traditionally means something older and more substantial, suitable to work in the field, not dressed for the evening. Somebody who, as the saying goes, can stop a running horse.)
PB (points into his mouth.)
IU: No, no. We must get an olive into the décolletage. It's a classic scene from a classic comedy movie, and yet, you're using olive in just this kind of a glass. (Laughs.) What's wrong? You can choose.
PB: I choose this lovely lady in red. I feel the song coming on. It feels like darts, isn't it.
IU: It does.
PB: Sorry... Ah! Opa!
IU: I remind you that you can throw like this, too. (Throws from below.)
(After a few tries)
IU: Let's come closer.
PB: I'm getting overexcited here.
IU: (To PB) Just a second. (To the girls.) Ladies, if you laugh, it makes it harder to hit the target.
PB: They bounce! (PB hits, screams, and goes to check it) May I retrieve it?
IU: (Dragging him away.)Retrieving is another sport entirely. Once more.
PB: Let me try again. (Throws.) Does it count? I've got it under the armpit.
IU: It's a 3-point throw, Pierce. OK, and now... Oh. May I throw into your ring?
PB: What? Oh, you wanna...
(Both throw for a while.)
IU: Pierce, I...
PB: May I throw into your ring? (Throws.) That was so nice. Great ring.
IU: Thank you very much, girls, or your participation in our competition. The score is 1:1. The friendship wins! Pierce Brosnan!
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Post by eaz35173 on Sept 22, 2014 19:16:38 GMT -5
I thought it was funny not knowing exactly what the Russian host was saying and now that you've translated it all, Yuliya, it's even funnier! Thank you so much for taking the time to do that!  I do think that Pierce was wearing something in his ear to get the simultaneous translation because he kept fiddling with his ear that was away from the audience. He certainly was a good sport about the whole interview and seemed quite relaxed. Again, thank you for the translation! |
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Post by Yuliya on Sept 23, 2014 13:22:00 GMT -5
You're welcome. It fun translating, even though I kept getting confused between the Russian text and what little I heard from PB's original speech. He always fiddles with his ear, but maybe I overlooked the earpiece.
I've recently watched 2 more Urgant's shows - with Kevin Spacey and Jackie Chan. They were both fun, but I think the one with PB was more lively. Maye because the one with KS was not done in the studio, they had even less time than with PB. He also has good reaction when the interviewee does something unexpected. I'm sure it doesn't hurt that he's a professionally trained stage actor. He's also a 3rd generation actor - both parents as well as his father's parents. Must make it easier to feel at ease in the presence of big stars, though he either was or pretended to be slightly in awe of Jackie, on whose movies he'd grown up (Jackie is very popular in Russia.)
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 10, 2014 22:17:31 GMT -5
www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=15188 The November Man Blu-ray Posted October 9, 2014 04:34 PM by Webmaster 20th Century FoxTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray director Roger Donaldson's action thriller The November Man (2014), starring Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Patrick Kennedy, and Will Patton. The release will be available for purchase on November 25th. Official synopsis: Code named 'The November Man'; Peter Devereaux (Pierce Brosnan) is an extremely dangerous and highly trained ex-CIA agent, who is lured out of quiet retirement on a very personal mission. He must protect valuable witness, Alice Fournier, (Olga Kurylenko) who could expose the truth behind a decades old conspiracy. He soon discovers this assignment makes him a target of his former friend and CIA protégé David Mason (Luke Bracey). With growing suspicions of a mole in the agency, there is no one Devereaux can trust, no rules and no holds barred. With a screenplay by Michael Finch & Karl Gajdusek based on Bill Granger's novel "There are No Spies" from the bestselling November Man book series, THE NOVEMBER MAN is the ultimate cat and mouse game set in the world of international espionage. Directed by Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job, No Way Out, Thirteen Days), the film is produced by Beau St. Clair of Irish DreamTime and Sriram Das of Das Films. Special Features: Audio Commentary by Roger Donaldson, Pierce Brosnan and Beau St. Clair (Blu-ray exclusive) Brosnan Is Back! - Featurette (Blu-ray exclusive) Bringing Belgrade to the Big Screen - Featurette (Blu-ray exclusive) The Making of The November Man Theatrical Trailer
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 16, 2014 23:51:37 GMT -5
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Post by rosafermu on Oct 17, 2014 2:02:59 GMT -5
Fantastic. Thanks so much
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 26, 2014 12:52:16 GMT -5
BTS vids ... I think some of these were seen in the featurette that was posted earlier in this thread.
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 29, 2014 5:52:23 GMT -5
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 29, 2014 7:54:31 GMT -5
From France's GQ on-line ... www.gqmagazine.fr/pop-culture/interview/articles/pierce-brosnan-interview/16291Translated by Google Translate ... PIERCE BROSNAN: "I HAVE SAVED THE WORLD AND JAMES BOND ..." BY JACQUES BRAUNSTEIN He played 007 four times and returned with a spy role in The November Man. Encounter with a British legend. Will it have a life after James Bond? 007 interpreters have had mixed fortunes once made their license to kill. But Pierce Brosnan , 61, has varied genres and multiply approaches, it remains impeccable gentleman on which years seem not to have taken. On the occasion of the presentation of The November Man , in which he plays an ex-CIA agent responsible for the security of the head of a reception center for refugees threatens the Russian government, we have it asked over a glass of white wine. Twelve years after being arrested James Bond, you're back in The November Man. Espionage, you missed it?
It seems so ... For seven years, Daniel Craig is a great James Bond . He assumed the role completely. I felt it was time for me to come back in another form, such that gave me so much. Maybe I should redo an action movie a long time ago. Maybe I waited too long to get his hands on a gun. That's what my wife told me the other day. I told him that I listen next time! In life, I do not like guns, but even a gun movie gives a shudder. It has something to do with sexuality, power, danger, fear ... all these things a little toxic. When I see action movies like The Bourne Identity , I am nostalgic, I want to be that guy! We all want to be a cool hero who comes out of tricky situations, layer with gorgeous creatures, sort of worship replicas. This is still being done to AC this job! We know that sometimes the real draws in turn cinema. Does it happen to you to meet spies who say inspired you?
I mostly met men working on covert operations to prepare for The Tailor of Panama (2001), adapted from John Le Carré, and therefore based on reality. James Bond, it's different. This is a bigger than life character. Real spies do not spend their time to shoot and drinking vodka martini. When we played a myth of cinema as James Bond, what else is there to prove?
I hope I was a good James Bond. I saved the franchise and I saved the world. Four times in a row! Most players have one great character. But large, themselves, have several. They have a directory. Look at Daniel Day-Lewis, Sir Anthony Hopkins , John Hurt ... Being able to play high, low, dramatic, comic, dancing, singing ... that's what I dream. But I go where there is work, I am with what I propose. I asked my agent not to tell me that leading roles, but the second they are worth. One of my most important roles is that of a former British prime minister in The Ghost Writer (2010) ... It was quite an experience to shoot with Roman Polanski, but I also cite Thomas Crown Affair (1999) The Tailor of Panama, The Matador (2005) ... It's not bad, much more than what I dreamed of when I started. Enough to take a look back on what I did and say, "I have told great stories. " |
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 29, 2014 7:57:25 GMT -5
www.lescinevores.com/interview-pierce-brosnan-devoile-les-secrets-november-man/Translated by Google Translate INTERVIEW: PIERCE BROSNAN REVEALS THE SECRETS NOVEMBER MAN! October 29, 2014 In November Man, in theaters Wednesday, Pierce Brosnan slips under the guise of an ex-CIA agent charged with a dangerous mission to the international repercussions. A role not so far from that of James Bond, the person has held several times on the big screen. On the occasion of the American Film Festival in Deauville, the actor comes with rare candor on this new film, his career and after 007. How was the reunion with director Roger Donaldson, who led you there in 17 years Dante's Peak?
It was beautiful! Things are made easy with fluidity. We picked up where we stopped. Our friendship is built around respect and camaraderie. He is a generous man who always gives me the space and confidence it takes to be a better actor. This is a true friend and a good director who knows how to do when it comes to installing a thriller plot.The November Man: Pierce Brosnan Photo Your character, Peter Deveraux is not smooth at all. Is it his tormented personality did you like?
Absolutely! The November Man is an adaptation of a book by Bill Granger and the writers did a great job on my character. I had my say on content thanks to my producer Beau St. Clair, who gave me a lot of freedom. Peter is a former agent of the CIA very ambivalent, which is capable of the best and the worst, like the scene where he sadistically severed a femoral artery. It draws public sympathy and lose constantly, throughout the film. In the flesh, I had the feeling of being on a tightrope. (Puzzle) This is a physical role. When 61 years old, you must conserve energy, keep the day. It is both very close and very far from James Bond ...
This is the same but not the same thing (laughs). They are both spies, working for agencies operate in a dark world full of gimmicks. Say that, contrary to Deveraux, James Bond is a language, a vocabulary alone. This is an iconic figure whose public knows all the secrets: the martini, the license to kill ... That said, I had a much more intimate relationship with the hero of The November Man : A retired man, husband and father a girl ... I can relate to him. And I was lucky to have a wonderful co-star Olga Kurylenko. I find that besides being beautiful, it is a remarkable actress. Speaking of James Bond, what do you think of Skyfall and Daniel Craig in 007?
I have great respect for him and what he has built with the character. I appreciate his work, his talent, his voice, his presence ... Skyfall is a brilliant film, superbly directed by Sam Mendes, with emotion and artistic qualities. But I have not seen Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace because it was very hard for me. (His voice is tinged with melancholy) There was pain ... The curtain fell unexpectedly while I was watching on the other side. I cashed the money and went forward. You can always play the role of a villain who tries to mess with Bond ...
It's a crazy idea (laughs). This is probably doable. But no ... Back to November. There is also a question of communication between your character and that of his former student. More generally, what did you want to say to young actors who aspire to a career like yours?
Work hard, do things right, read the history books, surround yourself with caring people who share your humanism and positivism ... That's what I say ... Keep his career afloat, is as difficult a task of the CIA?
Your metaphor is a bit strong. With cinema, over the years, I had fun and I suffered. I went through the steps but also beautiful these difficult moments is believed to be the best for a role and we see the doors close suddenly. It is important to know how to bounce, try to be better than in his previous film ... It's a form of combat. You have to be strong like an old pair of boots. (Thinking) I always wanted to escape the boxes to surprise, to stay alive and build, ultimately, a career that has color. Out of curiosity, could you be a secret agent?
Oh no, no, no (laughs). I have no desire to do that. I'm not a violent man. Since childhood I wanted to be in movies. Being a movie star like Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman and Spencer Tracy. I left school at 15 with nothing in my wallet as drawings and paintings. I wanted to be an artist and I always try to be. Interviewed and translated from the English by Mehdi Omaïs
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 29, 2014 23:01:10 GMT -5
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Post by eaz35173 on Nov 11, 2014 21:30:52 GMT -5
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Post by eaz35173 on Nov 14, 2014 15:44:24 GMT -5
With the actress who plays Natalia (Mediha Musliovic) ...  |
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Post by eaz35173 on Nov 23, 2014 1:16:36 GMT -5
DVD video review ...
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Post by eaz35173 on Nov 27, 2014 13:26:55 GMT -5
Does anyone know if there are extras on the plain DVD version? I know there are plenty on the Blue-ray.
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