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Jun 29, 2006 14:08:38 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jun 29, 2006 14:08:38 GMT -5
Ace: Reply #626 on Feb 25, 2006, 11:32pm There are new interviews, that seem to have been done on the set in Mexico, as well as a couple new clips - all in Quicktime on the UK BVI Matador Site www.bvimovies.com/cinema/thematador.htmlDirect links to the quicktime mov files are on my Matador site if you have any trouble loading the BVI quicktime software (which I did)
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Jun 29, 2006 14:09:02 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jun 29, 2006 14:09:02 GMT -5
Ace Reply #627 on Feb 26, 2006, 12:02am We discussed earlier whether he kept the boots and he did!
This from the Christian O'Connell Show Blog that airs on UK Virgin Radio
Pierce Brosnan was on great form - although I suspect he disliked any mention of the "B" word these days. That's Bond, by the way, not barracudas or bolus. But when he realised we weren't going to talk about 007 all morning he relaxed, even revealing that he got to keep those amazing boots from Matador (see below.)
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Very excited - we're interviewing Pierce Brosnan on the show tomorrow morning. Yesterday Christian and I went to check out a screening of his new movie The Matador. And at the risk of sounding like I'[m just gushing about stuff today, it's brilliant. Pierce sports the most truly sleazy pair of cuban heeled boots you ever saw. (And in one memorable scene he wears the boots, some speedos and nothing else. It's worth the price of admission alone.) Really cool - funny and what Tarantino would call a "hangout" movie, in that you'd just put the DVD on to spend some time with the characters. Gush over.
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Alas, although the show has a listen again feature I listened to the show from Feb 22nd where he's on and they had everything but the actual interview on line -- all the run up to the interview-- the intro-- then it skips ahead past when PB was actually on. Grrrr.
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Jun 29, 2006 14:09:37 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jun 29, 2006 14:09:37 GMT -5
Willow: Reply #628 on Mar 5, 2006, 1:02pmSomething looks wrong with PB's neck ! videoeta.com/movie/73385Willow =================================================== Ace: Reply #629 on Mar 5, 2006, 1:58pmHopefully something's wrong because someone at the site made this cover photo, or it was ripped off some bootleg cover. It's hideous. Since the site didn't have the proper release date even though it's been out for about a month until yesterday, then I assume they don't have an in with The Weinstein's and that's not the cover. Blech.
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Jun 29, 2006 14:10:48 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jun 29, 2006 14:10:48 GMT -5
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sparklingblue: Reply #645 on Apr 30, 2006, 6:31pm Since Ace asked. Yes, I have seen The Matador. It only played in two cinemas in my area, and those two are some 40 miles away. As far as I know, it didn't even play for two weeks. Germany is not a very Pierce-film friendly country.
That being said, here are my thoughts about the film:
In some respects it took some getting used to. It's a somewhat crazy film, but that's not a bad thing and part of the fun of it. Everybody did a great job on it and you can feel that it meant a lot to everyone involved.
I laughed a LOT, but the absurd and tragic elements of the movie keep it from becoming a flat comedy. The music creates the mood very well (though, I agree with Ace, those Stones songs would have been great). I also liked the colourful, lively and interesting sets. My favourite sets were the scenes set in Mexico City. Especially at the beginning there is this cool shot of the guy with the suitcase walking to the hotel and looking through one of the "windows" in the red wall across from the hotel entrance.
As for the actors, everyone was at the top of their game. I enjoyed Hope Davis's performance, in particular her fascination with Julian ("Do you think he would show me his gun?" ). Greg Kinnear is playing the naive, normal guy again, but he's good at it. I liked the way Danny becomes more and more fascinated with Julian, to the point of imitating him. I already knew about the mustache(s), but when Danny opened the door for Julian wearing the same mustache I just had to laugh.
As to dear Pierce: He is simply excellent. Julian is such an odious, vulgar character, pretty nuts, completely unpredictable and you never know if he's telling "bulls***" or the truth. (Actually I thought it quite disturbing how convincingly drunk or psychotic--or both--Pierce can be.) But Pierce makes you like Julian. I felt sorry for him because he has no friends and has no clue about having human relationships other than those of a sexual nature. Julian's accent just cracked me up too. He did a great job there. In all of Pierce's time on screen there was never a hint of any of his "gentleman characters" like Steele, Bond or Crown. There wasn't even Pierce. There was just Julian. I'm so glad he gets to play cool parts like this one that show how good he is.
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Jun 29, 2006 14:11:21 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jun 29, 2006 14:11:21 GMT -5
Ace: Reply #646 on May 2, 2006, 4:05pm
Great to hear you finally got a chance to see the film, not so great to hear you had to travel so far and it's already gone -- but no matter, what matters is you enjoyed it and I'm glad you did because I just love it. I gather you were able to see it in original voice? Even better since he does so much with his voice in this film, not just the in and out Sarf London accent but it has such a gravely, as one reviewer said Bowie-esque quality in this movie that just adds to the character
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Jun 29, 2006 14:11:46 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jun 29, 2006 14:11:46 GMT -5
Sparklingblue: Reply #647 on May 6, 2006, 4:37pm
Yes, I did see it in the original.
Especially during the scene where Julian comes completely drunk and desperate to Danny's hotel-room door I remember most vividly thinking how much he characterises Julian by means of his voice.
What did you think of Julian's last line in the film, which Pierce says he ad-libbed?
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Jun 29, 2006 14:12:13 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jun 29, 2006 14:12:13 GMT -5
Ace: Reply #648 on May 6, 2006, 5:39pm I think the line is perfectly fitting and very natural to the scene, and as usual with Julian's dialogue it cuts two ways -- is he joking or isn't he? Probably both.
It's interesting though that last scene of the film has no dialogue it extrememly memorable -- emotionally, visually and musically
Ace
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Jun 29, 2006 14:12:48 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jun 29, 2006 14:12:48 GMT -5
sparadra: Reply #650 on May 7, 2006, 5:55am
I watched The Matador yesterday. And oh My God, I like it very much!! I read lots of reviews about the film before finally seeing it and I was not sure I would appreciate it. Reading all these reviews (both good and bad) made me believe it was not exactly the kind of movies I usually like, but I was sooooo wrong! My comment won't be too long cause I don't want to repeat what has been said already in this topic, but I'm really amazed by the quality of the script and filming as well as the actors. I can hardly believe that a movie with only 3 characters speaking could reach such an unexpected dimension. Even though Julian seems to be - well *is* - amoral and childish in the same time, the three of them are borderline characters in their own way. What strikes me most with the movie is how antogonistic lives/manners/personalities/behaviours/goals are confronted and how all this leads to deep fascinating relationships. The whole part when Julian is in Danny and Bean's house is a pure delight. There are a large number of memorable scenes that are brilliantly performed and I can't wait having the DVD to watch them again and again!
I'm not surprised by Pierce's performance or by the choice he made to play Julian Noble and I'm sure this character must have been a challenge for him as an actor. But the movie in itself is totally unexpected for me. It's brilliant and I'm glad the writers and director decided not going too far with Julian. More brutality or amorality would have spoiled the film. I like the way they use innuendoes about his personality and how the characters' emotions are revealed. Actually, I like it just the way it is.
Sparadra
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Jun 29, 2006 14:13:47 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jun 29, 2006 14:13:47 GMT -5
Ace: Reply #652 on May 12, 2006, 3:56amThe UK DVD cover. Um, why keep that image and then add a gun (oh yeah I forgot, brosnan with a gun sells) when he's obviously carrying the gun in the medal case? *sigh* And they've screwed up the Matador font/logo. Pfttt. Frankly the red/black/white poster art for the UK was better (even if the color pallette isn't as true to the film) so why not keep that (speaking of which I'd love to find a large image of that online and not the small ones I have)
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Jun 29, 2006 14:14:09 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jun 29, 2006 14:14:09 GMT -5
« Sparklingblue Reply #653 on May 13, 2006, 8:19pm “
Ugh! They really messed that one up! His hand carrying that gun looks weird. Perhaps because it's a edited-in dummie hand.
They should have stuck on a note about that Golden Globe nomination instead.
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Jun 29, 2006 14:14:45 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jun 29, 2006 14:14:45 GMT -5
Admin Note: A couple more pages of discussion of various vile DVD covers follows and some discussions of the specs and then a little bit more.[/b]
« Lauryn Reply #685 on Jun 22, 2006, 6:24pm »
Tremendous shame the documentary is MIA. I was so hoping.
But, ooh, la la!
JULIAN'S BIRTHDAY NIGHT OUT AT THE SEX CLUB and JULIAN'S NIGHTMARE VISION both make it to the deleted scenes! I wonder if the former will still clock in at four and a half minutes? And will Julian spend a restless night with the Rolling Stones?
I like the tonality of the Budapest scene in the film just as it is, self-contained, but I'm not above being curious about BUDAPEST ROMP. Maybe it's to make up for not getting any tail in Sydney, LOL!
And commentaries, oh, my! Where to start?
I pray that Proust has no bearing on real life and this all doesn't turn out to be more enjoyable in anticipation than in experience.
Counting the days...
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Post by Ace on Jul 3, 2006 1:01:54 GMT -5
« Ace Reply #686 on Jun 22, 2006, 7:07pm »
Ah I hadn't even thought about different cuts of the scenes. the UK scenes seem to add up to about 15 min and the US are listed as 16:17. That's not much difference for 3 extra scenes (even with the PAL/NTSC time difference -- can't recall which is longer)
Ace
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Post by lotsofluck on Jul 4, 2006 2:23:41 GMT -5
When I went to Walmart shortly after midnight, I was greeted at the door by an employee and a Matador poster.
I paid 19.94 for the movie which had an extra case and bonus disc.
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Post by Ace on Jul 4, 2006 2:36:12 GMT -5
Congrats!
Wallmart has an extra disc? What's it of?
Ace
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Jul 4, 2006 13:02:55 GMT -5
Post by Lerose 103 on Jul 4, 2006 13:02:55 GMT -5
2 Pack Walmart Exclusive $20.00 Movie and Bonus Disc
Bonus Disc:(Over One Hour of additional Bonus Features!)
E Special Behind the scenes: The Matador E! Entertainment Television takes you behind the scenes of the fast-paced action movie The Matador. Exclusive, in-depth interviews with Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear reveal how their characters formed a surprising and deadly partnership. Plus, find out why Brosnan would walk across a hotel lobby in his underwear and cowboy boots - and nothing else!
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Follow the Matador to the Toronto Film Festival
Join Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, and director Richard Shepard at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival for an illuminating conversation. Discover the film's origin, the inspiration for its title, and other secrets behind The Matador in this exclusive footage.
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Jul 4, 2006 13:30:16 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jul 4, 2006 13:30:16 GMT -5
Thanks. Wow. And no fair!
There isn't even a Walmart in NYC. I didn't see this special online, they just have it for sale for $14.99. Was this information printed online by Walmart somewhere or given on some DVD forum?
I wonder if any of the other chains like Best Buy are doing this, if so it's not in their flyer.
Ace
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Jul 4, 2006 13:53:16 GMT -5
Post by Lerose103 on Jul 4, 2006 13:53:16 GMT -5
I just got home from buying mine.
The 2 disc set has a sticker on the front saying that it's a Walmart Exclusive.
I typed what it said on the back on the bonus disc case! So any spelling errors are mine.
I didn't get a free poster. <sigh>
Now I'm glad I went there. I almost went to Best Buy!
Lerose/Susan
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Jul 4, 2006 16:38:52 GMT -5
Post by lotsofluck on Jul 4, 2006 16:38:52 GMT -5
I didn't get a free poster either.
They just had it displayed in the lobby area where the greeter gives you a cart.
I went to Walmart because it is open all night.....the only store in town that I know of. I got off work at about 12:30 and went directly to Walmart because I didn't want to get up in the morning and go to Best Buy or Target.
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Jul 17, 2006 23:45:36 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Jul 17, 2006 23:45:36 GMT -5
The New Republic: What The Matador tells us about Brosnan--and Bond. Post Bondby Christopher Orr Post date 07.18.06 [/b] You know what they say," Julian Noble explains to a friend about midway through The Matador, "you are what you do." In Julian's case, this is not merely an aphorism but a confession as well, because what he does is kill people. And, in marked contrast to the legions of cool, methodical, absurdly suave assassins with whom Hollywood has presented us over the years, Julian's profession is not something he is able to shake off like the wrinkles in a suit. It has touched him, wounded him, perverted him. He may be charming, but there's something profoundly wrong with him. When we first meet Julian (Pierce Brosnan), he is waking up in bed next to a beautiful, naked woman--a common enough cinematic circumstance for Brosnan, who did after all hold down the James Bond franchise for the better part of a decade. Yet immediately this familiar situation is subverted: Julian is bleary-eyed, probably hung over, and he apparently has little recollection of exactly who his lady friend is or what particular diversions they might have enjoyed together. After briefly contemplating her sleeping form, he slides the sheet down off her backside, careful not to wake her, so that he can crane his neck for a furtive, lascivious peek at her half-forgotten charms. It's a pleasantly seedy little moment, equal parts humorous and pitiful--which is to say it's not something that would ever have taken place in a Bond movie. What follows is weirder still: Julian notices the black nail polish adorning his paramour's toes and, after thinking it over for a moment, digs through her purse for the ebon lacquer and carefully applies it to his own toes, too--something else, it seems safe to say, we are never going to see 007 do. Released on video this month, The Matador is an endearing black comedy, if a somewhat slender one. Yet it is fascinating beyond its merits for the reappraisals it provokes: first, of Brosnan, who digs into his role with the gusto of a man who has just escaped after 20 years locked in a formalwear shop; and, still more provocatively, of Bond himself, whose ghost haunts the film from start to finish. The movie's ordinary-guy-befriends-contract-killer setup is familiar from comic enterprises as varied as The In-Laws and The Whole Nine Yards. Julian is in Mexico City for a job; while there he meets business traveler Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) in a hotel bar. (Note the surname: If Danny is Mr. Wright, Julian must be Mr. Wrong.) Julian is lonely--life as an international assassin has left him rootless, friendless, and forgetful even of his own birthday. Danny, meanwhile, is hoping that a successful business pitch will get him back on track after a string of bad fortune afflicting him and his wife "Bean" (Hope Davis). The two men hit it off, and before long they attend a bullfight where Julian playfully demonstrates for an incredulous Danny exactly what it is he does for a living. Flash forward several months: Danny and Bean's luck has indeed taken a turn for the better--perhaps with some illicit assistance?--when who should show up at their Denver doorstep but a burnt-out, bedraggled Julian, who has botched a couple of contracts and consequently been targeted for elimination himself. The latter half of the film hums along neatly enough, but has a slightly obligatory feel to it, as if writer-director Richard Shepard, having set all his plot elements in place, is determined to see them through to the end. But the first half--during which Julian and Danny get to know one another and we get to know them--is a true delight. The underrated Kinnear is more than adequate, here using his callow good looks to convey innocence rather than his typical self-satisfaction. Brosnan, meanwhile, is marvelous. Sporting a brush cut, porn-star moustache, gold chain, and wardrobe evidently borrowed from Ted Nugent, the erstwhile Bond/Remington Steele/Thomas Crown seems liberated from the burden of worldly sophistication he's shouldered his entire career. Julian is a looking-glass version of Brosnan's past characters--a ladies man again, yes, and man of lethal vocation, but also a leering degenerate who frequents underage prostitutes and offers friendly waitresses money for sex. It's a longstanding truism that any character's "evil twin" is always much more fun than the character himself (see, for instance, "Star Trek"'s Spock and "Buffy"'s Willow). Julian's dark doppelganging of Bond is but further proof that the axiom holds. Given a choice between 007 posing with his Vesper martini or Julian sloshing back his eighth margarita, I know whose cinematic company I'd rather keep. Brosnan attacks his role with decadent relish, maintaining a careful balance between humor, sympathy, and outright repulsion. His eyes are hooded and weary, but there's a twinkle in them yet; when he opens his mouth wide in toothy, explosive laughter it's at once boorish and irresistible. A scene in which he strides purposefully through a hotel lobby in nothing but boots and briefs, a beer in one hand and cigarette in the other, is more evocative than anything he (or any actor since Sean Connery) ever did as 007. The performance has its awkward moments--in order to follow Shepard's narrative arc, Brosnan has to lurch a bit promiscuously between cool self-satisfaction and impotent self-loathing--but it is an eye-opener, one that we might hope portends similar gambles from Brosnan in the future. But if The Matador suggests new possibilities for Brosnan, it also maps the road not taken for 007. Ever since Connery's definitive early Bond, there's been endless discussion of what has been missing from the character, usually focusing on the relative lack of machismo his successors have brought to the role. But watching The Matador it's hard to escape the sense that what has been missing from 007 all these years is not just masculinity, but a whiff of masculine sleaze, a hint that under all those immaculate suits there lies a truly dirty mind. As a character, Bond is defined by two licenses: the license to kill granted him by Her Majesty, and the sexual license he has granted himself. Yet this nearly infinite license for transgression seems to engender no corollary licentiousness. The countless men Bond has killed and women he has bedded provoke neither remorse nor the emergence of darker appetites. He emerges from each encounter, lethal or sexual, as neatly pressed and reliable as a butler. The Bond of Ian Fleming's novels was a more predatory figure, his sexual escapades in particular carrying a hint of the perverse and even violent. And whether or not Connery recognized this, he certainly embodied it. There was a carnality and underlying misogyny to the ex-bodybuilder missing from the subsequent Bonds. This was after all a man who, in separate interviews with Playboy and Barbara Walters, defended the hitting of women (only when necessary, of course). Even well into his sixties (and long past his Bond stints), there were flashes of vulgarity and aggression beneath the charming brogue. In The Rock, for example, he ridiculed a less virile character (played by Nicholas Cage) who had promised to "do his best" on a dangerous mission: "Your best?" Connery sneered. "Losers always whine about their 'best.' Winners go home and fuck the prom queen." It was a moment of pure Connery--a little too pure, in fact. No one needs James Bond to engage in such crass schoolboy yardsticking--or, for that matter, to cavort with pubescent Thai hookers, à la Brosnan's Julian. But even a hint of that kind underlying malice and depravity would go a long way toward rescuing a character too long defined by a kind of bland self-adoration. In November, Daniel Craig will become the sixth actor to inherit the 007 franchise, and where he will take the character is, as yet, anyone's guess. (His utter lack of prettiness is in itself a promising sign.) For my part, I will be sorry that the custodians of Bond's image never let Brosnan have a go at him with the gold chain and moustache. The Home Movies List: Bond Market Sean Connery (1962-1967; 1971; 1983). The best by far, though not someone you'd probably want your daughter to date. For him, the sexual banter and innuendo had a clear, voluptuous goal; for his successors it has seemed almost an end in itself, risqué cocktail banter rather than an earnest invitation to coitus. George Lazenby (1969). Powerfully built but more than a little wooden during his sole outing in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Despite his shortcomings, it's among the best of the films--in large part thanks to Diana Rigg, who is easily the most perfect of Bond Girls. (De rigueur handwringing: If only Connery hadn't turned this one down...) The highest paid male model in Europe before becoming 007, Lazenby was offered a seven-movie deal but quit the franchise because he thought Bond was too "square" a character to flourish in a countercultural era. Oops. Roger Moore (1973-1985). If lascivious and predatory is what you're looking for in Bond, you probably don't want to select a man whose prior claim to fame was playing Simon Templar, a.k.a. The Saint. Moore's quippish charmer made a certain sense for the anti-macho 1970s. But like the actor himself (who is actually three years older then Connery) the casting decision has not aged terribly well. Timothy Dalton (1987-1989). The classically trained stage actor made a valiant stab at restoring to Bond some of the dark urgency of the Fleming novels, but he never quite had the big-screen charisma to carry it off. (At 6'2", he's the rare actor who actually seems smaller than he is.) Dalton was signed to appear in at least three Bond movies, but the third was delayed so long by litigation over rights to the character that he ultimately bowed out. Pierce Brosnan (1995-2002). Following a Scotsman (Connery), an Aussie (Lazenby), and two Brits (Moore, Dalton), it seems only natural that an Irishman should be given a shot. Originally approached with the role in the mid-1980s, Brosnan couldn't get out of "Remington Steele" and so had to wait for the next go-round. Probably the best Bond since Connery, which makes it all the more a pity that the scripts were getting too lame to deserve him. Daniel Craig (2006-). While not as terrific a choice as Clive Owen would have been (especially in the avid perversity department), Craig has promise. Quite good in Munich, he was better still in the Brit crime flick Layer Cake, transcending the derivative muddle of plot to display considerable rough-hewn appeal. We'll see. Christopher Orr is a contributing editor at The New Republic.
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Aug 31, 2006 16:54:56 GMT -5
Post by Ace on Aug 31, 2006 16:54:56 GMT -5
STARZ SCORES FOUR Weinsteins on the sked
08/31/2006 04:18:54 PM EDT Daily Variety
NEW YORK - John Malone's Starz has bought exclusive pay-TV rights to four theatricals from the Weinstein Co.: "Derailed," "The Matador," "The Libertine" and "Wolf Creek."
The four movies became available in the pay TV window because the Weinstein Co. produced and distributed them as independent pictures following the company's split from Walt Disney last year.
But future Weinstein Co. movies that are distributed by MGM will go to Showtime as part of a previously negotiated output arrangement between Showtime and MGM.
Starz and the Weinstein Co. declined to discuss license fees, but the dollar figures were modest because none of the four took off at the box office. "Derailed," with Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen, grossed $36 million in the U.S.; the Australian horror movie "Wolf Creek" took in $16.2 million; "The Matador," starring Pierce Brosnan, wound up with $12.6 million; and "The Libertine," with Johnny Depp, ended up with $4.8 million.
Starz will put together marketing campaigns centered on stars such as Depp, Brosnan and Aniston when the movies become available throughout the next six months.
Almost totally dependent on theatrical movies, Starz regards promotable titles like those from Weinstein as agreeable additions to the movies it gets exclusively from its two major-studio suppliers, Walt Disney and Sony/Columbia.
By contrast, HBO and Showtime, the two other pay-TV networks in the U.S., produce a number of original, scripted series to supplement their movie inventories.
Starz will soon be part of a full-fledged media company (Daily Variety, Aug. 30) that, under Chris McGurk, will buy and produce as many as 12 movies a year for eventual use by the network in the pay TV window.
The expanded Starz Media operation also will allow the network to buy more premiere movies because it'll be able to offer the sellers multiple platforms for their pictures, from theatrical and DVD to pay per view and basic cable.
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