Tag: Harvey Weinstein
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How Does ‘The Blind Side’ Look in Light of Michael Oher’s Lawsuit? Even More Fake Than It Did Before
It’s a clockwork ritual of awards season. A movie in contention, one based on a true story, will be dinged for presenting a version of reality that isn’t real enough. The critical chatter often starts on Twitter, but it can come from anywhere, ultimately spreading to the mainstream media. We’ve seen this happen with dramas…
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A Movie Harvey Weinstein Cut to Shreds Is Finally Getting Re-Released
Even though disgraced mega-producer Harvey Weinstein committed far more serious crimes than meddling with a movie’s runtime, his fingertips are still all over the movie industry. Fortunately, some cinema classics that Weinstein touched can get revisited and presented as they were meant to. That’s why Film Movement decided to put together an unedited 4K restoration…
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‘Farewell My Concubine,’ Unfairly Cut by Harvey Weinstein in 1993, Set for Unedited Re-Release
Fifth-generation Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige’s “Farewell My Concubine” wowed the Cannes jury under president Louis Malle in 1993 — all the way to a Palme d’Or win. But by the time the three-hour epic set in the world of the Peking Opera reached U.S. theaters that year, Miramax’s Harvey Weinstein had cut 20 minutes from…
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Samantha Morton Says Harvey Weinstein Tried to ‘Destroy’ Her Career After Rejecting a ‘Misogynistic’ Role
Samantha Morton took aim at Harvey Weinstein in a new appearance on “The Louis Theroux Podcast,” claiming that the convicted rapist and former media mogul tried to derail her career after she turned down a role in “About Adam.” Morton explained that she wasn’t interested in the Kate Hudson-led rom-com due to its treatment of…
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Joseph Fiennes Says Harvey Weinstein Threatened to End His Career: It Was a ‘Shock’
Joseph Fiennes quickly fell out of love with Miramax following 1998 Best Picture winner “Shakespeare in Love.”Fiennes, who allegedly beat out Daniel Day-Lewis to play the titular British playwright, recalled to The Guardian that producer Harvey Weinstein used a shocking “bullying tactic” after the film’s release and subsequent Oscar wins. Fiennes was offered a five-picture…
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Harvey Weinstein tried to bully me, reveals Joseph Fiennes
The Handmaid’s Tale actor says the disgraced movie mogul threatened to end his Hollywood careerJoseph Fiennes, star of the television series The Handmaid’s Tale and of the 1998 hit movie, Shakespeare in Love, has explained why he turned down the chance to play major roles in a run of Hollywood blockbusters early in his career.It…
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Louis C.K. #MeToo Documentary Dropped by Showtime
The documentary capturing comedian Louis C.K.’s #MeToo scandal has been shelved at Showtime.Director Caroline Suh (“Blackpink: Light Up the Sky”) was originally set to helm the documentary announced by Paramount Global exec David Nevins in August 2022. Nevins exited Paramount in October 2022.Showtime confirmed to IndieWire that the documentary would not be moving forward but…