Tag: The Candidate
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Paul Newman and Robert Redford Nearly Did This Third Film Together
Unlike many stars from the New Hollywood era, Robert Redford didn’t peak in the 1960s and ‘70s. While he’s certainly best associated with films like Three Days of the Condor, Jeremiah Johnson, Downhill Racer, and The Candidate, that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t stayed active in the decades that followed. Many of Redford’s greatest roles…
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San Sebastian Co-Production Forum: Federico Veiroj, Theo Court, Alicia Scherson, Daniel Hendler Make a Selection Signaling Sea Change in Latin American Filmmaking
Multi-prized Latin American directors Federico Veiroj, Theo Court, Alicia Scherson and Daniel Hendler head a muscular project lineup at September’s San Sebastian Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, the Spanish festival’s industry centerpiece which underscores this year a welling sea-change in the region’s filmmaking.“The Moneychanger,” the latest film from Uruguay’s Veiroj, was selected for Toronto’s 2019 Platform;…
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Walter Coblenz, ‘All the President’s Men’ Producer, Dies at 93
Walter Coblenz, who was Oscar-nominated for producing “All the President’s Men” and also produced “The Candidate” and “The Onion Field,” died March 16. He was 93.Coblenz also produced the Emmy-nominated Joseph Wambaugh TV mini-series adaptation “The Blue Knight.”After serving as assistant director and production manager on Robert Redford’s “Downhill Racer,” he went on to work…
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Israeli doc festival Docaviv unveils 20th anniversary programme
15 Israeli docs chosen from 78 submissions for main Competition.Docaviv, the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival, has announced the line-up of its 20th edition from May 17 to 26.Fifteen documentaries will screen in the Israeli Competition, including the world premiere of Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudr’s The Candidate which follows politician Moshe Kahlon on…