Tag: The Shape of Water
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Guillermo del Toro’s Love Story Takes ‘Shape’ Without Words
For his role in “The Shape of Water,” Doug Jones had to give life to a being that was many things, and he had to do it from within one of the most exquisitely crafted creature suits ever made.“[Guillermo del Toro] kept saying that the monster was the romantic lead in the movie and it…
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Divided Oscar Loyalties: Who Do They Really Want to Win the Gold?
Decisions, decisions: Academy Awards voters have plenty of worthy nominees to choose from as they mark their ballots in the final stretch of a particularly competitive Oscar season.But what about those voters who struggle with divided loyalties? There are a handful every year: those who, in fact, have strong ties to more than one of…
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‘Shape of Water’ Ripped Off 1969 Play, Lawsuit Alleges
The son of playwright Paul Zindel filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that “The Shape of Water” was based on Zindel’s 1969 play, “Let Me Hear You Whisper.”David Zindel contends that the similarities between the two works are so striking that “The Shape of Water” should properly be seen as an adaptation of his father’s…
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Playwright’s family sues The Shape of Water film-makers over works’ similarities
Son of Pulitzer winner Paul Zindel alleges Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-nominated film ‘exploited’ his father’s 1969 playThe family of a Pulitzer-winning playwright has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Guillermo del Toro and Fox Searchlight alleging that the Oscar-nominated film The Shape of Water is a “derivative” work that has “glaring similarities” to a 1969…
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‘Shape Of Water’ Upsets ‘Phantom Thread’ At 2018 Costume Guild Awards
The Costume Designers Guild handed out the last industry guild honor of the season Tuesday night and they left the audience gagging. Luis Sequeira‘s work on “The Shape of Water” upset the expected Oscar winner Mark Bridges‘ constructions for “
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‘I, Tonya,’ ‘The Shape of Water’ Win at 2018 Costume Designers Guild Awards
“I, Tonya” and “The Shape of Water” took home some of the top awards at the 2018 Costume Designers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Tuesday night.Guillermo Del Toro and Kerry Washington were among those honored. The majority of nominees and honorees wore black to show support for the Time’s Up movement.Del Toro was presented…
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‘The Shape Of Water’ Featurette: Alexandre Desplat Breaks Down His Oscar Nominated Score [Exclusive]
There are several ingredients that swirl into something truly magical in Guillermo del Toro‘s “The Shape Of Water.” There’s the gallery of strong performances from Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon and Michael Stuhlbarg, the gorgeous production design, the dazzling visual effects, and threading it all together, the wondrous, Oscar nominated score by…
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Guillermo del Toro’s Cameo in ‘The Shape of Water’ Is So Creative You Can’t Even See It
Guillermo del Toro pulls an Alfred Hitchcock in “The Shape of Water” by making a cameo appearance in his own film, but leave it to one of the world’s most imaginative filmmakers to come up with the most imaginable cameo possible. The movie’s supervising sound editor Nathan Robitaille confirms to Vanity Fairy that del Toro…
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Black Panther sinks its claws into the UK box office
Ryan Coogler’s landmark film manages Marvel’s second-largest debut in the UK, while The Shape of Water could break Guillermo del Toro’s blockbuster duckAs the release date approached, it was becoming increasingly apparent that Disney and Marvel’s decision to mount the first major black superhero movie was going to pay off richly – in the Us,…
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Guillermo del Toro Has an Unconventional Cameo in ‘The Shape of Water’
Directors have been making cameos in their own movies since the early days of cinema, so it’s appropriate that The Shape of Water – which is at least partially a throwback to classic Hollywood – would include a cameo from its own filmmaker as well. It also seems appropriate that an iconoclast director like Guillermo…