'The Hurt Locker' [Evi's new movie]

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Press release about the Toronto International Film Festival premiere...

TIFF Announces High Profile Special Presentations From Around The World

07/02/2008 - Toronto International Film Festival ®

Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival is pleased to announce the addition of six Special Presentations to the programming lineup for TIFF08, running September 4 to 13. Included are works from critically acclaimed filmmakers Kathryn Bigelow, Spike Lee and Paolo Sorrentino featuring performances by John Malkovich, Viggo Mortensen, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, John Leguizamo, Joseph Gordon Levitt and Michael Cera. The official website for the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, tiff08.ca, is now live. Ticket packages for TIFF08 will be available for purchase by Visa† cardholders as of 10 a.m., Monday, July 7, 2008, and by cash, debit or Visa as of 10 a.m. on Monday, July 14, 2008. Purchase online at tiff08.ca, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968- FILM or in person at the Festival Box Office at Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West (main floor, north entrance). Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Saturday.

The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, USA
North American Premiere
Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of the current Iraq war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb. From Kathryn Bigelow (The Weight of Water, TIFF 2000) comes an explosive adventure revealing the daily heroism of these willing daredevils, starring Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse, Jeremy Renner and Christian Camargo.

http://www.tiffg.ca/mediacentre/viewrel ... cordId=549

[sharon_b Profile]

I forgot to mention earlier, that aswell as competing for Golden Lion award 'The Hurt Locker' will also have its world premiere at the 65th Annual Venice Film Festival (Aug 27th - Sept 6th).

So you can add that to the list of events that Evi should attend in the next month or so but knowing our luck she probably won't.

The North American premiere will still be at TIFF just to clear up any confusion.

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Synopsis and public screening schedule for Toronto Internationl Film Festival

The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow

PUBLIC SCREENINGS
Monday September 08 06:00PM RYERSON
Wednesday September 10 09:00AM RYERSON

Find a bomb, defuse it. Find a bomb, defuse it. The job is simple enough, but the room for error is zero. Fail to defuse it, and die. This is the daily work of the United States Army's Bravo Company. They patrol Baghdad during one of the Iraq war's most hellish times, trying each day not to get blown up.

Of all the films trying to show just what the war feels like, Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker is the one that cracks it. At the top of her game, there is no better chronicler of pure guts under fire than Bigelow. This film stands among her very best.

After a shocking opening sequence, James (Jeremy Renner) joins a tightly knit bomb-disposal unit where Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) is already the intelligence expert. James, by contrast, is a real cowboy. Even in the hulking shell of his bomb suit, his swagger is obvious. He has successfully disabled 873 devices, approaching the job with the no-nonsense grit of a Bigelow hero – and the recklessness too.

But as the unit faces tougher challenges with each new bomb, the men start to fight James's bullish methods. They have only thirty-eight days left in their rotation. They want to live to see day thirty-nine.

The Hurt Locker is a masterwork of suspense. Bigelow immerses her story in the specifics of the job these men do, even as she amps up the tension from the first scene and keeps it cranked throughout. And by choosing an explosives team, she has found the key to understanding the particular character of the Iraq war. Just as helicopters and guerilla warfare encapsulated Vietnam, improvised explosive devices define Iraq. Apart from their lethal force, these hidden bombs obliterate trust. The men of Bravo Company are amused by a local kid, who has named himself Beckham and adopted a hip-hop attitude. But they can't trust him any more than they can help him.

Rooted in right now yet timeless in its craft and insight, The Hurt Locker joins the pantheon of great American films about war.

Cameron Bailey

Kathryn Bigelow was born in Northern California, where she studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute and attended the graduate programme in film studies at Columbia University. Her filmography includes The Loveless (82), Near Dark (87), Blue Steel (90), Point Break (91), Strange Days (95), The Weight of Water (00), K-19: The Widowmaker (02) and The Hurt Locker (08).

http://tiff08.ca/filmsandschedules/films/hurtlocker

[carolilly]

thanks for posting.
so Evi will be at TIFF on Sept 8th and/or 10th, right?

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A review of THL

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Fi ... cle/487954

and a good article on the film, with talk from the director and scriptwriter

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/co ... 13248.html

The film is a top 6 pick for most buzz-worthy flicks at TIFF

http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainm ... 54a1e11c05

[sharon_b Profile]

^^ thanks for posting elms

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Peter Howell with the Toronto Star may have liked the film (see above), but Deborah Young with The Hollywood Reporter wasn't impressed

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awa ... &rid=11592

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Peter Howell with the Toronto Star may have liked the film (see above), but Deborah Young with The Hollywood Reporter wasn't impressed

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awa ... &rid=11592

i was just about this, but you beat me to it haha!!

I'm not suprise that some people don't like this movie, war movies usually get panned by critics but from some corners its also getting Oscar buzz.

[carolilly]

thanks for posting.
it's so good to read her name involved in a project like this one.
I'm so happy for her. I have to admit that I don't like war movies, but since she's on it I'll totally support her and the movie!
if she chose the part it means it must be good, cause she chooses very carefully the scripts.

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Variety's review

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938 ... id=31&cs=1

She is listed as playing Connie James.


Eric J. Lyman of The Hollywood Reporter says the film was well-received

Thursday's premiere was the well-received "The Hurt Locker" from Kathryn Bigelow, the festival's lone Iraq War film a year after three were featured.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 3757ed5164

[carolilly]

Connie James, huh?

do you think we should start a thread for all the 'The Hurt Locker' reviews? Sharon has started one for all the Afterwards reviews...

[tatibsblp]

sweet name...
Thanks Elms.
this movie is not going to hit the box office but seem a good war movie.

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I wondered the same thing about a review thread. The movie doesn't have its own subforum, so I've been keeping the reviews here. Whatever is easier for everyone sounds good to me.

Evi's role must be pretty small, as the reviews aren't even mentioning her part in the film.

Tati, I agree. I don't think it's going to do big business at the movies. I hope the film picks up a US distributor at TIFF though. At least get it out there to those who want to see it.

[carolilly]

Ok, I've opened a new thread so please post all the reviews there.

about the subforum we have to wait for Janine...

yeah, it's a small part. Evi herself said that

[tatibsblp]

Yeah, I kinda knew Evi's role was really small, but since she is a familiar face so the mag used that pic of her.
but honestly I don't going to see this movie, only Evi's part and eventually the DVD.