Par Sean Thiessen | Publié il y a 8 secondes Notre frère idiot Parfois, vous avez juste besoin d'une bonne comédie dramatique. Si rire et pleurer sur l'air décalé des films indépendants excentriques est votre truc, rendez-vous à Peacock pour diffuser le film de 2011 Our Idiot Brother. Avec Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel et Emily Mortimer, le film est un charmant mélange d'émotions alimenté par les performances irrésistibles de ses stars bien-aimées. L'homme le plus sexy du monde Paul Rudd dirige Our Idiot Brother, une comédie dramatique chaleureuse diffusée désormais sur Peacock. Paul Rudd fait la une du film dans le rôle de Ned, le frère idiot de trois sœurs joué par Banks, Deschanel et Mortimer. Ned commence l'histoire en tant qu'agriculteur biodynamique qui est arrêté pour avoir tenté de vendre de la marijuana à un policier. Il est mis en liberté conditionnelle mais est expulsé de chez lui par sa petite amie, qui a pris un nouvel amant. Ned et son chien, Willie Nelson, vont vivre avec la première sœur de Ned. Sa présence perturbe son mariage dysfonctionnel et après qu'elle considère que Ned a une mauvaise influence sur son fils, elle expulse Ned. Il avance vers la maison de la sœur voisine, réunissant Paul Rudd avec sa co-vedette des modèles de rôle Elizabeth Banks. Là, Ned se mêle des perspectives amoureuses de sa sœur et bousille une opportunité professionnelle d'ampleur. Il est expulsé une nouvelle fois. Notre frère idiot Ned reste finalement avec la dernière sœur, interprétée par Zooey Deschanel. Sa présence là-bas fait exploser une autre relation, laissant la vie de ses trois sœurs en ruine. Ned viole sa libération conditionnelle et se retrouve en prison, où, même après que sa caution ait été payée, il refuse de partir. Les sœurs de Ned réfléchissent à leur vie changée et se rassemblent pour ramener Ned à travers le monde, amenant cette comédie aux larmes aux yeux à une conclusion satisfaisante. Paul Rudd offre une performance stupide et adorable alors qu'il a un impact sur la vie de ses proches. Bien qu'il semble détruire les choses partout où il va, sa présence met ses sœurs sur un chemin compliqué mais nécessaire pour améliorer leur vie. Our Idiot Brother est un film qui, s'il n'est pas parfait, ne manque jamais de réchauffer le cœur. Le personnage maladroit de Paul Rudd prouve que le réussite peut prendre plusieurs formes et que la famille est une force à ne pas sous-estimer. L'histoire du film a été conçue par le duo frère/sœur Jesse et Evgenia Peretz. Evgenia a ensuite écrit le scénario avec son mari, David Schisgall. Jesse Peretz a enrôlé Paul Rudd dans le film et a approché Anthony Bregman, un producteur avec qui il avait déjà collaboré sur le film The Ex. Our Idiot Brother, soutenu par Paul Rudd, a été un réussite surprise, rapportant 25 millions de dollars au box-office. Bregman a confié le projet à Peter Saraf et Marc Turtletaub de Big Beach Films, les producteurs de films comme Little Miss Sunshine, Safety Not Guaranteed et The Farewell. À partir de là, le projet s'est enchaîné à une vitesse incroyable. En quelques mois, le film tournait à New York; moins d'un an après que le scénario soit allé à Big Beach, le film a été assemblé. Our Idiot Brother a été affiché en première au Festival du film de Sundance en janvier 2011 avant sa sortie en salles en août. Contre un budget estimé à 5 millions de dollars, le film dirigé par Paul Rudd a rapporté 25 millions de dollars au box-office. Notre frère idiot Les critiques étaient divisées sur le film; d'une part, les performances ont été célébrées, en particulier celle de Paul Rudd. Cela dit, le scénario du film a été largement décrié pour un rythme inégal qui entravait le potentiel de sa prémisse. Malgré les critiques, le charme général du film et sa distribution ont conquis de nombreux spectateurs. Notre Idiot Brother est venu dans une série de comédies de Paul Rudd représentant un type de film rare à trouver. Il

a poursuivi son travail dans des films à budget principalement moyen comme This is 40 et They Came Together jusqu'en 2015, date à laquelle il est devenu un super-héros. Aujourd'hui, Paul Rudd est surtout connu sous le nom d'Ant-Man dans le MCU, mais il trouve toujours le temps de jouer dans des films à petit budget. Paul Rudd est devenu un nom massif grâce à son rôle dans Marvel en tant qu'Ant-Man et est resté un incontournable du MCU depuis. Il trouve encore du temps pour des petits films et des apparitions à la télévision. Pourtant, le Paul Rudd des huit dernières années a été largement caractérisé par des blockbusters comme Avengers : Endgame, Ghostbusters : Afterlife et Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Mutant Mayhem. Peu d'acteurs ont atteint les sommets de Paul Rudd sans provoquer de controverse ou de scandale, mais Rudd reste un Hollywood A-lister tout à fait sympathique et charmant. Il a eu des ratés dans sa carrière, mais même ses pires films sont regardables avec lui au premier plan. Notre Idiot Brother est un incontournable de Paul Rudd, et ce film unique et édifiant est désormais diffusé sur Peacock.

What I’m watching (2018 Edition) / Our Idiot Brother (2011)

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MORAL HAZARD | The New York State Law Journal on Human Rights: Jane Doe v Prudential (Alicia Keyes: Songs of Jane Doe)

Revelation 14_4: I am APOLITICAL:. a 51 year old virgin, not in any particular rush to have children I do not have the means to care for, support and raise, since I have failed to either find gainful employment or raise capital to launch my startup company in the past 21 years. Former biotechnology analyst on Wall street, speacialing in men’s health, infectious disease and oncology. I planned a startup technology company called the Accelerated Sciences Corportation Group, and my foundation, A Charitable Lead Trust called The Motorious Foundation, an offshore Holding Company containing both the issued patent: System and Method Of Mass Customizaing Multi-Component Articles, assigned to Motorious Inc (A Delaware Corporation) in which I reported $11,000.00 in Income to the IRS: Lucy Ostrofsky, In House Accountant (recommended by Kevin Kinsella) in 2001, along with K1 Partnership Filing for JW Genesis Charles Member 4 (1998, which arrived 3 years later, sans my cash account, options, warrants and private equity shares at Jeffries Inc. with $0.02 to my name, and a polite letter from The State of California Franchise Board that I “no longer had the right to use the name motorious”. I half heartedly filed an injunction at the US PTO in 2008 (cease and desist order to the two issued Trademark Applications), which I could give a flying fuck about now because I’m retired.

I have been the victim of several hate crimes, including having had my nose fractured and jaw discloated, grazed in the kneecap by a rooftop sniper, several traumatic head injuries (one on the subway requiring six stiches), and being shot close range in the forehead by a .22 caliber bullet. A cancer survivor (with an inoperable arachnoid cyst), makes head injuries particularly dangerous. In each of these cases, I forgot to fight back. I suffered hardship for over 6 months at the hands of the Social Security System, whose only job is deliver my only means of income, have had my medical records doctored and have been denied access to treatment for HIV, which i was told 5 years after I developed my first lesions, that I have Kaposis Sarcoma. The last time I heard of that illness, was in 1983 reported in the New York Times about a dozen cases of “Gay Cancer” in New York City, which no one (apparently) yet knew the cause, but were CERTAIN it would not spread to heterosexual populations. The only disease in which there is MANDATAORY DISCLOSURE to the Federal Government, more reminiscent of a tracking study in the vein of the Tuskeegee Airmen Syphillis Study, where Minority Soldiers were inocculated with Syphillis and then were left untreated to allow them to document the course of the disease, when effective therapies existed.

Then somehow, people who don’t even have the disease can get an insurnce company to cover PrEP, when I was effectively blocked from getting medication, as my insurance CO PAYS exceeded my monthly income. I was denied ADAP Insurance, because my address, 560 W184th Street “could not be verified”, other than an existing police report about repeated threats from residents of that Housing Unit, including the director, that I was going to be the victim of a Hate Crime: Placement by Mr. Cole of NYC HRA, while Frank McCoy, had no idea where I was, and found it funny that he could never remember or pronounce my last name, despite the fact that one of the caseworkers at HASA[1] who worked at that center shares the same last name as my Father, who claims that the Nigerian Politician who also shares that name (with his brother), like Wale Fayemi of Total, have no blood relationship with him[2]

Footnotes:

[1] Fair Hearing 1 | Charles Branham, Esq

[2] Judge Joseph P. Hurley, 333 Adams Street, Brooklyn New York | SUBPOENA For Questioning: Alfred O. Fayemi, Philip Russell Munger, Daniel Kammen and David Schisgall | Re: Letters of Recommendation to Social Security Disability in support of my application for RETIREMENT BENEFITS: Lump Sum Payement ($105,000). Especially as those of us who have the virus are ineligible for LIFE INSURANCE, I suppose you’re gonna tell me that I cannot retire from work.

Happy international siblings day film fans❣️ 🍿📽 🎞

In honor of our real-life siblings, I share with you the first 10 movie siblings to come to my mind 😆

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Siblings: Baby Jane Hudson & Blanche Hudson Starring: Bette Davis & Joan Crawford Directed by Robert Aldrich Written by Lukas Heller Based on the novel by Henry Farrell

Hannah and Her Sisters

Siblings: Hannah, Lee & Holly Starring: Mia Farrow, Barbra Hersey & Diane Wiest Written & Directed by: Woody Allen

Star Wars lV: A New Hope

Siblings: Leia & Luke Skywalker Starring: Carrie Fisher & Mark Hamill Written & Directed by George Lucas

Parent Trap

Siblings: Hallie Parker & Annie James Starring: Lindsay Lohan Written by Nancy Meyers, David Swift & Charles Shyer Based on a book by: Erich Kästner Directed by: Nancy Meyers

A Tale of Two Sisters

Siblings: Su-mi & Su-yeon Starring: Im Soo-jung & Moon Geun-young Written & Directed by Kim Jee-woon

Brothers

Siblings: Tommy Cahill & Capt. Sam Cahill Written by David Benioff Based on the film ‘Brødre’ written by Susanne Bier & Anders Thomas Jenson Directed by Jim Sheridan

Our Idiot Brother

Siblings: Ned, Liz, Miranda & Natalie Starring: Paul Rudd, Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks & Zooey Deschanel Written by Jesse Peretz, Evgenia Peretz & David Schisgall Directed by Jesse Peretz

Don Jon

Siblings: Jon & Monica Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Brie Larson Written & Directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Siblings: Katniss & Primrose Everdeen Starring: Jennifer Lawrence & Willow Shields Written by Simon Beaufoy & Michael Arndt Directed by Francis Lawrence Based on the book by Suzanne Collins

The Skeleton Twins

Siblings: Maggie & Milo Deen Starring: Kristen Wiig & Bill Hader Directed by Craig Johnson Written by Craig Johnson & Mark Heyman

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December 1938 issue

Richard Ariel, ‘The Circle of Terror” (Conway Clark), probably rewritten from the story of the same name published as by Oscar Schisgall (Clues, July 1927)

Dale DeV. Kier, “Envoys of Doom"

David Scott, “I’m Going to Die!”

George A. McDonald, “Murder Has a Reason"

Cyril Plunkett, “Death Is on the Road"

Mat Rand, “Angels Don’t Need Escorts"

Kenneth L. Sinclair, “Blood of the Tongs"

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A Tale of Two "Tootsies"

A Tale of Two “Tootsies”

I admit it, I am a fan of the original film with Dustin Hoffman and a screenplay by the great Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal (imdg). So it was with a certain amount of anxiety that I went to the musical. Knowing, however, that the music was by David Yazbek, whose fantastic score for “The Band’s Visit”

(playbill) I adored, I was hopeful.

Funny how these things turn out. The music was fine…

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Cleavon Little

Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Drama Desk and a Tony Award. In 1972, he starred as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the ABC sitcom Temperatures Rising. Two years later, Little starred in the role for which he is best known, as Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles.

In the 1980s, Little continued to appear in stage productions, films, and in guest spots on television series. In 1989, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor for his appearance on the NBC sitcom Dear John. From 1991 to 1992, he starred on the Fox sitcom True Colors.

Early life

Little was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He was the brother of singer DeEtta Little, best known for her performance of "Gonna Fly Now", the main theme to Rocky. He was raised in California, graduating in 1957 from Kearny High School and attended San Diego City College, and then San Diego State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in dramatic arts. After receiving a full scholarship to graduate school at Juilliard, he moved to New York. After completing studies at Juilliard, Little trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

Little made his professional debut in February 1967, appearing off-Broadway at the Village Gate as the Muslim Witch in the original production of Barbara Garson's MacBird. This was followed by the role of Foxtrot in the original production of Bruce Jay Friedman's long-running play Scuba Duba which premiered in October 1967.

The following year, he made his first film appearance in a small uncredited role in What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968), and his first television appearance as a guest star on two episodes of Felony Squad. A series of small roles followed in films such as John and Mary (1969) and Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970).

Little made his Broadway debut in 1969 as Lee Haines in John Sebastian and Murray Schisgal's musical Jimmy Shine with Dustin Hoffman in the title role. In 1971, he returned to Broadway to portray the title role in Ossie Davis's musical Purlie, for which he won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for best actor in a musical.

A year later, Little was hired as an ensemble player on the syndicated TV variety weekly The David Frost Revue and he portrayed Shogo in Narrow Road to the Deep North on Broadway. In 1971, Little was chosen to portray the blind radio personality Super Soul in the car-chase movie Vanishing Point. The same year, he played Hawthorne Dooley in the pilot for The Waltons called "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story", helping John-Boy Walton search for his father; then again in season four, in an episode called "The Fighter", about a prizefighter who desired to build a church and be a preacher. He also played a burglar in a 1971 episode of All in the Family titled "Edith Writes a Song".

He then starred in the ABC sitcom Temperatures Rising, which aired in three different iterations from 1972–74, with Little's character of Dr. Jerry Noland as the only common element. In 1974, he starred in the television disaster film The Day the Earth Moved, opposite Jackie Cooper and Stella Stevens. He was also cast as Sheriff Bart in the 1974 comedy film Blazing Saddles, after the studio rejected Richard Pryor, who co-wrote the script. Studio executives were apparently concerned about Pryor's reliability, given his reputation for drug use and unpredictable behavior, and thought Little would be a safer choice. This role earned him a BAFTA Award nomination as most promising newcomer.

In 1975, Little returned to Broadway to portray the role of Lewis in the original production of Murray Schisgal's All Over Town under the direction of Dustin Hoffman. The following year, he appeared as Willy Stepp in the original production of Ronald Ribman's The Poison Tree at the Ambassador Theatre. He played a supporting role to Richard Pryor in the racing movie Greased Lightning (1977), based on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing winner in America.

Later career

In the years after Blazing Saddles, Little appeared in many less successful films, such as FM (1978), Scavenger Hunt (1979), The Salamander (1981), High Risk (1981), Jimmy the Kid (1982), Surf II (1984), and Toy Soldiers (1984). He also made guest appearances on The Mod Squad, The Rookies, Police Story, The Rockford Files, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, ABC Afterschool Specials, The Fall Guy, MacGyver, The Waltons and ALF.

He co-starred opposite Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey in the 1985 horror comedy Once Bitten. He returned to the New York stage in 1981 in the Off-Broadway production The Resurrection of Lady Lester, a "poetic mood song" by OyamO, playing the legendary jazz saxophonist Lester Young. In 1985, Little returned to Broadway to appear as Midge in Herb Gardner's Tony Award-winning play I'm Not Rappaport, reuniting with Dear John star Judd Hirsch in New York and later on tour. The Broadway cast also featured Jace Alexander and Mercedes Ruehl.

In 1989 he had a role in Fletch Lives, the sequel to 1985's Fletch. The same year he appeared in the Dear John episode "Stand By Your Man", for which he won the Outstanding Guest Actor Emmy, defeating Robert Picardo, Jack Gilford, Leslie Nielsen, and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Little was slated to star in the TV series Mr. Dugan, where he was to play a black Congressman, but that series was poorly received by real black Congressmen and was canceled before making it to air. In 1991, he replaced Frankie Faison as Ronald Freeman, a black dentist married to a white housewife, on the Fox sitcom True Colors. The same year, he also had a supporting role in the television series Bagdad Cafe, appearing in 12 episodes. Later that year, he was cast as a civil-rights lawyer in the TV docudrama, Separate but Equal, starring Sidney Poitier, who portrayed the first black U. S. Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, NAACP lead attorney in the 1954 Supreme Court case desegregating public schools. He also appeared in the TV series MacGyver as Frank Colton, half of a bounty hunter brother duo.

Little's last appearance as an actor was in a guest role on a 1992 episode of the television series Tales from the Crypt entitled "This'll Kill Ya."

Death

Often afflicted by ulcers and general stomach problems throughout his life, Little died of colorectal cancer on October 22, 1992. His body was cremated and the ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

Legacy

For Little's contribution to motion pictures, he was honored with a star February 1, 1994, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star is located on the south side of Hollywood Blvd., near El Cerrito Place.

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US one sheet for THEO WHO LIVED (David Schisgall, USA, 2016) and festival poster for BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL (Takashi Miike, Japan, 2017) 

In Theo Who Lived, resiliency comes from within -- a film review

In Theo Who Lived, resiliency comes from within — a film review

  As soon as you see Theo Padnos on the big screen, he seems like a cool guy. Personable and easygoing with an unassuming personality that you can see is easy to talk to. Directed by David Schisgall, Theo Who Lived is a documentary that takes us through the journey of a survivor. It turns out Theo lived to tell about his captivity by an Al Qaeda group in Syria. Though the documentary focuses on…

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Trailer Park #91: NUTS, PETER AND THE FAR & SUPERSONIC

Der #Trailer Park #91. Diesmal mit einem Doku-Special. Mit dabei: #NUTS, PETER AND THE FAR & #SUPERSONIC.

Im heutigen Trailer Park stehen diesmal Dokumentarfilme und Dokumentationen im Vordergrund, die sonst eher zu kurz kommen. Doch genau davon gab es in den letzten Wochen einige erste Bilder, die wir euch hier vorstellen wollen. So wie in NUTS von Penny Lane zum Beispiel. Hier geht es um eine wahre Geschichte über Ziegen und Experimente. Das alles wird verpackt in eine Animations-Collage und viel…

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US one sheet for THEO WHO LIVED (David Schisgall, USA, 2016)

Designer: Brandon Schaefer

Poster source: The Playlist

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"Gerçekten."

-Our Idiot Brother

- Just because you're straight doesn't mean you're homophobic.  - I don't know, maybe I should have tried harder.

Our Idiot Brother, Jesse Peretz (2011)