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Thursdays remain an important part in our week, as a new episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is airing tonight at 10:30 pm. But on a sadder note, Budd Schulberg is dead at 95; on a happier note, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra continues to plummet on the Tomatometer as those nasty "critics" see it and Steven Spielberg's Harvey will just have to imagine Tom Hanks is in it. Let's go!
Budd Schulberg, screenwriter for On The Waterfront and author of What Makes Sammy Run? has died. [Current]
Variety has an Aussie review G.I. Joe to get around Paramount's whole "good reviews=screenings" policy. And trashed it. [Variety]
Tom Hanks won't be jumping on Harvey, but possibly Will Smith? Wells' advice: Don't. [HE]
Jodelle Ferland, creepy little girl of Silent Hill, is now a creepy little vampire in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Yay, typecasting! [Current]
The case for Robert Rodriguez' (and oddly, co-director Ethan Maniquis) Machete has arrived. Yay... [EW]
OMFG TWITTER GOT DDOSED EVERYONE FUCKING RUN FOR THE HILLS DOGS ARE MARRYING CATS [DHD]
Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio are both producing with "eyes" to direct/star in an adaptation of Brave New World. [THR]
And finally, the U.S. trailer for Ong Bak 2, which has been on DVD for nearly six months. [Twitch Film]
Also, going to the bathroom at Comic Con. Tee hee!
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I once talked to Budd Schulberg, who died yesterday, on the phone; a mutual friend put us in touch in the Fall of 2003 – I was eager to put on an event to mark the 50th anniversary of ‘On the Waterfront’, and, innocent/enthusiastic/grasping and annoying film fan that I was, figured I should just call up the screenwriter and see if he wanted to come to a poetry club on Bleecker Street to talk about it while we showed clips. He was 90 years old by the time I called – and if he had felt significantly older by the time the call was over, I couldn’t blame him. Grace and conciseness don’t always come easy to me. It’s even harder than usual when I’m talking to someone whose identity – although he was just an ordinary guy (and Schulberg would have been at pains to remind people of that fact) – had become mutated and mingled with my memories and experience by virtue of having written a myth that had gotten under my skin. ‘I coulda been a contender’ is, of course, now a cliche – but that’s not Schulberg’s fault: someone had to write it down first, someone had to create it.
Now, who knows what kind of man was Budd Schulberg? Click the link above for some thoughts on the matter.I once talked to Budd Schulberg, who died yesterday, on the phone; a mutual friend put... more
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The scathing look at the film industry drew the Hollywood establishment's anger. The writer, who named names before the House Un-American Activities Committee, won an Oscar for 'On the Waterfront.'The scathing look at the film industry drew the Hollywood establishment's anger.... more
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Budd Schulberg, the son of a studio boss who wrote a novel that defined the Hollywood hustle and later proved himself a player with the Oscar-winning screenplay for the Marlon Brando classic ``On the Waterfront,'' died Wednesday at age 95.Budd Schulberg, the son of a studio boss who wrote a novel that defined the Hollywood... more
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