Week of 9/20/04 to 9/26/04 The News and Star: In an article on traveling around London: "...But the best bit had to be the celebrity spotting – Frank Skinner on The Mall, Dutch and Fulham goalie Edwin van der Sar in the Carhartt Shop in Covent Garden with Luis Boa Morte, Clive Owen – star of the film King Arthur – in Covent Garden and Chelsea’s Arjen Robben on Oxford Street." Film Force - Interview with Melissa George (Clive's wife in Derailed). Some mention of the film. Thanks, "cinecing" Trigallia Celtic Festival in Italy has highlighted a King Arthur page. And here is a review of my KA page (Scroll to bottom of page for the Italian version): "ENGLISH TRANSLATION of the REVIEW (in Italian) -- RECOMMENDED WEBSITE: ARTHUR by CLIVE OWEN If you want to know everything about the film, the upright website is that one by Clive Owen, the actor roling the Roman Arthur. You will find a lot of thematic links, with the websites and the web pages of the main actors, the reviews, TV spots, news, interviews (not only with Owen) e the photogallery including the premiere at Dublin with the Irish VIP's and the Éireann cast and crew of the film. There are also pages about the ancient Celts, Picts and Saxons, the arthurian literature and an exclusive Historical Links section. Well done Clive/Arthur!" Thank you, Mary Tiussi, Editor in chief - CELTICA magazine [Not sure about this one!] ic Coventry: Spielberg Unveils New Project. Thanks, Jannie Thanks to Julia - The scan of Clive's article in the October GQ - Armani Man of Year - Web Page HERE In case you missed them -- Older Owen interviews thanks to Julia The article on Clive from the 9/19 NY Times Magazine "T". - Cover picture plus large versions of the inside ones HERE Week of 9/13/04 to 9/19/04 In zip form - extracts to a movie Quick Time format - the trailer for the King Arthur video game - Thanks, Steph Informit.com: How Show Business Invents (and Reinvents) Media - (BMW) Thanks, Jannie Handbag.com.: Interview with Clive - With pictures. Thanks, Julia The Daily Record: Dougray not to be 007 Scan of the cover of "T" The NY Times Men's Fashions 2004 New York Metro -- Fall 2004 Preview - Mr. Nichols and the Vicious Circle: Mike Nichols brings pretty people to ugly ends in his screen adaptation of the hit play Closer. Media Daily news: "Times' T Magazine Sees Burst in Ad Pages -- The New York Times Magazine announced Monday that its upcoming first issue of T: Men's Fashion has a total of 114 advertising pages, a 42 percent increase over its Part 2-Men's Fashions of the Times predecessor publication for the same year-ago period. The first issue of T: Men's Fashion will be published on Sunday, September 19 and will feature actor Clive Owen on the cover." The Australian: Right Bloke in Write Time -- "...Not surprisingly, Beattie is in serious demand. In the coming weeks his adaptation of the James Siegel book Derailed will begin production in London. Starring Clive Owen and Australian actor Melissa George, the film centres on how the life of an advertising executive takes an unpredictable turn when he misses his morning train to the office." The Scotsman on the Bond choice: "Ford’s personal choice would be Clive Owen. He says: "Of all of them, he’s the best screen actor. I cannot think of a more convincing British movie star. There’s a real intelligence behind his eyes and he seems to always know what the camera wants." Thanks, Jannie IGN FilmForce: Spotlight on British Gangster Films - Thanks, Jannie NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2004--The New York Times Magazine announced today that its upcoming first issue of "T: Men's Fashion" has a total of 114 advertising pages, a 42% increase over its "Part 2-Men's Fashions of the Times" predecessor publication for the same year-ago period. The first issue of "T: Men's Fashion" will be published on Sunday, September 19 and will feature actor Clive Owen on the cover. Week of 9/06/04 to 9/12/04 Sin City trailer available - Thanks, Syaz, Isobel From Dorothea: "I just read in the online edition of the Sunday Mirror (UK newspaper) that Dougray Scott is to be the new James Bond." Manohla DARGIS at the NY Times on films up coming: "No, no, well. I mean, look at "Heartburn" and "Working Girl" or "Regarding Henry" and "Primary Colors." They are what they are. They're fine. Tasteful. I have to say, though, that the trailer for "Closer" looks pretty great. It's a really hot cast: Mark Ruffalo, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts. So at the very least we'll have something to look at." (Free subscription needed. It's easy to do) Screen caps of Sin City at AICN. Clive in two of them - ONE and TWO Variety 9/9/04 0n Miramax and producer of Derailed. Thanks, Bea The Mirror: "CLIVE Owen reveals he can't wait to start filming his new movie Derailed with Jennifer Aniston... because he gets to snog her." Thanks, Steph Clive
is in this month's Movieline Magazine. Thanks, Lisa Clive is GQ's Armani Mania Man of the Year. (Scroll) Thanks, Pauline, Jannie The UK Mirror: "...But there was plenty of male eye candy in the shape of Clive Owen, Vernon Kay - whose pregnant wife Tess Daly was in a "£3 dress from Ibiza" - and our rowing Olympians. Other guests at the Royal Opera House in London included Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Sir Elton John and David Furnish, Andre 3000, Trinny and Susannah, Beverley Knight and Calum Best." - More at the BBC - Thanks, Jannie Melissa George joins the Derailed cast as Clive's wife. Thanks, Isobel Week of 8/30/04 to 9/05/04 Sign on San Diego: A good review for ISWID. Thanks, Jannie The Scotsman: Classic Cincinnati Kid holds all the aces (Gamblers on fav films - Croupier makes #17) IGN on the KA DVD. Thanks, "cinecing" Large official picture from Closer at Z Review Week of 8/23/04 to 8/29/04 Re Derailed: "Joliet Prison Stars in Another Movie" Thanks, Steph The KA DVD will be released on December, according to B&N. Thanks, SK Clive at the "Hero" premiere. Thanks, Gretchen New image from the Newsweek article, thanks to Lisa, on the Closer page IndieWire: Looks like Clive is out of Savage Grace -- "The film is about heir Brooks Baekeland (John Malkovich) and his wife, Barbara Daly (Julianne Moore), and their volatile life among the privileged classes. Their son Antony causes even more strife in the family when he grows up to be a homosexual. We won't give away the ending, but you know ANY true-crime story is going to have some bloodshed. "It's a classic Oedipal story with a shared madness," Kalin tells indieWIRE. Of Julianne Moore's character, he says, "It's a classically American story of somebody who wants something so badly that her moral universe becomes upside down." Kalin plans to tell the story in five acts, set from 1946 to 1972. "Savage Grace" will be shot in England, France, and Spain with a budget of $10-12 million in late spring 2005. (That's a step up from his $250,000 budget for "Swoon" -- another true-crime drama about 1920s murderers Leopold and Loeb.)" - Thanks, Marg The Chicago Sun Times: "As has been rumored, Jennifer Aniston will be in Chicago and Joliet (with Clive Owen) to film the new Miramax thriller "Derailed" -- a tale about how a businessman's life suddenly changes when he misses a morning train." Two Owen film mentions in Variety in an article on Miramax. Thanks, Bea E! online: Julia Taking a Time Out (Closer mentioned) Newsweek - 8/30 Issue: Coming Attractions (Closer) - A sneak peek ahead: Meet the people behind some of the fall's big offerings. First, a film whose characters destroy each other—and whose cast adores each other - Thanks, Laura Week of 8/16/04 to 8/22/04 Elitestv -- James Bond Casting Centers on: UNITED KINGDOM (August 19, 2004)- Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson have reportedly narrowed the short list of actors being considered to next play James Bond to five key contenders: Hugh Jackman (X-Men), Eric Bana (The Hulk), Rikki Lee Travolta (Camelot: Excalibur), Adrian Paul (Highlander), and Clive Owen (King Arthur). Thanks, Jannie Videoeta lists ISWID for a December 2004 release. Thanks, Ing at the forum Playbill: Closer Film Trailer with Roberts, Owen, Law, Portman Hits Movie Theatres and Web - Click here for the trailer and the official site Kansas City Star: Box office busts hail the foreign film market - By RACHEL ABRAMOWITZ Los Angeles Times. (KA mentioned) Thanks, Steph Week of 8/09/04 to 8/15/04 Wire Image pictures of Clive at the London ISWID premiere. Thanks, Steph Las Vegas Review Journal: ISWID Review. Thanks, Jannie Review of the soundtrack for KA at Music From the Movies. Thanks, Jannie Review of ISWID at the Arizona Daily Star Thanks, Mike A review of Closer at filmbrats.com by Joe Swanberg. Thanks, Amy Week of 8/02/04 to 8/08/04 Information on the soundtrack for King Arthur Three reviews for ISWID - Miami Herald -- The Palm Beach Post -- The Sun Sentinel - Thanks Jannie Another fan review from AICN - Link on the Closer pages - Thanks, Laura and OC Fan review of Closer at AICN - Thanks, BaciaDolce The AAP in an article on screenwriter Stuart Beattie: "...He recently finished the script for producer Sam Raimi's new horror film 30 Days of Night and was hired to turn James Siegel's novel Derailed into a film starring Jennifer Aniston. Derailed, a drama/thriller, begins shooting next month." From an IMdb message board for Closer. A fan saw a preview performance -- "I just got out of the very first screening of CLOSER, and all I have to say is that the film is all you'd expect it to be and then some. Almost every single scene builds to astounding crescendos. "Jude Law is good, but Clive Owen is the big scene-stealer. He steals every one he's in. The range he shows when he breaks up with Anna (Roberts' role)is amazing. Another scene he has with Portman in a strip club is just pitch perfect in the way he plays it. "This film, more than CROUPIER or the upcoming KING ARTHUR, shows that Clive is really the Next Big Thing." The On Line Film Critics Society - 100 most overlooked films of the 1990's: #63 - Croupier - Full list HERE The Oregonian -- Director is back in his hard-boiled groove: Mike Hodges talks about his new film, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead," which retains the edge of his classic from the early '70s, "Get Carter" Thanks, Jannie Week of 7/26/04 to 8/01/04 AFP London: Aussie star Bana chosen as next James Bond: report (Putting all those rumors to rest) Iccoventry.co.uk: Clive in line to be the next Bond From May 2004 at a Bond site - The Man Who Could Be Bond. Thanks, bjarne The Scotsman on the Bond situation: "Many actors have been named in connection with the role and if the film-makers want to rekindle the spark that Sir Sean Connery and Brosnan brought to it they will have to find someone special. Clive Owen seems to be at the top of many speculative lists, but this is probably enough to rule him out of the running. In his favour is his age. At 39, he has the gravitas necessary and has the right sort of swashbuckling pedigree - The Bourne Identity and King Arthur - to fit into the role well. Welshman Ioann Gruffudd is only 30 and looks even younger. He excelled as Horatio Hornblower, but Bond is a very different role - a man to Hornblower’s cabin-boy." Thanks, Jannie Dave Poland at MCN - Closer gets his nod for several Oscar nominations - Clive for best supporting. CNN: Pierce Brosnan appears to be turning in his license to kill, says Entertainment Weekly. (Thanks to all who sent this in) JoBlo has a long account of Sin City presentation at comic.con. Thanks, Jannie Trailer link and snaps from the trailer now in the Closer section ALERT for 7/27! - From shantizzay at the forum -- "Hello everyone! I have heard that Access Hollywood will be showing clips from "Closer" tonight. For me, it's at 7:30pm on my CBS affiliate, but it will probably be different for different people. However, warning: the scenes they show may only have Jude and Julia, and no Clive But if are looking forward to the movie, and not just Clive then I think it's worth your time to check it out. The movie looks great, and hopefully an actual trailer will come out soon!" (From Murph -- If anyone can do screen captures, we would appreciate it) The NY Times on Sin City and Comic-Con Dave Poland at the Hot Button: "Sin City was another prime example of Comic-Conning. The illusion that something affirmative happened at Comic-Con for this film was reported. But the truth is, the film was among the five most anticipated events at Comic-Con going in, the geeks already knew that Rodriguez and Frank Miller were in sync and that their vision would be pure, and all that could have happened by showing six minutes of footage would be to dampen spirits. It did not, which is great. But the bigger buzz comes from Rodriquez's cooler-than-thou attitude versus the tighter control of Lucas or WB on Batman Begins." Re Derailed -- Contact Music: Aniston set for the most harrowing role yet - Thanks, isbound2004 at Murph's Forum Empire on line on Sin City: "The use of shadows is masterful and, as Clive Owen confirmed exclusively to Empire last week, it’s extraordinarily faithful to Miller’s vision, retaining dialogue and plot exactly. Rodriguez talked about filling in the imagery between the panels depicted in the comic, about his ricket with the Directors’ Guild of America, and much, much more. All of which you can read about next week." Whole article HERE. Thanks, Jannie Herald Net - Living Legend. Thanks, Jannie Dark Horizons on Sin City: "The initial piece is a short vignette based on "The Customer's Always Right" and stars Josh Hartnett and Marley Shelton talking on a balcony. All of the actors in this look SO different from what we're used to seeing them it's astonishing. Hartnett in this finally showed what his Clark Kent would've been like, Clive Owen has shoulder length long hair and a barber's old fashioned razor blade, Rosario Dawson struts around in a fishnet bodysuit, Rourke sports a bandaid covered face, and a heavily made up Nick Stahl does a great Yellow Bastard." Thanks, Da Yepper Pictures of Clive in Soho (NYC) - Thanks, vsecin Week of 7/19/04 to 7/25/04 The Guardian UK: The real deal: John Patterson pledges his allegiance to Clive Owen - could he be the heir to the Brit-star throne of Caine and Connery? Thanks, Gill The Hollywood Reporter -- Miramax puts Aniston on track for 'Derailed' pic - By Liza Foreman: "Jennifer Aniston is about to get "Derailed." The actress will star opposite Clive Owen in the Miramax Films feature based on James Siegel's best-selling novel. Lorenzo di Bonaventura produces. The film will mark Academy Award winning director Mikael Hafstrom's English-language directorial debut. Based on a script by "Collateral" scribe Stuart Beattie, "Derailed" revolves around a married advertising executive whose life takes an unpredictable turn when he misses his train to work. Production is scheduled to begin in the fall in London and Chicago. Executive vp production Jon Gordon and senior vp creative affairs Jennifer Wachtell will oversee the production on behalf of Miramax. The deal was negotiated for Miramax by executive vp business affairs Steve Hutensky and senior vp business and legal affairs Barry Littman. CAA negotiated on behalf of Aniston." Thanks, Jannie, Alice and Kireipan Movie review: Owen shines in 'I'll Sleep When I'm Dead' - Jeff Strickler, Star Tribune (CA). Thanks, Jannie From Paula: "According to an item in the Chicago Tribune (July 19), Clive Owen will be in Chicago filming 'Derailed' for four weeks in September. The action will take place at Union Station." Excellent, insightful review of ISWID thanks to Mike New pics from the Tokyo Press Conference for KA. Thanks, June ET on line - Celebrities to watch: "CLIVE OWEN has been around the block more than a couple times, making his mark on British TV with his "Second Sight" series and independent film titles like 'Gosford Park,' 'Croupier' and those BMW Internet action shorts, "The Hire." But Hollywood has finally taken notice of the 39-year-old Brit and now he's on everybody's radar. This summer he's front and center as the title character of 'King Arthur' with KEIRA KNIGHTLEY. Last year he swept ANGELINA JOLIE off her feet in 'Beyond Borders,' and he's even a top contender to be the next James Bond once PIERCE BROSNAN relinquishes the throne. Next up for Clive is 'Savage Grace' with JULIANNE MOORE, based on a true, 1972 murder case, and 'Sin City,' as part of an ensemble cast that includes BRUCE WILLIS and JESSICA ALBA." Thanks, vsecin - Also, Tonight (7/21) on ET -- "'King Arthur''s hunky CLIVE OWEN and cutie RACHEL McADAMS of 'The Notebook' and 'Mean Girls' are just two of the hot up-and-coming performers to watch. Find out what other rising stars we profile!" Week of 7/12/04 to 7/18/04 We have five winners each for the two contests! I picked them by printing out and folding all the e-mails I received, and putting them in a big bowl. My grandson drew out five for each. The winners are being notified today via e-mail -- Thanks for participating! Elle Magazine - August 2004 - Thanks to Jannie For a limited time, you can listen to Clive's interview with Terry Gross HERE. Thanks, Anna V Empire on line: Sin City: "There's three books that are put together for one movie and I'm in one called The Big Fat Kill. I'm playing Dwight," said Owen. Dwight, FYI, is something of a Sin City regular, is a hard-nosed former photojournalist who, in The Big Fat Kill, he gets sucked into his old as-kicking ways when he gets involved with the Mob and an undercover cop. "Benicio Del Toro is Jackie Boy, Rosario Dawson is in it, Brittany Murphy's in it." - Thanks, Jannie Thanks to clemato, two articles - The Houston Chronicle and Biography Magazine The two poster contests - for King Arthur, and for ISWID, close tomorrow at midnight EST. Thanks to Tina, The LA Times interview from 7/04 Terry Gross - Fresh Air - Clive a guest today 7/12. The shows are archived, so you might be able to listen later. Thanks, beedee Ray Pride at MCN - (Scroll) A Hard Man is Good to Find Two thumbs up from Ebert and Roeper for ISWID and KA Week of 7/05/04 to 7/11/04 Recommended read -- The Observer UK interview: The player - "He may have the sharp-eyed ambiguity of Alain Delon, the battle-grooved face of Vinnie Jones and the calm precision of Michael Caine, but how did a working-class Coventry lad land the lead in this summer's $100m King Arthur epic? Gaby Wood hears how Clive Owen's role in a small-scale British gambling film raised his stakes in Hollywood" Thanks, Gill Finally updated the monthly calendar page Please check out the ISWID page - New updates.... Magazine Alert --- There is an article about Clive Owen in the American version of ELLE magazine with Naomi Watts on the cover (August 2004 issue). It is on pages 102-103. Thanks, "ObscureObject" Excellent audio review of ISWID at NPR by LA Times Kenneth Turan. "Clive is supposed to be on Fresh Air with Terry Gross on Monday at noon (central) on NPR (National Public Radio)". Thanks, Chris From AICN: "Quentin Tarantino was paid exactly $1 to film a scene in SIN CITY. Robert Rodriguez co-directed the rest of the Dimension Films drama with Frank Miller, who created the graphic novel series. Tarantino filmed a scene in the final segment featuring Clive Owen, Benicio Del Toro and Brittany Murphy. Tarantino had paid Rodriguez $1 to compose the score for KILL BILL VOL. 2." USA Today Interview: "...The career he admires most? "I look at someone like Johnny Depp and I think, 'That guy can go anywhere,' " he says. "He can turn up in a dress in one movie; he can be a classic leading man in another. He has kept all the options available." Owen has kept his options open as well. Besides Arthur and Closer, he's starring in I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, a small film now in theaters, which reunited him with Mike Hodges, his director on Croupier. He recently finished shooting Sin City, directed by Robert Rodriguez and based on a graphic novel; it's due next year. Next up is Derailed, a thriller set in Chicago, helmed by Swedish director Mikael Hafstrom." Thanks, Jannie From an interview at CHUD: "Q: What are you doing next? Clive: It’s a movie called Derailed, which is directed by someone called Mikael Hafstrom, Swedish director, who actually was nominated in the last Oscars for Best Foreign Film. It was this fantastic Swedish film called Evil and it’s a thriller. I’m very excited." Thanks, vsecin Excerpts from an Hello Magazine interview. Thanks, kireipan Metroactive Movies - Review of ISWID - Thanks, Jannie Vote for Clive as Hello Magazine's most attractive man of the week Interview with Clive at JoBlo.com - Thanks, Jannie Clive is twice reviewed at Ebert & Roeper this weekend - KA and ISWID. Thanks, clemato About.com: Get to Know Clive Owen. Thanks, Jannie The Chicago Sun-Times: Clive Owen to get 'Derailed' -- and end up in Chicago - Thanks, Jannie Clive will be a guest on ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday July 7. Anyone for screen caps? Thanks. The SF Chronicle on Mike Hodges: REAWAKENED CAREER GOES ON WITH 'SLEEP' His Own Dark Knight 7-5-04 -- (At Calendar Live. You need premium registration to read. Anyone have that? Thanks.) Week of 6/28/04 to 7/04/04 - Please send your mail to me at this address From Gill: "Another snippet from one of the gossip columns in the Mail last week. - Clive's new and scarily dazzling set of 'Hollywood teeth' caused some comment whilst filming. One extra apparently asked him who his dentist was and Clive got all embarrassed and self-conscious and wouldn't say." Film Stew at the LA Film Festival: "BEST SWAG, HANDS DOWN: The Da-Nang gift bags (they offered five styles and colors) at the Paramount Classics’ Black Book party at Shelter for I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, where I kept bumping into Elizabeth Carver, who turned up everywhere and who I suspect was also somehow running things behind-the-scenes. She always knew where I should be next... Appleton Rum helped sponsor. Clive Owen and the cast of Mean Creek showed up and that awesome canvas bag, that was just featured in In Touch magazine as the duffel of choice for guys like Tom Hanks, was stuffed with a Da Nang tank, a little Black Book guide to cool, L.A. hotspots, various cosmetics, and so on." Sci Fi Wire news: Owen Wraps Sin City Clive mention in this USA Today article: Separating the men from the boys Updates on the ISWID page - New review from the Washington Post The Daily Record UK: How the interviews got bent out of shape: "...Even when it was discovered that the TV service provided at the St Regis Hotel would not include coverage of the big match, that was not a problem. Disney simply got a satellite dish brought to the hotel and the game was piped into Clive Owen's room." The Houston Chronicle: "a. OH! My buddy Bruce, knowing my weak-kneed sentiments toward Clive Owen of the soon-to-open "King Arthur", left an autographed photo of Owen on my desk yesterday. I thought it was so cute that Bruce faked the autograph for me. But it's real! Clive used the word "love". I think that's pretty much a promise, don't you?" Action Blockbuster Starring Matt Damon is Reborn on All-New Must-Own DVD - 'The Bourne Identity' Explosive Extended Edition Blasts Onto DVD July 13th, 2004 From Universal Studios Home Video - Thanks, Jannie Week of 6/21/04 to 6/27/04 - Please send your mail to me at this address About.com - Action-Adventure Movies: Croupier will not be the next 007 The Sunday Herald: Rupert Everett on Bond: "What about the rumours that have included Everett – with Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and Clive Owen – in a quietly waged sweepstake to take over from Pierce Brosnan as the next Bond? “It’s my role, in my opinion,” he says, matter-of-factly. But in the next instant, he dismisses the idea. “If there’s nobody left on the planet, they’ll give it to me. Nobody in a million years would give James Bond to a homosexual actor.”" Thanks, Allison Another Giveaway!!! SPECIAL NOTICE 2
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Visit the official site. Clive, Rachel Weisz and Paul Rhys from the early 90's production of Design for Living at the Donmar from the book "Mendes at the Donmar" by Matt Wolf. Thanks, Gill The NYC Premiere for KA will be held at the Zeigfeld Theater on Monday, June 28. Most of the cast will be there, including Clive. Click HERE for complete information. Thanks, Paul From a not so great review of ISWID at NY Press - on Clive in Croupier... "Owen held it together. An up-and-coming star whose glacial machismo seemed to predate feminist thought, Owen regarded other characters (women especially) with a poker-faced fascination that hid his character's true feelings—or made you wonder if he had any. He smoked more than he talked and didn't care if anybody liked him. You liked him." Images from the LA Premiere of ISWID and from the Harry Potter premiere in London - (Wire Image) SPECIAL NOTICE -- King Arthur Poster Giveaway: Sign up to enter the drawing for a King Arthur poster! Thanks to Touchstone Pictures and this Owen site, five movie posters will be given away to five lucky people. The giveaway is open to all U.S. addresses and closes July 12, 2004 at midnight (PST). Winning entries will be chosen shortly thereafter and will be notified by email. Sign up now by sending your name, mailing address and email address to Murph. Please be sure to supply all of the information in your email. Make the subject line "KA Poster Giveaway." One entry per person. Good luck! King Arthur is released to U.S. cinemas on July 7. Visit the Official King Arthur site. Closer stage production in NZ. Thanks, Jannie
Thanks to Gill, scans of the covers for Film Review UK and Empire UK From Paul at keiraweb.com -- "European premiere of KA will be on Thursday 15th July at the Empire cinema in Leicester Square, London. Here's a map for those thinking of attending: Still no news on the US prem though." [ed note: The info I got earlier on the NYC premiere was obviously premature. Sorry!] E! on line - film openings: "...In limited release the highest per-screen average belonged to Paramount Classic's R-rated I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. The British crime caper, starring Clive Owen and directed by Mike Hodges, averaged $7,232 at just two sites to tally $14,463." 6/21/04 -- From Mike: "I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD had its first US opening in New York this weekend and business is very promising. Reviews from most of the key outlets have been very good which bodes well for this challenging, gripping film. Will be forwarding the most interesting press as it appears. ISWID opens in LA, Washington and Chicago on July 2 and will be playing in most of the key cities by the end of the summer. The UK release, which opened April 30, continues." Week of 6/14/04 to 6/20/04 - Please send your mail to me at this address 6/20 - Happy Father's Day, Clive! "I just bought "Close my eyes" on DVD and it includes a brand new interview with Clive (and interviews with the other leading actors) as an extra feature. I thought it was rather good." ...From Heidi, a devoted CO fan from Denmark Well thought out review of ISWID from Slant Magazine. Thanks, Mike From Mike: ISWID shows at the LA Film Festival Monday the 21st. Two reviews for ISWID - The NY Times (...The grim pleasures of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" — the parts that will keep you awake as you're watching and filter into dreams later on — are the things that creep in around the edges of the story: the feeling of London at night, the fog of melancholy and menace that seeps into every scene, and the wounded watchfulness of Mr. Owen's eyes as he moves toward the kill.") - and Salon. ("...He can't bring himself to go anywhere near the city, and the mere thought of doing so fills him with anxiety. Owen is a subtle, intense actor: You can't see his quaking, but you can feel it as if it were in Sensurround.") Thanks, "Kapsm@aol.com" The Late Night TV guests and schedules. Check for Knightley on Letterman 6/29 and Bruckheimer on Craig Kilborn 6/24. Thanks, June The Village Voice: You'll Sleep Through the Film: Reheated Get Carter More Lukewarm Than Cool From Marg: "Thought you might like to know about a book I picked up from Barnes and Noble. It's called King Arthur (no surprise there!) It's written by Frank Thompson and is based on the KA screen play.There are a few minor differences that I have noticed. For instance Arthur's horse is black in the book.The dialogue is a little different in parts too. Obviously the book's a major spoiler but I like to know what I'll see when the film hits the cinemas! I think Clive can pull this one off nicely." New TV commercials. Links on Arthur page Review of ISWID From Time Magazine. Link on the ISWID page Week of 6/07/04 to 6/13/04 - Please send your mail to me at this address From Paul at Keira Web: "Keira will be promoting KA on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday June 21st on NBC. It will be shown in the UK on Tuesday 22nd on FTN." Article on Mike Hodges in the NY Times for Sunday, 6/13 (ISWID opens this week in NYC) Empire Magazine now has its sneak previews of the next issue on line. Thanks, Genevieve Week of 5/31/04 to 6/06/04 From June at ioanonline: 1. "Looks like the "King Arthur" premiere is going to be held in New York on June 28th. No location given yet. Stay tuned." [ed note: still not officially confirmed] 2. Today's "Los Angeles Times", "Chicago Tribune" and some of the other major newspapers around the country have a huge free four foot fold out poster of "KA" with four different pics featured [also in the NY Times]. 3. I was just over to Borders bookstore and saw this UK magazine called "Total Film". There's a nice pic and article of Clive in it about his upcoming film "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead". It's the June issue with Brad Pitt "Troy" on the cover. At Movie Poop Shoot - A great fan review of Closer. Thanks, Mick On the Arthur page - Links to and info on the History Channel's upcoming the Quest for King Arthur (June 20) 6/4 - In the NY Times today - A beautiful LARGE special glossy color section on King Arthur. Here is a small scanned portion Motor Trend: BMW Car Hero Enters Comic Strip Film Force: The Latest Citizen of Sin City -- Rosario Dawson joins the cast. commanderbond.net: "...The June 2004 issue of Starburst goes one step further, claiming it as fact that Brosnan will be replaced for the next film, by either Hugh Jackman and Clive Owen, two men Pierce has previously revealed that the producers have spoken to about the role (despite the fact that the two of them have denied being approached)." Week of 5/24/04 to 5/30/04 Update on the Sin City news at CHUD -- (Thanks, Brian!) - "The ambitious project has now added Benicio Del Toro and supercool blackjack dealer Clive Owen to the cast," If you look at the story in full it doesn't necessarily say he is playing a black-jack dealer but more of a referencing to his part in Croupier (that Chud site's a little to stuck on itself when it comes to obscure references. Ie. Note on some of the other stories on the site, as well as making off-base comments instead of just reporting the facts.)" NEW - Scans from the June GQ Magazine - Eye candy! From Movie City News: On The Americal Idol championship show 5/26, commercials -- "The standouts, in terms of being spots that should have awareness impact were King Arthur, which pretty much unveils the campaign and the Pirates-esque line from Keira Knightley" Updates on the KA page (See the note on the spoilers at the Knightley site) Week of 5/17/04 to 5/23/04 5/21 - Clive was on Conan O'Brien last evening! Keep your eyes peeled for more appearances From CHUD -- More on Clive's role in Sin City - He will play - and this is familiar! - a blackjack dealer. Thanks, Lynn - An article also in the Toronto Sun (Thanks, vsecin) Hollywood.com - USA ... Clive Owen and Benicio Del Toro have joined the cast of Robert Rodriguez's Sin City, a screen version of the graphic novel series by Frank Miller. Financial Times - Story on Playright Patrick Marber -- "...And Mike Nichols has just completed shooting on Marber's screenplay of Closer starring Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman and Julia Roberts. So is he bowing to the cynical wisdom that theatre is for beginners but movies are the real deal?" CORRECTION! - New GQ (June issue - USA) with "Jake Gyllenhaal on the cover: Fit For A King," page 208. Smooth-as-whiskey, cold-as-crushed-ice Brit Clive Owen stars in next month's King Arthur. Check him out in summer's startlingly stylish cotton suits. Thanks, Paul Week of 5/10/04 to 5/16/04 Snaps from the official site for King Arthur (Remember that all these news bits are also on the Arthur page) Dave Poland's Hot Button on the studios' summer films: "...There is a pretty good swing between the highs and the lows of Disney's summer efforts. But the studio has managed to be consistent enough to expect the four films in the Kids and the Uniques categories to deliver at least $400 million between them. The wild card for Disney's summer is King Arthur. There seems little chance that Disney can begin to match last summer's massive success, but King Arthur is the film that will likely determine just how close they get." Access Hollywood poll on best summer movies. KA needs your vote (Scroll) - Thanks, Joanne Clive on USA TV this month - And on UK TV. Thanks, Paul Week of 5/03/04 to 5/09/04 (Don't forget to take part in Clive's forum at Murphsplace) Please support Murphsplace - Thanks! The NY Times - Terrance Rafferty on ISWID -- "...Like the implacable Carter, Will Graham is so narrowly focused on his mission that he never blinks. Literally. (Mr. Owen may be even more unnervingly cool here than he was in Mr. Hodges's 2000 sleeper "Croupier.")" Film Force: I'll Sleep Trailer -- Clive kicks butt in I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. Trailer in Quick Time HERE - Thanks, Alice Snaps from the Jonathan Ross Show thanks to 6point7 Collage snaps from the KA "Behind the Scenes Video" - Thanks to Pam at ioanonline The Independent: Dangerous dandies -- Mike Hodges' new film, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, with male rape at its centre, is strong stuff. But there's a tradition of sexual ambiguity in British crime films. Ryan Gilbey reveals all I have uploaded, thanks to Paul, the second part of the Ross interview. This section deals with King Arthur (Please right click and save to your computer to save me bandwidth. Thanks.) New poll below on Clive's new teeth More ISWID reviews from the UK thanks to Chris The Guardian: Still up to mischief -- Robert Altman's films are much beloved, but they do look like chance happenings. That's because they are, he tells Suzie Mackenzie. And the bits he likes best are the mistakes - which, at nearly 80, is pretty much his credo (Gosford Park mentions) Thanks to Gill -- Sunday Times Culture Magazine: "I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead 15, 103 mins -- From the director of Get Carter (Mike Hodges) comes another Get Carter rip-off that could have been called: Get the Nonce Who Shagged My Brother. Former hardman Will Graham (Clive Owen) has come out of the rural wilderness and back to London to find out why his brother Davey (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) committed suicide. When Will learns that Davey was raped by a man, he wants revenge. Trevor Preston’s ponderous, pretentious script is full of half-formed characters and clichés. The theme is masculinity, and guess what, ’ard geezers have a bit of a problem with gay sex — well, blow me down. Charlotte Rampling pops up for no reason at all. A pointless film that should have gone straight to video. No star - Cosmo Landesman" Video of Clive's interview with Jonathan Ross - # 1. Very large file. about 3 minutes to download with high speed. This will only be available for a few days. (Please right click and do a "save as" to your computer) There are two more to come later, all courtesy of Paul from Keira Web Empire Online Interview with Clive (ISWID) - Thanks, vsecin UK Sunday Times on King Arthur's slant on history. Thanks, Gill Week of 4/26/04 to 5/02/04 Re - "Clive will be a guest on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on Friday 30th April on BBC1 at 10.35pm." (Screen snaps coming on Monday) The Guardian - Hodges and ISWID -- The return of the outsider Page of information and links for the new TV spots for King Arthur - Thanks to Touchstone Pictures New KA movie trailer at the Touchstone site. The shorter version appeared on Friends 4/29 - Thanks, June at ioanonline.com WSRW: "Clive Owen Misses Own Premiere" (ISWID) Thanks, Alice Updates on the KA Page. Mary Selway, casting director for Gosford Park, dies. Obit from the NY Times. (free registration required. It is highly recommended to do so)"...On that occasion Mr. Altman said of Ms. Selway, "She's the person who is most responsible, other than me, for making this film happen." From Alice: "Hi All- I see there is an article on Clive in This is London, 22/4/04. I can't read it because I'm not a subscriber, and choose not to send them my credit card number for a free trial. Perhaps some one of you Clive fans across the pond are subscribers and can email the article to Murph . I know I would appreciate it!" From Dark Horizons thanks to Genevieve: "Two film updates today. First up 'Hollywood Giant' has news on additional shooting on the Jerry Bruckheimer battle epic "King Arthur" due in July: "Scenes for Jerry Bruckheimer's epic, 'King Arthur' were being reshot in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales this week. Today was the last day of filming and they reshot some of the opening title sequence. Apparently, the studio was not impressed with what they saw. These new shots included tracking a young boy on horse galloping across the mountain and various aerial shots for this. The dramatic landscape is supposed to double for Russia - despite the fact that the Arthurian legend originated around these parts. Next week they will be at Pinewood Studios". Film Force - All the latest Bond Rumors. "A scooper for Moviehole reveals, however, that "Bond Producers are holding out to see" how Clive Owen's forthcoming turn as King Arthur fares to decide whether he still has a shot at being the next 007." Thanks, Paul Cinema Confidential: Interview with Pierce Brosnan -- "Is there someone else do you think that could be the next Bond? PIERCE: Oh, there will always be someone else. If I was the fifth [Bond], there can always be a sixth. Q: Is there another actor you think they will go with? PIERCE: Yeah, I mean they’ve talked to Hugh Jackman and to Clive Owen – both actors are really fantastic and have the chops for it. I have no idea. I really don’t concern myself. I don’t lose sleep over it." Thanks, Bjarne New article - The Evening Standard. Thanks, Christine T The Seattle Times: Summer movies: Where the boys are Week of 4/19/04 to 4/25/04 Boston.com: "ON TRACK: Clive Owen will star in "Derailed," to be directed by Mikael Hafstrom, who makes his English-language debut. The film is a thriller that centers on an advertising executive whose life takes an unpredictable turn when he misses his morning train to the office. Stuart Beattie ("Collateral") adapted the screenplay from James Siegel's novel. Owen stars next in "King Arthur," opening in July, and in "Closer," scheduled for December." Thanks Paul The Guardian - Interview with Malcolm McDowell (mention of ISWID) The Yale Daily News - Summer Movies: "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" -- Director Mike Hodges and actor Clive Owen follow up the cool mix of gambling and nihilism found in 1998's "Croupier" with a gangster film set in London. Long a favorite of director Stanley Kubrick, Hodges went largely unnoticed even after the releases of his revolutionary gangster thriller "Get Carter" and the aforementioned "Croupier," although critics heralded both. This new film deals with the issues of family, revenge and the inability to escape the past; in other words it might end up being a much more interesting "Road to Perdition." If all goes according to plan, Hodges' black humor, off-kilter characters and extensive understanding of atmosphere should combine for an uncompromising movie experience. From Donna via Z Review: "Thursday 22nd April 2004: Derailed Update: Brit Clive Owen has joined Derailed for Miramax Films and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Director Mikael Hafstrom is attached to the thriller in which the life of an advertising executive takes an unpredictable turn when he misses his morning train to the office. Stuart Beattie has adapted the James Siegel book." (From Amazon ...The buzz is warranted: this story of a middle-class professional whose life goes incredibly, criminally awry is one of the most exciting thrillers in years.) Sight and Sound May 2004: Tough guys don't dream - Mike Hodges' 'I'll Sleep When I'm Dead' has a hard man out to avenge his brother's death. Its similarity to 'Get Carter' ends there, says Ryan Gilbey - "...Owen, on the other hand, renders the breaches of Will's hard-nut exterior as violations no less cataclysmic for being muted. When Will discovers from the coroner that Davey was raped, Owen offers nothing more than a slow parting of the lips and a fleeting thunderclap of incredulity. It's a fine piece of minimalist acting...," Thanks, John R There is a new official site for I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. And HERE are the pages for the film on this site. From Marg at the Clive forum: "According to Hotdog Magazine, May issue here in the U.K., ISWID is due for release on April 30th. Perhaps this points to a promotional interview rather than a Ross 'grilling' on BBC 1. But I doubt it! J.R.usually hands out the no holds barred type banter. Hope our Mr.Owen is on good form! It should be fun to watch." The UK Telegraph : Film-makers on film: Mike Hodges Week of 4/12/04 to 4/18/04 From
Paul at Keiraweb: Hi Murph, Clive will be a guest on Friday
Night With Jonathan Ross on Friday 30th April on BBC1 at
10.35pm. Will he be promoting KA already or does he have
something else to promote first? (Anyone in the UK up for screen
caps and/or a transcript? Ross is a hoot! Thanks!) New Orleans Review Journal - Video Previews: "PBS' "Mystery!" expands its video franchise with "Second Sight" (also from WGBH), in which a driven cop (Clive Owen) loses his eyesight" News is scarce for Clive at the moment. I am looking around and appreciate anything anyone can send. Meanwhile, let's see what is your favorite Clive performance. Week of 4/05/04 to 4/11/04 Zap2It: 'Ella's' Fella Suits up for 'King Arthur' - Thanks, Paul at Keira Web Canoe.com Jam: Bond News - "...Madsen said he was told that Brosnan will be replaced with an Australian, although he did not know who and could not confirm if it was Hugh Jackman, who has been touted as a possible future Bond. So has Englishman Clive Owen." Week of 3/29/04 to 4/04/04 Financial Times UK: Premiere of Starsky and Hutch -- Red Carpet Blues - "...On the night, in the undercover spirit of the original street-chasing, bonnet-thumping, TV series, the celebs turned out in leather jackets (actor Ralf Little), velvet jackets (England rugby player Matt Dawson), and black T-shirts under jackets (actor Clive Owen)." Oregon Daily Emerald (Wrong opening date, but new news on the sound track)"...and finally "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead," which stars Clive Owen and features a stunning musical performance by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass." USA Today's Oscar predictions: "Dec. 3 - Closer (Sony). Mike Nichols (news) puts his Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? experience to work with another study of entangled twosomes. Julia Roberts (news), Jude Law, Clive Owen (news), Natalie Portman (news)." A mention of Hire in a NY Times article about new Am Ex commercials with Jerry Seinfeld directed by Barry Levinson: "...Mr. Seinfeld tipped his cap to the company that is widely considered the pioneer in sponsored Internet minimovies: the BMW of North America division of BMW, which in 2001 brought out "BMW Films," a series of commercials under the umbrella title "The Hire," directed by well-known film directors. Owen sighting in Scotland (Scotsman Web Site - Free registration required to read) Week of 3/22/04 to 3/28/04 Film Stew: Croupier, Beyond Borders. "For those of you who aren’t familiar with the star of the upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer production of King Arthur (or in my case, have girlfriends who think he’s "dreamy"), Clive Owen is one damn fine actor." Thanks, Paul BMW Chairman named Cannes Advertiser of the Year: "BMW won the Titanium for creative agency Fallon Minneapolis and ZenithOptimedia's work on its innovative series of multimedia films 'The Hire'. The series of ads starred the British actor Clive Owen and were made with the involvement of people such as Hong Kong movie director John Woo, soul singer James Brown and actor Gary Oldman. Some were only screened on the internet while others were shown in cinemas as mini-features alongside the main attraction." More info added to the "Savage Grace" page Bond Poll at Access Hollywood. (Scroll) Thanks, vsecin Some quick snaps from the Beyond Borders DVD. More to come Fox News: "Angelina Jolie is beautiful. And she's a great gal to have around the United Nations. But her "Beyond Borders" (search) was beyond dreadful. It wasted one of my favorite actors -- Clive Owen. And it tried to teach us all about world hunger. I was starving for a better movie and so were most critics." The Second Sight DVD Series 1 is now available to pre-order from Amazon. Thanks, Alice Filmforce: Brosnan Talks Bond 21 (Clive mentioned) Clive's next film? (What role for Clive?) Savage Grace. Filming is scheduled to begin on July 4th, 2004 - Thanks, "Guest" at the forum -- From Variety: "'Grace'-ful return for Kalin, Killer -- Tale of the Baekeland family coming to the bigscreen, By DAVID ROONEY -- Killer Films has announced a July start for long-in-the-works socialite murder story "Savage Grace," which stars Julianne Moore and reps a return to directing after a 12-year absence for Tom Kalin, who helped put the leading Gotham indie banner on the map with "Swoon."" -- Julianne Moore, Clive Owen. - John Wells; PROD, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon; COP, Hamish McAlpine, Carole Siller; DIR, Tom Kalin; SCR, Howard Rodman; CAST, Laura Rosenthal. Swoon's Tom Kalin to return to director's chair after a 12-year absence (Advocate.com) - Beginning Page HERE Beyond Borders DVD at Amazon: "This item will be released on March 23, 2004. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives." Older Channel 4 video interview (7 minutes - Real Player) of Clive speaking about Croupier Week of 3/15/04 to 3/21/04 Jeffrey Wells at Movie Poop Shoot on Closer: Places in the Heart -- "You're going to want to see Mike Nichols' CLOSER, trust me. I know because I've finally read the play it's based upon, and because it's been made clear that the film will pretty much be the play....thank the stars." USA Today -- DVDs: Croupier (* * * 1/2) 1998, Image, unrated, $20 -- Directed by Mike Hodges (the original Get Carter) and written by Paul Mayersberg (David Bowie's The Man Who Fell to Earth), this treasure was released in 2000 in the USA and caught on purely by word of mouth, much as Memento did the next year. Lead Clive Owen, whose narration teaches us a lot about the casino business, is a dealer by night and writer by day. His other preoccupations include a pending robbery and a trio of women, one of whom (ER's Alex Kingston, very sexy here) is a customer Owen fools around with, a big casino taboo. A fine movie's sticking point is an ending that will either stimulate your mind or drive you nuts. I thought I had it figured out the first time I saw it, but on second viewing, I wasn't so sure.
The review for Beyond Borders DVD at DVD Talk: "...Owen offers a powerful, compelling performance that's the film's most impressive." Thanks Alice Week of 3/08/04 to 3 /14/04 The UK Mirror - 3 AM girls: "With Jay Kay, Clive Owen and Grace Jones on his guest list, you wouldn't think actor Billy Zane would need to pay for company at his 38th birthday bash. But he forked out for 100 models to mingle with the likes of serial ligger Calum Best and faded action hero Dolph Lundgren at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on Thursday. Billy also spent £200,000 on caviar, lobster and champagne for his party guests. Lucky he's just landed a £30million production deal, then." More gossip from the UK Mirror - Party for Starsky and Hutch in London: "Contrary to reports, the hunk stayed at the 70s-themed bash for more than two hours, with celebs including movie mogul Jerry Bruckheimer, actors Clive Owen, Ralf Little and Jeremy Edwards, TV host Richard Bacon (who wore a Starsky-style jumper) and original TV show cast members David Soul and Antonio Fargas." The Hollywood Reporter: "A Disney franchise built from Blume's books would be a solid addition after Disney's promising lineup of product for the rest of this year and into 2005. Looking at currently circulating distribution schedules (with opening dates that are always subject to change), Disney has a string of high profile projects upcoming this year...Antoine Fuqua's and producer Jerry Bruckheimer's "King Arthur" (Clive Owen, Keira Knightley), opening July 7" Ad Week: "...BMW advertising has won four gold Lions and received the first President's Titanium Lion last year for its series of BMW Internet films. Those films starred Clive Owen as a driver for hire who embarks on a series of adventures, such as meeting the devil, while driving a BMW." Box Office Prophet: "For people hoping that a gig dealing cards will lead to rumors of their being the new James Bond: Croupier (1998)" Week of 3/01/04 to 3 /07/04 Boston.com: a review of the DVD: "CROUPIER" (2000) British actor Clive Owen's name seems to crop up in casting discussions for all sorts of iconic roles, from James Bond to the Punisher. Much of the buzz stems from this twisty, oddly paced, kinda-sorta thriller, in which he plays a casino grunt angling to hold all the cards. The movie isn't as clever as it aims to be, but this is semi-intriguing viewing nevertheless. (Image, $19.99)" Clive Owen page at The Numbers Zwecker - the Chicago Sun Times: *Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen were all brought together in ''Closer'' by director Mike Nichols who actually will be in Chicago in December when his film opens. (Oscar winner Nichols returns to his Chicago comedic roots at year's-end helming the Broadway-bound Monty Python's ''Spamalot,'' scheduled to open at the Shubert Theatre on Dec. 23. If any UK fan living in London or the surrounds hears anything about location shooting for Closer, will you e-mail me? Thanks. Don't forget to vote for Clive (terrible picture!) as most attractive man of the month at Hello Magazine. He is trailing in the voting. Here is Oscar Watch's 2004 prediction chart (Closer, best picture, best director, Clive best actor) From Film Jerk -- Previews for 2004: Closer: Based on the play by Patrick Marber, "Closer" has one of the more impressive Oscar pedigrees of 2004, including five time nominated producer/director Mike Nichols (winner for "The Graduate"), producer Scott Rudin (whose films include "The Truman Show" and "The Hours"), Julia Roberts and Jude Law. Clive Owen and Natalie Portman co-star in this drama about love, passion and betrayal between two couples, which Sony currently plans to open on December 3. Additional potential nominations: Director (Nichols), Actor (Law), Actress (Roberts), Supporting Actor (Owen), Supporting Actress (Portman), Adapted Screenplay (Marber). Film Jerk previews - Other titles to watch: King Arthur: Producer Jerry Bruckheimer hopes to duplicate the success of "Pirates of the Caribbean" with this retelling of the Arthurian legend. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Clive Owen and Keira Knightley, film there are potentials nods for Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. Week of 2/23/04 to 2/29/04 From Marg: "Film 2004 previewed yet more scenes from King Arthur on Tuesday.This programme will be repeated Saturday 28th Feb at 12:45 lunch time here in Britain. I have also seen mini lobby posters up in cinemas already. Projected date for showings in the U.K. is July 20th." Clive Owen is Hello Magazine's "Most Attractive Man" for the week of Feb 24. (See list to right of screen) Monthly voting for March should begin soon. Week of 2-16/04 to 2-22/04 Thanks to a UK fan, short clips from the BAFTA ceremony - Film Editing and Sound Also, a brief glimpse of Clive in the audience (Quick Time Player needed)
Details Magazine, March 2004 - Thanks to Genevieve From Z Review -- Images of Clive and Julia Roberts filming Closer in London Thanks, Cindy 2/17/04 - Favorable mini-review for ISWID at the Oregon Film Festival ISWID is also being featured at the Birmingham (UK) Spring Festival in March Article in the UK Mirror on filming Closer, thanks to Chris More images of Clive at the BAFTAs - He presented the film editing (Lost in Translation) and Sound (Master and Commander) The full list of winners here [Hope next year he will be a nominee and winner for either Closer or King Arthur!] Week of 2-09/04 to 2-15/04
Empire on line on the BAFTAS: ‘Shifting it pre-Oscars was a very good move,’ was British actor Clive Owen’s take on the show, an opinion that was shared by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Mark Kraft interview with Mark Ryan, sword master and fight director for King Arthur - Link on the Arthur page. Second Sight 1 DVD: BBC America has it "available" but says ships in 3-6 weeks..... it's not listed on Amazon yet. Thanks, Avispa Thanks to Gill: The BAFTAs, Sunday, 2/15: Hosted by Stephen Fry, nominees confirmed to attend include: Paul Bettany, Tim Burton, Sofia Coppola, Richard Curtis, Benicio Del Toro, Holly Hunter, Peter Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jude Law, Laura Linney, Sir Ian McKellan, Anthony Minghella, Bill Nighy, Judy Parfitt, Anne Reid, Emma Thompson, Uma Thurman, Naomi Watts, Peter Webber, Tim Robbins and Renee Zellweger. Confirmed citation readers for Sunday's ceremony include: Pedro Almodovar, Lord Attenborough, Helena Bonham Carter, Billy Boyd, Mackenzie Crook, Jason Isaacs, Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Thandie Newton, Clive Owen, Joely Richardson, Miranda Richardson, Dougray Scott, Alicia Silverstone, Patrick Stewart, Jon Voight, and Olivia Williams. (As Hollywood's hottest walk London's red carpet, join BBC America for exclusive, live, commercial free coverage of The Orange British Academy Film Awards - the UK's equivalent of the U.S. Academy awards - on Sunday, February 15 at 4 pm/et, 1 pm/pt.). [Ed note: If anyone is watching and can do screen caps, we would love some of Clive! Just send them to me, Murph] **** 2/10/04 - The King Arthur web site is now on line. Official poster HERE Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere on his Oscar Prediction Balloon for 2004: BEST PICTURE: Alexander (Warner Bros.); The Aviator (Warner Bros.); Closer (Columbia); I Heart Huckabee's (Fox Searchlight); J.M. Barrie's Neverland (Miramax); Spanglish (Columbia); An Unfinished Life (Miramax); Troy (Warner Bros.); The Brothers Grimm (MGM/Dimension); Saraband (Sony Classics). (9) BEST DIRECTOR: Oliver Stone (Alexander); Martin Scorsese ( The Aviator); Mike Nichols (Closer); David O. Russell (I Heart Huckabee's); Marc Forster (J.M. Barrie's Neverland); James L. Brooks (Spanglish); Lasse Hallstrom (An Unfinished Life); Wolfgang Petersen (Troy); Terry Gilliam (The Brothers Grimm); Pedro Almodovar (Bad Behavior), Ingmar Bergman (Saraband). --- BEST ACTOR: Tom Hanks (The Terminal); Jude Law (Spanglish); Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man); Daniel Day Lewis (Rosa and the Snake); Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator); Anthony Hopkins (Proof); Morgan Freeman (Freedomland); Clive Owen (Closer); Liam Neeson (Kinsey). AICN: Quint (at the Santa Barbara Festival) reviews BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS! I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD! Diane Lane and The Dude? Week of 2-02/04 to 2-08/04 Variety on the DGA Wards 2/7: "...The ceremonies, emceed for the 19th straight year by Carl Reiner, also featured recognition of Mike Nichols for the DGA's Lifetime Achievement Award along with a win for his direction of HBO's TV movie "Angels in America." Nichols, who was in London shooting "Closer," sent videotaped greetings that evoked laughs when he closed by saying, "The only thing is -- Lifetime Achievement -- I hope I get to do a few more." Thanks, Bea Salon.com archives - An interview in 2000 with Mike Hodges re Croupier: "...Paul put Clive's apartment on the first floor. I said he's got to be in the basement, and the casino has got to be in the basement, so you never see any natural lights at all. Even when he's typing in front of the window, and it's raining, you never see the sky. And when you see him watching the guests play a tennis match at his publisher's country house, it's at night. So at the end, when he takes the grills off his basement windows I want you to think that no matter where he's ended up, he was emotionally in jail and now he's freed. Even in this devastating final spectacle of him officiating over people losing at the casino -- it's devastating, but he's laughing at it. The interesting thing about watching "Croupier" with audiences was that when I saw it with an American audience, they loved the idea of someone enjoying watching people lose. They found it terribly funny." UGO interview with Clive during Beyond Borders. Hear
Clive's father Jess sing "Sedona Seranade. Scroll. ( From
the bio page -- His The Hollywood Reporter on why the Cold Mountain stars did not travel to the Berlinale Festival: "He said Law and Zellweger are shooting movies in London, and Kidman had returned to Australia because of a "family situation." Weinstein said he had offered to buy out the production of "Closer," which Law is shooting, in order to secure the actor's presence in Berlin. "You know my reputation," Weinstein joked. "If I couldn't get them out (to Berlin), nobody could."
Thanks to Bea -- Variety: Getting 'Closer' - Oscar nomination day found Jude Law fresh from the Golden Globes ceremony not 48 hours before and back at north London's Elstree on the set of the movie version of Patrick Marber's play "Closer." Director Mike Nichols' latest film -- currently on a nine-week shoot through March 10 -- has to rank as the most eagerly awaited stage-to-screen transplant since, well, Nichols' "Angels in America." So, while keen to discuss Oscar's snubs of "Cold Mountain" -- "If (fellow nominee) Renee (Zellweger) and I are the last few standing" to rep the film at the Academy Awards, said Law, "so be it: we will carry that flag proudly" -- the actor took a minute to look forward as well as back. After all, it's not every day that you inherit a stage role for a film when the creator of that part is in the same film, playing someone else. That's the case with "Closer," which finds Law playing Dan, while the National Theater's original Dan, Clive Owen, has moved up to the bruising part of Larry, first taken by Ciaran Hinds. Law sounds in no way fazed by the scenario: "There's such a sense of Everyman in all these roles that Clive passing through Dan and getting to Larry seems like a natural evolution: These are men in different stages of their lives." What's more, deadpans Law, "I look at myself in the mirror and feel like I look like Clive did then, anyway." Auds can decide for themselves when "Closer" comes out at the end of the year, in time for next year's Oscar race. (Incidentally, anyone wondering whether "Closer's" distaff leads, Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman, play British in the movie, in keeping with Marber's play: Nope.) Week of 1-26/04 to 2-01/04 Playbill: STAGE TO SCREEN: Looking Ahead — "Phantom," "Proof" and "Closer" - Thanks, Alice Empire on line poll: "It's a brand new year with a brand new slate of films. Which do you think will rule 2004 now that The Lord of the Rings is behind us?" Thanks, June Don't forget to keep checking the King Arthur pages. News updates will be happening more often now. Pictures of Lancelot/Gruffudd at Z Review King Arthur: 'Wide' release: July 7, 2004 Australia: August 5, 2004 Japan: July 2004 (possibly the 7th, as part of the wide release) (Thanks, Ioanonline) Week of 1-18/04 to 1-25/04 Ray Price at Movie City News on ISWID: "Clive Owen holds the screen like Sean Connery and Cary Grant combined." Stella's report on the ISWID (BBC) [not flattering] "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" Sundance page is updated BBC - Sundance - Stella's Top Ten picks to see: "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Mike Hodges directs the (still) up-and-coming Clive Owen in a story of a London gangster who comes out of hiding to investigate the death of his brother. Get Carter 2?" From BBC Films - Special section on Sundance -- "..Over the coming days, Stella's going to be interviewing the likes of Trauma director Marc Evans and the film's star, Mena Suvari; I'll Sleep When I'm Dead director Mike Hodges; and That Touch Of Pink star Jimi Mistry. Got a question for any of them? Why not email Stella here, and she'll ask it on your behalf. Week of 1-12/04 to 1-18/04 Thanks to June at ioanonline, the image and text from EW Magazine HERE King Arthur mentioned in Variety 1/18. Thanks, Bea New info on the Arthur Page Thanks to Diamonds Beyond Borders DVD Release date at Amazon - March 23 2004. Thanks, Hiroko U Week of 1-05/04 to 1-11/04 BMW's "The Hire" to become a comic book? Scroll to "NOT WORK FOR 'HIRE'" Thanks, Bjarne - Update - That page is now in the archive. Click here and scroll down for the story and some pictures. Information and a cover picture for Beyond Borders at DVDAnswers.com (Coming in March) . thanks to Hiroko U. Hello Magazine - Best guy for Nichole - Launcelot beats King Arther -- "...And his fellow Englishman Clive Owen came last with just eight per cent, despite winning Angelina Jolie's heart in the movie Beyond Borders." Second Sight 1 is now available at Video Collection in VHS. SS2 has been available in both VHS and DVD for some time. Also can be bought at Amazon In this King Arthur, Clive gets the girl! - Ioan Gruffudd "gutted" over lack of love scenes in new film -- An interview with Ioan Gruffudd on BBC Radio Cymru. Thanks, Gill AFP Entertainment: Directors Guild of America to honor Mike Nichols (Feb.7 ) Maybe Clive will be there? Week of 12-29/03 to 1-04/04 - Happy New Year! The NJ Star- Ledger: Coming Attractions - "Clive Owen riding out as a knight to remember in the heroic "King Arthur" (July)" 1/4 - Variety Filming schedule 2004 -- CLOSER: Julia Roberts (news), Jude Law (news), Natalie Portman (news), Clive Owen (news) PROD, Scott Rudin, Robert Fox; DIR, Mike Nichols (news); SCR, Patrick Marber; DISTRIB, Sony. Columbia. 1/04, U.K. Canada.com: Reeling in the new year -- IF IT'S ANCIENT HISTORY, THE RIGHTS TO THE STORY ARE FREE Four years after Gladiator, the big budget swords-and-sandals epic is back in a big way with Colin Farrell playing Alexander the Great and Brad Pitt as Achilles in Troy. In a slightly more recent story, Clive Owen is crowned King Arthur. The Malaysian Star: Expected to be a more realistic portrayal of the legend, King Arthur will focus on the history and politics of the period during which Arthur ruled, circa 450 AD when the Roman Empire collapsed and territorial battles followed. Gosford Park’s Clive Owen plays Arthur while Keira Knightley gets upgraded from queen's decoy (in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace) to Queen Guinevere. Sure Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table will be there but forget about all that mystical mumbo-jumbo usually focused on in past King Arthur films. This one promises to be “an immortal story of love, honour, brotherhood, treachery and death associated with the legend of King Arthur.” Let’s just hope it’s not another First Knight. The Chicago Sun Times: Ready for their closeups -- "...Lest we forget, Clive Owen finally gets to rule in "King Arthur." He has also been tapped by Mike Nichols to star in "The Closer."" Harry at AICN on movies he is looking forward to in 2004: CLOSER: The next flick by Mike Nichols and starring Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts. I don't really know much more than that, but damn if that cast and this director don't get me curious! And...KING ARTHUR: Trailer for this makes FIRST KNIGHT and DRAGONHEART seem ok. Jeffrey Wells on Sundance: "...Mike Hodges' I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD is a solemn, meditative crime film (comparisons to CROUPIER and GET CARTER are not the point) about solitude and revenge." Week of 12-22 to 12-28 - Happy Holidays to all USA Today - Beyond boring: The worst movies of 2003 (Ouch!) Several formats for the teaser trailer and some on the set videos at Movie Box. Thanks, Karola Empire on line on the KA trailer (Don't forget to check the King Arthur pages on site.) 12/23/03 - The King Arthur Trailer is on line. Thanks, veebs Week of 12-15 to 12-21: The Sundance Festival 2004 filming schedule Thanks to Chris T, Getty and Wire images of Clive at Elaine's Hello Magazine Poll: Who is the best match for Nicole Kidman? (On right side of page. If it does not appear, click on "Actors and Actresses" and that should take you to the page with the poll) Thanks, Chris T FOXnews.com: "...Meanwhile, over at Elaine's, the A-list turned out for Robert Altman's new film, "The Company." This is a charming and beautifully realized movie about a ballet company starring Neve Campbell ("Party of Five"). Jennifer Jason Leigh's writer-mom Barbara Turner, wrote the screenplay. Altman and his wife Kathryn spent the night accepting kudos from the likes of three actors who've worked for him in the past Richard Gere ("Dr. T & the Women"), Tim Robbins ("The Player," "Prêt-à-Porter"), and Clive Owen ("Gosford Park"). Director James Toback, "Conan O'Brien" producer Jeff Ross, famed actor Tony Roberts, and writer Gay Talese were among those crushed into Elaine's like sardines and enjoying every bit of it." Moviecrazed on the Sundance Festival: I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD: Clive Owen, Charlotte Rampling, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malcolm McDowell, Jamie Foreman, Ken Scott, Sylvia Syms (Directed by Mike Hodges; Paramount Classics) A gangster gone straight returns to the scene of his criminal past in an effort to track down the scoundrel who raped and then murdered his kid brother. Written by Trevor Preston, this noir thriller reunites Mike Hodges and Clive Owen, the director and star of the nifty "Croupier." Opens 6/11 Week of 12-8 to 12-14: Guardian UK: "...and only one other movie this year has demanded I see it even twice. This was Mike Hodges' I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, proof positive that older film-makers should be given all the money and permitted to make exactly what they like until the day they drop. It's not even out yet, and it's already the film of 2004, a movie in which the story coalesces from disparate fragments, with no trace of the coercive, fraudulent narrative devices that undermine most movies. Why Clive Owen bothers with tosh like Beyond Borders is beyond me: he should stick with Hodges, and just be Lino Ventura or Alain Delon to his Jean-Pierre Melville." Fox Life on the Mona Lisa Smile Premiere: "...Who was missing? "Clive Owen said he'd be here," a disappointed Roberts said of the co-star of her next film, "Closer." Clive at the NYC premiere of Cold Mountain - 12/9 (Probably in NYC for "Closer" pre-production) Friedman at Fox News: "...The special guest star of the evening was Clive Owen, the British star of "Beyond Borders" and those BMW mini-films. He's about to start shooting Mike Nichols' film version of "Closer" with Law and Julia Roberts." Week of 12-1 to 12-7: The Washington Post on Mike Nichols: "There is no aspect of making a movie that I don't love," Nichols says. "Right away, I loved the actors, the process, the rehearsals." He is shooting yet another next month, a film version of the Patrick Marber play "Closer," with another glittering cast: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman. Channel 4 UK on Keira Knightley: She notes, "It was me and my pirate boys on Pirates of the Caribbean and now it's me and my boys in King Arthur... only they're wearing leather this time, so it's absolutely divine! It's eye candy for me, so it's just lovely" From Cheryl: "saw a promo for tonight's [Thursday Dec. 4] Access Hollywood! program. The teaser said something along the lines of ".... on location with Hollywood's newest female warrior" and showed footage of Keira Knightley. Like she needs anymore publicity. But you never know, they might show a wee glimpse of Clive!" ISWID in the Sundance Film Festival - Click here for the festival's offerings. ISWID is under the World Cinema category. If any Utah fan is going to the festival we would love a report. Send an e-mail and vote for Clive as a choice as "London Personality of the Year" at This Is London/The Evening Standard Japanese Article on BB. Thanks, Hiroko Box office Prophets on Clive/Bond Week of 11-24 to 11-30:
Channel 4.com: Clive Owen: I'm not the next Bond David Mamet in a comments column in the UK Guardian (Nice ISWID mention): "Clive Owen would make a great James Bond. In I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, he is, essentially, playing James Bond - the enigmatic impersonation of restraint." From an article in Backstage on Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, the director of 21 Grams: "He followed up his strong debut with two award-winning shorts: one for BMW called Powder Keg, starring Clive Owen and Stellan Skarsgard..." ISWID opening now pushed back to June 11, 2004 - per Coming Soon.net Week of 11-17 to 11-23: From Cindy -- King Arthur release date has been brought forward to July 7, 2004. Per Greg's Yahoo Movies (Lot's of Clive doing the publicity circuit next June!) The UK Guardian - Beyond Borders will not be shown in the UK. Thanks, Cheryl T The Scottish Daily Record: The movie that gave me my son. Thanks, Cheryl T The Sun Sentinel: Owen's big on BMWs (Scroll) Week of 11-10 to 11-16: 11/15/03 -- Show Biz Ireland - Bruckheimer Wraps up King Arthur Mention of ISWID in a Variety article. Thanks to Bea Clive's page at Rotten Tomatoes The Age.au: Agencies gun for Jolie film More trouble for Beyond Borders -- Relief Agencies Condemn New Film on Aid Workers. Thanks, Alice T Week of 11-3 to 11-9: The NY Times 11/09/03 - Elvis
Mitchell on the next Bond: "...Clive
Owen, whose brooding élan would have made him a prime contender,
seems out of the running — which is too bad, since his fluid
sensitivity and slender-lipped magnetism supply their own intrigue.
(He shouldn't be disappointed — the collection of "Hire" shorts
he stars in for BMW are far more comprehensible than the last few
Bonds anyway.)" IMDb page for Beyond Borders has comments from viewers, and some good images. Thanks, Alice New Yorker review of Beyond Borders: (Scroll) "Tall and dark, Owen has an intimidating, slightly hostile presence..." People Magazine article updated - with image Ouch department: E! on line -- "Paramount's Beyond Borders, which hadn't even managed to open in the top 10, went completely south. Falling 50 percent in its second week, the aid worker romance, starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen, could only pull in a screen average of $578 at 1,796 sites. With theaters quiet as a tomb the two week haul for the super bomb is just $3.8 million." Week of 10-27 to 11/2: The Paramount site has ISWID listed now as spring 2004. Thanks, Alice C Article in this week's People Magazine - Thanks to Chattles The Las Vegas Mercury - Beyond Borders: 3 stars (R, 127 min.) Not even Angelina Jolie's lips can eclipse the dark, despairing tone of GoldenEye director Martin Campbell's ambitious romantic epic about an American socialite who falls for an English relief worker (blisteringly sexy Clive Owen, a cross between James Bond and Doctor Zhivago). The 007 locations and Lara Croft heroics sit uneasily alongside the film's socially significant didacticism, and Caspian Tredwell-Owen's angry, intelligent script raises big, troubling issues that feel out of place in a major motion picture.--AA Related: Keira Knightley stars in Doctor Zhivago on USA PBS TV Sunday, November2 Channel 4 UK: Moore's son slams Bond contenders - "The 37-year-old is equally dismissive of British choice CLIVE OWEN. He snipes, "He'd be a Bond in the TIMOTHY DALTON mould." [ed note: nothing wrong with that!] Thanks, lindak at Drool Montreal Gazette: Going Beyond Borders left its makers reeling -- Refugee plight 'emotionally shocking'. Shooting in a Baie St. Paul deep freeze was no picnic either, director Campbell says Z Review has some new pictures from BB - Scroll down Thanks to Cheryl and Writers Act - From the IMdb News: "Australian actor Hugh Jackman is the new favorite to take over from Pierce Brosnan as the next James Bond. Brosnan plans to hang up the superspy's famous tuxedo when filming concludes on the next installment in the series - and X-Men star Jackman is thought to be top of the list of potential replacements. A source at 007 movie makers Eon says, "A lost of possible successors has been drawn up, and Hugh is at the top. He's got everything the producers are looking for - dark good looks, an athletic build, a sense of humor and box-office clout. At 35, he is also the right age." British actors Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Jeremy Northam and Paul Bettany have all been put in the frame - but they have now reportedly been eliminated. The source explains, "Owen lacks the necessary lightness of touch to make Bond a box-office success." The Hollywood Reporter: "...the weekend's only new wide release was Paramount's "Beyond Borders." The romantic drama starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen debuted a distant 11th with an estimated $2 million.' |
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