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Movie Quote of the Day – Chicago, 2002 (dir. Rob Marshall)

Posted by Marya E. Gates

Roxie Hart: What do you want?
Amos Hart: I want you to come home. You said you still wanted to. And the baby.
Roxie Hart: Baby? What baby? [beat] Oh , Jesus. What do you take me for? There ain’t no baby.
Amos Hart: There ain’t no baby?
[beat]
Roxie Hart: They didn’t even want my picture. I can’t understand that. Why didn’t they even want my picture?

Posted in Movie Quote of the Day

Tags: 2002, Bill Condon, Bob Fosse, Chicago, Fred Ebb, John C. Reilly, Maurine Dallas Watkins, Renée Zellweger, Rob Marshall

Miramax Offices Close – The End of An Era

Posted by Marya E. Gates

I hear on the grapevine though that the Weinsteins, who were bought out of Miramax years ago and started their own company – The Weinstein Company, are still trying to get the name back. I hope they do.

All through the 90s and early 00s Miramax, under the Weinsteins, pretty much dominated the Academy Awards.

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Posted in the Academy Awards

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Tags: Adventureland, Amélie, Anna Paquin, Anthony Minghella, Ben Affleck, Bridget Jones's Diary, Bullets Over Broadway, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago, Chocolat, Cinderella Man, Cold Mountain, Doubt, Emma, Enchanted April, Finding Neverland, Gangs of New York, Gone Baby Gone, Good Will Hunting, Gwyneth Paltrow, Il Postino, Iris, Jackie Brown, Joel and Ethan Coen, Life Is Beautiful, Malèna, Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World, Matt Damon, Mighty Aphrodite, Miramax, Music of the Heart, My Left Foot, Nicole Kidman, No Country For Old Men, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Restoration, Roberto Benigni, Shakespeare in Love, The Aviator, The Cider House Rules, The Crying Game, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The English Patient, The Hours, The Piano, The Queen, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Weinstein Company, The Weinsteins, The Wings of the Dove, There Will Be Blood, Trainspotting, Velvet Goldmine, Venus

For Your Consideration – The Hangover

Posted by Marya E. Gates

I had this thought that perhaps The Hangover should win Best Picture at the Oscars this year.

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Posted in FYC, the Academy Awards

Tags: As Good As It Gets, BAFTAs, Best Picture, Chicago, Four Wedding and a Funeral, FYC, Jerry Maguire, Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, Moulin Rouge!, Old School, the Academy Awards, The Full Monty, The Hangover, The Oscars, Todd Phillips, WGA