Two Jw Co-stars For The Price Of One

I have never heard of this movie. Looking for this information, I had to go into other sources, too many to mention. I have found that it was released on 19 May, 2003 at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

In the states 29 August, 2003 in the Telluride Film Festival, and 3 October, 2003 in the New York Film Festival. It is suppose to be in limited release 26 March, 2004 in the states.

Plot of the story.
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Set in an American Town in the Rocky Mountains in the 1930s. Lars von Trier re-explores the concept of goodness, but this in an idiom very different from that of his Gold Heart Trilogy (Breaking the Waves, The idiots and Dancer in the Dark). DOGVILLE is shot exclusively in studio with a minimum of props once again allowing the actors' maximum freedom and full exposure inspired by televised theatre of the 70s. In DOGVILLE Trier works extensively with light, sound, score and music to obtain and heighten dramatic atmosphere.

The beautiful fugitive, Grace (Nicole Kidman), arrives in the isolated township of Dogville on the run from a team of gangsters. With some encouragement from Tom (Paul Bettany), the self-appointed town spokesman, the little community agrees to hide her and in return, Grace agrees to work for them. However, when a search sets in, the people of Dogville demand a better deal in exchange for the risk of harbouring poor Grace and she learns the hard way that in this town, goodness is relative. But Grace has a secret and it is a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever began to bare its teeth...

Looks pretty interesting to me. No release date for DVD at this time.

Cheers, Hondo B)

Amelie is out on DVD here. I haven't seen it and not too much publicity that I heard of. Anyway, I don't know what this movie has in the features, or if it is dubbed in english or subtitled. I'll have to go and see it. I don't think it was on the movie screens here in the states, but I'm not sure about that.

Cheers, Hondo B)

Hello all I found this an interesting read.

Speaking of Bacall, below is an excerpt of her speaking about Duke and his last film "Shootist". I remember a little squabble not too long ago where Bacall was asked by a reporter what it was like to work with a "legend" like Kidman. Hmmmm, married to Bogie and Jason Robards, and throw in the affair Sinatra, and of course working with every true screen legend, I would think the reporter had lost their mind. Hope you enjoy the excerpt.
Bo

KING: Whoo. Down the drain went Humphrey and all of the audience. Now, discuss -- I remember a memorable film you did, because it was John Wayne's last, "The Shootist."

BACALL: I love that movie.

KING: He knew he was dying, is that correct?

BACALL: He did know. He knew.

KING: And he played a dying character.

BACALL: And he played a man who was dying of cancer and he was dying of cancer. He was amazing all through that shoot. He never complained. And he was not in good shape. And he was terrific.

And he and I always got along extremely well. We never discussed politics, needless to say, but we really liked one another. No, we really liked one another. He was surprising, you know, Duke.

KING: In what way?

BACALL: Well, because -- well, I don't know -- you think, well, oh, he's way on the other side and we don't agree about anything. And I don't know what he's going to be like to work with, and so on. But that was the second movie I was in with him.

But he was gentle. And he, in a scene, listened when you spoke. You know, it's very difficult for actors to learn how to listen to what anyone says. And he listened, he concentrated and he played the scene. He knew what he was doing. And I was really fond of him.

KING: Isn't good acting reacting?

BACALL: Well, no, I don't think you can really say that. I just think that good acting is rare. And I certainly think -- and great acting is nonexistent practically. I think it has to do with training and with listening and with thinking. And it's also an extra gene that you have that comes from somewhere.

KING: So when our friend Marlon Brando says it wasn't hard, he was kidding?

BACALL: I don't know whether he was kidding. But he had it. There was no doubt that he had it. He was a great actor.

KING: Was it hard -- in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" we see Kate Hepburn look at Spencer Tracy, we knew he's sick. And that scene when she has to cry, you know, it's like for real. You what was it like to look at Wayne?

BACALL: Well, I just -- it was very moving always.

KING: It was a great movie. BACALL: It was a wonderful movie. And in one scene, we had -- before we started to shoot one scene, we were standing on the set while they were adjusting the lights. And he just kind of reached out and took my hand, just kind of held my hand. Never said anything. And one of the members of the crew said, oh, it's such a beautiful day today. And Duke said every day you wake up is a beautiful day.

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JOHN WAYNE, ACTOR: Good-bye, Mrs. Rogers.

BACALL: Good-bye, Mr. Bucks.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BACALL: I mean, he didn't indulge himself. There was no self- pity. Whatever he felt, you know.

KING: And the irony of the character.

BACALL: Yes. But he really played that part.

Hello All
good interview sounds like Ms Bacall was a class act herself.

I've always liked Laureen Bacall. In one British interview she stated that not only did she get along very well with John Wayne, but they were also attracted to each other. The interviewer was 'Mark Cousins'.