In other reading news, Arthur Kade's blog links to yesterday's Gawker article about him which he took as praising him! He also was hosting a Q&A session with the "Kade Nation" which is excellent. #martinscorsese
Re: last item - the documentary came out in '97 and while the musical is the creation of Doug "Grey Gardens" Wright, he had nothing to do with the original doc. RIIIIICCCCCHHHHAAAAAARRRRDDDDD
For a normal movie, this wouldn't mean anything. but if an Oscar-bait film that was scehduled for October gets pushed back to February, it only means one thing: it's a dog. Woof.
They can use "Silence Of The Lambs" being released in Feb as an excuse all they want, it was dumped there because the studio didnt think it was any good. Now this may turn out to be great, but it's obvious Grey doesn't think so. Too bad, its a great book.
Wow, Brad Grey's 100-word "explanation" is pure nonsense. Shutter Island had no competition the weekend of its skedded October release. Obviously, the film is crap.
Well they must have wasted about a billion dollars in marketing, because I feel like I've been exposed to that trailer approximately 75 times.
(also, I would almost definitely have seen it in October, but the Drew fangirl inside of me is totally psyched that her roller derby movie has no other competition that weekend)
You're letting Brad Grey get away with the bad economy excuse? More likely a bad movie. If Grey thought this movie gave him any chance to take credit for another Oscar, it would have stayed in October.
@Gabriel Snyder: What about the Clooney excuse? Does Paramount care enough about awards and/or think Clooney's bankability is enough to make Up in the Air the centerpiece of their Fall release schedule?
@Foster Kamer: Did you read the Times' take-down of the bankability of big stars? Clooney's old-timey football movie -- what was it called, Leatherheads? -- tanked. Up in the Air is a very shaky bet.
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(also, I would almost definitely have seen it in October, but the Drew fangirl inside of me is totally psyched that her roller derby movie has no other competition that weekend)
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