Space, in general, is not known for getting the best out of solo male astronauts, who with the cheerful exception of Matt Damon's resourceful Mark Watney in The Martian, have a tendency to cope badly with quite so much alone time.
Now Adam Sandler's Jakub Prochazka joins the likes of Solaris' Kris Kelvin and Moon's Sam Bell in orbit around his own feelings. He's a Czechoslovakian astronaut deep into a mission to capture particles from a sparkly clump of mystery space dust on the edge of the solar system known as the Chopra Cloud. Sandler has the fragile and haggard look of a man who hasn't slept for a week from the start, his isolation reinforced as he takes questions from schoolkids back home, who ask him if he is "the loneliest man alive".
He denies it, of course, but it's soon evident his marriage to pregnant wife Lenka (Carey Mulligan) -.
Now Adam Sandler's Jakub Prochazka joins the likes of Solaris' Kris Kelvin and Moon's Sam Bell in orbit around his own feelings. He's a Czechoslovakian astronaut deep into a mission to capture particles from a sparkly clump of mystery space dust on the edge of the solar system known as the Chopra Cloud. Sandler has the fragile and haggard look of a man who hasn't slept for a week from the start, his isolation reinforced as he takes questions from schoolkids back home, who ask him if he is "the loneliest man alive".
He denies it, of course, but it's soon evident his marriage to pregnant wife Lenka (Carey Mulligan) -.
- 2/28/2024
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Baz Luhrmann's Academy Award-nominated cinematic spectacle "Elvis" is more heavily rooted in reality than meets the eye. The director did extensive research into the singer's backstory to reveal the true and untold details of his past musical influences, especially in the opening scenes of the film. Luhrmann and composer Elliot Wheeler pulled authentic pieces of the South and poured them into every detail of these scenes — particularly, of course, into the score. In a biopic about one of the most famous musicians of all time, what could be more important than the music?
In one of the early moments in "Elvis," the young pop star is introduced to blues in a juke joint, then runs into a tent to listen to gospel. The scene is based on a real-life story told by Elvis' childhood friend, Sam Bell, whom Luhrmann met with prior to filming.
"I mean, Sam Bell told me that story verbatim,...
In one of the early moments in "Elvis," the young pop star is introduced to blues in a juke joint, then runs into a tent to listen to gospel. The scene is based on a real-life story told by Elvis' childhood friend, Sam Bell, whom Luhrmann met with prior to filming.
"I mean, Sam Bell told me that story verbatim,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
On the heels of landing eight Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor for Austin Butler, “Elvis” is back in the conversation thanks to the news that Warner Bros. has made available for free a new 30-minute documentary about the making of Baz Luhrmann’s biographical drama.
The special, called “Just a Boy from Tupelo: Bringing ‘Elvis’ to the Big Screen,” originally debuted on HBO Max on January 8 to coincide with Elvis Presley’s birthday. But on Thursday, Warner Bros. announced the entire special is streaming for free on YouTube. Interested parties can watch the special below.
According to a press release, “Just a Boy from Tupelo,” “goes behind the scenes of Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic feature ‘Elvis’ to explore the making of the Oscar-nominated film and to examine Elvis’s enduring legacy as a rebel. The special features an interview with childhood friend Sam Bell.”
Here’s what...
The special, called “Just a Boy from Tupelo: Bringing ‘Elvis’ to the Big Screen,” originally debuted on HBO Max on January 8 to coincide with Elvis Presley’s birthday. But on Thursday, Warner Bros. announced the entire special is streaming for free on YouTube. Interested parties can watch the special below.
According to a press release, “Just a Boy from Tupelo,” “goes behind the scenes of Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic feature ‘Elvis’ to explore the making of the Oscar-nominated film and to examine Elvis’s enduring legacy as a rebel. The special features an interview with childhood friend Sam Bell.”
Here’s what...
- 2/2/2023
- by Caillou Pettis
- Gold Derby
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