The Meaning Of Hitler IFC Films Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker Writer: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker, based on the novel “The Meaning of Hitler” by Sebastian Haffner Cast: Martin Amis, Yehuda Bauer, Richard Evans, Saul Friedländer, David Irving, Serge Klarsfeld, Deborah Lipstadt, Francine […]
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- 8/8/2021
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s ever more timely The Meaning Of Hitler, a Doc NYC highlight, features Saul Friedländer and Francine Prose on Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph Of The Will, Martin Amis on political tactics and characterology, Klaus Theweleit on strangers, Deborah Lipstadt, Beate Klarsfeld, Serge Klarsfeld, Ute Frevert, and Yehuda Bauer. The filmmakers start in 2017 with a commuter train ride into New York City, and then on to a subway - Epperlein is seen reading books that mark the moment by the likes of Timothy Snyder, Hannah Arendt, George Orwell, Theweleit, and the one by Sebastian Haffner that gives the film its name.
A little avalanche of movie clips, from Mel Brooks’s [film id=10451]The...
A little avalanche of movie clips, from Mel Brooks’s [film id=10451]The...
- 11/22/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Francine Prose will join Roger Berkowitz, head of the Hannah Arendt Center, Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker for a conversation on Doc NYC Facebook Live this Monday at 2:00pm (Est) Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s kaleidoscopic investigation into the past and our future takes us on the road of history and the state of the world at this moment in time, featuring interviews with Saul Friedländer and Francine Prose on Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph Of The Will, Martin Amis on political tactics and characterology, Deborah Lipstadt, Beate Klarsfeld, Serge Klarsfeld, and 94-year-old Yehuda Bauer getting the last word. We enter with books by Timothy Snyder, Hannah Arendt, George Orwell, Klaus Theweleit, and the one by Sebastian Haffner that gives the film its name.
Clips from Mel Brooks’s The Producers to Bruno Ganz in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Downfall to Anthony Hopkins in George Schaefer’s...
Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s kaleidoscopic investigation into the past and our future takes us on the road of history and the state of the world at this moment in time, featuring interviews with Saul Friedländer and Francine Prose on Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph Of The Will, Martin Amis on political tactics and characterology, Deborah Lipstadt, Beate Klarsfeld, Serge Klarsfeld, and 94-year-old Yehuda Bauer getting the last word. We enter with books by Timothy Snyder, Hannah Arendt, George Orwell, Klaus Theweleit, and the one by Sebastian Haffner that gives the film its name.
Clips from Mel Brooks’s The Producers to Bruno Ganz in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Downfall to Anthony Hopkins in George Schaefer’s...
- 11/15/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Robert Yapkowitz and Rich Peete’s In My Own Time: A Portrait Of Karen Dalton executive producer Wim Wenders on Nick Cave and Karen Dalton: “Just like Nick, Karen’s music had a profound effect on me.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Victor Kossakovsky’s Gunda, co-written with Ainara Vera, executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix, co-produced by Anita Rehoff Larsen from Sant & Usant with Joslyn Barnes and Susan Rockefeller of Louverture Films and a Main Slate selection of the 58th New York Film Festival; Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s ever more timely The Meaning Of Hitler; Malia Scharf and Max Basch’s intimate portrait, Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide, produced with David Koh (featuring remembrances from Kenny of Keith Haring, Klaus Nomi, <a...
Victor Kossakovsky’s Gunda, co-written with Ainara Vera, executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix, co-produced by Anita Rehoff Larsen from Sant & Usant with Joslyn Barnes and Susan Rockefeller of Louverture Films and a Main Slate selection of the 58th New York Film Festival; Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s ever more timely The Meaning Of Hitler; Malia Scharf and Max Basch’s intimate portrait, Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide, produced with David Koh (featuring remembrances from Kenny of Keith Haring, Klaus Nomi, <a...
- 11/15/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Updated Exclusive: While NFL players debate the severity of punishment that might come the way of Philadelphia Eagles Wr DeSean Jackson for tweeting anti-Semitic comments and evoking Adolf Hitler in a widely derided social media rant, team owner Jeffrey Lurie coincidentally launched his new production company Play/Action Pictures with what might be an ideal teaching tool for the player.
Lurie has teamed with Cinetic Media for their inaugural project The Meaning Of Hitler. Directed by Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker, the film uses the title of the bestselling book from 1978 to put a provocative spotlight on our culture’s fascination with Hitler and Nazism as it sets itself against the backdrop of the current rise of white supremacy, the normalization of antisemitism and the weaponization of history itself.
Filmed in nine countries over three years, the film traces Hitler’s movements, his rise...
Lurie has teamed with Cinetic Media for their inaugural project The Meaning Of Hitler. Directed by Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker, the film uses the title of the bestselling book from 1978 to put a provocative spotlight on our culture’s fascination with Hitler and Nazism as it sets itself against the backdrop of the current rise of white supremacy, the normalization of antisemitism and the weaponization of history itself.
Filmed in nine countries over three years, the film traces Hitler’s movements, his rise...
- 7/10/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Thursday update, Sept 20: The time was set. The time has passed. Asia Argento has said on Twitter that she is moving ahead with plans to sue Rose McGowan. The actress updated, “I must inform you that I’ve instructed Mishcon de Reya to seek for substantial damages for deception, fraud, coercion and libel. You will hear from them shortly.” Nothing from McGowan’s side yet.
Mishcon de Reya is the blue chip British law firm which has repped clients including Deborah Lipstadt, Jeffrey Archer and Princess Diana. Not much regal about this spat, however.
To @rosemcgowan. The 24hr deadline given to retract your recent false statements about me has now passed. I must inform you & @raindovemodel that I’ve instructed Mishcon de Reya to seek substantial damages for deception, fraud, coercion and libel. You will hear from them shortly.
— Asia Argento (@AsiaArgento) September 18, 2018
Previous story, Sept 17, 06:07: Unless...
Mishcon de Reya is the blue chip British law firm which has repped clients including Deborah Lipstadt, Jeffrey Archer and Princess Diana. Not much regal about this spat, however.
To @rosemcgowan. The 24hr deadline given to retract your recent false statements about me has now passed. I must inform you & @raindovemodel that I’ve instructed Mishcon de Reya to seek substantial damages for deception, fraud, coercion and libel. You will hear from them shortly.
— Asia Argento (@AsiaArgento) September 18, 2018
Previous story, Sept 17, 06:07: Unless...
- 9/20/2018
- by Dade Hayes and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Characters like the one that gives its title to My Cousin Rachel are usually played with broad strokes, either to elicit extreme sympathy, or total disdain, and yet what Rachel Weisz does in Roger Michell’s adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel is unlike either of those, it’s a performance so layered that it would unfair to say it lies even in between. We are supposed to mistrust Rachel from the moment we first hear her name, after all she is the stranger who has seduced Philip’s (Sam Claflin) saintly cousin, made him renounce his bachelorhood, and abandon his beloved England. Not only that, but according to some suspicions, she might have even been behind his untimely death, meaning there is nothing left for Philip to do but seek revenge.
And yet upon meeting Rachel, Philip discovers something quite unexpected, rather than a severe gorgon, he finds her to be quite sensitive,...
And yet upon meeting Rachel, Philip discovers something quite unexpected, rather than a severe gorgon, he finds her to be quite sensitive,...
- 6/8/2017
- by Jose Solís
- The Film Stage
Author: Competitions
Entertainment One (eOne) is pleased to announce that Denial comes to DVD on 5 June 2017 (available to pre-order now from Amazon) and is available to download early from 22 May 2017. To celebrate the release, we’re giving away a DVD copy & copy of the book, Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, to 1 winner. There is also a DVD copy available for 1 runner up.
Starring Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz, alongside Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott and Tom Wilkinson, Denial is the gripping and inspirational true story of a relentless fight for justice.
When writer Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) speaks out against the lies of Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall) she is faced with a high-stakes battle to uncover one of the darkest deceptions in history. Passionate, fiery and independent she decides she must face him in court to fight the battle for the truth, even though the odds are solidly stacked against her.
Entertainment One (eOne) is pleased to announce that Denial comes to DVD on 5 June 2017 (available to pre-order now from Amazon) and is available to download early from 22 May 2017. To celebrate the release, we’re giving away a DVD copy & copy of the book, Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, to 1 winner. There is also a DVD copy available for 1 runner up.
Starring Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz, alongside Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott and Tom Wilkinson, Denial is the gripping and inspirational true story of a relentless fight for justice.
When writer Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) speaks out against the lies of Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall) she is faced with a high-stakes battle to uncover one of the darkest deceptions in history. Passionate, fiery and independent she decides she must face him in court to fight the battle for the truth, even though the odds are solidly stacked against her.
- 5/22/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
He became one of the country’s few famous lawyers after representing Princess Diana in her divorce. Now he’s being portrayed on the big screen for his part in the David Irving Holocaust libel trial
As I walk up to the large detached house in north London belonging to Anthony Julius, one of the very few people in this country who can justly be described as a famous lawyer, I feel a small wave of apprehension. Not about his famed intellect, which allegedly, and somewhat snarkily, has earned him the nickname among his peers of “Anthony Genius” – over the past four decades, Julius has made his name not just as a fearsome lawyer for the grand and the gruesome, from Diana, Princess of Wales to Robert Maxwell, but also as the author of a clutch of widely respected books, including, in 2010, a 900-page doorstopper, Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Antisemitism in Britain.
As I walk up to the large detached house in north London belonging to Anthony Julius, one of the very few people in this country who can justly be described as a famous lawyer, I feel a small wave of apprehension. Not about his famed intellect, which allegedly, and somewhat snarkily, has earned him the nickname among his peers of “Anthony Genius” – over the past four decades, Julius has made his name not just as a fearsome lawyer for the grand and the gruesome, from Diana, Princess of Wales to Robert Maxwell, but also as the author of a clutch of widely respected books, including, in 2010, a 900-page doorstopper, Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Antisemitism in Britain.
- 1/31/2017
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
MaryAnn’s quick take… A terrific legal procedural about defending factual truth and smacking dishonest sowers of doubt. An essential film for our era of “alternative facts.” I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Not all opinions are equal,” says historian Deborah Lipstadt in Denial. “The Earth is round, the ice caps are melting, and Elvis is not alive.” And six million Jews really were killed by the Nazi death machine in World War II, which is the pertinent point of this riveting docudrama. This is the true story of the 2000 libel trial in which Lipstadt, a professor at Atlanta’s Emory University who specializes in Holocaust history, was forced to defend herself against professional Holocaust denier David Irving, who didn’t like that she dared to cast him...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Not all opinions are equal,” says historian Deborah Lipstadt in Denial. “The Earth is round, the ice caps are melting, and Elvis is not alive.” And six million Jews really were killed by the Nazi death machine in World War II, which is the pertinent point of this riveting docudrama. This is the true story of the 2000 libel trial in which Lipstadt, a professor at Atlanta’s Emory University who specializes in Holocaust history, was forced to defend herself against professional Holocaust denier David Irving, who didn’t like that she dared to cast him...
- 1/30/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall star in this dramatisation of the libel case between historian Deborah Lipstadt and Holocaust denier David Irving
A courtroom drama about the libel case brought by Hitler apologist David Irving (Timothy Spall, effectively repellent) against historian Deborah Lipstadt after she described him as a “Holocaust denier”, Denial couldn’t be more timely. It’s a film that is tailor-made for an era in which politicians glibly spout “alternative facts” if the truth doesn’t suit them. It’s also rather disheartening, as it reveals just how labyrinthine and time-consuming the process of legally unpicking these falsehoods is.
Rachel Weisz brings a barrelling energy to her performance as the academic who finds herself in the unaccustomed and decidedly uncomfortable position of having to let her legal team fight her battle for her. Andrew Scott and Tom Wilkinson play solicitor Anthony Julius and barrister Richard Rampton respectively.
A courtroom drama about the libel case brought by Hitler apologist David Irving (Timothy Spall, effectively repellent) against historian Deborah Lipstadt after she described him as a “Holocaust denier”, Denial couldn’t be more timely. It’s a film that is tailor-made for an era in which politicians glibly spout “alternative facts” if the truth doesn’t suit them. It’s also rather disheartening, as it reveals just how labyrinthine and time-consuming the process of legally unpicking these falsehoods is.
Rachel Weisz brings a barrelling energy to her performance as the academic who finds herself in the unaccustomed and decidedly uncomfortable position of having to let her legal team fight her battle for her. Andrew Scott and Tom Wilkinson play solicitor Anthony Julius and barrister Richard Rampton respectively.
- 1/29/2017
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Author: Stefan Pape
At the turn of the 21st century, Deborah Lipstadt was faced in the unfortunate, remarkable position of having to prove the Holocaust existed, having been sued by British historian, and Holocaust denier David Irving for Defamation. It’s a tale that has now been brought to the big screen by Mick Jackson.
Lipstadt discusses with us how emotional it is watching these events unfold in front of her, and recounts her visit to Auschwitz. She talks about how just a significant case this was, and why it was the right idea to not allow survivors to take to the stand as witnesses. She also tells us why she would never debate with a Holocaust denier, and whether she has ever wanted to meet Irving again since their encounter in court. Finally, she discusses Spall’s performance, and why compares the events of the film to modern society,...
At the turn of the 21st century, Deborah Lipstadt was faced in the unfortunate, remarkable position of having to prove the Holocaust existed, having been sued by British historian, and Holocaust denier David Irving for Defamation. It’s a tale that has now been brought to the big screen by Mick Jackson.
Lipstadt discusses with us how emotional it is watching these events unfold in front of her, and recounts her visit to Auschwitz. She talks about how just a significant case this was, and why it was the right idea to not allow survivors to take to the stand as witnesses. She also tells us why she would never debate with a Holocaust denier, and whether she has ever wanted to meet Irving again since their encounter in court. Finally, she discusses Spall’s performance, and why compares the events of the film to modern society,...
- 1/26/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Stefan Pape
Mick Jackson, the director behind films such as The Bodyguard and L.A. Story, is returning to the silver screen for the first time in 14 years, with courtroom drama Denial.
Telling the true story of Deborah Lipstadt – played here by Rachel Weisz, who is sued by British historian, and notorious Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall), Denial is a riveting, pertinent tale, and we asked Jackson what it was about this story that lured him back.
He discusses the relevance of the title, and how these days it’s become dangerously accepted for opinion to masquerade as fact, he also tells us about his first visit to Auschwitz, as well as the importance in not giving people like Irving a platform.
Synopsis
When university professor Deborah E. Lipstadt includes World War II historian David Irving in a book about Holocaust deniers, Irving accuses her of libel and sparks...
Mick Jackson, the director behind films such as The Bodyguard and L.A. Story, is returning to the silver screen for the first time in 14 years, with courtroom drama Denial.
Telling the true story of Deborah Lipstadt – played here by Rachel Weisz, who is sued by British historian, and notorious Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall), Denial is a riveting, pertinent tale, and we asked Jackson what it was about this story that lured him back.
He discusses the relevance of the title, and how these days it’s become dangerously accepted for opinion to masquerade as fact, he also tells us about his first visit to Auschwitz, as well as the importance in not giving people like Irving a platform.
Synopsis
When university professor Deborah E. Lipstadt includes World War II historian David Irving in a book about Holocaust deniers, Irving accuses her of libel and sparks...
- 1/26/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Stefan Pape
Timothy Spall returns to the silver screen to play the loathsome figure that is David Irving, a notorious Holocaust denier, and adversary to Deborah Lipstadt in the seminal court-case that Mick Jackson’s latest endeavour is based upon.
We had the pleasure to sit down with the talented, venerable actor to discuss the role, and whether he believes he needs to find a semblance of empathy for the role in order to embody him. He also tells us why he had apprehensions before getting involved in the project, and whether there was any point he felt compelled to meet the man himself. Finally, he briefly discusses his role in the forthcoming Sally Potter feature The Party, which is to receive its premiere in Berlin next month.
Synopsis
When university professor Deborah E. Lipstadt includes World War II historian David Irving in a book about Holocaust deniers, Irving...
Timothy Spall returns to the silver screen to play the loathsome figure that is David Irving, a notorious Holocaust denier, and adversary to Deborah Lipstadt in the seminal court-case that Mick Jackson’s latest endeavour is based upon.
We had the pleasure to sit down with the talented, venerable actor to discuss the role, and whether he believes he needs to find a semblance of empathy for the role in order to embody him. He also tells us why he had apprehensions before getting involved in the project, and whether there was any point he felt compelled to meet the man himself. Finally, he briefly discusses his role in the forthcoming Sally Potter feature The Party, which is to receive its premiere in Berlin next month.
Synopsis
When university professor Deborah E. Lipstadt includes World War II historian David Irving in a book about Holocaust deniers, Irving...
- 1/25/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Stefan Pape
Mick Jackson returns to the director’s chair for his first movie in 14 years – and it couldn’t feel like a more timely release, for here’s a film that scrutinises over the protection of free speech from those who abuse it, how opinion masquerades as fact, and the troubling ramifications that derive from public bullshitting. Though a staggeringly pertinent theme, Jackson presents his film with an affectionate nod to classic courtroom dramas, as a sub-genre that so often illuminates the silver screen, and when executed as efficiently as this, you can see why.
Based entirely on true events, with the dialogue in the courtroom taken verbatim from real life transcripts – we meet author Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), who is adamant she will never debate with a Holocaust denier, unwilling to get into an argument with someone who disputes facts. But British historian, the notorious Holocaust denier...
Mick Jackson returns to the director’s chair for his first movie in 14 years – and it couldn’t feel like a more timely release, for here’s a film that scrutinises over the protection of free speech from those who abuse it, how opinion masquerades as fact, and the troubling ramifications that derive from public bullshitting. Though a staggeringly pertinent theme, Jackson presents his film with an affectionate nod to classic courtroom dramas, as a sub-genre that so often illuminates the silver screen, and when executed as efficiently as this, you can see why.
Based entirely on true events, with the dialogue in the courtroom taken verbatim from real life transcripts – we meet author Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), who is adamant she will never debate with a Holocaust denier, unwilling to get into an argument with someone who disputes facts. But British historian, the notorious Holocaust denier...
- 1/25/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Jon Lyus
We are seemingly now living in a world of ‘alt-facts’ and deliberate, often brazen, misinformation. The truth is often an obscured commodity, but in these times its value is at its highest. Mick Jackson’s Denial tells a story about a story, about the truth and the importance of standing up for it. It takes the legal tussle between Dr. David Irving and Penguin Books as its foundation, and opens up a powerful discussion on opinion masquerading as fact. Something that can lead down some very dangerous paths.
This evening the film had a Gala screening at the Ham Yard Hotel in Soho. We were there on the red carpet and present our interviews from the event. The film stars Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, and Sherlock alumni Andrew Scott and Mark Gatiss. Mick Jackson directed David Hare’s screenplay adapted from Deborah Lipstadt’s book...
We are seemingly now living in a world of ‘alt-facts’ and deliberate, often brazen, misinformation. The truth is often an obscured commodity, but in these times its value is at its highest. Mick Jackson’s Denial tells a story about a story, about the truth and the importance of standing up for it. It takes the legal tussle between Dr. David Irving and Penguin Books as its foundation, and opens up a powerful discussion on opinion masquerading as fact. Something that can lead down some very dangerous paths.
This evening the film had a Gala screening at the Ham Yard Hotel in Soho. We were there on the red carpet and present our interviews from the event. The film stars Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, and Sherlock alumni Andrew Scott and Mark Gatiss. Mick Jackson directed David Hare’s screenplay adapted from Deborah Lipstadt’s book...
- 1/23/2017
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A version of this story about Timothy Spall first appeared in the “Dark Horses We Love” feature in The Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine. “It never upsets me to not be the cool guy,” said Timothy Spall of his role in “Denial.” “I very rarely am. I’m usually the antagonist, or the insignificant guy.” In the Mick Jackson drama based on David Hare’s play, Spall’s character is decidedly not cool or insignificant. He plays real-life historian David Irving, who in 1996 sued professor and author Deborah Lipstadt for labeling him a Holocaust denier. Spall’s Irving is a brash,...
- 11/24/2016
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Chicago – HollywoodChicago.com interviews the “Queen of Truth,” Deborah Lipstadt, whose book and famous court trial inspired the new film “Denial”. This year’s “Spotlight” but for the Jews, Rachel Weisz plays Lipstadt opposite Timothy Spall, who portrays the Holocaust denier David Irving.
Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott are portrayed as Lipstadt’s lawyers as she fights Irving in a London court to prove the Holocaust happened and he’s a fraudulent historian. The film opened in Chicago on Oct. 7, 2016. Watch our full, private interview with Lipstadt below!
Interviews by: Adam Fendelman, Publisher
Filmed and edited by: Jeff Doles, Cameron Cox, Ethan Madison and Alex Gaul
Trailer and stills (used with permission): Bleecker Street Films
© 2016 HollywoodChicago.com LLC...
Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott are portrayed as Lipstadt’s lawyers as she fights Irving in a London court to prove the Holocaust happened and he’s a fraudulent historian. The film opened in Chicago on Oct. 7, 2016. Watch our full, private interview with Lipstadt below!
Interviews by: Adam Fendelman, Publisher
Filmed and edited by: Jeff Doles, Cameron Cox, Ethan Madison and Alex Gaul
Trailer and stills (used with permission): Bleecker Street Films
© 2016 HollywoodChicago.com LLC...
- 10/13/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
When Rachel Weisz took on her latest role in Denial, she knew it would be a moving project — but never imagined just how personal it would become.
In the film, Weisz plays professor Deborah Lipstadt, the woman who won a historic 2000 court case defeating prominent Holocaust denier David Irving.
“I had heard about the trial, but I didn’t know about it in any great detail,” the actress tells People in this week’s issue. “About a month before we began filming, Deborah and I sat in my kitchen for a couple of days and talked. The deniers called it the Holohoax.
In the film, Weisz plays professor Deborah Lipstadt, the woman who won a historic 2000 court case defeating prominent Holocaust denier David Irving.
“I had heard about the trial, but I didn’t know about it in any great detail,” the actress tells People in this week’s issue. “About a month before we began filming, Deborah and I sat in my kitchen for a couple of days and talked. The deniers called it the Holohoax.
- 10/12/2016
- by jodiguglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
With the arrival of Fall and Winter comes a return to more serious subject matter at movie theatres, and another look at events occurring during World War II. However, this new release really addresses the legacy of those events, a look back at history and those who document it. And the film is, in many ways, a courtroom thriller set in the British legal system, where the powdered wigs aren’t the only thing different from the Us legal proceedings. However, the person on trial there is from the states, a professor suddenly burdened with presenting proof of one of the past century’s greatest tragedies, all at the beginning of this relatively new century. Yes, this Ww II-themed docudrama take place less than twenty years ago, 50 years after the end of the war, when this woman accused must defend her belief that her accuser is in Denial.
The woman...
The woman...
- 10/6/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
by Eric Blume
It’s kind of surprising how good Denial isn’t. The new film is about a Holocaust historian (Rachel Weisz) who has libel charges thrown against her by a racist Holocaust denier (Timothy Spall). The basic story is absorbing and filled with potentially interesting ideas but it's executed in the most perfunctory manner. It’s as if the actors, director, and crew showed up every morning and said, “okay we know the scene we need to shoot today -- maybe let’s try cameras here and turn on some of these lights we have sitting around. Let’s do this!”.
Director Mick Jackson has previously won an Emmy for the lovely Temple Grandin for HBO, and previously made L.A. Story and Live from Baghdad; he's not without talent. But Denial proves shapeless, not only in the shot construction, but all of the beats, and even in our feelings towards the main character.
It’s kind of surprising how good Denial isn’t. The new film is about a Holocaust historian (Rachel Weisz) who has libel charges thrown against her by a racist Holocaust denier (Timothy Spall). The basic story is absorbing and filled with potentially interesting ideas but it's executed in the most perfunctory manner. It’s as if the actors, director, and crew showed up every morning and said, “okay we know the scene we need to shoot today -- maybe let’s try cameras here and turn on some of these lights we have sitting around. Let’s do this!”.
Director Mick Jackson has previously won an Emmy for the lovely Temple Grandin for HBO, and previously made L.A. Story and Live from Baghdad; he's not without talent. But Denial proves shapeless, not only in the shot construction, but all of the beats, and even in our feelings towards the main character.
- 10/6/2016
- by Eric Blume
- FilmExperience
This week sees the limited premiere of Mick Jackson's true-life courtroom drama Denial, in which Rachel Weisz plays Deborah Lipstadt, an American professor who had to defend herself in court by proving that the genocide against the Jews in World War II actually happened. Her opponent was the holocaust-denier David Irving, and he is played in the film by Timothy Spall. Due to his very unique face and appearance, Timothy Spall is one of those actors who is instantly recognizable. What is very impressive is that at the same time, he can disappear completely into a role. And it's amazing what he can do with the tiniest of nuances, the gleam in an eye, a look, a fidget. He is one of the finest conveyors...
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- 9/30/2016
- Screen Anarchy
In politics, the difference between fact and opinion have perhaps never been as blurred as they are today in the age of social media. In this context, it is hard to imagine a movie more relevant and important than the upcoming drama Denial. And it is disappointing to see what the movie does not do—provide a compelling way to tackle the subject.
The story of the film is that of real-life history professor Dr. Deborah Lipstadt’s (played by Rachel Weisz) after she is sued in England for libel by a man she named in her new book about Holocaust deniers (Timothy Spall, with all his mousy evilness). To successfully defend herself, she must prove in court, essentially, that the Holocaust occurred. Led by a team of quirky barristers and solicitors (Andrew Scott and Tom Wilkinson), she sets out to achieve something that seems straightforward yet is not actually so.
The story of the film is that of real-life history professor Dr. Deborah Lipstadt’s (played by Rachel Weisz) after she is sued in England for libel by a man she named in her new book about Holocaust deniers (Timothy Spall, with all his mousy evilness). To successfully defend herself, she must prove in court, essentially, that the Holocaust occurred. Led by a team of quirky barristers and solicitors (Andrew Scott and Tom Wilkinson), she sets out to achieve something that seems straightforward yet is not actually so.
- 9/30/2016
- by J Don Birnam
- LRMonline.com
Denial tells a fact-based story that should be a footnote, but holds a disturbing degree of present-day resonance. In 1996, self-styled historian David Irving filed a lawsuit against actual historian Deborah Lipstadt and her publisher for references in her book Denying The Holocaust that Irving considered libelous and that Lipstadt considered true. She went forward with the trial, even though it was held in Irving’s native England, where the burden of proof is placed on libel defendants, not their accusers. The story positively buzzes with present-day parallels, from its invocations of elaborate, grandstanding conspiracy theories, to the way deniers bend history to better suit their prejudices, to the way Irving seems to consider being called a Holocaust denier more offensive than denying the Holocaust. Intentionally or not, Denial is perfectly timed to a season of insane conspiracy theories and feelings-based readings of facts.
It’s disappointing to report, then ...
It’s disappointing to report, then ...
- 9/29/2016
- by Jesse Hassenger
- avclub.com
Although the libel trial brought by British Holocaust denier David Irving against the American academic Deborah Lipstadt happened nearly 20 years ago, it simply could not be more pertinent today. With the level of discourse about various attacks on the truth and a certain current presidential campaign that had its beginnings on a lie and the birther movement, the issues brought up in the incredibly powerful and fascinating new drama Denial not only make this movie vital…...
- 9/28/2016
- Deadline
Denial, a new drama from the director of The Bodyguard, is the true story of an incredibly important but largely unknown legal battle in the '90s. In 1993 an American historian named Deborah Lipstadt wrote a book examining a movement of people denying that the Holocaust ever took place. One of the figures mentioned in the book was a British writer named David Irving whom she accused of not only denying the Nazi's killed millions of innocent people, but of falsifying...
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- 9/28/2016
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
While the new movies reigned at the box office this past weekend, both Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven (Sony) and the animated Storks (Warner Bros.) didn’t fare nearly as well as our projections, both falling short by about $10 million. The Magnificent Seven, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, fared decently with $34.7million, which is about the average for Washington’s films, but the fourth highest opening for a Western after last year’s The Revenant, the animated Rango, and Cowboys and Aliens. Storks’ $21.3 million opening wasn’t great compared to other animated September releases with Sony still holding the September opening record with Hotel Transylvania 2, but it should continue to do well with no other animated movies opening for another month.
This Past Weekend:
While the new movies reigned at the box office this past weekend, both Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven (Sony) and the animated Storks (Warner Bros.) didn’t fare nearly as well as our projections, both falling short by about $10 million. The Magnificent Seven, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, fared decently with $34.7million, which is about the average for Washington’s films, but the fourth highest opening for a Western after last year’s The Revenant, the animated Rango, and Cowboys and Aliens. Storks’ $21.3 million opening wasn’t great compared to other animated September releases with Sony still holding the September opening record with Hotel Transylvania 2, but it should continue to do well with no other animated movies opening for another month.
- 9/28/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Denial Bleeker Street Media Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Mick Jackson Written by: David Hare; based on History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier by Deborah Lipstadt Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall Release Date: September 30, 2016 “I’d like people to understand that the Holocaust is the best documented genocide in the world. There is no denying it. You can debate aspects of it – why it happened, how it happened, but not the fact that it happened. It is incontrovertible fact. It can’t be debated. And that’s not being closed-minded, it’s acknowledging the truth.” – Deborah Lipstadt’s [ Read More ]
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- 9/26/2016
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
There’s often a genuine dramatic pull to films in the courtroom drama genre, yet they’ve suffered the last few decades because of the conventional tropes that can come with it. How do you reinvent such a genre to become less predictable and less by-the-books? While Denial doesn’t do anything new on a technical side, it is fully aware of its gripping plot, one that welcomely avoids pushing its inherent clichés to the forefront of its story.
The true story centers around the legal battle David Irving (Timothy Spall) and Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) questioning the historical validity of the holocaust. Yes, the story might sound oddly over-the-top, but it did happen. Irving, a man who considers himself a historian, believed the holocaust was a complete hoax. So much so that he decided to bring Lipstadt to court over her book Denying the Holocaust, which he deemed insulting and filled with lies.
The true story centers around the legal battle David Irving (Timothy Spall) and Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) questioning the historical validity of the holocaust. Yes, the story might sound oddly over-the-top, but it did happen. Irving, a man who considers himself a historian, believed the holocaust was a complete hoax. So much so that he decided to bring Lipstadt to court over her book Denying the Holocaust, which he deemed insulting and filled with lies.
- 9/19/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
‘Denial’ Review: Rachel Weisz And Timothy Spall Square Off In A Compelling Courtroom Drama — Toronto
Earlier this year, the concentration camp Auschwitz was wiped off the face of the Earth. A superpowered Holocaust survivor who goes by the name of “Magneto” went to the hallowed massacre site, and — blind with rage after suffering a tremendous personal loss — used his mutant abilities to dismantle the single most important landmark of his people’s suffering. It was a striking moment, in part because it seemed wildly out of place in a movie about a group of teens who dress in purple spandex and fight each other with magic, and in part because Magneto’s rash show of rage wasn’t played as a revenge fantasy so much as an act of historical rejection.
There’s a good reason why, in real life, Auschwitz is a museum and not a landfill: It protects against those who say the Holocaust could never happen again, and — increasingly — to serve as...
There’s a good reason why, in real life, Auschwitz is a museum and not a landfill: It protects against those who say the Holocaust could never happen again, and — increasingly — to serve as...
- 9/12/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
This is a capsule review. A full one will be published closer to the film’s release.
The issue of Holocaust denial may not be at the forefront of today’s sociopolitical landscape, but Denial still feels tremendously relevant. Based on the actual libel lawsuit the famous Holocaust denier David Irving launched against historian Deborah Lipstadt in the 1990s, the film acts as a sort of morality tale, quaintly advocating for values like the rule of law, free speech, and standing up to bigotry.
A role like this seems long overdue for Rachel Weisz, who stars as Professor Lipstadt. She’s someone who’s paid her dues and developed enough gravitas to lend the moral clarity and credibility to stand against an unapologetic Hitler sympathizer. Queens accent notwithstanding (which the film self-consciously acknowledges), she keeps us on her side without equivocation. Timothy Spall, on the other hand, as David Irving...
The issue of Holocaust denial may not be at the forefront of today’s sociopolitical landscape, but Denial still feels tremendously relevant. Based on the actual libel lawsuit the famous Holocaust denier David Irving launched against historian Deborah Lipstadt in the 1990s, the film acts as a sort of morality tale, quaintly advocating for values like the rule of law, free speech, and standing up to bigotry.
A role like this seems long overdue for Rachel Weisz, who stars as Professor Lipstadt. She’s someone who’s paid her dues and developed enough gravitas to lend the moral clarity and credibility to stand against an unapologetic Hitler sympathizer. Queens accent notwithstanding (which the film self-consciously acknowledges), she keeps us on her side without equivocation. Timothy Spall, on the other hand, as David Irving...
- 9/12/2016
- by Darren Ruecker
- We Got This Covered
Rachel Weisz was spotted sporting a wig on the set of Denial in London Sunday with her costar Andrew Scott. Rachel Weisz Films ‘Denial’ In Denial, Weisz, 45, plays American historian Deborah Lipstadt, while Scott has been cast in the role of solicitor Anthony Julius. Based on Lipstadt’s book History on Trial: My Day in Court […]
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The post Rachel Weisz Wears A Wig On The Set Of ‘Denial’ With Andrew Scott appeared first on uInterview.
- 1/4/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
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