Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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What Would Kellan Lutz ‘Telephone’ Lady Gaga About?

“Her creativeness,” Lutz told MTV News. “I love to invent stuff and she’s so inventive. She’s so creative and I love people who think that way and are very just out-there and don’t care and do whatever.”

He added that he admires Gaga’s ability to not let other people influence her in any way. “They don’t let the world shape them and for me, I’d love to just pick her brain about how she thinks on anything … anything in the world,” he said.



Source: MTV

AP, EW, Canada.com and 3 More New 'Remember Me' Revies - Spoilers

Since there are so many reviews, I'm just gonna post links for them now. If it's from a top critic or major site I'll post a part of it or the full review.

SPOILERS!



From AP

In "Remember Me," Robert Pattinson has temporarily stepped away from "Twilight," apparently in search of his "Five Easy Pieces" or "Rebel Without a Cause."

When Pattinson's character — a wayward, rebellious 21-year-old named Tyler Hawkins — meets who will quickly become his love interest — a fellow NYU student named Ally (Emilie de Ravin) — he informs her that his major is "undecided."

"`Bout what?" she responds.

"Everything," he says.

As a character-defining quote, it's a long way from Marlon Brando's "Whaddya got?" in "The Wild One." Perhaps an earlier draft had him saying he's getting a "Ph.D. in misanthropy."

Pattinson may be on leave from the narcotic melodrama of "Twilight," but he's still in full-on brooding mode. The young actor has an unmistakable screen presence. However in "Remember Me," he pours it on thickly and self-consciously.

With low eyes, sleeves rolled up just so and cigarette drooping artfully from his mouth, Tyler (like Edward Cullen) is a reluctant romantic. He quotes Gandhi in voiceover, makes love to Sigur Ros and (understandably) can't be moved to laughter by "American Pie 2."

His deepness runneth over.


Read full review HERE



From EW


As a shameless contraption of ridiculously sad things befalling attractive people, the engorged romantic tragedy Remember Me stands tall between those towering monuments to teen-oriented cinematic misery, Love Story and Twilight: Beginning with a shock of urban violence set on a subway platform in 1991, then moving forward to a balmy New York City summer a decade later, the movie is one part ''Love means never having to say you're sorry'' and one part 
 Edward's warning to Bella: ''If you're smart, you'll stay away from me.'' As in Love Story, an angry, fancy-class young man named Tyler (Robert Pattinson) falls in love with a fine, plain-class young woman named Ally (Lost's Emilie de Ravin) on the campus of a renowned American university, and the couple's devotion survives an avalanche of crises that would bury lesser soul mates. As in Twilight, Pattinson evokes the fancy-class man using the combined resources of dark glowers, milky gazes, and fabulously mussed-up hair.

Read full review HERE



From Canada.com

Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin become entwined in what you might call a romantic tragedy in Remember Me. It's a New York City love story, and it evokes a feeling of familiarity: a young man who is emotionally cut off from the world and troubled by the hypocrisy of adults, madly devoted to his preternaturally talented younger sister, mourning a dead brother, rebelling against the privilege of his parents. It leads to an obvious question: OK, Mr. Catcher in the Rye, but does Pattinson take off his shirt?

Well, yes he does, although discreetly and mostly from behind. More to the point is that he emerges from the pupa of eternal life bestowed by his roles in Twilight and enters a different kind of deathlessness as an interesting young actor, able to show brooding introversion in a film in which one of his friends says, ``I've had enough of this brooding introvert s---.'' Not easy to get past, but Pattinson has exactly the kind of self-possessed uncertainty to negotiate it.

Read full review HERE


More reviews:
- Washington City Paper
- TVNZ
- Twilight Examiner

CBSNews: Is Robert Pattinson Here to Stay?

And 3 More 'Remember Me' Reviews Are In - Spoilers



From The Gazette - VERY Spoilerish

It turns out Robert Pattinson sparkles after all. Known around the world by millions of teenaged girls as the heartthrob vampire from the “Twilight” franchise, Pattinson proves in “Remember Me” that adults should take him seriously, too. “Remember Me” is a moving and gentle film about the healing power of love and the indiscriminate agony of loss.

Pattinson plays Tyler Hawkins, a sort of modern day James Dean, rebellious and brooding, emotionally crippled by the suicide of his older brother and the indifference of his work-obsessed, filthy rich, Wall Street lawyer father (Pierce Brosnan) who he is obviously terrified of becoming. Tyler is nearly the same age his brother was when he took his life, a milestone that manipulates his emotional state like a marionette on strings.

When Tyler’s not in the dilapidated Lower East Side apartment he shares with his happy-go-lucky, smart-alecky roommate Aidan (Tate Ellington), he can be found with his 11-year-old sister Caroline (Ruby Jerins), whom he obviously looks up to and shares the most intimate connection of their fragmented family.


Read full review HERE



From The Miami Herald - Spoilerish

Aside from raking in billions in cash, the Twilight franchise has brought its three leads thriving acting careers. Taylor Lautner has become the highest-paid young actor in Hollywood seemingly overnight. Kristen Stewart will star as Joan Jett in a film due in April, and Robert Pattinson has earned enough clout to produce movies such as Remember Me for himself.

But Remember Me, which is more complex and ambitious than the formulaic romance its TV ads promise, is no mere star vehicle. Yes, there's an element of vanity in Pattinson's James Dean-ish turn as Tyler, an angst-filled New York City university student at odds with his powerful father (Pierce Brosnan). Tyler smokes cigarettes, quotes poetry, sits alone in diners scribbling in his notebook and runs his fingers through his hair.

Except that Allen Coulter, a recurring producer and director on HBO's The Sopranos, has surrounded Pattinson with a stable of actors strong enough to force him into his A-game. Remember Me, which follows what happens after the emotionally wounded Tyler falls in love with Ally (Lost's Emile de Ravin), a kindred spirit, allows him to display an emotional range he hadn't shown in Twilight, whether he's holding his own in a screaming match with Brosnan or being a doting older brother to his 11-year-old sister (Ruby Jerins).


Read full review HERE



From The Boston Phoenix

Director Allen Coulter bites off more than he can chew in a rote romantic drama that finds Twilight's Robert Pattinson trading his fangs for James Dean's cool. As Tyler Hawkins, he nails the pretty-boy aura sure to please female fans, but he scotches the finer details, like smoking a cigarette in a convincing way.

Worse, he exhibits little chemistry with Lost's Emilie de Ravin, who plays Ally Craig, daughter of the New York cop (Chris Cooper) who arrests Tyler just days before the couple's first dinner date, at which Ally announces: "I prefer my dessert first. I just don't see the point in waiting."

Had Coulter dished up Remember Me's dessert at the outset, revealing the pseudo-poignant, jaw-dropping twist (which helps explain the unwise participation of veterans Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, and Lena Olin), he'd have enabled viewers to skip a distasteful meal that Pattinson's partisans might mistake for profundity.

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Part 2 of Rob's Interview With Parade



Fear not, Twilight fans. This June, Robert Pattinson will be back in theaters as Hollywood's hottest vampire, Edward Cullen, in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Meanwhile, you can catch him making love and war as troubled college student Tyler in the indie drama Remember Me. Parade.com's Jeanne Wolf found out why Pattinson would like to be more like his character, who doesn't hold back his emotions.

The dating game.

"When it comes to the opposite sex, I'm not as fully confident as the guy I play. I don't even remember the last time I asked someone out on a date, like, just went up to them and that's the first thing I did. I'm much more self-conscious and not wanting to fail. So I tend to hold back."

Ditto with unleashing his macho side.
"I related to Tyler in that I wish I could have done things like he did when I had the opportunity. There is something quite satisfying about being a little bit more reckless and even fighting. It's quite cathartic to just sort of randomly start hitting someone. It was fun kind of, letting all your rage go on the set. We had this big scene where I punch out some guys. It went fine and nobody was really hurt at all. But, at the end, I was like doing this thing where I was hitting myself in the arm, sort of pumping myself up. They cut it out of the movie, but I punched myself so hard that I was in a lot of pain for the rest of the shoot. It was the most stupid thing I've ever done."

He's felt the pain before.

"I got beaten up by a lot of people when I was younger. I was a bit of an idiot, but I always thought the assaults were unprovoked. It was after I first started acting and I liked to behave like an actor, or how I thought an actor was supposed to be, and that apparently provoked a lot of people into hitting me."

What he learned from Pierce Brosnan.

"We went out to dinner in a restaurant full of all these guys who looked like bankers or brokers. They didn't recognize me, but they recognized Pierce. And he said, 'Notice those people looking over?' I'm sitting there getting more and more self-conscious, even though I didn't realize they weren't looking at me. Suddenly, Pierce got up and introduced himself to everybody in the restaurant. At first I was like, 'What are you doing? You're like completely insane.' But it worked. Everybody just relaxed and stopped staring and you could tell they were going to go home and say, 'Pierce is such a nice guy.'"

No problem with being compared to James Dean.

"I think he was like the most influential person for young guys, especially actors, in the last 50 years. So yeah, I mean, I'm not ashamed to say I am very much influenced by him."

Facing up to the pressure of the box office.

"It's like a kind of a monster thing. The more people think they know you, the more you're identified with a certain kind of role. People always used to ask me about typecasting and I never had to really worry about it. You think people will judge you by your work. But the truth is, it's about whether the film you're in makes money or not. And if it's not making money, they're like, 'Oh, he's over.'"

His ultimate goal.

"You keep trying to make your name stand for something other than just like meaningless celebrity. It's a difficult battle, but I think people like Johnny Depp have done that. He's not judged by his public image, it's just his acting that counts. To get to that place takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hiding."

Parade

3 New 'Remember Me' Reviews - Spoilers



From The Sydney Morning Herald - Spoilerish

IN Remember Me, Robert Pattinson rejoins the human race. The film was made straight after he finished the most recent episode in the Twilight saga and it surely came as a great relief to him. After doing so well in alerting teens to the sexiness of the supernatural, he must have wondered if he'd be permitted to embrace normality again.

But here he is, playing just another mixed-up kid in the James Dean tradition - except that this rebel does have a cause. He is out to shake some humanity into his father, Charles (Pierce Brosnan). Charles is a Wall Street tycoon so ensconced on the dark side that he can barely spare time to attend the family gathering held to mark the anniversary of his elder son's suicide.

Read the full review HERE


From TimeOut New York - Spoilerish

There’s tons of brooding for your buck in the hilariously earnest Remember Me, which will hopefully be revived several years from now as a beloved midnight movie. Twilight inamorato Robert Pattinson (star and executive producer) confidently sulks his way through this jaw-dropping mix of come-hither stares, “love me, Daddy!” histrionics and historical tragedy.

He’s Tyler Hawkins, a gloomily soulful NYU student at odds with his businessman father (Brosnan), and who cracks Boyz II Men jokes as if he were Allen Ginsberg reading “Howl.” After getting into a street fight, he’s arrested by a policeman (Cooper) who—it just so happens—has a daughter (De Ravin) also enrolled at NYU. One alpha-male bet with his roommate later, Tyler’s on a retributive date…but then love begins to bloom.

Sex is had, past secrets are revealed, but all is not well in Camelot, as director Allen Coulter and writer Will Fetters shamelessly hint via snatches of summer 2001 news broadcasts (it’s a period piece, see) and a telegraphing glimpse at a certain pair of buildings. I can’t say any more beyond telling you that I came out of the screening with an ear-to-ear grin I don’t usually get from even great movies. Bless you, R.Patz & Co., because this gloriously steaming pile is officially in the bad-movies-we-love pantheon.


From Village Voice - VERY Spoilerish

Putatively a new romance starring Robert Pattinson, Remember Me begins like a vigilante movie: A Brooklyn subway platform, 1991; a racially charged stickup; an 11-year-old girl watches her mother get shot. It's the first sign that here is a film that won't be content just charting the little measures by which two people become able to love—in fact, it'll barely do that at all.

Read the full review HERE

10-Second Sneak Peek of the Eclipse Trailer!

The Boston Herald Interviews Rob and 'Remember Me' Director Allen Coulter



Before Edward Cullen and “Twilight” and the global heartthrob status that followed, there was Robert Pattinson, young actor making his way in the business.

“I thought he was a nice, scruffy young guy from England,” said “Remember Me” director Allen Coulter. He had lunch with Pattinson a year before shooting began.

“Twilight” hadn’t yet opened, and Coulter ultimately cast Pattinson as Tyler Hawkins, an anguished college student estranged from his father who falls in love with the daughter of a cop.


“I thought, ‘What the hell, let’s take a chance on the guy.’ Then suddenly he was a phenomenon.”

When “Remember Me” was filming last year on location in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, security was a must because of paparazzi and fans.

“The actors are trying to do an intimate scene, with a thousand girls vibrating on the hill,” Coulter said.

Pattinson agreed: “The first two weeks were kind of crazy because I was all around (New York University) and Washington Square Park, where there would be tons of people around anyway. But after that you just get used to it. You just block certain things out.”

Why was he so eager to do this movie?

(Story continues below)
“I barely like anything and so it’s kind of easy to pick your jobs. I was reading a ton of scripts and what shocked me was it just didn’t fall into any (category). It didn’t seem very formulaic and I’d just read tons and tons of formulaic scripts. It was just such a relief to find that.”

Also, he added, “there was something about Tyler - I don’t know - the way he reacted to things. I hadn’t really seen another character like it in a hundred scripts.”

“Twilight: Eclipse” arrives this summer and Pattinson is set to film the fourth and final chapter soon after.

“Remember Me” opens Friday.

The Boston Herald via Thinking Of Rob

The Insider Interviews Rob - Talks about 'Remember Me', Love Scenes and Pierce Brosnan




'Twilight''s Rob Pattinson is headed back to the big screen in a romantic new role -- and he tells "The Insider" all about filming love scenes!


Pattinson stars in the new drama, 'Remember Me,' and he says of filming love scenes with "Lost"'s Emilie de Ravin, "It's always scary, I think much more scary for girls."

But he says, "Emily's just like completely comfortable in herself so it makes you feel more comfortable with yourself."

Of choosing to do the film, he explains, "I read it in the summer after I just shot my first 'Twilight' film and [was planning] what to do next. ... I read about 50 scripts and this one just stood out. It seemed completely different and I could hear the voice of the character."

'Remember Me,' which hits theaters on March 12, follows two lovers who are coping with their family tragedies as their newfound love affair progresses. Pierce Brosnan co-stars


The Insider

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90-second Eclipse Trailer Arrives Online Thursday 9AM EST



Grab a bag of glitter and plan a night at home around a computer with your friends. The first trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is almost here. We’ve just learned it’s being released on Thursday, March 11th at 6:00AM PST / 9:00AM EST. The Eclipse trailer will really be more of a teaser. It’ll clock in at only 90 seconds long and, as for what it will contain, werewolves, vampires, and Bella looking at one of those two possibilities longingly is a sure bet.


But with the Twilight Flu being what it is, odds are you won’t want to wait till Thursday, so there will also be a teaser for the teaser released on Wednesday, March 10th. That’ll only be a 10 second long version of the 90 second teaser, long enough for Tyler Lautner to flex his muscles or something. That shows up in the morning at around 9AM PST.

You’ll be able to see both the teaser and the teaser for the teaser here on Cinema Blend, as soon as they debut. Stick around, we’ll have them for you and so will the movie’s official site. Or if you want to wait a few extra hours, it’ll officially debut in theaters this weekend in front of the new Robert Pattinson movie Remember Me.

Source via RobPattzNews

This one might be a little controversial...

I'm pasting just the relevant parts, but there's a longer, fairly critical article at the source.

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From The Daily Beast:

Lautner may be hot now but most insiders see Pattinson as the stronger actor. And Lautner has irked at least one high-profile producer by dropping in and out of many projects in recent weeks.
...

While Roth is clearly annoyed at being "jerked around," others say it might make sense for Lautner to book projects fast. A number of Hollywood insiders—agents, producers, executives—are skeptical about his long-term prospects; one producer says dismissively that Lautner appeals primarily to "little girls and gay men." And a leading agent says Lautner reminds him of The Situation from Jersey Shore ("It's all his abs") or "that blond dude from Blue Lagoon," a heartthrob movie from 1980.(The dude in question was Christopher Atkins.)
...

Meanwhile, the 23-year-old Pattinson may be the tortoise to Lautner's hare. He and Lautner "actually have very different views of what they have in mind for their careers," says an executive who works with both. "Robert is much more about the artistic parts than the big commercial parts. . . Taylor was a child actor and worked in the commerce of our business." Indeed, Lautner has been acting since he was seven years old and got his first big movie break in 2005, in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl.

Clearly Pattinson is looking to make more artistic choices and build a long-term career. (Between Twilights, he's set to star in Water for Elephants based on the historical novel by Sara Gruen, along with Academy Award winners Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz.) "The spin his people are putting on it is that he wants to do this for 40 years," says a talent representative. So Pattinson is looking to actors like Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio as models, and some think he has a shot. "Pattinson is the more accomplished actor," says one studio executive. "I think he's more of a movie star as opposed to a hunk. He's got a better look."

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Leonardo DiCaprio talks comparisons with Rob



Leonardo DiCaprio has little to worry about these days, having long gotten over the career bump that was Titanic. Up to that point, the young turk was carving out a career as a beautiful, beguiling character actor. Suddenly, he was a star. His previous outing, Baz Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliet lit the fuse, DiCaprio suddenly a pin-up of every young girl’s wall. The tragic role of Jack in Titanic was enough for the young Leonardo DiCaprio’s career to explode. To the point where the 23-year old actor couldn’t step outside his door without the paparazzi photographing his every move. And the world constantly contemplating his next move.

A bit like Robert Pattinson after Twilight broke. Only even more mental.

“I can see it happening with Robert Pattinson, absolutely,” laughs DiCaprio, “and it brings back such happy, and crappy, memories. Your life isn’t your own when that kind of stardom happens, and you have tabloids every day making up stories about you.

“It’s not exactly what an actor dreams of, because your anonymity is gone.”

Suddenly, you’re Elvis, and that means playing someone else for an audience is nigh on impossible. DiCaprio addressed the issue by playing a variation of himself at that time in Woody Allen’s Celebrity, but when he tried to actually act in 1998’s The Man In The Iron Mask and 2000’s The Beach, audiences just wanted more Jack. Or more Romeo. More Leo.

Full interview at the source

Via Letmesign.com

Collider Interview With Rob for Remember Me

Rob will do DVD Commentary for Remember Me!



Last week I got to interview Robert Pattinson for his new movie Remember Me. Since he’s answered every possible question regarding the Twilight franchise and his other upcoming projects, what I decided to do was ask the people who follow me on Twitter to supply me with questions. While I knew I’d get a few things to ask…I was not prepared for the amount of emails and tweets that would be sent my way. I was blown away.

Since so many of you asked about certain things like would he do a commentary on the Remember Me DVD and what was up with his music, I didn’t single out any one person when I asked the questions. Just know I read every single email and tweet you sent in. Saying that, I mentioned who provided me with the first question, and we also talked about what he’d like to do if he had a free day in New York City and will he ever get into social networking. If you’re a fan of Robert Pattinson, I’m confident you’ll like this interview as I made sure to ask a few things that haven’t previously been asked.

Robert Pattinson

What did he learn about himself while playing Tyler
What’s going on with his music
Will he do DVD commentaries for his movies
If he had one day in NYC and he was left alone, what would he do
I ask about social networking and will he ever do it



Collider

Manny The Movie Guy Reviews 'Remember Me' - Minor Spoilers



Confession Time – I was never a fan of Robert Pattinson. I am basing that assessment on the actor’s most famous role to date, the lovelorn vampire Edward in the “Twilight” films. I thought he delivered wooden performances in both movies.

But after watching Pattinson in the new film “Remember Me,” I can now honestly say, I’m intrigued by this actor. He carried the movie from its shaky start to its heart wrenching conclusion.

Unlike his “Twilight” co-star, Taylor Lautner, Pattinson is making brave career choices. While Lautner will soon be busy working on standard thrillers like “Abduction” or sure-fire blockbusters like “Stretch Armstrong,” Pattinson will bury himself in art-house films like “Bel Ami” and “”Water for Elephants.”

Taking a cue from Johnny Depp, Pattinson peppers his resume with iconic roles such as Edward, and memorable characters like the one he played in “Remember Me.” He stars as Tyler, a rebel with a cause who has serious daddy issues.

His father, Charles Hawkins (played perfectly by Pierce Brosnan), is a rich, powerful businessman who spends most of his time in the office and less with his family. After a tragedy separated the Hawkins, Tyler and his sister Caroline (the amazing Ruby Jerins), divide their time between their dad, and their newly-married mother (the underused Lena Olin).

Set in New York City in the summer of 2001, tragedy is at the center of “Remember Me.” In an unusual twist of fate, Tyler meets Ally (“Lost’s” Emilie de Ravin). She’s Tyler’s NYU classmate who’s also trying to cope with a tragic experience. Her father, played by Chris Cooper, is a protective cop from Queens who will do anything to keep his only daughter safe from harm.

In its simplest form, “Remember Me” features clichéd narrative about two lovers from opposite sides of the tracks. He’s from a wealthy family while she’s from a blue-collar background. But what sets this film apart is its unforeseen climax that you will remember for years to come.

Yes, the ending is commendable and director Allen Coulter (“Hollywoodland”) and screenwriter Will Fetters knew that their payoff would be talked about that all the necessary blocks were built around the finale, and gosh darn it, it worked! I just wished the filmmakers reached their conclusion quicker.

To be honest, the film could have benefited from some cuts. If the filmmakers excised unnecessary laborious scenes, especially the slow-building romantic angle in the beginning, “Remember Me” would have been a perfect movie.

One word of advice if you’re planning to see “Remember Me,” please avoid blogs, reviews, and reports revealing the film’s arc. You will enjoy the movie better if you walk into the theater without knowing anything about it.

But warts and all, I am recommending “Remember Me.” First, because of the 11-year-old actress Jerins, who stole acting thunder from Pattinson. There’s a scene in the film where her character experiences a tragedy while attending a pajama birthday party. In the hands of a less qualified actress, the scene would have been kitschy and corny, but Jerins showed deep understanding of her character.

Jerins is the heart of the film, and her scenes with Pattinson are vibrant and alive. As for Pattinson? It’s a pleasure to see the actor sans luminous vampire make-up. Pattinson blends well with all of his co-stars in the film. He’s a stubborn rebel when he’s around his dad, a loving boyfriend with Ally, and a caring older brother with his sister.

I’m also recommending “Remember Me” for its beautiful portrait of New York. The city becomes one of the film’s main characters. It’s a source of inspiration to some, and a hub of volatility to others.

As a whole, “Remember Me” is a heartwarming love story told against an unforgettable backdrop. It’s about loss, love, and redemption. Some people may find “Remember Me” too earnest, I call it profound. Trust me, the title will make so much sense after you’ve seen the film.


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Jerins is the heart of the film, and her scenes with Pattinson are vibrant and alive.

Rob is #1 on Glamour's "Most Glam Crushes"



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Remember Me was supposed to be Rated R - MINOR SPOILERS

Passionate sex. Cigarette smoking. Gun violence. Fistfights. Frank dialogue. Adult themes. F-bombs. The “twist” ending (don’t worry, no big spoilers here). Robert Pattinson’s new film Remember Me plays out with all the salty, sultry vigor of the New York summer in which it’s set. Yet somehow, director Allen Coulter and distributor Summit Entertainment trimmed and tucked enough of that vigor to avoid the R-rating that would keep the film from its Pattinson-rabid teenage fan base. It was a job that likely meant the difference between a $25 million and a $50 million opening or maybe even more — not to mention one that, as Coulter told Movieline recently, he almost refused to do.

[Minor content spoilers do follow below]

"When I was informed that the project was PG-13, my first reaction was, ‘Well, sayonara!’" “When I was informed that the project was PG-13, my first reaction was, ‘Well, sayonara!’”, Coulter explained during the film’s press junket last month in New York. “I virtually quit at that point. I didn’t know that until very late in the game. So my first reaction was, ‘Forget it.’ Then I was talked off the ledge.”

“But ultimately he wound up making a unique film,” said Will Fetters, the young screenwriter for whom Remember Me marks a feature debut. “It’s an R-script. It’s an adult-themed story that can be experienced by young people. There’s nothing gratuitous. Allen said this before, but hopefully it’s some of these young people’s first experience with a ‘adult’ film. The ending makes it unique, but what I think is getting lost is that ultimately Allen crafted a film — by getting in just under the line — that a broader audience can and will experience. I think that’s one of the elements that makes us more unique than if we had just gone for an ‘R.’”

Nevertheless, the MPAA ratings board required some cuts. “For me,” Coulter said, “that was very painful because one of the first things I said from the very beginning was that I wanted to make this true-to-life. And people in New York talk a certain way. Cops talk a certain way. I didn’t want to have to done it down so much that it was just bullshit, frankly. So it was a little bit of a process. I can’t really know what their reasoning was, but curiously we had more trouble with the sex, which struck me as odd, because it’s not at all graphic.”

“Well, it was intense,” Fetters said. “Intense” is a good word for it: Two scenes, one pulled out of the Fatal Attraction playbook of thrashing and groping in an apartment corridor, and the other just your standard 10 or 12 seconds of gorgeous celebrities in bed. Emilie de Ravin — who plays Ally, the girlfriend of Pattinson’s brooding loner Tyler — is filmed mostly from the neck up, but in various other shots she’s not wearing a top. Scandalous!

“Yeah, that was tough,” Coulter continued. “They found the intensity of that too much. The curious note that I got was, ‘Too much story.’ Which strikes me as mind-boggling, because you’d think the opposite of that is to make it perfunctory and facile. Which would be exactly what you didn’t want to do with a scene of sexuality — instead of making it deep and meaningful and something to be admired. So that was tough.” "The sexual content — albeit in my opinion tame — is emotionally driven, and it’s about the connection between two people."

Then there are the fights — a big, fairly realistic-looking street brawl followed by more corridor intimacy, but, like, with fists. “With regard to the violence,” Coulter said, “We had to tone it down a little bit. I would say it’s a gritty PG-13, though. It just skated under the wire. And hats off to them for allowing us to be as gritty as we were; it may be because it was never easy or meant to be cool. All the violence is very real and at the same time has consequences.

Finally, Tyler smokes. A lot. But it might as well be an anti-tobacco commercial in parts, as Coulter agreed. “As far as smoking is concerned, everybody gives him a hard time about it,” he said. “And eventually he says, ‘This is the last one, I swear.’ And you kind of feel like at that moment in the film, ‘You know, he means it. He’ll stop. Ally will rag on him until he stops.’ So it was just on the thin edge of what was allowable. But I hope the reason was because of the sincerity of our purpose.” Well, totally — there’s nothing insincere about trying for a number-one opening.

Source here - http://www.movieline.com/2010/03/how-did-robert-pattinsons-new-film-avoid-an-r-rating-the-director-explains.php

DIRECTV To Offer Bonus Footage of The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Not Available On Cable

DIRECTV To Offer Bonus Footage of The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Not Available On Cable

DIRECTV's Midnight Premier of 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' on March 20, Includes
Behind-the-Scenes Footage of the Film and an Inside Look at Director Chris Weitz

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 9, 2010 - "Twi-hards" who have DIRECTV won't even have to
leave the comfort of their own living rooms to be one of the first to see last
fall's box office phenomenon, The Twilight Saga: New Moon. In conjunction with the
highly anticipated DVD release of the movie by Summit Entertainment, DIRECTV will
offer a midnight premiere of the movie on Saturday, March 20 on DIRECTV Cinema. In
addition, customers who purchase the Pay Per View movie, will also receive
behind-the-scenes bonus features about the film - not available on cable.
In addition to being able to see teen heartthrobs Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen),
Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black) and Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan) in crystal-clear 1080p
HD, DIRECTV customers will also have access to the bonus featurette The Subtle
Details, which offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look at New Moon's production
design, costuming and more. DIRECTV customers will also receive Chris Weitz Takes
the Helm, a feature that documents the transition from Catherine Hardwicke, director
of Twilight, to New Moon director Chris Weitz, and his vision of the future of the
series.
"DIRECTV Cinema's goal is to provide customers with the ultimate in-home movie
experience they can't find anywhere else," said Sarah Lyons, vice president, Upgrade
Marketing, DIRECTV. "We are thrilled to not only offer The Twilight Saga: New Moon
in 1080p HD but to also give our customers a deeper look at what went into to making
the film."
Twilight Saga: New Moon will premiere on DIRECTV Cinema and DIRECTV on Demand at
midnight, Saturday, March 20. The movie will be available in 1080p HD (same as
Blu-ray) for $5.99 or standard-definition (SD) for $4.99. In addition, Summit
Entertainment's Twilight In Forks, which is a documentary that explores the Pacific
Northwest town that inspired the Twilight phenomenon, will also be available in
1080p HD for $5.99 or for $4.99 (SD).
For more information on the movies available
on DIRECTV Cinema please visit directv.com/cinema.



Source: http://en.twilightpoison.com/2010/03/09/directv-to-offer-bonus-footage-of-the-twilight-saga-new-moon-not-available-on-cable/

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