Ice Castles (Wrye, 1978 USA)
Vision Quest (Becker, 1985 USA)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Sports Film: Basketball
Hoosiers (Anspaugh, 1986 USA)
White Men Can't Jump (Shelton, 1992 USA)
Semi-Pro (Alterman, 2008 USA)
More Than a Game (Belman, 2009 USA)
White Men Can't Jump (Shelton, 1992 USA)
Semi-Pro (Alterman, 2008 USA)
More Than a Game (Belman, 2009 USA)
The Sports Film: Cheerleading
Just One Of The Girls (AKA Anything for Love) (Keusch, 1993 USA)
But I'm a Cheerleader (Babbit, 1999 USA)
Bring It On (Reed, 2000 USA)
Fired Up! (Gluck, 2009 USA)
But I'm a Cheerleader (Babbit, 1999 USA)
Bring It On (Reed, 2000 USA)
Fired Up! (Gluck, 2009 USA)
The Sports Film: Football
Brown of Harvard (Conway, 1926 USA)
The Longest Yard (Aldrich, 1974 USA)
All the Right Moves (Chapman, 1983 USA)
Any Given Sunday (Stone, 1999 USA)
The Longest Yard (Aldrich, 1974 USA)
All the Right Moves (Chapman, 1983 USA)
Any Given Sunday (Stone, 1999 USA)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Tax Incentive to Cut Gay TV, Film Characters
A proposed tax incentive to attract the film and television industry to Florida would not apply to productions that showcase "nontraditional family values," says the Republican house member sponsoring the jobs stimulus measure.By Julie Bolcer, The Advocate
March 09, 2010
Films and television shows with gay characters could be ineligible for a “family-friendly” tax credit, part of a $75 million incentive package that Florida house Republicans hope will attract entertainment jobs to their state.
According to the Palm Peach Post, “The bill would prohibit productions with ‘nontraditional family values’ from receiving a so-called family-friendly tax credit. But it doesn't define what ‘nontraditional family values’ are, something the bill's sponsor had a hard time doing, too.”
When pressed on whether shows with gay characters should get the tax credit, state representative Stephen Precourt, a Republican from Orlando who is sponsoring the bill, said, "That would not be the kind of thing I'd say that we want to invest public dollars in."
Currently, a state law that gives tax credits to “family-friendly” films defines the content as suitable for a 5-year-old, according to the Post: “Smoking, sex, nudity and profane language are prohibited, as are ‘obscene’ productions as defined by the state's sex crime laws.”
“Precourt's proposal would boost the credit from 2% to 5% and expand the list of taboos to include any ‘exhibit or implied act’ of nontraditional family values and gratuitous violence,” reports the Post.
Precourt represents the district that includes Walt Disney World.
The Republican house leadership is prioritizing the bill as a means to advance its agenda of job creation.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Week 6: Sports Films
TERENCE
Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa
for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your
driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it.
They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children,
longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look
around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass
over the money without even thinking about it: for
it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll
walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect
afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere
along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were
children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the
game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic
waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush
them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one
constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball.
America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has
been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But
baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of
our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good
and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will
most definitely come.
Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa
for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your
driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it.
They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children,
longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look
around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass
over the money without even thinking about it: for
it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll
walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect
afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere
along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were
children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the
game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic
waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush
them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one
constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball.
America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has
been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But
baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of
our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good
and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will
most definitely come.
—James Earl Jones as Terence Mann
in Field of Dreams (Robinson, 1989 USA)
in Field of Dreams (Robinson, 1989 USA)
M 3.8/W 3.10: Sports Films
In-class: “An Introduction to Sports on Film, Pt. II”
Screening: The Wrestler (Aronofsky, 2008 USA)
Due: OSR 3 (1960-1979)
Upcoming:
M 3.15/W 3.17: Musicals
In-class: “Musicals—An Overview, Pt. I”
Screening: Moulin Rouge! (Luhrmann, 2001 USA/Australia)
In-class: “An Introduction to Sports on Film, Pt. II”
Screening: The Wrestler (Aronofsky, 2008 USA)
Due: OSR 3 (1960-1979)
Upcoming:
M 3.15/W 3.17: Musicals
In-class: “Musicals—An Overview, Pt. I”
Screening: Moulin Rouge! (Luhrmann, 2001 USA/Australia)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
The 2010 Oscar Challenge
The Challenge:
Have the most number of correct picks in the class.
The Prize:
The top two winners will be allowed to "skip" an OSR and ISR of their choice.
The Procedure:
1. Copy this ballot
2. Open the Comments option below
3. Paste the ballot into a comment box, leaving only your picks for EACH category. Be sure to leave your name.
4. I'll tally the results by Monday's class and announce the winners
The Rules:
1. All entries must be in by 4 PM Sunday
2. Only fully-completed ballots will counted
(See my picks in the Comments section as an example)
Good luck!
The Ballot:
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Penélope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo'Nique, Precious
DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson & Tom McCarthy, Up
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche, In the Loop
Neill Bloomkamp & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Nick Hornby, An Education
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
El Secreto do Sus Ojos (Argentina)
Un Prophete (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)
Ajami (Israel)
The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit à la Berlin
SHORT FILM - ANIMATED
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up
ORIGINAL SONG
"Almost There," The Princess and the Frog
"Down in New Orleans," The Princess and the Frog
"Loin de Paname," Paris 36
"Take It All," Nine
"The Weary Kind," Crazy Heart
ART DIRECTION
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
COSTUME DESIGN
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
MAKEUP
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
SOUND MIXING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
SOUND EDITING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
FILM EDITING
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
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