Появились новые фамилии актеров в фильме и их имена в фильме (в частности, Джошку будут звать Эрик, как мило ) :

Samuel L. Jackson ....  Champ
Josh Hartnett ....  Erik
Kathryn Morris ....  Joyce
Dakota Goyo ....  Teddy
Alan Alda ....  Metz
Rachel Nichols ....  Polly
Nick Sandow ....  Marciano
David Paymer ....  Whitley
Ryan McDonald ....  Kenny
Harry J. Lennix ....  Satterfield Jr.
Peter Coyote ....  Epstein
Chris Ippolito ....  Jaws
Stephen Strachan ....  Tillman
Eugene Clark ....  Washburn
Peter Skagen ....  Dunkin

Кто-то знает кто такая Кэрин Моррис?

А кинопоиск он гадкий, защиту ставит... Щяс переделаем.

Судя по ее возрасту, она не любовницу Джоша играть будет...

Movie magic in our midst
Herald's newsroom used as set for film Resurrecting the Champ Stephen Hunt, Calgary Herald

Published: Saturday, July 22, 2006

At 10 o'clock on a July Monday night, Alan Alda sits in a Calgary Herald meeting room known as the Fishbowl, for its glass wall, playing cards with film director Rod Lurie.

They're playing a game called Spite and Malice, which involves two decks of cards and ultimately, a lot of cursing.

It's not a scene from a movie, however; it's a scene between scenes.

This week, the Herald is the site of a Hollywood movie shoot, as the production of Resurrecting the Champ, starring Alda, Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson, takes over the newsroom -- or perhaps shares it, since we are still here.

A few high-profile visitors also drop by, such as actress Scarlett Johansson, Hartnett's girlfriend, which causes everyone's opinion of hanging out in the newsroom to rise dramatically.

All of which raises the (very Canadian) question: Why us? To paraphrase Rick, Humphrey Bogart's character in Casablanca, of all the gin joints in the world, why did Hollywood have to walk into ours?

At the helm of Resurrecting the Champ is 44-year-old director Rod Lurie, who directed the Oscar-nominated The Contender starring Joan Allen and created the ABC TV series Commander in Chief starring Geena Davis. To him, choosing the Herald boils down to a certain '70s newspaper film about Watergate starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.

"You've got all the lights," Lurie says, pointing out into the newsroom at a ceiling decorated with a familiar -- and a little bleak -- landscape of rectangular fluorescent light panels. "It's very All the President's Men.

"It's the king of the newspaper films," Lurie says. "And I personally believe it's the best American film ever made. "

Resurrecting the Champ, an independent production developed initially by Mike Medavoy and financed by Yari Films, (the producers of Crash), is about a young Denver Times sportswriter (Hartnett) who discovers a homeless man who was once a promising boxer (Jackson), and how the story he writes about Jackson's character changes both their lives.

Because the crew needs to shoot in the same newsroom where Herald staffers assemble the paper each day, they are obliged, like a summer subletter, to share the space.

This produces the odd spectacle of duelling productions: on one end of the newsroom, there's a movie production, with a crew of nearly 100 (mostly Calgarians) -- who do a lot of waiting around between takes -- Steadicams, dollys and movie stars covertly hanging out, picking up tips on how to act like a sportswriter.

On the other end of the newsroom is the busy staff of a daily newspaper doing their work and acting -- not very convincingly -- as if famous movie people hang out in the newsroom every day.

Sometimes, as in the case of business reporters Paul Haavardsrud and Lisa Schmidt, scenes are actually shot at the work station across the aisle from their desks, creating an even odder blend of fantasy and reality as the reporters become extras.

Resurrecting the Champ is being shot in six weeks, a tight schedule, and there's no time to waste. Lurie keeps things rolling, and once he feels he's got his best take from the actors, he moves on to the next scene.

Does Hollywood get the newspaper business right? Do they capture the nitty-gritty of the daily reporter's life or do they, well, go all Hollywood on us? At Hartnett's Denver Times desk, there is an orange and blue plastic Denver Broncos football helmet, a cut-out photo of him playing with his son, a British boxing magazine, and a stack of empty spiral notebooks next to a stack of boxing VHS tapes.

It sounds authentic enough. What's wrong with this picture?

"There is not enough junk food on Josh's desk," the Herald's Lisa Schmidt says.

Haavardsrud, the wordsmith, has no problem with the set decoration, but takes exception to the film dialogue.

"I noticed, in the one scene, where the editor goes, 'nice article' and he goes 'thank you,' " Haavardsrud says. "Well, no one (in a newsroom) ever says (the word) 'article' because it has too many syllables. And they left out the part after the editor leaves, when the reporter goes, 'He butchered my lede (lead paragraph).' "

Meanwhile, the scene in the newsroom bullpen is shot and reshot with extras bustling to and fro in the background. Hartnett, in a khaki jacket and jeans, walks through wearing that unique blend of anxiety, boredom and obsession that a reporter might.

Lurie watches the scene through the monitor, listening to the dialogue on headphones, alongside director of photography Adam Kane, first assistant director Pierre Tremblay and continuity person Nancy McDonald, who holds a ring binder containing the script along with snapshots of the scenes, to help her keep track of things like light, hair and wardrobe.

"I'm sort of quality control," McDonald says. "I get to go around and tell people when they're screwing up. I was the one who got to tell Brad Pitt (in the upcoming Jesse James, which was also shot in and around Calgary) that he was screwing up his lines."

How did Mr. Pitt take criticism? "Oh, he was very good about it," she says. "He really liked the script, and wanted to say the lines the way they were written."

Crew members such as McDonald play a huge role in keeping things running smoothly. Lurie and producer Marc Frydman both sing the praises of the local cast and crew.

"Our budget called for every single role to be flown in -- every single one," Lurie says, "from New York or Los Angeles or maybe Vancouver.

"And I would say I've cast 25 roles in Calgary. They're really strong actors here."

As for the crew, Lurie says, "There's a sense of calm here that's a little bit unnerving. This crew gets everything done on time, they do it without complaint, they're working horrible hours, but yet they're cool, calm, collected and good."

Producer Frydman chose Calgary partly because of economic incentives, partly because of Calgary's resemblance to Denver, and partly (the largest part) because the city offers filmmakers something major metropolises do not: a unique blend of smaller city cosiness and the look of a big city in the United States.

"When you think about it, from downtown to Mount Royal, a residential area with manicured lawns, it's unbelievable," says Frydman. "If you were looking for that (combination of locations) in New York City, you'd have to go to New Jersey and it's an hour's drive. Here, it's five minutes. It's (Calgary) very well set up that way."

The night is still young, even if Alda is not (he's 70). At 10:30, it's dinner time for cast and crew. A few more slip out into the parking lot for a cigarette after dinner. There are still scenes to shoot before the production wraps, around four in the morning. Whether you're Josh Hartnett -- who is in every scene of the film and learns pages of new dialogue every day -- Alan Alda, Rod Lurie or the crew, the 15 minutes of fame Andy Warhol promised us seem to come at a steep price, at least in terms of REM sleep.

"You get used to having no life," says two-time Emmy nominee Gail Kennedy, a vivacious redhead who does the makeup.

www.canada.com

Кое-что о съемках в Денвере

Parker: Elway's steakhouse becomes movie set

August 1, 2006

When you put the words action and Elway's in the same sentence, you're usually talking about the singles scene at the bar.
But on Monday, action took on a different meaning when Hollywood descended on the Cherry Creek steakhouse to film a scene for Resurrecting the Champ, starring Samuel L. Jackson as a homeless has-been fighter who makes a comeback.

Jackson, however, was not part of the Denver scene. Instead, heartthrob Josh Hartnett, 6-year-old Canadian actor Dakota Goyo and our own John Elway hit their marks and delivered their lines during the daylong shoot.

The scene on Elway's patio involves Hartnett, as an aspiring sports writer, having lunch with his son, Teddy. Hartnett's character, Erik, boasts to his son that he knows the Broncos Hall-of-Famer, a huge stretch of the truth. When Elway, along with his agent, played by L.A. actor George Green, are seated at a nearby table, Teddy is heck-bent on meeting his hero.

"Look, that's John Elway," Teddy says to his dad. Hartnett tries to hustle his son out of the restaurant, but the tyke makes a dash over to Elway's table and introduces himself.

"Do you play football?" Elway asks the young fan. "Let me see your hand," he says holding his palm against Teddy's. "Your hands are twice as big as mine were at your age, I give you about three years."

Erik hustles his progeny out of the restaurant. "Goodbye Mr. Elway," Teddy says. "I hope you come back to the Broncos next year."

Elway, who's no stranger to lights, camera, action from shooting his car dealership commercials, said he was contacted by director Rod Lurie's team about two months ago.

"I thought it would be fun," Elway said. "I was looking forward to meeting Josh, but my stress level's terrible - I'm joking when I say that."

Local makeup artist Dee Sandella touched up Elway's movie makeup. "I need all the help I can get," he said.

The movie, which wrapped shooting Monday after filming Broncos QB Jake Plummer at Dove Valley and the Coliseum, where fighters duked it out years ago, is scheduled to be released next year.

FLEETING FAME: When Elway's servers Vanessa Harris and Lindsay Spencer showed up to work the lunch shift Monday, they figured they'd be taking orders and refilling drink glasses.

Instead, Hollywood came calling. The servers were pressed into service as extras in the movie Resurrecting the Champ. Harris dropped off the lunch tab at Hartnett's table and retrieved the paid bill.

Spencer escorted Elway and his "agent," Green, to their table on the patio.

"We thought we'd be working lunch, instead we're cast in a movie," Spencer said. "I'm a movie star."

The gals joked that they would soon be giving up their day jobs and moving to Hollywood. "We're moving there and we'll be roomies," Harris said, laughing.

SCHMIDT ON THE SIDE: Elway's restaurant co-owner Tim Schmidt brought his son, Conner, down to the steakhouse-turned-movie-set on Monday to watch all the Hollywood hubbub.

"It's a fantastic opportunity to create more talk about the restaurant," he said about the attention. "It brings Hollywood to Denver, and it showcases the city and the (Cherry Creek) mall."

From inside the bar, Schmidt watched his pal Elway rehearse his scene. "I'm a better actor than John," he teased. "He's just more well known."

EAVESDROPPING on a woman watching the movie shoot at Elway's: "John should do OK. He's much better than Dealin' Doug or Jake Jabs."

www.rockymountainnews.com

Полный список актеров:

Samuel L. Jackson .... Champ
Josh Hartnett .... Erik
Kathryn Morris .... Joyce
Dakota Goyo .... Teddy
Teri Hatcher .... Flak
Alan Alda .... Metz
Rachel Nichols .... Polly
Nick Sandow .... Marciano
David Paymer .... Whitley
Ryan McDonald .... Kenny
Harry J. Lennix .... Satterfield Jr.
Peter Coyote .... Epstein
Chris Ippolito .... Jaws
Stephen Strachan .... Tillman
Eugene Clark .... Washburn
Peter Skagen .... Dunkin
Lori Ravensborg .... Reporter #1
J. Winston Carroll .... Rosen (as J.W. Carroll)
Caitlynne Medrek .... Amber
Larry Austin .... Crony
Chris Kelly .... Police Officer #1
Terrance Morris .... Hood
Hannah Stewart .... Jenny
Kristen Shaw .... Perlmutter
Jesse Lipscombe .... McCracken
David Trimble .... Champ (Young)
John Elway .... Himself
Hugh Delaney .... Announcer
Suzanne Pringle .... Woman with Kenny
Ron Carothers .... Champ’s Cornerman

Наконец-то о фильме заговорили. Премьера на фестивале Sundance обещает быть шумной (год назад так стартовал фильм "Счастливое Число Слевина"). Куча статей по поводу:

dailynews.com
abclocal.go.com
sltrib.com
canada.com
heraldextra.com
twincities.com

Главная мысль такова:

Сэмюэль Джексон снялся в ведущих ролях в двух самых ожидаемых драматических фильмах фестиваля - национального лидера кинофестивалей независимых фильмов. Одна из драм называется "Black Snake Moan," о блюзовом музыканте, кто становится защитником обиженной женщины, в фильме так же заняты Кристина Риччи и Джастин Тимберлейк (какой кошмар  , он еще и играть пытается). Второй фильм -  "Resurrecting The Champ," где Джексон снимается с Джошем Хартнеттом, Терри Хатчер и Аланом Алда. Фильм о  репортере, который находит бывшего боксера, звезду, коготорого считали умершим.
Закрывать фестиваль будет фильм "Life Support," Нельсона Джоржда, с Куин Латифа в главной роли. Это драма о больных СПИДом афроамериканцах.  Фестиваль будет проходить с 18 по 28 января в Парк Сити, штат Юта.

Ну что же... Ждем, наконец-то, новых качественных фоток Джоша и ответов на вопросы о его взаимоотношениях со Скарлетт. Ему не увертеться. Надо только подождать 

Dirge
спасибо, фота шикарнейшая!!! это наверное сын Джошки по фильму... такая нежность  :heart:

я тоже не видела, кажется...