Miller to star in van Gogh film

 

Actors Sienna Miller and Steve Buscemi are set to star in a US remake of a movie by the murdered Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh.  Alfie star Miller, 23, will star alongside the Fargo actor in a remake of Interview, the website of Van Gogh's Dutch production firm said. Buscemi, 48, is directing the film about a psychological tussle between a journalist and a soap-opera actress. In July Mohammed Bouyeri was convicted of shooting and stabbing van Gogh. Film-maker Van Gogh, a strong critic of radical Islam and a distant relative of the 19th-Century painter Vincent van Gogh, was killed as he cycled through Amsterdam. His murder in November 2004 stunned the Netherlands. His production company said filming of the Interview remake was scheduled to start next month. Two other remakes of Van Gogh films are also being planned for, it added. The Dutch and US producers said part of the profits would be put into a fund in his memory which supports freedom of speech in film-making.

THE STUNNING AND AMAZING PAULETTE ATTIE

PAULETTE ATTIE, (Left), the multi faceted performer and Award winning actress, singer, and songwriter, continues to surprise us with her new areas of endeavor. In the works is a review she wrote called "Collaborators." It’s about composer Harold Arlen, and 4 of his brilliant lyricists: Ira Gershwin, “Yip” Harburg, Ted Koehler and Johnny Mercer. "Collaborators" will be directed by five time Emmy Award winner Francesca James. A star studded cast will join Paulette in singing the praises of these great songwriters. Paulette personally interviewed Arlen, Harburg and Mercer on her radio show, Paulette Attie’s Musical Playbill.   She’ll be singing at the Friars Club for a Frank Sinatra birthday tribute, produced by TV talk show host, Bill Boggs, who did some seminal interviews of Sinatra on TV. Paulette won the ASCAP Plus Songwriter Award, for the 6th year in a row. She is set to record her new song, “Star Quest,” for which she shares lyric credits with Bernard Lee. Then there are Paulette’s numerous concert appearances and playing the “better” half  to Chris Gampell’s “worst” half  in “Itch,” two person comedy by Elyse Nass.  PAULETTE ATTIE your fearless writer, has sung for members of the military at army and air force bases in the U.S., and a navy base in Japan.

Paulette Attie's New Song

Stunning Diva, award-winning author, columnist, singer-songwriter, actress,  Paulette Attie recorded her song “Give It the Best Ya Got” for the upcoming indie film, The Drum Beats Twice. Here’s what she had to say about the experience. “I like the theme of the movie. It’s a crime thriller that exposes the world of good and evil, retaliation and forgiveness. Redemption wins out at the end of the day which, of course, appeals to me. It was a joy to work with Paul Bailey, the film’s Music Director. He pays attention to every aspect of what makes for good sound in a movie. That in itself is a pleasure. I got to see why he’s tops in his field when we recorded the tracks at his studio. He’s fast, efficient, positive in dealing with talent, and gets the work done. Bailey has strong feelings about what’s available today for the buyers. Almost as if giving a prepared statement, he said, "The music business has met its lowest common denominator and has been that way for about a decade or more. Meanwhile, the pent up demand by the most musically centered generation ever to hit the planet, the Baby Boomer kids of the 60's and 70's, is at its peak. That demand has been here all along, ignored by an industry, too blinded by short sightedness, old paradigms, and instant gratification. It’s time for 'New music, just like you remember it'!" Bailey provides some of that “New music,” having contributed the entire score for The Drum Beats Twice, other than my song. He has his own original take on early 70’s rock music, the period in which the film takes place. My song is for the flashback scene, where the leading man, a badly maimed police officer, recalls how encouraging his father was to him when he was a teenager. For that, I created a 40’s type song with a swinging beat, a bit like the Andrew Sister’s “The Bugle Boy of Company B.” To back up the strong bond between father and son, “Give It the Best Ya Got,” includes lyrics like: “I’ll stand behind you, even remind you, “Give It the Best Ya Got.” The Drum Beats Twice is Producer Kenneth Del Vecchio's fourth film. For each of his films, he has gathered an outstanding cast, and for this one, there are several award winning players: Eileen Fulton (2004 Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award), Justin Deas (Winner of 6 Emmys) and Richard Barclay (Academy Award winner). Other stand outs in the cast include Robert Clohessy (popular actor in Oz), Lisa Peluso (of Another World and Loving) and Willie DeMeo (Analyze That and Searching for Bobby D). The DVD will be out soon, and hopefully the soundtrack, available on CD, will soon follow.   

Sharon aide promotes Munich film

 

Director Steven Spielberg has hired one of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's key aides to market his film Munich in the country. The film, about the killing of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games, opens in Israel next month. Eyal Arad, who helped plan the recent Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, has arranged a Tel Aviv screening for the widows of the murdered sportsmen. "We are talking about a film that has generated a lot of interest," he said. "Naturally that sort of interest can entail some negative reactions as well as positive reactions," he added, calling Israel an "important market" for the film. The film has caused controversy among former members of Israel's intelligence community, with Avi Dichter, a retired head of the Shin Bet intelligence service, likening the film to a children's adventure story. "There is no comparison between what you see in the movie and how it works in reality," he said.

Historical accuracy: The film is based on the 1984 book Vengeance, which is said to be based on the confessions of an officer from the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad who broke ranks in protest at its "aggressive tactics". It portrays a team of hitmen torn by questions of conscience and on the run from Palestinian gunmen. That version of events has been rejected by historians in Israel and elsewhere. But one of the widows who saw Spielberg's film said a lack of historical accuracy may have worked in Spielberg's favour. Ilana Romano - whose weightlifter husband was among those killed - said it overlooked the 1973 incident when Mossad agents targeting a Palestinian fugitive mistakenly killed a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer, Norway. "Had Spielberg wanted to harm Israel's image, he would have included the Lillehammer affair," she said. "Don't let's over-analyse Spielberg's film."