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Producer Jon Landau began in the business as a post-production supervisor and production manager before earning his first producing credit on "Campus Man" (1987).
The combination of Landau’s thorough understanding of the most complex, state of the art visual effect technologies and his ability to work hand and hand with the highest caliber of creative talent has enabled him to play a significant role in numerous major motion pictures.
The film, which Landau is producing along with his Lightstorm Entertainment partners James Cameron and Rae Sanchini, was released in December 2002 through Twentieth Century Fox.
www.angelfire.com /film2/my_project_titanic/jon.html   (441 words)

  
 Jon Landau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Landau replaced the group's original manager John Sinclair when Sinclair was sentenced to nine years in state prison for drug possession.
Landau's prophetic 1974 article in The Real Paper [3], wherein he famously claimed "I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen", is credited by Nick Hornby [4] and others with fostering the artist's popularity.
Landau was then hired on by Springsteen, and is cited as co-producer on Springsteen studio records from 1975's Born to Run, through 1991's Human Touch and Lucky Town.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jon_Landau   (354 words)

  
 Writing about Film
Much variation in detail and in emphasis is possible in defining film; however, two features run through all definitions: (a) a succinct description of at least the basic elements of the mechanism employed, and (b) an allusion to the creation of an illusion of motion.
Film is by definition the art of illusion: this means that in varying degrees a film obliterates the audience's sense of place, and sense of time.
A measure of the former film's appeal is due to the attractiveness of the actors: Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
www.ucalgary.ca /~rseiler/film.htm   (1481 words)

  
 Film Producer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In On Film Editing, Dmytryk contends that many technicians film producer and professionals on the film crew-- from the cameraman film producer and his assistants to the producer film producer and director-- must understand film editing to produce a truly polished work.
Multiple-award-winning producer film producer and leading teacher of acting Robert Benedetti offers a no-nonsense, detailed, film producer and clearly structured approach to the fundamentals of acting for the camera.
Jon Landau (film producer) - Jon Landau is an American film producer.
www.ynhproductions.com /filmproducer.html   (861 words)

  
 Oscar Winners - Best Picture
The film was nominated for 8 total Oscars, and won only one, and was also distinguished by having three of its actors all contending for Best Actor, and neither of the three won.
A very personal film, detailing the struggle of a man searching for a purpose to his life, the film was enormously successful and spawned four sequels, all huge hits at the boxoffice.
The film was a powerful testament to the horrors of the Holocaust, shot in fl and white, and was a radical departure from the usual popcorn entertainment Spielberg previously directed.
www.annebeths.com /Our_films/Oscar/oscar.htm   (5323 words)

  
 BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Boost for British film industry
Films Minister Janet Anderson is unveiling a digital versatile disc (DVD) in Hollywood to promote the UK movie industry.
While the UK's film industry is becoming increasingly important to the economy, and its production facilities are acknowledged to be among the best in the world, there is strong competition to attract the world's biggest film-makers.
Investment from other countries in the UK film industry rose from just under £100m in 1992 to £425m in 1998 - and the number of films made rose from 30 to 91, peaking at 105 in 1997.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/526211.stm   (367 words)

  
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As the Halifax portion of the film progressed, one of the most complex undertakings in modern filmmaking began to take shape in Rosarito Beach, located in the state of Baja California in Mexico.
It was here where the filmmakers decided to shoot the 1912 sequences of "Titanic," which constitute the bulk of the film.
Producer Jon Landau says the decision to build the largest shooting tank in the world, as well as additional filming stages in Rosarito, was made after a global search from Poland to the United Kingdom to Malta to Australia and throughout the U.S. and Canada..
www.angelfire.com /film2/my_project_titanic/fox.html   (422 words)

  
 Titanic producer on the collision of games, movies - News at GameSpot
The intersection of games and film might be something of an inevitability, as Landau said technology from the former medium is rapidly making its way into the latter.
Landau was excited to see how the games based on the right IPs would fill out the worlds glimpsed on film.
Surely, given that most films are in someway based on human interactions the "depth" in a film would only need improving if it had a poor script, and again I don't see how this would occur through the medium of an MMO.
www.gamespot.com /news/6157309.html?sid=6157309   (1975 words)

  
 Boulder International Film Festival, a FILMMAKER'S film festival
BIFF 2007 is a non-profit, world-class film festival with an eclectic infusion of innovative storytellers, actors and audiences from all over the world.
The Boulder International Film Festival is a particularly special event because it is not only a celebration of the joy and power of film, but more importantly, a celebration of community.
From the beginning, you have demonstrated an unwavering determination to showcase films about diversity, human rights and freedom of expression, and the City of Boulder is proud to have been your partner.
www.biff1.com /About.html   (1591 words)

  
 'Titanic': A Spectacle as Sweeping as the Sea
Though the tender moments in Cameron's earlier films have mostly involved Arnold Schwarzenegger, graceful storytelling from this one-man army of a filmmaker (a director, a producer, a writer and an editor) is the biggest of many surprises here.
Though Cameron made his own journey to the ocean floor to film amazing glimpses of the ship, he treats these explorers as glib '90s hotshots, the kind of macho daredevils who could just as easily be found tracking twisters or dinosaurs in a summer action film.
The film itself gambles everything on visual splendor and technological accomplishment, which is one reason its extravagance is fully justified on screen.
partners.nytimes.com /library/film/121997titanic-film-review.html   (1529 words)

  
 Elizabeth Becker - Director
Over a period of seven years, she segued from in front of the camera to behind the camera and was involved in five programs and over one hundred episodes as writer, segment producer and host.
MISINTERPRETED (1995) won Best Film, Best Director, and Best Editing at the SFU Film Awards, and won Elizabeth a position sponsored by the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television to be mentored by internationally acclaimed directors.
After graduating from AFI, Elizabeth was hired by producer Jon Landau (TITANIC) where she read and analyzed as many as ten scripts a week, and worked as technical assistant to director, James Cameron.
www.elizabethbecker.com   (358 words)

  
 SB Film Weekly - test only
Serious filmmakers who meet San Francisco Women's Film Festival entry requirements and who have already raised funding for their films will be interviewed by a panel of judges at SFWFF April 3-10, 2006.
Films can draw us out of ourselves and into another character, and when they are watched with conscious awareness-and self-exploration-healing and transformation can occur.
Their goal is to support new, independent film and video makers of all ages and levels around the world.
www.thealliance.us /filmweekly/textonly.htm   (4903 words)

  
 Jon Landau (film producer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the music writer, manager, and record producer, see Jon Landau.
Florida Film Critics Circle Award - Titanic - 1997
Producers Guild of America Darryl F Zanuck Theatrical Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award - Titanic - (1997)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jon_Landau_(film_producer)   (114 words)

  
 Film   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The film uses the characters and murder mystery premise of the boardgame as the basis for a quickfire farce.
The film's chief flaw is its almost total lack of exposition; the audience is presented with a barrage of admittedly fascinating sounds and images, but unless they have read the book few of those sounds and images will make the slightest bit of sense to them.
The work is studied by, and has been the subject of criticism from both film and theatre scholars, with the former tending to study the film as shot, the latter tending to study the script as written.
www.websters-online-dictionary.net /definition/english/fi/film.html   (11242 words)

  
 Solaris Film Review - Time Out Film
More significantly, it's probably the finest, certainly the most stylish, sci-fi film in years.
He's a psychotherapist Chris Kelvin, sent to the Prometheus space station to investigate strange, sinister occurrences; she's his wife Rheya, dead for years but now rejoining him, as if drawn by his guilty memories, while he and two surviving, possibly crazy crew members orbit the mysterious planet Solaris.
Scripted, shot, directed and edited by Soderbergh with his customary intelligence and assurance, this is perhaps the most ambiguous and cerebrally sophisticated Hollywood movie in nearly three decades.
www.timeout.com /film/74916.html   (211 words)

  
 Film Articles - AVguide.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ostensibly "produced" by art-world gadfly Andy Warhol, the album is more notable for its packaging (Warhol's peelable banana cover art) than its muddy sonics: boxy drums, ill-defined low end, guitars that sound like they were played through defective amplifiers.
His boldest step was to replace the longtime production team that has overseen most of his releases (Chuck Plotkin, Jon Landau, Roy Bittan), and turning to Brendan O'Brien, who has worked with such Nineties juggernauts as Pearl Jam and Rage Against the Machine.
Produced by Don Gallucci, Sun-dazed's pressing of Fun House is the ultimate in proto-punk sound—after hearing this, nothing comes close.
www.avguide.com /film-music/music/musicreviews/138-pop.new.php   (3628 words)

  
 Comics2Film: Fathom (Archives)
Cameron will produce with partner Jon Landau and Lightstorm president Rae Sanchini.
The movie is set up at 20th Century Fox, where an animated feature based on the property had previously been in development.
Other projects on the slate for Top Cow include Rising Stars, which Seldin reports has a great script from creator Joe Michael Straczynski, The Cleaner, which has John Woo producing, The Project, which is due out as a comic soon, and the recently announced Inferno, which Joel Silver is producing.
www.comics2film.com /FathomArch.shtml   (975 words)

  
 Bruce Springsteen, bullshitter. - By Stephen Metcalf - Slate Magazine
That's wily." I say, "Jon, I want you to call up Bill Gates or whoever is behind this thing and float this: a red, white and blue iPod signed by Bruce 'The Boss' Springsteen.
In 1995 Springsteen produced The Ghost of Tom Joad, the culmination of a 15-year obsession with Woody Guthrie, whose biography he had been handed the night after Reagan defeated Carter, in 1980.
The high watermark for Springsteen commercially, of course, was 1984, when "Born in the USA" somehow caught both the feelings of social dislocation and the euphoric jingoism of the Reagan era.
www.slate.com /id/2117845   (2338 words)

  
 EK FILMS
In conjunction with Madonna’s Maverick Films, Eric is currently prepping a dramatic suspense thriller, FORSAKEN SEOUL, which was a two-time Nicholl Fellowship finalist script.
Prior to his television work, Chris wrote/directed the feature film YELLOW, a $150K budgeted independent that was released theatrically in the U.S. by Phaedra Cinema and worldwide by Cinema Arts.
Gene recently wrote, produced and directed the feature film, The Trouble With Romance, starring Kip Pardue (Remember the Titans, Driven, and the upcoming Bobby), David Eigenberg (Sex and the City), and Jordan Belfi (Entourage).
www.ekfilms.com /bio.html   (1428 words)

  
 iKlipz See - Show - Share
Film is important, provocative, exciting and thought provoking.
The website allows film enthusiasts to upload content they have created, showcasing their independent projects in an open venue.
Some films may be streamed as worldwide premieres, while others will have been previously discovered at the top festivals and film schools around the world and given a second showing online.
www.iklipz.com /AboutUs.aspx   (372 words)

  
 Hollywood Film Festival® - Jerry Goldsmith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Hollywood, CA -- May 5, 1999 -- The 3rd Annual Hollywood Film Festival has announced that distinguished Academy Award-winning film composer Jerry Goldsmith will be honored with its "Outstanding Achievement in Music in Film Award." The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Film Festival.
The Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and was a powerful and heartfelt event with over 800 guests.
The presenters included Peter Berg, John Briley, James Brolin, Ted Kotcheff, Jon Landau, Martin Landau, Mimi Leder, Penelope Ann Miller, Sydney Pollack, Mark Rydell, Rod Steiger and Lesley Ann Warren, and the honorees were Shelley Winters, Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Norman Jewison, Dave Grusin, and Stewart Copeland.
www.hollywoodawards.com /goldsmith/musicinfilm.html   (451 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Solaris: DVD: George Clooney,Natascha McElhone,Viola Davis,Jeremy Davies,Ulrich Tukur,John Cho,Morgan ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This may make the film a tough slog for modern day audiences who have been conditioned to be jolted out of their seats every five minutes while watching films of this genre.
Clooney does a beautiful job conveying the inner struggle between the grieving husband who wants to reconnect emotionally with this strangely familiar woman whom he had thought forever lost to him and the rationalistic scientist who suspects that both she and their relationship are illusory and ephemeral.
In Tarkovsky's original film, every member of the cast had dignity, and the film was really profound and mysterious, a true epic sci-fi film worthy of comparisons to 2001.
www.amazon.com /Solaris-George-Clooney/dp/B00009ATIX   (3225 words)

  
 Hollywood Film Festival® - Hollywood Awards®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Hollywood Film Festival® bestowed the "Hollywood Movie of the Year," "Hollywood Actor of the Year," and "Hollywood Actress of the Year" awards on 20th Century Fox's film "Moulin Rouge," directed by Baz Luhrmann, and its stars, Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman.
Presented to producer EDWARD S., whose film credits include "The Truman Show," "101 Dalmatians," "Save the Tiger," and "Witness" (for which he received an Academy Award® nomination).
Presented to producer MACE NEUFELD, whose films include "The General's Daughter," "Clear and Present Danger," "Patriot Games," and "The Hunt for Red October," among many others.
hollywoodawards.com /honorees/index.html   (1398 words)

  
 11/7/03: Film Score Friday
Because of the large panel and the late hour, none of the panelists had much time to speak, and during his time Horner mostly talked about the genesis of the film's song, how he didn't want yet another large orchestral cue at the end of the film but instead preferred something more human-scaled.
If Film Score Monthly ever runs an article titled "Worst Film Scores of All Time" Maurice Jarre's score for the 1965 The Collector directed by William Wyler (from the John Knowles novel) would have to be included.
I watched the film on DVD a couple of days ago and was reminded how excellent -- and truly chilling -- it is. But a huge distraction is Jarre's annoying, obtrusive, and totally inappropriate score.
www.filmscoremonthly.com /articles/2003/09_Nov---Film_Score_Friday.asp   (1718 words)

  
 Celebrity Page, Celebrity addresses, scans, photos, pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
“I saw rock and roll’s future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen,” music critic Jon Landau prophesized in 1974.
But these days, to see the Boss in concert is to see the future of populism.
He has also produced Livingston Taylor and Jackson Browne, and managed Shania Twain, among others.
www.mailhollywood.com /cel.php?viewCel=17240   (326 words)

  
 Mad-Eyes - Madonna movies - Dick Tracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Produced by: Warren Beatty, Jon Landau, Art Linson, Floyd Mutrux, Barrie M. Osborne and Jim Van Wyck
At the time of filming, Madonna had a relationship with Dick Tracy director/producer/actor Warren Beatty, which soon nourished the rumour that this was just a marketing hoax.
The 1930s inspired city with vivid colours is cleary the strongest component of the film, the music (Madonna's own songs the most) fits the movie very well, the story is interesting, but the acting is not perfect.
www.mad-eyes.net /films/dick-tracy.htm   (475 words)

  
 Bruce Springsteen News: brucespringsteen.net
Producer Bob Clearmountain remastered and remixed the DVD in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound.
Springsteen recorded the basic tracks with producer Brendan O'Brien on bass and Steve Jordan (who's worked with Keith Richards and Springsteen's wife, Patti Scialfa) on drums, with recent E Street Band addition Soozie Tyrell overdubbing fiddle parts.
Landau says the new album "has a combination of rock music and acoustic music, but as a body of work we thought that the intimacy of the solo show wound up best serving the CD as a whole.
www.brucespringsteen.net /news/index.html   (13911 words)

  
 Fathom - Comics2Film
Variety reports today that screenwriter Linda Woolverton has agreed to script the Fathom film for Lightstorm Productions and 20th Century Fox.
Top Cow founder/CEO Marc Silvestri, along with Spike Seldin and Chris Carlyle, will produce alongside Jon Landau, Rae Sanchini, and the uber-famous James Cameron.
Titanic Jim's main appeal for the property springs from, oddly, a scene on a ship: In the comic's first issue, a young woman with no memory is found on a yacht.
www.comics2film.com /ProjectFrame.php?f_id=63   (697 words)

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