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Lotta Reviews: Drama & Comedy Movies, Film Stars, Film Directors, Hollywood Movies, Film Actors Mumford has his own secrets and demons but despite that he's pretty good at what he does and all of his patients go away satisfied and on their way to recovery. This is an odd little movie about a psychologist-pretender named Dr. Mumford (Loren Dean) who hits on a small town also named Mumford and goes about his business treating the needy people who live there. Loren Dean as Dr. Mumford has an strangely satisfying quality about him: he manages aloofness and sympathy/empathy at the same time. www.lottareviews.com /archives/arc_movies/mumford.html   (180 words)

Movie (Metro Times Detroit) Throughout Mumford, Kasdan studiously avoids exposing any real pain, and even skirts the film’s central issue: the psychological damage done when trust is placed in the wrong hands. Mumford has some colorful patients with deep-seated problems, but the film never looks beyond their surface symptoms. In the four months since he arrived in the small, scenic town of Mumford, an enigmatic psychologist whose name happens to be Dr. Mumford (Loren Dean) has acquired more patients than the other two local shrinks combined. www.metrotimes.com /editorial/review.asp?id=52473   (294 words)

Mumford . Nashville Scene . 10-11-99 Second, the skeleton in Mumford's closet is so jarring that it might lead you to believe that the whole film is about that skeleton, and though that may have been the intention of those loose-lipped commercials (to play up the film's wacky comedy angle), announcing such a bold-faced premise actually does Kasdan's work a disservice. The people of Mumford are largely trapped by consumerist dreams--a shared desire to find happiness through the acquisition of products, styles, and mass-media images. And just when his professional ethics can't slip any lower, Mumford floors his wealthy friend by confiding a remarkable secret of his own. www.filmvault.com /filmvault/nash/m/mumford1.html   (628 words)

Amazon.com: Mumford: Original Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]: Music This comedy from director Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill) is about young psychologist Dr. Mumford (Loren Dean) who curiously lives in the town of the same name and who helps a small town of misfits realize their potential while creating conflicts in his own life. A notable cast (Jane Adams, Ted Danson, Hope Davis, Pruitt Taylor Vince) highlight the film, and several well-chosen musicians contribute memorable tunes to the film's score. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00001QGMR?v=glance   (596 words)

Mumford Movie Review - MovieWeb Mumford is engaging because the characters and dialogue provide a delicate blend of realism and entertainment. Mumford reminded me how nice it is to forget yourself in the midst of a good story – Lawrence Kasdan’s (The Big Chill, Grand Canyon) latest charm will keep you grinning. The adult content in the film (nudity, language) could have easily been omitted and felt contrived to elicit an R rating, but all in all, this was quite an enjoyable experience. movieweb.com /movies/reviews/review.php?film=1470&review=2575   (489 words)

Amazon.com: Mumford (1999) : Video Mumford is a film about a "psychologist" who lives in a small idyllic town, and deals with his patients in a way that seems to annoy them but keeps them coming back. And Dean, as the enigmatic Mumford, may have finally found his breakthrough role; after years as an also-ran, he finally emerges as a solid, charming leading man. After Mumford, you won't forget his name, or face. This is the story of a pseudo-psychologist named Mumford (Loren Dean) who lives and practices in a town named Mumford. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6305763313?v=glance   (1504 words)

washingtonpost.com: Musical Passages From a Washington Life Mumford, among the most accomplished living African American composers and a member of the faculty at Oberlin College, is working on an array of projects that will take him across the globe in the coming year. Mumford says that being a composer remains a difficult career: "This is a hard business," especially for African American composers, he says. Mumford says he "luxuriates in the possibilities" of composing for an orchestra like the NSO. www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A10535-2003Jun3?language=printer   (839 words)

SCREEN IT! ARTISTIC REVIEW: LOVE AND BASKETBALL A well-acted and, for the most part, solidly constructed if not particularly spectacular tale, the film is appropriately presented in four quarters, starting with the dual protagonists' first meeting as competitive youngsters through the beginning of their late high school romance that closes out the first half. Supporting performances are solid and range from Dennis Haysbert ("Random Hearts," "Love Field") as Quincy's flawed father to Alfre Woodard ("Mumford," "Down in the Delta") as Monica's stay at home mom and include Debbie Morgan (TV's "All My Children") and Harry J. Lennix ("Titus") as their respective spouses. In addition, this is thankfully yet another film that portrays African-American characters as real people instead of falling prey to the "normal" black stereotypes usually found in the dumb, urban sex comedies and/or "gang-banger" films. www.screenit.com /ourtake/2000/love_and_basketball.html   (839 words)

Steve Kornicki Composer and Musician He is a graduate of the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, PA where he studied composition and music theory with Jeffrey Mumford and guitar performance with William Peters. He has written concert music for orchestra and chamber ensembles, music for electronic media and pieces for music libraries, video, film, dance and theater productions. Steve and his wife, Melissa, offer creative and marketing services to individual artists, non-profits and small businesses. www.stevekornicki.com   (483 words)

Twilight Blue Composer and instrumentalist Steve Kornicki attended the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, studying composition with Jeffrey Mumford and guitar and bass with William Peters. He has been involved in the music business professionally for more than fifteen years as both a composer and a performer, and has written scores for the concert hall as well as film, video, music libraries, theater and dance productions. We are available for bookings at corporate events, private parties, hotels, resorts, lounges, wineries, restaurants, galleries and festivals: in short, anywhere you need top quality instrumental entertainment! www.howfarwouldyougo.com /twilightblue   (410 words)

Grosse Pointe: Puppet Master - TV.com Hunter has no interest in him until she learns that he is set to direct the next Matt Damon film. Hunter's ex-boyfriend, Jonah Mumford, arrives on the set to direct that week's episode. Tell the world what you think of Puppet Master. www.tv.com /grosse-pointe/puppet-master/episode/6744/summary.html   (481 words)

No Depression: Back Issues FILM AT 11: Merlefest; Doc Watson; Merle Travis; Devil Got My Woman; Byrds; Meat Puppets; Shane MacGowan; David Allan Coe; Asleep At The Wheel; At Town Hall Party. Madison Smartt Bell and Wyn Cooper (by David Menconi). Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Farther Along (June Carter Cash, Felice Bryant). www.nodepression.net /issues/nd46   (182 words)

Lawrence Kasdan Kasdan decided to try his hand at stage directing in the fall of 1995 with John Patrick Shanley’s Four Dogs & a Bone at the Geffen Playhouse, but he later returned to the big screen with the comedy Mumford (1999). Kasdan’s son, Jake Kasdan, has followed in his father’s footsteps, starting off as an actor in his father’s films The Big Chill, Silverado and The Accidental Tourist, then moving on to direct TV series such as Freaks and Geeks and Grosse Pointe, as well as the feature film Orange County (2002). Kasdan bounced back with the romantic comedy French Kiss (1995), starring Meg Ryan as a woman who wants to get her straying fiancé back at any cost, even if it means having to follow him to France. www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=1311   (523 words)

Zooey Deschanel Image Gallery, Pictures, Pics, Photos, Photo Gallery, Cards Galleries, Profile, Biography, Filmography, Credits, Related Links The daughter of cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel, Zooey Deschanel made her film debut as the conflicted, rebellious patient of a small-town psychologist in Lawrence Kasdan's Mumford (1999). A year after making her film debut in Mumford, the young actress appeared in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous as the sister of an aspiring rock journalist who becomes caught up in the parallel universe of '70s rock.... Prior to her debut, Deschanel -- who spent much of her childhood on location with her parents -- acted in a number of stage productions and made her professional debut on an episode of the sitcom Veronica's Closet. www.celebwelove.com /Zooey_Deschanel   (405 words)

Place your title here Rarely have I seen a film in which both the lead character, and the film itself, suffer from a crisis of identity. That's no small feat for a film that seems nearly as ethically and emotionally bankrupt as its main character. Loren Dean (Mumford), Hope Davis (Sofie Crisp), Jason Lee (Skip Skipperson), Alfre Woodard (Lily), Mary McDonnell (Althea Brockett), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Henry Follett), Zooey Deschanel (Nessa Watkins), Martin Short (Lionel Dillard). soundwavescinema.com /Cinema/1999/Mumford.htm   (568 words)

Slit-Scan Video Artworks & Research In traditional film photography, slit scan images are created by exposing film as it slides past a slit-shaped aperture. Mumford created the images shown here through a process he calls "streak photography", in which a slit-scan-based image is constructed from multiple still images of an object on a slowly-rotating turntable. Reinhart has worked with digital slit-scanning techniques on a variety of time-based and interactive projects, including a film co-produced with director Virgil Wildrich. www.flong.com /writings/lists/list_slit_scan.html   (6413 words)

Instapundit.com - A convert to Islam, Jihaad is the son of Eric Mumford, a Cleveland accountant who incorporated the film company. A number of family friends invested in Jihaad Film Works, which first made "Murder Roulette," a mystery, as a low-budget production and whose partners now are trying to interest a major motion picture studio in remaking it with big-name actors. Despite the entry on her financial disclosure forms that list her stake in "Jihad Filmworks" - an investment worth between $1,001 and $15,000 - her investment was actually in a company called Jihaad Film Works Inc., which was incorporated in 1994 in Cleveland, according to the Ohio Secretary of State's office. www.instapundit.com /archives/015090.php   (253 words)

ALMOST FAMOUS Almost exactly one year later, the studio unleashes Almost Famous, and, while it remains to be seen if the public snuggles up to the film, it’s already pulling in some of the best reviews of the year. The film is a semi-autobiographical tale of his years spent traveling with some of the country’s top rock acts. Her oldest, daughter Anita (Zooey Deschanel, Mumford) is a lost cause, fleeing the home and her mother’s overprotection for San Francisco’s happening scene. www.sick-boy.com /almostfamous.htm   (853 words)

Zooey Deschanel The following year she was featured in her first film, "Mumford", a comedy about a man (Loren Dean) posing as a psychologist in a small town. Here Deschanel played a troubled young woman obsessed with models and impressed critics and the film's limited audience with her spot-on portrayal.... A attractive young brunette with a style more reminiscent of an early Hollywood ingenue than the average crop of teen stars, Zooey Deschanel began to quickly rack up credits starting in 1998, making her TV debut in an episode of "Veronica's Closet". www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/186313   (332 words)

'All' the right moves - The Daily Texan - Entertainment Zooey Deschanel is marvelously subtle in her role, finally getting the star treatment she deserves after turning in memorable supporting roles in Mumford, Almost Famous and The Good Girl. These two young lovers are so finely portrayed by Schneider and Deschanel that the film feels voyeuristic for the viewer; both actors are unforced and natural. We're introduced to the film's hero, Paul (Paul Schneider), the local stud in a small, worn-down North Carolina town. www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2003/04/25/Entertainment/all-The.Right.Moves-494440.shtml   (557 words)

Amazon.ca: DVD: Mumford (Widescreen) Loren Dean, a pleasant, attractive actor who seems to fall seamlessly into the background of every film he's in (Gattaca, Enemy of the State, Apollo 13), is perfectly cast in Mumford as a psychologist (named Mumford) who wanders into a small town (named Mumford) and suddenly fits seamlessly into everybody's rhythms and routines. Loren Dean is just one of the diverse, well-chosen actors here, each of whom is perfect for his or her role, the sort of cast that only a highly intelligent filmmaker would assemble, the unifying factors between them being... There's one almost every year, a terrific film that deserves to be at least a minor-league hit but passes unnoticed by the audience, unloved by the critics, and undersold by the studio. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6305801142   (1283 words)

Mary McDonnell Among McDonnell’s film credits are Richard Kelley’s Donnie Darko, Lawrence Kasdan’s Grand Canyon and Mumford, John Sayles’ Matewan and Passion Fish with Alfre Woodard, Kevin Costner’s Dances With Wolves, Sneakers with Robert Redford, Blue Chips, Independence Day with Bill Pullman and Will Smith, and yet-to-be-released films Nola and Goose Creek Story. Equally at home in film, television, and theater, McDonnell starred on Broadway in the title role of Wendy Wasserstein’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning play The Heidi Chronicles. McDonnell recently appeared on stage in Los Angeles as “Troy” in the play James and The Handless Maiden, directed by Mell. battlestar.ugo.com /girls/mary_mcdonnell.php   (520 words)

SCIFI.COM Battlestar Galactica In the fall of 1999, McDonnell reunited with filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan, with whom she'd worked on his acclaimed Grand Canyon, to star in Touchstone Pictures' Mumford, a film about a small Midwestern town whose citizens are shocked to learn that a beloved local psychologist and matchmaker is an impostor. In 1997, she starred in Two Small Voices with Gail O'Grady for Lifetime Television, and completed production on the film You Can Thank Me Later, a comedy of morals and values shared by a Jewish family during a crisis. McDonnell made her Broadway debut with Mann's short-lived Execution of Justice in 1986, and later starred in the Wendy Wasserstein hit The Heidi Chronicles and in the 1996 revival of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke. www.scifi.com /battlestar/mini/about/cast/mcdonnell.html   (1024 words)

Family of Benjamin Nephi and Betsey (Cook) Howarth, Lancashire, England and Utah, U.S.A. In the "Crossing the Plains" Index (FHL film 298,441) Benjamin N. Howarth, Betsy and Orson are listed as "arrived in G.S.L. city in Capt. Edward T. Mumford's mule train 24 Sep 1868." The reference is J. 24 Sep 1868 (the Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). The British Mission Emigration Records, Liverpool office, #1048, 1049 (FHL film #025,692) tell when "Nephi" Howarth and Betsy, as newlyweds, emigrated to the United States. Benjamin Nephi Howarth was born 29 December 1845 in Bridgeton, Barony, Glasgow, Scotland. www.sff.net /people/Julia.west/geneal/bnhowrth.htm   (1013 words)

Jason Lee His work in the high-profile film was complemented that same year by his well-received portrayal of a sweet-natured computer mogul in Lawrence Kasdan's ensemble comedy Mumford. Although the film received a critical thrashing, Lee did earn positive notices for his work in it, and was further rewarded with a lead part in Smith's Chasing Amy (1997). A puppy-eyed professional skateboarder turned actor, Jason Lee has proven himself as versatile and engaging onscreen as he once did as a skater who turned 360-degree flips on the half-pipe. www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P215686   (461 words)

Tex Avery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Avery's style of directing broke the mold of ultra-realism established by Walt Disney, and encouraged animators to stretch the boundaries of the medium to do things in a cartoon that could not be done in the world of live-action film. Avery, with the assistance of Clampett, Jones, and new associate director Frank Tashlin, laid the foundation for a style of animation that dethroned The Walt Disney Studio as the kings of animated short films, and created a legion of cartoon stars whose names still shine around the world today. Schlesinger intervened, and edited the film so that the characters only fall of the cliff once. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tex_Avery   (1744 words)

Stealing Harvard (2002) Now, I loved Jason in all of Kevin Smith's films and I also liked him in his supporting roles in "Mumford" and "Vanilla Sky." But for the most part, he seems bored with every role he's given in a mainstream film. But it seems like, with the exception of his amazingly different role in "Mumford," he doesn't feel comfortable with any role where he doesn't get to play the hopeless neurotic. Of course, you can't completely blame him with some of these scripts he's given ("Stealing Harvard" being one good example), but his lack of enthusiasm certainly doesn't help. www.imdb.com /title/tt0265808   (1744 words)

Lawrence Kasdan It’s been suggested that the hit film, directed, co-written and co-executive produced by Kasdan, was based on his experiences with his University of Michigan classmates, but it resonated strongly with a wide audience by employing universal themes and a classic Motown soundtrack, and remains a favorite. Kasdan’s latest directorial effort, Mumford, is a quirky small town tale with an ensemble cast featuring Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Martin Short, Alfre Woodard and Ted Danson. Kasdan (left) on the set of Touchstone Pictures' comedy, "Mumford," with his stars Loren Dean (center) and Hope Davis (right) www.artservemichigan.org /GAAC/gaac99/kasdan.htm   (325 words)

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