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  Roger Avary - Kotaku
Director and gamer Roger Avary has signed to write and direct the upcoming film adaptation of Driver, the driving-action title from Atari.
Avary's had bad luck with films falling through.
Avary is currently adapting a video game for himself to direct.
www.kotaku.com /gaming/roger-avary   (764 words)

  
  Roger Avary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roger Avary, a direct descendant of pirate/marooner Henry "Long Ben" Avary, is the son of a Brasilian-raised deep-shaft mining engineer and a German physical therapist.
Avary, who had just written the riff into a script he was writing for John Woo called "Hatchetman", was upset at the time due to the fact that Tarantino didn't ask him permission to use it (although Tarantino had given Avary credit in interviews for the idea).
Avary is notable as the first mainstream filmmaker to maintain a journal on his avary.com webpage, before there was such a thing as "blogging", although in late 2005 Avary closed his weblog with no explanation or notice.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roger_Avary   (1619 words)

  
 Rice Paper: Interview with Roger Avary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Avary is currently riding high as the co-writer of the above mentioned box office smash.
Avary started his movie career at the age of 13, shooting short films on super 8 film.
This is Avary's first solo effort, and, judging by his enthusiasm, it won't be his last.
members.tripod.com /~RicePaper/filmtv/avary.htm   (1101 words)

  
 Roger Avary @ Filmbug
Roger Avary, a former video store clerk from Manhattan Beach, California is a self-proclaimed charter member of what he calls the video store generation.
In 1997 Avary collaborated with Aaron Spelling and NBC to create the neo-noir underworld crime series Odd Jobs, which starred Patrick Dempsey and was directed by Peter O'Fallon.
Avary has a digestive tract that's 17 meters long and is a strict vegetarian.
www.filmbug.com /db/2215   (419 words)

  
 Roger Avary
Avary made his feature directing debut with "Killing Zoe" (1994), a quirky and violent crime film dealing with a bank heist gone awry that several reviewers described as "nihilistic".
Instead, the film, which starred Rutger Hauer in a tale about a being cobbled together from various body parts who takes on the personalities of his components, was released directly to video and premiered on US TV on the Sci-Fi Channel.
After an absence of nearly six years, Avary returned to the limelight as writer and director of "Rules of Attraction" (2002), an adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis' novel starring James Van Der Beek.
www.screenwritersutopia.com /modules.php?name=ScribeContent&pa=showpage&pid=222   (283 words)

  
 SuicideGirls > Interviews > Roger Avary
Roger Avary is probably one of the most popular cult filmmakers in America.
Roger is a major cult personality in outsider culture and stays in close contact with his fans due to his constantly updated website.
Roger Avary: Wired magazine a while back did a thing on the site and a couple of other similar sites.
suicidegirls.com /words/Roger+Avary   (3453 words)

  
 Roger Avary's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' THE RULES OF ATTRACTION is Moving Forward!!!! -- Ain't It Cool ...
Roger has had the misfortune for the last several years of having written multiple really wonderful and great scripts that came within a hair of being produced before the sun bled shit from the sky and mired his project in a bog of seemingly eternal stench never to get off the ground.
Now Avary is going to twist Shannyn into becoming a venereal disease phobic college girl that loves to give head and take it up the ass, but has decided to finally give her pussy to someone...
When I last talked to Avary, he was set to meet with Shannyn Sossamon, but apparently she has been cast according to Variety.Com.
www.aint-it-cool-news.com /display.cgi?id=9696   (825 words)

  
 Roger Avary
Roger Avary was born on August 23, 1965, in Manitoba, Canada.
Avary collaborated with Quentin Tarantino to write the script for Pulp Fiction which won an Oscar in 1995.
Avary is currently producing films, writing scripts, and appearing as a spokesperson for Apple Computer.
www.harrynilsson.com /about-roger-avary.html   (92 words)

  
 Roger Avary Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Avary wrote background dialogue and designed a logo for Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" in 1992.
Avary made his feature directing debut with "Killing Zoe" (1994), a quirky and violent crime film dealing with a bank heist gone awry that several reviewers described as "nihilistic".
After an absence of nearly six years, Avary returned to the limelight as writer and director of "Rules of Attraction" (2002), an adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis' novel starring James Van Der Beek.
www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/188761   (579 words)

  
 Roger Avary
August 23, 1965) is a Canadian born movie writer, producer and director.
Roger Roberts Avary was born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, the son of a mining engineer.
In the early 1980s he moved to Manhattan Beach, California.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ro/Roger_Avary.html   (122 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Killing Zoe: DVD: Roger Avary,Eric Stoltz,Julie Delpy,Jean-Hugues Anglade,Tai Thai,Bruce Ramsay,Kario ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The first-time director is Roger Avary, one of a new breed of filmmakers who appear to conceive of cinema as a superior form of abattoir.
This highly controversial first film by Academy Award(r) -winning filmmaker Roger Avary* was an instant cult classic and fast became the barometer by which Generation X gauged its own nihilism.
Roger Avary - Director, Roger Avary - Writer (Written by), Lawrence Bender - Producer (executive producer), Rebecca Boss - Producer (executive producer), Samuel Hadida - Producer (producer), Jeff Schechtman - Producer (co-producer), Quentin Tarantino - Producer (executive producer)...
www.amazon.com /Killing-Zoe-Roger-Avary/dp/B00005O5AY   (2948 words)

  
 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | "It seems like exactly the wrong film to make"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Avary and director Quentin Tarantino have each directed one picture since their collaboration on "Pulp Fiction," although they produced, wandered through or script-doctored many others.
Life goes on, and now Avary is releasing his long-dreamed-of adaptation of novelist Bret Easton Ellis' collegiate romp, "The Rules of Attraction." It stars James Van Der Beek as Sean Bateman, a college student walking through two worlds.
But later, when Avary literally replays the same scene with the same too-hip-to-feel characters, you get beneath the cool and see their hearts broken.
archive.salon.com /ent/movies/int/2002/10/15/avary   (906 words)

  
 Roger Avary
Avary's best contribution to this world is the accidental death of Marvin, which was a situation originally intended for True Romance.
I have to give Avary some respect; I mean he did have some ideas that QT has used (not stolen) but used that came from Roger Avary's mind.
In my opinion, if i was roger avary, i wouldn't talk to qt, qt, while being a very interesting director is just a collage artist for the most part, he just cuts and pastes his favorite scenes from obscure movies.
www.tarantino.info /forum/index.php?topic=3830.0   (3113 words)

  
 responDESIGN Replies to Claims by Roger Avary - Xbox
Avary is that while he sits back and makes claims, I have co-founded a company and put a great health and fitness tool in the hands of those who need it.”
Avary claims he shared his idea with outside parties.
Yourself!Fitness — a fitness program NOT created by fiction writer Roger Avary -- represents an evolution in home fitness moving beyond one-dimensional fitness videos and self-help books as it is truly personalized and fully interactive.
news.teamxbox.com /xbox/7229/responDESIGN-Replies-to-Claims-by-Roger-Avary   (425 words)

  
 E! Online - Features - Screw U. - Roger Avary On... - Page 1 of 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Roger dodger: Avary at the Rules of Attraction premiere.
In 1994, Roger Avary wrote and directed Killing Zoe--and shared a writing Oscar with Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction--before retreating to his well-manicured homes in Manhattan Beach (where he edits and scores his films) and Ojai, California.
He'd better stay that way--after all, he and his disturbing flick have yet to meet the masses.
www.eonline.com /Features/Features/Rules/Avary/index.html   (405 words)

  
 /FILM - Roger Avary to Pen Driver
Roger Avary has signed on to write and direct a feature film adaptation of the video game Driver.
Avary penned the screenplay for the survival horror video game movie Silent Hill, which hits theaters this Friday.
Avary is an accademy award winner for co-writing Pulp Fiction.
www.slashfilm.com /article.php/20060420094338506   (182 words)

  
 Roger Avary talks Silent Hill: The Movie - Edge Online
Here, Avary explains how the game came to boast both himself as writer and Christophe Gans as director, and hints what his next videogame adaptation may be.
Avary talks about how he had to do the exact opposite of what he was used to for this film.
Avarys comment about the women this is obviously a joke, I really hate humourless people who just talk shit.
www.edge-online.co.uk /archives/2005/09/roger_avary_tal.php   (7124 words)

  
 Roger Avary - Photos, Bio and News for Roger Avary | TVGuide.com
Roger Avary - Photos, Bio and News for Roger Avary
The show's two-hour premiere — in which Dawson and Joey finally made more
There are no community posts for Roger Avary.
www.tvguide.com /celebrities/roger-avary/186818   (62 words)

  
 Roger Avary Talks Silent Hill - The Hollywood News
Roger Avary, he of Killing Zoe, Rules of Attraction and co-writing Pulp Fiction fame, is putting pen to paper and writing a screenplay based on the video game Silent Hill.
Avary will write, but not direct, those duties go to Christophe Gans.
Here, he writes about the project on his official website.
www.thehollywoodnews.com /news/news467.htm   (408 words)

  
 iFMagazine.com News - Movie News: ROGER AVARY TAKES THE DRIVER SEAT FOR VIDEO GAME ADAPTATION
Academy Award winner Roger Avary is scripting, and will direct, the picture.
Producers on the project are Impact's Jeremy Bolt and Paul W.S. Anderson and Constantin's Bernd Eichinger and Robert Kulzer.
Avary, who won an Academy Award as co-scenarist (with Quentin Tarantino) of PULP FICTION, most recently scripted another highly anticipated game adaptation, SILENT HILL.
www.ifmagazine.com /transitional.asp?strURL=new.asp?article=2880   (180 words)

  
 Roger Avary To Direct Atari's Driver - Kotaku   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Roger Avary To Direct Atari's Driver - Kotaku
As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release.
Driver should be free form BurnOut with a plot, not GTA with less innovation.
kotaku.com /gaming/atari/roger-avary-to-direct-ataris-driver-168478.php   (296 words)

  
 Roger Avary's take on Kill Bill...
But Avary, bless him, bears no grudges, or else covers them up well.
I still hope QT doesnt do anymore work with Avary though even if they are friends.
I think it's a nice quote, LongHairYuppieScum, shows that QT and Roger are no kids but good friends and colleagues.
www.tarantino.info /forum/index.php?topic=466.0   (406 words)

  
 Roger Avary Developing Driver - The Coming Soon! Boards
Focus Features genre division Rogue Pictures has picked up distribution rights to writer-director Roger Avary's big screen adaptation of Atari videogame Driver, says Variety.
The film centers on a getaway driver for hire, the best in the heist biz, who is put to the test on a job.
Not only couldn't i believe that Avary adapted a videogame (Silent Hill) but to adapt another one?!
www.comingsoon.net /forums/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=43290   (222 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman - Neil Gaiman's Journal: Roger Avary says Hi By The Way
Neil Gaiman - Neil Gaiman's Journal: Roger Avary says Hi By The Way
Film script needs to be done by Friday, novel needs to be in by Monday.
Read the blog post about it, and see a sample will.
www.neilgaiman.com /journal/2005/04/roger-avary-says-hi-by-way.asp   (275 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Rules of Attraction: DVD: Roger Avary,James Van Der Beek,Shannyn Sossamon,Kip Pardue,Jessica Biel,Ian ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Richard Avary and Ellis is a good combo though-- because both are masters at creating exploitative, sensationalist garbage with no heart.
Directed by Roger Avary ''The Rules of Attraction'' is one of the worst movies of 2002 and there have been a couple.
The movie stars James Van Der Beek from ''Dawson's Creek'' as Sean Bateman, a drug dealing slanking student who basically by his own words is a ''social vampire'' someone who leeches of others, and sinks his fangs to those naive and weak enough around him.
www.amazon.ca /Rules-Attraction-Roger-Avary/dp/B000089Q73   (1461 words)

  
 Roger Avary interview, London, director, rules of attraction
Roger Avary interview, London, director, rules of attraction
Home > Interviews > Film > Roger Avary
In an exclusive interview, we talked to director Roger Avary about this, that and The Rules of Attraction…
www.viewlondon.co.uk /home_feat_int_rogeravary.asp   (327 words)

  
 Roger Avary Directing Driver - Movie News - Empire Movies
Rogue Pictures has picked up distribution rights to writer-director Roger Avary's bigscreen adaptation of the Atari video game Driver.
The story centers on a getaway driver for hire, the best in the heist business, who is put to the test on a job.
Avary most recently wrote Silent Hill (also based on a video game) which is due for release this month.
www.empiremovies.com /index.php?id=10209   (152 words)

  
 Cinema Strikes Back - Covering the World of Film » People: Roger Avary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Robert Zemeckis helmed Beowulf has sounded quite interesting with Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman handling screenwriting chores.
The interview at Sci Fi Wire doesn’t reveal much other than it will have some heavy CGI use and that many actresses are getting in touch with their inner T-poses.
Roger Avary, Peter Molyneux and Ian Livingstone to Speak at NTI Event
www.cinemastrikesback.com /?cat=274   (800 words)

  
 More From Roger Avary On "Silent Hill" (October 18th, 2004)
More From Roger Avary On "Silent Hill" (October 18th, 2004)
"The Rules of Attraction" helmer Roger Avary announced on his official site that he has finished writing the script for the big screen adaptation of Konami's psychological horror video game "Silent Hill", to be directed by Christophe Gans.
All film promotional stills/artwork copyright their respective intellectual property holders.
www.darkhorizons.com /news04/041018m.php   (336 words)

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