
	Where results make sense

Topic: Russell Carpenter

In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Bio, Carpenter, Allan R.
		Allan R. Carpenter was a pilot assigned to Attack Squadron 72 onboard the USS FRANKLIN D.ROOSEVELT.
		Carpenter was leading a flight of three on a missile suppression in support of a vital photo reconnaissance flight in the Haiphong area.
		The junk which had Carpenter aboard headed for shore and was seen to beach itself in spite of the strafing and rocking fire from U.S. aircraft.
	www.pownetwork.org /bios/c/c077.htm (1009 words)

	Escape from New York (1981)
		Carpenter creates a superbly haunting and melodic score that adds a sinister, pulsing urgency to the action - it is the best of the many fine scores Carpenter has conducted for his own films.
		Carpenter, Debra Hill and Kurt Russell later reteamed for Escape from L.A. (1996), which is a lesser film but not entirely unworthwhile.
		Carpenter has also wrote the psychic thriller The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), the sf-action film Black Moon Rising (1985), produced and wrote Halloween II (1981), and produced Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), the time travel film The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) and Vampires: Lost Muertos (2002).
	www.moria.co.nz /sf/escapeny.htm (1215 words)

	Russell Carpenter -- conversation
		Russell Carpenter, ASC was born and raised in Southern California.
		Carpenter began shooting 16 mm footage for a public broadcasting station in San Diego while he was still a student.
		CARPENTER: Usually shooting in wide-screen format, I have the character off to a side of the frame, with a background on the other side of the frame that informs the audience, so there is some balance in the shot.
	www.cameraguild.com /interviews/chat_carpenter/carpenter_interview.htm (6308 words)

	Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - The Thing [Collector's Edition]
		Carpenter, who was still on fire after such hits as Halloween, The Fog, and the fantastic Escape From New York flexes his horror muscles once again and arguably surpasses the original with equal parts originality and completely fearless filmmaking.
		Russell is one mean machine once again for his old director chum, making MacReady another instant classic character in their reign of films together.
		Carpenter is renowned for his inventive use of sound effects and music, and the Dolby 5.1 Audio truly heightens the film's suspense.
	www.bordersstores.com /search/title_detail.jsp?id=54506452&srchTerms=025192543722&mediaType=-1&srchType=ISBN (831 words)

	John Carpenter: Press: Smoke Magazine: Fall 1996
		Carpenter and Russell are great pals but, with conflicting film schedules, are usually too busy to see much of each other.
		Carpenter, who’s sitting on a perch a few yards in front of a platform where Russell and Peter Fonda, who plays Pipeline, the weather-beaten surfer, are working on a scene.
		Carpenter, surrounded by TV screens that show what’s happening on the platform, is in a jovial mood, cracking jokes with the crew, trading macho barbs with the actors.
	www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com /pages/press/smokefall96.html (3232 words)

	DVD Times - Escape From New York SE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Carpenter also knows, like few other living filmmakers, the value of the Panavision frame and his use of tracking shots keeps you involved in the thrust of the shot rather than looking around to find the usual low-budget weaknesses.
		One key way in which Carpenter did attempt to emulate Ford (and, to some extent, Hitchcock and Hawks) was in his repeated casting of Kurt Russell in a string of films from his TV biopic Elvis in 1979 to Escape From LA in 1996.
		Carpenter’s use of the wide frame, the funny and intelligent screenplay and the enjoyable performances from the likes of Isaac Hayes and Harry Dean Stanton come together to make a film which is hard not to like.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=6435 (3403 words)

	Russell Carpenter -- Titanic
		There are breathtaking live-action shots from the perspective of a remote controlled camera on an Akela crane soaring 80 feet high with simulated moonlight coming from a tower crane that stretched as far as 200 feet away.
		Having said that, Carpenter adds that he believes Legato's work on Titanic will set the contemporary standards for the art and science of visual effects.
		When Carpenter was hired he used Lynch and Marschall's book, the art department's storyboards and Legato's effects team as resources for defining a look.
	www.cameraguild.com /interviews/chat_carpenter/carpenter_titanic.htm (2632 words)

	John Carpenter: Press: Los Angeles Times: 2-4-96
		Carpenter is enjoying his reunion with Russell, whom he describes as "an irresistable human being." The feeling is mutual.
		Russell likes to say that he and Carpenter can watch a basketball game for three hours, not say 10 words to each other and have a great time.
		Russell recalls that when he was a boy he was fascinated with the story of Pompeii.
	www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com /pages/press/latimes960204.html (1941 words)

	"Elvis: The Movie" DVD Campaign Petition
		Russell was not a dead ringer for the legendary entertainer, he had, according to Mr.
		Russell have joined together in recording audio commentary tracks for their films when they've been released on DVD, and every attempt should be made to do so for this one.
		While Carpenter's and Russell's fans will be interested in buying a DVD release, it's also fairly obvious that this movie will appeal to the millions and millions of Elvis fans worldwide.
	www.petitiononline.com /ElvisDVD/petition.html (503 words)

	KODAK: On Film - Featured Cinematographers - Russell Carpenter, ASC Q&A
		CARPENTER: I wasn't a photographer but there was a summer class I took in high school that dealt with how we are influenced by images.
		CARPENTER: There's a scene in Ingmar Bergman's Fannie and Alexander where the young boy, Alexander, pulls out a magic lantern in the middle of the night to show a slide show to his sisters.
		CARPENTER: I think that some people think that a cinematographer is merely a recordist, but nothing could be further from the truth.
	www.kodak.com /US/en/motion/forum/onFilm/carpenterQA.shtml (3070 words)

	GEORGETOWN: THE RUSSELL OF SWALLOWFIELD ARCHIVES
		The Russell of Swallowfield Archives consists of documents and correspondence regarding the personal and financial affairs relating to the marriage trust of Fanny Russell Hole, eldest daughter of the Rev. Whitworth Russell.
		Rev. Russell's brother, the second Baronet Sir Henry Russell, was also distinguished in colonial life, sitting on the court of Hyderbad, East India.
		The latter's son, Rev. Russell's nephew, was the third Baronet Sir Charles Russell (1826-1883), noted for his heroic actions in the Crimea, and later M.P. for Berkshire.
	www.library.georgetown.edu /dept/speccoll/russell.htm (1134 words)

	ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK - SPECIAL EDITION DVD COLLECTOR'S SET
		Carpenter barely even bothered to exploit cheesecake-ready Adrienne Barbeau the two times he directed her--even if she was his wife back then, that takes indifference.
		Carpenter and Russell's LaserDisc commentary from 1995--their first yak-track together--is recycled here and deserves its legendary status, the only peril of the yakker's reuse that the boys refer us to supplementary material that's no longer on board.
		Russell and Carpenter return in a recently recorded optional commentary for the film's fabled "missing reel" (11 mins.).
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/escapefromnewyorkse.htm (941 words)

	IGN: Featured Filmmakers: John Carpenter & Kurt Russell
		Carpenter, a music buff who also composes the scores for his own films, first teamed with Kurt Russell to make the 1979 TV movie, Elvis.
		Carpenter on his relationship with Russell: "Friendship aside, and aside from the fact he's so damned agreeable, he's trained, the kind of training a lot of actors never get.
		Carpenter on cinema: "As a kid, I knew a lot of the movies I saw were hideous but I didn't care.
	filmforce.ign.com /articles/386/386998p1.html (1438 words)

	Big Trouble in Little China (1986) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		John Carpenter deserves to be remembered as a pioneer in the field of bringing kung fu movies to the attention of Western audiences.
		Interestingly, Russell is pushed to the side in most action scenes and Dennis Dun steps up to perform the showy moves and thus become the real action hero, as it was intended to be.
		In fact, Carpenter and Russell are playing a big joke on the audience by making the traditional hero to be a buffoon in a thinly-veiled disguise.
	www.kungfucinema.com /reviews/bigtroubleinlittlechina.htm (1176 words)

	slant // magazine.com: DVD Review - Escape from New York
		Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell, channeling the mythos of John Wayne) is sent in to rescue the President of the United States and stumbles upon a lawless, hermetic community governed by a pimp named The Duke (Isaac Hayes).
		Carpenter has a tendency to go on for too long about the film's locations (with Russell providing the laugh track), but this commentary shouldn't be missed for the light the director occasionally shines on the film's political ribbing.
		Curiously, Carpenter and Russell provide better commentary on the film throughout the "Return to Escape from New York" featurette: Carpenter reveals that he enjoys belittling authority anything he gets and Russell points to the film's "no man is an island" individualist struggle.
	www.slantmagazine.com /dvd/dvd_review.asp?ID=271 (596 words)

	John Carpenter: Genius Again... for a While
		Carpenter can neither read nor write music, yet he composes and plays the scores to most of his movies.
		In Carpenter's 1981 Escape from New York, leather-garbed Snake "I thought you was dead" Plisskin (Russell) redefined swashbuckling for the post-apocalyptic age as he journeyed through the penal colony of Manhattan.
		Carpenter loves westerns, and he emphasizes the classic western elements in Steakley's tale.
	www.crescentblues.com /11issue/carpenter.shtml (586 words)

	EAT MY BRAINS! - Zombie Club - Big Trouble in Little China - Prince of Darkness
		Carpenter keeps two of his cast from his previous film (Dennis Dun and Victor Wong) and brings in horror legend Donald Pleasance as the priest investigating the 7 million year old capsule of green goo.
		Carpenter likes it when characters go mad and they do in many of his movies, although here the recently goo-infected ones have an achilles heel; they're heavily freaked out by mirrors.
		Carpenter was clearly influenced by the writing of Nigel Kneale, who tended to focus on situations which brought together a team of professionals from differing vocational / theoretical backgrounds, joining forces to investigate some kind of unworldly occurrence.
	www.eatmybrains.com /showzc.php?id=26 (2542 words)

	DVD Review - Escape from New York: Special Edition DVD Collector's Set
		But the films of John Carpenter are such unique products of his own vision that the appearance of his name before the title elicits more grins of excitement and expectation than groans of pretension.
		Both Carpenter and Russell should be commended for staying so true to the character throughout the film.
		Considering that Carpenter, Russell, Hill, and Alves have already had their say, I would have preferred to hear more from the rest of the group, including Nick Castle, Dean Cundey, Harry Dean Stanton, Isaac Hayes, and Adrienne Barbeau.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews3/escapefromnyse.html (1707 words)

	Hydra Biosciences, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Bob Carpenter is a leader and pioneer in the healthcare and biotechnology industries.
		Russell Herndon comes to Hydra with over 25 years of experience in the healthcare and biotechnology industries, with a proven track record in building successful business infrastructures, pioneering innovative corporate and regulatory processes and advancing products through development.
		Russell received a bachelor's degree in biology from Barton College and is a graduate of the Management Development Program at Harvard Business School.
	www.hydrabiosciences.com /board.html (1347 words)

	The Thing: Collector's Edition (1982)
		Carpenter resorts to some stock horror tactics at times to wake up the audience, but for the most part, he sticks to a subdued tone of suspicion and wariness that creates a terrific tension.
		Russell's never been a great actor but he fits this role well.
		Russell dominates the movie, but the others seem more or less created equal; yes, we get to know Blair (Wilford Brimley) better than Fuchs (Joel Polis), but none of the characters gets a tremendous amount of development.
	www.dvdmg.com /thing.shtml (2066 words)

	AMCTV.com BIOGRAPHY - John Carpenter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Carpenter's next movie, Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), was made on a similarly low budget but did a touch better at the box office.
		Carpenter's next big project was the masterful and terrifying The Thing (1982), a remake of the 1950s sci-fi classic of the same name.
		The late 1980s was a prolific period for Carpenter, as he would have a hand in writing, directing and/or composing music for: The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), Big Trouble in Little China (1986) and Halloween IV (1988).
	www.amctv.com /person/detail/0,,1927-1-EST,00.html (473 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Big Trouble In Little China [1986]: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Kurt Russell is hilarious as a drawling, would-be John Wayne hero who steps into the middle of a supernatural war in the heart of Chinatown.
		Carpenter directs some nifty spook effects (the sudden arrival of three martial-arts demigods from out of nowhere is worth applause), and he also wrote the music.
		The commentary between Carpenter and Russell isnt as sharp as The Thing's and meanders a bit but is still good to listen to unliken some commentaries.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CI9V (834 words)

	Escape from New York (1981) - A Review by David Nusair
		Escape from New York marked John Carpenter and Kurt Russell's first foray into the sci-fi genre (their first collaboration was a made-for-TV flick about Elvis), and the film still holds up remarkably well today.
		As is the case with the majority of his work, Carpenter's composed the main theme for the movie and it nicely sets the tone for what's to follow (that it's insanely catchy doesn't hurt).
		Along with cinematographer Dean Cundey, Carpenter shrouds this world in darkness (there are few bright sequences in the film, and daylight is non-existent) and often employs dim sources of light to illuminate his sets.
	www.reelfilm.com /escapeny.htm (699 words)

	Amazon.ca: Escape from L.A. (Widescreen): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Russell is back as Snake Plitsken, the one-eyed outlaw hero who once again will be offered a full pardon if he goes into a criminal-infested prison that used to be a major American city.
		Russell is still great as the over-the-top anti-hero and the addition of some cool character actors keeps it from being a total waste of time but this script is seriously lacking.
		The whole concept of LA dislodging from the coast and becoming an island is a great concept; Carpenter's imagery of a decadent society and its repercussions likewise original and fun.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6305222886 (1211 words)

	iFMagazine.com Reviews - BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He was the anti-thesis of everything testosterone driven action heroes were at the time and Russell played him with such aggressive gusto it added even further to the film’s good-natured sense of humor.
		Carpenter penned the tune and sings along in a deep tenor.
		John Carpenter may always be one step ahead (or in this case a whole decade and a half), but the proof is in the pudding.
	www.ifmagazine.com /review.asp?article=834 (1199 words)

	John Carpenter's The Thing
		The cast was led by Kurt Russell, a Disney alum who was just beginning to make his mark in genre films courtesy of his role as Snake Plissken in Carpenter's previous Escape From New York.
		Carpenter's just the director to make those serious shortcomings not mean as much as they should.
		Some of this stuff is considered in the supplemental section of the LD and DVD, including a commentary track featuring both Carpenter and Russell in an easygoing recollection of the days spent shooting on location in Nova Scotia and on the Universal lot in Los Angeles.
	www.deep-focus.com /flicker/dvd/thething.html (1042 words)

	Horror Movie Review \| The Thing (1982) John Carpenter, Kurt Russell
		The Thing stars familiar Carpenter muse Kurt Russell as Mac, a helicopter pilot who is part of an American research base in an isolated part of Antarctica.
		On more than one occasion, Carpenter and writer Bill Lancaster (adapting from a story by John Campbell Jr.) makes us question if Mac is still "one of us." And throughout the film, the cloud of doubt hangs over everyone's head, up to the very end.
		Kurt Russell once again proves why he was one of the few bankable actors in the '80s.
	www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/thething.htm (766 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: John Carpenter's The Thing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The inhabitants of an isolated arctic outpost are visited by a murderous, otherworldly life-form that hides by assuming the identities of those it kills.
		Director John Carpenter's 1982 remake of the dull, talky 1951 "classic" may borrow liberally from Alien and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but his combination of strong characters (serviced by solid actors), a chillingly remote setting, and skin-crawling special effects is among the best the sci-fi horror genre has to offer.
		Includes commentary by Carpenter and Russell; the documentary John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape featuring interviews with Carpenter, Russell, Bottin, matte artist Albert Whitlock, and other cast and crew members, and which can be watched accompanied by the movie's musical score only (!).
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/t/thing.q.shtml (314 words)

	Amazon.com: Big Trouble in Little China (Special Edition): DVD: Russell,Cattrall,Dun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The commentary by Carpenter and Russell may not be as fresh as their chat on The Thing, but clearly they both retain an enormous affection for the film.
		Carpenter laments that his son, Cody, can play the keyboard better than he can now and Russell talks about his son, Wyatt winning a hockey champianship and how he'd rather see a twenty-something do action films instead of people like himself who are in their fifties (this is him saying this, not me).
		Russell is taking Dennis Dun to pick up his bride to be, but she is mistakenly snatched.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005A3KU?v=glance (2108 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)