A Walk Among the Tombstones, starring Liam Neeson (Non-Stop, The Grey, Taken series) and Dan Stevens (The Guest, “Downton Abbey”) debuts on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD on January 13, 2015 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Based on Lawrence Block’s best-selling series of mystery novels and directed and written by Academy Award-nominated writer Scott Frank (Out of Sight, Minority Report, The Wolverine), A Walk Among the Tombstones is produced by Jersey Films’ Danny DeVito.
In this intense thriller, Liam Neeson plays Matt Scudder, an ex-nypd cop turned unlicensed private investigator who reluctantly agrees to help a drug trafficker (Dan Stevens) hunt down the men who brutally murdered his wife. When the Pi learns that this is not the first time that these men have committed this sort of twisted crime — nor will it be the last — he must blur the line between right and wrong as he races to track the...
In this intense thriller, Liam Neeson plays Matt Scudder, an ex-nypd cop turned unlicensed private investigator who reluctantly agrees to help a drug trafficker (Dan Stevens) hunt down the men who brutally murdered his wife. When the Pi learns that this is not the first time that these men have committed this sort of twisted crime — nor will it be the last — he must blur the line between right and wrong as he races to track the...
- 1/11/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Cross Creek Pictures President Brian Oliver and Exclusive Media’s Co-Chairmen Nigel Sinclair and Guy East announced today that principal photography has begun in New York on A Walk Among The Tombstones the new crime thriller starring Oscar® winner Liam Neeson (Schindler’S List, Taken). Joining the cast are Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey); Ruth Wilson (Anna Karenina); Boyd Holbrook (The Host, Milk); David Harbour (Snitch, End Of Watch); Mark Consuelos (American Horror Story); and recording artist / U.S. X Factor (season 1) fan favorite, Astro.
Written and to be directed by Academy Award® nominated Scott Frank (Out Of Sight, The Lookout), the film is based on one of 17 Matt Scudder novels written by crime novelist Lawrence Block. The Scudder series has been in print for over 40 years and translated into over 20 languages. The movie is being produced by Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, with their company Double Feature Films, with Danny DeVito and his company,...
Written and to be directed by Academy Award® nominated Scott Frank (Out Of Sight, The Lookout), the film is based on one of 17 Matt Scudder novels written by crime novelist Lawrence Block. The Scudder series has been in print for over 40 years and translated into over 20 languages. The movie is being produced by Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, with their company Double Feature Films, with Danny DeVito and his company,...
- 3/13/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Secret Window
Opens
March 12
Stephen King has, of course, written about a writer and a wacko in confined quarters before in "Misery". And screenwriter and sometimes director David Koepp clearly enjoys movies about people falling apart in claustrophobic spaces such as "Panic Room", "Stir of Echoes" and "Apartment Zero". So "Secret Window" should be a real white-knuckler. True, the Columbia release, written and directed by Koepp from a King novella, does achieve moments of heightened tension and suspense. But the movie telegraphs its intentions too early and relies too much on a single actor, Johnny Depp, to achieve its emotional force.
Depp is immanently watchable as a blocked writer unraveling psychologically even faster than his disheveled bathrobe. Which should mean excellent opening weekend numbers, boosted by the actor's female fan base. But a steady drop-off will ensue once word-of-mouth establishes that the material is not equal to his fine performance.
The movie begins with bright promise as a number of things happen at once -- all intriguing. Depp's Mort Rainey, a successful author of potboilers, perhaps not as successful as King but mentionable in the same breath, is going through intense depression. Holed up in a remote, wilderness cabin, Mort can't get beyond the first paragraph of his new story. He sleeps all day and during his few waking moments struggles to find things to occupy him so he can ignore the word processor. Also sapping his emotional energy is the fact that he is going through a painful divorce to Amy (Maria Bello), who since the breakup has begun dating Ted (Timothy Hutton), triggering profound jealousy in Mort.
Then, out of nowhere, comes a stranger, a stalker, called John Shooter (John Turturro at his most terrifying). Shooter, who hails from the backwoods of Mississippi, accuses Mort of plagiarizing a story from him several years before and demands satisfaction. One is never quite certain what that "satisfaction" will entail, but it sounds ominous. Then, as the cat-and-mouse game between the writer and his alleged victim escalates, you learn that Mort did in fact once plagiarize another story in the past and quickly paid the real author off.
Shooter knows a good deal about Mort's life and seems to want to draw his estranged wife and new boyfriend into their personal confrontation. Mort first seeks help from the local sheriff (Len Cariou), who pays him little heed, then his "go to" guy, Ken Karsch (Charles S. Dutton), a New York detective and bodyguard, who intends to take a no-nonsense approach to this redneck.
Perhaps because Koepp has adapted a novella rather than a novel, there isn't enough plot or texture to get through the movie's 96 minutes. Characters disappear for long periods of time. The dynamics between writer and stalker all too quickly stall. Their confrontations consist of sharply written exchanges, dripping with menace, but with little forward momentum or understanding what the real grief is between these two. The reason for this becomes much more clear with a not unexpected plot twist at the end. By the time we arrive at this climax though, the movie has descended into souped-up melodrama and corn.
Depp is in virtually every scene so he dominates, of course, with an interesting series of character quirks. In sly ways, he indicates the character's reserves of wit and capacity for violence even as he limns a guy losing all touch with reality. The story treats the other actors poorly, unfortunately, with not nearly enough scenes or things to do. Turturro makes an intimidation presence but Bello, Hutton and Dutton turn up only when absolutely needed for the story's sake.
Koepp and director of photography Fred Murphy film the movie's chief set, the two-story cabin and surrounding woods, in wide-screen format, thus emphasizing both the film's intimacy and edge-of-civilization environment. A nice touch are Odette Gadoury's wardrobe choices such as Depp's disintegrating bathrobe and Turturro's broad-brimmed hat. Jill Savitt's editing is crisp and all other tech credits are pro.
SECRET WINDOW
Columbia Pictures
A Pariah production
Credits:
Writer-director: David Koepp
Based on novella by: Stephen King
Producer: Gavin Polone
Executive producer: Ezra Swerdlow
Director of photography: Fred Murphy
Production designer: Howard Cummings
Music: Philip Glass
Costume designer: Odette Gadoury
Editor: Jill Savitt
Cast:
Mort Rainey: Johnny Depp
Shooter: John Turturro
Amy Rainey: Maria Bello
Ted Milner: Timothy Hutton
Ken Karsch: Charles S. Dutton
Sheriff Newsome: Len Cariou
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
March 12
Stephen King has, of course, written about a writer and a wacko in confined quarters before in "Misery". And screenwriter and sometimes director David Koepp clearly enjoys movies about people falling apart in claustrophobic spaces such as "Panic Room", "Stir of Echoes" and "Apartment Zero". So "Secret Window" should be a real white-knuckler. True, the Columbia release, written and directed by Koepp from a King novella, does achieve moments of heightened tension and suspense. But the movie telegraphs its intentions too early and relies too much on a single actor, Johnny Depp, to achieve its emotional force.
Depp is immanently watchable as a blocked writer unraveling psychologically even faster than his disheveled bathrobe. Which should mean excellent opening weekend numbers, boosted by the actor's female fan base. But a steady drop-off will ensue once word-of-mouth establishes that the material is not equal to his fine performance.
The movie begins with bright promise as a number of things happen at once -- all intriguing. Depp's Mort Rainey, a successful author of potboilers, perhaps not as successful as King but mentionable in the same breath, is going through intense depression. Holed up in a remote, wilderness cabin, Mort can't get beyond the first paragraph of his new story. He sleeps all day and during his few waking moments struggles to find things to occupy him so he can ignore the word processor. Also sapping his emotional energy is the fact that he is going through a painful divorce to Amy (Maria Bello), who since the breakup has begun dating Ted (Timothy Hutton), triggering profound jealousy in Mort.
Then, out of nowhere, comes a stranger, a stalker, called John Shooter (John Turturro at his most terrifying). Shooter, who hails from the backwoods of Mississippi, accuses Mort of plagiarizing a story from him several years before and demands satisfaction. One is never quite certain what that "satisfaction" will entail, but it sounds ominous. Then, as the cat-and-mouse game between the writer and his alleged victim escalates, you learn that Mort did in fact once plagiarize another story in the past and quickly paid the real author off.
Shooter knows a good deal about Mort's life and seems to want to draw his estranged wife and new boyfriend into their personal confrontation. Mort first seeks help from the local sheriff (Len Cariou), who pays him little heed, then his "go to" guy, Ken Karsch (Charles S. Dutton), a New York detective and bodyguard, who intends to take a no-nonsense approach to this redneck.
Perhaps because Koepp has adapted a novella rather than a novel, there isn't enough plot or texture to get through the movie's 96 minutes. Characters disappear for long periods of time. The dynamics between writer and stalker all too quickly stall. Their confrontations consist of sharply written exchanges, dripping with menace, but with little forward momentum or understanding what the real grief is between these two. The reason for this becomes much more clear with a not unexpected plot twist at the end. By the time we arrive at this climax though, the movie has descended into souped-up melodrama and corn.
Depp is in virtually every scene so he dominates, of course, with an interesting series of character quirks. In sly ways, he indicates the character's reserves of wit and capacity for violence even as he limns a guy losing all touch with reality. The story treats the other actors poorly, unfortunately, with not nearly enough scenes or things to do. Turturro makes an intimidation presence but Bello, Hutton and Dutton turn up only when absolutely needed for the story's sake.
Koepp and director of photography Fred Murphy film the movie's chief set, the two-story cabin and surrounding woods, in wide-screen format, thus emphasizing both the film's intimacy and edge-of-civilization environment. A nice touch are Odette Gadoury's wardrobe choices such as Depp's disintegrating bathrobe and Turturro's broad-brimmed hat. Jill Savitt's editing is crisp and all other tech credits are pro.
SECRET WINDOW
Columbia Pictures
A Pariah production
Credits:
Writer-director: David Koepp
Based on novella by: Stephen King
Producer: Gavin Polone
Executive producer: Ezra Swerdlow
Director of photography: Fred Murphy
Production designer: Howard Cummings
Music: Philip Glass
Costume designer: Odette Gadoury
Editor: Jill Savitt
Cast:
Mort Rainey: Johnny Depp
Shooter: John Turturro
Amy Rainey: Maria Bello
Ted Milner: Timothy Hutton
Ken Karsch: Charles S. Dutton
Sheriff Newsome: Len Cariou
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 7/9/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Secret Window
Opens
March 12
Stephen King has, of course, written about a writer and a wacko in confined quarters before in "Misery". And screenwriter and sometimes director David Koepp clearly enjoys movies about people falling apart in claustrophobic spaces such as "Panic Room", "Stir of Echoes" and "Apartment Zero". So "Secret Window" should be a real white-knuckler. True, the Columbia release, written and directed by Koepp from a King novella, does achieve moments of heightened tension and suspense. But the movie telegraphs its intentions too early and relies too much on a single actor, Johnny Depp, to achieve its emotional force.
Depp is immanently watchable as a blocked writer unraveling psychologically even faster than his disheveled bathrobe. Which should mean excellent opening weekend numbers, boosted by the actor's female fan base. But a steady drop-off will ensue once word-of-mouth establishes that the material is not equal to his fine performance.
The movie begins with bright promise as a number of things happen at once -- all intriguing. Depp's Mort Rainey, a successful author of potboilers, perhaps not as successful as King but mentionable in the same breath, is going through intense depression. Holed up in a remote, wilderness cabin, Mort can't get beyond the first paragraph of his new story. He sleeps all day and during his few waking moments struggles to find things to occupy him so he can ignore the word processor. Also sapping his emotional energy is the fact that he is going through a painful divorce to Amy (Maria Bello), who since the breakup has begun dating Ted (Timothy Hutton), triggering profound jealousy in Mort.
Then, out of nowhere, comes a stranger, a stalker, called John Shooter (John Turturro at his most terrifying). Shooter, who hails from the backwoods of Mississippi, accuses Mort of plagiarizing a story from him several years before and demands satisfaction. One is never quite certain what that "satisfaction" will entail, but it sounds ominous. Then, as the cat-and-mouse game between the writer and his alleged victim escalates, you learn that Mort did in fact once plagiarize another story in the past and quickly paid the real author off.
Shooter knows a good deal about Mort's life and seems to want to draw his estranged wife and new boyfriend into their personal confrontation. Mort first seeks help from the local sheriff (Len Cariou), who pays him little heed, then his "go to" guy, Ken Karsch (Charles S. Dutton), a New York detective and bodyguard, who intends to take a no-nonsense approach to this redneck.
Perhaps because Koepp has adapted a novella rather than a novel, there isn't enough plot or texture to get through the movie's 96 minutes. Characters disappear for long periods of time. The dynamics between writer and stalker all too quickly stall. Their confrontations consist of sharply written exchanges, dripping with menace, but with little forward momentum or understanding what the real grief is between these two. The reason for this becomes much more clear with a not unexpected plot twist at the end. By the time we arrive at this climax though, the movie has descended into souped-up melodrama and corn.
Depp is in virtually every scene so he dominates, of course, with an interesting series of character quirks. In sly ways, he indicates the character's reserves of wit and capacity for violence even as he limns a guy losing all touch with reality. The story treats the other actors poorly, unfortunately, with not nearly enough scenes or things to do. Turturro makes an intimidation presence but Bello, Hutton and Dutton turn up only when absolutely needed for the story's sake.
Koepp and director of photography Fred Murphy film the movie's chief set, the two-story cabin and surrounding woods, in wide-screen format, thus emphasizing both the film's intimacy and edge-of-civilization environment. A nice touch are Odette Gadoury's wardrobe choices such as Depp's disintegrating bathrobe and Turturro's broad-brimmed hat. Jill Savitt's editing is crisp and all other tech credits are pro.
SECRET WINDOW
Columbia Pictures
A Pariah production
Credits:
Writer-director: David Koepp
Based on novella by: Stephen King
Producer: Gavin Polone
Executive producer: Ezra Swerdlow
Director of photography: Fred Murphy
Production designer: Howard Cummings
Music: Philip Glass
Costume designer: Odette Gadoury
Editor: Jill Savitt
Cast:
Mort Rainey: Johnny Depp
Shooter: John Turturro
Amy Rainey: Maria Bello
Ted Milner: Timothy Hutton
Ken Karsch: Charles S. Dutton
Sheriff Newsome: Len Cariou
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
March 12
Stephen King has, of course, written about a writer and a wacko in confined quarters before in "Misery". And screenwriter and sometimes director David Koepp clearly enjoys movies about people falling apart in claustrophobic spaces such as "Panic Room", "Stir of Echoes" and "Apartment Zero". So "Secret Window" should be a real white-knuckler. True, the Columbia release, written and directed by Koepp from a King novella, does achieve moments of heightened tension and suspense. But the movie telegraphs its intentions too early and relies too much on a single actor, Johnny Depp, to achieve its emotional force.
Depp is immanently watchable as a blocked writer unraveling psychologically even faster than his disheveled bathrobe. Which should mean excellent opening weekend numbers, boosted by the actor's female fan base. But a steady drop-off will ensue once word-of-mouth establishes that the material is not equal to his fine performance.
The movie begins with bright promise as a number of things happen at once -- all intriguing. Depp's Mort Rainey, a successful author of potboilers, perhaps not as successful as King but mentionable in the same breath, is going through intense depression. Holed up in a remote, wilderness cabin, Mort can't get beyond the first paragraph of his new story. He sleeps all day and during his few waking moments struggles to find things to occupy him so he can ignore the word processor. Also sapping his emotional energy is the fact that he is going through a painful divorce to Amy (Maria Bello), who since the breakup has begun dating Ted (Timothy Hutton), triggering profound jealousy in Mort.
Then, out of nowhere, comes a stranger, a stalker, called John Shooter (John Turturro at his most terrifying). Shooter, who hails from the backwoods of Mississippi, accuses Mort of plagiarizing a story from him several years before and demands satisfaction. One is never quite certain what that "satisfaction" will entail, but it sounds ominous. Then, as the cat-and-mouse game between the writer and his alleged victim escalates, you learn that Mort did in fact once plagiarize another story in the past and quickly paid the real author off.
Shooter knows a good deal about Mort's life and seems to want to draw his estranged wife and new boyfriend into their personal confrontation. Mort first seeks help from the local sheriff (Len Cariou), who pays him little heed, then his "go to" guy, Ken Karsch (Charles S. Dutton), a New York detective and bodyguard, who intends to take a no-nonsense approach to this redneck.
Perhaps because Koepp has adapted a novella rather than a novel, there isn't enough plot or texture to get through the movie's 96 minutes. Characters disappear for long periods of time. The dynamics between writer and stalker all too quickly stall. Their confrontations consist of sharply written exchanges, dripping with menace, but with little forward momentum or understanding what the real grief is between these two. The reason for this becomes much more clear with a not unexpected plot twist at the end. By the time we arrive at this climax though, the movie has descended into souped-up melodrama and corn.
Depp is in virtually every scene so he dominates, of course, with an interesting series of character quirks. In sly ways, he indicates the character's reserves of wit and capacity for violence even as he limns a guy losing all touch with reality. The story treats the other actors poorly, unfortunately, with not nearly enough scenes or things to do. Turturro makes an intimidation presence but Bello, Hutton and Dutton turn up only when absolutely needed for the story's sake.
Koepp and director of photography Fred Murphy film the movie's chief set, the two-story cabin and surrounding woods, in wide-screen format, thus emphasizing both the film's intimacy and edge-of-civilization environment. A nice touch are Odette Gadoury's wardrobe choices such as Depp's disintegrating bathrobe and Turturro's broad-brimmed hat. Jill Savitt's editing is crisp and all other tech credits are pro.
SECRET WINDOW
Columbia Pictures
A Pariah production
Credits:
Writer-director: David Koepp
Based on novella by: Stephen King
Producer: Gavin Polone
Executive producer: Ezra Swerdlow
Director of photography: Fred Murphy
Production designer: Howard Cummings
Music: Philip Glass
Costume designer: Odette Gadoury
Editor: Jill Savitt
Cast:
Mort Rainey: Johnny Depp
Shooter: John Turturro
Amy Rainey: Maria Bello
Ted Milner: Timothy Hutton
Ken Karsch: Charles S. Dutton
Sheriff Newsome: Len Cariou
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 3/11/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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