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The NC-17 rating, which officially replaced the X rating, officially made its debut 25 years ago this month and it’s just as controversial now as it was in 1990. Join us as we take a look at 25 films that have earned the rating in the last 25 years! Hit the jump for more pics and info…
Pedro Almodóvar has taken a rather dark turn in his last couple of outings including 2011’s The Skin I Live In and Broken Embraces (2009). Speaking in Cannes in 2011, Almodóvar admitted that he has a dark outlook on life, at least then, but he is still very capable of pulling out a comedy. And this teaser for his latest, I’m So Excited appears to be just that. [ Related: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Bows A New & Haunting Trailer ] There are not many detail about the film that his longtime U.S. distributor Sony Pictures Classics will open domestically sometime in 2013, but its stars include Carlos Areces, Raul Arevalo, Javier Cámara, Lola Dueñas, Carmen Machi, Laya Martí, Cecilia Roth, Hugo Silva, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, and Blanca Suárez. The clip seems to indicate I’m So Excited (a not-so-subtle reference to the Pointer Sisters early ’80s hit) will be a high-flying Laugh Out Loud adventure complete with dancing queen flight attendants and at least one pilot asleep on the job. And even Pedro himself appears to be a passenger (seated in the back in the top image). Almodóvar teased two Mays ago he was working on a comedy and even his first English-language script, though I’m So Excited or Los amantes pasajeros , which is its official Spanish title, appears to be firmly in his Spanish roots. The trailer follows with English subtitles.
Skyfall has overtaken the likes of Avatar in Britain at the box office. Also in Wednesday’s round-up of news, Matt Damon is a possible addition to a George Clooney -directed period drama; Les Misérables is set for Xmas Imax bow; the Academy will honor Pedro Almodovar ; and the Dubai International Film Festival is removing pro-Syrian ruler filmmakers films from its roster. Skyfall is U.K.’s Highest Grossing Film of All Time In 40 days of release, the 23rd James Bond movie has grossed $151,795,059 to become the highest grossing film in Great Britain ever, overtaking previous records set by Avatar . Directed by Sam Mendes, Skyfall opened in 587 U.K. theaters on October 26th, Deadline reports . Matt Damon Eyes George Clooney’s Monuments Damon is in negotiations to join period drama The Monuments Men , which will be directed by George Clooney in January in Europe. Along with the two, the film will star Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville and Bob Balaban. The story “confronts the final chapter of Germany’s rule, which came down to the absolute destruction of everything that makes a culture keep its standing, including the lives that are lost and the sacrifices that are made,” Deadline reports . Les Misérables to Bow in Select Imax Theaters The film will open in select Imax theaters in New York, L.A., Toronto and Montreal the same day as its nationwide Christmas-day release. It will have an extensive Imax roll out internationally in January, Variety reports . Academy to Honor Pedro Almodovar in London Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodovar will be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the British capital. Special guests will include his brother Agustin Almodovar, filmmaker Stephen Frears, fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, singer Alberto Iglesias and scriptwriter Peter Morgan, THR reports . Dubai and Cairo Film Fests Remove Pro-Syrian Ruler Films The Dubai International Film Festival dropped Basil al-Khatib’s historical drama Mariam , Abdul Latif Abdul Hamid’s The Lover and Joud Said’s My Last Friend from its official selection this year after protests from the Arab film community due to the directors’ support for Syria’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad. Dubai takes place December 9 – 16. Screen reports .
The famed Spanish director known for discovering the likes of Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas is returning with a new comedy, currently titled I’m So Excited , which the two will also take part in. The ensemble comedy is written and directed by Almodóvar and will begin production in July for release next summer. The filmmaker’s longtime American distributor Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in North America. The cast includes Javier Cámara, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas, Raul Arévalo, Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Hugo Silva, Willy Toledo, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Blanca Suárez, José Luis Torrijo, José María Yazpik, Laya Martí with “special collaborations” from Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Paz Vega. Sony Classics co-president Michael Barker and Tom Bernard have long worked with Almodóvar beginning with Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at Orion Classics and has continued on with seven more films at SPC, including his most recent The Skin I Live In , which debuted in Cannes in 2011 and released in the States last fall following its U.S. debut at the New York Film Festival.
Disco icon Donna Summer passed away today at the age of 63, reportedly succumbing to cancer. But while most folks remember the singer for once-ubiquitous disco classics like “Bad Girls” and “Love to Love You Baby,” and while many a film used her hit singles to great effect (recall the “Hot Stuff” scene from The Full Monty , or her own turn as an aspiring disco singer in Thank God It’s Friday ), let’s take a look back at a relatively underrated Donna Summer gem: The love theme from 1977’s The Deep . By 1977, Summer had already made a name for herself with a number of disco hits, but then came The Deep . The film’s “Down Deep Inside” combined the sultry vocals of Summer with the orchestral stylings of prolific James Bond composer John Barry, with appropriately dreamy results. Summer’s lyrics layered over Barry’s arrangement, plus a disco beat (of course) helped make the theme song from the Peter Yates-directed underwater adventure thriller a charted dance hit; it also earned Summer and Barry a shared Golden Globe nomination for Best Song. A slower version of the song included in the film’s soundtrack LP turns the theme into a sublime, seductive ballad. Of course, Summer went on to contribute to a number of movie soundtracks: Thank God It’s Friday appearance the following year also yielded her hit single “Last Dance,” and just a few years later she contributed “On the Radio” to 1980’s Foxes . And who could forget the inspirational “The Power of One,” from the soundtrack to Pokémon: The Movie ? (Certainly not Herman Cain .) R.I.P. to the Queen of Disco.
Congrats are in order to Patty Jenkins, who was confirmed today as Marvel’s pick to helm their 2013 sequel, Thor 2 . Jenkins, who directed Charlize Theron to an Oscar in 2003’s Monster , her feature directorial debut, inherits the helm of the Thor comic book movie franchise from Kenneth Branagh. Full press release after the jump.
The idea of building a person to spec — especially when that person is some form of ideal woman — is one that’s haunted the movies in variations from My Fair Lady to Vertigo to Bride of Frankenstein to Weird Science . It’s an echo of the constructing of a character that results in what you see on screen — a figure who’s the joint creation of an actor, director, writer, makeup artist, dialect coach, costume designer, ad infinitum. But it’s also a concept that provides a counter to the typical romance saga in which two people who are perfect for one other come together. Why search for your match when you can make one?
Nudity Hall-of-Famer Elena Anaya is very comfortable in the skin she lives in, an assertion supported by her 14 onscreen nude roles. Now she’s is about to rack up her 15th skinema credit as Vera , the beautiful captive of demented plastic surgeon Antonio Banderas in The Skin I Live In , Pedro Almodovar ‘s lush take on the Frankenstein myth. Elena sat down to discuss the film with the horror site Bloody-Disgusting.com , which asked the Spanish sexpot about filming a disturbing rape scene that occurs towards the end of the film: “It depends who you do it with. I’m very concerned about nudity, about sex scenes that sometimes are cheap, like they don’t need to be in the film. Then I’m so restrictive. If the scenes are there for a reason, like this one was, I’m brave, ” she said. Ultimately, though, Elena says she brushes off such dark material: “It’s fiction. Sometimes those scenes, the scenes that look difficult, they are not. You’re playing. You’re acting. You’re going to some place, of course with your own emotions and everything, but it’s not yourself.” The Skin I Live In opens this Friday, October 14 , but Mr. Skin members can see much, much more of Elena Anaya right here at MrSkin.com!
