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MUMBAI:
Watch the legend Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise, the movie that
got him noticed and started him on his road to stardom. Also coming
up on June 13 is Legends of the Fall, an epic tale of three brothers
and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and
how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love.
This film is followed by Seven Years in Tibet on June 14 due to
which Brad was banned from entering China. Lastly catch Brad in
Snatch directed by Guy Ritchie better known as Madonna's husband.
Thelma
& Louise, 12th June at 10 pm
Director:
Ridley Scott
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Brad Pitt, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Synopsis
Whilst
on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to
rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a
run for it but are soon followed closely by the authorities including
a local policeman who is sympathetic to their plight. The federal
authorities, however, have less compassion and thus a cross country
chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover
the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their
personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.
Trivia
on Thelma & Louise:
" Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep wanted to make a movie together
and Thelma & Louise was one of the scripts they considered.
Ultimately, they decided to star in Death Becomes Her (1992) instead.
" The original Thelma and Louise were to be played by Michelle
Pfeiffer and Jodie Foster, Ridley Scott was going to produce, and
Callie Khouri (the screenwriter) would be directing. In the end,
the pitching took so long that Pfeiffer and Foster
were no longer available, and Scott had been persuaded to direct
it himself
" Ridley Scott filmed a longer ending (found on the Special
Edition DVD) in which we see the car plunge into the canyon, with
a melancholy B.B. King song playing in the background. Instead he
opted for a more upbeat ending with the car frozen in ascent and
Hans Zimmer's score playing.
" Ridley Scott is very receptive to ideas from cast and crew
members on his films, and used many suggestions from Susan Sarandon
during production. Some ideas of Sarandon's that made the final
cut of the film:
Legends
of the fall, 13th June at 10 pm
Director
: Edward Zwick
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Henry
Thomas
Synopsis
Former
U.S. Cavalry Col. William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins) presides over
his ranch in the foothills of the Montana Rockies, where he seeks
to raise his three sons far away from the madness of his times.
Alfred (Aidan Quinn), the eldest, is dutiful and reserved but has
a will of his own; Samuel (Henry Thomas), the beloved youngest brother,
is the epitome of turn-of-the-century idealism; and middle brother
Tristan (Brad Pitt) is a wild, untamable spirit. Samuel's arrival
from college throws the family into turmoil--both his brothers'
fall in love with his new fiancée (Julia Ormond)--until the
outbreak of World War I upends their lives. Through the horror of
that war, then home to Montana and a world turned modern overnight,
the brothers' tale is a story writ large, of love and loss, betrayal
and hope.
Trivia
on Legends of the Fall:
" Johnny Depp was offered, and turned down, the role of Tristan
Ludlow
" Neither Brad Pitt nor Julia Ormond had ridden before making
this film
" The title refers to the biblical fall from innocence. In
Sweden however, the title was translated as "Höstlegender"
meaning Legends of the (season) Fall (as in autumn)
" This movie was originally to be filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba
(Canada), but the city officials refused to remove several trees
(which would have been replaced after the end of filming)
" Originally conceived as a starring vehicle for Sean Connery
and Tom Cruise
Seven
Years in Tibet, 14th June at 10 pm
Director:
Jean Jacques Annaud
Cast: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong, Mako, Danny Denzongpa
Synopsis
Brad
Pitt stars as Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, who set out
in 1939 with his countryman Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis) to
climb Nanga Parbat, one of the Himalayas' highest peaks. Harrer's
journey would take him from the heights of conquest to the depths
of internment in a British prisoner-of-war camp, then from escape
and a harrowing two-year trek through the Himalayas to the mysterious
Tibetan city of Lhasa. There he was befriended by the young Dalai
Lama, and tutored the religious leader in English, geography and
the ways of the western world. The bond that developed between the
two led the egotistical Harrer to an emotional and spiritual awakening.
Trivia
on Seven Years in Tibet:
" Annaud sent a team to Tibet to secretly film footage. About
20 minutes of it made it into the finished film. This was kept secret
even after the film's premiere and not known until summer 1999
" As a result of his role in this film, Brad Pitt was banned
from China
" Jetsun Pema is the real life sister of the Dalai Lama. In
this film she plays the mother of the Dalai Lama and hence her own
mother
" Because of his role in the movie, David Thewlis is banned
from ever entering China
" In the scene where Heinrich confronts Ngawang, the director
did not tell B.D. Wong the script called for Brad Pitt to throw
him into the dirt; Wong's reaction is completely authentic
Snatch,
15th June at 10 pm
Director:
Guy Ritchie
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt, Jason Statham, Dennis Farina,
Stephen Graham
Synopsis
Diamond thief Franky Four Fingers arrives in London en route to
New York to deliver a huge diamond to boss Avi. But after offloading
smaller stones to a motley assortment of London ne'er-do-wells,
Franky and the diamond fall into the wrong hands. Meanwhile two
shady boxing promoters discover Irish gypsy fighter Mickey O'Neil,
whom they hope to ride to riches if he will only "take a fall"
as instructed. When Avi arrives in London looking for his diamond,
all hell breaks loose as various parties pursue personal agendas
all of them illegal, some of them farcical, and most of them destined
to end in pain and retribution. As a plan goes haywire and tempers
fray, dogs, diamonds, mobile homes, boxers and assorted weaponry
get swept up into a chaotic free-for-all.
Trivia
on Snatch:
" Brad pitt who was a big fan of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking
Barrels (1998), approached director Guy Ritchie and asked to for
a role in this film. When Ritchie found Pitt couldn't master a London
accent, he gave him the role of Mickey the Gypsy
" To keep things in order during production, director Guy Ritchie
introduced a system of fines on set. There were fines for mobile
phones ringing, arriving late, and taking naps during shooting
" When Guy Ritchie told Brad Pitt that he would be playing
a boxer, Pitt became concerned because he had just finished shooting
Fight Club (1999) and did not want to play the same type of role
again. Pitt book the role anyway because he wanted to work with
Ritchie so badly
" The producers couldn't afford enough extras for the boxing
match sequences. Whenever a camera angle changed, the extras had
to move around to create an impression of a crowded house
" Brad pitt's character and indecipherable speech was inspired
by many critics' complaints about the accents of the characters
in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). Guy Ritchie decided
to counter the criticisms by creating a character that not only
couldn't be understood by the audience but the also couldn't be
understood by characters in the movie.
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