Angelina Jolie on 'Unbroken': This story is 'a giant responsibility'
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- Published on Thursday, 21 August 2014 04:21
- Written by Inside Movies
Before U.S. Olympian-turned-WWII hero Louis Zamperini died on July 2 at age 97, director Angelina Jolie showed him the film she’s made about him (in theaters Dec. 25), adapted from Laura Hillenbrand’s 2010 best-seller. “I brought it on my laptop to the hospital,” Jolie says. “It was a deeply moving, very profound few hours of my life. Telling his story is a giant responsibility.” It was certainly an extraordinary life: Zamperini competed in the 1936 Olympics in track, enlisted with the U.S. Air Force in WWII, survived a crash into the Pacific, spent 47 days marooned on a raft, and then endured over two years of torture in a Japanese POW camp. Playing Zamperini was no easy task. Jack O’Connell, a veteran of British TV’s teen drama Skins, had to lose nearly 30 pounds to appear emaciated in key scenes. “You learn not to think of your own problems,” he says. “That’s something you can attribute to Louie and Angie—they both strive to be selfless every day.” Luckily, not every day was so grueling: One night, O’Connell formed an impromptu band with producer Matthew Baer and costars Garrett Hedlund (who plays a fellow prisoner) and Miyavi (a real-life Japanese rocker who portrays a sadistic guard in the film). Their tunes included “Angie” by the Rolling Stones and, of course, the Kingsmen classic “Louie Louie.”
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Angelina Jolie on why she and Brad Pitt have been “shy” about upcoming film together
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- Published on Sunday, 17 August 2014 20:29
- Written by Radio Times
By the Sea will be the first time the couple have been on screen together since Mr & Mrs Smith, but Jolie says they’re ready for the challenge.Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are to appear in the same film for the first time in nine years, but the actress admits it’s taken some time to decide to do it. “We have been shy of it for quite a few years because it’s very heavy, about a relationship, people going through and surviving a lot together,” Jolie tells the Inquirer of By the Sea. “It’s not easy. So we were nervous about being able to handle the material as actors and to take it on together.” The last time the duo were on screen together was for action hit Mr & Mrs Smith in 2005, the film credited with sparking the pair’s real life relationship. Now, Jolie will both co-star with Pitt and direct him. “Obviously Brad is willing to have me direct him in a film and work with me. He’s extremely supportive, which is wonderful, because we’re interested in different aspects of film.”The film is being described as an intimate character-driven drama, and Pitt will also join Jolie as a producer.This isn’t the first time Jolie has stepped behind the camera. Her 2011 directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Her current project, Unbroken, will chart the true life story of Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini.It’s believed filming on By the Sea will start at the end of this month in Malta.
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Angelina Jolie subject to new appeal in copyright lawsuit by author who claims she used his book for her film
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- Published on Friday, 15 August 2014 10:42
- Written by Daily Mail
Angelina Jolie emerged victorious in court last year when a judge ruled she had not copied another author's work for her film In The Land Of Blood And Honey.But journalist James Braddock is now appealing against the decision.In papers filed in March 11 this year, the Croatian author claims the original judge in the case 'used a poor system to determine if Jolie had infringed on his copyright,' for his book The Soul Shattering reports Radar Online.Claiming his book was not translated accurately, Braddock says in the appeal papers: 'The Court’s decision noted a number of material errors, starting with clear descriptions that are interpreted or translated incorrectly, to the downgrading of a complex of the work.'The court did not compare the whole scene at all elements, but he pulled the individual parts! In this way, the bit violated all the rights of the Appellant’s, violated the law and the tests that were performed were not executed in the right way.'Braddock published The Soul Shattering (Croatian name Slamanje Duse) in 2007, a love story between a Muslim and a Croatian in a Bosnian village in 1992, who are torn apart by the war. Jolie's movie also depicts a love story during the Bosnian War.
Radar reports that Braddock claimed in the original 2011 filing that one of Jolie's producers said they discussed his book before making the movie, adding: 'They all decided they wanted to adapt it into a film' - this was all denied by Jolie.In last year's case, Judge Dolly Gee wrote that 'although Blood and Honey is also a story of love, it highlights the complications of romantic love during wartime.'In her ruling, she noted that Braddock could not have 'invented the concept of rape as a war crime' and says the similarities are not strong enough 'particularly in light of the fact that those overlapping concepts are commonplace in books and films depicting war.''Blood and Honey is primarily a story of betrayal, revenge and tragedy with little or no hope, while Slamanje Duse focuses on family, love and strength.'Following Jolie's victory, one of her attorneys Harrison Dossick said: 'The Court’s tentative ruling was thorough and well reasoned. We are hopeful the court will adopt it in full when the final order is issued.'Jolie said of the film back in 2011: 'I was thinking and meditating on these international themes of violence against women, lack of intervention and how human beings are changed and warped by war and how some people come out stronger and some people are truly broken.'The website reports that the actress has yet to respond to the new appeal.
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Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Pay Beach Cafe Owners To Close
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 July 2014 17:39
- Written by Contact Music
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have paid the owners of a beach cafe in Europe thousands of dollars to close down for three months so they can shoot a film.Pitt and Jolie are filming new project By The Sea at Mgarr ix-Xini on the island of Gozo, and they need unfettered access to a tiny pebble beach to shoot their scenes.However, a beachside kiosk holds pride of place in the bay, so the millionaire stars have rented the entire cafe for the summer, reportedly paying owners Noel and Sandra Vella thousands of dollars in compensation for their lost profits.Sandra says, "I'm not going to make as much had I remained open throughout these months, but at least I'm getting some form of compensation."
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to be married - in film
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- Published on Friday, 25 July 2014 06:32
- Written by Telegraph
The Hollywood couple, who remain unmarried after nearly a decade together, will play husband and wife in a movie. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who remain unmarried in real life, will play husband and wife in a new film.Pitt, 50, is likely to receive a lesser fee than his wife who wrote the movie and will direct it, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The new film is By the Sea which has been described as an "intimate character driven drama" by Universal Pictures.Speaking to Extra TV earlier this year Jolie, 39, said: "It's not a big movie, not an action movie. It's the kind of movie we love but aren't often cast in. It's a very experimental, independent type film where we get to be actors together and be really raw, open, try things." It is the couple's first film together since Mr & Mrs Smith in 2005 which led to their off-screen romance. They now have six children together but have not married. Pitt has said they would not do so until same-sex marriage is legalised throughout the US and "everyone in this county had the right to get married." Jolie has said she intends to do less acting in future an focus on work behind the camera and her role with the United Nations.Donna Langley, co-chairman of Universal Pictures, said: "Angelina continues to showcase her extraordinary storytelling abilities in front of and behind the camera and we are thrilled to extend our relationship with her on By the Sea."Angelina and Brad represent two of Hollywood's brightest talents and we are excited to be a part of their collaboration on this powerful piece."
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