Understandably, there has been a lot more interest in the life and times of J. Robert Oppenheimer after Christopher Nolan's biographical drama has taken cinemas by storm. Nolan's all-encompassing film, based on Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin's Pulitzer-winning novel "American Prometheus," gives a detailed reconstruction of what it was like to head the team that would go on to create the atomic bomb. In all likelihood, "Oppenheimer" will stand as the definitive account of the Manhattan Project and its aftermath.
Over the years, there have been multiple attempts to tell Oppenheimer's story, including the 1989 war drama "Fat Man and Little Boy" starring Paul Newman and John Cusack. The modern stage retelling, "Doctor Atomic," by the Metropolitan Opera even delves into the physicist's private life while still managing to deliver a show-stropping recreation of the first detonation of the A-bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
But there's also...
Over the years, there have been multiple attempts to tell Oppenheimer's story, including the 1989 war drama "Fat Man and Little Boy" starring Paul Newman and John Cusack. The modern stage retelling, "Doctor Atomic," by the Metropolitan Opera even delves into the physicist's private life while still managing to deliver a show-stropping recreation of the first detonation of the A-bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
But there's also...
- 8/12/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
The BBC’s “Oppenheimer” has finally landed on iPlayer.
All seven episodes of the Sam Waterston-led drama series from 1980 is now available in full on the BBC streaming service. Until now, the BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated series was only available to rent or purchase on Prime Video. Its release comes weeks after Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” movie began tearing up the box office with “Barbie” as part of the “Barbenheimer” cinematic event. “Oppenheimer” has now grossed more than $405 million in worldwide box office.
Distributed by BBC Studios, the TV show starred Waterston as the contemplative father of the atom bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and “Poirot” star David Suchet as the Los Alamos scientist Edward Teller. The cast was mainly comprised of American actors, who were all based in the U.K. at the time, save for Waterston.
Produced for $1.5 million (the equivalent of around $5.5 million today), the series filmed between the U.
All seven episodes of the Sam Waterston-led drama series from 1980 is now available in full on the BBC streaming service. Until now, the BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated series was only available to rent or purchase on Prime Video. Its release comes weeks after Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” movie began tearing up the box office with “Barbie” as part of the “Barbenheimer” cinematic event. “Oppenheimer” has now grossed more than $405 million in worldwide box office.
Distributed by BBC Studios, the TV show starred Waterston as the contemplative father of the atom bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and “Poirot” star David Suchet as the Los Alamos scientist Edward Teller. The cast was mainly comprised of American actors, who were all based in the U.K. at the time, save for Waterston.
Produced for $1.5 million (the equivalent of around $5.5 million today), the series filmed between the U.
- 8/1/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Decades before Christopher Nolan set his sights on a movie about J. Robert Oppenheimer, a science-obsessed BBC executive ventured to America in 1979 to make a $1.5 million TV show about the father of the atom bomb.
Peter Goodchild began his career at the BBC in radio drama, but eventually migrated to the storied “Horizon” science unit to put his chemistry degree to some use. The division began experimenting with factual dramas in the 1970s, and after delivering a hit series on French-Polish physicist Marie Curie, Goodchild set his sights on the New York-born Oppenheimer.
“I’d seen a play on J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Hampstead Theatre Club way back in 1966,” the 83-year-old tells Variety from his home in Exeter, southwest England, where his Zoom background reveals a room teeming with books on heaving shelves.
“It was an amazing story, and I’d always wanted to do it,” Goodchild continues. “Someone...
Peter Goodchild began his career at the BBC in radio drama, but eventually migrated to the storied “Horizon” science unit to put his chemistry degree to some use. The division began experimenting with factual dramas in the 1970s, and after delivering a hit series on French-Polish physicist Marie Curie, Goodchild set his sights on the New York-born Oppenheimer.
“I’d seen a play on J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Hampstead Theatre Club way back in 1966,” the 83-year-old tells Variety from his home in Exeter, southwest England, where his Zoom background reveals a room teeming with books on heaving shelves.
“It was an amazing story, and I’d always wanted to do it,” Goodchild continues. “Someone...
- 7/22/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
If you like Euro-crime and haven’t seen this one you’re in for a real treat. English killers are on the road in Spain, executing a hit on a ‘Supergrass’ who’s spent ten years in protective custody. The brilliant cast — Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Tim Roth and Laura Del Sol give the criminal twists extra credibility. The suspenseful show is one of Stephen Frears’ best, and it builds to a highly satisfying conclusion. It’s also the feature debut of Tim Roth, and as such shouldn’t be missed.
The Hit
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 469
1984 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 98 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 20, 2020 / 39.95
Starring: Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Laura Del Sol, Fernando Rey, Bill Hunter, Jim Broadbent.
Cinematography: Mike Molloy
Film Editor: Mick Audsley
Original Music: Paco de Lucía
Written by Peter Prince
Produced by Jeremy Thomas
Directed by Stephan Frears
Class-act...
The Hit
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 469
1984 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 98 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 20, 2020 / 39.95
Starring: Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Laura Del Sol, Fernando Rey, Bill Hunter, Jim Broadbent.
Cinematography: Mike Molloy
Film Editor: Mick Audsley
Original Music: Paco de Lucía
Written by Peter Prince
Produced by Jeremy Thomas
Directed by Stephan Frears
Class-act...
- 10/24/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
"Something happened to British cinema this year: it got world-class again." Tim Robey builds a convincing case: the returns of Lynne Ramsay and Terence Davies, debuts by Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur), Richard Ayoade (Submarine), Will Sharpe and Tom Kingsley (Black Pond) and Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) and, perhaps most encouraging, "remarkable second films from Ben Wheatley (the horror-thriller Kill List), from Joanna Hogg, whose bitterly insightful Archipelago confirmed all the promise of Unrelated, and from Andrew Haigh, whose Nottingham-set gay romance Weekend has been a sleeper hit here and in the United States…. The sheer range of subjects, periods, genres, styles and ambitions was as heartening as the quality of the movies, and proof that our industry is in great shape."
Also in the Telegraph, Robbie Collin looks back on 2011's highs and lows and the paper lists its top ten and ten worst films of the year. Speaking of the worsts,...
Also in the Telegraph, Robbie Collin looks back on 2011's highs and lows and the paper lists its top ten and ten worst films of the year. Speaking of the worsts,...
- 12/15/2011
- MUBI
It.s rare that a day goes by around here at Cinema Blend that we don.t have to type up news of yet another remake or reboot getting the green light. It.s frustrating, both as a sign of Hollywood.s creative bankruptcy and risk aversion, and because they often end up remaking movies that really, really don.t need to be remade in the first place (Evil Dead, Robocop.Psycho). This one, however, is just plain weird. Variety reports that the 1984 gangster flick The Hit is being remade by director Stephen Frears, writer Peter Prince, and producer Jeremy Thomas.the exact same people who made it the first time around. The original movie starred John Hurt and Tim Roth as a pair of somewhat inept hitmen tasked by the mob with abducting an informer (Terence Stamp) and dragging him back to Paris to be executed. It turns into...
- 12/15/2011
- cinemablend.com
We have put together a list of our Top 5 Mobster Movies in honor of The Hit being remade for American audiences. Variety reports that director Stephen Frears and producer Jeremy Thomas are reuniting with writer Peter Prince to develop a remake of their 1984 British gangster road movie, The Hit. Usually I am not a fan of most remakes, but since this is from the original directors I am interested in seeing what they come up with.
Here is the list of our Top 5 Mobster Movies:
5. The Departed
Great modern-day Mobster movie with a fantastic ensemble cast. This is one of my favorite Leonardo DiCaprio roles. Jack Nicholson is the perfect bad guy in this.
4. The Godfather I and II
These Francis Ford Coppola movies are classic Mobster tales that are a must-watch. Yeah they are long, but they are wonderful.
3. Donnie Brasco
Johnny Depp and Al Pacino are pefect on screen together.
Here is the list of our Top 5 Mobster Movies:
5. The Departed
Great modern-day Mobster movie with a fantastic ensemble cast. This is one of my favorite Leonardo DiCaprio roles. Jack Nicholson is the perfect bad guy in this.
4. The Godfather I and II
These Francis Ford Coppola movies are classic Mobster tales that are a must-watch. Yeah they are long, but they are wonderful.
3. Donnie Brasco
Johnny Depp and Al Pacino are pefect on screen together.
- 12/14/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The old gang of the 1984’s “The Hit” is reuniting to develop a remake of the British film. Variety has reported that producer Jeremy Thomas, director Stephen Frears and writer Peter Prince will develop the movie into an American version about an American gangster. The original film is about a London mob hired some hitmen to capture an informant hiding in Spain. However, things do not go as planned for these incompetent hitmen. The 1984 film starred Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Tim Roth and Jim Broadbent. “The idea is to make it as an American movie about an American ganster, to tell the story against the backdrop of the land of cinema,” said Thomas. The film is in its early stages of development. The plan is for the film’s backdrop to be in the United States and Mexico. Here’s the trailer for the original movie: Source: Variety...
- 12/14/2011
- LRMonline.com
Young Tim Roth got Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Newcomer for The Hit (1984). He played an apprentice hit man in Stephen Frears suspenseful, compact crime-thriller, starring Terence Stamp and John Hurt. Now, director Stephen Frears is reuniting with screenwriter Peter Prince and producer Jeremy Thomas for a remake of this British gangster flick. [...]
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- 12/14/2011
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Just last month, High Fidelity director Stephen Frears came on board to direct the adaptation/remake of the Sundance selected documentary The Bengali Detective, and his adaptation of Lay the Favorite with Bruce Willis and Rebecca Hall will hit Sundance in January (stay tuned for our coverage next month). Now Variety has word that Frears is also set for another revamp of an old property with a remake of the 1984 British gangster flick The Hit. The film's original writer Peter Prince is working with Frears on the remake of his own film which takes the action of the UK film, and move it to Mexico and the United States. Producer Jeremy Thomas says, "The idea is to make it as an American movie about an American gangster, to tell the story against the backdrop of the land of cinema." It doesn't exactly sound ambitious, but the story could make for...
- 12/14/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
British director Stephen Frears, best known for The Queen, High Fidelity and The Grifters, is re-teaming with producer Jeremy Thomas and writer Peter Prince to remake their 1984 gangster road flick The Hit. [Variety]
The original starred John Hurt and Tim Roth as a pair of incompetent hitmen hired to track down an informer – Terence Stamp – at his Spanish hideout and haul him back to Paris to be executed. Everything goes completely wrong, of course. The remake is in its very early stages of development and, says Thomas, will relocate the action to Mexico and the United States.
“The idea is to make it as an American movie about an American gangster, to tell the story against the backdrop of the land of cinema,” Thomas said.
It’s not at all unusual for a filmmaker to remake his own film for an American audience; Alfred Hitchcock did it several times, Michael Haneke...
The original starred John Hurt and Tim Roth as a pair of incompetent hitmen hired to track down an informer – Terence Stamp – at his Spanish hideout and haul him back to Paris to be executed. Everything goes completely wrong, of course. The remake is in its very early stages of development and, says Thomas, will relocate the action to Mexico and the United States.
“The idea is to make it as an American movie about an American gangster, to tell the story against the backdrop of the land of cinema,” Thomas said.
It’s not at all unusual for a filmmaker to remake his own film for an American audience; Alfred Hitchcock did it several times, Michael Haneke...
- 12/14/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
According to reports director Stephen Frears ("Prick Up Your Ears") , screenwriter Peter Prince and producer Jeremy Thomas will reunite to remake their 1984 crime feature "The Hit", with a considerably bigger budget than the original.
Although the original film was located primarily in a remote Spanish village, Frears intends to shoot his remake in Mexico and the Us.
Premise follows ruthless London gangster 'Willie Parker' (Terrence Stamp) who gives evidence against his criminal compatriots in return for a very generous offer from police.
Ten years later, Parker lives in comfortable retirement in Spain until four Spanish youths kidnap him and deliver him to two hitmen hired by the kingpin that Parker helped put away.
'Braddock' (John Hurt) is a world weary veteran, while 'Myron' (Tim Roth) is his hot-tempered apprentice. Parker quickly adopts a carefree demeanor, claiming that he's had ten years to accept death as a simple part of life.
Although the original film was located primarily in a remote Spanish village, Frears intends to shoot his remake in Mexico and the Us.
Premise follows ruthless London gangster 'Willie Parker' (Terrence Stamp) who gives evidence against his criminal compatriots in return for a very generous offer from police.
Ten years later, Parker lives in comfortable retirement in Spain until four Spanish youths kidnap him and deliver him to two hitmen hired by the kingpin that Parker helped put away.
'Braddock' (John Hurt) is a world weary veteran, while 'Myron' (Tim Roth) is his hot-tempered apprentice. Parker quickly adopts a carefree demeanor, claiming that he's had ten years to accept death as a simple part of life.
- 12/14/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Stephen Frears ("The Queen," "Tamara Drewe") is reportedly developing an American remake of his almost thirty year old British black comedy gangster cult feature "The Hit" says Variety.
The original 1984 film starred a young John Hurt and a very young (and blond) Tim Roth as hit men hired to kidnap a former London gangster turned informant (Terence Stamp) from his Spanish hideout and bring him to Paris where he'll be executed.
On the trip back things don't exactly go to plan, the gangster's acceptance of his inevitable death causing growing discomfort and discord between the characters.
In this version the action will be moved to the U.S. and Mexico. Both original producer Jeremy Thomas and scribe Peter Prince are involved in the remake which is still only in early development.
The original 1984 film starred a young John Hurt and a very young (and blond) Tim Roth as hit men hired to kidnap a former London gangster turned informant (Terence Stamp) from his Spanish hideout and bring him to Paris where he'll be executed.
On the trip back things don't exactly go to plan, the gangster's acceptance of his inevitable death causing growing discomfort and discord between the characters.
In this version the action will be moved to the U.S. and Mexico. Both original producer Jeremy Thomas and scribe Peter Prince are involved in the remake which is still only in early development.
- 12/14/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Stephen Frears ("The Queen," "Tamara Drewe") is reportedly developing an American remake of his almost thirty year old British black comedy gangster cult feature "The Hit" says Variety.
The original 1984 film starred a young John Hurt and a very young (and blond) Tim Roth as hit men hired to kidnap a former London gangster turned informant (Terence Stamp) from his Spanish hideout and bring him to Paris where he'll be executed.
On the trip back things don't exactly go to plan, the gangster's acceptance of his inevitable death causing growing discomfort and discord between the characters.
In this version the action will be moved to the U.S. and Mexico. Both original producer Jeremy Thomas and scribe Peter Prince are involved in the remake which is still only in early development.
The original 1984 film starred a young John Hurt and a very young (and blond) Tim Roth as hit men hired to kidnap a former London gangster turned informant (Terence Stamp) from his Spanish hideout and bring him to Paris where he'll be executed.
On the trip back things don't exactly go to plan, the gangster's acceptance of his inevitable death causing growing discomfort and discord between the characters.
In this version the action will be moved to the U.S. and Mexico. Both original producer Jeremy Thomas and scribe Peter Prince are involved in the remake which is still only in early development.
- 12/14/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Variety says that director Stephen Frears, writer Peter Prince and producer Jeremy Thomas are reuniting to remake their 1984 film, The Hit . In the original, Terence Stamp plays Willie, a gangster's henchman turned "supergrass" (informer) trying to live in peaceful hiding in a remote Spanish village. Sun-dappled bliss turns to nerve-racking suspense, however, when two hit men--played by a soulless John Hurt and a youthful, loose-cannon Tim Roth--come a-calling to bring Willie back for execution. Eric Clapton created music for the film with guitarist Paco de Lucía. Thomas says the remake moves the action to Mexico and the U.S.
- 12/14/2011
- Comingsoon.net
In Ernest Hemmingway's short story "The Killers," the reader is presented with a character, Ole Anderson, who knows he is to be killed by two hit men yet goes gently into that good night. The story, which was directly adapted into two American film noirs, once by Robert Siodmak (1946) and once by Don Siegel (1964), unnerves because of its existential nature: The protagonist acknowledges that it is meaningless to flee, as he will ultimately die at one time or another. How can you escape the inevitable? Why not cut to the chase and meet it head on? Siodmak's adaptation follows an insurance investigator who essentially wants to discover the reason why Ole was killed. Siegel's adaptation follows the hit men (Lee Marvin and Clu Gulager), one of whom is startled by and becomes obsessed with his target's resignation towards life. Essentially, Siodmak's adaptation takes the form of a mystery while Siegel's...
- 6/24/2010
- by Drew Morton
DVD Playhouse—May 2009
Paramount Centennial Collection Paramount Studios releases two more classic titles from its library on special edition DVD: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is John Ford’s last masterpiece (although he would go on to direct two more very good films) from 1962: about an Eastern lawyer (James Stewart) who travels west only to find primal brutality in the form of sadistic bandit Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin, great as always) and pragmatic brutality in local rancher Tom Doniphon (John Wayne), each two sides of a coin that represent a way of life slowly dying out as Stewart’s modern brand of civilization tames the West. A perfect film, period. Howard Hawks’ El Dorado is essentially a remake of his earlier classic Rio Bravo, with John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and a young James Caan as lawmen joining forces against corrupt cattle barons. Great fun. Two disc sets.
Paramount Centennial Collection Paramount Studios releases two more classic titles from its library on special edition DVD: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is John Ford’s last masterpiece (although he would go on to direct two more very good films) from 1962: about an Eastern lawyer (James Stewart) who travels west only to find primal brutality in the form of sadistic bandit Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin, great as always) and pragmatic brutality in local rancher Tom Doniphon (John Wayne), each two sides of a coin that represent a way of life slowly dying out as Stewart’s modern brand of civilization tames the West. A perfect film, period. Howard Hawks’ El Dorado is essentially a remake of his earlier classic Rio Bravo, with John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and a young James Caan as lawmen joining forces against corrupt cattle barons. Great fun. Two disc sets.
- 5/12/2009
- by Allen Gardner
- The Hollywood Interview
DVD Links: DVD News | Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Star Trek (Original Series) - The Complete First Season I have watched about five of the first season episodes on Paramount's Blu-ray release of the original "Star Trek" series and as expected they look phenomenal, just as they did when I reviewed the HD DVD edition of the first season. However, gone is the bulky packaging, and the set has been cut down to seven discs instead of ten, both details are fantastic news. As far as differences, the main absence is a 90-minute documentary called "Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier" and there isn't an included booklet of any kind. However, improved menus, on the fly switching between the enhanced versions and the original effects is an impressive addition even if you only check it out once or twice. Overall, I think this is a must own, but...
- 4/28/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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