They say "write what you know," but there ought to be a moratorium on "dude" actors writing quirky road-trip vehicles for themselves. In Backseat, writer-star Josh Alexander plays an out-of-work New York actor who embarks on a quixotic quest to bump into Donald Sutherland in Montreal. (Why Donald Sutherland? Don't ask.) Alexander drags along his straitlaced friend Rob Bogue, hoping to help him get over his breakup with a shrill feminist sexpot, who dumped Bogue because he wouldn't pretend to rape her. As they motor north, Alexander and Bogue chatter inanely about women and Greek myths, and they bicker over what they're going to do with the large bag of cocaine that Alexander is carrying across the border as a favor to a friend. By the end, guns are pulled, plans are waylaid, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns some lessons about how to man up. Backseat has a...
- 4/3/2008
- by Noel Murray
- avclub.com
German director nm0093051 autoUwe Boll[/link] is bidding to destroy his reputation as the worst director in the world, by making a blockbuster drama to stun critics.
In 2006, Boll was so angered by continued critical attacks on his films he challenged his five harshest detractors to a boxing match. The matches went ahead and Boll won them all.
Now he is planning to silence them with a prestige drama - starring nm0840079 autoDonald Sutherland[/link] and due for release in 2009.
Boll says, "I have a movie about an old guy who fell through the social net.
"I've developed it for a long time, and I have nm0840079 autoDonald Sutherland[/link] interested. I'm trying to finance it for 2009, but they (studio bosses) say, 'What happens in this big social drama? No shoot-ups?' But I want to do it."...
In 2006, Boll was so angered by continued critical attacks on his films he challenged his five harshest detractors to a boxing match. The matches went ahead and Boll won them all.
Now he is planning to silence them with a prestige drama - starring nm0840079 autoDonald Sutherland[/link] and due for release in 2009.
Boll says, "I have a movie about an old guy who fell through the social net.
"I've developed it for a long time, and I have nm0840079 autoDonald Sutherland[/link] interested. I'm trying to finance it for 2009, but they (studio bosses) say, 'What happens in this big social drama? No shoot-ups?' But I want to do it."...
- 1/8/2008
- WENN
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