From TorontoFilm.Net, take a look at director Guillermo del Toro’s remake of "Nightmare Alley", based on the 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham, starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen and David Strathairn:
"...an ambitious 'carny' (Cooper)...
"...with a talent for manipulating people...
"...with a few well-chosen words...
"...hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is..."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice...
"...an ambitious 'carny' (Cooper)...
"...with a talent for manipulating people...
"...with a few well-chosen words...
"...hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is..."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice...
- 3/28/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
“Nightmare Alley Is All Around Brilliance” – Jazz Tangcay, Variety
Academy Award Best Picture Nominee Nightmare Alley Appears on Digital March 8 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on March 22
From the imaginative filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and Searchlight Pictures arrives an electrifying film noir,Nightmare Alley. Available on Digital March 8 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on March 22.
The suspenseful psychological thriller is nominated for 4 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, 8 Critics’ Choice Awards, a Screen Actors’ Guild Award for Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett, and BAFTA, Sdsa, Mpse, Adg, CDG, Ves, and WGA Awards.
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When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous...
Academy Award Best Picture Nominee Nightmare Alley Appears on Digital March 8 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on March 22
From the imaginative filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and Searchlight Pictures arrives an electrifying film noir,Nightmare Alley. Available on Digital March 8 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on March 22.
The suspenseful psychological thriller is nominated for 4 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, 8 Critics’ Choice Awards, a Screen Actors’ Guild Award for Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett, and BAFTA, Sdsa, Mpse, Adg, CDG, Ves, and WGA Awards.
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When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous...
- 2/10/2022
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro returns with his first film since 2017’s “The Shape of Water” with a movie of a different sort. “Nightmare Alley” is an adaptation of the William Lindsey Gresham novel of the same name, and finds del Toro working without supernatural elements for the first time in his career. Production initially began in January 2020, but Covid shut down filming in March. Resuming filming in September 2020, the film finished up in December of 2020, and is now a bona fide Best Picture Oscar nominee.
Is “Nightmare Alley” Streaming?
Yes. “Nightmare Alley” started streaming on HBO Max and Hulu on Feb. 1.
Is “Nightmare Alley” in Theaters?
“Nightmare Alley” was released exclusively in movie theaters on Dec. 17 and is still playing in some theaters.
What Is “Nightmare Alley” About?
Stanton Carlisle, a carnival con-artist, develops a knack for “performing” psychic readings on strangers through sleight of hand and convincing technique.
Is “Nightmare Alley” Streaming?
Yes. “Nightmare Alley” started streaming on HBO Max and Hulu on Feb. 1.
Is “Nightmare Alley” in Theaters?
“Nightmare Alley” was released exclusively in movie theaters on Dec. 17 and is still playing in some theaters.
What Is “Nightmare Alley” About?
Stanton Carlisle, a carnival con-artist, develops a knack for “performing” psychic readings on strangers through sleight of hand and convincing technique.
- 2/9/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Guillermo del Toro’s noir thriller “Nightmare Alley” has just revealed to Gold Derby the names of the nine cast members who are eligible for the ensemble prize at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards. SAG Award winner Bradley Cooper leads a cast that also boasts the likes of three-time guild champ Cate Blanchett and past nominees Rooney Mara and Richard Jenkins. See the alphabetical list below.
With such a starry ensemble, “Nightmare Alley” would seem especially appealing to the acting guild. According to Gold Derby’s current combined odds, we anticipate the film is competitive in at least three races at the upcoming ceremony: the overall ensemble, Cooper for lead actor and Blanchett for supporting actress.
Watch Richard Jenkins on his character in ‘The Humans’ and ‘Nightmare Alley’: ‘Both have tons of fear and tons of desire’
Adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s novel of the same name from...
With such a starry ensemble, “Nightmare Alley” would seem especially appealing to the acting guild. According to Gold Derby’s current combined odds, we anticipate the film is competitive in at least three races at the upcoming ceremony: the overall ensemble, Cooper for lead actor and Blanchett for supporting actress.
Watch Richard Jenkins on his character in ‘The Humans’ and ‘Nightmare Alley’: ‘Both have tons of fear and tons of desire’
Adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s novel of the same name from...
- 12/27/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
by Matt St Clair
Nightmare Alley, Guillermo del Toro’s anticipated follow-up to The Shape of Water, is quite a risk for the Oscar-winning auteur. Del Toro ditches the phantasmic monsters he’s known for in favor of human monstrosity, the beasts within all of us that drive our carnal needs. As with the original 1947 noir, Nightmare Alley is an exemplary exercise on the folly of man and what happens when the line between man and beast becomes blurred.
The main anti-hero who toes that line is Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), a carny with a knack for manipulating people. His subjects include fellow carny and eventual love interest/accomplice Molly Cahill (Rooney Mara), Paul Krumbein (David Strathairn) and his fortune teller wife Zeena (Toni Collette), and a wealthy fearsome widower Ezra Grindle (Richard Jenkins). Cooper's piercing eyes and bewildering smile make him a perfect casting fit for the manipulative con man.
Nightmare Alley, Guillermo del Toro’s anticipated follow-up to The Shape of Water, is quite a risk for the Oscar-winning auteur. Del Toro ditches the phantasmic monsters he’s known for in favor of human monstrosity, the beasts within all of us that drive our carnal needs. As with the original 1947 noir, Nightmare Alley is an exemplary exercise on the folly of man and what happens when the line between man and beast becomes blurred.
The main anti-hero who toes that line is Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), a carny with a knack for manipulating people. His subjects include fellow carny and eventual love interest/accomplice Molly Cahill (Rooney Mara), Paul Krumbein (David Strathairn) and his fortune teller wife Zeena (Toni Collette), and a wealthy fearsome widower Ezra Grindle (Richard Jenkins). Cooper's piercing eyes and bewildering smile make him a perfect casting fit for the manipulative con man.
- 12/16/2021
- by Matt St.Clair
- FilmExperience
From TorontoFilm.Net, take a look at Oscar winning "The Shape of Water" director Guillermo del Toro's remake of the 1947 thriller "Nightmare Alley", based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Mary Steenburgen and David Strathairn, opening in theaters December 17, 2021:
"...an ambitious 'carny' (Cooper)...
"...with a talent for manipulating people...
"...with a few well-chosen words...
"...hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is..."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek,...
"...an ambitious 'carny' (Cooper)...
"...with a talent for manipulating people...
"...with a few well-chosen words...
"...hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is..."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek,...
- 12/3/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The observation that men are the real monsters in Guillermo del Toro movies has become so vividly self-evident that it now offers all the same insight of noting that Quentin Tarantino loves feet, or that the old guy who popped up in the first two dozen MCU films had something to do with the comics that inspired them.
“The Shape of Water” may have been a bold choice for Best Picture, but that Oscar-winning fable about a mute cleaning lady who falls in love with an imprisoned fishman stretched del Toro’s lifelong obsession with poignant genre stories to a fairy-tale ending. It was hard to imagine what “happily ever after” might look like for someone whose B-picture heart earned him prestige-picture hardware. Would he pivot away from his pet obsession, or would he use his newfound pedigree to double down like never before?
The answer, perhaps inevitably, is a bit of both.
“The Shape of Water” may have been a bold choice for Best Picture, but that Oscar-winning fable about a mute cleaning lady who falls in love with an imprisoned fishman stretched del Toro’s lifelong obsession with poignant genre stories to a fairy-tale ending. It was hard to imagine what “happily ever after” might look like for someone whose B-picture heart earned him prestige-picture hardware. Would he pivot away from his pet obsession, or would he use his newfound pedigree to double down like never before?
The answer, perhaps inevitably, is a bit of both.
- 12/2/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar and Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. The eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and is subject to change.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Oscars Collective
Visit each category, per the individual awards show from The Oscars Hub
Revisit the prediction archive of the 2021 season The Archive
Link to television awards is atTHE Emmys Hub
2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Predictions:
Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role
Updated: Nov 25, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: More to come…...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Oscars Collective
Visit each category, per the individual awards show from The Oscars Hub
Revisit the prediction archive of the 2021 season The Archive
Link to television awards is atTHE Emmys Hub
2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Predictions:
Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role
Updated: Nov 25, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: More to come…...
- 11/25/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
From TorontoFilm.Net, take a look at director Guillermo del Toro’s remake of "Nightmare Alley", based on the 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham, starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Mary Steenburgen and David Strathairn, releasing in theaters December 17, 2021:
"...an ambitious 'carny' (Cooper)...
"...with a talent for manipulating people...
"...with a few well-chosen words...
"...hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is..."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor...
"...an ambitious 'carny' (Cooper)...
"...with a talent for manipulating people...
"...with a few well-chosen words...
"...hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is..."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor...
- 11/20/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
From TorontoFilm.Net, take a look at director Guillermo del Toro’s remake of "Nightmare Alley", based on the 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham, starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen and David Strathairn, releasing in theaters December 17, 2021:
"...an ambitious 'carny' (Cooper)...
"...with a talent for manipulating people...
"...with a few well-chosen words...
"...hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is..."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using...
"...an ambitious 'carny' (Cooper)...
"...with a talent for manipulating people...
"...with a few well-chosen words...
"...hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is..."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using...
- 9/17/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The first trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s psychological thriller “Nightmare Alley” has arrived.
The film, in theaters on Dec. 17, follows Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), an ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words, as he meets Dr. Lilith Ritter (Cate Blanchett), a psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Rounding out the all-star cast are Willem Dafoe as Clem Hoately, Toni Collette as Zeena Krumbein, Richard Jenkins as Ezra Grindle, Ron Perlman as Bruno, Rooney Mara as Molly Cahill, Holt McCallany as Anderson, Tim Blake Nelson as Carny Boss, Mary Steenburgen as Miss Harrington, David Strathairn as Pete Krumbein, and Clifton Collins Jr.
Jim Beaver will play Sheriff Jedediah Judd, Mark Povinelli will portray The Major and David Hewlett will take on Dr. Elrood. Romina Power and Paul Anderson also appear in the movie.
Based on William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name,...
The film, in theaters on Dec. 17, follows Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), an ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words, as he meets Dr. Lilith Ritter (Cate Blanchett), a psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Rounding out the all-star cast are Willem Dafoe as Clem Hoately, Toni Collette as Zeena Krumbein, Richard Jenkins as Ezra Grindle, Ron Perlman as Bruno, Rooney Mara as Molly Cahill, Holt McCallany as Anderson, Tim Blake Nelson as Carny Boss, Mary Steenburgen as Miss Harrington, David Strathairn as Pete Krumbein, and Clifton Collins Jr.
Jim Beaver will play Sheriff Jedediah Judd, Mark Povinelli will portray The Major and David Hewlett will take on Dr. Elrood. Romina Power and Paul Anderson also appear in the movie.
Based on William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name,...
- 9/16/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
According to TorontoFilm.Net, Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro ("The Shape of Water") has wrapped his Searchlight Pictures feature "Nightmare Alley", based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, David Strathairn and Willem Dafoe, now preparing for a December 2021 release:
"...a corrupt con-man teams up with a female psychiatrist to trick people into giving them money."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood.
"...a corrupt con-man teams up with a female psychiatrist to trick people into giving them money."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood.
- 12/14/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
According to TorontoFilm.Net, Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro ("The Shape of Water") will resume shooting September 16, 2020, in Toronto, "Nightmare Alley", based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, David Strathairn and Willem Dafoe:
"...a corrupt con-man teams up with a female psychiatrist to trick people into giving them money."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood. After a few weeks,...
"...a corrupt con-man teams up with a female psychiatrist to trick people into giving them money."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood. After a few weeks,...
- 9/14/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
According to TorontoFilm.Net, Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro ("The Shape of Water") has started shooting "Nightmare Alley", based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, David Strathairn and Willem Dafoe:
"...a corrupt con-man teams up with a female psychiatrist to trick people into giving them money."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood. After a few weeks,...
"...a corrupt con-man teams up with a female psychiatrist to trick people into giving them money."
"...'in the 1947 feature, 'Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and Coleen Gray, 'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made', when a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood. After a few weeks,...
- 1/31/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro ("The Shape of Water") continues prepping his next Fox Searchlight feature "Nightmare Alley", based on the 'occult depravity' novel by William Lindsay, "...as a study of the lowest depths of showbiz and its sleazy inhabitants, hustlers, scheming grifters and Machiavellian 'femmes fatales'..."
"...'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival. asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made': a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood. After a few weeks, the owner threatens to end the job and replace the bum with a 'real' geek, and the fear of sobering up terrifies the bum into actually biting the chickens.
"...'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival. asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made': a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood. After a few weeks, the owner threatens to end the job and replace the bum with a 'real' geek, and the fear of sobering up terrifies the bum into actually biting the chickens.
- 12/29/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro ("The Shape of Water") is prepping his next Fox Searchlight feature "Nightmare Alley" (previously a 1947 feature starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell), shooting January-May 2020, based on the novel by William Lindsay as "a study of the lowest depths of showbiz and its sleazy inhabitants, hustlers, scheming grifters and Machiavellian 'femmes fatales'..."
"...'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival. asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made': a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood. After a few weeks, the owner threatens to end the job and replace the bum with a 'real' geek, and the...
"...'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival. asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made': a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood. After a few weeks, the owner threatens to end the job and replace the bum with a 'real' geek, and the...
- 12/5/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
According to TorontoFilm.Net, Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro ("The Shape of Water") is prepping his next Fox Searchlight feature "Nightmare Alley" (previously a 1947 feature starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell), shooting September 30, 2019 to January 28, 2020, based on the novel by William Lindsay as "a study of the lowest depths of showbiz and its sleazy inhabitants, hustlers, scheming grifters and Machiavellian 'femmes fatales'..."
"...'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival. asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made': a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood. After a few weeks, the owner threatens to end the job and replace the bum with a 'real' geek,...
"...'Stanton Carlisle' watches the geek show at a carnival. asking worker 'Clem Hoately' where 'geeks' come from. Clem explains that geeks are 'made': a sideshow owner finds an alcoholic bum and offers him a temporary job with a steady supply of liquor.
"Initially, the bum is only asked to pretend to be a geek, using a razor blade to slice chickens' necks and then faking the drinking of the blood. After a few weeks, the owner threatens to end the job and replace the bum with a 'real' geek,...
- 7/25/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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