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The prohibition gangster film "Miller's Crossing," inspired by Dashiell Hammett and starring Gabriel Byrne, failed at the box office. And the lurid and surreal Hollywood tale "Barton Fink," starring John Turturro and Goodman, scored big overseas after winning both the director prize and the Palme d'Or at Cannes. (Variety)
By George, she's got it Nov 6, 2007
" Suddenly it all started to line up. Last month George had two extravagantly different films - a vampire escapade, 30 Days Of Night, and a very worthy biopic, Music Within - open within a week of each other in the US. It's quite a mix of the unashamedly commercial and well intentioned; 30 Days Of Night, the first of this year's Halloween scarers, topped the box office chart the week it was released in the US. George plays Stella, a law enforcement officer trapped in the endless winter gloom of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Multichannel Newswire Nov 2, 2007
HBO will debut new episodes of the half-hour series -- which chronicles the sessions between four patients and a therapist played by Gabriel Byrne Vanity Fair -- Monday through Friday at 9:30 p.m. beginning Jan. 28. Each patients session including the lead shrinks own psychoanalysis with a therapist will air on the same weekday throughout the series nine-week, 43-episode run. (Multichannel News)
HBO sets 'In Treatment' schedule Nov 1, 2007
Starring Gabriel Byrne as a psychotherapist, "In Treatment" consists of five characters in one-on-one sessions as patients with their analyst; the five get nine half-hours apiece for their story arcs, for a total of 45 episodes. Beginning on Monday, Jan. 28, at 9:30 p.m., the episode featuring the first of the five patients kicks off and runs for the next eight Mondays. (Variety)
On DVD: Comic book sensibility ill-serves 'Silver Surfer' Oct 6, 2007
The apparent callousness of the men, her husband Stewart (Gabriel Byrne) in particular, unsettles one wife, Claire (Laura Linney). An already strained marriage fractures as Claire presses for answers and a resolution. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
HBO's 'Treatment' faces challenges Sep 29, 2007
The HBO series comes with other marketing benefits: bankable talent like Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest (who play, respectively, the main shrink and the shrink's shrink), as well as the sort of emotional mysteries that made the net's "Six Feet Under" so popular. Critics and reporters have been buzzing about the first set of five episodes since the net shipped them a few months ago. (Variety)
A guide to the Toronto International Film Festival Sep 2, 2007
It stars Susan Sarandon, Gabriel Byrne, Max Von Sydow and Christopher Plummer. Fugitive Pieces: The festival's opening-night movie, directed by Jeremy Podeswa, is based on the Anne Michaels bestseller about a man haunted by his childhood in wartime Poland. (Vancouver Sun)
Canadian films back on the radar Aug 28, 2007
It stars Susan Sarandon, Christopher Plummer and Gabriel Byrne. Other prominent Canuck pics at Toronto include helmer Guy Maddin's meditation on his hometown, "My Winnipeg"; Montreal filmmaker Francois Girard's "Silk," one of the biggest-budgeted Canuck pics of the year and Girard's first feature since "The Red Violin"; Clement Virgo's Nova Scotia-set "Poor Boy's Game"; and Roger Spottiswoode's "Shake Hands With the Devil," a drama set against the backdrop of the failed U.N. mission in Rwanda. (Variety)
San Seb picks 'Haditha,' 'Prayers' Aug 25, 2007
Susan Sarandon, Christopher Plummer and Gabriel Byrne star ... OPENING NIGHT FILM (IN COMPETITION) "Eastern Promises," U.S., David CronenbergCast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel "Battle for Haditha," U.K., Nick BroomfieldCast: Falah Abraheem Flayeh, Yasmine Hanani, Duraid A. Ghaieb, Elliot Ruiz "Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame," Iran-France, Hana MakhmalbafCast: Nikbakht Noruz, Abdolali Hoseinali, Abbas Alijome "The Exodus," Hong Kong, Pang Ho- cheungCast: Simon Yam, Annie Liu, Nick... (Variety)
Starz Entertainment Programming Highlights Aug 1, 2007
Venom 10/7 - (Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Method Man) * Blade 10/14 - (Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson) * Silent Hill 10/21 - (Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Bean) * The Omen 10/28 - (Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner) Neo-Noir: Features new takes on a classic film style, every Monday at 10 p.m. * Miller's Crossing 10/1 - (Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden) * The French Connection 10/8 - (Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider) * Croupier... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Starz Entertainment's Weekly Hot Items List July 19 - 25 & July 26 - August 1 Jul 20, 2007
s=press_releases28) The Illusionist -- (Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell) 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Saturday, July 28 Starz Saturday Premiere The Covenant -- (Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway) 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Starz Cinema World Television Premiere Wah-Wah -- (Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson) 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Cinema As Swaziland becomes independent from Great Britain, the family of a government minister is falling apart due to his drinking --... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Toronto film fest to close with drama about Holocaust survivors Jul 20, 2007
The film, based on the Matt Cohen novel of the same name, stars venerable Swedish actor Max von Sydow, Hollywood stalwarts Gabriel Byrne and Susan Sarandon and Canadians Christopher Plummer and Roy Dupuis. Sarandon and Byrne portray survivors of a Second World War internment camp for Jews in France. (CBC News)
In brief: Holocaust drama to close Toronto Jul 19, 2007
Directed by Paolo Barzman, the film stars Susan Sarandon, Gabriel Byrne, Christopher Plummer and Max von Sydow. The 32nd Toronto international film festival runs September 6-15. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
'Jindabyne' Jul 19, 2007
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney ... The men's decision puts the marriage of one couple -- Claire (Laura Linney) and Stewart (Gabriel Byrne) -- in jeopardy, and adds to the stress of another pair (a dynamic Deborra-lee Furness as Jude and John Howard as Carl) who are raising their troubled and motherless granddaughter. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Underwood in role of author Jun 28, 2007
He'll also star in the upcoming HBO drama In Treatment, which stars Gabriel Byrne as a psychologist. Underwood plays his Tuesday appointment, a fighter pilot. (USA Today -- Life)
Movie to make case for homegrown talent at festival opening Jun 23, 2007
" Former director Jim Hickey used Hollywood fare ET and Back to the Future as opening-night films in the 1980s. Other big-name films to appear at the festival include the remake of the Thomas Crown Affair, which had its European premiere at the festival in 1999. Mr Hickey said there was a "constant argument" over celebrating a Scottish film or a Hollywood blockbuster. In his time, the Edinburgh Playhouse was a huge venue, so big films were needed to fill it. First-night films in Edinburgh have... (Scotsman)
Violinist also plays role of peacemaker Jun 14, 2007
NEW YORK -- Sean Connery, Angela Bassett, Gabriel Byrne, Billy Joel, Roger Moore, Gerard Depardieu and John Malkovich are all fans of the special sounds made by Julian Rachlin. But it's not just the violinist's music that's getting him attention. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
'Jindabyne' *** Jun 9, 2007
text size Gabriel Byrne in Jindabyne ... Cast: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Chris Haywood, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard ... Her body is found in a remote river by four fishermen, led by Stewart Kane (Gabriel Byrne), who inexplicably go on fishing rather than immediately report their find to police. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Bada Bing, Bada Bye! May 31, 2007
This fall, HBO unveils a rich roster of potential hits, including an hour-long relationship drama called Tell Me You Love Me, featuring the kind of graphic sex scenes that helped make Sex and the City must-see TV. Gabriel Byrne will star as a therapist in In Treatment, produced by actor Mark Wahlberg, who also produces Entourage. And Alan Ball, the creator of Six Feet Under, is developing a series based on the southern gothic novels The Vampire Chronicles. (Forbes)
Town is rattled as death ignored (Kelly Jane Torrance) May 25, 2007 Redirection muddies the waters of 'Jindabyne' May 18, 2007 Taking Another Short Cut May 16, 2007 A Whacking Leaves HBO in Crisis May 13, 2007 Sheryl Crow names newly adopted son Wyatt May 13, 2007 Happy birthday! May 12, 2007 Jindabyne story keeps Linney indie-minded May 12, 2007 Jindabyne **½ May 11, 2007 The patient control freak May 10, 2007 a full list of summer movies May 6, 2007 Flicks that float our boat May 4, 2007 Summer movie preview Apr 29, 2007 10 hot film picks for summer Apr 29, 2007 Sigourney Weaver stands atop this low-budget film crop Apr 27, 2007 Your guide to what's playing this summer Apr 27, 2007 Plenty of sequels Apr 27, 2007 Fish Tale Baited With Misery Apr 27, 2007 Film review: In 'Jindabyne,' searching for clarity amid the mess of everyday life Apr 27, 2007 'Moon' orbits around Spacey's evolution Apr 11, 2007 Kevin Spacey Takes on Eugene O'Neill Apr 10, 2007 'Moon for the Misbegotten' feels just a bit off the beam Apr 10, 2007 Dublin no-go flats attract the art gang Apr 1, 2007 After ‘Sopranos,’ a Need for a Hit Mar 22, 2007 Showtime places big bet on 'Tudors' Mar 18, 2007 Belfast: City on the Rise Mar 14, 2007 The HBO 'Treatment' Feb 25, 2007 Documentarian Greenfield back in Boston Feb 25, 2007 Lifetime award for Ireland's Byrne Feb 11, 2007 Who’s who in show biz Feb 6, 2007 Bet That Hurt! Jan 25, 2007 Actor makes each genre his own Jan 24, 2007 Tomlin, Byrne get new HBO shows Jan 23, 2007 more » Jan 21, 2007 'Moon' light; missing on dimension Jan 18, 2007 The secret is out: 'Chick flicks' make guys look good Jan 7, 2007 Bonds in the Hall of Fame? Jan 5, 2007
At the beginning of a fishing trip over a long weekend, Stewart (Gabriel Byrne) and his three friends discover a corpse floating along the lake. None of the four men knows what to do. (Washington Times, DC)
Keith Urban offered wine on Qantas flight May 24, 2007
The panel review Ray Lawrence's latest film, Jindabyne, which stars Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney. More on The View. (RTE.ie)
Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne star in Raymond Carver's story, which has been moved to the Australian outback ... Watching Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne play a married couple in "Jindabyne " is like being asked to drink a good white wine with a prime cut of steak ... Starring: Laura Linney , Gabriel Byrne. (Boston Globe)
The unhappy central couple, Claire (Laura Linney) and Stewart (Gabriel Byrne), are made considerably more complicated. Both are immigrants to Australia: She's American; he's Irish. (City Pages)
Also in the offing is "In Treatment," a half-hour series from author Gabriel Garca Mrquez's son Rodrigo, and starring Gabriel Byrne as a therapist. And early next year HBO will unveil "12 Miles of Bad Road," a scabrously funny satire of real-estate magnates in Dubya's Texas. (Newsweek)
Actor Gabriel Byrne is 57. Country singer Kix Brooks is 52. (Indianapolis Star)
Gabriel Byrne (actor) 57. Billy Squier (singer) 57. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Although most of the townspeople have concerns, Claire (Linney), the American wife of one of the men (Gabriel Byrne), decides that she and her husband owe an explanation to the woman's family. However, the family resents her visit and she becomes alienated from her husband and his friends. (Georgia Straight)
Starring Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne ... As for the casting, director Ray Lawrence (who showed in Lantana an earlier affection for plot-heavy flicks) has chosen Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney for the principal husband-and-wife roles. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
" Jindabyne, which opens tomorrow, is Australian director Raymond Lawrence's adaptation of a well-known Raymond Carver short story, So Much Water So Close to Home (previously used as a central episode in Robert Altman's Short Cuts), about a group of four men, on a fishing trip in the Australian wilderness, who find a murdered woman's body in their favourite fishing spot and tether her corpse to a tree until their weekend's fun is done. Linney plays Claire, an American immigrant married to one of... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Also opening: Keri Russell tries to leave her overbearing husband and find herself in the indie film "Waitress"; Zach Braff, Amanda Peet and Jason Bateman forge relationships in "The Ex" -- which also marks Charles Grodin's first film role since 1994 (we barely noticed he was gone); Richard Gere and Claire Danes try to find a missing girl in "The Flock"; Julie Christie plays a woman with Alzheimer's in "Away From Her"; the healing power of rap is explored in "The Hip Hop Project"; Gabriel Byrne... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
"Jindabyne" (June 1) This is based on the Raymond Carver short story "So Much Water So Close to Home." The title comes from the name of a small Australian village where Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney's unhappy marriage is further strained by the discovery of a young woman's corpse. "Evening" (June 29) With a heavyweight cast led by Meryl Streep, Claire Danes, Vanessa Redgrave, Toni Collette, Glenn Close and Natasha Richardson, this picture probably has more estrogen in it than all the rest of... (The Daily Reflector)
Gabriel Byrne plays her husband. Directed by Ray Lawrence ("Lantana ") and adapted from Raymond Carver 's story "So Much Water So Close to Home .". (Boston Globe)
After Lantana, Ray Lawrence directs another moody Oz-based thriller featuring Gabriel Byrne and a dead girl in a mountain stream. (25 May). (Guardian Unlimited)
Jindabyne: Claire (Laura Linney) is shaken to learn that Stewart (Gabriel Byrne) and his pals discovered a body but waited several days to report it ... Laura Linney plays Claire, the wife of Stewart (Gabriel Byrne). (USA Today -- Life)
JINDABYNE: It's the name of a small Australian town where Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney's already troubled marriage is further strained by the discovery of a corpse. KNOCKED UP: A career woman (Katherine Heigl) gets pregnant from a one-night stand with a slacker (Seth Rogen). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
"JINDABYNE" (June 1) Based on the Raymond Carver short story "So Much Water So Close to Home." The title comes from the name of a small Australian village where Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney's unhappy marriage is further strained by the discovery of a young woman's corpse. The drama received multiple nominations from the Australian Film Institute (the Aussie equivalent of the Oscars). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
"Jindabyne" is an Aussie adaptation of the Raymond Carver short story "So Much Water So Close to Home," which was already captured perfectly on film by Robert Altman in "Short Cuts." Gabriel Byrne plays a mechanic who, on a fishing trip, discovers the body of a dead girl in the water but finishes his vacation before reporting the body. His behavior seems unconscionable to his wife (Laura Linney). (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Claire (Laura Linney) is a transplanted American who lives in Jindabyne with her husband, Stewart (Gabriel Byrne), a former racecar driver, and their young son, Dean. The marriage is shadowed by an earlier episode of trouble - Claire had some kind of breakdown and deserted the household shortly after Dean's birth. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
In 2000, Cherry Jones and Gabriel Byrne never shook the ghosts of Robards and Dewhurst off the characters. Nor did Kate Nelligan and Ian Bannen in a wayward but fascinating 1984 production. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Since then, Broadway has seen two other productions - one with Ian Bannen and Kate Nelligan in 1984 and another with Gabriel Byrne and Cherry Jones in 2000. For Spacey, the Atkinson has a special resonance. (Forbes)
I didn't catch that company across the Atlantic, but I did see Moon during its last Broadway run, with an equally distinguished group of actors led by Gabriel Byrne and Cherry Jones. As Jim Tyrone, the acerbic alcoholic bent on self-destruction, and Josie Hogan, the awkward old maid who hides her desperate loneliness behind a tomboyish swagger and a supposed string of rejected lovers, Byrne and Jones delivered witty but heartbreaking performances that elicited more tears than chuckles. (USA Today -- Life)
Roddy Doyle and Hollywood actor Gabriel Byrne immortalised them in fiction and on celluloid. They were named after the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Adapted (actually, translated) from a hit Israeli show, the half-hour series stars Gabriel Byrne as a therapist who holds sessions with a different patient each night and then undergoes his own therapy session (with Dianne Weist as the doctor). The other patients, played by, among others, Blair Underwood and a young actress named Mia Wasikowska, will return for appointments on the same nights for 10 weeks. (Shoals TimesDaily)
"(Showtime will be in a better position once "The Sopranos" wraps in June, when HBO will push out a flurry of promising but unproven programming in the hope of breaking out a new hit, including the David Milch surfer drama "John From Cincinnati," the half-hour Gabriel Byrne therapy show "In Treatment" and the ultra-explicit relationship drama "Tell Me You Love Me. ")And Showtime will reportedly spend about $8 million on marketing "The Tudors," to go along with its hefty budget.But execs also... (Variety)
Actor Gabriel Byrne declared it the best hotel he's ever stayed in. Further down the price scale, the 3-star Premier Travel Inn will open in spring 2007 and provide city centre rooms from 60 per night. (Suite101.com)
HBO will air 45 English-language episodes five nights a week in the fall, starring Gabriel Byrne as a taciturn but effective psychotherapist and Dianne Wiest as his therapist guide and confessor. "In Treatment" became a television and social phenomenon in Israel, sweeping the Israeli television awards for best drama series, best director, best screenplay, best actor , and best actress, and attracting huge audiences in this tiny country. (Boston Globe -- Living)
It's being adapted by HBO into an English-language version that will star Gabriel Byrne (617-267-9300 and ). And the Harvard Film Archive is presenting a new series about the Spanish Civil War, curated by Harvard professors Brad Epps and Susan Suleiman. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Byrne, who hosted state broadcaster RTE's The Late Late Show for 37 years, was presented his award by singer Bob Geldof and actor Gabriel Byrne. Other winners at the Dublin ceremony included Ken Loach, whose Wind That Shakes The Barley was named best film. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Like when she didn t know who Gabriel Byrne was. Or, when she was actually speechless (miracles never cease) over the fact that. (Winona Daily News, MN)
- Pagesix - New York Post Online Edition. Thursday, January 25, 2007 Last Update: 09:20 AM EST. (New York Post -- Gossip)
24, 2007 12:00 AM TORONTO -- Liam Neeson spots fellow Irishman Gabriel Byrne in a coffee shop and excuses himself from an interview to share hugs and updates. Neeson apologizes for the interruption, but the chance to reconnect proves irresistible. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
HBO also said Monday it has ordered a new half-hour drama from Entourage executive producer Mark Wahlberg and starring Gabriel Byrne. The comedy, 12 miles of Bad Road, features Tomlin as Amelia Shakespeare, head of a real estate company and matriarch of a wealthy Dallas family, HBO said Monday. (MSNBC -- Television)
Liam Neeson Keeps Busy In Movies But Always Has The Stage January 21, 2007 By RON DICKER, Special To The Courant TORONTO -- Liam Neeson spots fellow Irishman Gabriel Byrne in a coffee shop and excuses himself from an interview to share hugs and updates. Neeson apologizes for the interruption, but the chance to reconnect proves irresistible. (CTNow.com)
Royal Shakespeare veteran Roy Dotrice illuminated Phil's key role in similar ways in the 2000 Broadway revival of Moon with Cherry Jones as Josie and a brilliant Gabriel Byrne as James. This far into his admirable career, it's wonderful to see McMurtry (perhaps thanks to Ellenstein) reveal new facets. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Her keen-witted, big-hearted remake of "Little Women" (1994) features some of the best screen moments to date not only of Winona Ryder, but also of Gabriel Byrne and Christian Bale. My favorite Armstrong movie is the little-seen "High Tide" (1987), which stars Judy Davis as a benign, lyrical drunk - a backup singer for an Elvis imitator who winds up in an oceanside Australian town. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
One of Gabriel Byrne s best roles. I think it is criminally overlooked. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
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