Race and justiceThe case of a jailed girl prompts questions about Texan courts Oct 31, 2007
The last time the name Paris, Texas, figured in the national consciousness of the US was in 1984 when Wim Wenders' classic art-house movie was released, starring Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski. Shaquanda Cotton insists that she is innocent. (BBC News -- Americas)
ERASERHEAD IN THE CLOUDS Oct 26, 2007
"Honestly, I'm sort of in the dark," Lynch confesses over the phone to Jeremy Irons, who appears in "Inland Empire" (2006) with Laura Dern, Justin Theroux and Harry Dean Stanton. "I don't know exactly what it [the film] is," says Lynch. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Seven unlikely sex symbols for 07 Sep 6, 2007
Suffice it to say that Harry Dean Stanton, Vincent DOnofrio, Allison Janney and the guys from Mythbusters can feel secure knowing that theyve got fans out there who find them exceedingly sexy. Dame Judi Dench. (MSNBC -- News)
Too much too much Aug 22, 2007
Who's scarier to listen to, Harry Dean Stanton in "Big Love," or Gunther Cunningham in "Hard Knocks?". -- Don Nelson is aiming for Thanksgiving as a date to sign his new deal. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
The not-so-minor accomplishments of Mary Kay Place Aug 20, 2007
Adaleen on "Big Love" is "an unemotional, detached, repressed person because of her circumstances" as the sixth wife of compound patriarch Roman Grant (Harry Dean Stanton), Place said. "She buys into it lock, stock, and barrel," she said. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Wiseman to revive Escape From New York Aug 15, 2007
It also featured a cavalcade of cult acting talent, from Lee Van Cleef to Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes and Harry Dean Stanton. A sequel, Escape from LA, followed many years later, in 1996. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
David Lynch expands his Inland Empire Aug 13, 2007
Starring Dern, Jeremy Irons and Justin Theroux along with Harry Dean Stanton, Diane Ladd and special appearances by Grace Zabriskie, William H. Macy and Julia Ormond, Lynch describes Inland Empire with characteristic understatement as "A woman in trouble.". A surreal visual voyage, Inland Empire was shot in both Los Angeles and Poland. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Christopher Walken, Steve Zahn, More Scene-Stealers Explain Role Of Supporting Actor Aug 1, 2007
Whether you're talking about Borgnine in "Marty," Harry Dean Stanton in "Paris, Texas," Richard Farnsworth in "The Straight Story" or Giamatti in "Sideways," each of these actors rose to the occasion. Typically, they are soon pushed back into their "supporting" box but for the most part, they don't seem to mind. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Film Weekly goes to America - and cries Jul 29, 2007
When Harry Dean Stanton chokes with barely-suppressed emotion delivering the line. "And he...he loved her more than he ever felt possible.". (Guardian Unlimited)
The week's best films on TV Jul 19, 2007
Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton are among the excellent cast. Sunday July 15. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
ION Television Reports Strong Initial Results for RHI Programming Jul 14, 2007
August program highlights include Patrick Stewart in Moby Dick (Sunday, August 12th, 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.), and the "prequel" to Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk (August 18th, 25th and September 1st, 9:00 - 11:00 p.m.), starring David Arquette as Gus McCrae, Jonny Lee Miller as Woodrow Call, and a brilliant supporting cast that includes Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, Brain Dennehy, Edward James Olmos and Harry Dean Stanton. About ION Media Networks. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'The Wendell Baker Story' Is a Dysfunctional Family Affair Jul 11, 2007
Wendell finally gets paroled to a state-run old folks' home populated by unscrupulous nurses (Owen Wilson as Neil King, Griffin as the mono-monikered McTeague) who gouge cagy codgers (Harry Dean Stanton, Seymour Cassel, Kris Kristofferson) out of their pension checks ... Wendell Baker does have one thing going for it: Harry Dean Stanton, freed from the shackles of decrepitude that have imprisoned him in so many of the indie films for which he's cast as a wheezing half-corpse. (City Pages)
You may like The Bronx Is Burning, but you'll love this 1977 Series box set. Jul 10, 2007
The best thing ESPN's series has going for it are John Turturro, who is physically too tall to play Martin (too bad Harry Dean Stanton isn't twenty years younger), and Oliver Platt, two exceedingly talented actors who don't mind chewing up the scenery. No matter how the mini series turns out, if you want a real look at the Bronx Zoo Yankees, look no further than. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Parker's Blues (Part II) Jun 24, 2007
Tom Skeritt would go on to do work in other films and on television (notably Nash Bridges); Harry Dean Stanton, already a veteran on the Hollywood scene, is still one of America s best character actors (we look for him even as he disappears into his role); John Hurt and Ian Holm were bred and trained under the British system of acting and can be relied on to surprise and attract an audience in any role; And then there is Sigourney Weaver, our Ripley, in her first important film role (she had a... (Suite101.com)
Wives less ordinary Jun 16, 2007
His dad (Bruce Dern) is a crusty old bastard who appears to be dying of arsenic poisoning at the hands of his prophet friend (Harry Dean Stanton) or one of his crazy wives (Grace Zabriskie). All of that would be enough to make him suicidal without juggling three women and their adjoining houses. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Summer with the stars at these L.A. hangouts Jun 14, 2007
One night, there were even three, each at their own table: Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton and Rudolph Guliani. What Feldstein loves about Dan Tanas is the neighborhood feel. (MSNBC -- Travel)
"Big Love's" back -- pass the Cristalino. Jun 12, 2007
"Big Love" is back -- pass the Cristalino. "Big Love" is back -- pass the Cristalino. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Faith, family -- and polygamy Jun 12, 2007
After laying out the architecture of the characters' relationships in the first season -- particularly the enmity between Bill and Roman Grant (Harry Dean Stanton), Nicki's father and the dictatorial leader of a fundamentalist polygamous sect -- "Big Love" delves deeper this summer into the nature of polygamy and, by extension, the concepts of marriage, family , and faith. To Paxton, the series reflects a widespread preoccupation with the influence of modern life on the family structure. (Boston Globe -- Living)
The thrill is gone for 'Big Love' Jun 12, 2007
REVIEW / Polygamy hooked viewers, but won't go the distance. " In addition, few shows on television are this serious about their religion. Most television series treat religion as some sugary fountain that dispenses light, universally accepted credos about tolerance or goodness. Or religion is played for comedic effect, as the preacher's daughter is wild or sitcom characters praise Jesus for giving them the strength not to beat the rest of the sassy family. In "Big Love," religion is the moral... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Love may heal a Tony-less HBO Jun 11, 2007
As much as Bill's scheming "prophet" father-in-law Roman (the delicious Harry Dean Stanton) deals dirty to keep Bill in line, he's nothing compared to the "polygamist fugitive" from an even stricter compound for whom cops are hunting. Roman ironically fears the fugitive's extreme beliefs are "gonna ruin it for us.". (Newsday -- Entertainment)
New on DVD: O'Toole provides pulse for 'Venus' Jun 1, 2007
A dazzling cast also includes Theresa Russell, giving more than the script gives her; Gary Busey (note the weight differential from the same year's The Buddy Holly Story); Harry Dean Stanton; young Kathy Bates; and M. Emmet Walsh's instant classic as a slimy parole officer. Extras, extras: Commentary by director Ulu Grosbard and Hoffman, who compares Walsh's character to the kind of teacher who always brings out the worst in you. (USA Today -- Life)
Cynical Shrek Grows Up; Don't Bet on `Even Money': Rick Warner May 20, 2007
Wendell enlists three of the home's geezers (played by Harry Dean Stanton, Kris Kristofferson and Seymour Cassel) in a plot to rescue the exiled residents, resulting in such hilarity as the bad guys getting caught in their underwear with underage girls. The film, written by Luke Wilson and co-directed by Luke and Andrew, suffers from extreme mood swings. (Bloomberg)
'The Wendell Baker Story': Small Tale, By Kurt Loder May 19, 2007
But warm-hearted Wendell wants to help the resident geezers, chief among them the impish Skip (Harry Dean Stanton), the randy Boyd (Seymour Cassel) and the mysterious Nasher (Kris Kristofferson) ... But Harry Dean Stanton, who's 80, is worryingly frail; and when he and 72-year-old Seymour Cassel start rutting around with a pair of 16-year-old girls, whatever goodwill the picture has built up goes creeping out the window. (VHI.com -- Music News)
The Wilson gang's all here in 'Wendell Baker Story' May 18, 2007
The Wendell Baker Story* * 1/2 (out of four)Stars: Luke Wilson, Eva Mendes, Owen Wilson, Harry Dean Stanton, Jacob VargasDirectors: Luke Wilson and Andrew WilsonDistributor: ThinkFilmRating: PG-13 for crude, sexual humor and languageRunning time: 1 hour, 39 minutesOpens Friday in select cities ... Lest you think this is merely a Wilson family home movie, we should add that the film also stars Eva Mendes, Jacob Vargas, Harry Dean Stanton, Kris Kristofferson, Seymour Cassel and Eddie Griffin. (USA Today -- Life)
WILSON BROTHERS TAKE THE FUNNY AND RUN May 18, 2007
Wendell instead teams up with a couple of the more subversive residents - played with great relish by Harry Dean Stanton and Seymour Cassell - to give Neil his comeuppance. By this point, the film has turned into an uneven sentimental fantasy, with the old coots seducing underage girls and another, more reclusive resident (Kris Kristofferson) emerging from hiding to serve as a flying deux ex machina. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
THREE'S FAMILY May 13, 2007
The rest of the cast is a pitch-perfect indie blend: elder statesmen Harry Dean Stanton, Seymour Cassel and Kris Kristofferson, plus eye candy Eva Mendes and comedian Eddie Griffin. Will Ferrell even shows up to sucker-punch Luke in a grocery store. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Documenting the other Brando May 2, 2007
Miller is one of many actors - including Al Pacino, John Turturro, Jon Voight, Harry Dean Stanton and Johnny Depp - who discuss the performer in the two-part, three-hour documentary, "Brando," airing 8 p.m. today and Wednesday on Turner Classic Movies. The Oscar-winning star of such classics as "A Streetcar Named Desire," "On the Waterfront," "The Godfather" and "Last Tango in Paris," Brando revolutionized film acting in the early 1950s. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Brando: 'He's the god' May 2, 2007
Frederic Forrest recalls using Brando fever to impress a girl, and old Harry Dean Stanton cuts in: Did you get laid. We sense how remarkable young Brando was in the forgotten Truckline Cafe, and we can see that, while he helped sink Mutiny on the Bounty, he was also the gold on board. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Coming Soon: summer's movies Apr 27, 2007
Also starring, he plays a con trying to go straight by working in a retirement home whose occupants include Seymour Cassel, Harry Dean Stanton and Kris Kristofferson. Their enemy: Owen Wilson. (Newsday -- New York City)
Death of the auteur Apr 20, 2007
A classic example is Harry Dean Stanton, whose work can, if strung together properly, make up a month-long single-actor film festival. He may only be in two or three scenes per movie, but his instincts are so well-tuned that he never gets involved in duffers. (Guardian Unlimited)
Down the rabbit hole Apr 18, 2007
Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Jeremy Irons, Harry Dean Stanton, Julia Ormond (R). More than two hours into David Lynch s new three-hour film, the telephone rings. (San Antonio Current, TX)
Movie Review: "Ghosts of Cite Soleil" Apr 18, 2007
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL. Street prophet: Haitian warlord 2Pac who is profiled in Asger Leth's "Ghosts of Cite Soleil.". (Herald-Tribune)
Ken Burns is fine with 'War' changes Apr 17, 2007
Preparing for 'War' Filmmaker Ken Burns is preparing for the September debut of his 14 hour film "The War" on PBS. Ken Burns doesn't mind a little controversy, as long as it stirs interest in his forthcoming 14 hour documentary series "The War.". (Herald-Tribune)
Review "FEMA City" Apr 17, 2007
MOVIE REVIEWFEMA CityDirected by Jamin H. Griffiths. 79 min.Grade: BScreens: 5:15 p.m. April 18. (Herald-Tribune)
Lynch quirks, riveting Dern ignite 'Empire' Mar 16, 2007
Principals in the supporting cast include Jeremy Irons as the director of On High In Blue Tomorrows; Harry Dean Stanton as his assistant, the wanly chipper Freddie; and Justin Theroux as her womanizing co-star. But the great spectator sport of Inland Empire is spotting all the actors who show up in bit parts, rarely on camera for more than a single scene. (SunSpot.net)
Latest movie releases Mar 11, 2007
Co-starring Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux and Harry Dean Stanton. 2 hours, 52 minutes. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
`Empire' enters digital world Mar 9, 2007
Of course, it's also a tour-de-Lynch, in which we virtually revisit spaces and images and faces (Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Grace Zabriskie, Harry Dean Stanton) that resonate with memories of Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire itself -- and some perpetually unfinished Lynch movie of the future. Because, in the Inland Empire, nobody can quite remember if it's today or two days from now, because yesterday and the day after tomorrow... (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Inland Empire Feb 8, 2007
Cast Scott Coffey, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Jeremy Irons, Laura Dern. Directed by David Lynch. (San Jose Mercury News -- Entertainment)
Francis Ford Coppola Feb 8, 2007
One from the Heart stars Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, and Nastassia Kinski, and features Lainie Kazan and Harry Dean Stanton. The cinematography is by Vittorio Storaro. (New Yorker)
Lynch dives within Feb 8, 2007
" Although he has bird feeders on the brain, Lynch is in fact visiting San Francisco to promote his new, self-released film, "Inland Empire," a sprawling three-hour epic that opens Friday at Bay Area theaters. Critics are divided over whether to love it or loathe it, but all agree it's the strangest and most challenging work to date from a director whose evocative strangeness has made him the greatest cult director of his generation. Lynch insists "Inland Empire" is simply the story of "a woman... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Skateboarder finds 'The Good Life' at Sundance Feb 3, 2007
In the end, the story s protagonist finds these things aren t what are most valuable by way of an unexpected friendship that develops between him and Gus, a fledgling movie house owner played by Harry Dean Stanton. His love of old movies brings Francis into his life (Zooey Deschanel of Weeds and The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy ) who adds a little romance into the mix. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
America's reel pain Jan 22, 2007
Another runaway production sees Winnipeg standing in for a small Nebraskan town in The Good Life, a shaggy coming-of-age drama starring Mark Webber as a young man who cares for a senile friend (Harry Dean Stanton), supports his irresponsible mother and gets victimized by a local bully. The movie begins with a suicide and, in a foreshadowing opening scene, appears to end in a murder. (Globe and Mail)
Sundance Film Festival: Pushing the boundaries Jan 18, 2007
The cast includes Harry Dean Stanton, Bill Paxton, Chris Klein, Patrick Fugit and Donal Logue. Rocket Science, the fictional feature debut from Spellbound director Jeffrey Blitz, is about a 15-year-old teenager with a stutter who finds himself involved in the world of competitive debating after he falls in love with the star of the school team. (Globe and Mail)
Director Cassavetes holds back this 'Dog' Jan 18, 2007
Most of the others in the film, including Bruce Willis, Olivia Wilde, Harry Dean Stanton, Chris Marquette and Ben Foster, give quality performances as the previously mentioned caricatures. There are two weak links to the cast, one who is just not a good actor, and the other because he was simply miscast. (The Crimson White, AL)
Bring it on Down to Alleged-Murder-Ville Jan 17, 2007
Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin, Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, Harry Dean Stanton, Christopher Marquette (R). According to the Associated Press, 25-year-old American expatriate Jesse James Hollywood (which, apparently, is somehow not a pseudonym), formerly of Los Angeles, California, was teaching English and cohabitating with a young woman in a fashionable area of Brazil when he was picked up and extradited in March 2005 for his role in the 2000 Stateside... (San Antonio Current, TX)
'Alpha Dog': Cling to Me Jan 15, 2007
According to the film, this ridiculous decision appears determined by Johnny s exposure to those bad rap videos and his lineage: not only does Sonny admire his son s business sense, but Johnny is also encouraged to strut by Sonny s mentor Cosmo (Harry Dean Stanton). You chasin tail. (PopMatters)
True-to-life 'Alpha Dog' won't hunt Jan 13, 2007
The great Harry Dean Stanton (now 80) is a tired decal of hipness, reduced to talking dirty and hearing kids insult his spent virility ... Cast: Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Justin Timberlake, Harry Dean Stanton, Anton Yelchin, Sharon Stone, Bruce Willis, Dominique Swain. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
'Alpha Dog': SoCal Youths Wind Up Going So Wrong Jan 12, 2007
Sharon Stone has a brilliant, harsh turn as Zack's mom, and both Willis and old Harry Dean Stanton have good if brief spins as the elder generations of Trueloves. But the movie belongs to its youngsters, and some great ensemble acting. (Washington Post)
'Empire' of evil, murder (Kelly Jane Torrance) Jan 12, 2007
Other Lynch veterans here include Miss Dern's mother Diane Ladd, delicious as a TV interviewer, and the deadpan genius Harry Dean Stanton as Kingsley's assistant. Naomi Watts and Laura Harring from "Mulholland Dr." have cameos -- but underneath bunny suits in segments first developed in Mr. Lynch's short film series "Rabbits." These sitcomlike set pieces with nonsensical laugh tracks are some of the best satires Mr. Lynch has done on Hollywood. (Washington Times, DC)
Variety On The Town Jan 6, 2007
Nudging up the median age past twenty-something were Sharon Stone, Harry Dean Stanton, Gena Rowlands, Hank Azaria, Jon Voight and producers Sidney Kimmel and Chuck Pacheco. DJ Qualls spun as guests old and young -- rubbed past each other to get from one side of the talent room to the other, while the larger, less-VIP room remained virtually empty. (Variety)
