Taylor-Wood plans Lennon biopic Aug 31, 2008
Lennon was played by Ian Hart on both occasions. Last year's The Killing of John Lennon centred on the final hours of Lennon's life from the perspective of his murderer, Mark Chapman. (guardian.co.uk)
'2,000 Feet Away': Banality masked as criticism Jun 24, 2008
"2,000 Feet Away" is the title of this debut effort by an Australian-born, London-based writer named Anthony Weigh, who managed to attract a cast including the film actors Joseph Fiennes ("Shakespeare In Love") and Ian Hart ("Finding Neverland"), both of whom have extensive credits on the stage ... But if officialdom is undercharacterized in the case of Deputy, so is its opposite as embodied by Ian Hart's AG, a furtive-looking piano teacher who is first glimpsed showing one of his young male... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
When fear stalks the land Jun 22, 2008
In front of Grant Wood's Iowan picture American Gothic stand a young boy and an older man; Ian Hart is convincing here and throughout - cautious, raw, reaching out but hidden; the boy is uneasy at the other's intimacy. In the next scene, a couple appears got up in the manner of the painting - him with a pitchfork, she with a bun, both with extra-long cheeks: they are entering an Iowan competition; they are the parents of the over-intimate man; they are small-town reproving Americans. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
2000 Feet Away: weak light on dark deeds Jun 18, 2008
Ian Hart brings a quality of clenched pain to the play's main sex offender, that lovely actress Phyllis Logan is largely wasted as his mother, while Charlotte Beaumont makes an unsettlingly plausible teenage temptress. But a big subject seems small beer in this disappointing drama. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Critic's corner Jun 13, 2008
Ian Hart (left) is uncanny as John Lennon, and Stephen Dorff figures prominently as Stuart Sutcliffe, the guy who left the Beatles to pursue love and art. The energetic Beatles music is performed by a band including Mike Mills of R.E.M., Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum, and Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters. (Boston Globe)
Cast draws near to '2000 Feet Away' May 9, 2008
Special Report: Screen thesps Joseph Fiennes, Ian Hart and Phyllis Logan will return to the stage to headline "2000 Feet Away" at the Bush Theater, London's 86-seat new writing powerhouse. Bush theater a.d. Josie Rourke will helm the play, a debut from British-Australian dramatist Anthony Way. (Variety)
Lee Grant's Outtakes Mar 25, 2008
On FX's Dirt, schizophrenic photographer Don Konkey (Ian Hart) talks to his cat, who talks back. Sponsored Links. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
TV Lookout: Highlights March 2-8 Mar 1, 2008
Primo paparazzo Don Konkey (Ian Hart) struggles to overcome his schizophrenia through medication as he reels from news of best friend Lucy's assault. Holt McLaren (Josh Stewart) ascends to A-list stardom after ditching Julia. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Director Mary McGuckian's INTERVENTION Wins Best Feature and the Film's Star Jennifer Tilly Wins Best Actress at 2007 San Diego Film Festival Oct 9, 2007
About Jennifer Tilly's performance in INTERVENTION, McGuckian says, "Every electric moment of what she does is suffused with a dynamic combination of instinct and intellect... Improvising the role in collaboration with the most eclectic talented company of actors a director could hope for." The film also stars Charles Dance, Donna D'Errico, Gary Farmer, Colm Feore, Kerry Fox, Rupert Graves, Ian Hart, Andie MacDowell, Russell Means, Bill Paterson, John Sessions and Sara Stockbridge. In... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Click for Full Story Oct 8, 2007
" This months photo:These cowboys are literally poised to ride off into the sunset at the 2nd Annual Evant Ranch Rodeo, which features working cowboys from ranches around Central Texas. The photo was taken by Fred Daschofsky of Gatesville and was selected for the 2007 KWTX Hometown Calendar. Whats Going On Today Today's Highlight in History:On October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and in the Michigan communities of Holland, Manistee... (KWTX.com, TX)
Television movies for the week of Sept. 9 Sep 9, 2007
TV Movies: Sept. 9-15. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Shorts in season at festival Aug 6, 2007
Many, many are shorts, but among the features on tap are the world premiere of director Mary McGuckian's "Intervention," a comedy about therapy and rehabilitation starring Jennifer Tilly, Andie MacDowell, Ian Hart, and Rupert Graves (Wednesday at 9:15 p.m.). Also scheduled are "Suffering Man's Charity," starring (and directed by) Alan Cumming as a man who takes credit for a book he didn't write, and featuring David Boreanaz, Anne Heche, and Carrie Fisher (Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.); Edward Delany's... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Play catch-up Jul 10, 2007
They take lessons from the turban-wearing Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Quirinus Quirrell (Ian Hart) and from scowling potions master Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), who loathes Harry because Harry's father tormented him in school. The three students bond with half-giant gameskeeper Rubeus Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) and discover an enormous three-headed dog guarding a trapdoor. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
LIFE ON THE COUCH: Family tries stealing American dream in 'The Riches' Mar 12, 2007
Controversial filmmaker Vincent Gallo, left, appeared as an out-of-work, former child star who takes hostages, including paparazzo Don Konkey, played by Ian Hart, on a recent episode of FX's "Dirt.". It says a lot about a channel's reputation when a series about a family of grifters who contribute to the death of a wealthy couple, then dump the bodies in a swamp so they can assume their identities, can seem downright earnest. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
Television Series Review: FX pulls out another winner with "DIRT" Jan 26, 2007
With the help of her old friend Don Konkey, played by Liverpool actor Ian Hart, a schizophrenic paparazzo (believe me-it works), Konkey is key to Lucy's work ... He's crazy but he's got a good eye, and Ian Hart does a fantastic job of portraying this kooky character. (The New Hampshire, NH)
Bonnie Fuller, Your Conscience Is Calling Jan 17, 2007
Secondly, Ian Hart deserves the lonely praise he's received for his portrayal of Don Konkey, the schizophrenic paparazzo. When Don is onscreen often hallucinating a cinematic rain of blood, random zombies, or a conversation with his dead cat it feels like we're watching a different show. (City Pages)
TV REVIEW: Exposition almost buries promising 'Dirt' Jan 17, 2007
Perhaps Lucy's greatest asset is Don Konkey (Ian Hart), her longtime friend and schizophrenic paparazzo, who will go to any length to obtain incriminating photos at Lucy's insistence. Don's scenes add an element of the absurd to the show, as the audience experiences his hallucinations -- such as his talking cat -- and sees the world through his troubled mind. (U-Wire.com)
FX series revels in dishing the 'Dirt' Jan 15, 2007
This week, we discover that her favorite photographer, the functioning schizophrenic who looks a little like Matt Drudge (played by Ian Hart) is willing to do anything - up to and including the sacrifice of minor body parts - to "get the story.". There, at last on this show, is the deep, dark laugh that the series about tabloid journalism has been aiming at for two episodes now. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Plum role in 'Dirt' makes Hart an actor to watch Jan 14, 2007
In "Dirt," which airs Tuesday nights at 10, British actor Ian Hart plays a gonzo paparazzo named Don Konkey who photographs celebrities in compromising positions for a tabloid editor played by Courteney Cox. While Cox is the star of the show, Hart is its heart. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Courteney Cox wallows in Dirt Jan 11, 2007
Cox's top shooter is Don Kinney, played by British actor Ian Hart. He's a certified schizophrenic off his medication but still quite capable of hiding in bushes to get a precious shot. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Shows to watch and those to deep-six Jan 5, 2007
Who's in it: Courteney Cox, Ian Hart, Josh Stewart. What it's about: Cox runs two struggling tabloids, the skanky Drrt and the more People-like Now, relentlessly seeking the dirt on anyone famous. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Fans of FX fare will dig "Dirt" Jan 3, 2007
She employs and mothers schizophrenic photographer Don Konkey (Ian Hart), an old friend who needs to be reminded to take his meds. When he doesn't, he "sees" words, hears music spilling forth from pill bottles and is confronted by the face of a woman staring out at him from the back of someone's head. (Seattle Times)
Courteney Cox washes out in 'Dirt' on FX Jan 3, 2007
Not exactly original, but "Dirt" runs with it -- and mostly gets away with it in the pilot because of a quirky character who ends up being the show's only redeeming quality, the "functioning schizophrenic" paparazzo Don Konkey (Ian Hart), who persuades McLaren to rat out Kira Klay. (And yes, if you're wondering, "Dirt" does have the dumbest character names in recent memory, a small but vital reminder that it is trying way too hard. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Courteney Cox's 'Dirt' takes all-too familiar digs at celebrity media Jan 2, 2007
Actor Ian Hart makes Don into a lovable lowlife with a Tom Waits-like romanticism. As despicable as his work is, Don's mental illness and fringe lifestyle are sympathetic. (Boston Globe)
Cox gets role dishing out the 'Dirt' Jan 2, 2007
Ian Hart and Courteney Cox stir things up in the FX series "Dirt." ... The show's mousy-looking, functioning schizophrenic photographer, Don Konkey (Ian Hart), is usually behind the traps set for celebs, even after they've died. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Cox dishes 'Dirt' in FX drama Jan 2, 2007
"The series is a surprise in several ways. It deftly layers glamour's standard trappings over a surreal heart of darkness -- Lucy's favorite paparazzo is schizophrenic, and we see his pained hallucinations as he pains his celebrity targets.The photog, Don Konkey, is brilliantly played by English actor Ian Hart, who immediately establishes himself as one of the best things on TV this season."Dirt" also allows Cox, 42, to effectively vanquish her "Friends" character of Monica, which made her one... (Florida Today)
TV | If you think scandal sheets are awful, meet Lucy Jan 2, 2007
FX TWO OF A KIND: Courteney Cox is the ruthless editor, Ian Hart the ruthless photog on Dirt ... Her staff is equally enthusiastic, particularly the off-his-meds paparazzo Don Konkey (British actor Ian Hart, far afield of his role as John Lennon in Backbeat), whose specialty is goading actors into punching him on-camera but can adapt to most any situation: To get into an intensive-care ward where a Christian-pop singer is secretly recovering after setting her face on fire while free-basing, he... (The Miami Herald)
Can Cox really dish out the 'Dirt'? Jan 2, 2007
The best performance comes from Ian Hart, who plays the most ridiculous character: Don Konkey, a schizophrenic photographer subject to necrophiliac hallucinations ... s dish: Ian Hart as schizophrenic photographer Don Konkey andCourteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, editor of the tabloid magazine Drrt. (USA Today -- Life)
Ellen Gray | Cox, down and 'Dirt'-y, gets cold revenge Jan 2, 2007
Ian Hart, a British actor best known here as Professor Quirrell in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," is hugely likable as a guy fending off voices and hallucinations to get the shot - be it a dead or disfigured starlet or a family-man athlete cavorting with a hooker. Hugely likable schizophrenics being in short supply on television, I'm inclined to give "Dirt" creator Matthew Carnahan ("Trinity") points for originality, even if much of what's swept up in "Dirt," from gay action stars to... (Philadelphia Daily News)
'Dirt' slings mud, but do we care? Jan 2, 2007
FX Courteney Cox and Ian Hart dig up Hollywood skeletons in "Dirt." ... Lucy's partner in celebrity crime is photographer Don Konkey (Ian Hart), a college chum whose schizophrenia doesn't get in the way of a good sex-in-the-hot-tub paparazzi shot. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
McCollum: `Knights' premiere is worth waiting for Jan 1, 2007
Instead, it's a mishmash that wastes an interesting cast -- particularly Courteney Cox (back on TV after ``Friends'') as a tabloid editor and Ian Hart (``Finding Neverland'') as a schizo paparazzo -- and the few intriguing ideas it has. And while I'm perfectly comfortable with the salacious in the right context, ``Dirt'' is just a bit too trashy. (San Jose Mercury News)
Dishing the Dirt: Courteney Cox gossips about role as ... Jan 1, 2007
The photog, Don Konkey, is brilliantly played by English actor Ian Hart. Dirt also allows Cox, 42, to effectively vanquish her Friends character of Monica, which made her one of America s sitcom sweethearts, and slither into the driven Lucy, who struggles with her own unstable psyche. (Boston Herald)
Tuesday's best bets Jan 1, 2007
Ian Hart ("Finding Neverland") portrays a troubled paparazzo, and Josh Stewart ("Third Watch") co-stars as a struggling actor. (MA) 3709840. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
LIFE ON THE COUCH: New shows hope to start year right Jan 1, 2007
Courteney Cox is the biggest name on the FX drama "Dirt," but the series spends more time with a paparazzo played by Ian Hart, left ... But the series actually spends more time with the paparazzo, Don Konkey (Ian Hart), who comes off like "West Wing" co-star Richard Schiff's creepy uncle. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
