Commonweal’s new theater set to open with a thriller Jul 5, 2007
The cast included Lee Remick, Robert Duvall and Mitchell Ryan. Remick was nominated for the Tony Award for best actress in a play. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
After the loving Oct 21, 2006
Saturday, October 21, 2006. Exes share a condo in "Break-Up' By DAVID GERMAIN ASSOCIATED PRESS10/20/2006 Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn scored a solid romantic hit with "The Break-Up," a mix of comedy and drama about a relationship gone stale. In the film ($29.98, Universal), Aniston plays an art-gallery dealer who calls it quits with boyfriend Vaughn, a tour-bus guide, the two sharing their trendy condo after both are too stubborn to move out. Highlighting the DVD extras is about 20 minutes... (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
New DVDs: Over the Hedge, Break-up Oct 17, 2006
Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles stand in for the originals Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as parents who take in an orphan baby after theirs is stillborn, only to discover years later who their little boys real dad is. The DVD has an extended version of the ending and longer variations of two other scenes, along with an alternate ending and a behind-the-scenes featurette. (MSNBC -- Movies)
More of this story Oct 10, 2006
A Face in the Crowd (1957) starred Neal opposite Andy Griffith, with Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau and Lee Remick. The swimming pool scene in the movie was filmed at Piggott on the former estate of the Carl Pfeiffer family and what is now the site of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, directed by Don Roeder. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
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Elia Kazan's 1957 morality tale - the debut of Griffith and also Lee Remick - plays Wednesday at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic as part of its "Eastern Film Classics" series. The screenings is at 7 p.m. at Goddard 100, in the middle of campus, 83 Windham St. Admission is free and includes popcorn. (CTNow.com)
The lamentation of the slut Jul 27, 2006
Think Ava Gardner in "The Sun Also Rises," or Lee Remick in "Anatomy of a Murder." ... Think Ava Gardner in "The Sun Also Rises," or Lee Remick in "Anatomy of a Murder.". (Townhall.com)
SUZANNE FIELDS: The lamentation of the slut Jul 27, 2006
Think Ava Gardner in "The Sun Also Rises" or Lee Remick in "Anatomy of Murder." For decades, movie characters have been the standards girls measure themselves by. But as the sexual revolution begot working rights for women, the measurements changed. (Washington Times)
The Greatest "I Told You So" Ever Jul 26, 2006
On a stack of comic books sits a mint periodical from the '70s, with whacked-out caricatures of Farrah Fawcett and Lee Remick grinning from the cover. The short-lived Mad magazine knock-off's headline is "The Environment Issue." The name of the publication. (City Pages)
What I'm watching Jul 1, 2006
"I saw the original (1976, starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick). My sister bought it and I borrowed it from her for giggles and grins," she says, noting that she was expecting a cheesy old movie. What she got instead was a pretty good fright. (The Standard-Times, MA)
The Horror, The Horror Jun 11, 2006
Replacing Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as the parents of Damien the anti-Christ are Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles. Still born of a jackal, Damien's character is subtly different this time around; while the child actor who played the devil's son originally, Harvey Stephens, brought to life a character that was cute, with flashes of evil, this version's incarnation (Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick) is consistently creepy. (CBS News)
What a silly little devil Jun 11, 2006
The 1976 original, starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, scared the bejesus out of me as a child, to the point that I spent hours in front of the bathroom mirror anxiously inspecting my scalp to see if the number of the beast was etched there. Teenagers today are less easily spooked. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Altman's `Prairie,' Bad `Omen,' Triumphant `Game': Rick Warner on Movies Jun 10, 2006
I can't think of any other reason to regurgitate the original, which starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as the couple whose cute little son Damien turns out to be the Antichrist. This time, the star-crossed parents are played by Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles, and the evil nanny is Mia Farrow, reversing her role from ``Rosemary's Baby,'' where she was Satan's victim rather than his helper. (Bloomberg -- Asia Index)
Antichrist Reigns at Box Office Jun 9, 2006
in roles occupied in the 1976 original by Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, The Omen redo also became the latest movie to defy movie reviewers. According to RottenTomatoes. (E! Online)
'Damien' gives remake its due Jun 9, 2006
Q:What do you remember about the late Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, who played your unsuspecting adoptive parents. A: He was a really nice man. (USA Today -- Life)
Omen bodes well at US box office Jun 9, 2006
Liev Schreiber, who starred in the remake of The Manchurian Candidate and Julia Stiles, have taken on the roles made famous by Gregory Peck and Lee Remick in the original. As in the UK, the majority of films open in the US on Fridays. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Signs of success are there for Stiles Jun 9, 2006
" She laughs. Stiles, 25, knew she was tampering with a sacred text when she signed for the remake of The Omen. A post-Exorcist satanic thriller starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, the 1976 Omen has become a camp classic. But Stiles was game for the remake. An actress known for tackling Shakespeare, on screen and on stage, but who isn't shy about mixing up commercial fare (Matt Damon's Bourne movies) with David Mamet (to-be-released Edmond), she takes even flippant questions seriously. Why,... (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
* Revelations redux Jun 9, 2006
In the Lee Remick role of Robert's wife, Katherine, Julia Stiles has taken another wasteful misstep in her largely mismanaged career; too intelligent and talented for this sort of rubbish, she should be following the same high road as Maggie Gyllenhaal. The casting of Mia Farrow (the mother of Rosemary's Baby) as Mrs. Baylock, the nanny from hell, lends The Omen a twist of gallows humor. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Top 10 Characters From Hell Jun 8, 2006
Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) is just trying to do the right thing for his wife Katherine (Lee Remick) when her baby is stillborn. He decides to grab another baby, but he couldn't have made a worse choice. (IGN FilmForce)
666 is a lucky Omen Jun 8, 2006
The original Omen that screened in 1976 starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick and won an Oscar for best movie score. It spawned two sequels of its own. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Chilling 'Omen' Jun 8, 2006
In the original film, a stoic Gregory Peck and a horrified Lee Remick were the wealthy patsies whose baby is swapped with Satan's son. This time the parenting duties belong to younger actors Liev Schreiber ("The Manchurian Candidate") and Julia Stiles ("The Bourne Supremacy"). (Contra Costa Times -- Entertainment)
Rehashed Revelations Jun 8, 2006
Let me indulge in a quick plot synopsis, with no regard for spoilers, since the central details of The Omen have long since entered the collective consciousness: Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck and Liev Schreiber), an American diplomat posted in Rome, dreads telling wife Kathy (Lee Remick and Julia Stiles) that her baby has died within moments of birth ... It s not conceivable that Stiles is a better actress than Lee Remick at least, not at this point but she s so miscast and given such weak material... (Pasadena Weekly)
This 'Omen' is a devil of a remake Jun 7, 2006
In general, as well cast as this movie is, it ought to go without saying that it doesn't come close to the cast of the original - no less than Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as the beleaguered parents. It's nicely made though in its semi-literate popcorn way. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Media This devil’s in the details Jun 7, 2006
Lee Remick s Kathy Thorn is now Julia Stiles s Kate. Robert (a stoic Liev Schreiber) begins as deputy ambassador to Great Britain (he ascends to ambassador when his superior is dispatched, Rube-Goldberg-cum-Final-Destination-style, in the first of the film s crowd-tailored gonzo death-scenes). (San Antonio Current, TX)
The Omen doesn't stick to script Jun 7, 2006
Fans of the 1976 version will likely find the Thornes youth disconcerting, but 25-year-old Stiles is actually a much more believable choice for the mother of a kindergartner than the 40-year-old Lee Remick was. And 39-year-old Schrieber comes off as far more age-appropriate than Gregory Peck, who was 60 when he played Robert Thorne. (Townhall.com)
`Omen' loses its scare Jun 7, 2006
Granted, the original benefited from a cast that included Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, but it was also creepy and induced a persistent sense of dread and foreboding. This new one. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
No, I won't go to my room -- and by the way, I'm the devil's son Jun 7, 2006
It's good that he stands out, because for better or worse, there's not much beyond the performances to distinguish this horror thriller from the 1976 "The Omen" starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick. While other remakes of scary '70s movies have tossed in 21st century updates -- "When a Stranger Calls". (San Francisco Chronicle)
'The Omen': Beware Of Kid, By Kurt Loder Jun 7, 2006
" Eventually, even Robert begins to get the picture. Why remake a horror classic with such slavish fidelity to the original? No doubt director Moore ("Flight of the Phoenix") realized that the story was unimprovable. The Antichrist theme with the son of Satan installed near the center of world political power is a perfect pulp subject. And the tale's unsettling denouement remains unusual in the genre, and, as you may remember, quite memorable. To make this material their own to some extent,... (MTV.com)
'The Omen': Beware Of Kid, By Kurt Loder Jun 7, 2006
Schreiber and Stiles are younger and therefore, as characters, more emotionally engaging than the original leads, Gregory Peck and Lee Remick. (Schreiber is also a notably more interesting performer than the colorless Peck. (VHI.com -- Music News)
This 'Omen' is so bad it's scary Jun 6, 2006
For this occasion, the blunt instrument is a remake of Richard Donner's legitimately scary 1976 horror flick, ``The Omen," about a couple unwittingly raising Satan's little boy.Gregory Peck and Lee Remick played the couple in the original picture. Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles, both looking miserable, take the same parts in this new version, which John Moore has directed without much wit or feeling. The screenwriter for both movies is David Seltzer, who merely appears to have dusted off his... (Boston Globe)
We foresee bad 'Omen' remake Jun 6, 2006
The film tells the story of U.S. Ambassador Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber, bringing the same gravity to the part as Gregory Peck did in the first film), who agrees to a mysterious priest's suggestion that he substitute a live orphan baby for the stillborn infant his unsuspecting wife, Katherine (Julia Stiles, filling in for Lee Remick) has just given birth to. Things go well for the Thorns for the first few years of Damien's life, but by his 5th birthday, things start going downhill. (Florida Today)
The Omen-courting controversy Jun 6, 2006
Stiles, who is reprising the famed Lee Remick role of world s most put-upon mom, even tied the questionable scenes to issues of faith: Ever since that day [9/11], religious rhetoric is used a lot in public discourse. That was an intense tragedy that has since made people cling to faith and look for answers and explanations as to why that happened. (Townhall.com)
666: The number of the beast (and, gulp, today's date) Jun 6, 2006
" The writer Robert Graves supported a similar theory, albeit pointing the finger at the emperor Domitian. MEDIA HIJACKING However, as the cynical media adage goes, never let the truth get in the way of a good story. The imagery of the beast and the idea that he may be among us are potent and lucrative. Ever since spooky nanny "Holly" became obsessed by a demonic rottweiler and hanged herself during a child's birthday party (The Omen, 1976), the number 666 has gripped the popular imagination.... (Independent)
Needless remake doesn't add much to 'The Omen' Jun 6, 2006
When Julia Stiles -- filling in for Lee Remick as Damien's unsuspecting mother -- begins to think there's something wrong with her child, she immediately goes into therapy. And Liev Schreiber -- standing in for Gregory Peck as the father who surreptitiously brings the demon spawn into their lives -- cries way more than Peck ever would have dreamed. (Pensacola News Journal)
'The Omen': Hell to replay Jun 6, 2006
Julia Stiles, who plays Damien's mother this time, lacks the sophistication and grace of Lee Remick. And few actors working today have Gregory Peck's distinguished gravitas. (USA Today)
The devil we know really well Jun 6, 2006
Written by David Seltzer, also credited with the near-identical script for the current resurrection, the '76 Omen was a darkly humoured summer blockbuster that blended bogus biblical prophecy with the era's penchant for shadowy political conspiracy: it was no coincidence that the Antichrist's surrogate parents an ambassador (Gregory Peck) and his wife (Lee Remick) were employed by Washington. As with many of the decade's most popular pre-Star Wars movies, like The Godfather, Towering Inferno and... (Toronto Star)
Feature: The Omen Jun 6, 2006
The triple sixes sometimes known as the Mark of the Beast fully entered pop culture with the 1976 release of the original Omen, which starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick and won not only good box office but a place in the front rank of the horror genre. "We saw a gap in the marketplace," says Fox chairman Tom Rothman of the remake. (Premiere Magazine)
The really bad boy Jun 4, 2006
The original Omen, directed by Richard Donner, starred an exceptionally suave Gregory Peck as the United States' ambassador to London, Lee Remick as his attractive but neurotic homemaker wife, and the young Harvey Stephens as their long-awaited child, Damien, who reveals himself to be a creepy little monster with an unnerving gaze ... Unfortunately, what you are thinking on your way to the car park is how wrong was Julia Stiles in the Lee Remick role, how wooden Liev Schreiber in the Gregory... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Church fears return of Omen curse Jun 4, 2006
The original starred Harvey Stephens as Damien, Gregory Peck as his diplomat father and Lee Remick as his mother. Several sequels were spawned, including Damien: Omen II (1978), Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) and Omen IV: The Awakening (1991). (Guardian Unlimited)
The devil you know Jun 3, 2006
The original film, directed by Richard Donner, starred an exceptionally suave Gregory Peck as the United States ambassador to Britain, Lee Remick as his attractive, neurotic, homemaker wife and the young Harvey Stephens as their long-awaited child Damien. Robert and Katherine Thorn are not aware that their child is the devil's spawn, marked literally with the number of the beast. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Wrong number of the beast Jun 3, 2006
The Omen had bigger stars - Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner - a bigger budget and bigger pretensions. Which meant that it wasn't content merely to rifle through The Exorcist for inspiration, it also went after Rosemary's Baby's main innovation: Satan got laid. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Media That's a wrap Jun 1, 2006
Moore s last remake, 2004 s Flight of the Phoenix, swapped Dennis Quaid for Jimmy Stewart (and reportedly sucked mightily); this one turns Lee Remick into Julia Stiles and Gregory Peck into. Liev Schreiber. (San Antonio Current, TX)
For The 'Omen' Cast, All Signs Point To Good Old Evil Jun 1, 2006
While Lee Remick was in her 40s when she originated the role, Stiles is 25, and she tailored her performance to her age. "It works really well that I'm a young, inexperienced mother," she said of the role, "because a more mature woman would be able to assert herself and stick up for herself. Part of what I wanted to explore in [the remake] was all the guilt and confusion that my character feels. Her first instinct is not to be afraid of her son but to doubt her own maternal instincts.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
Rewind: Did It Just Get Warmer In Here, Or Is Damien Back? May 30, 2006
"The Omen," aside from being a taut, effective chiller with great acting by Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, was seminal in that it was the first film to feature a series of unusual gruesome deaths. Movies like the "Friday the 13th" and "Final Destination" series owe their entire structure to "The Omen." The key difference being that the deaths in "The Omen" serve the story; they're not the hooks on which the whole film hangs. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Grant McLennan, 48; Co-Founder of Australian Pop Band the Go-Betweens May 9, 2006
United by an interest in New York punk and Bob Dylan, the two later worked at a record store together and recorded what would become the band's first single, "Lee Remick," at a jingle studio. McLennan, who was a fan of French New Wave cinema and the American short story, later described his style as a "wistful, nostalgic, memory-driven, melodic McCartney-esque sort of thing.". (Los Angeles Times)
Wherever Blake Edwards is going, we're going his way Feb 7, 2006
An FBI agent (Glenn Ford) and a bank teller (Lee Remick) pursue an asthmatic assailant (Ross Martin, later of TVs The Wild, Wild West) who has abducted her sister (Stefanie Powers) in an extortion scheme. This has a nifty Candlestick Park climax during a Dodgers-Giants game, the year those teams climaxed the National League season with a three-game playoff. (USA Today -- Movies)
