Hillerman's tales deserve a cinematic telling Nov 8, 2008
Still, what filmic adaptations were attempted proved unworthy: a long big-screen version of his novel The Dark Wind, starring Lou Diamond Phillips as Chee; and made-for-TV Mystery takes on Thief of Time, Skinwalkers and Coyote Waits (Adam Beach as Chee and Wes Studi as Leaphorn aren't bad, but the movies feel flat). Of those Hillerman books, Coyote Waits cries out loudest to be remade as a feature film, possibly with a Navajo director (like documentarian Tony Estrada) or John Woo (who helmed the... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
An ode to IMDb.com, Internet Movie Database Jun 26, 2008
To me, the greatest uses for the Internet are, in order, watching videos of theatrical mammals (like the "dramatic chipmunk"), looking up the name of a song in a TV commercial and using to remember the name of that guy who played Magua in "The Last of the Mohicans" (Wes Studi). IMDb dates back to the early days of the Internet. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
New Indian film festival debuts with 100 works Jun 21, 2008
There will be panels and workshops as well, with such notables as actor Wes Studi, director Chris Eyre _ whose supernatural thriller "Imprint" will be shown during the festival _ and actor Gary Farmer, who'll do double-duty leading a workshop and playing with his bluesy band. The films were largely written, directed or produced by Indians from the U.S. and Canada, with some offerings from indigenous people of Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Samoa. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
NM Talking Stick Film fest starts this weekend Jun 20, 2008
There will be panels and workshops as well, with such notables as actor Wes Studi, director Chris Eyre whose supernatural thriller "Imprint" will show during the festival and actor Gary Farmer, who'll do double-duty leading a workshop and playing with his bluesy band, "Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers.". The films were largely written, directed or produced by Indians from the U.S. and Canada, with some offerings from indigenous people of Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Samoa. (Yahoo News)
Indigenous film festival premieres in NM Jun 17, 2008
The festival takes place June 21-26 at , and the and will feature industry veterans such as Wes Studi, Gary Farmer, Chris Eyre, Shirley Cheechoo, Georgina Lightning and Blackhorse Lowe. In addition to screenings, there will be workshops and panels exploring financing, digital editing, contracts and script writing. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Continuereading May 14, 2008
Graham Greene, Mary McDonnell and Wes Studi are expected to reprise their roles from the original film, according to movie news Web site MovieHole. net. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Filming the ‘Wild': Movie crew stays busy in Montana's cold Feb 25, 2008
Despite the cold and snow, Gade and her co-stars, who include Kameron Knox, Devon Graye, Aimee Teegarden, Veronica Cartwright and Wes Studi, remained cheerful and on task. To keep the momentum going, a staff of assistants kept hot chocolate and steaming cups of coffee close at hand. (Missoulian, MT)
Conference to focus on New Mexico filmmakers Feb 23, 2008
Actor Wes Studi, a resident of Santa Fe, will launch the event with a screening of films by New Mexicans. They will include winners of the Governor's Cup competitions, awardees of the contracts, and directors who have used the state's Film Technicians Training Programs. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Film rolling in Lincoln (8) Feb 20, 2008
Other stars in the movie include Friday Night Lights actress Aimee Teegarden and The Last of the Mohicans actor Wes Studi. Among the cameo appearances is expected to be one by Joyce DeWitt, who played alongside Suzanne Sommers and John Ritter in the television sitcom Three s Company. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Lincoln in the spotlight Feb 16, 2008
It also follows the girl and dog, along with a host of other characters that include a mountain man named Hatcher (Wes Studi), through mushing, hardship and adventure. Jack London s story had the perfect set up, Gabai said. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
‘Call of the Wild': Filming begins in Montana on modern adaptation of classic story Feb 13, 2008
She and Lloyd will be joined by a cast that includes Timothy Bottoms, Veronica Cartwright, Wes Studi and Jaleel White. Lloyd, who played the eccentric Doc Brown in three Back to the Future films, was in New York last week working on a music video by Universal Motown recording artist O'Neal McKnight. (Missoulian, MT)
The week's best films Feb 2, 2008
Madeleine Stowe makes a gutsy colonel's daughter drawn to the wilderness man, while stone-faced Wes Studi is the implacable Magua. An old-fashioned adventure, set to a stirring soundtrack. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Adam Beach breaks barriers Jan 14, 2008
steve wrote on Jan 13, 2008 7:49 AM:" Step one, getting more of us on TV. Step two, directing movies, step three, owning a studio and making authentic movies about us. It will happen someday thanks to Adam, Wes Studi, Floyd Redcrow, and others. PS amazing how some are too cowardly to print their name when they write trash. ". nvrshy wrote on Jan 12, 2008 10:11 AM:" Beach is great, but he's not the only native on TV, he's not even the first to act with some power hitters of hollywood, he may be... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Review: 'Lonesome Dove' heroes - younger, still battling Indians Jan 12, 2008
Several plots wind their way through the crisply paced six-hour miniseries as the rangers chase a number of outlaws, including Comanche war chief Buffalo Hump (Wes Studi), horse thief Kicking Wolf (Jonathan Joss) and Mexican bandit Ahumado (Sal Lopez), who harbors a special hatred for Captain Scull. When he captures the ranger officer, Ahumado tosses him into a snake-filled pit for days on end, giving Kilmer a chance to do an extended mad scene and develop a fascination with fleas. (San Francisco Chronicle)
What's great in '08 Dec 30, 2007
13): The three-night miniseries is based on the prequel to Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Lonesome Dove." Val Kilmer, Rachel Griffiths, Wes Studi, Steve Zahn, Karl Urban and Linda Cardellini star. "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (Jan. (Fresno Bee)
Click for Full Story Dec 17, 2007
Actor Wes Studi is 60. Popmusician Jim Bonfanti (The Raspberries) is 59. (KWTX.com, TX)
Santa Fe Film Festival names winners Dec 11, 2007
Celebrity presenters at the awards ceremony included Alan Arkin, Gary Farmer, Jihmi Kennedy, Wes Studi, Ali McGraw and Raoul Trujillo. mkamerick@bizjournals. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Eclectic Picks Dec 4, 2007
Presenters included past film festival winner Alan Arkin and actor Wes Studi, who both live in the area. The best in festival award went to "Persepolis" from writers/directors Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, an animated coming-of-age feature adapted from Sartrapi's graphic novel "Made In France" but set in Iran. (CBS News)
Coming attractions: Steven Zahn goes out West for 'Moon' Oct 26, 2007
It co-stars Val Kilmer, Wes Studi, Adam Beach and Elizabeth Banks and premieres Dec. 30 (9 p.m. ET/PT). Gary Strauss. (USA Today -- Life)
Kickapoo Chairman Presents Tribal Flag to Actor Wes Studi on Movie Location Sep 13, 2007
"The Only Good Indian," which stars popular Native American actor Wes Studi (Dances With Wolves, Geronimo, Heat), is a fictionalized account of the removal of Indian children from their homes and forced attendance at Indian boarding schools. About 20 members of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas also are appearing in the film and the Kickapoo language is spoken throughout the movie. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A locals’ guide to the Film Fest Aug 29, 2007
En route, they are ambushed by a Huron war party led by Magua (Wes Studi), a brooding warrior with a blood vendetta against Munro. Monro s soldiers are butchered and Cora herself is nearly toast, but it is Hawkeye, (Daniel Day-Lewis), to the rescue. (Telluride Daily Planet, CO)
Latest Avatar Casting Aug 4, 2007
The Fox project is currently filming in L.A. with Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Wes Studi and CCH Pounder starring. According to Variety, "Lang plays a seasoned Marine Corps colonel who travels to the faraway planet Pandora to take charge of its troops. ... Rodriguez plays an ex-Marine pilot.". (IGN FilmForce)
Lang, Rodriguez armed for 'Avatar' Aug 3, 2007
James Cameron has added two cast members to "Avatar." Stephen Lang and Michelle Rodriguez will join Australian actor Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Wes Studi and CCH Pounder in the performance-capture pic, which is in production in Los Angeles. In October, the company will move to Wellington, New Zealand, close to Peter Jackson's Weta Digital, which is supervising the film's visual effects. (Variety)
'Avatar' Actor Talks James Cameron Film: 'The Technology ... Hasn't Been Done Before' Jul 18, 2007
"CCH Pounder, Peter Mensah, Wes Studi ... it's a really dynamic cast, people from all different types of backgrounds. The majority of us though have done theater, so you can tell that Jim likes to work with a lot of theater actors.". Reflecting on the performance of "The Shield" star Pounder, Alonso said: "Oh man, when she comes on, and when you see her in the movie you'll know it," he grinned. (VHI.com -- Music News)
HBO's history lesson on Sioux tragedy is tasteful but plain May 25, 2007
Colme Feore is a creepy-eyed General Sherman, Anna Paquin is Eastman's wife, schoolteacher Elaine Goodale , Wes Studi shows up in one of the more rousing scenes as a prophet teaching his people a resistance dance, and possible presidential candidate and "Law & Order" actor Fred Thompson appears unmemorably as President Grant ... Starring: Adam Beach, Aidan Quinn, August Schellenberg, Anna Paquin, Wes Studi, J.K. Simmons, Fred Thompson. (Boston Globe)
HBO's 'Bury My Heart' exhumes a painful history May 25, 2007
Indeed, Wounded Knee is a who's who of Native American actors, featuring Adam Beach (Flags of Our Fathers, Windtalkers), August Schellenberg (The New World), Wes Studi (Dances With Wolves, Last of the Mohicans) and veteran character actor Gordon Tootoosis. Academy Award winner Anna Paquin also stars as the love interest of Charles Eastman (Beach), an assimilated Lakota Sioux educated at Dartmouth and Boston University Medical School. (USA Today)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee May 24, 2007
Henry Dawes - Aidan Quinn Charles Eastman - Adam Beach Sitting Bull - August Schellenberg McLaughlin - J.K. Simmons Wovoka - Wes Studi President Ulysses S. Grant - Fred Thompson Elaine Goodale - Anna Paquin General Sherman - Colm Feore Red Cloud - Gordon Tootoosis ... Schellenberg is the one exception, with his deep-set eyes and low rumble of a voice, but other Native-American performers (among them Wes Studi and Eric Schweig) are underutilized. (Variety)
Cameron On Avatar Cast Feb 16, 2007
Also cast in the film are Wes Studi (Heat), CCH Pounder (The Shield), Lola Herrera (A Good Year), Joel David Moore (Hatchet), Peter Mensah (Hidalgo) and Laz Alonso (Stomp the Yard). According to Ain't It Cool News honcho Harry Knowles, Cameron "had just shot 3 days of live action work in Hawaii in the tropical rainforests. Apparently he was shooting with Sam Worthington, Lola Herrera and I believe he said Sigourney Weaver was there, but I might have heard that wrong.". (IGN FilmForce)
Film to reunite Weaver, Cameron Feb 16, 2007
Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Peter Mensah, Laz Alonso and Wes Studi are also joining the pic's leads, Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana. Weaver will play a veteran interplanetary explorer who serves as a mentor to Jake Sully (Worthington), a wounded ex-Marine thrust unwillingly into an effort to explore and exploit an exotic planet rich in biodiversity. (Variety)
Sigourney Weaver Reunites With James Cameron For 'Avatar' Feb 16, 2007
Also joining the cast are Joel David Moore ("Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story"); CCH Pounder ("The Shield"); Peter Mensah ("Hidalgo"); Laz Alonso ("Stomp the Yard"); and Wes Studi ("The New World"). They join previously announced Worthington and Zoe Saldana, an actress perhaps best known for her work on "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
'Smokin' Aces': Low Roller, By Kurt Loder Jan 27, 2007
Nevertheless, as Gideon staggers up to fill his empty canteen, an Indian in a top hat (Wes Studi) steps out from behind a rock ... In addition, fans of an almost-great 1999 comedy called "Mystery Men" will recall that in it, Wes Studi played the Sphinx, a loopy guru who wanders around tossing off impenetrable aphorisms that leave the rest of the characters scratching their heads in bafflement. (VHI.com -- Music News)
'Seraphim Falls' ***1/2 Jan 26, 2007
So the tale becomes more and more dreamlike, with an Indian bridge troll (Wes Studi) guarding a water hole and an itinerant snake-oil woman (Anjelica Huston) each showing up for cameos pointing the plot toward its existential ending. (Her medicine wagon, with the slogan "Clears the blood and exonerates the bowels," serves as the film's single bit of comic relief). (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
