MARGARET (2011) - Trailer and Poster

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Official Synopsis: MARGARET centers on a 17-year-old New York City high-school student who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman’s life. In her attempts to set things right she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course against the realities and compromises of the adult world.

Genre: Drama

Starring: Anna Paquin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Kieran Culkin, Jean Reno, Rosemarie DeWitt

Director: Kenneth Lonergan (director - "You Can Count on Me")

Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan (writer - "Gangs of New York", "Analyze This")

Rated R for strong language, sexuality, some drug use and disturbing images

Release Date: September 30, 2011

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Friday, August 5, 2011

Kenneth Lonergan's Film "Margaret" Will Feature Opera

"Eleven years after his heralded first film, You Can Count on Me, director Kenneth Lonergan’s sophomore effort is finally going to be released. Margaret, the story of 'a 17-year-old New York City high-school student who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman’s life,' will receive a limited-platform release on Sept. 30, according to Fox Searchlight. Filmed in 2005 with an eclectic cast that includes Matt Damon, Anna Paquin, Mark Ruffalo, Allison Janney, and Matthew Broderick, the movie has been stuck in limbo after Lonergan initially submitted a three-plus hour cut that was deemed unreleasable by the studio. Dueling lawsuits were filed in 2009, and several high-profile Hollywood powerbrokers were recruited to mediate the dispute and persuade the director to deliver a shorter, more commercial film. Fans of the actors and Lonergan, who has also cowritten films such as Gangs of New York, will be eager to see on Sept. 30 what ultimately made the released version — so they can then speculate about what did not." [Source]

The film is rumored to have lots of opera, but only one clip is confirmed: "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" from Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann sung by Renée Fleming and Susan Graham. There is one scene when mother Joan (J. Smith-Cameron) and daughter Lisa (Anna Paquin) attend the opera and the event becomes quite emotional. No word on whether this is where Offenbach fits in the film.

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

THE AVENGERS - Seven Character Posters

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Marvel has released four character posters with the occasion of the Comic-Con. The posters feature the iconic Avengers : Captain America (Chris Evans), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). Other avengers that will appear in the movie are Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). "Marvel's The Avengers" will be released in 2012 on May 4th and is written and directed by Joss Whedon ("Serenity"). Remember, you can click to see the pictures full-size.

[UPDATE] : Added three more character posters featuring The Hulk, Thor and Nick Fury, plus the official banner containing all the seven Avengers