Film
- Catherine Zeta-Jones is cast as Hollywood star Lana Turner in the film Stompanato (due for release in 2007).
- Ioan Gruffudd plays William Wilberforce in Michael Apted's new film, Amazing Grace.
- Jonathan Pryce begins filming Pirates of the Caribbean 3.
- Gower Boy, made by artist Gee Vaucher and musician Huw Warren, is premiered at the 14th Raindance Film Festival.
- Lloyd Owen stars in Miss Potter.
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Famous quotes containing the word film:
“You should look straight at a film; that’s the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.”
—Werner Herzog (b. 1942)
“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
—Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. “The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,” Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)
“I’ll be right here.”
—Melissa Mathison, U.S. screenwriter, and Steven Spielberg. ET, ET The Extra-Terrestrial, saying goodbye to Elliot as he touches Elliot’s forehead—ET’s final words in the film (1982)