In celebration of writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron, “Julie & Julia” (2009) will screen as the final installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscars Outdoors summer film series on Friday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the new open-air theater located on the Academy Hollywood campus. Chef, restaurateur and radio host Evan Kleiman of KCRW’s “Good Food” will host a pre-screening discussion with some of Ephron’s friends and colleagues. The program is presented to coincide with the American Cinematheque’s celebration of Ephron films later in September.
Ephron, who earned Oscar® nominations for “Silkwood,” “When Harry Met Sally…” and “Sleepless in Seattle,” was also a renowned cook and dinner party hostess. Her appreciation of fine food led to her adapting and then directing “Julie & Julia,” which chronicles the year in which author Julie Powell cooked her way through chef Julia Child’s first book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Today, August 15, marks the centennial of Child’s birth. In her honor, the Oscars Outdoors food trucks for the evening will reflect Child’s French culinary aesthetic.
Tickets to “Julie & Julia” are $5 for the public, free for children 10 years and younger, and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Seating is unreserved. Tickets are available online atoscars.org/outdoors. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring low lawn chairs, blankets and warm clothing. Picnic baskets, beer and wine are permitted.
The Academy Hollywood campus is located 1341 Vine Street in Hollywood (between De Longpre Avenue and Fountain Avenue, and between Vine Street and Ivar Avenue). The campus is accessible via the Metro Red Line train and the Metro Local 210 bus. Free parking is located behind the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study. Enter from Homewood Avenue off Vine Street, one block north of Fountain Avenue. The lot opens 90 minutes prior to the event and closes 30 minutes afterwards.
The Film Arcade has released the new poster for their documentary THE OTHER DREAM TEAM. For 50 years, Lithuanian basketball players were forced to play for the USSR Olympic team, but this film tells the story of how 1992 Lithuanian basketball team was able to rise to greatness (with a little help from The Grateful Dead) once the Soviet Union collapsed. THE OTHER DREAM TEAM hits theaters on September 28th!
After leading the USSR to a gold medal (and victory over the U.S.A.) at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Sarunas Marciulionis and Arvydas Sabonis were poster boys for their oppressor’s sports machine. Four year later, after the fall of the Soviet Union, they emerged as symbols of democracy, helping their country break free from the shackles of Communism, and willing newly independent Lithuania to the medal stand at the Barcelona Olympics.
THE OTHER DREAM TEAM documents the Lithuanians’ experiences behind the Iron Curtain for 50 years, where elite athletes were subjected to brutalities of Communist rule. As they hid from KGB agents and feared for their lives, Lithuania’s basketball stars always shared a common goal – to utilize their athletic gifts to help free their country.
The ’92 Lithuanian team won fans around the world for its hard-nosed play, its underdog story and its unusual connection with the Grateful Dead. Inspired by the Lithuanian’s message of freedom, the Dead provided financial assistance to the team and helped create their distinctive, tie-dye warm ups.
In Barcelona, Lithuania advanced to the medal round, where the team faced Russia – Lithuania’s oppressor since 1940 – for the bronze. Lithuania emerged victorious, and then rose to the medal stand wearing their colorful gear emblazoned with the Dead’s signature skeleton logo. By beating Russia, David had beaten Goliath – and the Lithuanian team had raised the game of basketball into a memorable expression of political and cultural identity.
With a mix of verite scenes, incisive interviews and extraordinary archival footage and photos culled from former Soviet archives, audiences will see how a special group of athletes journeyed through the bleak era of Communism to the rebirth of a nation and their own freedom. “The Other Dream Team” is a story that will resonate for any viewer with an interest in world history, politics, pop culture, basketball or the triumph of the human spirit. It is global basketball’s ultimate ‘long, strange trip’ — with a very happy ending.
The film was shown at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition.
Evil lives inside this seriously spooky new clip from Sam Raimi’s THE POSSESSION! Sneak a peek at Em as she discovers the demon that doesn’t fear God.
Based on a true story, THE POSSESSION is the terrifying account of how one family must unite in order to survive the wrath of an unspeakable evil.
Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Stephanie Brenek (Kyra Sedgwick) see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was built to contain a dibbuk, a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.
Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan (WATCHMEN) and Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”), THE POSSESSION is directed by Ole Bornedal (NIGHTWATCH), written by Juliet Snowden & Stiles White, and produced by horror master Sam Raimi along with Rob Tapert and J.R. Young. Presented by Lionsgate and Ghost House Pictures.
THE POSSESSION hits theaters everywhere August 31, 2012.
Don’t forget to check out the brand new Web site for THE POSSESSION, where you can get a firsthand look at the devilish dybbuk! Three hauntingly animated cinemagraphs lurking in the backgrounds can be shared to fans’ social pages. Don’t blink or you might miss that moth flicker its wings.
A star-studded and visually stunning box office hit, and a tale of first love directed by two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Rushmore), Focus Features’ Moonrise Kingdom will be available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with UltraViolet™, on DVD, On Demand and on Digital Download on October 16, 2012, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom follows two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in every which way.
Charming screen newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward star alongside Bruce Willis (Die Hard), Academy Award® nominees Edward Norton (American History X) and Bill Murray (Lost in Translation), Academy Award® winners Frances McDormand (Fargo) and Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore), and Bob Balaban (Gosford Park). Moonrise Kingdom is a movie that critics are calling “extraordinary from start to finish” (Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies).
The Moonrise Kingdom Blu-ray™ Combo Pack includes a Blu-ray™, DVD and a Digital Copy of the film compatible with iPhone®, iTunes®, iPad®, iPod®, iPod® touch, Android™ and online retailer partners, as well as UltraViolet™. UltraViolet™ is the revolutionary new way for consumers to collect movies and TV shows in the cloud to instantly stream and download to tablets, smartphones, computers, and TVs. Consumers can now enjoy their movies anytime, anywhere on the platform of their choice.
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Advanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray™ player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live™ functions with ease.
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BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™ and DVD):
A LOOK INSIDE MOONRISE KINGDOM
WELCOME TO THE ISLAND OF NEW PENZANCE: Bob Balaban narrates a series of guided tours from the locations of Moonrise Kingdom featuring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, and Wes Anderson
SET TOUR WITH BILL MURRAY: Bill Murray personally takes viewers on a tour of the Moonrise Kingdom sets.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION – BLU-RAY™: Street Date: October 16, 2012 Copyright: 2012 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Selection Number: 62123585 Running time: 1 Hour, 34 Minutes Layers: BD-50 Picture Format : Widescreen Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Rating: Rated PG-13 for sexual content and smoking Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French Sound: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/DVS Dolby Digital 2.0, DTS Surround 5.1/Dolby Digital 2.0 (Bonus), Spanish DTS Surround 5.1, French (EU) DTS Surround 5.1
TECHNICAL INFORMATION – DVD: Street Date: October 16, 2012 Copyright: 2012 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Selection Number: 62119942 Running time: 1 Hour, 34 Minutes Layers: Dual Layer Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Rating: Rated PG-13 for sexual content and smoking Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1/ Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1
CAST AND FILMMAKERS Cast: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward Directed by: Wes Anderson Produced by: Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson Written by: Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola Executive Producers: Sam Hoffman, Mark Roybal Director of Photography: Robert Yeoman, ASC Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen Film Editor: Andrew Weisblum, ACE Music by: Alexandre Desplat Costume Designer: Kasia Walicka-Maimone
Principal photography is underway in Vancouver on Warner Bros. Pictures’ HIDDEN, starring Alexander Skarsgård (TV’s “True Blood”) and Andrea Riseborough (“Shadow Dancer”).
Ray (Skarsgård), Claire (Riseborough) and their seven-year-old daughter, Zoe, are an average American family in Kingsville, North Carolina—except they have existed in a bomb shelter since escaping a day of devastation that changed everything.
For 301 days, they have transformed their cement prison into a home, holding on to memories of the past and hope for a normal life someday. And for 301 days, the family has eluded what looms above the surface—the heavy breathing and booming footsteps that punctuate the night, threatening their fragile existence.
All the while, the family has managed to stay hidden. Until now. Now their safe haven has been breached…and something is coming for them.
Brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, who wrote the original script, make their feature film directorial debut on “Hidden.” The film also stars Emily Alyn Lind (“J. Edgar”) as daughter Zoe.
Roy Lee (“The Departed”), Oscar® nominee Mason Novick (“Juno”) and Lawrence Grey (“Hope Springs”) are producing. The executive producers are John Middleton, Sebastian Aloi, Jim Rowe and Katterli Frauenfelder. Michelle Knudsen is serving as co-producer.
The behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Tom Townend (“Attack the Block”), Academy Award®-nominated production designer Jim Bissell (“Good Night, and Good Luck”), editor Jeffrey Werner (“The Kids Are All Right”), and Oscar®-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (“Alice in Wonderland,” “Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha”). The music is by Jeff Grace (“Meek’s Cutoff”).
HIDDEN will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
The world of Pandora has never looked better as over 33 million AVATAR Facebook fans were the first to learn of the upcoming release of the AVATAR Blu-ray 3D Collector’s Edition, debuting globally beginning October 15, releasing in North America October 16, from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. A home entertainment experience like no other, for the first time ever, fans will be able to welcome James Cameron’s global box office sensation into their homes in stunning 3D high-definition.
“3D television is the future of home entertainment,” said James Cameron, the Oscar® winning Director. “I’m a huge proponent of the technology and very pleased that AVATAR can be viewed in the living room the way it is meant to be seen.”
“As the number of homes with 3D televisions continues to grow, we thought it was important to bring the biggest 3D film ever right into your living room,” continued Jon Landau, Academy Award® winning Producer of Avatar. “This is the only way fans should experience the world of Pandora and this release offers the highest picture quality possible. ”Previously only available to consumers through an exclusive deal with Panasonic, the two-disc AVATAR 3D Blu-ray Collector’s Edition will feature the original theatrical release and be available in all-new collectible packaging. Seen by more than 310 million people worldwide, the Oscar and Golden Globe winning epic is the highest grossing film of all time, taking in more than $2.7 billion in worldwide box office. It is also top-selling Blu-ray disc of all time.
Just when you thought it was safe to turn off your Blu-Ray player, Universal Studios Home Entertainment has released an all-new digitally remastered and fully restored version, complete with 7.1 surround sound, of its classic JAWS in a Blu-Ray-DVD Combo Pack along with Digital Copy and UltraViolet.
JAWS, released in 1975, nominated for Best Picture and winner of three Oscars (Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Sound), is one of the most successful and influential films in the history of the medium, and Universal has chosen to restore it as part of their 100th Anniversary celebration.
They deliver. This is hands-down, one of the must-own Blu-Rays of the year and a standard for how to present a catalog title on home video both in terms of presentation and also bonus features.
Let’s start with the presentation. JAWS has never looked or sounded better. Each frame of the film has been fixed to remove all scratches and imperfections and the colors have been corrected to match other frames and shots. The result is breathtaking. The film looks brand-new. The original analog mono soundtrack has also been upgraded to meet today’s 7.1 surround sound standards. The underwater scenes pop. The beach scenes have more life. And John Williams’ iconic score sounds better than ever.
The restoration process is detailed in one of the brand new extras produced specifically for this disc in a 8 ½ minute feature appropriately titled JAWS: The Restoration. Members of the restoration team are interviewed about the process, showing the types of scratches and tears in the original film negative that they were dealing with fixing, and how they went about doing it. The sound team is also interviewed. JAWS director Steven Spielberg comments that “the film looks better today in HD than it did when it came out in theaters in 1975.”
Before I talk about the second new bonus feature on the Blu-Ray, I need to briefly discuss one of the other features which has been included on previous home video versions of JAWS, and wisely included again here–Laurent Bouzereau’s wonderful 2-hour documentary THE MAKING OF JAWS. This documentary was made for the 1995 laserdisc box set of JAWS, and even now, seventeen years later, it is STILL, hands-down, the GREATEST behind-the-scenes making-of documentary I have ever seen. Bouzereau interviewed all of the major players from JAWS—Spielberg, JAWS novel author Peter Benchley, actors Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Lorraine Gary, composer John Williams, screenwriter Carl Gottlieb, producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, and many more. He edited the interviews together to tell the chronological story of the making of JAWS in a insightful and entertaining way, starting with Peter Benchley telling of the genesis of the novel, to Zanuck and Brown discussing how they acquired it and hired Spielberg, to the casting of the film, to stories of the production, editing it together and adding the famous music, and finally talking about the test audiences, to the final release of the film and the impact it had on moviegoers across the world. It is a PERFECT movie.
This leads us to the other brand-new bonus feature on the new Blu-Ray—a second feature-length making-of documentary titled The Shark is Still Working: The Impact and Legacy of JAWS. This film, directed by Erik Hollander, was made in 2005 and played the festival circuit for a few years, amassing lots of fans but ultimately failing to find distribution until Universal licensed it to be included as a bonus feature on this new disc. Hollander also interviewed all of the major players—Spielberg, Scheider, Dreyfuss, Gary, Williams, Benchley, Zanuck and Brown.
Which begs the question—How can one create another making-of-documentary on JAWS with all of the major players when a PERFECT version using those same players already exists? This film is not as good as The Making of Jaws. Not even close. But it’s not a bad film. And parts of it are quite good. Hollander got the major players to tell different stories and added people who weren’t in the original documentary. Scheider tells the story of the dinner table scene where Sheriff Brody’s young son mimics his hand gestures. A grown-up Jeffrey Voorhees, who played Alex Kintner, the young boy on the raft who is eaten by the shark talks about how they filmed that attack. Lee Fierro, who played the grieving Mrs. Kintner who slaps Sheriff Brody for not closing the beaches, laughs about how hundreds of strangers have asked her to slap them over the years. Percy Rodrigues, who narrated the original JAWS trailer is interviewed. Filmmakers Kevin Smith, Eli Roth, M. Night Shyamalan, Robert Rodriguez, Bryan Singer, Tom Savini and Greg Nicotero discuss how JAWS influenced them as young men and inspired them to make movies.
Other highlights from the new doc:
Amazing footage of a young Steven Spielberg watching television as the1975 Oscar Nominations are announced and he is NOT listed as a Best Director nominee but JAWS is nominated for Best Picture.
Behind the scenes at JAWSfest, where fans from around the world come together at Martha’s Vineyard, where parts of JAWS was filmed, to tour locations, look at props, and meet some of the lesser actors featured in the film.
And, honorably, a small section of the new film is devoted to the OLD documentary The Making of JAWS, as Laurent Bouzereau himself is interviewed about how making the original documentary changed and impacted his life. In 1995, people were buying laserdisc players specifically so they could own a copy of The Making of Jaws.
Besides the two documentaries, other bonus features on the new Blu-Ray are familiar from previous home video versions of JAWS:
From the Set, a 1974 vintage look at life on the set of JAWS, including an interview with Steven Spielberg.
Deleted Scenes and Outtakes—about 14 minutes worth, nothing notable.
Original Theatrical Trailer—old school, baby—narrated by creepy-voiced Percy Rodrigues.
JAWS Archives– A collection of storyboards, production photos, and marketing materials including movie posters and lobby cards.
This Blu-Ray is worth owning for the film itself, but adding on the two feature-length documentaries and other bonus features makes this a candidate for Blu-Ray of the year and a must-own for anyone who loves movies. You’re gonna need a bigger shelf.
FILM QUALITY: 5 OUT OF 5 STARS
VIDEO QUALITY: 5 OUT OF 5 STARS
AUDIO QUALITY: 5 OUT OF 5 STARS
BONUS FEATURES: 5 OUT OF 5 STARS
THE MAKING OF JAWS: 6 OUT OF 5 STARS (YES, IT’S THAT GOOD)
When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural, Patrick (Tom Felton), but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force. THE APPARITION will be in theaters on August 24.
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Todd Lincoln (@Todd_Lincoln) makes his feature film directorial debut on “The Apparition,” from his screenplay. The film stars Ashley Greene (the “Twilight” series), Sebastian Stan (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) and Tom Felton (the “Harry Potter” films, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”). “The Apparition” was produced under the Dark Castle banner by Joel Silver, Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman. The executive producers are Steve Richards, Sue Baden-Powell and Daniel Alter.
Lincoln was joined behind the scenes by director of photography Daniel C. Pearl (“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Friday the 13th”), production designer Steve Saklad (“Up in the Air,” “Drag Me to Hell”), editors Jeff Betancourt and Harold Parker, and costume designer Kimberly Adams with music by tomandandy (“The Strangers,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife”).
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Dark Castle Entertainment, “The Apparition,” to be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
Classes resume at Greendale Community College, as Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases COMMUNITY: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON on DVD August 14th. The new school year brings our favorite group of social misfits back together for more outlandish behavior. Led by Joel McHale (TV’s “The Soup”), the ensemble cast includes Gillian Jacobs (TV’s “The Good Wife”), Danny Pudi (TV’s “Greek”), Yvette Nicole Brown (TV’s “Rules of Engagement”), Alison Brie (TV’s “Mad Men”), Donald Glover (TV’s “30 Rock”), Academy Award® winner Jim Rash (Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, The Descendants, 2012) with Ken Jeong (The Hangover Part II) and Emmy Award® winner Chevy Chase (TV’s “Saturday Night Live,” TV’s “The Paul Simon Special”). John Goodman (TV’s “Roseanne”) guest stars as Vice Dean Laybourne.
Season Three brings new changes to the Greendale campus, as well as its students. Senor Chang now lives in the school’s air vents working as Greendale’s Campus Security Officer; Troy and Abed move in together; and a new Vice Dean is in town.
October 19th is still a ways a way until the new season of COMMUNITY begins, but we have a special giveaway to help you get through the next 2 months. Enter below to win a copy of COMMUNITY: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and WAMG.
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COMMUNITY: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON contains all 22 episodes on a three-disc DVD set and is loaded with bonus material, including fan-favorite spoof episodes full of mystery, crime and even some glee! Special features also include cast and crew commentary on every episode, “This is War: Pillows vs. Blankets” mockumentary featurette, “A Glee-ful Community Christmas” featurette, deleted scenes, and a gag reel.
Guest stars for Season Three also include Jeff Garlin (TV’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Luis Guzman (TV’s “How to Make It in America”), Michael Ironside (X-Men: First Class), Martin Starr (Knocked Up), and French Stewart (TV’s “3rd Rock from the Sun”).
America’s most incorrigible study group of misfits returns for a hilariously ingenious new year at Greendale Community College. From homicidal Halloween pizza parties, holiday Glee Club smackdowns, foosball showdowns, epic pillow fight wars and an underage campus security force to a shocking remarriage, a riotous funeral service, submarine sandwich throwdowns, a new Vice Dean (Emmy Award® Winner John Goodman) with a strange air-conditioning fixation and a crime show homage for the ages — the Third Season of television’s boldest, brashest comedy is the most brilliant yet. Get ready to cram it all in. Starring Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Jim Rash, with Ken Jeong and Emmy Award® winner Chevy Chase.
COMMUNITY: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON episodes include:
Biology 101
Geography of Global Conflict
Remedial Chaos Theory
Competitive Ecology
Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps
Advanced Gay
Studies in Modern Movement
Documentary Filmmaking Redux
Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism
Regional Holiday Music
Contemporary Impressionists
Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts
Digital Exploration of Interior Design
Pillows and Blankets
Origins of Vampire Mythology
Virtual Systems Analysis
Basic Lupine Urology
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Digital Estate Planning
The First Chang Dynasty
Introduction to Finality
DVD Special Features Include:
• Cast and crew commentary on every episode
• This is War: Pillows vs. Blankets mockumentary featurette
• A Glee-ful Community Christmas featurette
• Deleted Scenes
• Gag Reel
COMMUNITY is a Krasnoff Foster Entertainment, Harmonious Claptrap, Russo Brothers, and Universal Media Studios production in association with Sony Pictures Television. Russ Krasnoff (“The Soloist”), Gary Foster (“The Soloist”), Dan Harmon (“The Sarah Silverman Program”), Joe Russo (“Arrested Development”), Anthony Russo (“Arrested Development”), Neil Goldman (“Scrubs”) and Garrett Donovan (“Scrubs”) serve as executive producers. Broadcast Year: 2011 – 2012
COMMUNITY: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON has a run time of approximately 469 minutes and is not rated. Visit Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the Web at www.SonyPictures.com.
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Action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his much-anticipated return to the big screen in Korean director Kim Jee-woon’s hard-hitting US directorial debut, THE LAST STAND. Check out the brand new poster (via IGN). A new trailer will arrive on Friday.
After leaving his LAPD narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.
With the help of a fierce band of lawless mercenaries led by the icy Burrell (Peter Stormare), Cortez begins racing towards the US-Mexico border at 250 mph in a specially-outfitted Corvette ZR1 with a hostage in tow. Cortez’ path: straight through Summerton Junction, where the whole of the U.S. law enforcement, including Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker) will have their final opportunity to intercept him before the violent fugitive slips across the border forever.
At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately rallies his team and takes the matter into his own hands, setting the stage for a classic showdown.
Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker, left) and Ray Owens (Arnold Schwarzenegger, right) in THE LAST STAND. Photo credit: Merrick Morton
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in THE LAST STAND. Directed by Kim Jee-woon and written by Andrew Knauer and Jeffrey Nachmanoff, THE LAST STAND also stars Forest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega, Rodrigo Santoro, Johnny Knoxville, Jaimie Alexander, Luis Guzmán, Peter Stormare, Zach Gilford and Genesis Rodriguez. The film is produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (the TRANSFORMERS series, RED, GI JOE, SALT).
