” The system is rigged. The want us to believe that it’ll protect us, but that’s a lie. We protect us. We do. Nobody else. Not the companies, not the scientists, not the government. Us. “
Inspired by a shocking true story, DARK WATERS centers around a rising lawyer (Mark Ruffalo) who uncovers the dark secret that lies beneath the surface of a small town. Launching a heroic one-man crusade to take on a powerful corporation, he risks everything — his future, his family and his own life –to expose the truth. Finally, the truth has a man on the inside. Watch this gripping drama that everyone is talking about and don’t miss the bonus features that will take you deeper into the true story behind the hero! Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins and Bill Pullman also star in this gripping thriller.
Special Features:
Blu-ray, DVD and a digital copy of Dark Waters (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
Summer’s not the only season where heroes rule the multiplex. Well, that’s the main time for the fictional, larger than life heroes, the super spies, super cops, and, well, superheroes. But after Fall began the real-life heroes started to arrive, usually the subject of the big end of the year awards contenders. First to make her mark was Harriet Tubman in her inspiring biographical slice of history. Then there were the countless military men and women, from generals to sailors (and their wives) in MIDWAY. As we near the major holidays, we’ve seen more recent heroes, like Dan Jones played by Adam Driver in THE REPORT. Now comes a crusader from a profession generally derided and scorned by the public (especially in this weekend’s MARRIAGE STORY), a lawyer. Ah, but he’s got the spirit of an Avenger, apropos since he’s played by one of the original sextet. But rather than facing off against a scaly beast, he stands his ground against a near-invincible corporate behemoth. And to think this decades-long battle began with a tiny vial filled with deadly DARK WATERS.
After a foreboding flashback (it could’ve been lifted from any of the late 70’s “slash n’ hack” teen flicks), we meet an unassuming corporate lawyer named Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo), a briefcase-carrying cog in a Cincinnati legal firm. One day, the receptionist pulls him out of a big meeting because a farmer friend of his West Virginia-based grandma, Wilbur Tennant (Bill Camp), has made the trip to the city (seems Robert wasn’t returning his calls fast enough). Tennant believes that the nearby DuPont factory is poisoning his crops and livestock (they maintain a landfill in his brother’s former property), and leaves lots of photos and samples (soil and water) as proof. But this seems out of Bilott’s expertise since he ‘s usually defending big companies. After consulting his wife, Sarah (Anne Hathaway), a lawyer now taking care of him and their kids at home, Robert makes the trek to Parkersburg, West Virginia, and the Tennant farm. There he’s shocked by the multitude of cattle graves, along with the strange behavior of the remaining farm animals, and the diseased cattle organs kept in the freezer. After some persuasion, Robert’s boss, senior partner Tom (Tim Robbins) gives the okay to formally request files and records from DuPont. After much stalling, the boxes finally arrive. And keep on (and on) arriving until Robert is nearly buried in undecipherable paperwork. Can he fight the chemical company with bottomless pockets, along with the “push-back” from his colleagues who believe this litigation will turn away other big business clients, and prove, without a doubt, that they were, indeed, knowingly poisoning the little town and its residents, and perhaps everyone in the world who has used their “product”?
Ruffalo is far from the muscular green goliath, the Hulk, as this very down to Earth seeker of truth (he could’ve used those Gamma-ray biceps in lifting all those research boxes). Like his role in SPOTLIGHT, he tries to “blend in”, and not call attention to himself. This makes the sequence on the farm even more powerful as Robert gets “woke” and summons his courage to charge at the chemical “dragon”. But resolve takes its toll, and Ruffalo shows it in his body language, “slumping” down and taking heavy steps, that this mission is a long one. Particularly in the film’s last act, the exhaustion makes him more withdrawn as it literally chips away at his health and marriage. He seems to only be energized by paranoia, especially in one taut sequence in a parking garage (nearly always a place of movie doom, like those 24-hour desert gas stations) as he hesitates to turn that key (much like a similar scene recently in THE IRISHMAN). Ruffalo is ably supported by Hathaway who turns the typical “working wife at home” character into a gutsy partner, summoning her inner “She-Hulk” when confronting Tom after a health crisis. He, as played by the terrific Robbins, is an original take on the powerful, but often aloof, supervisor. In his first scenes with Robert, Tom is the “bottom-line” guy, questioning his motives and evidence. Then comes the big boardroom showdown, as he watches his co-workers and partners “dog pile” Robert, Robbins becomes a protective lion, surprising the other lawyers while delighting and stunning all who thought they knew this man. Camp is a growling pit bull as Tenant, who may not have the “book smarts” but will defend his home with his last breath. Also of note is usual film and TV “nice guy” Victor Garber as the affable DuPont exec who abruptly morphs into a hissing, spitting cobra when approached by Robert at a fancy function. Plus we get great work from Bill Pullman as the folksy, “low key” with lightning instincts (think Atticus Finch and Matlock) hometown lawyer, and Mare Winningham (been a long time, former “brat-packer”) as the local housewife who may have suffered the biggest loss, one sadly shared by many of the village residents.
This film also marks a big change, or maybe “out of his comfort zone”, for director Todd Haynes, whose resume’ has included several lush, retro-inspired romances like CAROL and FAR FROM HEAVEN. He’s knee-deep (literally) in grim and gritty down-home drama where truly horrible things happen to good “salt of the Earth” people. Sure, there are moments of hope, but Haynes also delivers a couple of scenes of nail-biting terror. Aside from the aforementioned garage sequence, there’s an eerie early moment when Robert gets a too close for comfort look at the crime when delirious bovine staggers out. Whether it was puppetry or CGI, or a combination, this was one of the scariest sequences of the film year. Kudos also to the script by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Mario Correa based on the New York Times article by Nathaniel Rich, “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” for never condescending to the farm folk (Tenant has a hard-shelled dignity), and for presenting a real married couple who are true partners. Many may think this story to be a male spin on ERIN BROCKOVICH, but there’s no zany outfits (Ruffalo does rock a dark three-piece-suit) or romantic subplots or lovable ole’ bosses. It is dark, often in the extreme as it’s hard to make out the action even in the fluorescent-lit offices. And the pace loses some of its momentum as it inches towards a densely packed resolution montage. But these are minor quibbles as it delivers a message that is echoed in the current news cycle. While many deride the truth-seekers as unpatriotic and even criminal, this work reminds us that honesty still matters, and “blowing the whistle” on evil is truly noble. The world could use a lot more people like the Bilotts. And the multiplex can stand to have a few more inspiring docudramas like DARK WATERS.
3.5 Out of 4
DARK WATERS opens everywhere and screens exclusively in the St. Louis area at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Cinemas
From Participant (Spotlight), DARK WATERS tells the shocking and heroic story of an attorney (Mark Ruffalo) who risks his career and family to uncover a dark secret hidden by one of the world’s largest corporations and to bring justice to a community dangerously exposed for decades to deadly chemicals.
Starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper and Bill Pullman, DARK WATERS is directed by Todd Haynes.
DAKR WATERS opens in St. Louis November 27.
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WELCOME TO ME opens in St. Louis May 8th exclusively at The Hi-Pointe Theater
Bill Murray called WELCOME TO ME “one of the boldest and strangest comedies I’ve ever seen.”
In WELCOME TO ME, directed by Shira Piven—co-starring Linda Cardellini, Tim Robbins, Wes Bentley, Joan Cusack, and James Marsden—Kristen Wiig plays Alice Kleig, a woman with a borderline personality disorder who wins $86 million in the lottery and decides to buy her own talk show.
We Are Movie Geeks did not get a chance to see WELCOME TO ME in advance, but the critics who did are impressed:
Andrew O’Hehir at Salon.com calls WELCOME TO ME:
“Malicious, hilarious and heartbreaking … one of the biggest movie surprises of 2015 so far.”
Travis Hopson at Examiner.com says WELCOME TO ME is
“….hilariously wacky and touching….a showcase for what Wiig can do when put front and center.”
A.O. Scott at New York Times says of WELCOME TO ME:
“By turns touching, amusing and genuinely disturbing, it defies expectations and easy categorization, forgoing obvious laughs and cheap emotional payoffs in favor of something much odder and more interesting.”
Richard Brody at New Yorker claims:
“The movie’s idiosyncratic delights pack a wild metaphorical punch.”
WELCOME TO ME opens in St. Louis tomorrow only at The Hi-Pointe Theater (1005 McCausland Ave). Showtimes are:
Friday – Sunday: (1:15, 3:15, 5:20), 7:30 and 9:30
What happens when a young woman with Borderline Personality Disorder wins the lottery?
In the case of Alice Klieg (Kristen Wiig), she quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show. Inspired by the immortal Oprah, she broadcasts her dirty laundry as both a form of exhibitionism and a platform to share her peculiar views on everything from nutrition to relationships to neutering pets.
Watch the trailer for WELCOME TO ME, directed by Shira Piven from an original screenplay by Eliot Laurence.
Wiig was intrigued by how real the bizarre and darkly-‐funny script felt, which she says made the “comedic parts even more funny and the dramatic parts more amazing.”
She hopes that the audience will have the same love-‐hate relationship with the character that she does. “You feel sorry for Alice and at the same time, you totally get why people are frustrated with her, and yet you’re rooting for her. With her having this disorder and the way it manifests and comes about by her having success and notoriety and all of this money, it was a very interesting way to watch someone unravel as they have all of these supposed good things come to them.”
Also starring Wes Bentley, James Marsden, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Linda Cardellini, Alchemy will release WELCOME TO ME in theatersMay 1st.
HOWARD THE DUCKscreens Wednesday night January 7th at Schlafly Bottleworks at 8pm
“No duck is an island. And if fate sent me here to save Earth, then Howard the Duck is ready to fight!”
Go to Schlafly Bottleworks on January 7th and you will believe a duck can talk!
You never know what’s brewing at Webster University’s Strange Brew cult film series. It’s always the first Wednesday evening of every month, and they always come up with some cult classic to show while enjoying some good food and great suds. The fun happens at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, MO 63143).
Few things are more imposing than a midget in a duck suit. Lea Thompson with big hair is one of them. Yes, HOWARD THE DUCK was one of the biggest box office disasters of its decade – It came in third it’s opening weekend – both ALIENS and FRIDAY THE 13th Part 6 beat it (August 1st 1986). The number of visual duck puns in HOWARD THE DUCK is impressive though; Howard reads “Playduck” and carries a “Mallardcard” in his wallet. In addition we have the evil Dr. Jenning (Jeffrey Jones) who feeds on electricity, plugging his tongue into a truck cigarette lighter and generally being a public nuisance. Jenning cracked me up during his possessed phase, one minute he’s exclaiming in a dark voice, “This will mean the extinction of all existing life forms.” and the next he’s sad because the waitress took his ham and eggs. Seeing Lea Thompson, in her nightie, getting amorous with Howard was a nice adult twist too. Most people either hate this film, or love it. I take that back – most people hate this film, but they really need to see it again. HOWARD THE DUCK is ridiculous – the weirdest ‘80s blockbuster that never was. I’m sure Marvel will be remaking this one before long – didn’t they hint at that at the end of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY? They’ll screw it up – so do not let this classic die! Attend the screening January 7th at Schlafly!
Check outHOWARD THE DUCKwhen it screens Wednesday night January 7th at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, MO 63143). The movie starts at 8pm and admission is $4. A yummy variety of food from Schlafly’s kitchen is available as are plenty of pints of their famous home-brewed beer.
The Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE
A 20th anniversary screening of “The Shawshank Redemption”; restorations of Mary Pickford’s “Little Annie Rooney” and Charlie Chaplin’s “The Bank”; a screening series and panel discussion complementing the landmark Hollywood Costume exhibition; and six diverse films from director Edgar G. Ulmer are all part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ November programs. Ticket holders for Hollywood Costume will receive free same-day admission to Hollywood Costume-related public programs.
“THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION” With special guests Frank Darabont, Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins
The Academy will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1994 Best Picture nominee “The Shawshank Redemption” onNovember 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The evening will feature an onstage discussion with writer-director Frank Darabont, who received an Oscar nomination for his adapted screenplay, Best Actor nominee Morgan Freeman, and star Tim Robbins.
DEFINING CHARACTER: THE ART OF THE COSTUME DESIGNER
Hollywood Costume curator and Oscar nominee Deborah Nadoolman Landis will moderate a discussion on November 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theater with two of today’s top costume designers: Judianna Makovsky, who earned Oscar nominations for “Pleasantville,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Seabiscuit,” and Michael Wilkinson, whose work includes “300,” “Man of Steel” and the Oscar-nominated “American Hustle.” Hollywood Costume ticket holders will receive free same-day admission to this event.
THE PERFECT MATCH: HOLLYWOOD COSTUME COLLABORATIONS
This screening series explores the collaborative partnerships between costume designers and directors. Mark Bridges will discuss his work with director Paul Thomas Anderson and Jeffrey Kurland will share stories of his experience with Woody Allen as they introduce each evening’s films at the Bing Theater. Moderated by Deborah Nadoolman Landis. Hollywood Costume ticket holders will receive free same-day admission to these events.
THE MARY PICKFORD CELEBRATION OF SILENT FILM THE COSTUME OF SILENT DRAMA: MARY PICKFORD AND LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY
The Academy and the Mary Pickford Foundation will continue their annual celebration of silent film with the restoration world premiere of “Little Annie Rooney” (1925) on November 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theater. Film historian and author Jeffrey Vance and Academy Film Archive Director Michael Pogorzelski will discuss the restoration of the silent classic. The screening is presented in conjunction with Hollywood Costume, which includes the costume that Mary Pickford wore in the title role. Those who purchase tickets to “Little Annie Rooney” may view the exhibition free of charge immediately before the screening, from 5 to 7 p.m.
THE COSTUME OF SILENT COMEDY: CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND THE TRAMP RESTORED
Fascinating stories, behind-the-scenes footage, never-before-exhibited documents and the earliest filmed images of Charlie Chaplin’s “Little Tramp” character will all be part of a unique presentation hosted by film historian and preservationist Serge Bromberg on November 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theater. The evening includes screenings of two Chaplin shorts: “A Night in the Show”(1915) from a new print, and “The Bank”(1915), from a new restoration making its theatrical world premiere. Chaplin’s ensemble from “The Tramp” is currently on view in Hollywood Costume. Hollywood Costume ticket holders will receive free same-day admission to this event.
AFTER EXPRESSIONISM: THE VERSATILE EDGAR G. ULMER
In conjunction with the exhibition Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the 1920s, presented by LACMA in association with the Academy, the Academy will present in November six films directed or co-directed by production designer-turned-director Edgar G. Ulmer: “Detour,” “The Strange Woman,” “People on Sunday,” “The Light Ahead,” “The Black Cat” and “Ruthless.”
Hollywood Costume is organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Swarovski is the presenting sponsor of Hollywood Costume. The crystal house has provided the all-important sparkle to Hollywood’s wardrobes since the 1930s, when Swarovski crystals began to light up the silver screen in classic films likeGone with the Wind, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. In recent years, Swarovski has worked closely with talents in costume and set design on blockbusters including Black Swan, Skyfall and The Great Gatsby, and its crystals have been the key creative ingredient in the dazzling set design for the Academy Awards since 2007.
Additional support is provided by Pirelli and the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
In-kind support provided by Barco, ARRI, JBL and Samsung.
Presented by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Academy, Hollywood Costume is on view October 2, 2014, through March 2, 2015, in the historic Wilshire May Company building at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles.
A little over a year ago, the entertainment world mourned the passing of prolific author Elmore Leonard, a writer well-known in both literature and motion picture circles. His earliest works were in the Western genre and beginning in the late 1950’s many were filmed (his short story 3:10 TO YUMA was made twice!). In the next decade Leonard switched genres and soon became known as one of the great creators of gritty crime thrillers. And Hollywood scooped these up for the screen, perhaps more so than the “oaters”. In the 90’s many celebrated young directors discovered his work and several critical (if not always box office) hits were released. 1998 saw Steven Soderbergh’s take on OUT OF SIGHT following Quentin Tarantino’s spin on “Rum Punch” titled JACKIE BROWN the previous year. Both films even shared a Leonard character, Michael Keaton as ATF agent Ray Nicholette. This weekend sees a new adaptation of Leonard’s story “The Switch” featuring the criminal gang from JB. And it’s a prequel, set way, way back in 1978 (“Rum” was set in 1992 while JB was contemporary). Plus it’s not the crew that QT assembled: Samuel L Jackson as Ordell, Robert DeNiro as Louis, and Bridget Fonda as Melanie. For this earlier job, director/screenwriter Daniel Schechter brings together a new trio embarking on a LIFE OF CRME.
Small time Detroit crooks Ordell Robbie (Yaslin Bey AKA rapper/poet Mos Def) and Louis Gara (John Hawkes) somehow get wind of the secret bank account of crooked real estate developer Frank Dawson (Tim Robbins). How can they get their mitts on that dough? Why, they’ll kidnap his wife Mickey (Jennifer Aniston). When Frank’s out of town with their teenage son, the boys will snatch her and keep her at the home of their weapons dealer (and collector of WWII artifacts) pal, Richard Monk (Mark Boone, Junior). But things get complicated. Frank sends his son off to relatives, while he shacks up at the Bahamas condo of his mistress Melanie Ralston (Isla Fisher). Once Ordell and Louis contact Frank to demand a million bucks ransom, they realize that he doesn’t really care about getting his missus back. How can they put the squeeze on Frank and avoid the cops? And what happens when Louis develops sympathy for the lonely Mrs. D?
The film’s main draw in the poster and trailers is Aniston as the neglected society wife. Unfortunately the role is so underwritten that she never gets a chance to flex her considerable comedic skills (or her dramatic ones for that matter). In her initial scenes, Mickey is in full victim mode. Sure,she’s got a great place, but much of her time is spent cowering from her spiteful spouse. Soon, she’s terrified by her captors, but somehow finds the ordeal liberating, eventually regaining her voice and speaking her mind until an absurd come-around before the final fade-out. Most of her better moments are shared with Hawkes who is able to bring some dignity to his role. His Louis may be the brains of the operation as opposed to the dimwit played by DeNiro in JACKIE. He’s determined and scrappy, unafraid to stand up to goons twice his size, even clashing with his partner Ordell. The two usually have a nice, easy rapport although often Bey plays Ordell too laid back, losing some of the tension in certain scenes that need some extra energy. It also diffuses some of the sexual chemistry that should spark between him and Fisher’s Melanie. She brings a nice sexy pixie quality to the feisty gold digger that could’ve been the standard kept bimbo. This gives the scenes of her dismissing the telephone ransom demands an extra punch. It’s tough to get what her character sees in the loathsome Frank (besides the financial stuff, of course). Robbins plays him as an irredeemable, obnoxious bully who almost telegraphs his evil intentions with smirks and eye rolls. This buffoon doesn’t seem to be much of a challenge for the Oscar-winner. Also unchallenged is the talented Will Forte saddled with the role of a hangdog, married friend of Frank eager for an affair with Mickey. After his superb work in NEBRASKA last year, this doofus is a definite step back. It’s still a step up from the repugnant, gun-loving bigot played by Boone. The fact that Ordell and Gara can work with this neo-Nazi cartoon is too much of a stretch.
Director/screenwriter never maintains a consistent rhythm to the story which wants to be a wacky hi-jinks caper farce. Ordell and Louis Gara are never the lovable lowlifes that the film wishes us to embrace (look at them in those funny rubber Halloween masks, aren’t they adorable?). This flick just reminds us of how superior their 1997 debut from Tarantino was. And for funny foul-up comedy kidnappings it pales before FARGO and the very similar RUTHLESS PEOPLE from 1986 which had the energy and tone this new entry in the “I don’t want her, you can keep her” sub-genre of crime comedies sorely lacks. Plus the often sudden brutal violence and gore subvert many gags. Perhaps the decision to set the film in 1978 was an attempt to inject some kitsch nostalgia, but after last year’s masterful recreation of 1979 by David O Russell for AMERICAN HUSTLE, this feels half-hearted at best (and the hairstyles, make-up, and fashions foisted on Anniston seem too severe compared to Fisher). Oh, and once again, the smoking is way overdone (hey, the ads were banned from TV then, so people knew!) to the point of nausea. LIFE OF CRIME is a bland attempt at a stylized wacky low-rent romp. And the fact that it wastes such a talented cast in an unspired adaptation of the great Mr. Leonard, well that’s the real crime.
2 Out of 5
LIFE OF CRIME screens exclusively in the St. Louis area at the STL Cinemas at the Chase Park Plaza
Roadside Attractions has released three new images and trailer for their upcoming film, LIFE OF CRIME.
When a pair of low-level criminals kidnap the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer, they get both more and less than they bargained for in LIFE OF CRIME, a dark caper comedy based on legendary author Elmore Leonard’s novel The Switch.
In their 2013 Toronto International Film Festival review, Sound on Sight said, “LIFE OF CRIME is a reasonable addition to the world of Leonard adaptations.”
Starring Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, yasiin bey, Mark Boone Junior, Isla Fisher, Will Forte, and Tim Robbins, LIFE OF CRIME is packed with the outrageously eccentric characters, black comedy and unexpected twists that earned Leonard a reputation as one of America’s sharpest and funniest crime writers.
Mickey Dawson (Jennifer Aniston), the wife of crooked real-estate developer Frank Dawson (Tim Robbins), is kidnapped by two common criminals (yasiin bey and John Hawkes), who intend to hold her for a $1 million ransom and extort her husband with inside information about his illegal business dealings. But Frank, who is holed up in the Bahamas with his mistress, decides he’d rather not get his wife back, setting off a sequence of double-crosses and plot twists that could only come from the mind of master storyteller Elmore Leonard.
LIFE OF CRIMEstarsJennifer Aniston (We’re the Millers, Horrible Bosses) yasiin bey (Begin Again,Next Day Air), Isla Fisher (The Great Gatsby, Now You See Me), Will Forte (Nebraska, “Saturday Night Live”), Mark Boone Junior (“Sons of Anarchy,” Memento) with Tim Robbins (Bull Durham) and John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone, Lincoln).
The filmis written and directed byDaniel Schechter (Goodbye Baby, Supporting Characters), based on the novel The Switch by Elmore Leonard. Producers are Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lee Stollman, Jordan Kessler, Ashok Amritraj, Michael Siegel and Elizabeth Destro. Executive producers are Elmore Leonard, Jennifer Aniston, Aleen Keshishian, Charles Sauveur Bonan, Kim Leadford, Larry Ladove, James Garavente, Jacob Pechenik, Christopher Herghelegiu and Bryan Mansour.
Director of photography is Eric Alan Edwards (Knocked Up, Lovelace). Production designer is Inbal Weinberg (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Place Beyond the Pines). Composers are the Newton Brothers (Proxy, Oculus).
Have you heard??? The GREEN LANTERN will be shining his light on St. Louis… and it is up to you to find out where! If you find the right location you could win some pretty fantastic prizes, including an opportunity to be among the first to see the film at local preview screenings, limited edition T-shirts, light-up “Green Lantern” rings, “Green Lantern: Emerald Knights” Blu-ray combo packs and more.
Just click on the link below for some clues on how to find GREEN LANTERN’S LIGHT
In celebration of the June 17th theatrical release and big-screen debut of the popular superhero “Green Lantern,” Warner Bros. Pictures will electrify 11 North American cities on Monday, June 13, encouraging people to Join the (Green Lantern) Corps.
“Green Lantern” opens in theaters nationwide in 3D and 2D on Friday, June 17, 2011. The film has been rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action.
ABOUT “GREEN LANTERN”
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, an elite, powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. Warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him the ability to create anything his mind can imagine. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan.
Bringing the enduringly popular superhero to the big screen for the first time, “Green Lantern” stars Ryan Reynolds in the title role, under the direction of Martin Campbell. Campbell directed the film from a screenplay by Greg Berlanti & Michael Green & Marc Guggenheim and Michael Goldenberg, story by Greg Berlanti & Michael Green & Marc Guggenheim, based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The film also stars Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett and Tim Robbins. “Green Lantern” was produced by Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti. Herbert W. Gains and Andrew Haas served as executive producers, with Lucienne Papon and Geoff Johns co-producing.
The film is produced by Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti. Herbert W. Gains and Andrew Haas served as executive producers. Geoff Johns and Lucienne Papon co-produced.
