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Post by serin on Jul 9, 2012 12:21:22 GMT -5
Tom Cruise Honours War Veteran's Birthday With Flowers
Trailer : www.flixster.com/movie/born-on-the-fourth-of-july/Music by John Williams - Massapequa Actor Tom Cruise celebrates the birthday of his real-life Born On The Fourth Of July character by sending the Vietnam War veteran a batch of roses every year. In the 1989 film, which earned Cruise an Oscar nod, the actor plays Ron Kovic, a brave U.S. soldier who was paralyzed while fighting in the Vietnam War. The pair developed a lasting friendship on set and now the movie icon, who turns a year older just one day prior (03Jul12) to Kovic, honours the veteran's special Independence Day birthday (04Jul12) with a floral bouquet to let the ageing hero know he's thinking of him. Yet Cruise's kind gesture doesn't go unnoticed - Kovic always reciprocates. Speaking to the New York Post last week (04Jul12), Kovic said, "Tom turned 50, so I sent 50 red roses to his office... and at my hotel room we received a knock on the door this morning, and Tom had sent me nearly three dozen roses. "We've never missed that tradition in the past 22 years. Ever since the movie came out, we've shared birthdays by sending each other flowers." Contactmusic
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Post by serin on Aug 25, 2012 5:27:45 GMT -5
DAYS OF THUNDERCruise and Robert DuvallHow Days of Thunder Changed Hollywoods In his death as in his films, Tony Scott handed you, on the sly, little reasons to take heart. Scott, the Hollywood director, killed himself last week, jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge. Yet even embedded in such a dire news item there lay the speck of leavening irony. The man who gave the world (twice) Tom Cruise as an appendage to instruments of macho locomotion—the fighter jet (Top Gun) and the stock car (Days of the Thunder)—pulled up to his appointed hour in a Prius. Several of Scott’s obits stressed that the films he made in the 1990s represented a rebound, maybe even an atonement, for the frankly exploitative work he did in the 1980s, when he was the gun-for-hire on the Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer summer glib-fests. True, but incomplete: The best film he made may well have been Crimson Tide; but the most important film he made was Days of Thunder. To understand why, a bit of backstory is in order. Standard histories of Hollywood point to a series of events at the end of the 1970s that brought a golden age of director-driven cinema to an end, in particular the failure of the film Heaven’s Gate, in 1980. United Artists had given the director Michael Cimino, fresh from his triumph with The Deer Hunter, a long leash, and with it he singlehandedly lured UA, a company founded by the legendary quartet of Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith, down the road to ruin. Like every morality tale, this is a massively convenient oversimplification. Nonetheless, as the 1980s dawned, studios (and their corporate owners) were in no mood to dispense unlimited amounts of money and autonomy to self-styled geniuses. Enter Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Simpson had been head of production at Paramount before being eased out for a worsening coke habit. Bruckheimer had proven himself a savvy producer, particularly on the still grossly underrated American Gigolo. Together they understood that, in more budget-wary times, the producer, not the director, might assert himself as the true author of a film. (This was not entirely fanciful: The producer was often considered to be the principle maker of the film until the auteur revolution of the ’50s and ’60s.) The full-page ad that announced their deal with Paramount, in 1985, read: “From the premise to the premiere. From the first draft to the last detail. From the first shot to the millionth cassette. Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer are total filmmakers.” Simpson and Bruckheimer conceived of their movies in radically non-narrative terms—as jangly necklaces of MTV-like rock video sequences interspersed with feats of, well, fill-in-the-blank: dancing, fighter-piloting, stock car derring-do. To make such a movie one need not hire Serge Eisenstein; and the duo preferred a director who would not interfere with their publicity-crafted images as “total filmmakers.” Enter Tony Scott. Scott had done striking visual work on the vampire flick The Hunger. Other than that, his résumé consisted of little more than a well-regarded Saab commercial. On his first assignment for the duo, Scott delivered huge: Top Gun was the commanding box office success of 1986, and it made Tom Cruise over, from a likable rising star into a global brand that has survived, mostly undented, for a generation. Slate.com
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Post by serin on Sept 7, 2012 3:48:45 GMT -5
Roger Ebert / July 15, 1999 Cruise opens up about working with Kubrick
LOS ANGELES--Tom Cruise had just flown in from Australia and he was tired and a sad. Sad because he was talking about the new Stanley Kubrick movie, and Stanley wasn't there to pitch in. "I haven't really talked about the movie, you know," he said. "The pressure of going through this without Stanley being there also. Stanley who was gonna do everything, you know, suddenly..." Dying, last March, just four days after a completed version of "Eyes Wide Shut" was screened for Cruise and his wife Nicole Kidman, who were the co-stars, and for Robert Daly and Terry Semel, the top executives at Warner Brothers. "Nic had laryngitis from her play," Cruise said, remembering his feelings after seeing the first cut of the movie they'd spent three years on. "She couldn't talk, so she was writing notes to me as I was talking to Stanley over the phone from New York. We were so excited and proud. Then I had to fly off to Australia. I was meeting with John Woo, and we had a month of pre-production on the new movie. Nic was gonna follow with the kids. I got in on Saturday. Stanley and I were supposed to talk on Sunday. He'd call me in the middle of the night. You're asleep? No, Stanley, what's up? Instead I got a call from Leon, who worked with him for many years and said, 'Tom, Stanley Kubrick has passed away'." Cruise paused and toyed with a glass of mineral water. We were talking on Sunday, the day after the Los Angeles preview screening of "Eyes Wide Shut." "Well, he had made 13 perfect visions, Stanley Kubrick, and I'm just proud to have been part of it." Like all of Kubrick's films, "Eyes Wide Shut" was made in strict secrecy. Rumors flew about the picture. It was about Cruise and Kidman as two sex therapists. It was hard-core porn. It was... "Stanley would just say, let them keep talking," Cruise smiled. "Now it's such a relief to actually be able to discuss the picture. It's also--it's strange. It has a bittersweetness. At night, you hear Stanley's voice..." The film has sex as its subject matter, along with trust, fidelity and jealousy. But the Cruise character never has sex with anyone during the movie, and that sets up the movie's final line of dialog, a punch line that will gain a certain immortality. He plays a rich Manhattan doctor. He and Kidman have one child. She tells him a story one night about how she was so filled with lust for a strange man that she would have left everything--husband, home, child--just to have sex with that man. The story fills him with anger and jealousy, and he sets out on a dangerous odyssey through the sexual underworld, which leads to a masked orgy in a country estate. A wealthy friend of his seems to be involved, and there is the possibility that dread secrets lurk just beneath the surface. It's all based on a book, Traumnovelle, by Arthur Schnitzler--a book Kubrick didn't want them to read. The book was a starting point, not a destination. Kubrick worked obsessively on every scene, rehearsing, rewriting, involving Cruise, Kidman and the other actors in discussions about motives. I got the sense that the movie evolved from the collaboration; one reason for the secrecy might have been that Kubrick himself didn't know for sure what the movie was finally going to be about. "Stanley had worked on this and thought about it for about 28 years," Cruise said. "The apartment in the movie was the New York apartment he and his wife Christianne lived in. He recreated it. The furniture in the house was furniture from their own home. Of course the paintings were Christianne's paintings. It was as personal a story as he's ever done. When he first wanted to do it, it was after 'Lolita' (1962) and Christianne told me she said, 'Don't...oh, please don't....not now. We're so young. Let's not go through this right now.' "They were young in their marriage, And so he put it off and put it off. He was working on "A.I." and was waiting for the technology to get to where he needed it. So he put that on hold, and it was just the perfect time to do this project."
Sometimes, Cruise said, it was just the three of them in a room. Kubrick would send the crew away. There was no deadline. They had all the time in the world.
"The crew wasn't ever there when we were rehearsing. We'd rehearse and he'd rewrite and he'd say, 'Well, what would you guys do here?' or 'What happened here?' And without talking about what the scene was about, you know, we'd discuss details of behavior or dialog. 'What makes sense?' he would say. And finally, 'Okay, well, that makes sense.' We'd rehearse and he'd rewrite and it got to the point that it was in your bones. Just in your bones."
You can read the rest here : rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19990715/PEOPLE/77010329
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Post by architect on Oct 24, 2012 19:34:32 GMT -5
Interview Talks with Cruise & Semel About Kubrick SEMEL: So after The Shining, Stanley would say, "I don't want to use movie stars in my movies anymore. Jack Nicholson was fabulous but he was always out partying and I don't want to do that." He even said that about Tom on Eyes Wide Shut. And I said, "But Stanley, I want to have a movie star in Eyes Wide Shut. I mean, it's been a long time." He said, "No. They have too many opinions."
CRUISE: [laughs] Too many opinions. And he doesn't want opinions.
SEMEL: Not until he trusts the person and realizes they are going to contribute positively toward the film. I said, "I want Tom Cruise." And Stanley said, "He's not going to fly all the way here." I said, "Hold on. Give me the phone." And I called Tom and I said, "Tom, I'm sitting with Stanley Kubrick. I think this is a fabulous idea and a great movie for you and it's a great movie for Stanley. Would you consider the idea of coming to London and meeting Stanley Kubrick and talk about Eyes Wide Shut?" And Tom said, "I'll be there in the morning." Full Interview
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Post by serin on Oct 31, 2012 5:53:20 GMT -5
Five Freaky Facts About "Interview With the Vampire"
With Halloween right around the corner, we're counting down the days by posting five fun facts about our favorite fright flicks. Today's featured film is "Interview With the Vampire" (1994). 1. Johnny Depp was reportedly offered the part of Lestat, but Tom Cruise ended up playing him. Tom prepared for the role by watching videos of lions attacking zebras. 2. A private set and tunnels were built to escort the actors to and from set so that they were able to keep the vampire's makeup a secret. 3. Tom Cruise spent three hours each day in makeup. In order to create the "veiny" look, the actors hung upside down for 30 minutes until blood rushed to their heads, and make-up artists would trace the veins on their faces. 4. Christina Ricci, Julia Stiles and Evan Rachel Wood auditioned for the role of Claudia but it ultimately went to Kirsten Dunst. 5. River Phoenix was originally supposed to play the role of Daniel, but passed away four weeks before filming began. Christian Slater stepped in, and donated his salary to two of River's charities. IMDB
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Post by serin on Nov 14, 2012 5:12:12 GMT -5
Mid-South MemoriesNov 10, 2012 - Nov 9, 1992 Actor Tom Cruise waves to fans as he and leading lady Jeanne Tripplehorn arrive on Tuckahoe to begin filming "The Firm" on Nov. 9, 1992. The legal thriller, directed by Sydney Pollack, is based on the book by John Grisham. Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Hal Holbrook and David Strathairn also acted in the film.
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Post by serin on Dec 1, 2012 6:06:04 GMT -5
Lovely video : Tom makes beautiful acceptance speech www.etonline.com/awards/poll/goldenglobes/127550_Golden_Globes_Flashback_Tom_Cruise_1990/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ETGeneral+%28Entertainment+Tonight%3A+General%29Globes Flashback '90: Cruise & Kovic's First November 30, 2012 Tom Cruise's first Golden Globe was undoubtedly a cherished milestone in his life, but it wasn't just a milestone for Cruise. The film for which he won the award was Born on the Fourth of July, in which he portrayed Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, who was right next to Cruise in the press room after the show. The film was based on Kovic's autobiography, which details the harsh reality of the aftermath of the Vietnam War on its veterans. Although his tumultuous experience almost led to his demise, Kovic wrote his book and witnessed a film on his life receive tremendous acclaim. VIDEO: ET First Interview: Tom Cruise "You can change your life; you can lose a great deal; you can be beaten down; you can feel defeated, but you don't have to be defeated in life; you can have a wonderful life," Kovic says of what can be learned from his story. "Even if you're disabled, if you're in a wheelchair for the rest of your life, you can stand proud and you can have an important life and a purposeful meaning in you life." The film won three other awards on the night--Best Screenplay, Best Director (Oliver Stone), and the highly coveted Best Motion Picture--which furthered cemented the true story of Ron Kovic's life. "Everybody worked so hard on the movie, and I just care so much about Ron Kovic," Cruise says. "It was a very important time in our history in America, and for it to get the accla ETONLINE
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Post by serin on Dec 25, 2012 4:52:54 GMT -5
This is the list of Rope of Silicon.. But we all have our own lists of TC's TOP TEN FILMS..I'm going to post my list soon.. Top Ten Tom Cruise Movies
Lawyer, race car driver, pre-crime officer, Naval aviator... Where do you begin? By: Kevin Blumeyer Published: Monday, December 24th 2012 It's probably more difficult to rank the films of a particular actor than those of a given director. A filmmaker's ouevre is often bound together by similar thematic elements or stylistic trademarks, whereas most actors work within a wide range of styles and genres, with directors of vastly varying abilities. And while most dedicated cinephiles have seen the majority of Stanley Kubrick's or Martin Scorsese's features, how many can say they've seen even half of the performances from legends like Paul Newman or Robert De Niro (or even more modern stars like Sean Penn or Bruce Willis)? No one would ever mistake him for Daniel Day-Lewis, but Tom Cruise has been nearly as selective over the course of his career, consistently working with prominent filmmakers: Scorsese, Kubrick, Spielberg, Coppola, De Palma, Mann, Stone, the brothers Scott. Seriously, who else's resume reads like that? Even when collaborating with up-and-comers like Brad Bird or (at the time) J.J. Abrams, he finds those refreshing cinematic voices who can match that level of quality we've come to expect from a Tom Cruise project. While I'm sure many will order their list of favorite Tom Cruise movies differently than I have, that's the reasons we make these lists in the first place. All things said, here's my take on the ten best movies starring an actor who, from Taps to Jack Reacher, has never made a truly bad movie. Beg to differ all you like, that's just my opinion. Then again, I've spoken to at least three other people in the past week who openly admitted to enjoying Cocktail. Go figure... #10 Minority Report
Steven Spielberg's futuristic thriller stars Cruise as a pre-crime fighter whose own unit suspects him of a future murder, with both star and director at the top of their respective game. This is one of those rare big budget blockbusters that's both imaginative and thought-provoking, while still being downright entertaining. CHOICE QUOTE: "Listen, Wally - I like you. So, I don't wanna have to kick you or hit you with anything hard, but only if you promise to help me." #9 Top Gun
You know it. You love it. Tony Scott's 2-hour military recruitment ad firmly established Cruise as a box-office powerhouse and Maverick as, well, pretty much the coolest dude ever. CHOICE QUOTE: "I feel the need... the need for speed." #8 Born on the Fourth of July
Oliver Stone's sprawling anti-war epic is an emotional roller-coaster, tracking the true story of Ron Kovic from high school to Vietnam and, eventually, back home. Cruise's dynamic performance takes Kovic from eager teenager, to bitter paralyzed veteran, to motivated activist. I know nowadays it's hard to believe now that Stone was once considered an important or controversial filmmaker, but his films actually used to stand for something. He didn't always get it right, but at least you could tell he was trying. And that's a hell of a lot more than you can say about Savages or Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. CHOICE QUOTE: "People say that if you don't love America, then get the hell out. Well, I love America. We love the people of America very much, but when it comes to the government, it stops right there." #7 Mission: Impossible III
I'm a big fan of Cruise's Mission: Impossible franchise, even finding some enjoyment in the often-ridiculed second installment (maybe that's just the teenage Limp Bizkit fan in me?), but III is easily my favorite. It has a darker edge than the rest of the films, featuring Ethan Hunt at his most desperate and emotionally charged, as well as the series' best villain by far. To be honest, the other three films have underwhelming or underdeveloped villains, but Philip Seymour Hoffman is downright menacing here. Come to think of it, Mr. Hoffman is in another movie I'm going to discuss later on. That, my friends, is what we call a teaser. CHOICE QUOTE: "I'll die unless you kill me!" #6 A Few Good Men
Before The Social Network and "The Newsroom," Aaron Sorkin wrote this little ditty from director Rob Reiner. Cruise stars as a wise-cracking military lawyer assigned to defend a couple of Marines accused of murder. Jack Nicholson's "You can't handle the truth!" line is so famous it could be lumped in with all of those cliches Cruise's character spitballs back and forth with the gentleman at the newsstand throughout the film. Even those who haven't seen the movie reference that climactic exchange, but the two-hour buildup is just as biting and gets you there in what feels like no time at all. CHOICE QUOTE: "The only thing I have to eat is Yoohoo and Cocoa Puffs, so if you want anything else bring it with you. Okay?" #5 Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick's final film is an exploration into the mind of the sexually repressed male as Cruise's curiosities lead him into a dangerous underworld of kinky sex parties. It's definitely Cruise's most adventurous role and proof that, despite his reputation as a Hollywood action star, his biggest concern is with telling a compelling story. It's also the one film on this list I had trouble finding an appropriate clip for so take note if you decide to hit play below as it's certainly not safe for work. CHOICE QUOTE: "And no dream is ever just a dream." #4 Rain Man Dustin Hoffman received all the accolades, and deservedly so, for his performance as a savant who has just inherited a fortune from his father in director Barry Levinson's 1989 Oscar winner. But Cruise, as Hoffman's selfish yuppie brother, really makes the film go. The range he unveiled here was far beyond anything he was given the chance to do in his earlier work, and as the film's true lead he must convince the audience he's undergone a massive shift in values. The film hinges on that development, and the result is a testament to the enduring bond of brotherhood. Twenty four years later, Kmart still hasn't recovered. CHOICE QUOTE: "I'm sorry ma'am, I lied to you. I'm very sorry about that. That man right there is my brother and if he doesn't get to watch 'People's Court' in about 30 seconds, he's gonna throw a fit right here on your porch. Now you can help me or you can stand there and watch it happen." #3 Jerry Maguire
The ultimate lazy Sunday movie and (apparently) an all-time favorite of TBS weekend programmers, it's hard to fathom someone making it through life watching Jerry Maguire less than five times. The film marked Cameron Crowe's creative peak with a blend of humor and heartwarming drama he's been trying to recapture ever since. Cruise's transformation from cocky sports agent to selfless family man is remarkable in that he actually gets us to cheer for a guy working in such a smarmy business. CHOICE QUOTE: "Fuckin' zoo's closed, Ray." #2 Magnolia
Cruise's Frank Mackey is easily the most memorable of the many great characters in Paul Thomas Anderson's melancholy epic. We're introduced to him as a womanizing motivational speaker, preaching his message of "seduce and destroy," but his vulnerabilities are later exposed by a probing journalist before he's ultimately reduced to tears during a reunion with his estranged father on his deathbed. Though initially outrageous, Mackey is as strong a symbol as any of the importance of strong familial relationships and, as the layers peel back, the film's message that nothing is ever as it seems. CHOICE QUOTE: "Oh yeah, but listen up. That is not to say that we don't all need females just as friends, 'cause we're gonna learn later in Chapter 23 that havin' a couple of chick friends lyin' around comes in real handy in setting jealousy traps. We'll get to that later." #1 Collateral
Last month I tweeted (shameless plug, I know) some advice to my three dozen or so followers (hey, I'll take what I can get): "Never start watching Collateral if you don't plan on being glued to the couch for the next two hours." So with HBO putting the film in regular rotation over the past few weeks, I've spend a lot of time (well, even more than usual) on the couch. Even though I own the film on Blu-ray, I can't help but stop and watch the rest of the movie no matter which scene is playing when I click over. Cruise's charismatic hitman Vincent is one of those electric characters you just can't turn away from. He's so unpredictable, you feel forced to stick around to see what he says or does next. Michael Mann's thriller is as tense, atmospheric and emotionally compelling as they come. CHOICE QUOTE: "You no longer have the cleanest cab in La-La Land. You gotta live with that. Focus on the job. Drive." Rope of Silicon
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Post by architect on Jan 23, 2013 22:19:53 GMT -5
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Post by serin on Jan 24, 2013 6:02:00 GMT -5
"THE OUTSIDERS" Cast -- Then and NowGallery : photos.toofab.com/galleries/the_outsiders_cast__then__now#tab=now_then When "The Outsiders" came out in theaters in 1983, Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise and Patrick Swayze were far from household names. A lot can change in 30 years! In celebration of Diane's 48th birthday today, we're taking a look back at how the then-unknown cast became huge stars ... and checking in on how most of them look today. Stars like Lane and Cruise went on to score Oscar nominations ... Rob had a sex scandal and career resurgence ... Ralph Macchio and Leif Garrett turned to reality TV ... all in all, it's a pretty random bunch! Sadly, Swayze passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2009. But see how the rest of the cast has changed through the years -- and see what they've been up to since 1983. toofab
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Post by architect on Feb 21, 2013 21:39:14 GMT -5
Connie Britton Is a Late Bloomer Connie Britton got over it a long time ago, the part that got away. But it’s a good story, and she still tells it with feeling: The year was 1995. Edward Burns, who had just directed her (and starred in) “The Brothers McMullen,” reached into his backpack one night over dinner and handed her a script that Cameron Crowe had sent him to read. Burns wasn’t interested himself, wanting to act in his own films instead. But he thought Britton was perfect for the romantic lead.
“So I took it home and I read it,” Britton said, sitting on the edge of the couch in her living room 18 years later. “I was blown away. I loved the script, the role — I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, this is incredible.’ And I walked into my brand-new agent’s office the next day, and I put the script down on his desk, and I was like, ‘I have two words for you: Jerry Maguire.’ ” Britton giggled, but for only a moment, because the story was just beginning. She nailed the audition. Crowe told her she had shown him just what the character should be. A few months after that, she was flown to New York to do a reading with Tom Cruise.
The success of “The Brothers McMullen” notwithstanding, Britton was at this point not far removed from her days teaching aerobics and going on open-call auditions in New York. Now she started hearing that she was poised for stardom. She did a table read with the rest of the cast, and it was looking like a lock. The day she finally did a screen test with Cruise, Britton said, she heard that “they just want to screen-test one other actress.” Britton laughed, this time a little more darkly. Of course it was Renée Zellweger, an actress so tiny and tousled that she looked newly hatched, who walked away with the part.
“It was heartbreak,” Britton said. A decade came and went, a crucial decade in the life of an actress. Britton played some secondary roles on television, including an ensemble part on the sitcom “Spin City” and smaller recurring ones on “The West Wing” and “24.” And then, 10 years after “Jerry Maguire” had its premiere without her, she was offered a part on a new network series, “Friday Night Lights.” Britton thought the part, a football coach’s wife, was most likely a nondescript role that would take her nowhere; she had played the same small role in the film of the same name. But her mother had just died, and she opted to skip the grueling auditions of pilot season to work with producers she knew and liked. She signed on.
“Friday Night Lights” turned Britton into something of an icon, a 40-something sex symbol and role model at the center of a critically acclaimed show (albeit one that was never a ratings smash). These days, the Internet is crowded with blog posts celebrating her exemplary television marriage, her maternal wisdom, the sheer amazingness of her hair. Britton, now 45, seemed to have emerged in her prime, redefining, in the process, what an actress’s prime exactly is. “Jerry Maguire” may have been the best thing that never happened to her. SOURCE
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Post by architect on Feb 27, 2013 21:56:46 GMT -5
TOP GUN Limited Edition IMAX Poster
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Post by architect on Feb 27, 2013 22:01:36 GMT -5
Kelly McGillis recalls ‘Top Gun’ love scene and ‘a lot of partying’ while filming Meriah Doty: Does “Top Gun” feel like a lifetime ago? How does it feel this many years later? It is arguably the role you're most famous for.
Kelly McGillis: Yeah. It does seem like a long, long time ago and I'm actually astounded at the legs that this movie has had. Yeah. I mean -- I didn’t have any clue when I was making this movie how long it would be around. To tell you the truth, it's amazing.
MD: I don’t think a lot people know that the love scene was re-shot and what is the story behind that?
KM: Well, we never shot one. When we were originally shooting the movie and I guess after they had done some screenings of the film, they decided they needed one. So, they called us back and we shot one.
MD: I understand there was a reason why it was shot kind of in shaded lighting -- because you had already taken on a different role and your hair had changed?
KM: Yeah, my hair was a lot longer and it was brown and I was doing -– Oh my god, I can’t remember the name of it. [It was likely “Made In Heaven” (1987) in which McGillis has brown hair.] But, anyway, I was doing another movie and I wouldn’t cut my hair. So, in the elevator scene, which we shot at that time as well, they put me in a baseball cap and then [in the love scene] it was all silhouette because I had dark brown hair.
MD: These guys were bona fide hunks. Were there girls waiting in the wings, or any funny or crazy party stories?
KM: Well, we had a lot of partying going on after work. You can imagine -– yeah we just all hung out together and went to the driving range and did things. Some people went down to Mexico, got in trouble down there. We just had a good time. We all hung out and we would play tennis and basketball and it was just fun. We all had a great time… That movie was like being at camp. It was fun.
MD: What was Tom Cruise like back then? He was so young. What was your working relationship like with him?
KM: I think Tom is terrific. He's the sweetest guy. He is very genuine and sincere and respectful. And I just loved working with Tom. I think he is wonderful.
MD: The film also has those iconic songs: “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins, “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin. Is it safe to assume you are sick of them?
KM: You know what? I do not listen to them at home -- I can guarantee you of that. And I lived in rural Pennsylvania this little town outside of Britain, Pennsylvania, and I swear, every time I went to the grocery store a song from “Top Gun” was on, and I thought, “Do they know that I am in this store now?” But it was just the way it happened… I still hear those songs interpreted in all various forms of elevator music ways, waiting office ways, grocery store ways. I just think it is really amazing that that music just stuck around for as long as it has. SOURCE
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Post by architect on Feb 28, 2013 20:24:54 GMT -5
Top Gun: Tom Skerritt Reflects on Blockbuster When a film like Skerritt's arrives in a new format, here in 3D and on Blu-Ray -- check out its Top Gun 3D trailer -- it gives the actors involved in the filmmaking a chance to reflect. Skerritt admitted that he is still being saluted by fans for his work on the film.
"I am 27 years away from the high of making it. But, I’m still experiencing audience rewards," Skerritt said. Top Gun shows no signs of fading from our collective memory as it still strikes a chord with first-time viewers who become instant fans.
"Generations have gone and seen that film multiple times. It’s one of those films that always is embraced by younger generations in a way that I have not experienced in any other film."
It is often said that those involved in filming a movie have no idea how it will fare with audiences, much less how the film will even turn out. Having worked on many classics himself, including Alien, Skerritt said Top Gun was different.
"I’ve been in some other films prior to that where I could tell. But, in the middle of filming Top Gun, I knew that this was going to be something special," he admitted. "I thought it had a chance of being a classic, but I also felt that way about MASH, Turning Point and Alien. But this one, when I read it, and I knew Tony Scott was going to be directing it, that I wanted to do that film. Fortunately I was able to do it and the rest was history."
The other "birthing" that happened when Top Gun arrived on screens was that it made a superstar out of Cruise. "He had some really intense focus," Skerritt recalled. "He has a great deal of integrity." SOURCE
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Post by architect on Feb 28, 2013 20:31:25 GMT -5
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