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Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Old 11-14-13, 09:43 AM
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

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Good to hear. I planned on seeing the movie this Friday, but something came up. I hope it gets a halfway decent release, but i kind of doubt it.
yeah, Paramount will have to heavily promote the 'from the director of Sideways and The Descendants' aspect.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Saw this today, it was excellent. Really enjoyed the performances by the entire cast. Who knew Forte had some dramatic acting chops?

I think Dern could get an Oscar nomination, as could the woman who played his wife.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Finally saw this. One of Payne's best. I cracked up when I realized one of those fat brothers was Buzz from Home Alone 1&2. Apparently Dern's role was originally offered to Jack Nicholson. That would have been a different movie. Dern definetly deserves an Oscar nomination. So does June Squibb.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

I want to see this one. Bruce Dern was excellent in Twixt. Yeah, the Francis Coppoloa flick that folks like to bash on. I still like it, though.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

I don't think people bashed on Twixt so much as they just haven't seen it. I loved it personally. Coppola's last 3 films have been excellent actually. It's just a shame no one in North America appreciates them.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

At least this got some nominations. I enjoyed it, and think I'd like it more a second time.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Originally Posted by Chadm
I don't think people bashed on Twixt so much as they just haven't seen it. I loved it personally.
So did I.

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Coppola's last 3 films have been excellent actually. It's just a shame no one in North America appreciates them.
Liked them all but Tetro was IMO a near masterpiece.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

I like Will Forte but man was he out of his league in this one.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Watched this very enjoyable movie yesterday.

Starts very slow but finishes strong. I almost turned it off during the first 10 or so minutes, as it didn't look like it was going anywhere interesting and some of the performances struck me as terribly artifical and amaturish. But after spending a little more time with the characters, I was completely engaged and charmed.

The movie has a lot of great scenes and a very comfortable, relaxed pace. This is the perfect movie to see at the matinee. When it was over, it was nice to step back outside into the light.

This movie also gets a huge thumbs up from me for having a perfectly satisfying ending. Almost every movie I see now days seems to go on too long and have scene after scene scene making sure everything is wrapped up. The ending to Nebraska is just delightful, and on that note they roll the credits.

Highly reccommended.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Holy [expletive] what an amazing film
is this really the only thread on this?
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Why are you censoring yourself? Stupid.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Saw this on a flight recently, was a great movie, really just a well made film. I hope this means more roles for Dern and another shot at an Oscar.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Originally Posted by RichC2
I like Will Forte but man was he out of his league in this one.
I have to agree with this sentiment. I enjoyed the movie, but Forte seemed out of place in this one. I wish they had gone with someone else.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Waiting for Amazon to drop the price DVD price from $20 to something below $15 at which point I'll pull the trigger.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Epix, the multi-platform (premium cable, satellite and streaming) movie company co-owned by Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate, is promoting carefully-crafted spots for its initial showings of Alexander Payne's acclaimed "Nebraska" premiering this Sunday night. To the surprise of Payne and his team, some of these will be in color.

The audio of these spots reads:

"Nominated for six Academy awards, including Best Actor, Best Picture and Best Cinematography, experience Alexander Payne's masterful black and white vision, and for the first time, Epix brings you the full color version for a limited time showing. See Nebraska in two totally different states. Sunday at 8 p.m., followed by the world premiere of the color version, exclusively on Epix. We get big movies."

In recent years, with the decline of black-and-white film stock and the lack of processing facilities, and the move to near-universal use of digital methods to shoot and exhibit films, it has become routine for distributors to make color versions of black-and-white films available. Studios often want color alternatives for ancillary markets (particularly foreign TV). In at least one case, John Boorman's "The General" (1998), the DVD release included both the black-and-white release version and a color one (described as "desaturated") for sale and rent. So having a color version in reserve is not unusual.

Albert Berger, who along with Ron Yerxa produced "Nebraska," told me he was unaware that Epix was going to show the color version. To his knowledge Payne was also unaware. He said that their contract with Paramount -- which financed and released the film -- precluded most major showings, including theatrical and DVD/Blu-Ray - from being anything other than the black-and-white original version. When asked about the color version, Payne in interviews last fall explained that the studio was contractually required because of some foreign TV deals to deliver a color version, but that his expectation was minimal exposure in such countries as Moldova, Sierra Leone and Laos. He hoped that the color version would never be seen. Clearly Payne and his producers never anticipated any domestic showings of the color version.

Though it is hard to imagine "Nebraska" as anything other than a black-and-white film, Payne had to cut the budget to $12 million because of anticipated smaller ultimate revenues. With $17 million in domestic box office and as much in marketing (including expensive awards ads), the roughly $8 million returned in domestic film rental means that other sources would need to fill the deficit gap. The foreign theatrical gross total is unpublished, but is likely to have been less than domestic. It is unclear what benefit an alternative color version brings to Epix, which is a subscriber service as opposed to a single-time buy (where arguably a color version might draw some additional appeal; their VOD and other streaming outlets arguably might get a few additional sales).

The color conversion process is not remotely the same as the abysmal attempts some decades ago in the early days of video when Ted Turner and others tried to "colorize" classic black-and-white films to attract more contemporary audiences, which always looked ugly and unappealing. Payne, who is meticulous about his films as much as any top director, did personally supervise the post-production of the color version, according to Berger, despite hoping it never would be seen. In the new digital era, similar to classic black-and-white cinematography, the craftspeople design the entire film to look its best, from sets, costumes, hair design to repainted buildings that work in black-and-white but would look inappropriate in their actual hues. Payne did present a color version which was reprocessed digitally to look more reasonable than what it might have if untouched, but again against his stated wishes and hoping it would have limited or no exposure.

In the meantime, in checking Epix' website schedule as well as TiVo's listings, no distinction is made (other than in the spot for Sunday) as to which are in black-and-white or color. Until Sunday, we won't know for sure if they will alert some viewers that the color version is not the original or that other black-and-white showings are available, meaning that some will never realize they are seeing something the director never meant to be shown.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

not siding with Epix but I guess Payne needs a better lawyer who knows how to write a clause that states no domestic airings in color
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

On the plus side, color couldn't make the film any worse.
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Re: Nebraska -- D: Alexander Payne S: Odenkirk, Forte, Keach -- 2013

Saw it yesterday and thought it was OK. When it comes to nominating mediocre films, the Oscars sure love Alexander Payne & David O. Russell.

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