Picture of the Week

On set of Worst friends

Picture of the Week

Jeopardy, 10-06-2006, photographer: Paul Hawthorne

Picture of the Week

How was your week? I guess I will fall for Sleepy Hollow. Abbie and Ichabod  just let my heart go boom boom boom. It's nice to have a new guilty pleasure.

 

Tom Ridge Homeland Security awards, 04-17-2012, photographer: Yoni Levy

Picture of the Week

Let's start a new rubric here at Lovely Kathryn. I hadn't posted much lately. Maybe I can increase the blog with the Picture of the Week section.

Here we go.

Sunday, January 4th:

 

Red or White Ball, 04-13-2012

Happy New Year

I wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope you will have many adventures, success and happiness in 2015.

I look back at my last year wishes right now. Yes, I finished my PhD and now just waiting for the new job.

Let's see what is coming next for me and this blog.

Fulfilling a Lovely Kathryn Blog tradition, a view back on Kathryn's 2014.

January:

• 12.: Blood from a Stoner screening and Q&A - Anthology Film Archives on East 2nd Street in Manhattan - 6 pm

February:

• 12.02.-18.04.: Ode to Joy at Rattlestick Theatre, NY 
• 27.: Opening Night of  Ode to Joy

April:

• 07.: The Artie Lange Show 

May:

• 04.: Lucille Lortel Awards
• 06.: Witness for Women’s Equality, 7 pm

July:

• 13.: Reading Utterly Changed by Nicole Burdette at Dorset Theatre Festival, 7 pm
• 28.: Filming Kill for Me in Albany, Amsterdam, Mt McGregor and Amsterico, NY (shooting: 7/15 to 8/10)

August:

• 09.: Reading Utterly Changed by Nicole Burdette at Dorset Theatre Festival, 3 pm
• 18.08.: visiting Rhode Island International Film Festival and supporting Michele Noble's Journey 4 Artists

September:

• 16.: Worst Friends available on all platforms

October:

• 6.: Airing of Last Week Tonight: Civil Forfeiture - ‘Law & Order: Civil Asset Forfeiture Unit’

November:

• 4.: DVD release of Worst Friends
• 15.: The 13th Annual First Person Arts Festival, reading Act III of Eugene O’Neill’s semi-autobiographical masterpiece Long Day's Journey Into Night at Christ Church Sanctuary, 7 pm

My Love from Ground Zero Review

A few days ago I got an email of Matt Cohan with the chance to watch Love from Ground Zero in a pre-screening for a review here at Lovely Kathryn.

I was very honored and said yes. I always wanted to see this Kathryn movie. Now with the re-release of the movie everyone can get her and his hands on a copy.

Always when I thought about this movie and especially the title, I thought it is somehow related to 9/11. But you need to keep in mind that the movie was made in 1998. The explanation of the title will be solved within the 102 minutes of the road movie at a very interesting location.

We follow Eric (Simon Baker), Sam (Jacqueline McKenzie), Walter (Pruitt Taylor Vince) and their yellow station wagon from New York City to the University of Montana. Their friend/husband Henry (the beautiful voice of Sam Roberts) died after a short illness and the three strangers follow Henry's way west he made in colleague as freshman over 10 years ago. They have four postcards as lead. Within the 3,5 days of the ride Eric, Sam and Walter bond, fight, love, cry, dance and meet friends and family of Henry.

I really liked how the movie makers include Henry to Eric, Sam and Walter and make the quartet complete. We hear him read the postcards. We see old super 8 video sequences with a yellow touch of the landscape filmed out of a running car. First I felt odd to see this, but subtracting 10 years from 1998 sent us to the late Eighties with no HD cell phone cameras near and far.

The music is great. A good mix of funk and sing a song style.

On the down side there is an odd focus on people peeing and sleeping outside. We get the mandatory eagle flying over high mountains. Plus ugly wardrobe of all characters. Example: Sam's underwear and Walter's astro shirt. I bet the makers want to tell us something through the closes, but I don't get it yet.

Kathryn appears at 1:06. I knew Kathryn has beautiful eyes, but it is breathtaking how good this movie focus on them. She has a few truths for the main characters they have to deal with.

The movie has several really powerful lines, a funny Moon town and great landscape filming which make it worth to watch. Plus it is a part to complete your Kathryn's Movie collection.

Pre-Order Love from Ground Zero

The maker of the movie are excited to announce Love from Ground Zero will be out on DVD and exclusive digital 12/16/14. DVD preorders are now available and region free! Preorder now for $21.99 + shipping before the holidays! LFGZ Store

The Limited Edition “Love From Ground Zero” DVD

Signed by the Director, Stephen Grynberg

The first 25 U.S. preorders will receive a FREE  11×17 poster.

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Also available on select digital retailers Dec. 16th.

Available only while supplies last.  Shipping costs and times may vary.

Matt Cohen sent me the Press Release:

SCENIC OVERLOOK SET TO RELEASE HD REMASTER OF “LOVE FROM GROUND ZERO”, ‘THE MENTALIST’ STAR SIMON BAKER’S FIRST LEADING ROLE IN A FEATURE FILM. ON DECEMBER 16, 2014

RELEASE FOLLOWS NOV 30th PREMIERE OF SEASON 7 of ‘THE MENTALIST’

LOS ANGELES, CA, November 25, 2014: SCENIC OVERLOOK and Director Stephen Grynberg are set to release the HD re-mastered Director’s Cut of the 1998 film ‘Love From Ground Zero’ in digital and on DVD Tuesday, December 16th via LoveFromGroundZero.com. Limited Edition DVD (region free) preorders of Love From Ground Zero are available today, November 25th exclusively at http://lovefromgroundzero.com and will be signed by director, Stephen Grynberg. The film stars SIMON BAKER (“The Mentalist, “The Guardian), in his first leading role in a feature film, Emmy Award Winner PRUITT TAYLOR VINCE (JFK, “Murder One”), JACQUELINE MCKENZIE (“Deep Blue Sea,” “The 4400”), KATHRYN ERBE (“Law & Order,” “What About Bob?”), and the late, JAMES GAMMON (“Major League,” “Cool Hand Luke”). Love From Ground Zero marked the feature film debut of award winning director STEPHEN GRYNBERG ( “A Live Ascending”) and features the striking cinematography of Oscar-winning Director of Photography MAURO FIORE (“Avatar” ) as he captures the majesty of a timeless America set against a stunning original acoustic score by American music legend and Grammy Award Winner, JOHN MCEUEN, a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Love From Ground Zero follows three strangers (Simon Baker, Jacqueline McKenzie, and Pruitt Taylor Vince) across the back roads of America with the ashes of a mutual friend. Using a series of old postcards as a road map, the threesome drive from New York to Montana retracing their friend’s journey “out west” years before. As they try to make sense of the untimely death, they are forced to face the realities in their own lives that have brought them down this unpredictable road. 

PREORDER ‘LOVE FROM GROUND ZERO’ HERE:

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:

CONTACT and FOLLOW INFORMATION:

Matt Cohen | Ptarmigan Films

mcohen@ptarmiganfilms.com

Official Website: http://lovefromgroundzero.com

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