#David Alan Basche

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A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (2024)

Starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz. Scoot McNairy, PJ Byrne, Will Harrison, Eriko Hatsune, Charlie Tahan, Ryan Harris Brown, Eli Brown, Nick Pupo, Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Stephen Carter Carlsen, Eric Berryman, David Alan Basche, Joe Tippett and James Austin Johnson.

Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks.

Directed by James Mangold.

Distributed by Searchlight Pictures. 141 minutes. Rated R.

I think I owe an apology. A few years ago, when I heard that Timothée Chalamet had been cast to play Bob Dylan in this film, I thought it was a horrible job of miscasting. I worried that Chalamet was too much of a pretty boy, not enough of a presence to capture all of the complicated levels of Dylan, who is a genius and often kind of a dick all at the same time.  

What can I say? Chalamet has proven me wrong, and I’m glad to see it. In fact, Chalamet absolutely nailed the performance, which is pretty impressive when you consider what a cipher Dylan has always been. He is spot on in his voice (both speaking and singing, as Chalamet performs all of the songs in the film), his movements, his lack of social skills, his self-involvement, his seeming inability to connect with others. It’s all a bit of an imitation, but it’s a good one. He is a bit too handsome to be Dylan, but it’s not distracting.

In fact, although A Complete Unknown is obviously created of great love for the work of Dylan, I’m pleased to see that the film does not totally whitewash the fact that the guy could be kind of an asshole at this point in his career – the film focuses on the years from when Dylan arrived in New York through to his infamous plugged-in performance at The Newport Folk Festival. (If you need further proof, check out DA Pennebaker’s classic documentary Don’t Look Back, which also looked at this era, which shows the singer to be both a genius and a total jerk.)

A Complete Unknown is not as good as the performance – it falls into certain rock biopic traps of skirting over major accomplishments and romanticizing the story a bit – but it’s mostly pretty enjoyable, as long as you go in knowing you’re not getting the complete true story.

In fact, it is somewhat reminiscent of Walk the Line, writer/director James Mangold’s previous 2005 biopic of Johnny Cash. (Interestingly, Cash is also a significant supporting character in A Complete Unknown, which seems like a bit of a screenwriter’s device, although the two men were contemporaries and really were friends.) However, like Walk the Line, the filmmaker takes some of the truth and stretches it a lot, or even makes a lot of stuff up, to make for a more interesting, cinematic story.

A Complete Unknown is almost like a greatest hits collection of Dylan’s early accomplishments, with little segue or explanation between accomplishments. And yet, Dylan had such a massively fascinating life at that point that fitting it all into two hours and twenty minutes doesn’t quite work. Even though it’s a long movie, it feels incomplete.

However, the music and the recreation of the early-mid 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene is fascinating, even when it’s slightly rushed or whitewashed.

As Dylan gets more wrapped up in his art and his fame, he becomes harder to deal with and surer that he was constantly right. He treats people unfeelingly and often cruelly. His on and off girlfriend Joan Baez (Monaca Barbara) calls him an asshole multiple times during the film, and she wasn’t wrong.

He was particularly bad to the women in his life, as shown here by Baez and his long term relationship with Elle Fanning’s Sylvie Russo. (Sylvie is a fictionalized version of Dylan’s real-life ex Suze Rotolo. Dylan requested her name be changed in the movie, which is surprising because most of the other characters went by their real names.)

Yet, for all its imperfections, A Complete Unknown is still a fascinating film. Like I said earlier, it may not tell the real story of Bob Dylan, but the story it does tell is pretty damned interesting.

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2024 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: December 24, 2024.

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Good morning. 🌞🍂🍂

25 February 2024

Yesterday, I mowed our backyard for the first time this year. It looks rather decent out there and is starting to green up. The only problem with mowing in the back is I have to clean up after Ben and Charlie first. Another job I did yesterday was replace the flush valve on one of our toilets. I noticed this morning when I went outside to deal with the bird feeders, that the ramp leading up to my shed needs repairing, I couple of the 2X8' boards are loose or damaged by the weather. I need to go get the wood and repair it … it's on my list. The engineering of the ramp is an envy of western civilization, but it's about 10-15 years old and requires maintenance.

I do have a chore schedule - in my mind. I don't tell anyone I have it, but it's in my mind.' - David Alan Basche

[dear-indies]

Hello Dear Indies! Could you suggest some fcs for older or close in age brothers (siblings ok too) for Jennifer Connelly please? Thank you so much your help and any time you can offer!

Jon Favreau (1966) Ashkenazi Jewish / Italian, French-Canaidan, German.

Sean Kanan (1966) Ashkenazi Jewish / German and Irish.

Liev Schreiber (1967) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, Swiss-German, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Norwegian, Belgian/Flemish, Scottish, and Welsh.

Jack Black (1969) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, as well as Northern Irish, Scottish, English, remote French and Welsh.

Michael Bunin (1970) Ashkenazi Jewish / Italian.

David Arquette (1971) Ashkenazi Jewish / English, French-Canadian, Swiss-German, German, Scottish, Irish, Welsh.

Sean Astin (1971) Ashkenazi Jewish / Irish and German.

Half-siblings:

Kim Bodnia (1965) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Richard Gabai (1964) Ashkenazi Jewish / Sephardi Jewish.

H. Jon Benjamin (1966) Ashkenazi Jewish.

David Schwimmer (1966) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Alan Basche (1968) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Paul Rudd (1969) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Josh Stamberg (1970) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Adam Pascal (1970) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Mark Feuerstein (1971) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Eli Roth (1972) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Sasha Roiz (1973) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Josh Radnor (1974) Ashkenazi Jewish, as well as 1/8th Irish, 1/8th possibly English.

Hey anon! Here are all the suggestions I could find with the help of the lovely @nicolemaiines and @antlerqueer - I've bolded those with light eyes for convenience!

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CINE "UNITED 93"

Ficha técnica Título original: United 93 Título en español de España: United 93 Título en español latinoamericano: Vuelo 93 Calificación por edad: MA +16 (No recomendada para menores de 16 años) Director: Paul Greengrass Actores principales: Christian Clemenson, Cheyenne Jackson, David Alan Basche, Peter Hermann País: Estados Unidos, Reino Unido Género: Drama histórico Calificación de…

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David Alan Basche

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United 93 (2006)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

United 93 has two very brief and extremely mild moments with blinking radar screens.

Almost the entire film is shot with handheld cameras, with aggressive shaking during the more intense scenes. Most of the film takes place inside an airplane, following it through hard banking and dives. The final shot of the film is the most disorienting, as the plane goes through a roll-type maneuver.

Flashing Lights: 1/10. Motion Sickness: 9/10.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Detailed depiction of terrorism, including stock footage of the 9/11 attacks. This entire film is very visceral, meant to make the audience feel present in the real-life events depicted.

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TPS’S 25 ADDITIONAL FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME (2021 Edition)

14.) United 93 Director: Paul Greengrass Cast: Christian Clemenson, Cheyenne Jackson, David Alan Basche, Peter Hermann, Daniel Sauli, Trish Gates, Corey Johnson, Richard Bekins, Michael J. Reynolds, Khalid Abdalla Best Moment: The pushback by the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93

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Oh Grow Up  -  ABC  -  September 22, 1999 - December 28, 1999

Sitcom (13 episodes - 2 unaired)

Running Time:  30 minutes

Stars:

Stephen Dunham as Hunter Franklin

David Alan Basche as Norris Michelsky

John Ducey as Ford Lowell

Rena Sofer as Suzanne Vandermeer

Niesha Trout as Chloe Sheffield

Ed Marinaro as Sal

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Person of Interest 📷 3.02 "Nothing to Hide"

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Egg

Egg    [trailer]

Satirical drama about why women choose motherhood, why they revere it, fear it, and why some women choose to forgo it. Over the course of one explosive evening, two couples and a surrogate must face their own ridiculous and sometimes heartbreaking shortcomings.

Since I tend to think that it's none of my business if and how people choose to have children, I had big difficulties to get interested in the positions stated by the characters. I obviously should've thought of that before watching the film.

The surrogate character felt silly and childish. Making all the bickering, and the turn towards the (melo-)dramatic at the end even more difficult to take.

The middle part with Tina and Karen felt like as if being from a different movie.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsgK-FEH5iA) Happy Birthday to actor David Alan Basche! https://youtu.be/UsgK-FEH5iA

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- What is it? Is it terrorists? - These came from some place else. - What do you mean, like, Europe? - No, Robbie, not like Europe!

War of the Worlds, Steven Spielberg (2005)

[dear-indies]

hi cat (and mouse)! totally no rush in answering, but i was wondering if you had any suggestions for someone who could play a brother to rachel weisz? i imagined that the two were relatively close in age. thank you so much! xx

Not 100% matching but the closest I can find:

David Alan Basche (1968) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Paul Rudd (1969) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Jack Black (1969) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Gabriel Macht (1972) Ashkenazi Jewish.

and then half siblings:

Michael Bunin (1970) Ashkenazi Jewish / Italian.

Josh Charles (1971) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, English, Scottish.

Kevin Makely (1973) Ashkenazi Jewish / Unspecified.

Here you go!

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WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005) ★★★★☆

WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005) ★★★★☆

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Jeff and Rebecca, when their old colleague Stephen tells them about the day he just had:

Should — Should we tell him?

As a therapist and a mother, I’m trying to decide.