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Finally! A chance for British Damfinos to watch 'The Great Buster' on the big screen...the first preview screening is tomorrow & you can book tickets here: picturehouses.com/movie-d…/…/HO00010664/the-great-buster-q-a
From Oscar nominated director Peter Bogdanovich comes documentary The Great Buster, a celebration of the life and career of one of America’s most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians, Buster Keaton, whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary.
Journeying from his early beginnings on the vaudeville circuit alongside his family the documentary explores the development of his trademark physical comedy and deadpan expression leading to his career-high years in the 1920s where he wrote, directed, produced and starred in his own films including the remarkable The General (1926) and Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) that immortalised him as one of the greatest actor-filmmakers in the history of cinema.
Filled with stunningly restored archive Keaton films from the Cohen Film Classics library, the film is interspersed with an eclectic mix of interviewees from collaborators, filmmakers, performers and friends including Hollywood stalwarts Dick Van Dyke and Mel Brooks to Johnny Knoxville and Quentin Tarantino, fans and experts alike all influenced in their careers by the work of ‘The Great Stone Face’.
Director Peter Bogdanovich, a filmmaker and cinema historian whose landmark writings and films on such renowned directors as John Ford and Orson Welles have become the standard by which all other studies are measured, is delighted to inspire more people to seek out Buster’s work, remarking recently in The Guardian that ‘I tried to include members of the audience who didn’t know anything about him to begin with, and the people who have seen it tell me that it made them want to see more Keaton. Which was the intention!’ Having been just a young child when his father introduced him to Buster Keaton he ‘loved him right away...that was the start of the great affection I have for silent comedy’.
To celebrate the UK release of The Great Buster special Q&A preview screenings will be held at:
Picturehouse Central - Intro and Q&A with Paul Merton + David Macleod: Date: Weds 11th March | Time: 6:30pm START | Tickets: BOOK HERE
We’re delighted to welcome comedian and Buster Keaton aficionado Paul Merton to introduce a screening of the documentary, followed by a Q&A where he will be joined by David Macleod - Keaton historian, author of The Sound of Buster Keaton and co-founder of UK Buster Keaton Society The Blinking Buzzards - to discuss their passion for Buster and his influence on comedy and film. @CentralPictureH
DocHouse - Q&A with David Macleod + Phil Colcannon:
Date: Weds 18th March | Time: 6:30pm START | Tickets: BOOK HERE
David Macleod will again to be on hand alongside London film writer and programmer Phil Concannon to discuss The Great Stone Faces’ work at a screening at the DocHouse, the UK’s first documentary cinema. @BerthaDocHouse
More Q&As screenings to be announced...
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Ritrovato Roundtable: Il Cinema Ritrovato 2017 podcast report
Ritrovato Roundtable: Il Cinema Ritrovato 2017 podcast report
I’m back from Bologna and joined in the podcast studio by Pete Baran and film writer Philip Concannon. We’re chatting about our highlights, discoveries and dud from the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival – a banquet of archive, vintage and restored cinema, spanning silent and sound films. https://silentlondon.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/silentlondonilcinemaritrovato2017.mp3 Ritrovato Roundtable: Il…
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DIRECTOR: MATILDA FINN DOP: BEN FORDESMAN EP: RUPERT REYNOLDS-MACLEAN PROD CO: BISCUIT FILMWORKS PRODUCER: SIMON EAKHURST PRODUCTION MANAGER: LUKE THORNTON DIRECTORS ASSISTANT: NELLIE HERON-ANSTEAD PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR: ROMA NESI PIO CHOREOGRAPHER: PIERRE BABBAGE AGENCY: MOTHER LONDON EDIT: STITCH EDITING EDIT PRODUCER: ANGELA HART EDITOR: LEO KING EDITOR ASSISTANT: LUKE ANDERSON POST PRODUCTION: TIME BASED ARTS POST PRODUCER: CHRIS ALIANO COLOURIST: SIMONE GRATAROLLA SOUND: MARK HILLS @ FACTORY MUSIC: WAX WINGS CAST CO-ORDINATOR: GABIJA LAUCE COVID-19 CO-ORDINATOR: CAMILLA MORRIS LOCATION MANAGER (SHOOTING UNIT): GEORGE VERDON-SMITH LOCATION ASSISTANT (DAYTIME PREP): NICK JAY 1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: BEN GILL 2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: CHRIS MEARS 3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: KITTY RAJAKULASINGAM RUNNER: ALEX MCALLISTER RUNNER: KAI RAJAKULASINGAM RUNNER: TIGER BREWER PRODUCTION/AGENCY RUNNER: AYESHA ANDERSON FOCUS PULLER: ANDREW BRADLEY CLAPPER LOADER: ADAM GREEN CAMERA TRAINEE: CAROLINA DA COSTA KEY GRIP: DAVID HOLIDAY GRIP (TECH RECCE ONLY): DAN MORIARTY GRIP TRAINEE: WILLIAM MILES DIT: MIKE MCDUFFIE VIDEO PLAYBACK OPERATOR: CHAZ NORTHAM VIDEO PLAYBACK ASSISTANT: RAPHAEL BALOGUN CAMERA CAR DRIVER: ALISTER BUGGE DRONE PILOT: PETE AYRISS DRONE REMOTE HEAD OPERATOR: TOM ALDCROFT MOTION CONTROL OPERATOR: JUSTIN PENTECOST MOTION CONTROL ASSISTANT: STUART GALLOWAY SOUND RECORDIST: SAM MENDELSSOHN GAFFER: JONO YATES DESK OPERATOR: JOE BEARDSMORE ELECTRICIAN: ALEX GIBBONS ELECTRICIAN: ALEX MAGILL ELECTRICIAN: BEN SKYRME ELECTRICIAN: DAX SHARKEY GENNY OPERATOR: TONY BRUCE RIGGING GAFFER: MICHAEL SMIT RIGGING ELECTRICIAN: CHRISTIAN HAYES RIGGING ELECTRICIAN: JOHN MALANEY RIGGING ELECTRICIAN: NICK BRITT RIGGING GENNY OPERATOR: PAUL ROWE RIGGER: JAMES MALLOY RIGGER: MICHAEL LEE FROST TELEHANDLER OPERATOR: STEFANO ZIPPO PRODUCTION DESIGNER: DAN TAYLOR ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR (DRESSING): LAUREN DIX ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR (DRESSING): PHIL BROCKLEHURST STYLIST (DRESSING): FREYA HAAK ART DEPARTMENT RUNNER (DRESSING): ANNIKA BERTFIELD ART DEPARTMENT RUNNER (DRESSING): BEA DAVIDSON MASTER PROPS (DRESSING): PHIL SMITH PROPS (DRESSING): ANDREW BALCON PROPS (DRESSING): ANDREW MATTHEWS PROPS (DRESSING): DONNCHA ALBERT RAHILL MASTER PROPS STANDBY: JASON BRADLEY MASTER PROPS PRODUCT STANDBY: LEO TURNBALL CONSTRUCTION MANAGER: NICK DILWORTH CONSTRUCTION: CASEY CONCANNON CONSTRUCTION: EAMONN CONAGHAN CONSTRUCTION: GERT RADEMEYER CONSTRUCTION: GREG SIMPSON CONSTRUCTION: MATT AMOS CONSTRUCTION: RAMZI JABBUR CONSTRUCTION: THIBAULT MARTINEAU SFX SUPERVISOR: STEVE HUTCHINSON SFX TECHNICIAN: CHRIS GIBBS SFX TECHNICIAN: ED SMITH SFX TECHNICIAN: SAMUEL HUE-VASHON STYLIST: BEN SCHOFIELD STYLIST ASSISTANT: KIT SWANN STYLIST ASSISTANT: SCOTT CRUFT MAKE-UP ARTIST: PHOEBE WALTERS MAKE-UP ASSISTANT: CHANTAL AMARI MAKE-UP ASSISTANT: ESME HORN MAKE-UP ASSISTANT: NIC PASKAUSKAS HAIR ARTIST: CLAIRE MOORE HAIR ASSISTANT: ANNA JOHNSON HAIR ASSISTANT: ERIKA FREEDMAN HAIR ASSISTANT: KRESZEND SACKEY PROSTHETIC SUPERVISOR: VICTORIA MONEY PROSTHETIC ARTIST: ALEX HARPER PROSTHETIC ASSISTANT: DOMINIQUE BUTLER H&S OFFICER/COVID SUPERVISOR: DAVE WATKINS UNIT MEDIC: DAVID BROAD PREP MEDIC: JAI MASSEY IFA CO-ORDINATOR & MAIN TESTER: ALEX RALLS IFA TECHNICIAN: ALEX CAMPBELL IFA TECHNICIAN: DIVINE ZAKI IFA TECHNICIAN: MADJID KALE IFA TECHNICIAN: MARK SANDBERG IFA TECHNICIAN: ROXANNE MARTIN IFA TECHNICIAN: STUART WALKER IFA TECHNICIAN: ZYGI VOLOSINTAS ANIMAL HANDLER: DEAN CLARKE ANIMAL HANDLER: CERYS WILLIAMS ANIMAL HANDLER: DERRY WELLS ANIMAL HANDLER: LUCY SMITH VET: DR. AIDA FERREIRA VFX SUPERVISOR: OLLIE RAMSEY CATERING: PHIL WARD BARISTA: ALEX CUNNINGHAM MINIBUS 1: MARK RIGHELATO MINIBUS 2: LEE RIGHELATO MINIBUS 3: PAT O’LEARY PREP 4 X 4 DRIVER: ANTON WRIGHT UNIT 4 X 4 DRIVER: PETER JONES UNIT 4 X 4 DRIVER: SIMON PHIPPS FACILITIES: GARY MOORE FACILITIES: PAUL HADDOCK FACILITIES: WARREN SMART SECURITY: ALEX LANEY SECURITY: ANTHONY RICHARDS SECURITY: BARZAN MOHAMED SECURITY: JAMEL WOODFORD SECURITY: JOHN TURNER SECURITY: MARK EDWARDS SECURITY: COLLIN WILLSON SECURITY: GRAHAM DYER SECURITY: LEIGH FOXALL SECURITY: ALAN LANEY SECURITY: RICHARD JOHNSON WIRE SUPERVISOR: BOB SCHOFIELD WIRE TECHNICIAN: MAX SCHOFIELD ARTIST: CHARLI XCX ARTIST MANAGER: SAM PRINGLE ARTIST MAKE UP ARTIST: FRANCESCA BRAZZO ARTIST MAKE UP ASSISTANT: ALEJANDRO ORTIZ ARTIST HAIR ARTIST: PATRICK WILSON ARTIST HAIR ASSISTANT: CHARLES STANLEY ARTIST NAIL TECHNICIAN: MICHELLE HUMPHREY TALENT: CHARLIE BUCKLAND TALENT: TRACY BARGATE TALENT: NIAMH WOODS TALENT: CY FOXX TALENT: AUSSIE TALENT: YILING ZHAO TALENT: EDEN JODIE TALENT: JASON BATTERSBY TALENT: JOHN KAMAU TALENT: KIA LEE TALENT: ALEX MARGO ARDEN TALENT: CAMRYN YULE TALENT: JENKIN VAN ZYL TALENT: NAN MTHEMBU TALENT: ALICE CORRIGAN TALENT: HUGO HAMLET
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Found deep in the bowels of my laptop...
Lost. Forgotten. Randomly found.
I present my idea for... Marvel's The West Wing
Josiah Bartlett (President) – Tony Stark
Abigail Bartlett (First Lady) – Pepper Potts
Ellie Bartlett Faison – RiRi Williams
Zoey Bartlett – Peter Parker
Delores Landingham / Debbie Fiderer (Executive Secretary to the President) – Jarvis / Vision
Nancy (Confidential Assistant to the President) – Happy Hogan
Charlie Young (Personal Aide to the President) – Mary Jane Watson
Leo McGarry (Chief of Staff) – James Rhodes
Margaret Hooper (Assistant to the Chief of Staff) – Toni Ho
Josh Lyman (Deputy Chief of Staff) – Steve Rogers
Donna Moss (Senior Assistant to the Chief of Staff) – Sharon Carter
Toby Ziegler (Communications Director) – Nick Fury
Bonnie and Ginger (Assistant to the Communications Director) – Daisy Johnson and Melinda May
Sam Seaborn / Will Bailey (Deputy Communications Director) – Bucky Barnes / Sam Wilson
Cathy / Elsie Snuffin (Assistant to the Deputy Communications Director) – Yelena Belova / Joaquin Torres
C.J Cregg (Press Secretary) – Natasha Romanoff
Carol Fitzpatrick (Assistant to the Press Secretary) – Bobbi Morse
Admiral Percy Fitzwallace / General Nicholas Alexander (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) – Phil Coulson / Monica Rambeau
Dr Nancy McNally (National Security Advisor) – Maria Hill
John Hoynes / Bob Russell (Vice President) – Obadiah Stane / John Walker
Danny Concannon (Senior WH correspondent for the Washington Post) – Clint Barton
Annabeth Schott (Deputy Press Secretary for Media Relations) – Carol Danvers
Ed and Larry (White House staffers) – Thor and Hulk
Mandy Hampton (Media Director) – one Steve’s ex-girlfriends?
#i have no idea why i made this#marvel#the west wing#tony stark#pepper potts#riri williams#peter parker#jarvis#vision#happy hogan#mary jane watson#james rhodes#toni ho#steve rogers#sharon carter#nick fury#daisy johnson#melinda may#bucky barnes#sam wilson#yelena belova#joaquin torres#natasha romanoff#bobbi morse#phil coulson#monica rambeau#maria hill#obadiah stane#john walker#clint barton
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Livermore Wines On The Rise - Tastings With Five Livermore Valley Winemakers
Livermore Wines On The Rise – Tastings With Five Livermore Valley Winemakers
Livermore Valley is one of the oldest wine growing regions in California, going back 130+ years. It has a colorful history of pioneering winemakers that have helped shaped the wine industry throughout the United States.
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Robert Livermore planted the first commercial vines in the 1840’s. As early as 1889, Livermore went on to win America’s first International Gold Medal for wine at the…
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U.S. regulator stands by decision to block Winklevoss bitcoin ETF
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission on Thursday stood by a decision blocking an exchange-traded fund that would have tracked bitcoin, citing concerns approximately market manipulation.
Brothers Cameron (L) & Tyler Winklevoss talk to each other as they attend a New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) virtual currency hearing in the Manhattan borough of New York January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
The securities regulator found “unpersuasive” arguments that the bitcoin ETF proposed by Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss, the twin brothers who founded crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co LLC, would be sufficiently protected from manipulation, it said in a 92-page analysis bit.ly/2K3GoWG posted on its website.
“Regulated bitcoin-related markets are in the early stages of their development,” the SEC said, saying that it “cannot…conclude that bitcoin markets are uniquely resistant to manipulation.”
But the SEC did not totally shut the door to such products coming to market once the bitcoin market has matured, offering some hope for at least five other bitcoin ETF proposals that are still pending before the regulator.
Bitcoin turned negative after the SEC’s ruling, & final traded down 2.9 percent.
The virtual currency can be used to move money around the world quickly & with relative anonymity, without the need for a central authority, such as a bank or government. A fund holding the currency could attract more investors & push its price higher.
The SEC said there was not enough evidence that efforts to thwart manipulation of the ETF’s price or that of the underlying bitcoin market would be successful.
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The SEC had blocked the Winklevoss ETF from coming to market in March 2017, yet then faced an appeal from exchange operator CBOE’s Bats exchange, which applied to list the ETF.
The CBOE said it was reviewing both the SEC’s notice & Commissioner Hester Peirce’s dissent.
“Investors are better served by products traded on a regulated securities market & protected by robust securities laws & we will continue to work with the SEC & ETF issuers to construct a fully regulated product,” said Chris Concannon, chief operating officer of CBOE Global Markets.
The parties can appeal the SEC’s decision in federal court.
Gemini did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Winklevoss twins are best known for their feud with Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg over whether he stole the idea for what became the world’s most popular social networking website from them. The former Olympic rowers ultimately settled their legal dispute, which was dramatized in the 2010 film “The Social Network.”
The SEC’s decision to block the ETF was voted for 3-1 by its sitting commissioners, with Peirce voting against. In a statement, Peirce said she believed the product met the legal standard.
“More institutional participation would ameliorate many of the Commission’s concerns with the bitcoin market that underlie its disapproval order,” she said, adding that the ruling “sends a strong sign that innovation is unwelcome in our markets.”
Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt in New York & Michelle Price in Washington; additional reporting by Anna Irrera in New York; editing by Phil Berlowitz & Leslie Adler
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