Cool trailer -- looks like it might be good. GREAT line, though!
Makes me wonder if this is just coincidence, or if JB is doing some research -- did you just run across the "Man on Fire" trailer, or were you doing some child abduction research? Your "Meanwhile, In The Real World" thread leads me to believe that you might be doing some research -- got a story idea you're kicking around? Enquiring minds want to know!
No research. Once a week or so I check the Apple movie site for new trailers. This one happened to be top of the list.
As a side note -- keep your eye on Dakota Fanning. This is the little girl in this movie, and she was on an episode of "Friends" I caught a week or so ago ("Tru Calling was a rerun). She has astonishing poise and presence for someone of her apparent age. I predict she will go far.
I second JB's assessment of Dakota Fanning! A couple months ago I sat down to watch UPTOWN GIRLS with my roommates, expecting a typical fish-out-of-water plot with a grown-up little kid in it, and I was pleased to find that the movie had heart and depth. Much of the credit goes to young Miss Fanning and the weight she added to the proceedings.
Not a classic, but better than it had any right to be.
I was pleased to find that the movie had heart and depth.
*****
Much like my reaction to the "American Pie" movies. As I noted elsewhere, Hollywood seems to have discovered they can make movies about real people, with real emotions, provided the films pretend to be something else.
Miss Fanning played opposite Sean Penn a few years ago when he was her mentally retarded father in "I Am Sam". If I remember correctly, there was a lot of buzz at the time about nominations and such for her.
<<Miss Fanning played opposite Sean Penn a few years ago when he was her mentally retarded father in "I Am Sam". If I remember correctly, there was a lot of buzz at the time about nominations and such for her.>>
She then went on to star in "The Cat in the Hat." There's a definite Seussian trend shaping up in her career.
Next year, she's scheduled for a six month run on Broadway in "Hop on Pop: the Musical."
Let's all pray that this talented young lady does not end up a penniless, shoplifting crack whore -- Hollywood does seem to have that effect on young talent.
In the case of young Miss Fanning it will mostly come down to how pretty she turns out to be, and what Hollywood will therefore allow her to play. If, at some point, she get's pegged as a glamor-gal she will have to fight some serious fights to get past it (see Elizabeth Taylor). If she's lucky -- or spunky -- enough, she may slide into the Jody Foster groove.
As I said -- one to watch. Just hope for the happy ending.
I caught Miss Fanning's appearance on Letterman a few months back (she was promoting "Cat In The Hat") and the thing that struck me was that, unlike most child actors, she is remarkably unaffected.
