Emile Hirsch’s bright red hair and freckles in his new film “Peel” has made him innocent, naive and estranged from his family, but he is still the “most decent person” you’ll meet.
In this charming, emotional and quirky coming of age story, Hirsch plays Peel, a young man who goes on a road trip to reconnect with his long-lost, brown-haired brothers after his mother’s death.
“Everyone would tease me and say my hair was red because my mom had an affair with the pool boy,” Hirsch says in the first trailer for “Peel,” which TheWrap has obtained exclusively. “She told me I sprouted from an orange peel.”
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After being abandoned by his father at a young age and raised in near isolation by a loving yet emotionally unstable and over-protective mother,...
In this charming, emotional and quirky coming of age story, Hirsch plays Peel, a young man who goes on a road trip to reconnect with his long-lost, brown-haired brothers after his mother’s death.
“Everyone would tease me and say my hair was red because my mom had an affair with the pool boy,” Hirsch says in the first trailer for “Peel,” which TheWrap has obtained exclusively. “She told me I sprouted from an orange peel.”
Also Read: 'The Autopsy of Jane Doe' Review: Emile Hirsch Slices Into Slow-Burn Horror
After being abandoned by his father at a young age and raised in near isolation by a loving yet emotionally unstable and over-protective mother,...
- 4/29/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The Casting Society of America has announced the nominees of its 31st annual Artios Awards. J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is among the nominees in its Big Budget Drama category. And why not? The film cast the fantastic unknowns Daisy Ridley and John Boyega along with franchise veterans Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill. All to stellar effect mind you!
According to its site, "Artios" from the ancient Greek, meaning "perfectly fitted." So how fitting! Here's more info on the Artios Awards:
In October of 1985 the Casting Society of America presented the first-ever Artios Awards for Excellence in Casting at an awards luncheon. Held in the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel, the event was attended by more than 500 industry leaders and seven Csa members were honored for their work in four different casting categories. In 1988, the first Artios Award for theatre casting was presented...
According to its site, "Artios" from the ancient Greek, meaning "perfectly fitted." So how fitting! Here's more info on the Artios Awards:
In October of 1985 the Casting Society of America presented the first-ever Artios Awards for Excellence in Casting at an awards luncheon. Held in the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel, the event was attended by more than 500 industry leaders and seven Csa members were honored for their work in four different casting categories. In 1988, the first Artios Award for theatre casting was presented...
- 1/5/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Feature film nominees announced today: Big Budget – Comedy “The Big Short” Francine Maisler, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting) “The Intern” Bernard Telsey, Laray Mayfield, Tiffany Little Canfield, David Vaccari (Associate) “Joy” Mary Vernieu,...
- 1/4/2016
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
David Vaccari, a casting director at Telsey + Company, offers Back Stage readers advice about auditions, both inside the room and afterward. (Hint: Don't send a generic thank-you card.)On commercials: "Eighty percent are comedy spots. That's a trend. So subtle, funny performers who have improvisational skills are in demand."On costumes and props at an audition: "Creative people in the decision-making process often critique an audition much like they would personally judge a piece of art. While some people appreciate Diane Arbus, a few like paintings of dogs playing poker. Generally, the note is ‘This is souffle -- it is not a cinder block.' "On entering and exiting the audition: "Before the audition, actors should be prepared, detailed, accurate, and compelling at every moment. After the audition they should leave so we can talk about them. If I want to engage...
- 4/30/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Simi Horwitz)
- backstage.com
Casting director David Vaccari, of New York-based Telsey + Company, says frankly that the actors he auditions overwhelmingly come through agents. He casts film ("Friends With Kids," "Howl"), TV, commercials, and, to a lesser extent, plays and musicals, and the volume of projects makes it impossible to see actors without representation.Still, if an unsolicited submission crosses his desk -- either literally or online -- the actor's resume may catch his attention if he or she has worked with someone Vaccari knows or admires. Resumes are of far greater significance to him than pictures. Vaccari and his 16 Telsey colleagues just returned from a retreat in Woodstock, N.Y., designed to help them unwind from their high-pressure, day-to-day lives. Not that Vaccari complains about an overload of work. He loves what he does, honing his skills by seeing good theater and films and ultimately trusting what compels him. In film actors, that.
- 4/27/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Simi Horwitz)
- backstage.com
Sundance Film Festival
PARK CITY -- Filmmaker Peter Hedges stirs the family plot in this pithy, sweet glimpse into one distraught family's last Thanksgiving together.
In tone, it most resembles Jodie Foster's edgy "Home for the Holidays" with its humorous, grainy take on American family life. Playing as a Dramatic Competition entrant, this warm and scruffy film may strike some as a mere period piece, but it's juiced with recognizable family trauma and garnished with a quirky sensibility -- it's the portrait of a group of people we come to care about.
Undeniably, "Pieces of April" is structured somewhat as a tearjerker: Mom (Patricia Clarkson) has incurable breast cancer, and the family's Thanksgiving trek to their wayward daughter's grungy New York abode has all the earmarks of a "last meal." Remarkably, writer-director Hedges laces this sad story with bizarre humor and identifiable family nuttiness. By today's standards, this is very much a functioning two-parent family and, as such, they bicker, annoy and joust for attention.
Understandably, Mom is depressed over her illness and has lapsed into withdrawal behavior, isolating herself and making acid comments about her husband (Oliver Platt) and two remaining house-living offspring (Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr.).
The film centers on the family's trek by car from the 'burbs into the grubby Lower East Side. No one is looking forward to the dinner, owing to the fact that the family's black sheep, April (Katie Holmes), is slated to cook. Mom struggles to recall one loving memory of April, while the two younger siblings harbor similar sentiments about their misfit sister. Dad tries to keep the drive on track, resolutely and falsely trying to perk up spirits.
As the family zigzags their way into town, Hedges offers as a counterpoint April's frantic efforts to concoct a memorable dinner. April is no Martha Stewart -- opening a can of cranberries stretches her culinary prowess. It's almost a slapstick ordeal as her oven breaks down, her neighbors go berserk, and her boyfriend disappears. And, of course, loaded into this whole cracked familial equation is the fact that the boyfriend (Derek Luke) is black. What we have here is a crazy, degentrified version of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".
Ladled with screwy affection, "Pieces of April" is a robust family saga, greatly flavored by the varied performances. Clarkson stands out as the mother who can barely brave confronting what she knows will be a calamitous day, while Platt is smartly stolid as the paterfamilias who knows he does not always know best. Holmes' nervous energy is perfect as the beleaguered daughter who wants desperately to make good, while Luke is engaging as her new boyfriend. Pill and Gallagher are right-on as the bickering kids, and Sean Hayes does a hilarious turn as a prissy, self-absorbed neighbor whose maddening antics are enough to cook anyone's goose.
Laura Bauer's duds convey perfectly the idiosyncrasies of the characters and this altogether identifiable American family tradition.
PIECES OF APRIL
IFC Prods., InDigEnt, Kalkaska Prods.
Credits:
Producers: John Lyons, Gary Winick, Alexis Alexanian
Writer-director: Peter Hedges
Executive producers: Jonathan Sehring, Caroline Kaplan, John Sloss
Co-producers: Lucy Barzon, Lucille Masone Smith
Producer for IFC: Holly Becker
Associate producer/script supervisor: Dianne Dreyer
Director of photography: Tami Reiker
Production designer: Rick Butler
Editor: Mark Livolsi
Costume designer: Laura Bauer
Composer: Stephin Merritt
Casting: Berney Telsey, David Vaccari, Will Cantler
Sound mixer: Aaron Rudelson
Cast:
April Burns: Katie Holmes
Joy Burns: Patricia Clarkson
Jim Burns: Oliver Platt
Bobby: Derek Luke
Beth Burns: Alison Pill
Timmy Burns: John Gallagher Jr.
Grandma Dottie: Alice Drummond
Wayne: Sean Hayes
Latrell: Sisquo
Running time -- 80 minutes
No MPAA rating...
PARK CITY -- Filmmaker Peter Hedges stirs the family plot in this pithy, sweet glimpse into one distraught family's last Thanksgiving together.
In tone, it most resembles Jodie Foster's edgy "Home for the Holidays" with its humorous, grainy take on American family life. Playing as a Dramatic Competition entrant, this warm and scruffy film may strike some as a mere period piece, but it's juiced with recognizable family trauma and garnished with a quirky sensibility -- it's the portrait of a group of people we come to care about.
Undeniably, "Pieces of April" is structured somewhat as a tearjerker: Mom (Patricia Clarkson) has incurable breast cancer, and the family's Thanksgiving trek to their wayward daughter's grungy New York abode has all the earmarks of a "last meal." Remarkably, writer-director Hedges laces this sad story with bizarre humor and identifiable family nuttiness. By today's standards, this is very much a functioning two-parent family and, as such, they bicker, annoy and joust for attention.
Understandably, Mom is depressed over her illness and has lapsed into withdrawal behavior, isolating herself and making acid comments about her husband (Oliver Platt) and two remaining house-living offspring (Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr.).
The film centers on the family's trek by car from the 'burbs into the grubby Lower East Side. No one is looking forward to the dinner, owing to the fact that the family's black sheep, April (Katie Holmes), is slated to cook. Mom struggles to recall one loving memory of April, while the two younger siblings harbor similar sentiments about their misfit sister. Dad tries to keep the drive on track, resolutely and falsely trying to perk up spirits.
As the family zigzags their way into town, Hedges offers as a counterpoint April's frantic efforts to concoct a memorable dinner. April is no Martha Stewart -- opening a can of cranberries stretches her culinary prowess. It's almost a slapstick ordeal as her oven breaks down, her neighbors go berserk, and her boyfriend disappears. And, of course, loaded into this whole cracked familial equation is the fact that the boyfriend (Derek Luke) is black. What we have here is a crazy, degentrified version of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".
Ladled with screwy affection, "Pieces of April" is a robust family saga, greatly flavored by the varied performances. Clarkson stands out as the mother who can barely brave confronting what she knows will be a calamitous day, while Platt is smartly stolid as the paterfamilias who knows he does not always know best. Holmes' nervous energy is perfect as the beleaguered daughter who wants desperately to make good, while Luke is engaging as her new boyfriend. Pill and Gallagher are right-on as the bickering kids, and Sean Hayes does a hilarious turn as a prissy, self-absorbed neighbor whose maddening antics are enough to cook anyone's goose.
Laura Bauer's duds convey perfectly the idiosyncrasies of the characters and this altogether identifiable American family tradition.
PIECES OF APRIL
IFC Prods., InDigEnt, Kalkaska Prods.
Credits:
Producers: John Lyons, Gary Winick, Alexis Alexanian
Writer-director: Peter Hedges
Executive producers: Jonathan Sehring, Caroline Kaplan, John Sloss
Co-producers: Lucy Barzon, Lucille Masone Smith
Producer for IFC: Holly Becker
Associate producer/script supervisor: Dianne Dreyer
Director of photography: Tami Reiker
Production designer: Rick Butler
Editor: Mark Livolsi
Costume designer: Laura Bauer
Composer: Stephin Merritt
Casting: Berney Telsey, David Vaccari, Will Cantler
Sound mixer: Aaron Rudelson
Cast:
April Burns: Katie Holmes
Joy Burns: Patricia Clarkson
Jim Burns: Oliver Platt
Bobby: Derek Luke
Beth Burns: Alison Pill
Timmy Burns: John Gallagher Jr.
Grandma Dottie: Alice Drummond
Wayne: Sean Hayes
Latrell: Sisquo
Running time -- 80 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Sundance Film Festival
PARK CITY -- Filmmaker Peter Hedges stirs the family plot in this pithy, sweet glimpse into one distraught family's last Thanksgiving together.
In tone, it most resembles Jodie Foster's edgy "Home for the Holidays" with its humorous, grainy take on American family life. Playing as a Dramatic Competition entrant, this warm and scruffy film may strike some as a mere period piece, but it's juiced with recognizable family trauma and garnished with a quirky sensibility -- it's the portrait of a group of people we come to care about.
Undeniably, "Pieces of April" is structured somewhat as a tearjerker: Mom (Patricia Clarkson) has incurable breast cancer, and the family's Thanksgiving trek to their wayward daughter's grungy New York abode has all the earmarks of a "last meal." Remarkably, writer-director Hedges laces this sad story with bizarre humor and identifiable family nuttiness. By today's standards, this is very much a functioning two-parent family and, as such, they bicker, annoy and joust for attention.
Understandably, Mom is depressed over her illness and has lapsed into withdrawal behavior, isolating herself and making acid comments about her husband (Oliver Platt) and two remaining house-living offspring (Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr.).
The film centers on the family's trek by car from the 'burbs into the grubby Lower East Side. No one is looking forward to the dinner, owing to the fact that the family's black sheep, April (Katie Holmes), is slated to cook. Mom struggles to recall one loving memory of April, while the two younger siblings harbor similar sentiments about their misfit sister. Dad tries to keep the drive on track, resolutely and falsely trying to perk up spirits.
As the family zigzags their way into town, Hedges offers as a counterpoint April's frantic efforts to concoct a memorable dinner. April is no Martha Stewart -- opening a can of cranberries stretches her culinary prowess. It's almost a slapstick ordeal as her oven breaks down, her neighbors go berserk, and her boyfriend disappears. And, of course, loaded into this whole cracked familial equation is the fact that the boyfriend (Derek Luke) is black. What we have here is a crazy, degentrified version of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".
Ladled with screwy affection, "Pieces of April" is a robust family saga, greatly flavored by the varied performances. Clarkson stands out as the mother who can barely brave confronting what she knows will be a calamitous day, while Platt is smartly stolid as the paterfamilias who knows he does not always know best. Holmes' nervous energy is perfect as the beleaguered daughter who wants desperately to make good, while Luke is engaging as her new boyfriend. Pill and Gallagher are right-on as the bickering kids, and Sean Hayes does a hilarious turn as a prissy, self-absorbed neighbor whose maddening antics are enough to cook anyone's goose.
Laura Bauer's duds convey perfectly the idiosyncrasies of the characters and this altogether identifiable American family tradition.
PIECES OF APRIL
IFC Prods., InDigEnt, Kalkaska Prods.
Credits:
Producers: John Lyons, Gary Winick, Alexis Alexanian
Writer-director: Peter Hedges
Executive producers: Jonathan Sehring, Caroline Kaplan, John Sloss
Co-producers: Lucy Barzon, Lucille Masone Smith
Producer for IFC: Holly Becker
Associate producer/script supervisor: Dianne Dreyer
Director of photography: Tami Reiker
Production designer: Rick Butler
Editor: Mark Livolsi
Costume designer: Laura Bauer
Composer: Stephin Merritt
Casting: Berney Telsey, David Vaccari, Will Cantler
Sound mixer: Aaron Rudelson
Cast:
April Burns: Katie Holmes
Joy Burns: Patricia Clarkson
Jim Burns: Oliver Platt
Bobby: Derek Luke
Beth Burns: Alison Pill
Timmy Burns: John Gallagher Jr.
Grandma Dottie: Alice Drummond
Wayne: Sean Hayes
Latrell: Sisquo
Running time -- 80 minutes
No MPAA rating...
PARK CITY -- Filmmaker Peter Hedges stirs the family plot in this pithy, sweet glimpse into one distraught family's last Thanksgiving together.
In tone, it most resembles Jodie Foster's edgy "Home for the Holidays" with its humorous, grainy take on American family life. Playing as a Dramatic Competition entrant, this warm and scruffy film may strike some as a mere period piece, but it's juiced with recognizable family trauma and garnished with a quirky sensibility -- it's the portrait of a group of people we come to care about.
Undeniably, "Pieces of April" is structured somewhat as a tearjerker: Mom (Patricia Clarkson) has incurable breast cancer, and the family's Thanksgiving trek to their wayward daughter's grungy New York abode has all the earmarks of a "last meal." Remarkably, writer-director Hedges laces this sad story with bizarre humor and identifiable family nuttiness. By today's standards, this is very much a functioning two-parent family and, as such, they bicker, annoy and joust for attention.
Understandably, Mom is depressed over her illness and has lapsed into withdrawal behavior, isolating herself and making acid comments about her husband (Oliver Platt) and two remaining house-living offspring (Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr.).
The film centers on the family's trek by car from the 'burbs into the grubby Lower East Side. No one is looking forward to the dinner, owing to the fact that the family's black sheep, April (Katie Holmes), is slated to cook. Mom struggles to recall one loving memory of April, while the two younger siblings harbor similar sentiments about their misfit sister. Dad tries to keep the drive on track, resolutely and falsely trying to perk up spirits.
As the family zigzags their way into town, Hedges offers as a counterpoint April's frantic efforts to concoct a memorable dinner. April is no Martha Stewart -- opening a can of cranberries stretches her culinary prowess. It's almost a slapstick ordeal as her oven breaks down, her neighbors go berserk, and her boyfriend disappears. And, of course, loaded into this whole cracked familial equation is the fact that the boyfriend (Derek Luke) is black. What we have here is a crazy, degentrified version of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".
Ladled with screwy affection, "Pieces of April" is a robust family saga, greatly flavored by the varied performances. Clarkson stands out as the mother who can barely brave confronting what she knows will be a calamitous day, while Platt is smartly stolid as the paterfamilias who knows he does not always know best. Holmes' nervous energy is perfect as the beleaguered daughter who wants desperately to make good, while Luke is engaging as her new boyfriend. Pill and Gallagher are right-on as the bickering kids, and Sean Hayes does a hilarious turn as a prissy, self-absorbed neighbor whose maddening antics are enough to cook anyone's goose.
Laura Bauer's duds convey perfectly the idiosyncrasies of the characters and this altogether identifiable American family tradition.
PIECES OF APRIL
IFC Prods., InDigEnt, Kalkaska Prods.
Credits:
Producers: John Lyons, Gary Winick, Alexis Alexanian
Writer-director: Peter Hedges
Executive producers: Jonathan Sehring, Caroline Kaplan, John Sloss
Co-producers: Lucy Barzon, Lucille Masone Smith
Producer for IFC: Holly Becker
Associate producer/script supervisor: Dianne Dreyer
Director of photography: Tami Reiker
Production designer: Rick Butler
Editor: Mark Livolsi
Costume designer: Laura Bauer
Composer: Stephin Merritt
Casting: Berney Telsey, David Vaccari, Will Cantler
Sound mixer: Aaron Rudelson
Cast:
April Burns: Katie Holmes
Joy Burns: Patricia Clarkson
Jim Burns: Oliver Platt
Bobby: Derek Luke
Beth Burns: Alison Pill
Timmy Burns: John Gallagher Jr.
Grandma Dottie: Alice Drummond
Wayne: Sean Hayes
Latrell: Sisquo
Running time -- 80 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/22/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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