Some quick casting news is coming in for Spike Lee's take on Chan-wook Park's cult favorite Oldboy. The La Times is reporting that Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Hornsby have joined the production of the English language remake, which features Josh Brolin as the title character.
Jackson has come on board for a small but critical part in the new film, according to a person close to the production who was not authorized to talk about it publicly. The actor will play the man who is being tortured by the hero (Brolin) in a key revenge scene.
Hornsby has joined the new Oldboy as the film's composer. The piano virtuoso has a longstanding relationship with Lee; among other things, he composed the score for Lee’s basketball documentary Kobe Doin' Work and the auteur's new Red Hook Summer, giving the spiritually themed coming-of-age story a melancholy and wistful spin.
Jackson has come on board for a small but critical part in the new film, according to a person close to the production who was not authorized to talk about it publicly. The actor will play the man who is being tortured by the hero (Brolin) in a key revenge scene.
Hornsby has joined the new Oldboy as the film's composer. The piano virtuoso has a longstanding relationship with Lee; among other things, he composed the score for Lee’s basketball documentary Kobe Doin' Work and the auteur's new Red Hook Summer, giving the spiritually themed coming-of-age story a melancholy and wistful spin.
- 8/20/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
1.) James Gunn (Super, Slither) has emerged as Marvel Studios' top choice to direct Guardians of the Galaxy. The studio is said to like his Whedon-esque ability to mix comedy with action and horror and are now exclusively talking with the director, after also considering Peyton Reed (The Break-Up, Yes Man) and the team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson, It's Kind of a Funny Story). No matter who gets the gig, what's important here is that the studio continues to favor emerging talents who specialize in character over spectacle. They seem to recognize that a large part of what made The Avengers so successful was the way the characters interacted with one another. Marvel has set an August 1, 2014 release date for the film. [THR] 2.) Winona Ryder is in talks to join Homefront, the Jason Statham-led actioner scripted by Sylvester Stallone. She'd play a biker chick partnered with James Franco,...
- 8/20/2012
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers, upcoming Django Unchained) has joined Spike Lee's remake of Oldboy. The English-language remake of Chan-wook Park's cult classic is set to star Josh Brolin in the lead role. Jackson will play a small, but critical part in the new film, Although it is not confirmed, rumor has it that he will be playing the role of the man who guards Brolin's character. If you recall from the original, his character starred in a memorable revenge scene. Old Boy starts shooting this fall in Louisiana and New York.
The La Times also reports that Bruce Hornsby.is set to compose the score for the film. Hornsby has worked with Lee on his basketball documentary Kobe Doin' Work and Red Hook Summer. The composer had this to say about his ideas for the score, by saying "I'm working on a few things and I'll send them to Spike soon,...
The La Times also reports that Bruce Hornsby.is set to compose the score for the film. Hornsby has worked with Lee on his basketball documentary Kobe Doin' Work and Red Hook Summer. The composer had this to say about his ideas for the score, by saying "I'm working on a few things and I'll send them to Spike soon,...
- 8/19/2012
- by Jim Napier
- GeekTyrant
Given that he's one of the more diverse and prolific filmmakers out there, it's been a disappointingly long four years without a new movie from Richard Linklater ("Me and Orson Welles" premiered at Tiff in 2008). Fortunately, the Austin, Texas-based filmmaker is back with "Bernie," a dark comedy which reunites him with two of his most memorable leads, Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey, that has picked up strong reviews and, opening in limited release last Friday, has been performing surprisingly well at the box office.
With "Bernie" expanding wider this weekend (read our review), it seemed like the perfect time to look over Linklater's diverse and eclectic career. He'd already made his mark by founding the Austin Film Society in 1985 (which has gone on to be the center of the industy in the Texas city), but since his debut with an ultra-low-budget student film in 1988, Linklater's tackled everything from romance to...
With "Bernie" expanding wider this weekend (read our review), it seemed like the perfect time to look over Linklater's diverse and eclectic career. He'd already made his mark by founding the Austin Film Society in 1985 (which has gone on to be the center of the industy in the Texas city), but since his debut with an ultra-low-budget student film in 1988, Linklater's tackled everything from romance to...
- 5/2/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Getty Spike Lee
On Wednesday evening, Spike Lee issued an apology on Twitter to the elderly couple that reportedly was harassed by the public after the director mistakenly re-tweeted the wrong address for George Zimmerman, the man who allegedly shot and killed unarmed African-American teenager Trayvon Martin. (Zimmerman has not been charged with any crime.) Lee wrote, “I deeply apologize to the McClain Family for retweeting their address. It was a mistake. Please leave the McClain’s in peace. Justice in Court.
On Wednesday evening, Spike Lee issued an apology on Twitter to the elderly couple that reportedly was harassed by the public after the director mistakenly re-tweeted the wrong address for George Zimmerman, the man who allegedly shot and killed unarmed African-American teenager Trayvon Martin. (Zimmerman has not been charged with any crime.) Lee wrote, “I deeply apologize to the McClain Family for retweeting their address. It was a mistake. Please leave the McClain’s in peace. Justice in Court.
- 3/29/2012
- by Lyneka Little
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Over the past few years Spike Lee has been busy in the documentary arena with films like Kobe Doin' Work and If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise, his follow-up to When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. However, the filmmaker hasn't taken on a narrative feature film since the 2008 war drama Miracle at St. Anna. However, this morning, Lee surprised everyone with an update on Twitter talking about the first day of shooting on a new Spike Lee joint today. At first, no one was sure what film he was talking about, but thankfully BlackFilm (via The Playlist and Shadow and Act) have unearthed some details on the project. Lee's new film is called Red Hook Summer, and while we don't know too many details on the plot, the story will follow an adult from Atlanta who spends a summer in the Red Hook section...
- 7/11/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Spike Lee's last dramatic feature was two years ago (Miracle at St. Anna) and in the meantime he's worked on documentaries like Kobe Doin' Work and the follow-up to When the Levees Broke. But he's been circling a few possible new dramatic features, and now seems to have settled on one option: the terrorist action thriller Nagasaki Deadline. Contrary to images conjured up by the title, this isn't a WWII picture, but a modern thriller that "focuses on a troubled FBI agent and his desperate race to thwart two terrorist attacks planned to unfold on American soil. The fed goes beyond obvious suspects to focus on theories that the crime is tied to historical events, as he races against the clock." That's according to Deadline, which goes so far as to call the script "risky, hot-button stuff." Maybe a couple years ago, but now it sounds like well-trodden thriller material,...
- 6/28/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
We've been waiting for a while now to see what Spike Lee's next film might be, and after directing a handful of documentaries (Kobe Doin' Work, Passing Strange and an upcoming Hurricane Katrina follow-up documentary) it looks like he's finally putting together the pieces for another fictional feature. Up until now it was believed that his next project would be Inside Man 2, however, that may no longer be the case. The good folks over at The Playlist [1] direct us to a chat transcript from Espn [2] where Lee answers a question about Denzel Washington saying, "We were going to do Inside Man 2 but it didn't work out." No further details were made available. Although Roger Friedman at Showbiz411 [3] seems to think that Inside Man 2 is currently in production right now (which it clearly isn't), he does have the scoop that Spike Lee's next movie may be called Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson.
- 4/20/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
©Getty Images, photo credit: Amy Sussman [Note: This piece originally ran in May during the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.] The Tribeca audience was in rocked-out bliss Saturday night at the end of Passing Strange, the new film event from Spike Lee. One of Spike's two entries in Tff '09 (the other is Kobe Doin' Work), Passing Strange came from a simple enough concept, but is much more complex than one might imagine. Lee was inspired to film the final three performances of the Broadway rock musical Passing Strange, and cut those performances into one film. However, this isn't the theatre-on-tv stuff you might have watched in the '70s; instead, Lee's film is vibrant and alive, cutting from here to there with a clarity and urgency that surely took the original musical to even greater heights. In the story, loosely based on co-creator Stew's own experiences, a young African-American man from 1970s South Central ...
- 1/11/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
While not particularly a basketball fan, and certainly not much of a Kobe Bryant fan, the Spike Lee venture Kobe Doin' Work is a fairly fascinating work. An all-access look at the life of the 2008 Mvp, you get to see every part of the road to the game, and what goes on behind-the-scenes in a way rarely captured. From the locker room to strategy meetings, this is an intense and uncensored look at not only one particular player, but the world of sports in general. It's all captured and put together in a way that really has Spike Lee's fingerprints all over it, and you likely won't watch basketball in quite the same way again. Sports fans can experience unlimited access to the intensity and immeasurable talent of 2009 NBA Finals Mvp Kobe Bryant when Espn Home Entertainment, in conjunction with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, present Kobe Doin' Work,...
- 12/6/2009
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
I have only been to one NBA game in my life and that was 10 years ago (the Vancouver Grizzlies against Portland, I think it was). I didn't understand the rules of this high-scoring sport so I thought the half time acrobat show was the most entertaining part of the event. Nevertheless, I was intrigued when I received a review copy of the Espn basketball documentary Kobe Doin' Work.
Helmed by renowned film director Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Summer of Sam, Malcolm X), Kobe Doin' Work focuses on a "game in the life" of La Lakers star Kobe Bryant. From it, I hoped to learn something about how the game of basketball is played and about the life of one of the biggest sports stars in the world. As a fan of other sports (particularly English Premier League soccer) I was also curious to get a sense of what...
Helmed by renowned film director Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Summer of Sam, Malcolm X), Kobe Doin' Work focuses on a "game in the life" of La Lakers star Kobe Bryant. From it, I hoped to learn something about how the game of basketball is played and about the life of one of the biggest sports stars in the world. As a fan of other sports (particularly English Premier League soccer) I was also curious to get a sense of what...
- 11/28/2009
- CinemaSpy
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Gomorrah (Criterion Collection) I just published my review of this one and the film certainly holds up to repeat viewings and left an even greater impression on me than it did when I wrote my "B" review last year. The presentation is great and there is a wealth of supplementary material that can be a bit taxing, but, if taken in slowly, will open your eyes even wider. If you are interested check out my review here and you can read the included Chuck Stevens's essay "Gomorrah: Terminal Beach" available right here. Angels and Demons Nope, wasn't about to request this one for review. I watched it once and once was enough for me. You can read my "C+" review if you need further explanation as to my thoughts on this film, but I don't ever intend to revisit it,...
Gomorrah (Criterion Collection) I just published my review of this one and the film certainly holds up to repeat viewings and left an even greater impression on me than it did when I wrote my "B" review last year. The presentation is great and there is a wealth of supplementary material that can be a bit taxing, but, if taken in slowly, will open your eyes even wider. If you are interested check out my review here and you can read the included Chuck Stevens's essay "Gomorrah: Terminal Beach" available right here. Angels and Demons Nope, wasn't about to request this one for review. I watched it once and once was enough for me. You can read my "C+" review if you need further explanation as to my thoughts on this film, but I don't ever intend to revisit it,...
- 11/24/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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• Blowfish Malibu Willis boots
• Johnny Rockets VIP card
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• Nicole Lee USA clutch
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• Rock Revival jeans for men and women
• Simmons Jewelry Co. diamond bracelet
• Simon G Jewelry $500 gift certificate
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- 11/20/2009
- Extra
Spike Lee couldn't have picked a better day to debut his original Espn documentary, Kobe Doin' Work. Saturday night turned out to be the eve of Game 7 between Kobe's Los Angeles Lakers and the visiting Houston Rockets. While the movie's scheduling likely took place weeks in advance, you couldn't have written a better backdrop for the movie's first airing. The film provides an up-close look at what Bryant thinks about and considers during an NBA game. Lee captured footage and audio from a game that the Lakers played against rival San Antonio Spurs late last season. Bryant offers narration and vivid explanation over video of the game, describing what was going through his mind during even the most minor moments of the game. During the film, Bryant expresses a range of emotions from joy to pain to glory to frustration....
- 5/18/2009
- by Danny Groner
- Huffington Post
Did you miss Kobe Doin' Work at the Tribeca Film Festival? If so, and you have basic cable, no worries, because this weekend, you have seats at center court. The film - Spike Lee's day-in-the-life documentary featuring NBA superstar Kobe Bryant - will be shown commercial-free on Espn and Espnhd at 8:00 pm Et this Saturday (May 16). You've seen him courtside at all the big games, but this time Lee - one of the NBA's most vocal and visible fans - went deep into the Staples Center locker room and beyond. The result is an unprecedented look at something most of us will never experience: What's it like to be the major force behind a national sports franchise, with all that comes with it? The spotlight, the media, the fanatics, the pressure, the Game. With the benefit of 30 cameras and unlimited access, join Lee as he shows this late-season,...
- 5/15/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
©Getty Images, photo credit: Amy Sussman The Tribeca audience was in rocked-out bliss Saturday night at the end of Passing Strange, the new film event from Spike Lee. One of Spike's two entries in Tff '09 (the other is Kobe Doin' Work), Passing Strange came from a simple enough concept, but is much more complex than one might imagine. Lee was inspired to film the final three performances of the Broadway rock musical Passing Strange, and cut those performances into one film. However, this isn't the theatre-on-tv stuff you might have watched in the '70s; instead, Lee's film is vibrant and alive, cutting from here to there with a clarity and urgency that surely took the original musical to even greater heights. In the story, loosely based on Stew's own experiences, a young African-American man from 1970s South Central La goes on a journey of artistic discovery that...
- 5/4/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
With Woody Allen and Larry David in attendance for the premiere of Whatever Works, and Spike Lee (Kobe Doin' Work), Meg Ryan (Serious Moonlight), and Kevin Kline (Queen to Play) also making the rounds for their respective films, there was no shortage of big-screen faces this year at Tribeca. Check out the photo gallery to see who else rocked the red carpet this time around.
- 5/2/2009
- AMC News: Film Festivals
Filmmaker Spike Lee has blasted reports basketball star Kobe Bryant refused to cooperate for his new documentary until he was handed creative control of the project.
The Malcolm X moviemaker, an avid basketball fan who regularly sits courtside at professional games, struggled for months to gain permission from Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson and the NBA to film Kobe Doin' Work.
Lee recruited 30 cameramen to follow Bryant as his team went up against the San Antonio Spurs on 13 April for the day-in-the-life project.
But rumours suggested the entire shoot was nearly thrown into jeopardy when Bryant refused to participate in filming unless he was given creative control - reportedly forcing Lee to consider changing the film's focus to another player.
Lee was said to have even driven to Bryant's house to beg him to cooperate, but Bryant allegedly refused to see him.
A source tells the New York Post's gossip column PageSix, "It went so far that Lee had a last-minute plan to substitute Spurs star Tim Duncan for Kobe and make the whole documentary about Duncan."
However, a spokesperson for Lee has branded reports of a dispute "completely baseless".
Lee's tribute to Bryant is set to air on U.S. sports network Espn on 16 May.
The Malcolm X moviemaker, an avid basketball fan who regularly sits courtside at professional games, struggled for months to gain permission from Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson and the NBA to film Kobe Doin' Work.
Lee recruited 30 cameramen to follow Bryant as his team went up against the San Antonio Spurs on 13 April for the day-in-the-life project.
But rumours suggested the entire shoot was nearly thrown into jeopardy when Bryant refused to participate in filming unless he was given creative control - reportedly forcing Lee to consider changing the film's focus to another player.
Lee was said to have even driven to Bryant's house to beg him to cooperate, but Bryant allegedly refused to see him.
A source tells the New York Post's gossip column PageSix, "It went so far that Lee had a last-minute plan to substitute Spurs star Tim Duncan for Kobe and make the whole documentary about Duncan."
However, a spokesperson for Lee has branded reports of a dispute "completely baseless".
Lee's tribute to Bryant is set to air on U.S. sports network Espn on 16 May.
- 4/27/2009
- WENN
Just saw Spike Lee's film "Kobe Doin' Work,” which is debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival. I can't really call it a documentary … it's more a play-by-play of a basketball game with Kobe Bryant doing the commentary. So basically, I just watched four quarters of a Lakers game! I can't say I was thrilled when I realized what was going down.
- 4/25/2009
- ReelTalkTV.com
By Eric Kohn
If there was a key moment in Tuesday morning's opening press conference for the Tribeca Film Festival, it did not emerge as a handful of celebrities and festival sponsors blandly read prepared statements and stiffly gathered onstage like wooden robots of the publicity machine. Instead, an irresistible image appeared when two prominent members of the lineup suddenly broke this iron facade.
Festival co-founder Robert De Niro briefly took the microphone after Spike Lee finished discussing his two Tribeca entries, "Passing Strange" and "Kobe Doin' Work."...
If there was a key moment in Tuesday morning's opening press conference for the Tribeca Film Festival, it did not emerge as a handful of celebrities and festival sponsors blandly read prepared statements and stiffly gathered onstage like wooden robots of the publicity machine. Instead, an irresistible image appeared when two prominent members of the lineup suddenly broke this iron facade.
Festival co-founder Robert De Niro briefly took the microphone after Spike Lee finished discussing his two Tribeca entries, "Passing Strange" and "Kobe Doin' Work."...
- 4/22/2009
- by admin
- The Wrap
New York -- Toppers at the Tribeca Film Festival kicked off the springtime rite Tuesday with a news conference that featured a little De Niro, a little Spike -- and at least the possibility that down the road, all this might happen at another time of year.
In the most newsworthy moment at the morning session, fest co-founder Jane Rosenthal did not bat down a rumor that Tribeca, which has been held in the spring since its inception in 2002, could move to the fall.
Responding to a reporter's question about whether she could categorically deny a change of season, Rosenthal said, "I can't categorically state what I'm having for lunch today," then added coyly, "I've been hearing the same rumor as you have. That's all I can tell you."
The news conference set the stage for the unspooling of 85 features over the coming 12 days, with about half of those world premieres.
In the most newsworthy moment at the morning session, fest co-founder Jane Rosenthal did not bat down a rumor that Tribeca, which has been held in the spring since its inception in 2002, could move to the fall.
Responding to a reporter's question about whether she could categorically deny a change of season, Rosenthal said, "I can't categorically state what I'm having for lunch today," then added coyly, "I've been hearing the same rumor as you have. That's all I can tell you."
The news conference set the stage for the unspooling of 85 features over the coming 12 days, with about half of those world premieres.
- 4/21/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spike Lee has praised the organisers of New York's Tribeca Film Festival for giving new moviemakers the chance to break into Hollywood.
The director has joined forces with festival creator Robert De Niro and will screen two films at this year's event - basketball documentary Kobe Doin' Work and musical Passing Strange.
And Lee insists he's an avid supporter of film festivals because without them, so many up-and-coming directors would never get the chance to shine.
Speaking at a Tribeca press conference on Tuesday, Lee said, "Film is one of the few things making money, apart from Walmart and McDonalds. But it's still hard to get a movie made. That's why film festivals are so important. A lot of filmmakers get their first films shown at film festivals."
The 12-day Tribeca Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday.
The director has joined forces with festival creator Robert De Niro and will screen two films at this year's event - basketball documentary Kobe Doin' Work and musical Passing Strange.
And Lee insists he's an avid supporter of film festivals because without them, so many up-and-coming directors would never get the chance to shine.
Speaking at a Tribeca press conference on Tuesday, Lee said, "Film is one of the few things making money, apart from Walmart and McDonalds. But it's still hard to get a movie made. That's why film festivals are so important. A lot of filmmakers get their first films shown at film festivals."
The 12-day Tribeca Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday.
- 4/21/2009
- WENN
When Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Nancy Schafer kick off the Tribeca Film Festival at Tuesday's news conference in downtown Manhattan, they will do so amidst a lot of indie angst. Distributors are shrinking, finance sources are drying up and film fests around the country are facing economic hardship.
And yet, paradoxically, the prospects for Tribeca are fairly bright.
Now in its eighth year, the fest is going with a slimmed-down slate of 85 films across its traditional area of documentary film as well as expanding its focus on international features. With a more manageable number of titles and changes both within (the hiring of Sundance vet Geoff Gilmore to run Tribeca Enterprises) and out of its control (the shifting fest landscape), Tribeca may finally take the leap it's been attempting for years.
"Tribeca has always been a bit of a problem with respect to exciting product, because of its...
And yet, paradoxically, the prospects for Tribeca are fairly bright.
Now in its eighth year, the fest is going with a slimmed-down slate of 85 films across its traditional area of documentary film as well as expanding its focus on international features. With a more manageable number of titles and changes both within (the hiring of Sundance vet Geoff Gilmore to run Tribeca Enterprises) and out of its control (the shifting fest landscape), Tribeca may finally take the leap it's been attempting for years.
"Tribeca has always been a bit of a problem with respect to exciting product, because of its...
- 4/20/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The eighth edition of the Tribeca Film Festival -- the first under the leader ship of Geoff Gilmore, formerly of Sundance -- kicks off Wednesday.
The schedule includes high-profile directors such as Woody Allen (the opening-night "Whatever Works"), Spike Lee ("Kobe Doin' Work" and "Passing Strange") and Steven Soderbergh ("The Girlfriend Experience").
But the real fun of any festival is discovering an under-the-radar movie. Example: "Fish Eyes,...
The schedule includes high-profile directors such as Woody Allen (the opening-night "Whatever Works"), Spike Lee ("Kobe Doin' Work" and "Passing Strange") and Steven Soderbergh ("The Girlfriend Experience").
But the real fun of any festival is discovering an under-the-radar movie. Example: "Fish Eyes,...
- 4/19/2009
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
Spike Lee's "Kobe Doin' Work," a documentary look at Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, will have its world premiere at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.
An Espn Films production, the film will screen April 25 as the gala entry in the fest's Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sidebar.
Featuring a score by Bruce Hornsby, "Kobe" was shot during last year's NBA playoffs when Lee and cinematographer Matthew Libatique spent a day with the Lakers standout.
Following its Tribeca bow, "Kobe" will be televised May 16 on Espn.
Now in its third year, the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival showcases independent films about sports and competition. This year's lineup of eight titles includes films devoted to the Little League of Nascar, a Swedish men's synchronized swimming team, a baseball hero's return to his Cuban home for the first time in more than 45 years and a teenage debate team from Qatar that travels...
An Espn Films production, the film will screen April 25 as the gala entry in the fest's Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sidebar.
Featuring a score by Bruce Hornsby, "Kobe" was shot during last year's NBA playoffs when Lee and cinematographer Matthew Libatique spent a day with the Lakers standout.
Following its Tribeca bow, "Kobe" will be televised May 16 on Espn.
Now in its third year, the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival showcases independent films about sports and competition. This year's lineup of eight titles includes films devoted to the Little League of Nascar, a Swedish men's synchronized swimming team, a baseball hero's return to his Cuban home for the first time in more than 45 years and a teenage debate team from Qatar that travels...
- 3/17/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Details about the 2009 Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival have been released. The Espn Films production of Spike Lee's Kobe Doin' Work will have its world premiere at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (April 22 to May 3), presented by American Express, the founding sponsor of the Festival. The gala premiere will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2009. Kobe Doin' Work takes an unprecedented look at NBA star Kobe Bryant. During the 2008 NBA playoffs, Lee and his cinematographer, Matthew Libatique, were given unlimited access to the Los Angeles Lakers superstar before, during and after a game. As a result, the film is a definitive portrait of one of the sport's greatest athletes. The film also features the first score ever written by Grammy-winning musician Bruce Hornsby. Hornsby also contributed the original song, 'Levitate.' 'Kobe Doin' Work brings together the legendary New York filmmaker Spike Lee and one of the biggest ...
- 3/17/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
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