Last Tango in Paris actress Maria Schneider dies

French actress Maria Schneider, best known for playing Marlon Brando's lover in Last Tango in Paris, has died in Paris aged 58 after a long illness.

The actress was 19 when she was cast opposite Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial 1972 film.

It saw her play a young Parisian who embarks on a sexually charged relationship with his middle-aged American businessman.

The film was banned in several countries due to its explicit content.

Born in 1952 in Paris, Schneider was the daughter of French actor Daniel Gelin.

She began her film career in uncredited roles before being given her first break in 1970 film Madly.

Last Tango in Paris provoked such controversy that the actress resolved never to do nude scenes again.

Yet she was briefly seen naked three years later in Jack Nicholson film The Passenger, albeit in long shot.

Schneider battled drug addiction in the 1970s but went on to star in mostly low-budget European films.

She was last seen on the big screen in 2008 French film Cliente, about a married construction worker who leads a double life as a gigolo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12355496

I was reading about Brando recently... 'The horror, the horror' indeed

Cowboys and Aliens Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqbUVMjndx4

Captain America: The First Avenger

Official Trailer

Looks like it might be OK. I notice it's being released in 3D...well, 2.5D anyway

A really bad space battle clip

http://io9.com/#!5752459/one-of-the-abs ... -ever-seen

Good Lord, a trailer that doesn't show half the film!

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Sequel Details!!

It's The End Of The World As We NOAH It (And Darren Aronofsky Feels Fine)


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Glimpse Mermaids From PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES!!

And The Director Of The James Cameron Produced FANTASTIC VOYAGE Remake Is...

Now, traditionally that guy's up there (down there?) with Wiseman, Anderson...
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Transformers 3 spot is up!!!

I'll get the gist of the reviews first this time...
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Here's the RANGO Super Bowl spot

Simon "127 HOURS" Beaufoy Adapting LA Werewolf Gang Novel, Danny Boyle To Direct?

EDIT - Is A MONSTERS Sequel On The Way??

See Streep As Thatcher In THE IRON LADY!!

Single link again:

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Mr Men heading to the big screen

Sylvester Stallone gets Headshot

Rosamund Pike in Negotiations for 'Clash of the Titans' Sequel

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/ ... tans-97466

She's stunning, but she seems to appear in films people will never/shouldn't see

Paul Verhoeven making The Student with Halle Berry

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/paul-verh ... alle-berry
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See Leonardo DiCaprio As Hoover In Eastwood's J. EDGAR!!

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Expendables Producers Begin Process Of Shaking Down Thousands For Cash

from the how-to-piss-off-fans dept

As was widely expected, the producers of the big budget Hollywood movie, The Expendables have joined the coalition of the clueless with the producers of Hurt Locker in deciding to shakedown some of the movie's fans. Once again, using law firm Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver under the name US Copyright Group (whose existing lawsuits of this nature haven't gone too well so far), a lawsuit lumping together 6,500 unnamed people accused of file sharing has been launched. As with the previous lawsuits, the intent here is just to suss out names attached to the IP addresses, at which point they'll be sent misleading and threatening letters, which suggest they pay up to have the lawsuits against them dropped. Of course, as with previous such lawsuits, I'm sure there will be a quick back and forth as someone points out that lumping all of these defendants into a single case is not proper, and it'll depend on whether or not the judge is reasonable to see if the case will actually move forward.

Still, it kind of makes you wonder what the producers of The Expendables are thinking. The studio, called Nu Image, is pretty much deciding to purposely piss off a large group of fans, just at a time when they're apparently working on a sequel. Nothing in this action will make any of those people more interested in paying money to see any more movies from Nu Image in the future. In fact, about the only thing it will do is give a large group of people an excuse not to pay to see Nu Image movies. And for what? To get a tiny group of folks who downloaded the movie to pay a few thousand dollars -- a large chunk of which just goes to the lawyers? That's not exactly a brilliant business strategy.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201102 ... cash.shtml

Even the people who downloaded that film illegally have a right to complain it was that sh1t

That sounds more like a lawyers benefit, After costs and legal fees they will be lucky to get much, apart from a load of angry fans. I can wait for mainstream films to get a terrestrial airing, even if it is three years.

Russell Brand’s Arthur gets a first trailer

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Jennifer Lawrence set for Oliver Stone’s Savages

X-Men First Class trailer arrives

DJ Caruso takes on Beat The Reaper

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Blame This Movie On The Rain... The Milli Vanilli Story Coming To Theaters



Here are the lucky 14 from THE HOBBIT!!! NOW With Video!!!

John Hillcoat fills out the cast of his new flick, a gangster movie called THE WETTEST COUNTY IN THE WORLD!



Don't even watch The Expendables if someone hands you the DVD for free in the next few seconds... In fact, hit them, cos they couldn't think much of you if that were the case