Wes Anderson officially announces his return to feature animation!
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Wes Anderson officially announces his return to feature animation!
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La Biennale sent over a press release. Burn After Reading sounds so cool that I just might get my press pass this year and go to the film festival. Even though the film festival sounds glamorous, it is actually a huge amount of work, and I haven't gone for the last few years. But I LOVE the Cohen brothers, and it stars lots of the Hollywood Good Guys: George Clooney (god:), Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Richard Jenkins. (I also love that the Cohen brothers are not frightened of making women over 40 look sexy:). They've got something like a zillion Academy Awards wins and/or nominations between them.
Here's basically what the press release says for those of you who don't read Italian, combined with info I swiped off Wikipedia:
In this black comedy, Malkovich plays Ozzie Cox, a former CIA agent in Washington who is fired because he is an alcoholic. He gets revenge by writing inflammatory memoirs. Cox's soon-to-be ex-wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) steals the disc containing his memoirs and accidentally leaves it at the gym where it is found by a trainer Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt) and the gym's owner Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand), who believe they can use the info to blackmail Cox.
Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney) is a fellow CIA spy investigating the matter who meets Linda via computer dating. Harry starts an affair with Katie, and later with Linda, becoming entangled with the blackmailers and the CIA.
From Working Title site:
THE LINE is a novel for all those band geeks out there. If you are a percussionist, you’ll feel right at home as the
Forrest Hills High School drum line prepares for a new season of football games and competitions.
Lucy has spent weeks preparing for her audition to be a member of The Battery. Once she makes it, she finds out that
being the only girl on the line has special challenges. Especially when the hot cymbal player she’s been crushing on
leaves no doubt that he’s interested in a relationship. Lucy will have a boyfriend to take her to the homecoming dance!
But, of course, it’s not that simple. Lucy has also met another guy and can’t stop thinking about him. That fact that he’s
the Captain of the rival drum line makes the situation even more complicated. Is it possible to date two guys from
different schools? Should she tell them about each other? What if they find out that they are competitors, not only for
Lucy, but on the drum line competition field as well?
Once Lucy opts for truth, she realizes it’s not fair to the boys who both want to date her exclusively. Who will she
choose? Nevada, the flashy cymbal player from her own line? Or Sam, from the rival line, who liked her even after
finding out who she was? Will Lucy find out the secret that has fueled the rivalry between the two drum lines? And who
is that mysterious cyber-buddy that’s always on-line for her?
The beginning of this book is a little slow starting, with a fair amount of telling. But don’t let that discourage you. Lucy
will draw you in. The fun tension between the drum lines and the boys will make you want to read on. You will
inevitably pick who you want Lucy to choose and you won’t be disappointed. It took me back to my band days, those
bus trips, the pranks in the band room, and the rush you feel when you compete with high honors. My 12-year-old
daughter took this book away from me and read it in a day. She and I agree that this book was a fun read with a highly
satisfying ending.
This review can also be found here at Teens Read Too.
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