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THE MULTIPLEX

THE DEATH OF

PAUL  NEWMAN

CHESTER  PERFORMS

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BRITISH CINEMA??

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Here at OUTAKE we are not only dedicated keeping up with all the lat-est fasion trends, (see above) but we are also dedicated to trying to bring film home, and to try and celebrate any homegrown talent that may be shining through the cracks, we try do this through running as many articles possible about British ccinema, we do this because for years there has been a serious gap in the market in terms of British Cinema, the screens have been dominated by Hollywood blockbusters with big budgets and there has been no room for the modest Englishmen to let his creative juices flow on to the film screen, so to speak.Dont get me wrong i enjoy all the American remakes and fast paced high octane action thrillers that are often found gracing screen 8 at the local cineworld, but it just feels like there is something missing.In the past few years we had relied on people such as Danny Boyle to pro-vide some gritty British masterpiece, but these days he is more preoccu-pied with the much more mainstream picture, and it is safe to say that Guy Ritchie has had his day, as he last 4

or 5 films have been pretty much unbearable as he tries to recreate the onscreen gold that are Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smok-ing Barrels, but he has yet to reach these heights once again. The metaphorical reigns of British Cinema have now been passed on to a new school of home-grown talent as the always reliable Ken Loach who has never kicked up a fuss is still as consistent as ever as he continues to slowly very but indeed very well climb his way up the film ladder. This attitude is also mirrored by the ever controversial Shane Meadows, who most recently has teamed up once again with the delightful Paddy Constantine, to create the critically acclaimed Moc-umentary Le Donk and Scorzeze, which to be fair was a huge nar-rative shift from the usual films associated with these two, as Dead Man’s Shoes and This is England both circled around issues that were not only frustrating but also very emotive for viewers. In order for British Cinema to becoming the dominant force which many believe it should be a new breath of fresh need to be blown into it, as the only way that there is still any income into the business is through the always popular Harry Potter and through this film many of the London based studios are able to stay afloat and there able to scrimp and save the dosh to make many of the low budget gritty mas-terpiece associated with the British studios.

above is the always

delightful martin murphy

You start to lose your memory, you start to

invention. So I think that’s pretty much a

AS the second an-niversary of the death of on screen legend draws near, the British Film In-stitute is celebrat-ing the life and work of Newman by running a series of his best produc-tions throughout the month of May.

Being known as one the great-est actors of all time ‘the hustler’ was last seen gracing the screen alongside Tom Hanks and Jude Law in the critically acclaimed road to perdition, this was to be his last on screen role until his struggle with cancer. Probably best known for his roles as Butch Cassidy in the academy award winning and alongside Tom Cruise in Martin Scorceses The Colour of Money, there were many elements in Newman’s illustrious career, one of his greatest passions was Mo-tor racing describing it as “the

professionally for the SCAA New-

and competed in the 1979 24

second place, which meant that

PAUL NEWMAN.COOL HAND LUKE.

You start to lose your memory, you start to

invention. So I think that’s pretty much a

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he was he was inducted into the hall of the fame in 2009.As well gaining worldwide

the academy award winning actor also turned his hand of the world of culenery delights releasing a range of sauces and dressings of which all of

be donated to date and as of 2008 ‘Newman’s Own’ had

to charity and post his death continue to work on many different ranges of food and

-der to raise more money for charity. Along with his gener-ous charity work it was also highly known the Newman

after the death of one his sons he set up a clinic dedi-

cated to working with people with drug addiction called the Scott Newman centre for drug abuse.Before hitting it big as an ac-

training but was rejected from this when it came to light that Newman was in fact colour blind and therefore was ineli-gible for this and was instead assigned as a turret gunner

and begin work on stage in the Broadway theatre mak-ing a name for himself in a range of original productions

alongside Frank Sinatra in a

of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in 1955.After this there was no short-

-wood’s newest young star to get his teeth around as he

made the transition from stage to cinema in the early 60s. Some of the major roles that made Newman a house-hold name were The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Harper (1966), Hombre (1967), Cool Hand Luke (1967), The Tow-

Shot (1977), and The Ver-dict (1982). He teamed with fellow actor Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973). Despite

-ing awards and on some

academy awards the award,

personal Oscar, this would to allude the cool hand Luke star until he reprised his role of “Fast” Eddie Felson in the Martin Scorsese-directed The Color of Money (1986), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He

that winning an Oscar at the

his fantasy of formally being

old age.His last screen appearance

to Perdition opposite Tom Hanks, although he contin-

strong interest in car racing,

Hudson, a retired race car in

life of the legendary NASCAR

turned out to be Newman’s

documentary The Meerkats, released in 2008.Newman announced that he would entirely retire from acting on May 25, 2007. He stated that he did not feel he could continue acting at the

to lose your memory, you

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much a closed book for me.”

passing draws near the

only way they know how by showcasing a selection of his greatest works and trying provide a younger generation with a series of classic from a true on screen legend.

PAUL NEWMAN.

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After scouring the far corners of the world

for what seemed to be, all of about 15 minutes

the genius minds at Outtake magazine have

compiled the movie posters they think to be

the most iconic and most influential and ones

which have become popular and unmistakeable

within popular culture.

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THE BICYCLE THEIVES (1948)

Widely thought to be one of the most

influential stories of its generation and

possibly all time, this film sees the lead

character Antonio Ricci played by Lam-

berto Maggiorani and his son search-

ing the Rome for a stolen bicycle, which

Ricci needs for his job putting up posters.

This leads them on a chaotic journey in

which emotions are high due to the na-

ture of the response to this crime from

the poilce.

This film is set in post World War 2 Italy

and this is a realistic portrayal of the

economic struggle of the country at

this time, and due to the way this story

has been humanized through the perfor-

mances, it is seen as the one of the best

films to come out of the neo realist films

of this period.

DR SRANGELOVE (ON BLU RAY)

SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)

General Jack D Ripper(Sterling Hayden)as

the delusional commander of a United

States Air Force base who initiates a plan

to attack the Soviet Union with nuclear

weapons. Soon to be available on the

ever popular Blu Ray.

Guy Ritchie attempts to jump from what

seems to be a sinking ship as no longer is

he being associated with gritty east end

too well in the last couple of years, he is

now palling up with big money Hollywood

studios to tackle the remake of one of

switch in genre however is not the main

thing to take away with you when you

watch this DVD, the defining aspects of this

film and with no real surprise it seems that

once again Robert Downey Jr. has stolen

the show, even alongside Dr Watson him-

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DVD REVIEWS

REVIEWSCINEMA

ROBIN HOODRidley Scott returns which was is set to be

one of the movie events of the year as he

teams up with Russell Crowe in the remake of

the Sherwood forests very own Robin Hood.

Hopefully this one will be less men in tights

and more gladiator, we have been promised

that this is sure to be an action packed film

with epic battle scenes and well, if there was

one man you want at the helm of this sort

of project it would be maximus maridius him-

self, this is one is sure to a breath of freah

air from the romantic comedies which seem

to be dominating the screens.

This is one film that we hope does not fol-

low in the same vein as the oliver stone di-

saster that was alexander and the brad pitt

epic which also did not go down well with

audiences. troy. all of our eggs have been

put in one basket with this one as one of the

epics of the year

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torial debut as the loveable rollerblad-

ing teen with some serious skeletons in

her closet. There is no real surprises in his

light hearted comedy as it seems Barrymore

has not wanted to waver too much from

Ellen Page carrying the film with her quick

wit and sharp tongue that she is famous

for.

Four Lions

If your thing is Comedy Iraqi terrorists,

then book your tickets now for this film

that has gone down a storm with festivals

worldwide.

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As the curtains close for the 82nd time on anoth-er successful Oscars, it is safe to say that the acad-emy have once again not let us down.Early buzz around the Kodak theatre suggested that film of the mo-ment avatar was going to breeze past all opposition to collect the majority of little golden statues, however, this was not to be the case, not to fear loyal avatar fans as the James Cameron 3D epic did manage to secure the awards for Best Cinema-tography, Visual effects and Art Direction.The rest of the night

however belonged pretty much to Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker scoop-ing up the awards for Best Writing, Best Art Direc-tion, Best Sound Editing, Best sound mixing, Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Kathryn Bigelow even beat her ex-husband James Cameron For the Best Direction, these awards meant that there was still room for the best actor and actress in a leading role.This year these accolades would fall to Academy Award veteran Jeff Bridges for his role in the won-derful portrayal of a down and out musician in Crazy Heart and also to Oscar newbie Sandra Bullock who after years of waiting, sort of, was finally able to step up to the podium for her perfor-mance in the heart warm-ing true story the Blind Side, just days after receiv-ing a Razzie for a different role.You cannot really talk about the Oscars these days without referenc-ing the hosts of the show, this year the responsibil-ity fell to comedy legend Steve Martin and 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin, it is safe to say that these two were able to convincingly able hold the audience for the duration of the awards despite a few dubious jokes and below the belt digs at George Clooney they seemed to go down well with the star studded au-dience.

OSCARS 2010THE WINNERS AND LOSERS

“This adds something extra to what are in my opinion, already brilliant productions

If you were looking for a city where there was an array of talent and a constant stream of show-cases all around the city display-ing this you wouldn’t immediately thing of the historical roman city of Chester.This is why the entertainment group Chester Performs has been formed in order for the people within the area to catch a glimpse of the talent and indeed culture that are evident within the area since the closure of the local cin-ema and the fact that the theatre within the city is an attraction which is often overlooked by many.Adam Lloyd works with this group in order to make sure that not only does everything run smoothly but also to ensure that the people of Chester are aware of the displays which are being put on all over the city.“One of the ideas that we had was to try and not only bring a bit of culture to the city but we also wanted to use the surroundings of Chester, as it in fact a very beauti-ful place and this is where the idea

believes it add something extra to what are in my opinion an already brilliant productions.”Some of the shows that have already taken place in this year’s SOAPBOX spring and sum-mer festival are productions such as The last Supper from the Reckless Sleepers and Masha Serghyeevna By Lema Senic both of which went down very well with audiences and these are just a couple in already long list of the productions

This is the second year of the SOAPBOX productions and if crowd numbers are anything to go buy it seems as if it will become an annual events and become a significant date on the cities calendar. Linda Stone-baker a mother of two who has attended several of the SOAPBOX productions says “All of these events have been very good I think it is good that they have been performed in all of these different places because not only it is a very good backdrop but also people who are just walking past may also be able to appreciate it.”This is not the only event or-ganised by Chester Performs, they also have do something call Screen Deva, which show-cases a whole host of films, from new independent films, which are low budget and need a platform on which to be presented, and also mainstream Hollywood movies which many of the screen Deva patrons at-tend just to enjoy once again and to indeed support the Ches-ter based company. This event takes place in June of 2010 and will feature films such as the Al-fred Hitchcock classic Vertigo and critically acclaimed musi-cal Once which is based around a busker in Dublin, and is a film which is sure to down a storm with Chester Audiences.

of SOAPBOX came from, we put on a wide range of shows in places that otherwise may not have been used for this type of activity and we

CORNERHOUSE PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For years now the British public has been forced

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blockbuster in one of it 18 screens and pay though the nose for the

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seems to be sweeping the nation, or at least in Manchester on the

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nerhouse has offered the best of independent and foreign cinema

a cafe bar and also with the lat-est addition of the bookshop the cornerhouse is trying to change

cinema.Most people associate this type of cinema with people who wear berets, drink large

about things which pretty much bore the crap out of most of us and this is the im-age which cornerhouse direc-tor Bryan Kelly has tried to steer clear from.

stigma that has been attached to places such as this, doing this sort of thing is not that easy because a lot of people don’t care about many of the

not because they in any way do not like or appreciate the material but because they are

your neck with constant

the city. So trying to deal with this and in many ways compete with this can often be a struggle”The cornerhouse not only

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contemporary art and there -

ing certain subjects and themes currently within the

week of May there is go-

is based on the current art

is going to be a wide range of subjects selected from the

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audiences with things that

At the moment within the

is also an Alfred Hitchcock

screenings of many of the work from the director considered to be the best

popular is Pshcyo, this clas-sic thriller has gone down a storm with the screens

which could probably be found in a bargain bucket in

-ity of some of the older

much more within the industry, “many of the people who come through door were not about to see some of

cinemas, and really this is the only way you can really enjoy master of suspense himself, on the big screen”