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2011-08-03

Captain America: The First Avenger Trailer - Movie News

Captain America: The First Avenger (Film) Junior Novel (Junior Novelization)
Superhero Thwarts Evil Nazi Plot in 'Captain America: The First Avenger'
VOA - Alan Silverman | Hollywood - August 03, 2011




A comic book super hero whose exploits began in the 1940's is back as one of this year's big action movies. Here's a look at Captain America: The First Avenger.

"General Patton has said that wars are fought with weapons, but they are won by men. Our goal is to create the greatest army in history, but every army begins with one man. He will be the first in a new breed of super soldier."

The year is 1941. As storm clouds of war gather, American scientists secretly inoculate a scrawny young man - a weakling too sickly for military service - with a serum that, they hope, will give him great strength:

PEGGY "Shut it down!"
PROF. ERSKINE "Kill the reactor, Mr. Stark! Turn it off. Kill the reactor!"
STEVE ROGERS "No! Don't! I can do this."

The experiment succeeds, turning skinny Steve Rogers into muscular and powerful "Captain America".

PEGGY "How do you feel?"
STEVE ROGERS "Taller."

It turns out that Nazi German scientists, led by the villain known as "Red Skull," have developed their own super-soldier serum and it is up to Captain America to stop their evil plot that could change the course of the war.

Chris Evans stars as the title character and his toned, muscular physique would be the envy of any bodybuilder. However, instead of using a skinny actor as a "body double," thanks to digital special effects, Evans also plays the '90-pound weakling' version of his character.

"If you've seen pictures of me as a child, it's not to dissimilar to the way I looked in the film. Everyone asks if it's strange seeing myself as a weakling: no, that's what I looked like until I was 17, so understanding what it feels like to be small and slight wasn't too difficult," explains Evans.

STEVE ROGERS "Why me?"
PROF. ERSKINE "Because a weak man knows the value of strength (and) the value of power."

"The early stuff - the skinny stuff - is when the audience hopefully will fall in love with the character," notes Evans. "If you like the guy then, you hope in the last frame in the film you still see the skinny guy. So I really felt adamant about making sure that this was my performance. This wasn't something I wanted to share."

RED SKULL "What made you so special?"
CAPTAIN AMERICA "Nothing. I'm just a kid from Brooklyn."

Captain America is directed by Joe Johnston, who insists that despite the title and patriotic origins, the movie is not about politics or nationalism. He says it's the story of an individual finding his own path to success - on and off the battlefield.

"I think that Steve Rogers has an innocence about him and determination that is probably the most American thing about him," insists Johnston. " It is not a propaganda tool. We're not waving the flag or anything. It's about this guy who just wants to do the right thing and I think that runs throughout the tone of the picture.”

In something of a tradition for a comic book superhero, "Captain America" is also trying to win the heart of a beautiful woman. She is British intelligence agent Peggy Carter, played by Hayley Atwell.

"She is a completely capable woman and it meant that her relationship with Steve was based on equality," explains Atwell. " I think they were kindred spirits. She had her own struggles getting to where she was being a woman and he obviously had his own struggles as well."

PEGGY "Do you have something against running away?"
STEVE ROGERS "If you start running they'll never let you stop."

The title Captain America: The First Avenger gives a clue where the character is heading. Next year, he joins up with a team of fellow Marvel Comics superheroes for a sequel - an action-adventure titled The Avengers.


Captain America: The First Avenger -
Article from VOA

2011-07-25

'Another Earth' - Encountering Our Alternate Self - Movie News

Encountering Our Alternate Self is Message of 'Another Earth'
Penelope Poulou - VOA - July 24, 2011



What if there was an exact copy of us living an alternate life on an alternate earth? Mike Cahill's new science-fiction drama explores that possibility.

"Another Earth" focuses on Rhoda Williams, a promising young astrophysicist, whose life is shattered after she kills two people in car accident. Rhoda lives in limbo until one day, when another earth appears on the horizon.

Like its inhabitants, Earth 2 is a duplicate of our world. For many, such a prospect is unnerving. For Rhoda, it's hope. After serving a jail sentence for the deadly crash, she lives at her parents’ house, closed-off from the world, unable to forgive herself. On Earth 2, her life might have taken a different course. She might have swerved instead of hitting the mother and son. On Earth 2, she might be living the life she feels she was meant to.

"This will be a trip like no other. We will give those that travel with us a unique and life-changing experience. Travel to Earth 2, now booking."

Rhoda cannot afford the flight. So she enters an essay contest which offers her a chance to fulfill her dream.

She wins.

Meanwhile, her life has taken yet another turn. In an effort to find redemption, she goes to apologize to the man who lost his wife and child in the accident. But she loses her nerve and pretends she's looking for work as a house cleaner. Because she was a minor at the time of the crash, her identity was not disclosed, and John - unaware of her impact on his life - hires her. Cautiously, they start a friendship, then a relationship. When she tells him she won the trip to Earth 2 he keeps a brave face. Again, he’s losing someone close.

William Mapother offers a compelling performance as pain-stricken John Burroughs. He says the story, albeit science-fiction, allowed for dramatic expression. "It takes what we imagine to be a very outrageous concept of another earth and it grounds it. It grounds and roots the extraordinary in the ordinary. So for the actor, instead of playing with something heady we're playing with something very real," he said.

First-time actress Brit Marling offers a nuanced interpretation as Rhoda Williams. She also co-wrote the script and produced the film. She explains the storyline started with the concept of meeting our other self. "And that became the idea of a story of forgiveness. That the person who most has the hardest time seeing herself and the hardest time sort of letting go is somebody who can't forgive herself or let herself off the hook for something," he said.

Filming documentary-style, with a handheld camera, director Mike Cahill sets a realistic tone to a fictional, outlandish story that resonates with audiences. “I think all of us have this primal yearning to connect. And I think the idea of a doppelganger or a person who shares your experiences so intimately that they are you is kind of a fulfillment of a fantasy that we have as humans," he said.

"Another Earth" is a unique, sensitive drama which raises philosophical questions and offers a provocative ending. The film cost less than $100,000 to make and has already won two coveted awards at the Sundance Film Festival. It has been greeted enthusiastically by critics and viewers, who are left pondering possibilities, long after the closing credits.





'Another Earth' Movie News from - VOA

2011-07-16

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Harry's last battle with Voldemort, the evil wizard...

Final Harry Potter Ends With Emotional Bang

Moviegoers bid wistful goodbye to international phenomenon






The global release of “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows  Part 2,” brings the famous movie franchise to an emotional, action-packed end.

Thousands of fans are gathering at movie theaters the world over to say goodbye to “the boy who lived” as well as the magical world of Hogwarts, created by British author J.K. Rowling.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows  Part 2” chronicles Harry's last battle with Voldemort, the most evil of all wizards.

This final installment is a fast-paced epic which offers grand special effects and a narrative packed with emotion. The Harry Potter series has captivated the planet. Billions of people have read the books and many are determined to watch Harry Potter's final journey on the large screen  in 3D no less.

The film first opened in London, where 8,000 people poured into Trafalgar Square to greet the actors who portrayed the beloved characters. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter's creator, thanked the actors.

“They cannot know how much I love them," she said. "What amazing things they did to my favorite characters. I just thank them for lending us their talent and all their hard work.”
It's also been a heartfelt journey for those who brought life to Rowling’s heroes.

“Emotional overall but I'm really excited about the next chapter of my life starting," said Emma Watson, who portrays Hermione. "But then obviously I feel really sad and kind of nostalgic about all this coming to an end and it's been such a huge part of my life.”

She’s not alone. As these characters matured, an entire generation of young people all over the world grew up with them.

Fans crowd into a Washington, DC movie theater to watch 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2,' the final film featuring the beloved boy wizard.
VOA - Fans crowd into a Washington, DC movie theater to watch 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2,' the final film featuring the beloved boy wizard.
At a Washington, D.C., premiere, hundreds of anxious fans lined up to watch the young wizard's final chapter. They were introspective about the Harry Potter experience.
"It's really weird because it is like the end of my childhood," said one teenager in line.

"There was this whole other world, this amazing world," said a another. "I think that was what intrigued me the most, that there was something beautiful to be visualized and I think that kind of enraptured me and caught my heart."

Parents were also wistful.

"It's very bittersweet because, our kids, this is their childhood," said one father. "They all grew up with this story and to know that's it's coming to an end..."

"It was the best book to come around," said one mother. "There are so many kids reading other books that got started because of Harry Potter."

The first movie, directed by Chris Columbus, was released in 2001.

“It was after 9/11," Watson recalls, "and I remember Chris making this speech that Harry Potter had come about just at the right time when people needed to escape and believe in magic and something greater.”

Themes of love, faith and loyalty have defined Harry Potter and strike a high note in its finale. Speaking of the last curtain, Daniel Radcliffe, the incarnation of Harry Potter for all these years, has a message for his fans.

“Thank you so much for your unrelenting support across the years," Radcliffe says. "I hope you've been satisfied with the films. I think Harry Potter fans have a literary curiosity and imagination. So, I would say, now, take that curiosity out into the world to do extraordinary things with it.”

A message from an extraordinary wizard who taught us to believe everything is possible and to never give up the fight.


Final Harry Potter Ends With Emotional Bang
Harry Potter Article from VOA

2011-07-06

Transformers 3 - Dark of the Moon Trailer - Movie News


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Giant Robots Do Battle in Action-Packed 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'


The mechanical toy robots known as Transformers first appeared on store shelves in the 1980s. They spawned TV shows, comic books and finally big, loud motion pictures. The third film in the franchise is now at theaters worldwide.Here's a behind the scenes look at Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Shia LaBeouf returns as the resourceful young hero Sam Witwicky, along with his champion, the giant alien robot Optimus Prime. Like all the Transformers, Optimus can fold himself up into a clever disguise as a vehicle - in this case, a powerful truck.

Once again Optimus and his loyal Autobots are battling the evil Decepticons with the fate of the Earth hanging in the balance.

"You may lose your faith in us, but never in yourselves. From here the fight will be your own."



Like the first two films, Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the work of writer, director and producer Michael Bay, who talked about the challenge at a news conference in Moscow before the film's world premiere.

"You keep trying to push the boundaries," explained Bay. "[Fellow director] James Cameron called me up and he asked me if making the third one was easier or harder. I knew he was asking that because of Avatar 2. I said 'Jim, it's definitely harder because you keep trying to push yourself farther.'"

Often criticized for the manic energy and rapid-fire editing of his films, Bay says he modified his style to shoot this third Transformers adventure in 3D.

2011-07-05

Cars 2 Trailer - Movie News



Lightning McQueen is Back in Worldwide Adventure 'Cars 2'


A 2006 animated hit from Pixar introduced a world of talking motor vehicles, especially a shiny red racecar and his rust-encrusted best friend, a tow truck named "Mater." Now they're back for an adventure that takes them around the world. Here's a look at Cars 2.

LIGHTNING:"Wish me luck."
MATER: "You go get 'em, buddy."

In the original Cars, celebrity racecar "Lightning McQueen" is stranded way off the beaten track, in the town of Radiator Springs where he learns to appreciate life in the slow lane. In this sequel, "Lightning" is back for a star-studded series of international competitions …and he brings good-hearted, but dimwitted, Mater along as part of his crew.

LIGHTNING:"Oh, look at this! Okay, now, Mater remember: best behavior."
MATER:"You got it, buddy. Hey, what's that?"

From Tokyo to Paris to Rome, Mater skids from one misadventure to another until he crashes into a team of spies trying to solve a mystery affecting the world's energy supply.

AGENT HOLLEY: "There's an American liaison operating under deep cover."
MATER: "Domo arigato" (thank you)
AGENT FINN: "These Americans are clearly master spies."
AGENT HOLLEY: "Oh, you've got to be joking."


And "joking" is the key word for John Lasseter, a co-founder of the Pixar animation studio and director of both the original and "Cars 2."

"We can take things that you've seen in our world or other movies and re-imagine them - or, as we say, 'car-ify' them - and it's fun."

Lasseter, a pioneer of computer animation, is now chief creative officer at the Walt Disney studio, which purchased Pixar in 2006. While that takes up most of his time, Lasseter could n-o-t resist getting behind the wheel again for the "Cars" sequel.

"I am so passionate about cars," explains Lasseter. "My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership in Los Angeles, and I worked summers there as a parts delivery boy. I just love cars and it's so much fun to bring cars to life and take a look at their world and everything about that."

AGENT FINN: "I never properly introduced myself: Finn McMissile, British Intelligence."
MATER: "Tow Mater, average intelligence."
The voices for Cars 2 include Oscar-winning English actor Michael Caine who admits he also was driven to make the film.

"I've got three grandchildren, and the reason I wanted to do it was I wanted them to see me, because if you think about it, the films that I make little children can't go and see," Caine explains. "So I've got this tremendous bond with my grandchildren through this film. It was a wonderful opportunity for me."

Caine joins the ensemble from the first film, especially comic actor Daniel Lawrence Whitney, better known by his stage name "Larry the Cable Guy." Whitney …or Larry …says his homespun humor is a good match for playing Mater.

"He likes people for what they are. He doesn't judge anybody for how they look or anything like that. He's just an easygoing, friendly guy who just wants to be friends with everybody. So that's why I like Mater," Larry explains.

PIT CREW: "Your suspension stats look good …tire pressure is excellent …he's got plenty of fuel."
MATER: "And he's awesome."


Even with all the action, Cars 2 is ultimately about two best friends: Mater and Lightning McQueen. Owen Wilson is back for the sequel as the bright-eyed racecar.

"With this movie, it was this exciting new adventure with the world grand prix …and that the friendship between them has a sweetness to it," Wilson says. "But there is also the hilarity of seeing Mater as a kind of fish out of water in this sort of spy intrigue and stuff. I think it's very appealing."

In what has become a Pixar trademark, Cars 2also advances the art of computerized animation with realistic depictions of international landmarks. However, as this is a world of cars, each is imaginatively fashioned from wheels, fenders, grillwork and other motor vehicle parts.



Lightning McQueen is Back in Worldwide Adventure 'Cars 2'

Article from VOA

2011-06-28

Michelle Yeoh - Suu Kyi Film, Burma Expels Actress Before Film Release

Burma Expels Hollywood Actress Before Suu Kyi Film Release


Officials in Burma said Tuesday that actress Michelle Yeoh was deported when she tried to visit the country last week.

Yeoh, who won international fame as a Chinese spy in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, plays Aung San Suu Kyi in a film about the Burmese democracy activist scheduled for release later this year.

The officials did not explain the reason the 48-year-old Malaysian was turned back when she arrived at Rangoon's airport on June 22. They said simply that she was on a government blacklist.

Video footage of Michelle Yeoh



Yeoh previously visited Burma in December while preparing for her role in the upcoming film The Lady, which deals with Aung San Suu Kyi's relationship with her late husband, Michael Aris. At that time, Yeoh was able to visit the Nobel laureate, who had just been released from seven years of house arrest.

Yeoh is a former Miss Malaysia who has was nominated for a BAFTA award for her starring role in Ang Lee's 2000 film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. She also starred in Memoirs of a Geisha.



Burma Expels Hollywood Actress Before Suu Kyi Film Release
Article from VOA

2011-06-26

Mr. Popper's Penguins - Movie Trailer

Mr Popper's Penguins
Unexpected Gift Teaches Man Life Lesson in 'Mr. Popper's Penguins'
June 20, 2011


Wacky comedy is a specialty of Jim Carrey, but when his co-stars are six Gentoo penguins …on the loose in New York City …things really get wild. Here's a look at Carrey's new film Mr. Popper's Penguins.

BOSS: "Pull yourself together. Your house is full of penguins."
POPPER: "I know."


Tom Popper is working his way up the corporate ladder in a New York financial firm. But all the time it takes leaves too little for his family. Then, right in the middle of the biggest business deal of his career, Mr. Popper's own absent father - a veteran explorer - sends a gift that changes everything and is a huge hit with the kids.

Caring for the penguins and learning to cope with their antics teach Popper some lessons about what is really important in life.

"Everybody ready …and shuffle, ball, step; shuffle, ball, lunge; step, ball, change; step, ball, change …word."


The line of dancing penguins is computer generated or CG, and there are robot penguins for some other scenes. But star Jim Carrey says he had the most fun with the real penguins cavorting on the refrigerated sound stage.

"We opted for a lot of CG stuff, but most of it is real penguins," explains Carrey. "I love working with animals. I kind of like to join their energy. Often we'd come in to the set and they wouldn't be there, but we'd hear them off in the distance in their habitat going [honking sound]. They would be interrupting the dialog anyway, so I'd say 'they might as well be here. Bring them on in.' A lot of times we did that.

"I love the dinner scene, which is supposed to be just them sitting in their dinner chairs, pecking fish off the plates," Carrey adds. "But the wranglers [the people who guide the animals through a movie scene] had broom poles separating and holding back the penguins as they are trying to get at the fish. And their heads and they're trying to get at the fish. And it's mayhem, basically, and I just had to stay in it and have fun with it. When stuff like that happens, inside I'm going 'yes, yes …go wild!'"

Director Mark Waters says his challenge was not to tame, but to capture on film the wild menagerie and his whimsical star.

 "Working with them just gave you an idea of how much fun they are," Waters says. "So even when we chose to do a CG sequence we knew we had to keep that kind of bubbly energy going and keep a little bit of instability in the shooting of it so it would match with all of the things that were live."

"You're tenacious, Popper, I will give you that. Who is responsible for this?"
Mr. Popper's Penguins features Angela Lansbury as a wealthy New Yorker who Popper is trying to sign for a business deal. She says she turns down many film offers, but had reasons to accept this one.

"I found it very hard to resist the opportunity to work with such an extraordinary group of people, particularly led by the great Jim Carrey, who I've been a fan of for many, many years," explains Lansbury. "I was working in the theater and I had a chance to be in a movie after many, many years  and everybody made it a very enjoyable event for me."

Mr. Popper's Penguins is loosely adapted from a Newbury Award-winning children's book by Richard and Florence Atwater that was first published almost 75 years ago. The film is set in New York City and features Manhattan landmarks including the ice rink in Central Park and the circular Guggenheim Museum - which proves irresistible to the irrepressible penguins.


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Unexpected Gift Teaches Man Life Lesson in 'Mr. Popper's Penguins'


Mr. Popper's Penguins
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2011-06-11

Super 8 Movie Trailer - Sci-Fi Movie Echos Early Spielberg

Super 8

New Sci-Fi Movie Echos Early Spielberg

In his latest sci-fi action film, director J.J. Abrams pays tribute to classic films, such as Steven Spielberg's E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Riddley Scott's Alien. Focusing on a group of middle schoolers as they set out to make a horror film, only to encounter a real horror, Abrams creates a story as intimate as 1970s suburbia and as big as any movie about aliens.

Abrams is no stranger to the genre. He directed the latest Star Trek film in 2009. He also had support from Spielberg, one of his mentors and the producer of Super 8.

In the movie, a group of middle school kids are shooting a film at their town's train depot when a train derails. The cause of this derailment in a midwestern town in the 1970s is at the core of Super 8.

The derailment was no accident and the military knows there were witnesses. They're on the kids' trail.

The town's deputy sherriff, Kyle Chandler, is trying to understand the situation as the town sinks into chaos.

But there is evidence. During the derailment, the kids’ camera kept recording. The military is after the tape.

Chandler, also the father of one of the kids, tries to uncover the truth and protect his son.

Director J.J. Abrams, who also made movies as a teen, pays tribute to the '70s and the science fiction genre, from a kid’s perspective. There’s also romance.

“There’s two elements in the film," said Abrams. "One is this sort of mysterious creature that escaped from the train. The other is a sort of equally mysterious creature at least for these boys. It’s this girl named Alice. She goes to their school and the main character is clearly smitten with this girl and working in the movie in which she’s going to be part of gives him an excuse to hang out and get to know each other.”

Abrams worked closely with Steven Spielberg, who produced the movie.

“I was telling him about all the adventures I had as a kid making little movies with my neighborhood friends, and he had the same experience," said Spielberg. "And so we thought wouldn’t it be cool to make a movie in the '70s about young people making movies.”

The film borrows heavily from Spielberg classics, such as E.T and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Abrams also uses themes from later sci-fi classics, such as M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs, and The Village, where monsters lurk in the woods.

Super 8 is chock full of special effects. The explosions are grand and the story is engaging. The cast of kids is stellar. Joel Courtney, who plays Joe Lamb, is a newcomer to films and a natural. Elle Fanning plays Joe’s love interest Alice Dainard. She enriches the story with her sophistication and sensitivity.

The film is thrilling, but towards the end it turns campy, reminding horror-craving adults that this is ultimately a kids’ extravaganza.

New Sci-Fi Movie Echos Early Spielberg

Article from VOA

Super 8 Movie Trailer

2011-06-08

Woody Allen's 'Midnight in Paris' - Movie News

Midnight in Paris - Van Gogh - Seine - Owen Wilson 11x17 Poster
Woody Allen Pays Homage to City of Light
'Midnight in Paris' recalls the past, looks to the present

VOA - Penelope Poulou | Washington, D.C. June 07, 2011

Owen Wilson stars in Woody Allen's 'Midnight in Paris.'


Woody Allen taps into the allure of a bygone era in "Midnight in Paris." The acclaimed filmmaker captures a picture-perfect Paris and presents an intimate story in a centuries-old city only to remind us that, as much as we glorify the past, it's best to live in the present.

2011-05-16

Pirates of The Caribbean 4 Official Trailer - Movie News

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Captain Jack Looks for Fountain of Youth in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'


In 2003, an action film based on a popular attraction at the Disneyland theme parks became a global hit. The inevitable sequels followed and now there's the fourth adventure in the series featuring Johnny Depp as the flamboyant Captain Jack Sparrow. Here's a look at Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Always slightly inebriated, but rarely off balance, Captain Jack is at it again, confounding the 18th century British authorities as he sails in search of treasure. This time the prize is the fabled Fountain of Youth. A map to the mythical spring has fallen into Sparrow's hands and he is once again at odds with fellow pirate Barbossa.


BARBOSSA: "Jack, our sands be all but run. Where's the harm in joining the winning side?"
JACK SPARROW: "I understand everything …except that wig."

Captain Sparrow (Johnny Depp, right) and Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) spy on a Spanish encampment during the search for the legendary Fountain of Youth.
Geoffrey Rush is back as Jack Sparrow's perennial rival, decked out in courtier's finery from lace cuffs to long, curled wig.

"Barbossa is a survivor. He knows he is not getting any younger, so he has crossed the line and joined up with the opposition and now works as a privateer for King George II," explains Rush. "He has taken to it like a duck to water, which I think for Jack Sparrow is particularly annoying …and that's a good thing."

In this adventure they have a new common enemy - a most uncommon adversary in the pirate Blackbeard, played with zeal by Ian McShane.

"Blackbeard was the most notorious pirate who never killed anybody, because he scared them all up front," notes McShane. "His boat was fearsome. He was the first to fly the skull-and-crossbones [pirate flag] and he had this amazing image about him that he was the most fearful pirate."

BLACKBEARD "I be placed in a bewilderment. There I were resting when upon a sudden I hear an ungodly row on deck. What be that, first mate?"
ANGELICA "Mutiny, captain."
BLACKBEARD "Mutiny.
"

The first mate is Angelica, Blackbeard's fiery daughter who, in a remarkable coincidence, was romantically involved with Captain Jack Sparrow way before the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Spanish actress Penelope Cruz fills that role.

"It was very helpful that we didn't go into a studio until after we shot for two or three months in Hawaii," Cruz says. "All of that helped me a lot to imagine what the pirate world was in that time. Because it is so far from our reality, to create a character like that is all about your imagination and it really helped to be in those beautiful places."

Those locations included tropical Puerto Rico in the Caribbean and several historical settings in Britain. Director Rob Marshall, whose previous films include the musicals "Chicago" and "Nine," says making "Pirates," while totally different for him, felt like familiar cinematic territory.

"It's such an escape to that world and another time... It's something deeply rooted in American cinema. I loved the films for that reason and I was thrilled to make one too," Marshall says.

The charismatic character leading the merry chase over the bounding main is, of course, Captain Jack Sparrow, played for a fourth time by Johnny Depp. He says he can imagine playing the pirate in a fifth adventure …or even more.

"Yeah, I think they could wheel me in," jokes Depp. "Interestingly enough, for me a character like Captain Jack makes you feel like you could just continue. The possibilities are endless. There's any possibility of madness and absurdity that could commence, so you feel that with this character you are never really done."

JACK SPARROW "Have you been there?"

CAPTAIN TEAGUE "Does this face look like it's been to the fountain of youth?"
JACK SPARROW "It depends on the light."


Rock and roll veteran Keith Richards has a cameo as Captain Jack's father. He played the part in the previous "Pirates of the Caribbean" film after Johnny Depp revealed that the look for Jack Sparrow was inspired by the Rolling Stones virtuoso.

Captain Jack Looks for Fountain of Youth in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'

Article from VOA

2011-01-25

Movie Showtimes - Ocean City, Eastern Shore, Salisbury, MD, USA

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