Movie Casting Call for Actors to Appear in Asian Movie
Shortlisted candidates will appear alongside Hong Kong actress Karena Lam, Taiwan model/actor Tender Huang and Singapore band Ronin.
What
Who
The producers of upcoming Asian movie Anna & Anna are organizing an audition to recruit actors for a rock band performance scene with Karena Lam, Tender Huang and Ronin.
Trendy young executive-looking males and females, age of 21 – 35. Preferable to come with friends in groups of 3 – 5 people. Singles coming for the audition alone are welcomed.
Audition Date
Time
28 February 2007, Wednesday. Audition is one-day-only.
7.00pm to 8.00pm.
How
- Actors should be available for a morning shoot on 4 March 2007, Sunday
- Dress code: clubbing outfit, smart casual
- Identification documents should be presented for verification purposes during the audition.
- Actors will receive transport allowance.
- Food and refreshments will be provided on the day of shoot.
Where
Kampong Chai Chee Community Centre
200 Bedok North Ave 1, Singapore 469752 (near Bedok Community Library)
Movie Information
Anna & Anna is a romantic thriller movie about a Singapore career woman Anna (Karena Lam) who meets her doppelganger Si Yu (also played by Karena) during a business trip in Shanghai, China. Anna finds out that Si Yu who looks exactly like her is married to her ex-boyfriend Ouyang (Lu Yi). Love for her ex-beau rekindles and she decides to switch identities with Si-Yu. Si-Yu then flies to Singapore where she falls in love with Anna’s boyfriend Billy (Tender). Realising that Ouyang is no longer the man she used to love, Anna desperately wants her old life back, but her doppelganger has plans of her own too.
Anna & Anna is Singapore's first independent Singapore-China co-production to be filmed in both Singapore and Shanghai. The movie is presented by Ascension Pictures and produced by PIP Productions (a Singaporean production company)
Anna & Anna will be released in cinemas across Asia from August 2007.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Asian movie audition for actors on Wednesday, 28 Feb 07
National Committee for UNIFEM, Singapore and AWARE proudly present as part of International Women’s Day Celebrations
Cages is set in the forgotten suburbs of modern Singapore. ALI's attempt to escape repeated bad relationships ironically puts her before the man she resents most - her father, TAN. But, the truth is not always easy toface when her father reveals a dark secret of 20 years past; a past that may cost a lifetime of relationship.
CAGES is a powerful and poetic family love story about the intricacies of life. Set against the backdrop of Singapore songbirds, this eloquent journey of a woman, her blind son and her father, captures the unique and eloquent portrait of family, tradition, and the universal dialect of love and hope.
A feature length film shot entirely in Singapore stars Oscar Nominee Mako Iwamatsu (TAN) best know for his roles in "Pearl Harbor", "Memoirs of a Geisha", and "Seven Years in Tibet," celebrated Hollywood legend Zelda Rubinstein (LIZ) appearing in "Poltergeist", "Sixteen Candles", "Teen Witch". The film introduces Singapore veteran actress Tan Kheng Hua (ALI) from MediCorp TV Channel 5 Television Sitcom: Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd as Margaret and plays opposite 8-year old visually impaird, Dickson Tan (JONAH).
"Singapore may never have looked better" - Variety Magazine
"CAGES is a beautifully shot film" - Firecracker Magazine
Meet the internationally-acclaimed cast and crew of Cages at this red carpet premier event. This Charity Gala Premier benefits National Committee for UNIFEM Singapore and AWARE in their programs for women empowerment in Singapore.
TICKET PRICES: $25 with cocktail reception and networking session with cast, crew and other guests Bulk Bookings are available, including bookings of whole theatrettes
DATE: Monday, 12 March 2007 TIME: 7:30PM (Cocktail) 8:30PM (Film Start) 10:00PM (Discussion)
VENUE: Golden Village Grand, Great World City
To purchase tickets, you may:
1. email us at <cages@unifemsingapore.org.sg>
2. call Dawn at (+65) 62386763>
3. drop by our offices
4. pay online via paypal (visit
MUSIC AND LYRICS OST is the #1 album on iTunes!
Valentines Day Weekend's Top Romantic Comedy!Millions of Americans went to see 'Music & Lyrics' starting Valentine's Day 2/14.
The Soundtrack for Music & Lyrics is currently #1 on iTunes - people want this music!
Watch the movie trailer here: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809276825/trailer
Monday, February 26, 2007
and the OSCAR winners are ...
Best Picture
THE DEPARTED
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, THE DEPARTED
Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Actress in a Leading Role
Helen Mirren, THE QUEEN
Best Film Editing
THE DEPARTED
Best Original Song
“I Need to Wake Up” - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, Melissa Etheridge
Best Original Screenplay
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Original Score
BABEL
Honorary Award
Ennio Morricone
Best Documentary Feature
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Hudson, DREAMGIRLS
Best Foreign Film
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
Best Visual Effects
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Best Cinematography
PAN'S LABYRINTH
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Sherry Lansing
Best Costume Design
MARIE ANTOINETTE
Best Adapted Screenplay
THE DEPARTED
Best Animated Film
HAPPY FEET
Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Sound Mixing
DREAMGIRLS
Best Sound Editing
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Best Short Film (Live-Action)
WEST BANK STORY
Best Short Film (Animated)
THE DANISH POET
Best Makeup
PAN'S LABYRINTH
Best Art Direction
PAN'S LABYRINTH
Friday, February 23, 2007
JUST FOLLOW LAW Is the Highest Grossing Asian Title in Singapore This Chinese New Year!
JUST FOLLOW LAW, which opens on February 15th, is the highest grossing Asian movie in Singapore this Chinese New Year season. Its box office as of February 22nd stands at $1.404 million, taking the No.2 spot on the latest local box office chart.
The movie also topped the daily box office chart over a consecutive of three days from February 20th to February 22nd.
With this fantastic result, producers J Team and Innoform Media are hopeful that the final box office figure for JUST FOLLOW LAW can cross the $2.5 million mark.
“Director Jack Neo has proven once again to be the undisputed box office champion of the Singapore movie industry. We are very happy with the excellent result and am confident the movie will remain popular with Singaporeans in the weeks to come,” says Mr Lim Teck, General Manager of Innoform Media.
Our coverage of JUST FOLLOW LAW press conference is right here
Our review of JUST FOLLOW LAW
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Twins Mission ~ Press Release from Hong Kong (Dated 17 Feb)
You need to enable Chinese encodings to read the news below:
劇組相處融洽感情像一家人 監製徐小明請食團年飯慰勞眾演員
《双子神偷》拍攝期間工作人員們叫苦連天，而近日監製、導演和演員們亦馬不停蹄的跑了很多宣傳活動，一直以來劇組都上下一心下了不少血汗。能夠得到觀眾的支持，監製覺得不枉所有工作人員的拼命與努力。「由開拍時受傷的受傷、中暑的中暑，到現在大家都從百忙中不睡也盡力配合我們的宣傳活動，見到大家都全力以赴，亦知道大家都辛苦了；適逢農曆新年快到，而整個劇組相起來就已經像一家人，所以就順道邀請大家開開心心食一餐團年飯慰勞一下，讓我們共同分享辛苦得來的成果。」
元華哥恍如有第二頭家 眼見仔女長大食團年飯倍感溫馨
劇組在拍攝期間日夕相處了差不多兩個月，已培養出深厚的感情，就好像一家人一樣，當聽到要一起食團年飯大家都感到興奮不已。元華大哥再見一班雙子演員，眼見他們比之前長大不少，「他們每個都很乖，個個都非常有禮貌而且尊重長輩。我本身只有一個女兒，今日帶太太與他們一起食團年飯，自己就好像有第2頭家，突然多了很多個仔女一樣。看見他們在片場一路的成長，就好似看見自己的小朋友長大一樣，十分安慰，這餐亦食得份外溫馨。」家人都在北京的阿茜亦覺得拍《双子神偷》之後，突然多了很多香港的家人，「監製跟導演就像家裡的長輩，常常教我們很多東西，又十分照顧我們。我和吳京是哥哥家姐，再加上阿Sa、阿嬌與五對雙子這班嘩鬼細佬妹，每天在片場都熱熱鬧鬧的十分開心，現在想起來都非常懷念那時的日子。現在香港就好像我第二個家，下次再來香港時也不會感到陌生害怕。」從拍攝到現在相隔差不多半年沒有見面，一見面就忘了型的談天說笑。縱然桌上放滿各種各樣美味的年菜，但他們都無暇品嘗，還因為笑聲太大而被旁邊的食客投訴。
Friday, February 16, 2007
Walking Down The Memory Lane With Director Jack Neo
A Retrospective Exhibition on Director Jack Neo
Date: 01 March – 14 March 2007
Time: 11am – 9pm
Venue: library@esplanade
8 Raffles Avenue
#03-01 Singapore 039802
Insight to Asian Cinemas: Making Money Movies
Date: 04 March 2007
Time: 3pm
Venue: The Pod, National Library
100 Victoria Street
Singapore 188064
J Team, InnoForm Media, Golden Village Pictures, together with National Library Board (NLB), will be organising two significant events to celebrate the extraordinary career of local Director Jack Neo as a filmmaker and in conjunction with the release of his 10th movie, JUST FOLLOW LAW.
From MONEY NO ENOUGH (1998) to I NOT STUPID 2 (2006), Director Jack Neo has produced a total of nine films, which garnered more than $25 million at the local box office. This amazing feat marks an incredible achievement in his career as well as an important milestone in Singapore’s movie industry.
Besides showcasing the costumes, behind-the-scene footages and movie stills from his past productions at the retrospective exhibition from March 1st – 14th, Director Neo is invited by NLB for the second time to share his valuable experiences in making successful commercial movies for the past nine years. Admission to the seminar is free, however registration with NLB is required.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Twins Mission ~ Press Release from Hong Kong (Junket in Beijing, 14 Feb)
Friday, February 09, 2007
Free outdoor screening of Sarjan Hassan, a WWII film from Singapore
You have probably seen high budget war films such as Saving Private Ryan and Thin Red Line. What about films that deals with war and memories from Southeast Asia?
The Asian Film Archive has curated a free film screening of a classic war film tomorrow evening. The film – Sarjan Hassan (Sergeant Hassan) is co-directed by two film masters in the 50s: P. Ramlee from Singapore and Lamberto Avellana, from Philipines. This is in conjunction with the anniversary celebrations of two WWII museums here – Reflection at Bukit Chandu and Memories at Old Fort Factory.
Title: Sarjan Hassan (aka Sergeant Hassan)
Directed by Lamberto Avallena and P. Ramlee
Cast: P. Ramlee and Jins Shamsuddin
In Digibeta projection
Date: 10 Feb 2007 Sat
Time: 6-9 pm
Venue: Reflections @ Bukit Chandu (31K, Pepys Road S'pore 118458).
Transport will be provided at HarbourFront MRT.
Highlights to the film:
- Sarjan Hassan (aka Sergeant Hassan), is a wartime drama made in 1955.
- It is co-directed by two film masters in the 50s: P. Ramlee from Singapore and Lamberto Avellana, from Philipines.
- P. Ramlee also stars as a young soldier and rose to be a hero of the people.
- It will be an outdoor screening at Reflections at Bukit Chandu, which is also where our Malay Regiment defended Singapore during the WWII. A famous battle – Battle of Pasir Panjang – is fought here from 8-14th Feb 1942. ". Read more about the Malay Regiment at http://www.s1942.org.sg/s1942/bukit_chandu/directory_askar.htm and http://www.s1942.org.sg/s1942/bukit_chandu/directory_battlediary.htm.
Organised by the National Archives of Singapore and curated by the Asian Film Archive.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
GOLDEN VILLAGE PRESENTS ALL FIVE 2007 ACADEMY AWARDS® BEST MOTION PICTURE NOMINEES AT GV VIVOCITY CINEMA EUROPA
Golden Village is organising a special weekend with all five Academy Awards® Best Motion Picture Nominees at GV VivoCity Cinema Europa. From 23 till 25 February exclusively at GV VivoCity Cinema Europa patrons who buy tickets of three or more nominated films can enjoy a special promotion price of $8 per ticket for each film. Tickets are available from 9 February at all GV Box Offices only. The screenings schedule is available at www.gv.com.sg.
The nominees for Best Motion Picture are:
Babel
Alejandro González Iñárritu directed this film of multiple fateful situations in different countries that are intertwined and affect lives of many. Starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Nominated in five other categories including Best Supporting Actress for Adriana Barazza and Rinko Kikuchi.
Rating: M18. Running time: 2 hours 22 minutes
The Departed
(GV Exclusive re release)
The Martin Scorcese’s gangster epic details the entangled lives of two moles, one in the police force, the other one in the crime organization. Starring Leonardo di Caprio and Jack Nicholson. Nominated in four other categories including Best Supporting Actor for Mark Wahlberg.
Rating: M18. Running time: 2 hours 32 minutes
Letters from Iwo Jima
Oscar® winner Clint Eastwood directed this dramatization of Battle of Iwo Jima as told from the Japanese point of view. Starring Ken Watanabe. Nominated in three other categories including Best Director for Clint Eastwood.
Rating: NC16. Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes
Little Miss Sunshine
(GV Exclusive re release)
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris helmed this story of a dysfunctional family in their road trip to deliver their young daughter to a beauty pageant. Starring Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear and Toni Collete. Nominated in three other categories including Best Supporting Actor for Alan Larkin.
Rating: NC16. Running time: 1 hour 41minutes
The Queen
Directed by Academy Award®-nominated Stephen Frears, the film features the fictionalized account of Queen Elizabeth II in the wake of Princess Diana’s death. Starring Helen Mirren. Nominated in five other categories including Best Actress for Helen Mirren.
Rating: PG. Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Friday, February 02, 2007
Collaboration by LAW
Local movie JUST FOLLOW LAW Marks The First Collaboration Between Director Jack Neo and Local Music Producer Billy Koh
Renowned local music producer Billy Koh (许环良), founder of local music label Ocean Butterflies (海蝶音乐), is producing the soundtrack for Director Jack Neo’s Chinese New Year blockbuster JUST FOLLOW LAW. This marks the first collaboration between the two celebrated local film and music producers.
Established local singer A-Do (阿杜) and upcoming Malaysian singer Rynn Lin (林宇中) of Ocean Butterflies have lent their voices to the theme songs for JUST FOLLOW LAW. Rynn Lin sang 《对调》 (SWOPPED), composed and wrote the lyrics especially for the movie, before even watching the film. Award-winning Singaporean singer A-Do sang the second theme song 《活过》 (LIVED BEFORE), the lyrics of which Billy Koh wrote.
“Anyone who has watched “Money No Enough” or “I Not Stupid” would unanimously agree that Jack Neo’s films have the power to touch audiences’ hearts. Ocean Butterflies shares the same philosophy and is honoured to join him in contributing our forte – MUSIC – in JUST FOLLOW LAW,” comments Billy Koh.
For his nine previous films, Director Jack Neo produced the music in-house. With JUST FOLLOW LAW, he decided to approach Billy Koh and his reputable music powerhouse Ocean Butterflies to bring the music production quality to the next level.
Says Director Jack Neo, “There must be something different in every movie we make, improving them each time. For this movie, we hoped to achieve a different feel in the soundtrack. I have known Billy since our army days and I am confident that having him and his team onboard will help us achieve this goal.”
JUST FOLLOW LAW is jointly produced by J Team and Innoform Media, with distributor Golden Village Pictures. The film humorously explores the intricacies of office politics in Singapore, seen through the eyes of blue-collar worker Zui (Gurmit Singh) and Vice President Tanya (Fann Wong) who, through a freak accident, swap souls and bodies.
JUST FOLLOW LAW, filmed entirely in Singapore, will be opening islandwide on 15th February in Singapore. It will get staggered releases in the following territories, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Brunei, thereafter.
Access JUST FOLLOW LAW movie page here on moviexclusive.com
Thursday, February 01, 2007
February Promotions at Golden Village Multiplexes
GV's Hong Bao Movie Savers Gift PackThis Lunar New Year, Give a red packet with a difference: A Hong Bao Movie Saver’s Gift Pack.
What
This Chinese New Year, give your relatives Golden Village's Hong Bao Movie Savers Gift Packs. For only $48, the gift pack includes six movie vouchers and a free movie pass, which saves you up to $9.
In addition, the first 3000 HSBC credit cardholders can enjoy a special price of $45.
When
- Hong Bao Movie Savers Gift Packs are available for sale from 1st to 28th February 2007.
- Hong Bao Movie Savers Gift Pack vouchers are valid for use only from 25th February to 30th April 2007.
How
Movie vouchers from Hong Bao Movie Savers Gift Pack are valid at all GV cinemas in Singapore. Tickets are not valid for telephone, internet, iMode and WAP bookings. For details, please log on to www.gv.com.sg.
Where
Sales for Hong Bao Movie Savers Gift Pack are available at any GV box office.
Partner
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
A romantic cinema experience at GV Gold Class complimented with champagne, spa and beauty treats.
What
This romantic season, invite your loved one to a romantic movie treat at Golden Village Gold Class. For $88 you get a pair of Gold Class tickets at GV VivoCity or GV Grand and savor Moet & Chandon Champagne* while watching a movie. Additionally, you will receive a limited edition of THEFACESHOP Beauty Kit and a pair of complimentary BONAFIDES spa vouchers worth $278.
(*Also house wine. For non-drinkers, 2 glasses of soft drinks and choice of popcorn or Nachos)
When
Valentines’ Day Gold Class Package is valid for all Gold Class sessions on the 14-15 February 2007. Patrons can buy the package from 1 February 2007.
How
- Valentines’ Day Gold Class Package is valid for all Gold Class sessions at GV VivoCity and GV Grand Great World City.
- BONAFIDES vouchers are valid for use at BONAFIDES Centrepoint (176 Orchard Road, #03-26/27).
- This promotion is not valid with other offers and credit card promotions for further discounts.
- Tickets are not valid for kiosk, telephone, iMode and WAP purchases.
- For details, please log on to http://www.gv.com.sg/.
Where
Sales for the Valentines’ Day Gold Class Package are available at GV VivoCity and GV Grand box offices as well as on the GV website http://www.gv.com.sg/.
Partners
BONAFIDES Spa and THEFACESHOP