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Wrinkle in time: David Sullivan and Shane Carruth
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Self-taught filmmaker Shane Carruth's debut feature, which won the 2004 Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize, is a fascinatingly obtuse puzzle box that manages to be gripping even after it stops making sense. Whether or not you're able to follow along will probably depend on whether or not you've got a doctorate in quantum physics. Read the complete review for Primer
Year: 2004
Rated PG-13

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Cast
Shane Carruth: Aaron
David Sullivan: Abe
Casey Gooden: Robert
Anand Upadhyaya: Phillip
Carrie Crawford: Kara
Jay Butler: Metalshop Worker

 

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    Question: I saw and liked Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow but was wondering: What was the source of Sir Laurence Olivier's performance? I've always wanted to know. — JayFlickChick: The late Sir Laurence Olivier's "performance" as Professor Totenkopf ("dead head" in German) in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) was digitally built from archival BBC footage of Olivier giving a speech at some fund-raising event. The movements of his mouth were manipulated to match the film's dialogue, and the footage was processed to look like a staticky video holograph. The same basic technology was used to alter existing footage of Marlon Brando from Superman (1978) so he could speak new dialogue for Superman Returns (2006). But in Superman Returns, the Brando footage looks as "real" as the rest, so it's another step toward being truly able to have a living actor appear alongside a dead one, the way singers can now do thoroughly convincing "duets" by integrating their new tracks... read more
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David Sullivan's New Movie
I recently saw Karma Police at the Dallas AFI Film Festival. I was surprised to see David Sullivan's name in the credits for this film. Of course I HAD to see Karma Police since I... read more
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