OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
In movie theatres on May 20, 2011. Genre: Comedy, Drama. Icon Entertainment International. Distributed by Summit Entertainment.
STORY LINE
Walter (Mel Gibson) is a troubled father and husband and CEO of a stalling toy company, he’s clinically depressed. When he finds a Beaver glove puppet he starts to wear it without pause: he even adopts the beaver as a kind of avatar through which he carries out all of his communication.”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321860/
TRAILER
ABOVE THE LINE
Stars: Mel Gibson
Jodie Foster
Anton Yelchin
Director: Jodie Foster
Writer: Kyle Killen
BUZZ
The early buzz on The Beaver is actually very positive, with particular praise being sung for Gibson’s performance (it’s even been described as a career high for him). The fact that this is only Gibson’s second credited acting role in the last seven years (the first being in the 2010 revenge thriller Edge of Darkness) is certainly intriguing, and even more intriguing is the fact that he’s chosen such a self-deprecating role to showcase his acting talent – which is so rarely put on show these days.
Can the film do well at the box office, considering that Gibson’s recent antics put him on the public’s list of shame? I’d like to think that audiences could separate a film star’s on-screen performances from their real life (after all they are acting) but sadly that isn’t always the case.
As I said up top, The Beaver is one of the oddest films of the 2011 movie schedule but from the trailer and all the buzz surrounding the film I am very curious to see it. All today’s news means is that we’re going to have to wait a little longer than we thought before we can check it out.
http://screenrant.com/the-beaver-mel-gibson-delayed-ross-100557/
INFORAMA COMMENT
Picture someone as a successful executive. Now imagine that same person has undergone a psychological crisis that is so traumatic that they cannot communicate normally. That's the gist of The Beaver where Mel Gibson's character can only talk to others through an unusual medium, a beaver hand puppet.
This is a movie that should be seen for a number of reasons. First, Mel Gibson was himself undergoing a meltdown of sorts in his personal life. The audiotapes of his rants against Oksana Grigorieva, his former paramour and mother of his eighth child, were widely publicized. One can only listen in amazement as a man who is fabulously rich, adored by millions and millions of fans (or used to be) and multitalented could becomes so unhinged. This unfolding personal upheaval was occurring during the film's production. So the film may contain a sense of blurred reality. Is this art imitating life or life imitating art?
Second, is Mel Gibson still a box office draw? Many found his tirade against Oksana Grigorieva and a drunken rant against "controlling Jews" a few years ago especially repugnant. Can moviegoers forgive and forget or will they snub Mel's latest project directed by Jodie Foster? Ironically, if he injects even half of the personal turmoil that seems to be in his personal life into this character, he may deliver an Oscar winning performance. That remains, forgive the pun, to be seen.
Third, Jodie Foster, a long time friend of Gibson, took a huge gamble in using Gibson as the main character in the film. Given that Gibson has insulted so many, Foster put her head on the proverbial chopping block. Still, Mel Gibson has achieved world wide acclaim in the past. If he pulls this one off Hollywood may forgive him. Because, it seems, no matter how egregious the sin, Hollywood always forgives if the bottom line is a healthy profit. And a healthy profit can only come from a well received movie at the box office.
Jodie Foster is no slouch either. A two time Academy Award winner for best actress in The Accused and more memorably as FBI agent Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs. Foster portrays Gibson's wife in The Beaver. Given the electricity generated by both of these cinema titans and despite Gibson's colossal and multiple social blunders in recent years, I will hazard a guess that the film will succeed, in other words, it will have legs.
In movie theatres on May 20, 2011. Genre: Comedy, Drama. Icon Entertainment International. Distributed by Summit Entertainment.
STORY LINE
Walter (Mel Gibson) is a troubled father and husband and CEO of a stalling toy company, he’s clinically depressed. When he finds a Beaver glove puppet he starts to wear it without pause: he even adopts the beaver as a kind of avatar through which he carries out all of his communication.”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321860/
TRAILER
ABOVE THE LINE
Stars: Mel Gibson
Jodie Foster
Anton Yelchin
Director: Jodie Foster
Writer: Kyle Killen
BUZZ
The early buzz on The Beaver is actually very positive, with particular praise being sung for Gibson’s performance (it’s even been described as a career high for him). The fact that this is only Gibson’s second credited acting role in the last seven years (the first being in the 2010 revenge thriller Edge of Darkness) is certainly intriguing, and even more intriguing is the fact that he’s chosen such a self-deprecating role to showcase his acting talent – which is so rarely put on show these days.
Can the film do well at the box office, considering that Gibson’s recent antics put him on the public’s list of shame? I’d like to think that audiences could separate a film star’s on-screen performances from their real life (after all they are acting) but sadly that isn’t always the case.
As I said up top, The Beaver is one of the oddest films of the 2011 movie schedule but from the trailer and all the buzz surrounding the film I am very curious to see it. All today’s news means is that we’re going to have to wait a little longer than we thought before we can check it out.
http://screenrant.com/the-beaver-mel-gibson-delayed-ross-100557/
INFORAMA COMMENT
Picture someone as a successful executive. Now imagine that same person has undergone a psychological crisis that is so traumatic that they cannot communicate normally. That's the gist of The Beaver where Mel Gibson's character can only talk to others through an unusual medium, a beaver hand puppet.
This is a movie that should be seen for a number of reasons. First, Mel Gibson was himself undergoing a meltdown of sorts in his personal life. The audiotapes of his rants against Oksana Grigorieva, his former paramour and mother of his eighth child, were widely publicized. One can only listen in amazement as a man who is fabulously rich, adored by millions and millions of fans (or used to be) and multitalented could becomes so unhinged. This unfolding personal upheaval was occurring during the film's production. So the film may contain a sense of blurred reality. Is this art imitating life or life imitating art?
Second, is Mel Gibson still a box office draw? Many found his tirade against Oksana Grigorieva and a drunken rant against "controlling Jews" a few years ago especially repugnant. Can moviegoers forgive and forget or will they snub Mel's latest project directed by Jodie Foster? Ironically, if he injects even half of the personal turmoil that seems to be in his personal life into this character, he may deliver an Oscar winning performance. That remains, forgive the pun, to be seen.
Third, Jodie Foster, a long time friend of Gibson, took a huge gamble in using Gibson as the main character in the film. Given that Gibson has insulted so many, Foster put her head on the proverbial chopping block. Still, Mel Gibson has achieved world wide acclaim in the past. If he pulls this one off Hollywood may forgive him. Because, it seems, no matter how egregious the sin, Hollywood always forgives if the bottom line is a healthy profit. And a healthy profit can only come from a well received movie at the box office.
Jodie Foster is no slouch either. A two time Academy Award winner for best actress in The Accused and more memorably as FBI agent Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs. Foster portrays Gibson's wife in The Beaver. Given the electricity generated by both of these cinema titans and despite Gibson's colossal and multiple social blunders in recent years, I will hazard a guess that the film will succeed, in other words, it will have legs.
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