Tuesday, June 13, 2006

No Red Carpet Event is Too Big For Me or Too Small

I wasn't thrilled with this little tagline in today's NY Post on Page Six WE HEAR . . . WE HEAR . . . WE HEAR THAT Robert Duvall will screen his new AMC original movie "Broken Trail" - a real western where the cowboys don't kiss each other - tonight at Loews Lincoln Center. The movie was screened for President Bush Sunday night at the White House. (The thought of G W Bush and I liking the same movie just turns my stomach) No Red Carpet Event is Too Big For Me...in fact when it's smaller I can usually get some darn good photos. Tonight's movie was Broken Trail...Set in 1897, Print Ritter (Robert Duvall) and his estranged nephew Tom Harte (Thomas Haden Church) become the reluctant guardians of five abused and abandoned Chinese girls (introducing Caroline Chan, Olivia Cheng, Jadyn Wong, Valerie Tian, and Gwendoline Yeo).

Theresa Russell - I haven't seen her since "Black Widow" with Debra Winger back in 1980something. Robert Vaugn Scott Cooper who has also starred with Robert Duvall in "Gods and Generals"Caroline Chan, Olivia Cheng, Jadyn Wong, Valerie TianGuess who the break-out star is...Gwendoline Yeo. She looks a whole lot better here than on Desperate Housewives where she plays Eva Longoria's pregnant maid. Thomas Haden Church of Sideways Fame (and a hottie in person) Robert Duvall

You can see the movie for yourself, if you have AMC the miniseries airs on June 25 and 26 at 8:00 p.m.

9 comments:

  1. I attended the NYC premier on Monday night, and let me say the Broken Trail is one of the best western films I've ever seen. I'm a big fan of Lonesome Dove, Open Range, and classic speghetti westerns of the past. This story is complex, makes you think, and really has a soul to it - not just a sloppy shoot-em up. Everyone who attended got a copy of the novel, Broken Trail, which I read on the flight home - it too is incredible and I bought a copy for my dad for father's day at a local bookstore. For those in LA, you can find it at Barnes and Noble and at Vroman's if you care to support the local indy bookseller.

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  2. I didn't attend the premiere, but read about the movie and the novel in some of the press last week, and I totally agree with Floyd-what a great story! The movie looks real classy, based on the previews I have seen, but the novel is a terrific read. And I saw in the Wash Post today that this was the author's first book and movie-incredible. Pick up the book if you love great stories!

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