Rampart

[timcat4843]

In Theaters February 10th

Set in 1999 Los Angeles, veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops,
works to take care of his family, and struggles for his own survival.

Director: Oren Moverman, Writers: James Ellroy, Oren Moverman,
Stars: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster and Sigourney Weaver

Despite Woody Harrelson’s attempts to deflect the early Oscar Buzz for his portrayl of a “dirty cop” in Rampart, the media continue to praise his performance in the film. CNN International and The Globe and Mail are two of the latest media outlets to gush about Harrelson’s “Best Actor” chances at the 2012 Academy Awards.

Woody Harrelson could be a serious Oscar contender. Harrelson has shown his mettle before of course, in Milos Forman’s “The People vs Larry Flynt,” when he was nominated for Best Actor; in Oliver Stone’s “Natural Born Killers”; as well as in last year’s Iraq vet drama “The Messenger” (when he was nominated in the Supporting slot). But he’s never given such a commanding and well-rounded performance as he shows us in “Rampart,” a second collaboration with “Messenger” director Oren Moverman, a no-holds-barred portrait of a corrupt cop penned by James Ellroy. Harrelson doesn’t just dare to show us this dinosaur’s very dark side, he also dares us not to care. — CNN International

As a barely hinged, highly literate thug of a policeman in the pitch-black L.A. cop drama Rampart, Harrelson will beat the Oscar’s best-actor field like they were drums, … – The Globe and Mail

Can't wait to see this flick in the theater up on the HUGE screen with a big bucket of hot buttered popcorn.

Rampart Trailer (HD) - YouTube

[Omen2002]

Woody was on Letterman last night and Dave seemed pretty pumped about the movie and Woody's performance in it. It is a bit spoiler-ish but Dave asks Woody like 3 times if it's ok to discuss the ending. So there's plenty of warning. I kinda flipped channels so I wouldn't hear too much.

The movie sounds/looks good though!

[timcat4843]

Originally Posted by Omen2002

Woody was on Letterman last night and Dave seemed pretty pumped about the movie and Woody's performance in it.
It is a bit spoiler-ish but Dave asks Woody like 3 times if it's ok to discuss the ending.
So there's plenty of warning.
I kinda flipped channels so I wouldn't hear too much.

The movie sounds/looks good though!

Can't wait to see it.
I've always liked Woody and I hope he picks up an Oscar for his performance in Rampart.

Did you see him in the comedy/drama Defendor?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1303828/

[timcat4843]

Another interesting looking flick comes out this Friday, Safe House with Denzel Washington.

[Elandyll]

Poor Woody...

I really like him, but seems he (probably more like his agent/ publicist) shot himself in the foot when trying to do an online chat about what he thought would be his new movie.
Thing is .. the chat is named "Ask Me Anything" (AMA).

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending...164748376.html

If you could ask your favorite celebrity anything and get a direct response, what would you ask? Would you expect whoever it was to answer you honestly? Of course you would want that, but that may not be what you get. Social news site Reddit allows users a forum in its AMA (ask me anything) section to ask anyone anything. Actor Woody Harrelson is the latest celebrity to make himself available to users for questions. However, the direction he chose to take his responses was widely voted down by Reddit users. Harrelson's new movie "Rampart" was all the actor talked about, even if the question was not about that. Apparently, Harrelson was under the impression that he would be promoting his new movie and not be responding to personal questions. The chat quickly unraveled when Harrelson was asked about a one-night stand he allegedly had 10 years ago. When Harrelson responded that he wanted to answer only questions about the film, members of the chat began flooding him with criticism and more personal questions. At this point, Harrelson's publicist took over responding for him. The publicist then answered only four out of the thousands of questions. Eventually, the comment thread of the chat looked more like a vicious verbal attack of the actor and his motives for participating in the AMA in the first place. Some people began calling for a boycott of his new movie. One user said Reddit should change the feature from Ask Me Anything to Ask Me Anything About Rampart. Another person summed up the actor's appearance on the site by saying, "This is the crappiest AMA in the history of the Internet."

Looks to me like a case of a publicist who didn't clarify what they were here for with the website before doing what they thought would be a quick promo online. That ... or Reddit purposely mislead them in order to score a celebrity like Harrelson to come over and get major hits.

[LynxFX]

Watched that go down on Reddit. It was quite an amazing feet actually. The best part was when a user asked Woody to confirm a story about crashing his prom and taking the virginity of his girlfriend or just friend. Instant meme created.