"Seduced and Abandoned" HBO, Tonight 9PM

[thompsonjohn]

This documentary is on HBO in less than an hour, eastern time and looks pretty good.

Here's what it's about from HBO.com

For ten days in May 2012, director James Toback and actor Alec Baldwin worked their way through the Cannes Film Festival in an attempt to secure financing for a proposed film project, a political-erotic Middle Eastern adventure inspired by Bernardo Bertolucci’s classic “Last Tango in Paris.”

A dazzling collage of interviews, classic movie clips and colorful personalities, SEDUCED AND ABANDONED features a cast that includes, in addition to Alec Baldwin, Berenice Bejo, Bernardo Bertolucci, James Caan, Neve Campbell, Graydon Carter, Jessica Chastain, Diablo Cody, Francis Ford Coppola, Ryan Gosling, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Diane Kruger, Mike Medavoy, Ron Meyer, Jean Pigozzi, Roman Polanski, Brett Ratner, Martin Scorsese and Taki Theodoracopulos.

[A Sith Lord?]

I saw the preview for it. I want to watch it but i'll be busy.

Will be on On-Demand in a few days.

[thompsonjohn]

Fairly interesting so far. They meet with an investor who says he's sank $80mil into a picture starring Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington, obviously he's talking about the stinker, "2 Guns." Which as of today, according to Box Office Mojo still hasn't made that back.

It's sad how when this investor brings them in to see two other investors, they only see Alec as either the man from "30 Rock" or the man who was in the submarine movie as they call it, "The Hunt For Red October." They pitch a quasi-remake of "Last Tango in Paris" and all the investors hear and want is a comedy/action movie with a spy character and want a new hot star like Jessica Chastain.

Truly a fascinating inside look at pitching a movie and trying to sway investors at Cannes.