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Our Anne in a new movie: Get Smart!
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Well, I am nothing but loyal--I will go!
Maxwell Smart, as played by Mr. Carell, is as eager as a Labrador to get out of his cubicle and into the field. He gets a shot after the identities of almost all of Control’s agents are compromised and the chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to send out Smart next to the suave Agent 23, played by Dwayne Johnson, and the brutally beautiful Agent 99. (Anne Hathaway gets her vixen on to surprisingly convincing ends.) They are all, of course, working together to thwart world domination by the evildoers from KAOS.
Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell in “Get Smart,” based on the spy-spoof television series. Can the movie honor the past while bringing people who never saw the show into theaters?
Don Adams and Barbara Feldon in the “Get Smart” sitcom.
The New York Times article (via link) below:
Film
Agent of Reinvention (Sorry About That, Chief)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/movies/15carr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Really, she is so pretty!
First Look at Get Smart!
Comingsoon.net
Inspired by characters from the classic television series "Get Smart," the film stars Steve Carell as secret agent Maxwell Smart; Anne Hathaway as his partner, Agent 99; Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Gridiron Gang) as Agent 23; Terence Stamp (The Limey) as Siegfried, a key KAOS operative; and Academy Award winner Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) as the Chief of CONTROL. The film also stars Ken Davitian ("Borat") as Shtarker; Masi Oka (TV's "Heroes") as Bruce; Nate Torrence (TV's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip") as Lloyd; David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) as Agent Larabee; and Terry Crews (TV's "Everybody Hates Chris") as Agent 91.
The film is directed by Peter Segal (The Longest Yard, Tommy Boy) from a screenplay by Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember (Failure to Launch). Andrew Lazar (Space Cowboys), Charles Roven (Batman Begins) and Alex Gartner (The Upside of Anger) are producing, with Michael Ewing (50 First Dates), Dana Goldberg (Happy Feet), Peter Segal, Jimmy Miller (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby), Steve Carell, Brent O'Connor (We Are Marshall) and Bruce Berman (Happy Feet) serving as executive producers.
Joining the director behind the scenes are Academy Award-winning director of photography Dean Semler (Dances with Wolves), production designer Wynn Thomas (A Beautiful Mind), Oscar-nominated editor Richard Pearson (United 93), Academy Award-winning costume designer Deborah Scott (Titanic) and Academy Award-winning special effects supervisor Michael Lantieri (Jurassic Park).
Filming began in Los Angeles on March 21, 2007, and will continue in and around Los Angeles, with future location filming taking place in Washington, D.C. and Montreal.
Get Smart opens in theaters on June 20, 2008.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19822
Ellemeno:
I LOVED the original TV series, created by Buck Henry and Mel Brooks (I didn't know who they were back then, but I sure know who they are now).
I love Steve Carell.
I love our Anne.
And I will blushingly admit that I love The Rock.
I can't wait to see this, even though the preview I saw the other night in a theater made it look D-U-M-B.
Kd5000:
It looks like a doable summer film. I did like the original series. Given my disappointment with the new Indiana Jones movie and my mixed feelings about what else is coming out this summer, it might be nice to see something comedic. I can't imagine The Dark Knight having many funny moments.
Plus, I try to support Anne Hathaway after her performance in BBM and she recently gave a great and sincere sounding speech at the 2008 HRC dinner in Los Angeles.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Elle on June 19, 2008, 03:30:00 am ---I LOVED the original TV series, created by Buck Henry and Mel Brooks (I didn't know who they were back then, but I sure know who they are now).
I love Steve Carell.
I love our Anne.
And I will blushingly admit that I love The Rock.
I can't wait to see this, even though the preview I saw the other night in a theater made it look D-U-M-B.
--- End quote ---
I am completely with you on everything you said, except:
1) I don't love The Rock, though my mind is still open about him.
2) I am extremely hopefully giving the previews the benefit of the doubt and finding them kind of funny. OK, so I wasn't ROTFLMFAO watching either the trailer or the NYT snippets. But I want so much -- for our Anne's sake, for Steve's sake, for Buck's and Mel's and Don Adams' and Barbara Feldon's sake, for myself as an 8-year-old's sake -- for it to be good.
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