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Scenes for movie “Unstoppable” filmed at Turtlepoint store - Bradford Era
Satish Kaushik gives Diwali a miss for movie - Hindustan Times
Outdoor showing of movie this weekend postponed - Shreveport Times
Protesters Shut Down Marquez Movie - femalefirst.co.uk
Recent movie releases: 'Capitalism: A Love Story' - Detroit Free Press

Scenes for movie “Unstoppable” filmed at Turtlepoint store - Bradford Era

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 12:57 AM PDT

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Scenes for movie "Unstoppable" filmed at Turtlepoint store

By FRAN De LANCEY
Era Correspondent
delancey401@yahoo.com

PORT ALLEGANY — Some scenes for the movie, "Unstoppable," a thriller about a runaway train carrying dangerous cargo, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine of Star Trek fame, were filmed at Carlson's Store and nearby railroad tracks in Turtlepoint during three days in September.

Twentieth Century Fox film crews spent Sept. 13, 17 and 18 in the village filming scenes of a train accident involving a dump truck and pickup truck pulling a horse trailer.

"Our father, George L. Carlson, bought the business in 1920 and it has always been a general store," said George A. Carlson, a partner in the family corporation. Today, the store sells groceries, meats and animal feed. It is also home to the Turtlepoint Post Office.

Jim, another son and partner, added, "Our father remained active in the store's operation until he died. We children worked there while we were in high school."

The store shut its doors for the three days of filming, according to Ginny, George's wife.

"The movie company negotiated with us to close for that time. Champlin Hill Road that runs in front of the store was also blocked off to traffic during that same time. However, we did let our postal patrons in through the feed dock at the side of the building to get their mail."

All filming at the store was done outside, Jim Carlson noted.

A plastic advertisement for a brand of snuff was removed from a front window of the store prior to the filming, said Jim Carlson. At the same time, generic ads were placed in the outside bulletin board that is glass enclosed and usually carries Annin Township news.

An "extra" from Galeton takes the role of the store's owner. Two other extras, playing shoppers, were carrying their groceries and other goods from the store at the time of the accident. "Props for their shopping bags came from the store," said Jim Carlson.

"We're not sure if the scenes showing the storefront will be in the final edited version, but part of the building could be visible during the crash," Jim Carlson added.

The train accident occurred at the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks next to the store as the locomotive, owned by the movie company, moved into the crossing at Champlin Hill Road. Jim Carlson pointed to one advantage of this particular section of tracks: it is probably the longest straight stretch between Buffalo and Harrisburg. Then too, since it runs through a rural area, there was less disruption of service during the filming.

When the tracks were closed to commercial traffic, a special effects crew dismantled the crossing signal and replaced it temporarily with a replica that was knocked over in the accident.

Ginny Carlson remembers a film crew regularly spraying water in the area prior to the filming so it always looked the same. In that way, during the editing process, related scenes that may have been shot on different days under different conditions, would be consistent instead of dusty one day and clear the next.

Careful planning went into the scenes that were shot at Turtlepoint, said Jim Carlson, who has a doctorate in economics and is a professor at Mansfield University in addition to working at the store.

"A movie crew visited the railroad crossing about three or four weeks before the actual filming of the accident and used a mockup of small cars and vehicles on a board," he said. "They kept repositioning the vehicles as to what the director envisioned happening."

In addition, test runs were held to determine the appropriate speed of the locomotive for the accident.

Jim Carlson was certainly impressed with the movie crews.

"They were gracious and interested in our area," he said.

According to the Internet, 409 days remain before the premier of "Unstoppable" on Nov. 12, 2010.

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Satish Kaushik gives Diwali a miss for movie - Hindustan Times

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 01:19 AM PDT

Director-actor Satish Kaushik is happily giving Diwali celebrations at home a miss to be at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) for the Asian premiere of much-acclaimed film Road, Movie, in which he plays a wanderer.

"It's a huge honour for our film to have made it to the competition line-up in TIFF. In fact Road, Movie is the only Indian film which is running in the competition category that has only about 15-18 films in the fray," said Kaushik.

While the TIFF starts on October 17, Road, Movie will be screened on October 21. Directed by Dev Benegal of English, August fame, the film is being described as India's Cinema Paradiso by critics from the west. It is expected to be released commercially in 2010.

Shot primarily in Rajasthan and Kutch, Road, Movie features Abhay Deol as Vishnu, who is a restless young man and is least interested in his father's faltering hair oil business.

He hits the road with a travelling cinema and meets quite a few colourful and unforgettable characters, including Satish Kaushik and Tannishtha Chatterjee.

Kaushik plays a wanderer who seemingly knows everything about life and he brings some of the most light-hearted moments in the film. His performance in the film was much appreciated at the Toronto International Film Festival where the film was premiered last month.

"Give him any job in the world and my character is confident that he can do that. That's his beauty. Even though this character laughs a lot, there is a lot more depth to him than what one perhaps misses out on the exterior," Kaushik said.

Incidentally, just like in his last international venture Brick Lane (2007) where he got rave reviews for his performance, Kaushik isn't seen as the funny man in "Road, Movie".

"Somehow in Bollywood I have always been offered comic roles. However, I am being looked at differently when it comes to movies being made in the west. I feel proud of the fact that I did something differently in Brick Lane followed by 'Road, Movie' and got so much of love, affection and respect from audiences and filmmakers there," he said.

No wonder Kaushik is now seriously pursuing a parallel career in the west as well.

"First Brick Lane and now Road, Movie have really added a lot to my profile. It is heartening to see international recognition coming my way. I now want to explore further opportunities in the west. There have been good feelers so far and thankfully the kind of roles coming my way are quite important and lengthy."

But he has no plans of leaving Bollywood though.

"As a director, I have Milenge Milenge releasing before the end of the year. There is another subject that I am exploring...an announcement should be coming your way soon. These are busy days as both director and actor. I couldn't have been happier," he said.

Kaushik's Milenge Milenge has Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in lead roles.

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Outdoor showing of movie this weekend postponed - Shreveport Times

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 01:19 AM PDT

MINDEN Plans for an outdoor showing of "The Grapes of Wrath," which is part of a 21-parish commemoration of the Great Depression, on Saturday night at The Farm have been postponed until Oct. 17, organizers said Wednesday.

The delay is because of this week's rains and soggy conditions at The Farm. Other events that Cultural Crossroads had planned for Saturday also are being rescheduled.

For more information, call Chris Broussard at (318) 927-2888 or (318) 393-5991.

- Vickie Welborn

vwelborn@gannett.com

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Protesters Shut Down Marquez Movie - femalefirst.co.uk

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 02:23 AM PDT

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Campaigners are protesting against the movie adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's book Memories of My Melancholy Whores - insisting the project condones child prostitution.

The Nobel-prize winning writer's tale of a 90 year old bachelor who enjoys a night of "wild love with an adolescent virgin" on his birthday was set to be transformed for the big screen in Mexico later this month (Oct09).

But campaigners from the Regional Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and Girls in Latin America and the Caribbean have successfully managed to close down the shoot - after filing a criminal complaint at Mexico's Attorney General's office on Monday (05Oct09).

The Mexican state of Puebla's government has since confirmed it has pulled funding for the project, therefore shutting down filming in the area.

Campaigner Teresa Ulloa insists the book's topic would promote the child sex trade if it made it to cinemas: "As a book, it does not have access to the most vulnerable people in society. Once they make the movie, it will be in movie theatres and later it will surely be on television."

But the film's co-director and producer Ricardo del Rio insists a 21 year old actress had been cast in the film, and the storyline did not even touch upon the character's age.

He says, "They are censoring a film before it's been made, without knowing either the script or the vision of the director. Here they have simply killed our adaptation. They have dealt us a fatal blow because we can't film without all the resources."

The book was released in 2004, and was a hit with critics in Mexico.

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Recent movie releases: 'Capitalism: A Love Story' - Detroit Free Press

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 12:21 AM PDT

"Capitalism: A Love Story" ***

Michael Moore's latest documentary sets out to cover a lot: the unholy alliance between bankers and the Treasury Department, the politics of shifting the tax burden away from the rich, the loss of jobs and rights from individuals to corporations. The result is alternately moving and disheartening. Rated R; language. 2 hours, 7 minutes. By Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel.

"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" ***

The latest delight from Sony Pictures Animation, a delicious farce and a backhanded slap at America the Obese, may be the funniest animated film of the year. Screwball inventor Flint Lockwood (voiced by Bill Hader) comes up with a gadget that makes food fall from the sky. Mayhem, of course, ensues. Rated PG; language. 1 hour, 21 minutes. By Roger Moore.

"Fame" **

This lifeless remake filters the edgy 1980 drama about the costs of pursuing a life in the performing arts through a squeaky-clean lens. There's no hint of the struggles with substance abuse and sexuality found in the original, and even the dark themes that do get repeated are tidied up. The young actors in the new "Fame" are, to a one, dull. Rated PG; mature themes, teen drinking, a sexual situation, language. 1 hour, 44 minutes. By Roger Moore.

"The Invention of Lying" ***

On an Earth in which "the human race has never evolved the ability to tell a lie," Brit comic Ricky Gervais discovers that fibs, fiction and whoppers can help him get ahead. This might have been a 10-minute sketch, but then the movie delves into religion and becomes a high-minded, even intellectual, comedy. In the end, "Lying" is funny rather than hilarious. Rated PG-13; language, sexual content, a drug reference. 1 hour, 40 minutes. By Roger Moore.

"Pandorum" ***

There's a lot to like in this mildly scary but always engrossing film from director Christian Alvart. Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid play members of the crew of a colonizer ship sent from a fatally overcrowded Earth more than 100 years away. They awake from a deep sleep to discover their spaceship awash in madness with beasties, warriors and survivalists running wild. Rated R; horror violence, language. 1 hour, 44 minutes. By Roger Moore.