I like this three some if Amy Adams closes a deal with Relativity Media and co-stars with Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter.
The story is true to life and very deep. Adams would play a gritty bartender from Massachusetts who ends up dating Wahlberg’s character, “Irish” Mickey Ward.
Mentioned in Variety, the movie starts shooting this summer and tells the story of Ward’s early days on the rough streets of Lowell, Massachusetts and how he was helped to the world lightweight championship by his half-brother, portrayed by Bale.
The gritty bartender is a great part for Adams to stretch her talent and shine. The role is quite a contrast to her next film coming out Julie and Julia alongside Meryl Streep. Adams also finished production on romantic comedy Leap Year.
Leap Year has added another cast member, Kaitlin Olson, who has joined Amy Adams, Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode and Adam Scott, in the romantic comedy about an American woman (Adams) who goes in search of her boyfriend in Ireland. She desires to marry her boyfriend and can propose to him on Leap Day, February 29. According to Irish tradition, he has to say ”yes.”
Olson is set to play Libby, the married older sister of Adams’ character, Anna.
Now here is a dramedy that promises some light and serious moments. Headed by renowned actress Meryl Streep, she teams up with upstart Amy Adams based on on Julie Powell’s book “Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen.”
Julie Powell recounts how she conquered every recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking and saved her soul. Julie Powell is 30-years-old, living in a rundown apartment in Queens and working at a soul-sucking secretarial job that’s going nowhere. She needs something to break the monotony of her life, and she invents a deranged assignment. She will take her mother’s dog-eared copy of Julia Child’s 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and she will cook all 524 recipes. In the span of one year.
Overture Films presents Sunshine Cleaning, a tale of a mom and her sister suddenly finding an unexpected way to turn their lives around. Directed by Christine Jeffs (”Rain,” “Sylvia”), this uplifting film about an average family that finds the path to its dreams in an unlikely setting screened in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah, (Emily Blunt), is still living at home with their dad Joe (Alan Arkin), a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get rich quick schemes. Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scene clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. In no time, the girls are up to their elbows in murders, suicides and other… specialized situations.
As they climb the ranks in a very dirty job, the sisters find a true respect for one another and the closeness they have always craved finally blossoms. By building their own improbable business, Rose and Norah open the door to the joys and challenges of being there for one another—no matter what—while creating a brighter future for the entire Lorkowski family.
Screenhead is co-sponsoring a giveaway for the opening of Sunshine Cleaning.
The movie is playing in theaters now!
Prizes include:
Movie poster
Movie soundtrack
Pen
Cleaning caddy
The movie is a hilarious story about a single mom and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy Sunshine Cleaning. Directed by Christine Jeffs (Rain, Sylvia), this uplifting film about an average family that finds the path to its dreams in an unlikely setting screened in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
She was once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Academy Award nominee Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah, (Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt), is still living at home with their dad Joe (Academy Award winner Alan Arkin), a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get rich quick schemes.
Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scene clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. In no time, the girls are up to their elbows in murders, suicides and other…specialized situations. As they climb the ranks in a very dirty job, the sisters find a true respect for one another and the closeness they have always craved finally blossoms. By building their own improbable business, Rose and Norah open the door to the joys and challenges of being there for one another–no matter what–while creating a brighter future for the entire Lorkowski family.
Post your name and Screenhead will pick the winner of the prizes Saturday, March 28, 2009.
British star Matthew Goode (Watchmen) is set to star opposite Amy Adams in romantic comedy Leap Year for Spyglass Entertainment.
Adams will play a young woman who travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day. However, when weather forces her to go off course, she enlists a cynical Irish innkeeper – played by Goode – to join her on a cross-country trip.
The film is being directed by Anand Tucker (Shopgirl) on a script by Harry Elfront and Deb Kaplan. Filming begins next month in Ireland.
Fresh from Watchmen, Matthew Goode is set to star opposite Amy Adams in Leap Year, the romantic comedy Anand Tucker will direct.
According to Variety, Adams plays a young woman who travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day. When weather forces her to veer off course, she enlists a cynical Irish innkeeper (Goode) to join her on a cross-country trip.
A single mom and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy Sunshine Cleaning. Directed by Christine Jeffs (Rain,Sylvia), this uplifting film about an average family that finds the path to its dreams in an unlikely setting screened in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Once the high school cheerleading captain, who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Academy Award nominee Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah, (Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt), is still living at home with their dad Joe (Academy Award winner Alan Arkin), a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get rich quick schemes.
Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scene clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. In no time, the girls are up to their elbows in murders, suicides and other…specialized situations. As they climb the ranks in a very dirty job, the sisters find a true respect for one another and the closeness they have always craved finally blossoms. By building their own improbable business, Rose and Norah open the door to the joys and challenges of being there for one another–no matter what–while creating a brighter future for the entire Lorkowski family.
This trailer appears to be slightly different than the first one I posted. There is more details and more frames of General Custer, which I think he is going to steal the show. Enjoy!
The quality of this trailer is poor, but still it’s a good trailer in that it you get to meet the characters. Not much of the story is explained in the trailer, but the fact that Amy Adams stars with Ben Stiller is good enough for me. I also like the actor who plays General Custer. For a better version of the trailer you can go to HappyMeal.com by clicking here.
Wahlberg in The Fighter.
and Adam Scott, in the romantic comedy about an American woman (Adams) who goes in search of her boyfriend in Ireland. She desires to marry her boyfriend and can propose to him on Leap Day, February 29. According to Irish tradition, he has to say ”yes.”
British star Matthew Goode (Watchmen) is set to star opposite Amy Adams in romantic comedy Leap Year for Spyglass Entertainment.
Tucker will direct.