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mmmaxi		#321	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 175 (03/26/2009 05:45 AM) A girl named Velvet Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	The official site has some clips from SOP! But not in the Video section - the only thing there right now are two TV spots. After you click on enter the site, the screen shows 4 actors. If you hold the cursor over each pic, a clip will play. If you move the cursor away, it stops playing. Russell and Rachel's clips are only a line or two but Helen's clip is excellent. I am so looking forward to the Crowe/Mirren dynamic in this movie. His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets. ~Dorothy Parker
marafromnowhere		#322	[-]
CC Admin CC moderator Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 6829 (03/26/2009 10:37 PM) Ringleader, The Boxer's Doxies Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Thanks maxi! Wow - Helen is shooting flames in that one clip and I think I see Cal actually flinch?! This film keeps looking better and better. edited because maxi all ready told us how the clips work! d'oh! www.stateofplaymovie.net Last Edited By: marafromnowhere 03/26/2009 10:46 PM. Edited 3 times.
spreesmom		#323	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 2543 (03/27/2009 01:35 PM) Lady Honourable Philtrette LexiCrowegrapher to the Heavenly Body Maxiesvelvet BBBen Perver Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	mara - i tried to click on your link, but i can't access it. i guess yuku doesn't like the link, or something. becks you can't eat your pride or cleanse your soul of what is you - i'd rather regret the things i've done than the things i did not do. r. crowe
mmmaxi		#324	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 176 (03/27/2009 03:20 PM) A girl named Velvet Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Whoo Hoo, a wonderful find by Cindy! Turns out that the skinny clip of Helen and Russell at the official site isn't complete. (It cuts off while Helen is ranting.) Cindy found a longer clip at the NY Times and it's fantastic - it goes on with Cal losing his cool, jumping up and yelling back at Helen. Wow, this is great stuff. Anyone who has only seen the official site clip, run run run to the NY Times clip to see the whole thing! http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/444143/State-of-Play/trailers Hopefully they will put some clips up in the Video section at the official site. So far they still only have the 2 TV spots there. I am so excited about this movie. The more glimpses of Cal I get in the trailers and now in this clip, the more I cannot wait. ............................................ becks, I think mara was linking to the official site. Try this one: http://www.stateofplaymovie.net/ Sorry I didn't link to the official site in my post above. I figured everyone would know it already. My bad. His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets. ~Dorothy Parker Last Edited By: mmmaxi 03/27/2009 03:24 PM. Edited 1 times.
6point7		#325	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 837 (03/27/2009 03:45 PM) Lucky Seven Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	I had a wonderful evening celebrating the career of Nic Roeg and the sweet beautiful Kevin Macdonald made a lovely presentation about him. I might have a picture even. I half thought Russell might even turn up but since Ridley wasn't there (conspicuous by his absence) I guess they were busy. Breathe in, as deep as you can....
xJessDalton		#326	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 74 (03/27/2009 06:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Okay...I'm bringing this one over from ConCro...I'm just almost speechless....(scroll down a bit and you'll see all of them - they're HUGE) Whispers of the Muse The Illuminated Crowe
CatherineYVR		#327	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 3881 (03/27/2009 06:39 PM) Cort's Cat Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	I reduced the size of this a bit to lessen the occurence of THUD-related injuries due to unavoidable Croweverload..... thank you, Darrin and ConstantCrowe ........so much for prevention of THUD-related injuries...... CortsVelvet Catherine, Thane of Thighs; Knight of Knees; Baroness of Biceps; Shahrina of Shoulders; Suzeraine of the Sweetest Smile Ever Seen; Bantiarna of the Byronian Waves; Princess of the Pensive Pause; Champion of the Chained Champion; Lady Honourable Philtrette; member of the K&R Gang, Peeled Kiwi Union, the Fallow-ship of Crowe: Biebe's Babes Posse, and CHERISH - Cuddle His Every Russelly Inch Special Helpers; co-founder of the Crazed for Cort Corterie; Cortesan to the Cowboys (Cort), aka one of the Three Amigas; Siren of the Seafarer, and blissful member of ISHITFAIL. If we stay together, we survive.
xJessDalton		#328	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 76 (03/27/2009 06:42 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Hey, I reduced the size of the image I posted...just maybe not enough?? Whispers of the Muse The Illuminated Crowe
CatherineYVR		#329	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 3882 (03/27/2009 06:49 PM) Cort's Cat Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	You'll notice there was some elapsed time between your post and mine? Recovery time from the THUD-induced injuries suffered thanks to you! CortsVelvet Catherine, Thane of Thighs; Knight of Knees; Baroness of Biceps; Shahrina of Shoulders; Suzeraine of the Sweetest Smile Ever Seen; Bantiarna of the Byronian Waves; Princess of the Pensive Pause; Champion of the Chained Champion; Lady Honourable Philtrette; member of the K&R Gang, Peeled Kiwi Union, the Fallow-ship of Crowe: Biebe's Babes Posse, and CHERISH - Cuddle His Every Russelly Inch Special Helpers; co-founder of the Crazed for Cort Corterie; Cortesan to the Cowboys (Cort), aka one of the Three Amigas; Siren of the Seafarer, and blissful member of ISHITFAIL. If we stay together, we survive.
spreesmom		#330	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 2551 (03/27/2009 07:09 PM) Lady Honourable Philtrette LexiCrowegrapher to the Heavenly Body Maxiesvelvet BBBen Perver Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	.... is it april 17 yet?.................... i think i'll take up swimming again... ta, kaspi!
susi079		#331	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 557 (03/27/2009 07:18 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	OMG!!!!
marafromnowhere		#332	[-]
CC Admin CC moderator Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 6836 (03/28/2009 12:44 AM) Ringleader, The Boxer's Doxies Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Susi - so glad to see you are safe and sound. I read about the dam bursting in Jakarta. The official State of Play website has those stills in high definition in the gallery. If you let the photos load you can then capture them in your temporary internet files like so (thumbs open to full size - I believe these are all the ones so far with Russell):
Roheryn		#333	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 3526 (03/28/2009 04:32 AM) Riding Mistress Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	"Man, if you've gotta ask, you'll never know "
susi079		#334	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 559 (03/28/2009 06:16 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Mara, thx for your great concern. Appreciate it, GOD bless you. Still tracking the news, and I'm afraid the progress is not good. Jess, I don't mind getting a few minor injuries. I'm enjoying the BIGGIES actually.
Cindy4764		#335	[-]
CC moderator Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 3740 (03/28/2009 02:21 PM) Pic Slut CC Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Thanks to maria, comments from imdb with the Empire review of SOP as well as comments from other UK reviewers. Pretty amazing that it's getting such good reviews from the Brits as the mini-series was pretty popular. Empire's review of SoP. Spoilers if you go to the site, safe to read this excellent critique of Russell's performance. :) http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=135201 McCaffrey is old school, a dirty-pawed newshound to whom the D. C. 'tecs provide grudging respect. For him a good story is something to be worked over and scrubbed at until the truth shines through. As such, McCaffrey is like a frontiersman of the Old West, unwilling to accept that the frontier has gone (or at least turned digital) and it's now the New West, where churning out copy cheaply and the concern to please shareholders rather than readers outweigh the careful craftsmanship of good, old-fashioned, dedicated reporting. As the Globe's bolshy editor (played with acidic zest by Dame Helen Mirren) shrieks to Cal at the plot's crux: "The real story is the sinking of this newspaper!" The paper's new corporate owners are, she snaps, "interested in sales, not discretion!" This is why Crowe - an actor at home in Westerns and historical pics - works so well in the part (indeed, he makes it hard to imagine Cal as Brad Pitt, who was originally cast), and he's the best we've seen him in years. He infuses McCaffrey with a glow of confidence in his own skills, while undercutting it with palpable discomfort as he's drawn into a situation in which his old-school professionalism places him at odds with old college buddy Stephen (Ben Affleck) - a crusading Congressman suddenly wracked by scandal - and Stephen's wife, Anne (Robin Wright Penn). Crowe is also adept at drawing his audience into the plot's deeper, murkier waters: at one point, Cal realises, with a gut-churning shock, that he's just rapped on the wrong door - well, the right one - and we witness the fear switch his smooth talk to stutters. It's an impressive moment, and a valuable reminder that Crowe's talents run far deeper than greying his hair and putting on a bit of flab. There was another post at imdb listing some comments from other UK sites, supposedly on the International SOP site? Though not quite reviews, here are some of the review comments as listed on the SoP website (international version): Empire: "**" Daily Telegraph: "An Outstanding Thriller" Total Film: "**" Daily Mail: "Scorching" Uncut: "Gripping From Start To Finish" BBC Radio 1: "Electrifying"
marafromnowhere		#336	[-]
CC Admin CC moderator Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 6838 (03/28/2009 03:35 PM) Ringleader, The Boxer's Doxies Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Hoky smokes Bullwinkle! I think they've got a hit on their hands! That is one hell of a good review from Empire and especially complimentary of Russell. It's an impressive moment, and a valuable reminder that Crowe's talents run far deeper than greying his hair and putting on a bit of flab. Russell is wonderful in every part but it does seem a big waste of such big talent to put him in a minor character part now when he is in his prime. Let him play men like Ed (BoL) when he's really that age. I'm sure it's a nice break not to carry every film on his back but he's better utilized as a lead within ensemble work like Yuma and, it sounds like, SoP. Can't wait!
susi079		#337	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 560 (03/28/2009 05:58 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	to those early reviews from the Empire and other media. Pls April, do come soon!!
spreesmom		#338	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 2561 (03/28/2009 06:19 PM) Lady Honourable Philtrette LexiCrowegrapher to the Heavenly Body Maxiesvelvet BBBen Perver Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post
mmmaxi		#339	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 177 (03/28/2009 06:55 PM) A girl named Velvet Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	becks Looks like the SOP official site is now fully operational. You can follow each character in steps with videos, audio clips, and pictures. It's kinda like the AG site where you kept clicking to go on to the next video. There's about 15 or so vid clips you can collect out of your cache. I gotta say, Cal is one hell of a reporter. Quietly determined. Moral. Cool and calm when he needs to be but as we've seen from the clip with Helen, he can lose that cool. Did I mention I can't wait? edited to add --- the international site has a clip under Video that isn't on the US site His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets. ~Dorothy Parker Last Edited By: mmmaxi 03/28/2009 07:22 PM. Edited 1 times.
l4dybug		#340	[-]
Crowe Crossing Member Posts: 96 (03/28/2009 07:38 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	The person who posted the comments about Russell acting in supporting parts like Ed in BOL is absolutely right. Russell is a born LEADING MAN and he shines in such parts..in fact the entire movie benefits. Nice reviews for SOP ,if the Brits like it it must be damn good.. Come on April 17th!!!!

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