The Terry Gilliam Files
In-depth coverage of his films, from MONTY PYTHON to IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

Martin Scorsese
On the set of CAPE FEAR

Irwin Winkler
Shooting the noir NIGHT AND THE CITY

Robert De Niro
On his directorial debut, A BRONX TALE

Carroll Ballard
On the set of WIND

Dick Maas
On filming a Dutch comedy in New York City

Fran Rubel Kuzui
On her roles as independent distributor and director (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER)

Abel Ferrara
On his hyper-dramatic morality tale
BAD LIEUTENANT

 
Richard LaGravenese
On penning a true original, THE FISHER KING

Chazz Palminteri
On rewriting his life for stage and screen in A BRONX TALE

Richard Price
On not staying true to filmic convention in NIGHT AND THE CITY

Wesley Strick
On reinventing a true classic, CAPE FEAR

 
Nicola Pecorini
On capturing THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS and the lens they call The Gilliam

Ernest Dickerson
On his collaborations with Spike Lee, including the musical drama MO' BETTER BLUES

Freddie Francis
On the set of CAPE FEAR, the acclaimed director/DP discusses shooting horror from both sides of the camera

Tak Fujimoto
On shooting a film noir in color, for NIGHT AND THE CITY

Stephen Goldblatt
Discusses the hazards of night shoots, makeup and locations, on FOR THE BOYS

John Toll
On shooting the sailing picture WIND on two continents as well as much of the wet stuff in-between

 
Mick Audsley
On the editorial challenges of making time travel and insanity seem believable and sane! for TWELVE MONKEYS

Sam Pollard
On taking a jazz approach to editing a jazz film, MO' BETTER BLUES

Thelma Schoonmaker
On cutting to the chase with Scorsese on CAPE FEAR

Howard Smith
Discusses differing aesthetics for editing action flicks (POINT BREAK) and character dramas (AT CLOSE RANGE)

 
Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston and
Ward Kimball
A symposium featuring three of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men" discussing character animation and the making of the classic PINOCCHIO

 
Howard Shore
For a special live screening of "Fellowship of the Ring," the composer discusses the contribution of language to his "Lord of the Rings" scores, as members of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus practice Elvish lyrics; with video (CBSNews.com)

Elmer Bernstein
A report from the recording stages of CAPE FEAR, as well as an in-depth discussion on Bernstein's adaptation of Bernard Herrmann's music from the original 1962 version

Michael Kamen
Talks about his "maximal" music (as opposed to minimalist music) for THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN

Excerpts from KNOWING THE SCORE
Philip Glass, Carter Burwell, Jerry Goldsmith and others on composing for film

Tallulah, the Original Hollywood Bad Girl (CBS News)

For Best Picture: Slideshows of 2009 winner THE HURT LOCKER, and nominees AVATAR, THE BLIND SIDE, DISTRICT 9, AN EDUCATION, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, PRECIOUS, A SERIOUS MAN, UP, and UP IN THE AIR (CBS News)

Designing "Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (CBS News)

Opening Day Protests Against THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST

40 Years of Monty Python (CBS News)

Hollywood's Evil Children - Cute, yes, but when their eyes glow people die (CBS News)

A franchise relaunched: STAR TREK (CBS News)

The Movies Oscar Snubbed - What does WALL-E have in common with VERTIGO and BLUE VELVET? (CBS News)

For Best Picture: Slideshows of 2008 winner SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, and nominees THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, FROST/NIXON, MILK and THE READER (CBS News)

Vampires: The Bad & the Beautiful (CBS News)

Hitchcock: The Master Of Suspense (CBS News)

Memorable Movie Robots - Mechanical sci-fi characters (CBS News)

30 Years Ago, A Saga Is Born - My God, it's been three decades since STAR WARS debuted? (CBS News)

Autumn Chills - Horror films you can't forget, no matter how hard you try (Originally for ABC News)

 
Market Research
The results of two 1988 market research test screenings of BARON MUNCHAUSEN, from people recruited in shopping malls in New Jersey and Long Island

Publicity
A look at what issues drove the development of studio publicity for MUNCHAUSEN, a film about someone that no one in the United States had ever heard of

Litigation
Would a multi-million extravaganza be a target of lawsuits even if it didn't make money? You betcha

Links
Notable film-related Web sites

 
Barbara De Fina
On CAPE FEAR and
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE

Lynda Obst and Debra Hill
On taming the "wild beast" of THE FISHER KING

Charles Roven
Remakes a cult sci-fi short as TWELVE MONKEYS

Lauren Geels
On the difficulty of shooting a foreign film in the streets of Manhattan

 
Harvey Keitel
Bares his soul as he talks about work, art, family and bamboo

Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges
Face the challenge of playing dramatic comedy, from the set of THE FISHER KING

Nick Nolte
On cracking a lawyer's prideful persona in CAPE FEAR

Eric Idle
On the "rewards" of appearing in fellow Python Terry Gilliam's MUNCHAUSEN

 
Ruth Carter
Discusses merging the past with the contemporary for MO' BETTER BLUES

Beatrix Pasztor, Vincent Jeferds and Keith Greco
Discuss the design and construction of the hellish, ethereal Red Knight from THE FISHER KING

 
Norman Garwood
On capturing a "BRAZIL Look"

Jeffrey Beecroft
On creating a false future in TWELVE MONKEYS

Anastasia Masaro
On constructing alternate realities within THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

Robin Standefer
On uncovering the truth of 1870s New York architecture (as well as faking it) for THE AGE OF INNOCENCE

Patricia Anne Doherty
On finding locations for the period piece THE AGE OF INNOCENCE

"Quiet on the Streets"
A 1989 article on location filming in New York City, featuring interviews with production designer Wynn Thomas (DO THE RIGHT THING), and location managers David de Clerque and Nick Bernstein (A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM, CADILLAC MAN)

Wynn Thomas
On designing and building the sets for Spike Lee's MO' BETTER BLUES and the epic biography MALCOLM X

"Blood on Their Hands"
Interviews with THE GODFATHER TRILOGY'S A.D. Flowers, Joe Lombardi, Dick Smith, Lawrence Cavanaugh and R. Bruce Steinheimer

"No Visible Means of Support"
CLIFFHANGER's effects supervisor Neal Krepela reveals how a twelve-inch doll stood in for Sylvester Stallone, among other miracles

JURASSIC PARK
Dennis Murren and Mark Dippe of ILM, Phil Tippett and Stan Winston on conjuring the revolutionary visual effects

"Building a Better Rome"
An interview with GLADIATOR's visual effects supervisor John Nelson (archive cache of ABCNews.com article)

"Making Waves"
An interview with THE PERFECT STORM's visual effects supervisor Stefan Fangmeier (archive cache of ABCNews.com article)

 
Robert Harris
Reminisces on the blood, sweat and tears of re-creating LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and SPARTACUS

"LOST HORIZON ... Found"
Tells the story of the restoration of Frank Capra's classic fable of Utopia

"The Sounds of a Galaxy Far, Far Away"
Explores the original 1977 70mm release of STAR WARS, whose soundtrack differs in slight ways from later incarnations

 
"The Legacy of 2001"
How closely did Kubrick's vision of technology match the real thing? (Archive cache of ABCNews.com)

"Autumn Chills"
Classic horror films (ABCNews.com)

"What's Running in Cupid's Video Player?"
Classic romances (Archive cache of ABCNews.com)

National Film Registry 2001 Additions
(Archive cache ofABCNews.com article)

"Re-Viewing Vietnam"
Veterans in BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, JACKKNIFE, IN COUNTRY and LETHAL WEAPON

"NotSoGoodFellas"
The fall of the Mob Family and the Rise of the Rat

"A New Breed of Science Fiction Heroes"
Parallels between THE ROAD WARRIOR/BLADE RUNNER and westerns/detective films

"Nowhere to Hide"
An examination of the "lawyer mask" and its consequences, from CAPE FEAR

 
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