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Arthur Kopit, whose 1969 Broadway play Indians was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and later adapted as the film Buffalo Bill and the Indians starring Paul Newman, died Friday in New York. He was 83.

His death was announced by spokesman Rick Miramontez. No cause of death was disclosed.

Kopit’s seven-decade stage career began when he was still a Harvard undergraduate, with his 1963 play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad getting an Off Broadway production that later moved to Broadway with Jerome Robbins directing.

Indians, about the life of Buffalo Bill Cody and an early example of the era’s anti-Western genre, opened on Broadway in 1969 and starred Stacy Keach, Manu Tupou, Raul Julia and Sam Waterston, among others. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Indians was adapted by director Robert Altman in 1976 as (full title) Buffalo Bill and the Indians,...

Arthur Kopit, an award-winning playwright known for Indians and Nine, died on Friday morning. He was 83.

Without specifying a cause, his death was announced by spokesperson Rick Miramontez on Saturday.

Born in 1937, Kopit was educated at Harvard University. Among his early plays was Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad, which Jerome Robbins directed on Broadway while Kopit was still an undergraduate student.

Kopit went on to receive Tony nomination and Pulitzer Prize finalist nod for his 1968 play Indians, which opened on Broadway and starred Sam Waterston and Stacy Keach....

Arthur Kopit, an award-winning playwright known for Indians and Nine, died on Friday morning. He was 83.

Without specifying a cause, his death was announced by spokesperson Rick Miramontez on Saturday.

Born in 1937, Kopit was educated at Harvard University. Among his early plays was Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad, which Jerome Robbins directed on Broadway while Kopit was still an undergraduate student.

Kopit went on to receive Tony nomination and Pulitzer Prize finalist nod for his 1968 play Indians, which opened on Broadway and starred Sam Waterston and Stacy Keach....

Do audiences ever ask for a History Lesson? Robert Altman gives them a smart, if diffuse, image of America as a showbiz invention, commercialized and packaged. Paul Newman is the prepackaged white hero surrounded by a jolly circus; Buffalo Bill’s trick seems to be to get his colleagues, the dispossessed minorities and especially the vanquished Native Americans to cooperate with his self-aggrandizing fantasy. One of Altman’s better scattershot ensembles sketches an amusingly hollow Buffalo Bill in Paul Newman, but the director’s style keeps emotional involvement at arm’s length… make that telephoto lens’ length.

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Starring: Paul Newman, Joel Grey, Burt Lancaster, Kevin McCarthy, Harvey Keitel, Will Sampson, Allan F. Nicholls, Geraldine Chaplin, John Considine,...

The Theatre Hall of Fameannounced today its 2017 class of eight inductees, led byAudra McDonaldand including in alphabetical orderMatthew Broderick, Oskar Eustis, Tina Howe, Arthur Kopit, Marin Mazzie, Daryl RothandErnie Schier.

A new production of Arthur Kopit's Chamber Music directed by Emily Moler will be presented from tonight, September 7, through September 16 Thursday - Sunday at 8pm in the basement of St. John's Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, NY.

A new production of Arthur Kopit's Chamber Music directed by Emily Moler will be presented from September 7 through September 16 Thursday - Sunday at 8pm in the basement of St. John's Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, NY.

Today in 2003, the first Broadway revival of Nine opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it ran for 283 performances. Nine is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. The story is based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8. It focuses on film director Guido Contini, who is dreading his imminent 40th birthday and is facing a midlife crisis, which is blocking his creative impulses and entangling him in a web of romantic difficulties in early-1960s Venice. The original Broadway production opened in 1982 and ran for 729 performances, starring Raul Julia. The musical won five Tony Awards, including best musical, and has enjoyed a number of revivals.

Constance Cummings: Stage and film actress ca. early 1940s. Constance Cummings on stage: From Sacha Guitry to Clifford Odets (See previous post: “Constance Cummings: Flawless 'Blithe Spirit,' Supporter of Political Refugees.”) In the post-World War II years, Constance Cummings' stage reputation continued to grow on the English stage, in plays as diverse as: Stephen Powys (pseudonym for P.G. Wodehouse) and Guy Bolton's English-language adaptation of Sacha Guitry's Don't Listen, Ladies! (1948), with Cummings as one of shop clerk Denholm Elliott's mistresses (the other one was Betty Marsden). “Miss Cummings and Miss Marsden act as fetchingly as they look,” commented The Spectator. Rodney Ackland's Before the Party (1949), delivering “a superb performance of controlled hysteria” according to theater director and Michael Redgrave biographer Alan Strachan, writing for The Independent at the time of Cummings' death. Clifford Odets' Winter Journey / The Country Girl (1952), as...

Constance Cummings: Actress in minor Hollywood movies became major London stage star. Constance Cummings: Actress went from Harold Lloyd and Frank Capra to Noël Coward and Eugene O'Neill Actress Constance Cummings, whose career spanned more than six decades on stage, in films, and on television in both the U.S. and the U.K., died ten years ago on Nov. 23. Unlike other Broadway imports such as Ann Harding, Katharine Hepburn, Miriam Hopkins, and Claudette Colbert, the pretty, elegant Cummings – who could have been turned into a less edgy Constance Bennett had she landed at Rko or Paramount instead of Columbia – never became a Hollywood star. In fact, her most acclaimed work, whether in films or – more frequently – on stage, was almost invariably found in British productions. That's most likely why the name Constance Cummings – despite the DVD availability of several of her best-received performances – is all but forgotten.

Today in 2003, the first Broadway revival of Nine opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it ran for 283 performances. Nine is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. The story is based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8. It focuses on film director Guido Contini, who is dreading his imminent 40th birthday and is facing a midlife crisis, which is blocking his creative impulses and entangling him in a web of romantic difficulties in early-1960s Venice. The original Broadway production opened in 1982 and ran for 729 performances, starring Raul Julia. The musical won five Tony Awards, including best musical, and has enjoyed a number of revivals.

Director: Robert Altman Writers: Arthur Kopit (play Indians), Alan Rudolph (screenplay), Robert Altman (screenplay) Starring: Paul Newman, Joel Grey, Kevin McCarthy, Harvey Keitel, Allan F. Nicholls, Geraldine Chaplin, John Considine, Robert DoQui, Denver Pyle, Frank Kaquitts, Will Sampson, Pat McCormick, Shelley Duvall, Burt Lancaster Thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics, there’s now an excuse to revisit a film you […]...

Today in 2003, the first Broadway revival of Nine opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it ran for 283 performances. Nine is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. The story is based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8. It focuses on film director Guido Contini, who is dreading his imminent 40th birthday and is facing a midlife crisis, which is blocking his creative impulses and entangling him in a web of romantic difficulties in early-1960s Venice. The original Broadway production opened in 1982 and ran for 729 performances, starring Raul Julia. The musical won five Tony Awards, including best musical, and has enjoyed a number of revivals.

Today in 2003, the first Broadway revival of Nine opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it ran for 283 performances. Nine is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. The story is based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8. It focuses on film director Guido Contini, who is dreading his imminent 40th birthday and is facing a midlife crisis, which is blocking his creative impulses and entangling him in a web of romantic difficulties in early-1960s Venice. The original Broadway production opened in 1982 and ran for 729 performances, starring Raul Julia. The musical won five Tony Awards, including best musical, and has enjoyed a number of revivals.

Mega congrats to playwright Dominique Morisseau, who has been awarded the Playwrights of New York (Pony) Fellowship - an award that Katori Hall (The Mountaintop) is a past recipient of; so Dominique is certainly in good company! The coveted Pony Fellowship includes: 1 year of housing in a 1-bedroom doorman apartment in the heart of the theater district in New York City; A $2,500 per month stipend for 12 months; Reimbursement for 3 years of health insurance; Active membership at the Lark Play Development Center, which includes a seat in the renowned Playwright's Workshop, led by award-winning playwright Arthur Kopit, and programmed roundtable sessions. Both...

Today in 2003, the first Broadway revival of Nine opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it ran for 283 performances. Nine is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. The story is based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8. It focuses on film director Guido Contini, who is dreading his imminent 40th birthday and is facing a midlife crisis, which is blocking his creative impulses and entangling him in a web of romantic difficulties in early-1960s Venice. The original Broadway production opened in 1982 and ran for 729 performances, starring Raul Julia. The musical won five Tony Awards, including best musical, and has enjoyed a number of revivals.

In December of 1961, I was able to get—through the kindoffices of my friend Nancy Donahue, who introduced me to her agent Deborah Coleman—an audition for Arthur Kopit's play "Oh Dad, Poor Dad…" (the title is actually longer than that), to be directed by Jerome Robbins. Jerry liked my audition, but he'd never heard of me, so he kept calling me back, and at every callback I got worse. Finally, on my sixth audition, I arrived and was asked to read opposite a young woman named Barbara Harris. It will always be one of the magical moments of my life. She began to speak, and the role I was auditioning for roared to life in me again. We both were cast that day.And then I began, in rehearsal, to learn her process. I'm not sure I've ever experienced a process like it. I'll just say I learned what it was.

When, on Dec. 30, David Sheward filed his critique of the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' production of "The Mikado," the reviewing year ended for Back Stage. During 2010, Sheward and co–head critic Erik Haagensen reported on more than 250 theater and cabaret shows and, thanks to their responsibilities as members of the New York Drama Critics' Circle and the Drama Desk, saw many other offerings they didn't review. Rather than present yet another top 10 list of the "best" shows of the year, Sheward and Haagensen decided that a publication serving actors should salute actors.What follows is each man's selection of 10 memorable performances—by five women and five men—seen in 2010. Not the "best," not the "most," not ranked in any order, simply 10 performances that were so outstanding they wanted to salute them. Ten is an arbitrary limit. Without question, there were other performances that were as memorable as these.

Famed feminist writer Germaine Greer once enjoyed an affair with legendary Italian moviemaker Federico Fellini.

The Female Eunuch author claims to have struck up a romance with La Dolce Vita director after he invited her to Italy in 1975 to audition for a role in his 1976 movie Fellini's Casanova.

Greer turned down the part, but subsequently enjoyed a brief relationship with the critically-acclaimed filmmaker, who was married to actress Giulietta Masina from 1943 until his death in 1993.

The author revealed the affair in an article written for Britain's Guardian newspaper, insisting she decided to divulge the details of the secret romance after seeing Oscar-nominated 2009 movie Nine, which was based on Fellini's semi-autobiographical 1963 film 8 1/2.

She writes, "I caught glimpses of Penelope Cruz in a flounced red baby-doll nightie... and Sophia Loren looking like an Aztec mask, and Daniel Day-Lewis getting out of bed with his trousers on, but I was not tempted. I will not have my Fellini rewritten by Arthur Kopit, who wrote the musical, or Anthony Minghella or Michael Tolkin, who wrote the (Nine) screenplay."

She goes on to describe her first sexual encounter with the moviemaker, but admits the romance eventually fizzled out because of her hectic schedule.

She adds, "The relationship was self-limiting because I wasn't available... Sexual athletes are tuppence a dozen. Fellini was a many-sided genius. I do not hope to meet his like again."...

Academic reveals 1975 liaison with director who arrived unannounced but with brown silk pyjamas with cream piping

It no secret that Federico Fellini was a philanderer who, according to one biographer, used to refer to the "insatiable dragon" he kept in his pants. What is less well known is that one conquest of the legendary Italian director was the feminist academic Germaine Greer, who in today's G2 details for the first time how she ended up lying next to the man she describes as "a many-sided genius".

In her column, Greer writes that she first met Fellini in the summer of 1975, five years after she brought out The Female Eunuch and 15 years after he scored a huge success with La Dolce Vita. He was adapting Casanova for the big screen, and Greer had been earmarked for a small part. Though not interested in the role, Greer, then 36, decided to visit the...

Among the movies available during the long hours of my flight from London to Sydney was Rob Marshall's Nine, a reworking of Fellini's 8½. As I flicked back and forth through the menu, I caught glimpses of Penélope Cruz in a flounced red baby-doll nightie with a built-in push-up bra – could we have worn such things in the 1960s? – and Sophia Loren looking like an Aztec mask, and Daniel Day-Lewis getting in and out of bed with his trousers on, but I was not tempted. I will not have my Fellini rewritten by Arthur Kopit, who wrote the musical, or Anthony Minghella or Michael Tolkin, who wrote the screenplay.

In the summer of 1975, Paola Roli, one of the casting directors for Fellini's Casanova, suggested that he try me for the part of the giantess. I was a fan from way back, so, though I didn't want the part, and...

The Nine soundtrack. For there to be a winner, there must by extension be a loser. All the box-office chatter for the last month or so has been about James Cameron’s Avatar, with the 3D whizzbang-fest breaking records like a steroid-boosted sprinter. But while Cameron’s blue baby has been gobbling up cash in the fashion of a money-eating dinosaur, what of those flicks that the movie-going public might have overlooked in their rush to grab a second, third or fourth helping of Avatar action? Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes seems to have escaped reasonably unscathed (in spite of being a teensy bit rubbish), but Rob Marshall’s Nine would appear to have been a major casualty – with the all-star musical grossing less than $20m to date. Avatar has probably taken more than that in the time it has taken you to read to this bit of the review.

By Susan Granger - After helming .Chicago. to Oscar glory, director Rob Marshall tackles .Nine,. inspired by Federico Fellini.s self-reflective, surreal 1963 art-film .8 ½. which, in turn, spawned the 1982 Tony-winning Broadway musical with a book by Arthur Kopit. But it.s much more of a challenge. Unlike .Chicago,. which has an easily definable plot and characters, along with a memorable, melodic score, .Nine. revolves around a brilliant but totally egocentric film director who is going through a mid-life crisis and searching for existential salvation among the various women who have been pivotal in his life.

It.s 1965, Rome, as Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) flees from Cinecitta Studios just before beginning production on his highly-anticipated new film, .Italia..

.Film is a dream,. angst-ridden Guido asserts. .When you talk about it, you kill it, which is why I.m a very secretive man..

Guido.s problem is basic: with no script, no ideas,...

The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony may be one of the longest with 10 best picture nominees. It is more tough now to guess the contenders for Best Picture Nominations. The predictions will really be interesting this time ! We have sorted out ten movies as the contenders for Best Picture Nominees of 82nd Academy Awards. Our Predictions for 2010 Oscar Best Picture Nominees are:

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Avatar is centered around the themes of imperialism and biodiversity. The movie had been in development since 1994 by Cameron, who wrote a 114-page scriptment for the film. Cameron explained that the delay in producing the film since the 1990s had been to wait until the technology necessary to create his project was advanced enough. The film received generally positive reviews from film critics.

Nine The screenplay of this musical-romantic film is based on Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical of the same name. The star-studded cast includes Daniel Day-Lewis,...

It's been roughly seven years since Rob Marshall's Chicago kicked-off the return to favor of the movie musical, a genre he's now returning to with his third feature film Nine . Based on the 1982 musical by Arthur Kopit and Mario Fratti with songs by Maury Yeston and influenced by Federico Fellini's autobiographical magnum opus 8 1⁄2 , it stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Guido Contini, one of Italy's top filmmakers who has hit a wall while trying to write his next film. With the eyes of his country on him and an entire crew and his Scandinavian starlet (Nicole Kidman) waiting for him to produce a script, Guido must work through his issues with women while trying to keep his neglected wife Claudia (Marion Cotillard) away from his needy mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz). At the...

Daniel Day-Lewis is the creative soul of snazzy, sexy 'Nine' Seldom have so many gorgeous women (or Oscar winners) appeared in one movie but there's more to "Nine" than pretty faces. Director Rob Marshall's period musical follow-up to "Chicago" is a movie version of the 1982 Broadway musical (as well as its later revival) that complements its sexy musical numbers with a poignant lesson about people who make movies for a living. This dramatic addition by screenwriters Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin, working from the musical's book by Arthur Kopit, which was based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film "8 1/2", might not stand out like actress Kate Hudson shimmying in a mini skirt but it does make the elaborate dance sequences by choreographer John DeLuca meaningful. Overflowing with designer clothes, perfectly coiffed hair and the most exquisite lingerie imaginable, "Nine" has enough glamour to stuff "Vogue" magazine for the next 100 years.

There was no shortage of directors on the London set of Nine. They came in all sizes, shapes and dimensions: the real, the reel and the creatively imagined. Rob Marshall from Chicago, the movie that brought musicals back into box-office favor, was the real muscle behind this $80.5 million musical remake of 8 1/2, and even he was obliged to do a deep bow to his film's cinematic roots.Hovering over Nine are the reel ghosts of 8 1/2—Marcello Mastroianni pretending to be Federico Fellini in the throes of filmmaker panic, careening into production without inspiration or script. For relief, their Guido takes a sharp left into Libidoland, consoling himself by conjuring up all the women he's loved (in his own fashion). "One of the joys of this," declares Marshall, "is that it isn't the sort of normal musical. It follows something very different. It doesn't take a narrative trajectory. It's in a man's mind,...

Check out five clips from Weinstein Co's "Nine," starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson and Stacy Ferguson. The musical opens in limited areas on December18th and expands wide on Christmas Day. Rob Marshall directs from the writing by Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin adapted the screenplay based on the book by Arthur Kopit. “Nine” is a sultry and enchanting musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini as he prepares his latest picture and balances the numerous women in his life including his wife, a producer, a mistress, a film star, and his deceased mother. The original 1982 Broadway production of “Nine,” nominated for twelve Tony Awards and winning five, including Best Musical, was directed by Tommy Tune, choreographed by Thommie Walsh, starred Raúl Juliá with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Arthur Kopit. In 2003, the Broadway revival of “Nine,...

Nine

Back in 1982, the Broadway musical Nine opened and won a Tony for Best Musical. An adaptation of Federico Fellini’s semi-autobiographical film classic 8-1/2 with a book by Arthur Kopit, music by Maury Yeston, and direction by the great Tommy Tune, the show was a perfect blending of the cerebral and heart, a slightly tongue-in-cheek exploration of the creative process, and a fond but critical look at a man whose relationships with women were based either on his adoration for his mother or his pleasant encounter with a robust prostitute when he was a mere child.

Helping spur the show on to greatness were Raul Julia as Guido Contini, the solipsistic director; Karen Akers as his wife; plus Anita Morris, Camille Saviola, and the knock-‘em-dead Liliane Montevecchi as several of the women in his life.

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The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (Wafca) today announced their 2009 winners, awarding Best Film to Up in the Air. Additionally, awards were given to Broadway star Carey Mulligan, most recently of The Seagull, for her work in the film "An Education," as well as the upcoming film of Maury Yeston's "Nine."

Relative newcomer Carey Mulligan took home the Best Actress award for An Education, while what many considered the only locks of the season - the Best Supporting Actor and Actress categories - went to Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Mo'Nique (Precious), respectively. Precious also walked away with the Best Breakthrough Performance for first-time actress Gabourey Sidibe.

"We are thrilled with these results," said Tim Gordon, president of Wafca. "As with every year, there were consensus favorites as well as surprises that both stunned and delighted us. In a year full of as many great films as this one,...

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Director Rob Marshall and much of his starry cast walked the red carpet in London last night for the world premiere of Nine, an adaptation of the musical by Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston which opened on Broadway in 1982 and which, you'll have heard, is loosely based on Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963). Tim Teeman was there for the Times: "If you haven't seen or don't know the original musical, and if you are seduced by the spectacular trailers, you might expect Nine to be a glittering cavalcade of frouffed and bouffed leading ladies (Penélope Cruz and Nicole Kidman among them), prowling slinkily around leading man Daniel Day-Lewis. But Nine is one of those rare things: a sombre musical, as gritty as it is glittery."...

"Nine" is the movie that the detractors of "Chicago" accused it of being.  Like "Chicago," Rob Marshall is working from a major Broadway show.  He's made a very specific stylistic choice, dictated in no small part by the work of a very strong screenwriter.  On "Chicago," it was braniac Bill Condon, whose cellular-level understanding of musicals, even in casual conversation, is amazing.  And he cracked that film's conceit in the script.  Here, Anthony Minghella was the guy who really did the heavy lifting. Michael Tolkin did some early work on the film, adapting the stage production written by Arthur Kopit and...

Two years after his sudden death, what may turn out be Anthony Minghella's final work, Nine – an all-star musical about a director in dilemma – is about to appear. David Thomson hymns his friend 'Ant'

Nine will open wide in America on Christmas Day, and it is certain to be a major contender in the Oscar race. It is the movie version of the musical (book by Arthur Kopit, music by Maury Yeston) that opened on Broadway in 1982, with Raul Julia in the lead role of Guido Contini. In a New York revival, Antonio Banderas played Guido, and when it was given in a concert performance in London Jonathan Pryce played the lead. This is the movie, from the Weinstein Company, and everything has been upscaled. Beyond the astonishing female cast (more anon), it has Daniel Day-Lewis as Guido. There is a hint that in this version, Guido has been upgraded just a little,...

It's been a while since we've had a day chock full of great posters and I'm glad to see that The Weinstein Company is helping to get us back on track. The first gave us a great new poster for The Road, and now three new posters for Nine.

Nine Posters

Nine is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), a young American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson) and his mother (Sophia Loren). The original 1982 Broadway production of Nine, nominated for twelve Tony Awards and winning five, including Best Musical, was directed by Tommy Tune,...

Courtesy of Yahoo, Cinematical and MSN we have been graced with some very sexy new posters for Rob Marshall’s latest on-screen musical endeavor, Nine. I have to say I am sort of a sucker for classy musicals, especially on-screen. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren, the film is based on the smash Broadway show of the same name. I’d have to say that the 3rd one is my favorite out of the bunch.

Nine is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), a young American fashion...

Nine is the new musical feature directed by Rob "Chicago" Marshall : 1. From a screenplay by Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin; 2. Based on author Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical of the same name; 3. Derived from an Italian play by Mario Fratti; 4.Inspired by director Federico Fellini's autobiographical film 8½. Maury Yeston composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the songs. Principal cast includes actors Daniel "There Will Be Blood" Day-Lewis, Nicole "Eyes Wide Shut" Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, and Sophia Loren with Kate Hudson and Grammy Award winner Fergie in supporting roles. "...Having reached the age of forty, director 'Guido Contini' (Day-Lewis) is facing a midlife crisis that is stifling his creativity and leading him into a variety of complicated romantic involvements. As he struggles to complete his latest film, he is forced to balance the numerous formative women in his life,...

If classy musicals are your thing then today is your lucky day my friend, three new posters have hit for “Chicago” director, Rob Marshall’s latest musical extravaganza – Nine. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren, the film is based on the smash Broadway show or the same name.

We featured the second trailer earlier this month so if you haven’t seen it yet you can check it out here, otherwise take a look at the posters below courtesy of Yahoo, Cinematical and MSN:

Nine is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant...

We have a brand new poster that's just been added from Rob Marshall's "Nine" which The Weinstein Company is distributing in the U.S. This one's already picked up for TV via Showtime. The cast includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren. Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin adapted the screenplay based on the book by Arthur Kopit. Shot in England and Italy, the film sees release on November 25th via The Weinstein Company.

There's a new exclusive trailer with Stephanie (Kate Hudson) singing about her love for Italian films by Guido Contini (Daniel Day Lewis). The Rob Marshall-helmed film opens via Weinstein Co on December 18th in limited locations and goes wide on Christmas Day. Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella wrote the screenplay from the book by Arthur L. Kopit. Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Stacy Ferguson and Sophia Loren. Keep in touch with more additions including images and movie details in the "Nine" group. “Nine” is a sultry and enchanting musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini as he prepares his latest picture and balances the numerous women in his life including his wife, a producer, a mistress, a film star, and his deceased mother. The original 1982 Broadway production of “Nine,” nominated for twelve Tony Awards and winning five, including Best Musical, was directed by Tommy Tune,...

The second and fantastic trailer for Rob Marshall’s new musical “Nine,” which features Kate Hudson performing “Cinema Italiano,” has been released. Check it out below and enjoy.

Nine | Penelope Cruz, Daniel Day Lewis and Marion Cotillard

“Nine” tells the story of Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), a world famous film director as he confronts an epic mid-life crisis with both creative and personal problems. He must balance the many women of his life, including his wife Luisa (Marion Cotillard), his sexy mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse Claudia Jenssen (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer Lilli (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist Stephanie (Kate Hudson), the girl from his youth Saraghina (Stacy Ferguson – Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren).

Marshall’s musical is based on the “8 1/2″ movie written by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano. The screenplay for “Nine” was written by late Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin.

A new musical trailer featuring Kate Hudson from Rob Marshall's "Nine" starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, and Penelope Cruz is now online.Check out the new musical trailer below.The film is due out on December 18, 2009."Nine" is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), a young American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson) and his mother (Sophia Loren). The original 1982 Broadway production of "Nine," nominated for twelve Tony Awards and winning five, including Best Musical, was directed by Tommy Tune, choreographed by Thommie Walsh, starred Raúl Juliá with...

More great photos from the upcoming Rob Marshall’s musical “Nine” have been released.

“Nine” following a film director named Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is in his middle age. He is trying to complete his next film. His main problem is that he has too many women in his life – Luisa (Marion Cotillard) his wife, Carla (Penelope Cruz) his sexy mistress, and Claudia (Nicole Kidman), his muse and protege.

Nine | Daniel Day-Lewis and Penelope Cruz

Marshall’s move is based on the Broadway musical of the same name written by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano. The screenplay for the movie was written by late Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin. So, the Broadway musical and the movie are adaptation of the book by Arthur L. Kopit.

Nine | Nicole Kidman

Nine | Daniel Day-Lewis and Nicole Kidman

The original 1982 Broadway production of “Nine,” nominated for twelve Tony Awards and winning five, including Best Musical,...

We posted amazing trailer for Rob Marshall’s new musical “Nine” and some great photos but we have more fantastic Hi-Res images from the movie today.

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Nine | Penelope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis and Marion Cotillard

“Nine” is based on the Broadway musical of the same name written by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano. The screenplay for the movie was written by late Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin. So, the Broadway musical and the movie are adaptation of the book by Arthur L. Kopit.

The movie following a film director named Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is in his middle age. He is trying to complete his next film. His main problem is that he has too many women in his life – Luisa (Marion Cotillard) his wife, Carla (Penelope Cruz) his sexy mistress, and Claudia (Nicole Kidman), his muse and protege.

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We saw beautiful trailer for Rob Marshall’s new musical “Nine” and some great Hi-Res photos from the movie.

Nicole Kidman and Daniel Day-Lewis In “Nine”

Take a look at this absolutely fantastic as well as great cast – behind the scenes clip.

The movie following a film director named Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is in his middle age. He is trying to complete his next film. His main problem is that he has too many women in his life – Luisa (Marion Cotillard) his wife, Carla (Penelope Cruz) his sexy mistress, and Claudia (Nicole Kidman), his muse and protege.

“Nine” is based on the Broadway musical of the same name written by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano. The screenplay for the movie was written by late Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin. So, the Broadway musical and the movie are adaptation of the book by Arthur L. Kopit.

The movie which also stars Judi Dench,...

Every once in a while we miss adding an update to a film and we catch it later on; usually when another update is released. It's pretty shameful, but somehow we missed Rob Marshall's Nine back when the trailer came out. I remember watching it, I guess we just forgot to report on it. Well, here is now the second update, two movie stills, and we thought we'd include the trailer also.

Nine Photos (But Really Only Two)

Nine is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), a young American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from...

Nine is a new musical feature directed by Rob "Chicago" Marshall, from a screenplay by Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin, based on author Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical of the same name, derived from an Italian play by Mario Fratti and inspired by director Federico Fellini's autobiographical film 8½. Maury Yeston composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the songs. Principal cast includes actors Daniel "There Will Be Blood" Day-Lewis, Nicole "Eyes Wide Shut" Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, and Sophia Loren with Kate Hudson and Grammy Award winner Fergie in supporting roles. "...Having reached the age of forty, director 'Guido Contini' (Day-Lewis) is facing a midlife crisis that is stifling his creativity and leading him into a variety of complicated romantic involvements. As he struggles to complete his latest film, he is forced to balance the numerous formative women in his life,...

Rob Marshall is set to follow-up his Academy Award winning musical Chicago with the epic musical romance Nine. The Weinstein Company released some brand new photos from this upcoming crowd pleaser today, which you can check out below:

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Nine is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), a young American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson) and his mother (Sophia Loren). The original 1982 Broadway production of Nine, nominated for twelve Tony Awards and winning five, including Best Musical, was directed by Tommy Tune, choreographed by Thommie Walsh,...

Is it too early to give Rob Marshall's Nine the Oscar for Best Film? Oh, alright I suppose we can wait a few more months. The director of Chicago is back with another musical extravaganza, this one based on a screenplay by Michael Tolkin, which was based on a book by Arthur Kopit, which was based on an Italian play by Mario Fratti, which was inspired by Federico Fellini's 8½. Did you get all that? Good. Here's the summary: Singing + Dancing + Daniel Day-Lewis = Oscar. Ddl plays Guido Contini, a middle-aged director who is trying to complete his next film, but finds himself being pressured by all the women in his life including his wife, mistress and producer. The supporting cast includes Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, and Kate Hudson. I have to admit, even though musicals aren't my thing, the trailer for Nine does show off some pretty cool visuals.

Check out this exclusive trailer for Rob Marshall's musical romance "Nine," starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren. Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin adapted the screenplay based on the book by Arthur Kopit. Shot in England and Italy, the film sees release on November 25th via The Weinstein Company. “Nine” is a sultry and enchanting musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini as he prepares his latest picture and balances the numerous women in his life including his wife, a producer, a mistress, a film star, and his deceased mother. The original 1982 Broadway production of “Nine,” nominated for twelve Tony Awards and winning five, including Best Musical, was directed by Tommy Tune, choreographed by Thommie Walsh, starred Raúl Juliá with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Arthur Kopit. In 2003, the Broadway revival of “Nine,...

Check out this exclusive trailer for Rob Marshall's musical romance "Nine," starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren. Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin adapted the screenplay based on the book by Arthur Kopit. Shot in England and Italy, the film sees release on November 25th via The Weinstein Company. “Nine” is a sultry and enchanting musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini as he prepares his latest picture and balances the numerous women in his life including his wife, a producer, a mistress, a film star, and his deceased mother. The original 1982...