Pixies star Black Francis is to launch his rock opera "Bluefinger: The Fall and Rise of Herman Brood" in Houston, Texas in November. The cult indie rocker's latest venture will open at the The Catastrophic Theater and will be co-produced with leading members of the University of Houston School of Theater & Dance.
Bluefinger was inspired by the critically acclaimed 2007 Black Francis album of the same name. The concept album focuses entirely on the life and death of Herman Brood, a Dutch artist, rocker and junkie who leaped to his death from the roof of the Amsterdam Hilton in 2001.
Black Francis, however, will not appear on stage for the performance, Exclaim.ca reported. The roles of both Francis and Brood will be filled by Texas musician Michael Haaga and Matt Kelly respectively.
Bluefinger was inspired by the critically acclaimed 2007 Black Francis album of the same name. The concept album focuses entirely on the life and death of Herman Brood, a Dutch artist, rocker and junkie who leaped to his death from the roof of the Amsterdam Hilton in 2001.
Black Francis, however, will not appear on stage for the performance, Exclaim.ca reported. The roles of both Francis and Brood will be filled by Texas musician Michael Haaga and Matt Kelly respectively.
- 9/25/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
'Jeans' takes top Dutch fest nod
AMSTERDAM -- The children's adventure Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek (Crusade in Jeans), directed by Ben Sombogaart -- nominated for an Oscar for Twin Sisters -- has nabbed the major award of the 27th edition of the Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands. The jury, headed by helmer Paula van der Oest, gave the production from Kasander Film Co. the Golden Calf for best feature film.
Most awards, however, went to the family-drama Tussenstand (Half Time), directed by Mijke de Jong. The film won best screenplay, best sound and best actress for Elsie de Brauw. Tussenstand, which received its world premiere this summer at the Locarno Film Festival, also received the Dutch Critics' Award.
Peter Greenaway received best screenplay for Nightwatching, a conspiracy-theory investigation involving Rembrandt's painting, The Night Watch. The film, also produced by Kasander Film Company, additionally won the Golden Calf for best production design. The best actor award went to Marcel Hensema for playing the manager of Dutch rock legend Herman Brood in the biopic Wild Romance.
Rutger Hauer was one of the Dutch stars who handed out the prizes during the closing ceremony.
Most awards, however, went to the family-drama Tussenstand (Half Time), directed by Mijke de Jong. The film won best screenplay, best sound and best actress for Elsie de Brauw. Tussenstand, which received its world premiere this summer at the Locarno Film Festival, also received the Dutch Critics' Award.
Peter Greenaway received best screenplay for Nightwatching, a conspiracy-theory investigation involving Rembrandt's painting, The Night Watch. The film, also produced by Kasander Film Company, additionally won the Golden Calf for best production design. The best actor award went to Marcel Hensema for playing the manager of Dutch rock legend Herman Brood in the biopic Wild Romance.
Rutger Hauer was one of the Dutch stars who handed out the prizes during the closing ceremony.
- 10/8/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
U.S. share of Dutch market on rise
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands -- Hollywood movies continue to dominate the Dutch exhibition market, according to 2006 boxoffice results announced Tuesday.
The market share of U.S. productions rose to 80% in 2006 from 71% the year before despite the number of U.S. releases dropping slightly to 138 from 2005's 141.
The biggest commercial hit of the year was "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" with €10.6 million ($13.8 million) and 1.5 million admissions, followed by "The Da Vinci Code" at €8.1 million ($10.5 million) and 1.1 million admissions.
The bronze medal went to Paul Verhoeven's World War II drama "Blackbook", with a boxoffice of €6.9 million ($9 million) and 979,000 paying customers. It has been decades since a largely Dutch production ranked so high in the top 10.
The market share for local-language pics dropped 4%, to 10.9%, in 2006. Only four local titles -- "Blackbook" and family-oriented titles "Crusade in Jeans", "Afblijven!" and "Zoop in India" -- had any impact, with many other local titles, such as the biopic "Wild Romance", based on the life of Dutch pop icon Herman Brood, failing to find an audience.
The market share of U.S. productions rose to 80% in 2006 from 71% the year before despite the number of U.S. releases dropping slightly to 138 from 2005's 141.
The biggest commercial hit of the year was "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" with €10.6 million ($13.8 million) and 1.5 million admissions, followed by "The Da Vinci Code" at €8.1 million ($10.5 million) and 1.1 million admissions.
The bronze medal went to Paul Verhoeven's World War II drama "Blackbook", with a boxoffice of €6.9 million ($9 million) and 979,000 paying customers. It has been decades since a largely Dutch production ranked so high in the top 10.
The market share for local-language pics dropped 4%, to 10.9%, in 2006. Only four local titles -- "Blackbook" and family-oriented titles "Crusade in Jeans", "Afblijven!" and "Zoop in India" -- had any impact, with many other local titles, such as the biopic "Wild Romance", based on the life of Dutch pop icon Herman Brood, failing to find an audience.
- 1/9/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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