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 Was it evolution or was it “intelligent design”? Schools and teachers being pilloried for explaining the science? America in 2013 or 1923? Some things don’t change over time.
Inherit The Wind is a play written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. It is based on the actual 1923 trial of a school teacher charged with teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution to his class in contravention of state law. He did so at the request of one of the students. However, in the play the story is actually being used as a vehicle to discuss McCarthyism of the early 1950s. The play was first performed in 1955.
 There have been many revivals of the play since that then and it’s been made into a film four times. The most famous celluloid version was the first. Made in 1960 it starred Spencer Tracey (It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World), Gene Kelly (Singin’ In The Rain) and Harry Morgan (M*A*S*H). Our interest though, is in the most recent version committed to 35mm with an equally all-star cast.
Jack Lemmon (Some Like It Hot), George C. Scott (Dr Strangelove), Beau Bridges (The Fabulous Baker Boys), Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do!), Lane Smith (Louis & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman) and Piper Laurie (Twin Peaks) all bring their thespian talents to bear in a 1999 TV movie remake. And who is that playing Rachel Brown, the young woman caught in the middle as the daughter of the local preacher and girlfriend of the educator on trial? Why, can it be true? Mercy me, as I live and breath, if isn’t Ms. Kathryn Morris.
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 The review by LA Firm Inc Magazine of the short film The Coin, brought to you by KM UK last week, seemed to start something off. Not only was the film’s director/writer/producer, Fabien Martorell (and actor/producer Will Kemp), kind enough to favourite and reTweet our Tweeted announcement of the post, but he also followed up with Tweets of quotes about the film.
One those that Fabien linked to was on the Brazilian film review website Revista Moviola (Movie Magazine ?). Brazil-born but England-resident Maysa Monção, who has worked in various sections of the entertainment industry in London in recent years, wrote the piece you can find on the Revista Moviola website HERE.
Below is a copy of the original text and an English translation by Google’s Translate feature, with a few tweaks by yours truly. Apologies for the poor English. If any Português speakers would like to offer improvements please let me know and I’ll edit accordingly.
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As promised last week here are the details of The Coin’s screening at the Underexposed Film Festival, York Country, South Carolina.
The Coin is being shown with ten other short films in a groups called “Narrative”. Fabien Martorell’s film is also one of the festival Director’s Choice.
The film festival starts this coming Thursday (14 November) and runs through to Saturday (16 November). Saving the best to (almost) last the “Narrative” set is to be screened on the Saturday between 7pm and 9pm, with The Coin the 3rd in a final set of six after the intermission. The venue for this, the second year of the festival, is the Community Performance Center on East Main Street, in the state capital Rock Hill. It is only $6 a ticket. The awards ceremony follows the “Block F” screening.
The Underexposed Film Festival should really considering sticking the word “International” in there somewhere because the event includes films from all over the globe. As well as the USA there are films from Serbia, Turkey, Australia, India, the UK, Canada, Germany, Iceland, Spain, Iran, France, Romania, and Austria.
There is quite a list of stars from big screen and television in the films too. Elijah Wood (Lord Of The Rings) and Alia Shawkat (Maeby Fünke in Arrested Development) star together in Setup, Punch. Christopher Lloyd (Spin City) features, along with fellow repeatee Elijah Wood, in a second film being shown called The Narrative of Victor Karloch. Amongst the others I recognise is TV drama Perception guest star Scott Wolf in Imagine (he played Rachael Leigh Cook’s character’s ex-husband).
Good luck to all those taking part in the festival.
If you are in Rock Hill on Saturday and make the screening please let us know your thoughts.
More details about the Underexposed Film Festival can be found on their website HERE.
 On Thursday Fabien Martorell, the director of the film The Coin, reminded us via Twitter that the short will be featuring in the Underexposed Film Festival in a couple of weeks. KM UK covered the initial announcement previously. Exact details of the screening will be posted here nearer the time.
I understand that The Coin will be shown at even more festivals in the coming months, both in the US and abroad. KM UK will be reporting on those as soon as the news breaks.
In the meantime this is a good opportunity to bring to you a review by Darcell Carraway of LA Firm Inc Magazine of the 8 minute feature starring Kathryn, Christopher Lloyd (Piranha 3DD) and young Jack Ryan Shepherd.
“Kathryn Morris was electrifying…”
Los Angeles Firm Inc Magazine is an online and print publication that “cover[s]… all facets of [the] commercial entertainment industry” including fashion and movies. Darcell is the CEO of Los Angeles Firm Inc, Editor In Chief of the magazine, and Creative Director of sister company Victoria Marie Fashion. Darcell has very kindly allowed KM UK to host a high quality copy of the double page spread from the UK version of the magazine (see top right) for you all to see. You can find it in the Gallery. The article is primarily a profile of Fabien but ends with this glowing review of The Coin:
Not every critic has the same view and not every person doing films is cut out for it. When I first sat down to watch The Coin, I was very anxious to see it. I was very impressed by the quality of the presentation. However, more importantly the acting was amazing. I felt center stage at the theatre the whole way through. Our recommendations are based solely on our appreciation for effortless brilliance and art. The crazed mother played by Kathryn Morris was electrifying for lack of better words while Christopher Llyod [sic] was stellar in his role as the guardian angel. We rank this short film with some of the elite blockbusters from the 80’s and 90’s like 48 hrs. or even Misery. I find a very alluring and passion filled director in Fabien Martorell. Classic in plain english [sic].
Darcell Carraway
Many thanks to Darcell for his generosity. You can find out more about LA Firm Inc Magazine via their Facebook page HERE.
 A little over a year has passed since we first heard about the film 2 Br/1 Ba, and slightly less since they finished filming it. In the intervening period things have gone a bit quiet on the 2 Br/1 Ba front. Those involved in the project have been very busy though.
 Lead actress Alexa Vega (Spy Kids) has seen the release of Machete Kills, the follow-up to Robert Rodriguez’s Machete. The original Machete film was based on one of a number of fake trailers for movies seen in the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino film Grindhouse, which also starred Cold Case‘s Tracie Thoms. The Machete character, as played by Danny Trejo (From Dusk Till Dawn), first appeared in the kids film Spy Kids which starred Alexa Vega and was directed by Robert Rodriguez. Phew! Is anyone following this?
 Co-lead actress Spencer Gammer (TV show Greek) on the other hand has done more TV work with a guest role on CSI early this year and new for autumn 2013 NBC drama Ironside. Based on the long-running TV show from the 60s and 70s, starring Raymond Burr as a wheelchair-bound detective, the new Ironside has had a very short run indeed. Just last week the network cancelled the show after only three episodes had aired. I understand that one more will be shown this week before the show is replaced by repeats and a new programme in January.
Richard Riehle (Office Space) continues to be the hardest working man in Hollywood with far too many recent and upcoming projects to mention here.
But why single out those three? you ask. Good question. Because all of them can be seen in two short teaser trailers for 2 Br/1 Ba now available in the KM UK Gallery. Sadly, other than her name being shown towards the end of each 40 second long piece Kathryn does not appear. I’ve posted them because they give you some ideas as to the content and style of the film.
While we’re on the subject of those involved in 2 Br/1 Ba we’ll cover a couple of others.
2 Br/1 Ba Producer Tenille Houston (She Wants Me) starred in the much talked about film The Canyons. Perhaps ‘notorious’ is a better word for it as the off-screen antics of star Lindsay Lohan was making headlines throughout filming.
Co-producer Kristen Ruhlin (She Wants Me and banner image) has also had a busy time of late. She got married to this film’s director Rob Margolies earlier this year. Thanks to a new podcast interview with Austin Mitchell (for English people of a certain age: not that one) for his Broken Legs podcast we’ve learnt that they are expecting their first child together in December. Congratulations all round to Kristen & Rob.
In the interview (available HERE on iTunes, 2 Br/1 Ba is mentioned in the last 10 minutes of the lengthy chat) Kristen mentions that they are currently looking for a buyer for the film. KM UK will, of course, let you know more when we can.
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