The company /
From the legendary director Robert Altman comes THE COMPANY, a look at the world of ballet as only he could envision it. Throughout his extraordinary career, Altman has surprised, entertained and challenged audiences with vibrant, freewheeling films that stretch the boundaries of the medium. With TH...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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New York, NY :
Sony Pictures Classics,
2003.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | From the legendary director Robert Altman comes THE COMPANY, a look at the world of ballet as only he could envision it. Throughout his extraordinary career, Altman has surprised, entertained and challenged audiences with vibrant, freewheeling films that stretch the boundaries of the medium. With THE COMPANY, this iconic director brings his fluid, masterful camera-work to the world of dance. Altman's vision for the film is an extremely intimate one: we will see the difficult daily work, the intense pressures of performance, the richly textured behaviors of the dancers -- whose professional and personal lives grow impossibly close -- and of course the sheer beauty of dance: exhilarating, kinetic, and thrilling. The authenticity and richness of THE COMPANY is rooted in the unprecedented way in which Altman will shoot the film: with the complete cooperation of the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. Screenwriter Barbara Turner (POLLACK, GEORGIA) spent over two years on and off with the Joffrey, observing and writing. Joffrey dancers will constitute the core of Altman's ensemble. The only actor who will be working as part of the Joffrey corps is Neve Campbell (the popular SCREAM movies and the television show "Party of Five"). Campbell, an accomplished dancer, studied with The National Ballet of Canada before becoming an actress. She originated THE COMPANY, the culmination of a long-held dream to create a nuanced and realistic film about a world for which she has deep and abiding affection. Campbell's role in the film is that of a gifted but conflicted company member on the verge of becoming a principal dancer. Rounding out he cast is Malcolm McDowell (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, O LUCKY MAN!, GANGSTER NO. 1) who stars as Alberto, the visionary director of the company and James Franco (JAMES DEAN, CITY BY THE SEA) who plays a young sous chef. THE COMPANY, as Altman envisions it, might best be described in terms suited themselves to dance: fluid, sexy, intimate, alive. It is a love letter to artists who work in this singularly difficult and universally expressive medium, to the people who make the performance possible, and to dance itself. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017). Based on the novel by Robert Littell. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (104 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:43:51 |
| Awards: | Nominated 2004 Golden Reel Awards, Best Sound Editing in a Feature - Music - Musical Nominated 2004 Satellite Awards, Golden Satellite Award, Best Costume Design |