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Ivansxtc

ivans xtc. (To Live and Die in Hollywood)

United States, United Kingdom

2000

92 Min
Color
English
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DIR Bernard Rose

PROD Lisa Enos

SCR Leo Tolstoy, Bernard Rose, Lisa Enos

DP Ron Forsythe, Bernard Rose

CAST Danny Huston, Peter Weller, James Merendino

ED Bernard Rose

MUSIC Matt Schultz, Elmo Weber

Toronto (Special Presentation), Berlinale (Panorama), London (World Cinema)

Synopsis

Ivans xtc updates Tolstoy’s classic novel The Death of Ivan Ilyich to present-day Hollywood, where Ivan is a young talent agent.

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Bernard Rose

Bernard Rose (born 4 August 1960) is an English actor and film director most famous for his direction of the 1992 urban horror film Candyman and the 1994 historical romance film Immortal Beloved.

Rose was born in London, England. He began making super 8 films when he was 9. By 1975, he won an amateur movie competition hosted by BBC which led to the broadcasting of his works. He worked for Jim Henson on the last season of The Muppet Show and then again on The Dark Crystal in 1981. He attended National Film and Television School and graduated in 1982 with a Master’s in Filmmaking. After this, he moved on to directing music videos for MTV, one of which was the uncensored version of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s hit “Relax.”

Shortly after his production of music videos, he moved on to direct British TV films such as Prospects and then finally in 1988 directed his first major full length film, Paperhouse.

Rose got his big break into American cinema with 1992’s Candyman… read more

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Joshua Gaunt

7Apr10

Overlooked, brilliant performance by Huston and damn depressing! Along with The Idiots, Timecode, Julien Donkey Boy and Festen, this is one of digital cinema's early experimental treats.

Graham Manson

27Jan10

A little known masterpiece.

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