Winter’s Bone has been nominated for a British Independent Film Award in the Best Foreign Film category. The winners will be announced on December 5.
Amigo was screened at AFI Fest 2010 the other day. Hollywood.com has a few pictures. Hollywood Reporter caught up with Garret at the event and got him to share a few details about the upcoming guest stars on Raising Hope, Amy Sedaris and Jason Lee. Hit the link for the spoilers. Here’s another interesting snippet:
Dillahunt has his eye on Dexter and Boardwalk Empire as TV shows he’d like to appear in, but there’s another he wants to try out.
“I’d say [Starz’s] Spartacus, but I don’t want to have to wear a loincloth. I’d be pale and hairy. Who knew Spartacus shaved down so much, right?” Dillahunt said with a laugh.
Was he surprised by Raising Hope’s full-season order?
“Not really. I think it’s a really good show. In this climate, there’s no telling what’s going to happen, but I thought it deserved it. I’m happy about it. And I don’t die in it,” Dillahunt joked. [THR]
Tyler Shields did another photoshoot with Garret, this time also with Izabella Miko (that’s Carrie from Deadwood) and Ali Cobrin. You can see the pictures here.
And another clip from Oliver Sherman showed up on YouTube. It’s a scene with Garret and Molly Parker. The film has been added to the Whistler Film Festival lineup and will be screened there on December 4 (see listing).
Oliver Sherman was screened in North Bay last weekend. CottageCountryNow.ca has a nice, long article about the film. And Ryan Redford won another prize for it (Grand Prix Focus for best Canadian feature) at the Festival du nouveau cinéma, which ended a couple of days ago.
Winter’s Bone is out on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow. It will also be available via Movies on Demand.
Here is another recent interview with Garret:
And he was on Fox All Access this weekend. I haven’t seen any longer clips yet, but this preview showed up on Fox.com:
And some Raising Hope updates. Pictures are from episode 1×10, “Meet the Grandparents,” which airs in late November. Don’t forget that two episodes air tomorrow at 9 and 9:30 pm, after Glee’s Rocky Horror fest.
Here is the list of all the episodes that will air this month and next (no new ep on Nov. 2):
Tuesday, October 26 – “Happy Halloween/Family Secrets” (One-Hour Episode)
When Sabrina’s (Shannon Woodward) boyfriend can’t make it to the deli guy’s Halloween party, Jimmy (Lucas Neff) offers to put on his costume and go in his place. Virginia (Martha Plimpton) takes Maw Maw (Cloris Leachman), who is dressed as a cat, trick-or-treating while Burt (Garret Dillahunt) plots ways to play tricks on Jimmy. Meanwhile, when a box containing videos of Hope’s mother arrives from prison, Jimmy must decide whether or not to let Hope see them. Virginia explains that children need to be protected from the truth, leading Jimmy to question what exactly his parents have been keeping from him.
Saturday, October 30 (9:30 pm) – “Happy Halloween”
When Sabrina’s boyfriend can’t make it to the deli guy’s Halloween party, Jimmy offers to put on his costume and go in his place. Virginia takes Maw Maw, who is dressed as a cat, trick-or-treating, while Burt plots ways to play tricks on Jimmy in an encore episode.
Tuesday, November 9 – “The Sniffles”
When Hope catches a cold, Virginia (Martha Plimpton) goes into panic mode because the family doesn’t have health insurance, so she locks Maw Maw (Cloris Leachman) in her bedroom to avoid getting sick. However, when Jimmy (Lucas Neff) realizes that he can’t afford to take Hope to a doctor without insurance, he figures out a way to secure a second job at the grocery store where Sabrina (Shannon Woodward) works.
November 16 – “Blue Dots”
When Hope starts imitating the dogs at her day care, Jimmy decides to enroll her in an expensive, high-end center. But the blemish on Burt’s (Garret Dillahunt) record needs to be expunged before Hope has any chance of getting accepted. However, when trying to turn Burt’s past around the rest of the family ends up in a bind of their own and must pull together to straighten things out with the law.
November 23 – “Meet the Grandparents”
Instead of sleeping in and ordering pizza, per his normal Thanksgiving custom, Jimmy invites Hope’s other grandparents, Dale (guest star Greg Germann) and Margine (guest star Valerie Mahaffey), to join the Chances for a more traditional holiday dinner. The Chances soon realize that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree when Dale and Margine kidnap Hope, and it’s up to them to get her back. [Fox November sweeps]
Okay, three new(ish) interviews today, but first the press release for Raising Hope 1×09, “Blue Dots,” which airs in about a month (pics in the post are from that episode):
RAISING HOPE “Blue Dots” Season 1 Episode 9 – Jimmy (Lucas Neff), Virginia (Martha Plimpton) and Burt (Garret Dillahunt) learn how they can qualify for a scholarship so Hope can attend an expensive day care facility. The Chance family also visits a lawyer (guest star Lou Wagner) in the “Blue Dots” episode of RAISING HOPE airing Tuesday, Nov. 16 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
And there were a bunch of reports yesterday saying that Jason Lee from My Name Is Earl (and, yeah, a bunch of Kevin Smith movies) will make a guest appearance in an episode titled “Burt Rocks” and play “Smokey Daniels, a washed-up rock star who is hired as the lead act for ‘Grocery-Palooza,’ a rock concert at the grocery store where Sabrina works.”
Interviews after the jump.
There is one from an event that took place a couple of days ago (Environmental Media Association Celebrates 2010 EMA Awards) over at Getty Images.
This one showed up at PopStar.com yesterday (follow the link for the whole article) and it’s pretty great:
For those who have not seen [Raising Hope] yet, give us what you think is the number one reason to tune in.
I think in the span of twenty two minutes of our stories, you will actually make an audible laugh sound, and you will feel good at the end of the show. It feels like you’re dealing with real people, even though the situations are really exploded. I kind of feel like I know people like this. They’re just good people, trying to make a go of it, having a hard time but managing to keep a sense of humor and a sense of, believe it or not, family.
You almost hate to say it, but it’s sort of like the times. I was going to say this country, but I guess this whole world is going through this hard time right now. I think that’s another reason our show sort of makes people feel OK. It’s a real product of the times. (…)
Who are some of the writers you most admire, and have perhaps influenced you along the way?
Well there’s so many. I collect books, and I like all kinds of books. That’s probably not surprising. Obviously I love Cormac McCarthy. I’ve been reading him since college, and I’ve made a silent pact with myself to be in every movie made of his stuff. So far, I’m in two. Another one is Ron Hansen, who wrote Jesse James and some incredible other books that I think would be great movies as well.
We met a lot of cool dudes off of Deadwood, because they were all fans of that show. Tom Franklin is another great guy. I seem to be drawn to sort of Southern male authors, it seems. But I also love fantasy stuff. I’ve become friends with this guy, Joe Abercrombie who writes these really interesting, believable books. He’s British. I guess that would be in the fantasy genre. Sherman Alexie is great. He’s an American author.
I could go all day, and it would be boring.
And this one is about a month old, but I just caught it:
And here is a behind-the-scenes clip, probably from the same day:
Two new interviews this week. A few snippets are below and you can follow the links to read the rest. The pictures are from Raising Hope 1×08, “The Sniffles,” which airs on November 8.
MG: Congratulations on Fox giving the show a full season order, what can we expect from the rest of the season? GD: I am really happy about that. It is the kind of show that will build a following. People are going to want to buy the box set of this show. I am really happy that they recognized that and they are grooming us for a long life. We are shooting our Thanksgiving episode right now. We did a Halloween one. We also have a Christmas episode in the pipeline. It is not all baby jokes [laughs]. You really get to know this family. Everyone takes stage at one time or another. There are all kinds of stories to be told here. Keep tuning it and keep telling your friends. (…)
MG: What else do you have in the works? GD: Well “Raising Hope” is taking up a lot of my time but I do have a couple of films. I actually just saw them at the Toronto Film Festival. I ended up doing “Hope” because I wanted something can could help me pay for my film career. The kind of movies I like, get drawn to and get offered are usally low budget affairs. Even though I love them, I also need to pay the rent. Thank God, I have found this incredible comedy. It could end up being the best job of my career. One of the films is called “Oliver Sherman” and the other is called “Amigo”. “Amigo” is a John Sayles film about the Philippine-American War. They are actually having a screening in LA on Nov.6th at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. “Oliver Sherman” is with me and Donal Logue and Molly Parker. It is about a couple of veterans and dealing with coming home. I am really proud of that one. [MovieMikes.com]
How does it feel to star on one of the few new shows this fall that has actually been successful?
The word of mouth seems really good on the show. It feels great, I feel proud. I don’t think I’ve ever been on a show that has been as universally praised. Even Deadwood was more of a cult following. (…)
Do you have any scenes that you’re particularly fond of?
Well, one of my favorite ones to work on — besides just about any scene from Deadwood — was my scene with Brad Pitt in Assassination of Jesse James. That was just a fun day.
That’s a film that continues to gain stature as the years progress.
It’s sort of enjoying retroactive respect. I think it’s beautiful and I think it will remain one of my favorite projects that I’ve ever been involved with as long as I live.
And what about a scene that you weren’t in?
You know one scene I always think about is in The Godfather, when Marlon Brando’s in the hospital. Al Pacino arrives there and enlists the help of the baker to protect his father. The two of them stand outside and the baker fiddles with a cigarette lighter, but Pacino’s hands are rock steady. That’s when we sort of realize that he can do this. [Movieline.com]
Raising Hope 1×02, “Dead Tooth,” airs tonight at 9.
Here is the synopsis for episode 1×04, “Say Cheese:”
RAISING HOPE “Say Cheese” Season 1 Episode 4 – When Sabrina visits Jimmy at home for the first time, she comes across a photo album that makes Jimmy realize he doesn’t have any family photos that include Hope. Although past family photo shoots have been filled with chaos and stress, Jimmy decides to organize a family photo shoot in the all-new “Say Cheese” episode of RAISING HOPE airing Tuesday, Oct. 12 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
And some snippets from the interviews below:
As for his reputation for scaring the bejesus out of viewers, “people’s memories are so short,” he said. “I actually play lots of good guys. I played Jesus Christ, for goodness’ sakes.”
But even Dillahunt’s Jesus – who appeared to an Episcopal priest played by Aidan Quinn in NBC’s short-lived “The Book of Daniel” – was kind of disturbing, I suggested.
“He was disturbing? I mean, the show might’ve been disturbing,” Dillahunt said, laughing. “I just like a good story, you know. In most stories, there’s a good guy and a bad guy. I just want to be part of a good story.”
Had Dillahunt, whose last regular sitcom gig was in Norm MacDonald’s Fox series, “A Minute With Stan Hooper,” been looking for another comedy?
“I’ve been making a lot of movies this past year and the kind of movies that I do, that I get good roles in, are independent movies, which I love very much” (including “Amigo” and “Oliver Sherman,” both of which screened at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month).
“But those kind of movies don’t pay too well,” so he looks to TV to help finance his work in them.
One difference between “Raising Hope” and some of Dillahunt’s other TV work is the presence of infants (a set of twins played the baby in the pilot, and Dillahunt said he expected “we’ll go through a lot of them, like the ‘Babe’ piglets”).
Has he worked with babies before?
“I have, yeah. And there’s good days and bad days, that’s for sure. I generally just feel horrible for them, you know? Because there’s no good reason, other than some laughs, or the story, for them to be going through this when they’re miserable. But when they’re having a ball, it’s all right,” he said. [Philly.com]
First of all, I wanted to quickly ask you about your recent trip to Toronto for the film festival. I know you were here for the premiere of your new movie, Oliver Sherman. Did you like Toronto? Was it your first time?
It wasn’t my first time in Toronto but I love Toronto. I shot a series there back in 2001 for Showtime so I was in Cabbagetown for about nine months and I just loved it. But it’s only my second time that I’ve been able to go to the festival. There is a lot of energy, there is a lot going on. It’s not really a vacation, its sort of business, but it’s exciting to have all those cool and interesting films going on.
You’ve acted in a lot of murder, crime and thriller-type movies, how did you end up with this role as Burt Chance on Raising Hope?
I actually started in comedy. My first jobs out of school were in theatre where you did all kinds of things including farces and romantic comedy. When I decided to start doing film and television, the first jobs I got were all sit-coms and I had a couple that were picked up and a few that were just pilots. In 2003, I was doing A Minute With Stan Hooper and then I got Deadwood and really ever since Deadwood, I’ve been the drama guy. People forgot that I started in comedy. It’s interesting because you feel that people have short memories and they only remember the last thing you did. So it’s a constant state of proving yourself or reinventing. I liked the comedic elements that I could bring to my other movie, No Country for Old Men and it had been while since I did comedy and I just thought that I needed to look for something funny to do. Plus, I just needed a break from all the raping and killing that I’ve been doing on other movies.
Did you ever want to pursue a career in comedy?
No, no, I could think of nothing more terrifying than doing stand-up. Oh! It’s scary; I used to work the door at a comedy club called, ‘Catch a Rising Star’ in New York at the time, its not longer there. Just watching those guys and the nerves before they went up on stage, if they were having a bad night or there were hecklers. There is no safety net. I have a lot of admiration for people that can do stand up comedy because I sure can’t. [Stars Entertainment]
