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| March, 2006 |
| Lonesome Jim scheduled to open in wide release in United States Visit the film website here. 03/24/06 IFC Center-New York, NY 1st and 62nd Street-New York, NY 03/31/06 Century Centre-Chicago, IL Ritz-Philadelphia, PA Sunset 5-Los Angeles, CA Monicas-Santa Monica, CA Lumiere-San Francisco, CA Act 1 & 2-Berkeley, CA Town Center-Encino, CA Playhouse 7-Pasadena, CA South Coast Village-Costa Mesa, CA Uptown-Seattle, WA 04/07/06 Lagoon-Minneapolis, MN Cedar Lee-Cleveland, OH Cinema City-Hartford, CT Criterion-New Haven, CT Kendall Square-Cambridge/Boston, MA Embassy-Waltham/Boston, MA Kew Gardens-Kew Gardens, NY Malverne-Malverne, NY Cinema Twin-Red Bank, NJ E Street-Washington, DC Angelika - Dallas, TX Greenway-Houston, TX Plaza de Oro-Santa Barbara, CA Rialto Lakeside-Santa Rosa, CA Mayan-Denver, CO 04/14/06 Main Art-Detroit, MI Squirrel Hill- Pittsburgh, PA Midtown Art-Atlanta, GA Arbor-Austin, TX Dobie-Austin, TX Bijou at the Crossroads-San Antonio,TX Westhampton-Richmond, VA Hillcrest-San Diego, CA Fox Tower-Portland, OR 04/21/06 Tivoli-St. Louis, MO Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI Drexel Gateway-Columbus, OH South Beach-Miami, FL Gateway-Ft. Lauderdale, FL Shadowood-Boca Raton, FL Manor-Charlotte, NC Tower-Sacramento, CA Nickelodeon-Santa Cruz, CA Broadway-Salt Lake City, UT 04/28/06 Keystone-Indianapolis, IN Emagine-Novi, MI Oriental-Milwaukee, WI Westgate-Madison, WI Little-Rochester, NY Market Street-Little Rock, AR Old Hyde Park-Tampa, FL Miracle-Tallahassee, FL Gainesville 14-Gainesville, FL Burns Court-Sarasota, FL Colony-Raleigh, NC Carolina-Durham, NC Galaxy-Cary, NC Studio-Memphis, TN Baxter-Louisville, KY Palm-San Luis Obispo, CA 05/05/06 Newburyport Scrn Room-Newburyport, MA Flicks-Boise, ID 05/06/06 Capitol-Olympia, WA 05/10/06 Ragtag-Columbia, MO 05/12/06 UICA-Grand Rapids, MI Mary Ross Media Center-Lincoln, NE Downtown-West Knoxville, TN Green Hills-Nashville, TN Minor-Arcata, CA Mary Kay Place to appear in the new HBO series "Big Love." The series premiere is Sunday, March 12, 2006 at 10pm on HBO. Visit the HBO "Big Love" web page. Los Angeles Daily News Big, exhausting 'Love' (article added 3/8/06) By Joel Stratte-McClure Bill Paxton plays a Viagra-munching polygamist juggling three wives � Ginnifer Goodwin, Chloe Sevigny and Jeanne Tripplehorn � in the upcoming HBO series "Big Love" (March 12, 10 p.m.). But despite the billing that "Polygamy Loves Company," cast members didn't endorse the taboo concept of plural marriage at the recent premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theater. "I had no idea that there are families in America living like this," said a cigarette-puffing Harry Dean Stanton, who has a dozen wives in "Big Love." "It's definitely a lot of work, and I want nothing to do with it." "It's fascinating to learn about this unexplored territory," added Mary Kay Place, who plays one of Stanton's wives, just before the after-party at the Roosevelt Hotel. "But much too confusing to put into practice." The film's housewives definitely aren't ready to convert. "It may be the answer for some people, but I'm too straight and selfish to share," declared Goodwin. "I'm monogamous, don't condone polygamy and hope we don't glorify it," added Sevigny. But their portrayals are serious and sympathetic. "I have a great deal of respect for my character and his beliefs," said Paxton, who didn't take any real Viagra for the role. "He's a healthy apple tree and wants to make apples. But I don't plan to be the Johnny Appleseed of the 21st century." How accurate is the show's depiction of polygamy? "We spent a lot of time on the ground in Salt Lake to get the flavor right," says co-creator/writer Mark Olsen, claiming there are 50,000 polygamists in the U.S. "But to paraphrase Brigham Young, this lifestyle is more likely to damn souls than save them." And then there's the cost of supporting multiple wives and families. Chicago Tribune HBO's "Big Love" multiplies family, problems by 3 with polygamy story (article added 3/11/06) By Maureen Ryan Tribune staff reporter Housewives really are getting desperate. They're even starting to share husbands. For all its supposedly exotic trappings, there's a lot about "Big Love" (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO) that seems awfully familiar. Attractive, middle-class women living along a tidy suburban street? Big secrets hiding behind those front doors? Sounds like a certain ABC series to me. And despite being set among polygamists in Utah (the series makes it clear that the Henricksons of "Big Love" are no longer active members of the Mormon Church, by the way), this well-acted but slow-building series bears a number of similarities to, of all things, "The Sopranos." What is that signature HBO series but an examination of the stress that is brought on by family commitments? Especially when complicated family relationships and business ties are all mixed up together? A full schedule As the patriarch of the sprawling Henrickson clan, Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) has a lot on his plate. He has three wives (played by Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny and Ginnifer Goodwin) who don't get along particularly well, and though business at his home-improvement stores is booming, one of his investors is becoming troublesome. That investor, Roman Grant, is the menacing patriarch of an outlaw polygamist sect headquartered at a remote compound, one with few amenities and few men but lots of wives � some of them as young as 15. The problem for Henrickson is that Grant is his father-in-law (one of them, anyway). As Grant, Harry Dean Stanton is wonderfully creepy and menacing, and the story line involving his attempt to keep Henrickson's cash coming in gives "Big Love" its biggest dramatic payoff, especially in the early going. Henrickson himself is the most familiar thing about "Big Love": Like Ari Gold on "Entourage," like Al Swearengen on "Deadwood," and like Tony Soprano, the Utah entrepreneur is an ambitious, conflicted man, bent on big-time success but feeling hampered, even sabotaged at times, by those closest to him. Like those other men, he's in a pressure cooker of his own making. But hey, at least he's got a nice house. Three of them, in fact, all lined up in a row. Henrickson's biggest headache is that he has to hide his lifestyle from the outside world. As disclaimers on the series itself and all over the "Big Love" press kit state, polygamy was banned by the Mormon Church in 1890, though the disclaimer also says 20,000 to 40,000 Americans practice the lifestyle. The irony is, the Mormon Church can't possibly see "Big Love" as an advertisement in favor of polygamy. Henrickson has three times the pressure of your average suburban dad, and though it might sound sweet to have triple the lovin', he can't keep up with the demand and has to pop a lot of Viagra to fulfill his commitments in the bedroom. Those familiar middle-class dilemmas � times three � are what make "Big Love" somewhat problematic: How much time do you really want to spend with a nice guy dealing with triple the bills, triple the kids and triple the stress? By the end of the five episodes HBO sent for review, one's interest in the tangled future of this offbeat clan may be piqued, but be forewarned, it takes a while � and there are a lot of petty spats and crying kids � before one gets to that point. Mary Kay Place a plus Still, Paxton's usual solid yet slightly edgy presence is, as always, a plus, and another supporting player who deserves a shoutout is the fine Mary Kay Place, one of the hemmed-in wives at the Grants' Juniper Creek compound. She has advice for Henrickson on how to keep one of his wives in line: "She takes well to a good smacking." Though there are gently humorous moments, as when Henrickson can't quite remember which house he's supposed to sleep in, "Big Love" isn't a comedy and it doesn't play Henrickson's deep faith for laughs. He and his kin consider plural marriage a religious vocation, and when business and personal pressures get to him at one point, he sits outside his houses and prays for guidance. "I'm lost," he tells the Lord. "Help me." Did someone mention "Lost"? Well, it's a stretch, but one can find parallels between "Big Love" and that ABC series. You could argue that both serialized, slow-building dramas are about how one defines, and constructs, a family. There are fewer adventures on "Big Love," but almost as many confused folks in search of salvation. [email protected] Mary Kay Place to guest on "Grey's Anatomy" Sunday, March 19, 2006 on ABC (article added 3/8/06) Writer: James D. Parriott Director: Tricia Brock Show Stars: T.R. Knight (George O'Malley), Sandra Oh (Cristina Yang), Patrick Dempsey (Derek Shepherd), Katherine Heigl (Isobel "Izzie" Stevens), Kate Walsh (Addison Montgomery Shepherd), Justin Chambers (Alex Karev), James Pickens Jr. (Richard Webber), Isaiah Washington (Preston Burke), Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey), Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey) All Guest Stars: Anjul Nigam (Raj), Michelle Watkins (Nikki), Mary Kay Place (Ollie) EPISODE SYNOPSIS: After a series of deaths at the hospital some of the staff become very superstitious. Izzie worries about Denny. A patient with OCD drives the staff crazy. Derek and Addison discuss moving. Richard treats a friend. |
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