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Name Cory Edwards
Born 21 August 1968. Anderson, Indiana. US. Background Actor/writer and director team COry and his brother Todd started out making Hoodwmked as an animated short, then decided the material would stretch to feature length. Hoodwinked takes the multiple perspective of storytelling familiar from tough crime flicks like The Usual Suspects or Reservoir Dogs. and applies if to the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The result quickly got snapped up by the Weinstein Company, making over 850 million in the US on a $15 million budget.
What he says about breaking the rules about animated films: ‘Audiences have got into this way of thinking about animation that it's always got to be about a gang of animals ganging together to do something, but I don't see why all animated films should be for kids. There's no reason why we shouldn't have animated indie features. Westerns or horror films.‘
What he says about humour: ‘We were very aware of not wanting to cover the same ground as Shrek. The flavour we wanted was more like The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle or Tex Avery.‘ Interesting fact Edwards also provided the voice for Twitchy the squirrel in Hoodwinked. and was brought in by Harvey Weinstein to assist with re- dubbing when he bought last year's The Magic Roundabout. which was later released as Dougal. As British exports to the US go. Douga/ did about as much good for Anglo-American relations as the Boston Tea Party. making a measly $7 million. Hoodwinked 2 is. inevitably, in the works. (Eddie Harrison)
I Hoodwinked is on general release from Fri 29 Sep. See review, page 43.
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DRAMA ADVENTURE SCI-Fl CHILDREN OF MEN (15) 114mm 0000
It’s 2027, and various crises relating to immigration, terrorism and biological insecurities are just the minor symptoms of a larger problem facing mankind; no children have been born worldwide for nearly two decades.
When society's youngest person, Baby Diego, is stabbed to death after refusing to sign an autograph, it appears that any hope for mankind’s continued survival on earth is forlorn. But as disaffected political activist Theo (Clive Owen) is recruited by old flame Julian (Julianne Moore) to escort two women out of Britain, he realises that his charges hold a fragile solution to the malaise gripping the planet.
In reworking of PD James’ novel for the 21st century, director Alfonso Cuaron (Y tu mama tambie'n, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) has played down the author’s religious allegory in
favour of hard-hitting political immediacy, with Owen’s burnt out case seeking his redemption in the passive manner of 3 Graham Greene anti-hero. Deeper involvement is solicited through telling supporting performances from Michael Caine as a pot-smoking longhair, Danny Huston as a corporate minion and Peter Mullan as a deceitful jailer exploiting the innocents in a brutal, lawless immigration camp. Best of all, Mexican director Cuaron proves himself an ideal choice to bring his outsider’s eye to this nightmarish study of Britain as a war-zone, capturing jagged action in long, single takes for dramatic verisimilitude.
In the same spirit of 19705 forerunners The Omega Man and Soylent Green, Children of Men is a rare example of big budget sci-ti with intelligence and heart, and while its unflinching evocation of human nature gone wild may upset some, the film’s grim power is undeniable. (Eddie Harrison)
I General release from Fri 22 Sep.