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'Pretty Baby' director Lana Wilson shares why she gave Brooke Shields final say on including her sexual assault in doc
Lana Wilson, who directed the new Hulu documentary about Brooke Shields's life, talks about making the film, from their first meeting to the final scene.
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Matthew McConaughey modifies famous catchphrase in message to Texans: 'Mask, vax, just keep livin'
The Oscar winner, 51, was trending Tuesday on Twitter for his response to Texas Governor Greg Abbott saying he has now tested negative for COVID four days after testing positive and crediting the vaccine.
Julie Delpy says she was paid 'a tenth' of what Ethan Hawke made for 'Before Sunrise'
Delpy says it wasn’t until the third "Before" movie — as in:" Before Sunrise," "Before Sunset" and "Before Midnight" — that she earned the same pay as her male co-star Ethan Hawke.
Richard Linklater Will Shoot ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Adaptation for 20 Years
After spending 12 years on his Oscar-nominated drama "Boyhood," Richard Linklater is ready to try the approach again. Linklater will direct an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's "Merrily We Roll Along," which will be shot over a 20-year period. Beanie Feldstein, Ben Platt and Blake Jenner are set to star in the film for […]
Richard Linklater to Direct Sondheim Musical in ‘Boyhood’ Vein With Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt – Report
The film will be an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along."
EntertainmentYahoo MoviesHow Cate Blanchett and Richard Linklater came up with most shocking moment in 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette'
Cate Blanchett and Richard Linklater reveal details behind the most dramatic scene in their new film.
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'Dazed and Confused' director Richard Linklater makes an anti-Ted Cruz ad
The "School of Rock" director has released an ad mocking the Texas senator for not "kicking [Trump's] ass" after Trump insulted Cruz’s family.
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'Last Flag Flying': Richard Linklater reveals secrets of his touching road-trip movie (plus, exclusive gag reel)
Speaking with Yahoo Entertainment before the release of his latest film, Last Flag Flying, Linklater says that he and the movie’s trio of stars — Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, and Laurence Fishburne — took great enjoyment in each other’s company. “These guys are very funny and smart, but also very dramatic” Linklater says. Adapted by Linklater and author Darryl Ponicsan from his 2005 novel, Last Flag Flying tells the story of three Vietnam veterans who embark on an impromptu road trip to bury a young Marine.
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Bryan Cranston mourns a fallen soldier in 'Last Flag Flying' exclusive clip
Cranston adamant he's not playing a version of Jack Nicholson in Richard Linklater's spiritual sequel to "The Last Detail."
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Bryan Cranston: My 'Last Flag Flying' character wouldn't take a knee during anthem, but I would
Bryan Cranston had one mission when he signed on to play Vietnam veteran Sal Nealon, in Richard Linklater‘s new Last Flag Flying alongside Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne. “I know guys like him! He’s that kind of guy who takes up air in the room, and yet he’s also a tried and true friend.” Even friends can have disagreements, of course, and Cranston reveals that there are some fundamental differences between him and Sal.
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Matthew McConaughey feels 'Alright, alright, alright': Watch him explain 'Dazed' line improv
In clip from PBS' American Masters documentary on director Richard Linklater, McConaughey recalls first line he ever said in a movie — now his signature
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Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne go on a somber and silly road trip in first ‘Last Flag Flying’ trailer
Potential Oscar contender is the long-delayed sequel to Hal Ashby’s 1973 Jack Nicholson drama "The Last Detail."
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Richard Linklater, Robert Downey Jr. Team Up for Real-Life Con Man Movie Adapted From Podcast
Based on true story of doctor who found fame and fortune via fake medicine, populism, and radio, and the pursuit of an editor at a medical journal to bring him down
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Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne to Star in Richard Linklater's 'Sort of' Sequel to Jack Nicholson's 'The Last Detail'
Randy Quaid, Jack Nicholson, and Otis Young in ‘The Last Detail’ (Photo: Columbia Pictures)
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Director's Reel: Richard Linklater Looks Back at 'Dazed and Confused,' the 'Before' Trilogy, and More
Talky but never boring. Cool but never pretentious. Personal but never exclusionary. Defiant but never disaffected. Funny but never too daffy. Always backed by a kick-ass soundtrack.
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How Filmmaker Richard Linklater Got the Best of the ‘80s Onto the ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ Soundtrack
If you’re like me and you’ve seen Richard Linklater’s 1970‘s cinematic love-letter Dazed and Confused probably 9,000 times, then you automatically associate Aerosmith’s “Sweet Emotion” with the film’s opening credits or War’s “Why Can’t We Be Friends” with Parker Posey and her crew of soon-to-be senior girls covering some unfortunate freshmen in ketchup. “That title always kind of resonated with me, it’s so multi-level,” he says.
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Richard Linklater Assembled the ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ Ensemble Cast Like a Sports GM
Along with the nostalgic soundtrack, relatable story and totally ’80s wardrobe, director Richard Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some!” has also been generating buzz for the young, relatively unknown ensemble cast the carries the film. “I think it’s just like putting a team together in sports,” Linklater told Yahoo Movies about assembling the cast.
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How 'Everybody Wants Some!!' Recreated the Magical Experience of Hearing 'Rapper's Delight' for the First Time
The new movie from director Richard Linklater, Everybody Wants Some!!, has been dubbed a “spiritual sequel” to the 1993 cult classic, Dazed and Confused. The new movie takes place about four years after the 1976-set Dazed, making Everybody Wants Some!! a 1980s period piece.
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10 Reasons Why 'Everybody Wants Some' Will Remind You of 'Dazed and Confused'
Richard Linklater has called his new movie Everybody Wants Some a “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused, Linklater’s 1993 snapshot of the last day of high school in 1976 Texas. Paddles aren’t involved.
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Director Richard Linklater on Making the ‘Spiritual Sequel’ to ‘Dazed and Confused’
In 1993, the world was given a glimpse into high school life in 1976 Austin, Texas via the film Dazed and Confused. Writer and Director Richard Linklater created a cult classic, and has continued his prolific filmmaking career with the likes of Before Sunrise, Boyhood, and other acclaimed features. Like ‘That was my high school, this is my college,’” Linklater told Yahoo Movies.
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Check Out Richard Linklater's 'Everybody Wants Some' Clip and See Why Baseball Is Very, Very Good (Exclusive)
Richard Linklater has called Everybody Wants Some a “spiritual sequel” to his 1993 cult classic Dazed and Confused, and critics at the SXSW Film Festival agreed it’s a worthy successor. Like Dazed, Everybody (which jumps from a 1970s Texas high school to a 1980s Texas college) features a likable cast of unknowns, an infectious soundtrack, and all kinds of intoxicants.
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SXSW Review: ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ A Worthy Heir to ‘Dazed and Confused’
Linklater indulges his characters’ antics with such wild, free-flowing affection that you might miss the thoughtful undertow of this delightful movie: Few filmmakers have so fully embraced the bittersweet joy of living in the moment — one that’s all the more glorious because it fades so soon. The double-punctuated title is not only a reference to a classic song by Van Halen (one of many artists crowding the wall-to-wall soundtrack, including Blondie, the Knack and the Sugarhill Gang), but also an affirmation of the appetites — for sex, for fame, for victory, for sex — that course through these young men’s veins.
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'Everybody Wants Some' Exclusive Trailer: Richard Linklater Delivers 'Spiritual Sequel' to 'Dazed and Confused'
Dazed and Confused is finally getting its “spiritual sequel,” as writer-director Richard Linklater describes it to Yahoo Movies. More than 20 years after the release of his breakout film, set on a high school campus in the late ‘70s, the acclaimed filmmaker has recruited a new crop of young actors to portraying college life in 1980 in the forthcoming comedy Everybody Wants Some. You can watch the first trailer above, exclusively on Yahoo.