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December 20, 2005
New World pictures: Malick goes Kubrick
Variety's Dave McNary and Gabriel Snyder report at least one perfectionist remains hard at it this holiday season, with Terrence Malick making major tweaks in The New World..
"Just days before its Christmas bow at two venues in Los Angeles and one in [NYC], director Malick has been trimming his historical drama from the 149-minute version shown to critics and advance screening auds. Newer version is said to include 15-20 minutes of tweaks and trims, but has no major chunks cut out. New Line will release the longer version this weekend, will show it at awards screenings and has sent out DVD screeners of it to such voting groups as members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. New Line execs will see a shorter version soon and decide then which version will go out when the film expands late next month—around the announcement of Academy Award nominations on Jan. 31... New Line distribution and marketing topper Rolf Mittweg [says] the studio will make a decision on the exact release pattern of the new version once Malick delivers the new cut...."It's all part of the process of working with Terrence Malick," Mittweg added. "He simply wants The New World to be the best possible film that it can be." ...Malick is famous for tweaking his films until the last minute."
Posted by pride at December 20, 2005 11:59 PM