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January 13, 2006
Dual Purpose: Blanchett and Weaving's Inexorable NYC March
Unless you count Ruth Vitale's use of a contract, today's news that First Look Pictures landed U.S. distribution rights to the Australian hit Little Fish (right) reveals nothing especially out of the ordinary. Director Rowan Woods's junkie-crime flick has scored big on the awards scene down under, and you could make far riskier wagers than betting on anything featuring typically brilliant work from Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving.
But there is an even more brilliant parallel here in New York, where Little Fish's March release date coincides with Blanchett and Weaving's stage pairing in BAM's Hedda Gabler. Their production is, in fact, another Australian export, having flummoxed Sydney Theatre Company audiences in 2004. And as of right now, a sort of unofficial, intra-Gotham, Gabler/Fish double feature might not be out of the question--BAM reps confirmed this morning that tickets are still available to some of the 28 performances scheduled at the Harvey Theater from March 1-26.
So, anyway, coincidence or not, this kind of star-crossed convenience does not happen everyday. You might consider clearing a little space in your calendar right about now.
Posted by stvanairsdale at January 13, 2006 11:40 AM
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