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Friday, January 13, 2012
art Idaho Supreme Court Rules in Million-Dollar Flick Flap
Posted by Annette Rincon on Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:53 PM
Today’s Hollywood Reporter chronicles a unique legal battle between a film producer and director that recently played out before the Idaho Supreme Court. The case revealed a classic power struggle between financing and artistic vision. David Richards, producer of The Hayfield, about an 1867 battle between Montana settlers and a Native American tribe, sued the film's director, Randy Starkey, for what was called "utilateral" posession of the movie.
In happier days, Richards and Starkey formed Minor Miracle Productions, an Idaho company, to support their project. As producer, Richards put forth the funding while Starkey helmed the production. Their agreement was that all of the film's proceeds would be equally divided. But following production, disagreements prompted Richards to file suit against Starkey for breach of contract, accusing the director of plotting to sell interests in the film to outsiders without Richards' consent. The film wrapped in 2006, but has yet to be seen in a public premiere.
Idaho's high court ruled in Richards' favor and ordered Starkey to pay more than $1 million and surrender the copyright to the film.
The Hollywood Reporter drew ties of the ruling to a popular HBO series:
“Anybody who watched Entourage might remember the episode where fictional director Billy Walsh wants to protect his film from meddlesome producers at all costs and decides run off with the film stock.”
You can read the full court decision here.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
art New Depiction of Washington Crossing Delaware River on Christmas
Posted by George Prentice on Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Think of George Washington crossing the Delaware River on Christmas night, and chances are you think of the many artists' interpretations of the historic event. One in particular, the well-known 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze, depicted Washington standing up in a rowboat, but historians say it's time to set the story, and the image, straight.
Tomorrow, a new painting will debut at the New York Historical Society museum in Manhattan, which shows Washington aboard a flat-bottomed ferry big enough to carry cannons and horses. The new painting shows Washington holding onto a cannon, bracing himself against a fierce snowstorm.
The artist, Mort Kunstler, said he researched historical and even weather records to help him craft the new portrayal. Kunstler said documents indicated a storm had swept in that night in 1776, brininging freezing rain, hail and snow.
History confirms that Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and mounted a surprise attack at the Battle of Trenton on Dec. 26, 1776.
On Monday, Jan. 16, the new painting by Kunstler will be the subject of much comparison to Luetze's painting. That's the day the Leutze artwork will go back on public display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, also in Manhattan.
Friday, December 23, 2011
art Huffington Post: Idaho Production of Rent Sparks Controversy
Posted by George Prentice on Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Nothing sells tickets quite like a good controversy. The Huffington Post picked up a story today from north Idaho, where a mini brouhaha has surfaced over a local production of the Pulitzer Prize-winner Rent.
"Though its subject matter seems a trifle old hat now, the Broadway musical 'Rent' is causing controversy once again-this time in Idaho," wrote the Huffington Post.
It turns out that there have been dozens of letters complaining about a production at Coeur d'Alene's Lake City Playhouse, scheduled to open Friday, Jan. 13, 2012.
"It's not just because there are gays and lesbians involved," Arcadia Nicklay of Hayden told a television crew from Spokane. "It's because they are fornicating gays and lesbians."
The production's director Troy Nickerson told the Spokesman Review, "If you don't want to see it, please don't come."
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
art BW street van
Posted by Nathaniel Hoffman on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:21 PM
The Boise Weekly van got more street this week. Our resident drawer, Adam Rosenlund, who also designed the citydesk logo that now graces the top of this blog, went and painted the truck.
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