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During the final months of 2007, DGA members in New York and Los Angeles will have the opportunity to attend member screenings followed by Q&As with the films’ directors.
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| WES ANDERSON: The Darjeeling Limited |
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Director Wes Anderson speaks about his experiences filming The Darjeeling Limited.
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Anderson speaks about his new film The Darjeeling Limited with moderator Spike Jonze.
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| Wes Anderson discussed the making of his new film The Darjeeling Limited, a tale of three estranged American brothers whose plan to rekindle their bond on a train journey across India which goes awry when they find themselves stranded alone in the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer and a laminating machine. Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich) served as moderator of the discussion that took place after the Los Angeles screening on October 7. - photos by Trixie Textor - click images for larger view. |
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| PETER BERG: The Kingdom |
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Director Peter Berg talks about filming The Kingdom.
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Moderator Joe Carnahan backstage with director Peter Berg.
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| In the Los Angeles DGA Theatre on October 13, Peter Berg spoke about the challenges he faced during the making of his new feature, The Kingdom. The film tells the politically charged story of an elite FBI team sent to investigate a terrorist bombing inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and soon find themselves in a fight for their own lives. Director Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces) served as moderator. - photos by Elisa Haber - click images for larger view. |
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| ROBERT BENTON: Feast of Love |
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Director Robert Benton talks about filming Feast of Love.
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Benton chats with moderator Bennett Miller.
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| Robert Benton gave the New York audience members insights from behind the scenes of Feast of Love, a romantic drama about people in a tight-knit Oregon community, searching for the secret to love and romance under the watchful eye of a local professor. 2005 DGA Award nominee Bennett Miller (Capote) served as moderator of the discussion that took place after the screening on October 12. - photos by Hilary Steffens - click images for larger view. |
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| JOEL & ETHAN COEN: No Country for Old Men |
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The Coen Brothers regaled the audience of the Los Angeles DGA Theatre with background about their western thriller No Country for Old Men on November 4. Set in West Texas, the film follows the aftermath of what ensues after a hunter stumbles on dead bodies, a load of heroin and $2 million in cash, then finds himself running for his life. Three-time Academy Award-winning editor Walter Murch (Cold Mountain) served as moderator. - photos by Trixie Textor - click images for larger view. |
The Coen Brothers discuss making No Country for Old Men with moderator Walter Murch.
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| MARC FORSTER: The Kite Runner |
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Director Marc Forster in New York
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Moderator Rose Troche with Forster in NY
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Forster with Moderator William Friedkin in Los Angeles
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2005 DGA Award-nominee Marc Forster (Finding Neverland) spoke to audiences in both Los Angeles and New York about his new film The Kite Runner. In this tale of a search for redemption, a man returns to his childhood home of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to help a childhood friend and to confront the secrets that still haunt him. 1971 DGA Feature Film Award-winning Director William Friedkin (The French Connection) served as moderator of the discussion that took place after the Los Angeles screening on October 23, and Director Rose Troche (The Safety of Objects) moderated the discussion following the New York screening on October 26. - photos by Hilary Steffens (New York) and Robert Hale (Los Angeles) - click images for larger view. |
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| TERRY GEORGE: Reservation Road |
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Director Terry George talks about Reservation Road.
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George and moderator Griffin Dunne.
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Terry George discussed the challenges of making his thriller Reservation Road before the audience in the DGA New York Theatre on October 3. The film tells the heartrending story of two fathers whose lives become intertwined after one causes a hit-and-run accident that kills the son of the other, and the emotional aftermath of that occurrence. Director Griffin Dunne (Fierce People) served as moderator. - photos by Hilary Steffens - click images for larger view. |
George chats with DGA members after the Q&A.
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| TONY GILROY: Michael Clayton |
Director Tony Gilroy recalls an amusing moment from the production of Michael Clayton.
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Moderator Anthony Minghella quizzes Gilroy about the making of the film.
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Tony Gilroy spoke about directing his legal drama Michael Clayton to the New York audience on October 1. In the film, a hotshot attorney is called in to “fix” a problem and finds himself enmeshed in double dealings and dark corporate shenanigans that could ultimately threaten his life. 1996 DGA Feature Film Award-winning Director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) served as moderator. photos by Hilary Steffens - click images for larger view |
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| PETER HEDGES: Dan in Real Life |
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Dan in Real Life’s Director Peter Hedges.
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Hedges gets serious about comedy with moderator Gary Winick in NY.
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| Peter Hedges amused the New York audience with anecdotes from the making of his romantic comedy Dan in Real Life. The film relates the misadventures of a widower newspaper advice columnist and father of three daughters as he struggles to get his own life together. Director Gary Winick (Charlotte’s Web) served as moderator of the November 7th Q&A. - photos by Hilary Steffens - click images for larger view. |
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| GAVIN HOOD: Rendition |
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Hood chats with moderator Phillip Noyce about the making of Rendition.
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| Gavin Hood discussed the challenges of making his politically-themed thriller, Rendition with Director Phillip Noyce (Rabbit-Proof Fence) and the DGA Los Angeles audience on October 28. Rendition follows an American woman’s fight to secure the release of her Egyptian husband from a secret detention facility when he’s targeted as a terrorism suspect. - photos by Elisa Haber - click images for larger view. |
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| NEIL JORDAN: The Brave One |
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Director Neil Jordan addresses the DGA New York audience.
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Jordan chats about The Brave One with moderator Jim Sheridan.
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Neil Jordan discussed filming his action drama The Brave One with Director Jim Sheridan (In America) and the New York audience on September 9. The Brave One explores what happens when a woman sets out on a mission of revenge after she is savagely beaten and her fiancé is murdered in a violent street attack. - photos by Marcie Revens - click images for larger view. |
| DGA Members hear about Jordan’s new film. |
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| SEAN PENN: Into the Wild |
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Director Sean Penn answers a question from the LA audience.
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Director Sean Penn with moderator Alejandro González Iñárritu in Los Angeles
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New York Moderator Arthur Penn asks Director Sean Penn a question about the making of Into the Wild.
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Sean Penn spoke about what went into the making of his dramatic biopic Into the Wild, a film based on the true story of Christopher McCandless, who abandoned his possessions, gave his entire life savings to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Penn discussed the film with 2007 DGA Award nominee Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel) in Los Angeles on October 7, and Director Arthur Penn (no relation), a two-time DGA Feature Film Award nominee (Bonnie and Clyde, The Miracle Worker) in New York on October 19. - photos by Trixie Textor (Los Angeles) and Marcie Revens (New York) - click images for larger view. |
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| JASON REITMAN: Juno |
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Reitman discusses Juno with moderator Alison Maclean.
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| Jason Reitman spoke about creating the offbeat comic world of his title character Juno, a whip-smart Minnesota teenager who sets off on an odyssey to find the perfect parents to adopt her unborn child. Director Alison Maclean (Jesus' Son) served as moderator of the discussion that took place in New York on November 9. - photos by Hilary Steffens - click images for larger view. |
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| JAMES C. STROUSE: Grace is Gone |
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Director James C. Strouse tells the NY audience about filming Grace is Gone.
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Strouse with moderator David Jones.
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| James C. Strouse revealed what went on during the making of his family drama Grace is Gone, the story of a young father who takes his two daughters a cross-country road trip to put off having to tell them that their mother has just been killed while in the line of duty in Iraq. Director David Jones (Ghost Whisperer) served as moderator in New York on November 2. - photos by Marcie Revens - click images for larger view. |
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