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DirecTV To Premiere Hit Canadian Series ‘Call Me Fitz’ on The 101 Network on April 21
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DirecTV To Premiere Hit Canadian Series ‘Call Me Fitz’ on The 101 Network on April 21
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DirecTV has announced that it will launch the hit Canadian series ‘Call Me Fitz’ on The 101 Network on Thursday, April 21 at 9:00 PM ET.
Jason Priestley (My Name is Earl, Beverly Hills 90210) stars as Richard “Fitz” Fitzpatrick, a morally bankrupt, yet charismatic, used-car salesman who is forced to become business partners with his inner “conscience” – a lanky do-gooder named Larry.
Priestley has earned rave reviews for his performance as Fitz, the handsome, substance-abusing scoundrel who torments his naive co-workers, stoops to shameful lows to get the best of the competition and sleeps with any woman who has a pulse.
The 13-part half-hour comedy series debuted on HBO Canada in Fall 2010 and became an instant success, drawing high ratings and garnering glowing reviews. Call Me Fitz has been sold to fourteen international broadcasters and will be seen in over 60 countries world-wide.
The series was developed by Amaze Film + Television and is produced by Amaze Film + Television, Big Motion Pictures and Entertainment One, with the financial participation of The Movie Network and Movie Central. Executive produced by Sheri Elwood, the show was filmed in New Minas, Nova Scotia and boasts a strong ensemble cast including Ernie Grunwald (Weeds, Grey’s Anatomy) as Larry, Donovan Stinson (Reaper), Peter MacNeill (Rookie Blue), Kathleen Munroe (CSI: NY), Brooke Nevin (Breakout Kings), Husein Madhavji (Star!), Phyllis Ellis (Three Chords from the Truth), Joanna Cassidy (Six Feet Under), Rachel Blanchard (Flight of the Concords) and Jonathan Torrens (Trailer Park Boys).
Peter Emerson, President, eOne Television International said “We’re thrilled to be teaming up with DIRECTV for the first time. DIRECTV’s The 101 Network is a great example of a new and exciting platform for delivering original content to audiences and we think that Fitz’ charm will win over DIRECTV’s customers across the U.S.”
Patty Ishimoto, Vice President Entertainment DIRECTV and General Manager of The 101 Network said “Call Me Fitz is shockingly addictive and a perfect addition to The 101 Network’s programming line-up. Our viewers will relish this clever comedy series and thoroughly enjoy experiencing Jason Priestley like we’ve never experienced him before as the outrageous ‘Fitz’.”
“I’m excited for Americans to meet Richard Fitzpatrick,” said Priestley. “He is like no other character on television. And Call Me Fitz is like no other show on television? that’s why it belongs on DIRECTV.”
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Fresh, funny and racy, Spread is a look at the trials and tribulations of sleeping your way to a life of privilege in Los Angeles. Nikki (Ashton Kutcher) is a fun-loving, freeloading hipster who understands his greatest assets are his looks and sexual prowess. His latest conquest, Samantha (Anne Heche), a stunning middle-aged lawyer, gives Nikki more than he’s ever had before. But when Heather (Margarita Levieva), a gorgeous waitress playing the same game, catches his eye, their lifestyles f
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… who plays Fitz's younger sister Meghan; best supporting actor in a comedy for Ernie Grunwald, who plays Larry, Fitz's so-called conscience; best supporting actress in a comedy for Rachel Blanchard; best direction in a comedy for Scott Smith; …
Rachel Blanchard question by LSM: why did alicia silverstone replace rachel blanchard?
Why couldn’t they just use Rachel Blanchard in the movie Clueless, why did they hire Alicia Silverstone. There the same age, and they look identical, and they even sound alike. Why change?
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You have it backwards. Alicia Silverstone was first cast in the movie Clueless (1995) and then Rachel Blanchard was cast on the series (1996). I heard that Alicia didn’t want to be mostly known as Cher in Clueless, so she turned down the part in the series. I actually thought that Alicia was A LOT better than Rachel as Cher.
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Has potential but lacks depth,
“Spread” is basically a grifter movie with Ashton Kutcher playing (rather credibly I might add) Nikki, an over-confident hustler who lacks both a home and a car, and thus resorts to preying on older, successful (yet attractive) women. One of these is Anne Heche, who plays a successful attorney, Samantha, and finding Nikki’s brash overtures rather charming, takes him home to her posh pad in the Hollywood Hills. Both Samantha and Nikki have hot sex all over Sam’s luxurious property, and the sex scenes are pretty explicit and creative. Nikki should be happy in this arrangement, yet the viewer senses Nikki’s restlessness. Instead of cementing the ‘deal’, Nikki inexplicably resorts to reckless acts, like having sex with another woman in Sam’s bed whilst he thinks she’s out of town…well, the Nikki-Samantha coupling continues, even as Nikki finds himself increasingly attracted to a waitress, Heather (Margarita Levieva) who is also hustling for money and stuff.
This is where the movie sort of veers off tangent and weakens – I found Anne Heche to be an interesting character. She is outwardly confident and controlling in the relationship with Nikki, but then she reveals her own set of insecurities by some of her actions. Unfortunately, when Heather comes into the picture, Heche’s Samantha recedes into the background. The Nikki-Heather relationship doesn’t altogether add up – Heather reveals certain character deficits which makes one wonder why Nikki is so smitten with her (empathy perhaps?). There are other facets of their relationship that is presented as is with no credible explanation. Ultimately, it’s this lack on character development and in-depth exploration that lets this movie down, though it still makes for an interesting and engaging viewing experience.
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|Shallow, meaningless, but what a Blu,
Some have written about how meaningful and articulate this film is, but once the credits roll it honestly feels like you just watched a soft core take on a few LA hedonists and nothing else.
Ashton and Heche signed on because of the “story” (making of docu) but considering every scene they have together involves the fun stuff, it makes you wonder. Anyway, we watch all of these shallow people muddle through their cons and bed campaigns as Ashton’s character narrates his success strategy at this lifestyle, but in the end I really did not care about any of them. Apparently, (the cover art states) our main character is hoping to find something real, but that never happens as we hop from one party, bed conquest and sleepover to the next. But – they found a way to put 7.1 sound on this film – why of all films does this get the sound some strive to hear all year but only get once or twice?
The sound was outstanding. The opening sequence has a helicopter buzz hitting all seven channels, followed by a one-take night club scene (that was very well done: stairs, railing pans, reusing extras, etc.) where the music and voices travel all around you in eloquent fashion. The Blu clarity is outstanding as is the color; plenty of skin tones and dark contrasts against candlelight and such. The LA basin gets shown in all its glory several times in a decent skyline haze. The supplements are:
* 16:10 minute Living the Dream (making of). Plenty of production material, hows and whys.
* 5:44 minute Behind the Scenes with Ashton. Actually the only Ashton part of this was everyone else talking about how great it is to work with him…yech.
* 3:53 minute World According to Nikki. As if they could find a way to get any shallower, Ashton gives the viewer a detailed training academy on how to score a gal in LA…whatever.
* Commentary with cast and crew. This is actually an intermittent picture-in-picture. It is a smaller box than normal but the information is interesting and it covered a nice background on how they did the one-take shot. It comes up every few minutes and still allows you to hear what is going on in the film.
You read about people claiming this has an amazing ending, a brilliant motif, outstanding neo-realism, blah, blah, blah. Just did not grab me as anything other than a well-filmed depiction of the hedonistic side of LA.
If you are a fan of these pretty actresses doing their first hard R roles, than this would be your film (I remember Maragrita the most from Noise). Watching Ashton walk around in the buff didn’t work for me – but I know there is a target audience out there for this one. 2 for the film, 1.5 for the Blu specs and .5 for the supplements. Enjoy.
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