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April 2007
"The Invisible" reviews
Posted: 2007-04-29With the release of "The Invisible" last Friday, reviews are coming in and are mostly medicore. At least, Marcia gets some credit for her performance. A mix of reviews from different sources is below: Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2007 Marcia Gay Harden is wasted as Nick's domineering mother. "The Invisible" is little more than an extended excuse for a soundtrack. Canoe Movies, April 28, 2007 The fact that some very good actors are in this thing (Callum Keith Rennie plays a detective and Marcia Gay Harden plays Nick's mother) suggests that at some point there may have been a promising movie to be made. That didn't happen. The Cinematical, April 28, 2007 As we saw with Blade: Trinity and we see here, Goyer has a somewhat tin ear for acting and he still has something to learn when it comes to avoiding amateurish directing mistakes. For example, Marcia Gay Harden has a minor but important role in the film as Nick's mother, who only knows that her son mysteriously went missing a couple of days ago. Harden gives what was probably a perfectly decent performance as an anxious and preemptively grieving mother, but it's completely at odd angles to the story tone and the camera set-ups, and comes off as strangely out of place. You get the feeling when watching her scenes that either she or Goyer misjudged what kind of performance was necessary, and couldn't really go back later and change it. Sun Journal, April 29, 2007 Speaking of stories that are repeatedly remade, Christopher Pike's high-school favorite "Remember Me" clearly served as the inspiration for this thriller in which a typical teenager is killed and comes back as a ghost to solve the mystery of his own death. Blade screenwriter David Goyer directs and Justin Chatwin from War of the Worlds stars, while Oscar-winner Marcia Gay Harden cashes a paycheck in a supporting role.  "American Gun" DVD captures
Posted: 2007-04-28Added 300 DVD captures of Marcia's performance in "American Gun" to the Image Library. If you haven't seen this film yet, be sure to get it on DVD, it's an awesome ensemble piece and Marcia delivers one of her career's best performances! 
"The Dead Girl" DVD captures
Posted: 2007-04-24Added 185 DVD captures of Marcia's performance in "The Dead Girl" to the Image Library. 
Marcia Gay Harden honored at Sarasota Film Festival
Posted: 2007-04-24The Sarasota Film Festival Competition and Audience Awards were announced at a reception on April 22, 2007. The Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature went to "Canvas", directed by Joseph Greco. And at the Luncheon at the Banyan’s event the Regal Entertainment Group’s Career Achievement Award was presented to Academy Award® winner, Marcia Gay Harden and Joe Pantoliano, who co-starred together in "Canvas". Hopefully these recognitions will help "Canvas" getting a theatrical release soon. Pictures from the Sarasota Film Festival and Marcia's appearance will follow shortly. "The Invisible" video clip
Posted: 2007-04-24Here comes a powerful scene with Marcia from the upcoming thriller "The Invisible", which will be released this Friday. Click below to watch it. 
Harden tackles mentall illness in "Canvas"
Posted: 2007-04-15Article courtesy the Bradenton Herald: Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden tends to gravitate toward movies with a lot of heart, and roles with a lot of depth. So when the script for the small independent film "Canvas" came across her path, she immediately jumped at the chance to be a part of it. In the movie, which is currently being screened at the ninth annual Sarasota Film Festival, Harden plays Mary Marino, a mother dealing with schizophrenia while trying to care for her family. The situation deeply affects her husband, John, played by Joe Pantoliano, and son, Chris, played by Devon Gearhart. But there were other factors behind her taking this particular role, too. One of them was Florida director Joe Greco, who wrote the script that was inspired by his mother, who suffered from the same disease. "I loved that it was a personal family story for him," said Harden, who will attend this year's film festival for the first time. "I like working with young people with new visions and with personal stories. So that's where it began for me." And of course, her good friend Joe Pantoliano was starring in it too, she said. The two had worked together in the 1992 movie "Used People." "Canvas" has already won acclaim at several film festivals across the country and is scheduled for a national release later this fall. It has also been embraced by those in the mental health community. To read the full article, please click here. Marcia Gay Harden joins "The Christmas Cottage"
Posted: 2007-04-10According to the Hollywood Reporter, Marcia Gay Harden is set to star in painter Thomas Kinkade biopic "The Christmas Cottage" for Lionsgate and the Firm. Jared Padalecki ("Supernatural") has the role of Kinkade; Harden will play the painter's mother. Peter O'Toole also is set to star. Helmer Michael Campus will begin lensing in Vancouver this month from a script by Ken LaZebnik. Story is based on the events that led to Kinkade becoming an artist. Harden, in theaters with "The Hoax," will next be seen starring in director David Goyer's "The Invisible," which opens April 27. In September, she'll be seen in Paramount Vantage's "Into the Wild." "The Hoax" video interview
Posted: 2007-04-06E! Online has posted a video interview with Richard Gere and Marcia promoting "The Hoax". Click below to watch it. 
"The Hoax" New York premiere
Posted: 2007-04-02Marcia, alongside her co-stars Richard Gere and Alfred Molina as well as director Lasse Hallström, has attended the New Yoek premiere of "The Hoax". Check the Image Library for pictures from the event. 
Marcia Gay Harden talks "The Hoax"
Posted: 2007-04-02Here comes an article by the Daily Trojan in which Marcia talks about her character in "The Hoax" and her fight for some script changes: Oscar-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden, who plays Irving's beleaguered wife and partner in crime, felt that some of the stylistic choices that arose from this goal spawned fashion train wrecks. "This was not 'The Devil Wears Prada,' so I didn't keep any of the clothes," Harden said. "Everything (costume designer) David C. Robinson got was from the thrift store." The veteran actress also discussed her own feelings about the hoaxes the film plays on its audience. For her, the biggest loss to the story was the removal of Irving's two children, which she felt would have added a layer of three-dimensionality to her and Gere's characters. "As an actress, I need to fully realize the character emotionally," Harden said. "I begged and begged, but they just wouldn't include the kids. I think they would have raised the stakes for Edith and Clifford's relationship, and they would have also made him more morally repugnant." Marcia's performance is also mentioned in this review by the New York Magazine: The movie is too long (nearly two hours), but the acting-Gere, Molina, the peerlessly edgy Hope Davis, Marcia Gay Harden as Irving's loopy Swiss-German painter wife-keeps you giggling. |