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[09.30.00]
A
cool fanpage dedicated to Jerry Bruckheimer is up. Go to
www.bruckheimer.com
and check it out. I even like it more than the official
Bruckheimer page.
[09.20.00]
The
production is a wrap, after 90 days of shooting and an expenditure
of $135 million. Says producer Jerry Bruckheimer: "It's
coming in right on schedule and on budget."
[08.21.00]
Click
here to view the Japanese Pearl Harbor flash teaser.
From what I can read, it says it will premiere in Japan
on July 14, 2001. Can anyone translate the text in the flash
teaser? If so, please send me an email at nelson@michaelbay.com
[08.14.00]
Michael
and crew should be heading to England towards the end of
August. The UK scenes of Pearl Harbor, are to be filmed
at an airfield outside the city of Bath, in the south west
of England, possible at the RAF airbase in Colerne, which
is the nearest airfield according to sources.
I
also picked up this humorous piece of info involving Michael
from E!:
"Michael
Bay, director of The Rock, Armageddon and the upcoming Pearl
Harbor, attended the Mission to Mars premiere at the El
Capitan in Hollywood recently. And I must tell you that
one movie fan on the sidelines acted as abysmally as the
performers do in this most painful of Brian DePalma outings
(save Jerry O'Connell, perhaps). "Michael Bay sucks!" screamed
a rude person behind the ropes. So, Michael darling charged
over to the mouther-offer and confronted the jerk, who suddenly
backed down and apologized. I declare, more stars should
adopt Bay's butch ways."
[08.05.00]
You
can catch a glimpse of Michael Bay in the movie "Coyote
Ugly." He's the photographer in the bar.
[07.30.00]
Wanna
read a good article about the filming going on in Corpus
Christi? Click
here.
[07.26.00]
"Alec
Baldwin and Ben Affleck, along with director Michael Bay,
actor Josh Hartnett and the rest of the "Pearl Harbor" crew,
are expected to arrive tonight and begin filming Thursday
aboard the Lexington Museum on the Bay..." reads the
Corpus Christi Caller. Click
here to read the entire article.
[07.24.00]
'Pearl
Harbor' crews begin transformation of Lex
"Director
Michael Bay and his filming crew will come in from the Houston
area, where they will film aboard the Battleship Texas,
one of the few World War I vintage ships still left pretty
much in tact..."
To
read the complete article found in the Corpus Christi Caller,
click
here.
[07.15.00]
"Oh
man, those planes were roaring," said Rosalie Cook, a Westpark
resident. "I asked myself, 'Is there a war going on?'" These
were the words from a resident who saw some of the filming
for Pearl Harbor. Click
here to read the article.
[07.10.00]
You
have to see this!! It is hilarious!!! I got this flash clip
from macromedia.com. The clips is a cartoon spoof of the
making of "Pearl Harbor." Michael Bay gets interviewed
(NOTE: this is a spoof). You must have Flash installed to
view this clip.
Click
here to view it (700k).
[07.08.00]
Got
this from the Cinescape
Insider:
Affleck
Talks 'Pearl'
Ben Affleck is talking about Pearl Harbor and how it won't
be like helmer Michael Bay's previous films. While talking
to Popculprit, Affleck gave his take on the ongoing production,
saying, "This is a serious film, and the stuff we shot in
Hawaii is just visually amazing. It's not a mindless action
thing."
Affleck adds, "The only thing that is fictionalized in the
movie are some of the characters, who are amalgams of real
people. Michael is humanizing the event, and it's richly
evoking the time and feel. It's a serious film in all the
ways that big, serious Hollywood movies have historically
been, but only bigger, more sophisticated, more realistic�[Bay
and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are] intent on not making
this a mindless movie, which makes the whole thing almost
more genuine than it otherwise would be. This is not a safe
film for Michael, there is tremendous pressure for it to
be as honest as possible."
[07.02.00]
According
to the DVDFILE.COM website, Criterion will be releasing
THE ROCK in a special 2 DVD disc set this year. It says
the retail price is of $49.95. Thanks to Colin for the tip.
[06.28.00]
"December
7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy...we will not
only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make very
certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger
us again."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Pearl Harbor Speech, December
8, 1941
I
felt my blood rushing to my brain. I had goose pimples.
I saw the Pearl Harbor teaser. God, this movie will be awesome.
Go see the previews for "The Patriot."
Or
see the Pearl Harbor teaser.
Pearl
Harbor Teaser: Lo-Res (6.9Mbs, QuickTime)
Pearl
Harbor Teaser: Hi-Res (13.7Mbs, QuickTime)
Pearl
Habor Teaser: Hi-Res (20Mbs, Quicktime)
RealAudio
(Streaming)
[06.27.00]
The
Special Edition for "Bad Boys" was released today.
If you're interested in buying it click
here.
When
I spoke to Michael about the first DVD transfer for Bad
Boys, he told me that Columbia-Tristar screwed up the transfer.
He was right.
If
you were ever to see the LaserDisc transfer of Bad Boys
you will ask yourself who was doing the transfer at Columbia.
My...the quality of the picture is horrible!
Now
with this Special Edition release, the image looks waaaay
better than the first DVD/LaserDisc release. It is a significant
improvement.
Also, the most interesting thing about this release it Michael's
commentary. It is very enlightening, and at times it can
get very technical. But Michael keeps it interesting throughout
the whole movie be it with technical info or some stories.
By far this is my favorite commentary. He's the one doing
all the talk unlike "The Rock" & "Armageddon."
Go
buy it!
[06.25.00]
Nick
Medrano at the Pearl Harbor Site (http://cinemenium.com/pearlharbor)
has the site revamped. Pretty cool stuff which includes
a flash teaser for "Pearl Harbor," and an interview
with Randall Wallace.
[06.19.00]
I
have received official word that there will be a teaser
of "PEARL HARBOR" in the previews for the "THE
PATRIOT." Both will premiere in the US on June 28.
So keep your eyes open!
[06.02.00]
Voight
elected FDR in Disney 'Pearl Harbor'
Jon Voight is set to star as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in Disney's megabudgeted World War II drama "Pearl Harbor"
for filmmakers Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay... Having
brought the United States out of the Depression, Roosevelt
rallied the nation to support the war through his radio
"fireside chats" and with his national speech the day after
the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese sneak attack, which he described
as a day that "will live in infamy."
[05.31.00]
Jerry
Bruckheimer (one of the producers of Pearl Harbor) has his
web site up. Click here
to go to www.jbfilms.com
[05.08.00]
Someone
emailed me this tidbit that originally apprear in Dark Horizons.
"A
little tit-bit report from some preliminary shooting on
the Michael Bay directed Pearl Harbor here in Hawaii which
wrapped up today. I witnessed one scene filmed, which was
primarily a shot from above the ground (100 metres). However,
located at each angle to the centre shot, were several cameras.
A few words with some of the production staff, told me this
was all to do with the DVD release. Apparently, viewers
of the DVD, will be able to choose which camera angle they
want to view. This won't be of just certain scenes, but
of the whole movie.
This
film will change the face of the way we view DVD, and will
be the first major film to have 'proper' interaction with
the viewer, almost allowing the audience to direct the film
itself."
[05.05.00]
For
those of you of Mexican heritage, I would like to wish you
a "Feliz Cinco de Mayo!"
For
those of you living in Atlanta, WATL will broadcast this
Saturday afternoon "Vengance: The Story of Tony Cimo."
So what's the big deal? I've been bombarded with emails
asking me if Michael acts in this movie as a sled agent.
Go figure. The Internet Movie DataBase (IMDB) list him as
part of the cast for this 1986 movie. I have official word
that tells me that it is not the Michael Bay we know. Who
the hell gave this info? Can anyone delete that info at
the IMDB?
Anyway,
if someone gets to record this, please send me a copy (email
me at nelson@michaelbay.com
if you want my mailing address). I wanna see who this sled
agent is...
[05.02.00]
Little
tidbit of news today. For those of you living in the LA
area, you might want to see Michael shooting a little bit
of "Pearl Harbor" in LA on May 15 from 7pm-7am.
Email me at nelson@michaelbay.com
if you're interested in the address.
In
casting news: Colm Feore (The Insider, Storm of the Century),
Catherine Kellner (Six Degrees of Separation) and Jennifer
Garner (Felicity) are the most recent additions to "Pearl
Harbor."
[04.28.00]
Interested
in being an extra in Michael's "Pearl Harbor?"
Click
here to get the info.
[04.27.00]
Click
here to view one of Michael's Nike Alpha
Project commercials titled "Court Elves|Johnnny
the Angry Android|Goat Boy."You must have Quicktime
4.0. Note: this is one of Michael's strangest commercials
by far. It has that creepy "Fellini-esque" look
and feel to it. I've always said it again and again: Michael
can make pretty dark and edgy stuff. I just hope he directs
the "Gory Details." Below is the list of the three
commercials he made for the Alpha Project campaign.
"Court
Elves|Johnnny the Angry Android|Goat Boy" (Propaganda
Films 1999)
"Johnny
the Angry Android" (Propaganda Films 1999)
"Snowdome"
(Propaganda Films 1999)
[04.24.00]
I've
been informed that there will be a Special Edition DVD for
Michael Bay's first film "Bad Boys." It will be
released on June 27, 2000. It will include the following
special features:
�Commentary
by director Michael Bay
� Theatrical trailer(s)
� "Making the Boom & Bang in Bad Boys" Documentary
� "Damage Control" featurette uses angles feature to analyze
special effects explosions
� Music Videos: "Shy Guy" by Diana King, "So Many Ways"
by Warren G, "Five O Five O" by 69 Boyz
� Isolated music score
� Production notes
� Widescreen anamorphic format
To
preorder it for $17.97, CLICK
here.
Some
of you have asked me where you can get the Criterion Editions
for "The Rock" and "Armageddon." Here
is the info:
"The
Rock"
The
Criterion Edition for this 1986 Blockbuster is out of print.
It was only printed on Laserdisc. It list for about US$125,
but you can get it at Ken Cranes for about US$40 by calling
toll free at (800) 624-3078. It has a lot of special features
including: deleted scenes, Michael Bay' s commentary, Michael's
"Got Milk?" commercial, etc. It comes on 3 discs.
Will there be a DVD version? I highly doubted.
"Armageddon"
The
Criterion Edition for 1998's Armageddon is available on
DVD at amazon.com. The Laserdisc version is out of print.
Collectors and movie buffs have gotten it for $100. But
you can get it at the Laser Exchange for $85 (prices may
vary). Call them at (978)774-1004 and ask for stock# CC1548l.
There are only about 500 prints left.
[04.23.00]
The
Honolulu Advertiser has an article mainly about Jerry Bruckheimer
(co-producer) and snippets from Michael Bay. Click
here to read it. Among Michael's quotes: "...I
side with the survivors rather than the historians. Everyone
has their own stories... And every historian has their own
stories. What I�m doing is taking the essence of the survivors,
taking bits and pieces, and putting them into the movie."
[04.18.00]
Many
of you have e-mailed me requesting that I put on the video
taken by an amateur photographer shown on ET (Entertainment
Tonight) of the airplane crash. I have not seen the video
and have no intentions of doing so. I will tell you the
following without adopting a "holier-than-thou"
attitude:
"The
Michael Bay Site will not post footage or links to this
video. Personally I do believe that it is ethically wrong
to show the moments of someone else's agony and despair.
"
Again,
this is my personal choice and belief. I am not condemning
anyone who has seen it or post it on their site. I am just
giving you the reason why I won't.
[04.18.00]
Regarding
yesterday's plane accident in which, thank God, no one died,
Bayfilms VP Jennifer Klein says Michael told her that the
pilot suffered scrapes and a broken ring finger, not the
broken wrist and face lacerations that have been reported
by various websites and media organizations. The pilot is
currently stationed at Tripler Army Medical Center in stable
condition.
Hope
it clears the air. Thanks to Nick Medrano at the Pearl
Harbor site for the info.
[04.17.00]
Click
here to view the Quicktime movie of the explosions
that took place last week in Pearl harbor (1.4Mbs).
[04.11.00]
Click
here to read an article that appeared in the Star-Bulletin.
Click
here to read an article entitled "Reality,
fiction clash in �Pearl Harbor� script " that appeared
in the Honolulu Advertisier.
[04.10.00]
Listen
up. Got this from the HollywoodReporter.
Bay
gets 'Gory' at Touchstone
By Zorianna Kit
Touchstone Pictures has paid a low six-figure sum for "The
Gory Details," an idea that Topper Lilien and Carroll Cartwright
will write for filmmaker Michael Bay to produce and possibly
direct.
"Gory"
focuses on people who are in the business of crime cleaning
-- sweeping up the bloody mess left at a murder scene.
Bay
Films vp Jennifer Klein brought the idea to Bay and will
co-produce. Buena Vista Motion Picture Group's co-presidents
Todd Garner and Nina Jacobson along with senior production
vp Mark Varhadian will oversee "Gory" for the studio.
Lilien
and Cartwright, repped by the Gersh Agency's Frank Wuliger,
co-wrote the upcoming USA Films' "Where the Money Is" starring
Paul Newman and Linda Fiorentino. The duo also wrote "Dungeons
& Dragons," a live-action version of the popular role-playing
game for Sweetpea Entertainment, Silver Pictures and J &
M Entertainment, which Warner Bros. will distribute domestically.
[04.08.00]
The
staff of Starbulletin.com presents this special video essay
by Star-Bulletin Chief Photographer Dean Sensui. Click on
the below links to view the movie in Quicktime or Realaudio
format.
Quicktime
(1.1 Mbs)
RealAudio
(900k)
[04.07.00]
Tomorrow
is the first of principal photography. So those of you that
live in Hawaii (you know who you are), get ready to take
pictures like crazy. An e-mail them to nelson@michaelbay.com
Word
has it director-producer Michael Bay and producer Jerry
Bruckheimer have tapped the writing duo Dick Clement and
Ian La Frenais to do a dialogue polish on some of the scenes
involving military exchanges.
The
original script was penned by Randall Wallace (�Braveheart�).
Clement
and La Frenais did some uncredited rewriting on Bay�s �The
Rock� as well. They also wrote such films as �The Commitments�
and 1979�s �The Prisoner of Zenda.�
[04.06.00]
Here
is a webcam shot of planes (P-40s ?) flying over Ford Island.
Click on the image to view a bigger version of it.
[04.05.00]
Much
of you have asked who is going to be Michael's DP (director
of photography). Well, for the 3rd time in a row it will
be no other than John Schwartzman ASC. One of this site's
readers sent me a tip confirming, and giving some interesting
info. Thanks Sean.
"
I was at Panavision Woodland Hills on Monday, March 13 for
a workshop and our class was interrupted twice because the
camera assistant (just in case you don't know - he's the
guy who checks out all the cameras, does tests, i.e. pre-production
camera grunt work... then pulls the focus for the "A" camera
on set, among other things) was in a rush to test the anamorphic
lenses that they were planning to use for Pearl Harbor.
He needed to screen his test shots from Friday and needed
to do them immediately because he was concerned about some
sort of "bending" on the edges of the picture. We were in
the only screening room in the entire building so we were
privy to the screening. He then came in a second time when
we were at lunch to watch footage which was shot in front
of Panavision which was mostly handheld photography involving
a guy in full sailor (light brown) uniform and just some
other guy in shorts and a white shirt. They were doing swish
pans and running with the camera handheld. Apparently the
sky matched the faces or the costumes too much (there wasn't
enough contrast, I guess)... soooo... they brought in the
head honcho - John Schwartzman to review the test shots...Schwartzman
is definitely on board."
[04.04.00]
Leland
Orser (Wonderland, The Bone Collector) is the latest addition
to the growing cast of Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer's
Pearl Harbor project. According to Variety, Orser will take
on the role of Major Jackson, a wounded intelligence officer
who works with Kate Beckinsale's Navy nurse character, Evelyn.
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