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Music Archive
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Stephen Woolley (producer) – Sounds Like Teen Spirit
Leading British producer STEPHEN WOOLLEY has spent a lifetime steeped in movies, from tearing cinema tickets in 1970s London to producing a string of award-winning box-office hits including The Crying Game and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. Film journalist Jan Gilbert catches up with Woolley to find out about Sounds Like Teen Spirit, an irresistible feel-good film which follows four young singer-songwriters from across Europe on their road to the Junior Eurovision finals.... -
Jamie Jay Johnson (director) – Sounds Like Teen Spirit
BAFTA-nominated British director JAMIE JAY JOHNSON has made short films about the MiniGolf World Championships, holidaying in his bedroom, and Eric the Eel, the slowest swimmer in Olympic history. But for his first feature film, Sounds Like Teen Spirit, he turned his attention to Junior Eurovision, the world’s biggest annual song contest for young people. Johnson talks to Movie Mundo about backing losers and shedding tears. MMM: With so many countries and contestants involved in... -
Kenneth Branagh (director) – The Magic Flute
Oscar-nominated actor-director KENNETH BRANAGH is well known for his film adaptations of Shakespearean plays including Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, and As You Like It. But now he’s bringing Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute to the big screen. He talks to film journalist Jan Gilbert about French airfields, the challenges of opera, and working with Stephen Fry. MMM: What drew you to adapt The Magic Flute for the cinema? Branagh: I woke up one morning... -
Terence Davies (director) – Of Time and the City
Director TERENCE DAVIES places Liverpool, the city of his youth, at the heart of much of his work, from his powerful Trilogy through his debut feature Distant Voices, Still Lives to the Palme d’Or-nominated The Long Day Closes. Since adapting Edith Wharton’s The House Of Mirth for the big screen, he’s been away from the director’s chair for eight years. Now he’s back in the spotlight with Of Time And The City, a visual ode... -
Nick Jones (producer) – Nativity!
For movie producer NICK JONES, Christmastime means one thing: King’s College Choir. When Jones was growing up in Vancouver, Canada, the choir’s albums always provided the soundtrack to his family’s festive season. So in 1992 when he moved to Cambridge to study law at St John’s College, he grabbed the opportunity to see the choir perform live. Now Jones has his own Christmas offering with new movie Nativity! And he’s hoping it becomes as much... -
Stephan Elliott (writer-director) – Easy Virtue
Easy Virtue director STEPHAN ELLIOTT chats to film journalist Jan Gilbert about broken backs, drawing-room dramas, and Colin Firth’s tango. “Doing a film like this never appealed to me,” says Australian writer-director Stephan Elliott about his new movie Easy Virtue. “I don’t like drawing-room dramas, so initially I wondered why the producers had come to me in the first place! Then I thought, ‘How can we play with this a bit and keep it alive?... -
Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow & Robb Reiner – Anvil! The Story of Anvil
In their teens, Toronto school friends STEVE ‘LIPS’ KUDLOW and ROBB REINER made a pact to rock together forever. The result was heavy metal band Anvil. Over the years they influenced a musical generation including Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax. But instead of selling millions of albums like those bands, Anvil’s career took a nosedive into obscurity. Now in their 50s, the Canadian rockers are back with their thirteenth album and their first film, Anvil! The... -
![PETER CATTANEO talks about buying DVDs of his feature film debut The Full Monty, life as a glum rocker, and working with former Beatles drummer Pete Best. MMM: Did directing The Rocker satisfy any personal urge you had to be a rock star? Cattaneo: Yes! [Laughs] Doesn’t everyone want to be a rock star really? I was in a band briefly as a teenager. I’ve always wanted to do a rock ‘n’ roll story. I’ve...](http://mymoviemundo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Rockers-x-4-Medium-115x115.jpg "Peter Cattaneo (director) – The Rocker")
Peter Cattaneo (director) – The Rocker
PETER CATTANEO talks about buying DVDs of his feature film debut The Full Monty, life as a glum rocker, and working with former Beatles drummer Pete Best. MMM: Did directing The Rocker satisfy any personal urge you had to be a rock star? Cattaneo: Yes! [Laughs] Doesn’t everyone want to be a rock star really? I was in a band briefly as a teenager. I’ve always wanted to do a rock ‘n’ roll story. I’ve... -
Rainn Wilson (actor) – The Rocker
Seattle-born actor RAINN WILSON takes on his first starring role in The Rocker, a comic film about a failed drummer who gets a second chance at the big time… in his nephew’s teen band. Wilson’s previously had supporting parts in movies such as Almost Famous and the Oscar-winning Juno. But he’s best known for small-screen roles in Six Feet Under and the US version of The Office. Here he talks to Movie Mundo about drumming... -
![BEN BURTT, Oscar-winning sound and character voice designer for Star Wars and ET, chats about finding inspiration in sonograms, songs from Hello, Dolly!, and enjoying the luxury of time working on Pixar animation WALLE. MMM: Legend has it that you use almost everything that comes into your life eventually as part of the sounds that you create, even sounds you heard while your wife was pregnant… Burtt: [Laughs] I’ve always found when you’re trying to...](http://mymoviemundo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Walle-115x115.jpg "Ben Burtt (sound & character voice designer) – WALLE")
Ben Burtt (sound & character voice designer) – WALLE
BEN BURTT, Oscar-winning sound and character voice designer for Star Wars and ET, chats about finding inspiration in sonograms, songs from Hello, Dolly!, and enjoying the luxury of time working on Pixar animation WALLE. MMM: Legend has it that you use almost everything that comes into your life eventually as part of the sounds that you create, even sounds you heard while your wife was pregnant… Burtt: [Laughs] I’ve always found when you’re trying to...