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Detectives won't be watched by many + Josh Lucas cast in Peacock

28 April 2008 at 10:08 AM | by Melty_Girl, with Pierspaul

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Straight to DVD

As I blogged last month, the delay of Cillian's first romantic comedy, Watching the Detectives, was likely due to its artistic shortcomings. Last year it failed to find a major distributor, and then this year, with its production company, Peace Arch set to distribute it, it didn't come out on Valentine's Day as scheduled. Director Paul Soter blogged that the movie would be delayed until this month, but now the Peace Arch site confirms what many of us suspected: Detectives will go straight to DVD in North America (as it already has in Poland). Peace Arch's old page for Detectives has been removed from their Theatrical Films section and migrated over to the Television and Home Entertainment section. To editorialize for a moment, I must comment that this development is a good thing for Cillian's career.

Peacock adds another fine actor

The Des Moines Register is reporting on local Iowans who won the stand-in jobs for Peacock; more interesting to a wider audience is the news that Josh Lucas is one of the cast members for whom a stand-in was needed. Also revealed is Susan Sarandon's role: the mayor's wife.

P.S. A bit of trivia for those who closely followed the making of Sunshine: Peacock's costume designer is Sunshine's Suttirat Anne Larlarb.

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Anonymous
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Reply #9 on : Wed April 30, 2008, 17:58:43
Personally, I love all three, especially Sunshine. And I really don't think it's because I'm a crazy Cillian fan (in fact, my enjoyment of his being has diminished a bit over the last few months), I think it's because I'm very laid back with my tastes. My favourite parts of a movie is not the acting or the script, it's the visuals, themes and music. I love Sunshine because it's gorgeuous and the music is amazing.
As for Watching the Detectives, I found Lucy Liu's character to be really enjoyable. I love quirky annoying people like that, adn the very childish little adventures that her and Cillian's characters go on make me very nostalgic.


Also, you have to be crazy to deny The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a good movie, in my opinion.

As everyone else, I'm so excited for Peacock.
Claire
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Reply #8 on : Tue April 29, 2008, 22:37:33
Please, the Palme d'Or at Cannes? "clunky amateur hour"? I found Barley so emotionally effective. Different strokes, I guess.

Yeah, I agree that many of the movies Cillian's been in have been fatally flawed. But it says a lot that the critics rarely roast him. It is actually hard to dig up negative comments about his performances. Of course, we'd love him in anything.
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Reply #7 on : Tue April 29, 2008, 22:28:51
Can't say I'm shocked that it is going straight to DVD. When can I bring Cillian home? lol. I'm just waiting for the day.
poxy
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when is it coming out?
Reply #6 on : Tue April 29, 2008, 19:05:18
when is WTD coming out? is it already out in which case out can i get my hands on that?
yay paul montague that's what my code was about this time
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Reply #5 on : Tue April 29, 2008, 15:31:02
I completely agree with your opinion on "Sunshine", Melty_Girl! I couldn't have said it any better. I wanted to love it so bad, but I just couldn't.

I absolutely loved "The Wind That Shakes the Barley", too, and glad that it got some critical success. It's definitely one of Cillian's best work so far.

On the other hand, I really liked "Watching the Detectives", but maybe that's because I wasn't really anticipating a whole lot from it anyway. Script wasn't that great, the characters could've been developed more, but hey, it was good entertainment for me. It's definitely not as great as "Knocked Up" (which is the best comedy I've seen to date), but I liked it for what it is.
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Reply #4 on : Tue April 29, 2008, 13:17:29
I'm beside myself over "Peacock" too! I really hope this is an important movie for Cillian, and I'm sure he will be amazing. At the same time, I hope he gets good notices for "Edge of Love" and "Hippie Hippie Shake" too, lest he be typecast as a transgender specialist only. As much as I'm excited to see him do another take on that, I don't want to see him limited to only villains and tranny roles.
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Reply #3 on : Tue April 29, 2008, 08:40:16
I too liked 'Barley' - I thought CM's performance was wonderful and the movie itself very good as well. I'm thrilled I don't have to go put down $8 to see Lucy L. in the theatre and can watch that trainwreck in the privacy of my own home. I'll buy it on DVD of course......can't have an incomplete collection.

I am beside myself with anticipation over 'Peacock'...with all those nice big names (Sarandon, Page, Pullman....) it should have some sizable marketing and success.
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Re: Nemo
Reply #2 on : Mon April 28, 2008, 23:35:32
Wow, I totally disagree with you about "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" -- I loved it. But then again, I like Ken Loach, though I haven't loved all the Loach movies I've seen.

I also disagree with you about "Watching the Detectives" -- I think the script was a muddle. Even if it stayed true to its romantic comedy identity, that's not enough to make it really funny or even convincing. Cillian's character wasn't coherently written. There were promising elements and a few funny scenes, but I think it didn't come close to being the screwball comedy it wanted to be.

"Sunshine" I can go halfway with you on. I think it started out gorgeously, but then in the second act it showed it wasn't going to achieve greatness, and finally completely lost its way in the third act when incomprehensibly it became a slasher film. I was pretty sad about not loving it, though I think there was much to admire.

But "Barley"? I loved it! I loved the naturalism and the gripping moral dilemmas. It's a movie that makes you wonder what you'd do under difficult circumstances like that. And Cillian's performance was amazing.
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Reply #1 on : Mon April 28, 2008, 23:10:17
Gee, if only they'd managed to bury "Sunshine" that deeply, Cilly's career would be absolutely peachy right now. At least "Detectives" had a script and a competent director and stayed true to its identity as a romantic comedy; "Sunshine" couldn't manage even one of those. And let's not even get started on the dismal, clunky amateur hour that was "The Wind That Shakes the Barley." Murphy has to get over thinking that he owes something to Danny Boyle or that "name" directors (like the execrable Ken Loach) will somehow automatically provide him with a mustn't-miss career experience. Crap is crap, Cillian, as "Sunshine" and "Barley" so amply demonstrated. Films need writers AND directors; "Sunshine" had neither, and "Barley" had half of one-- in its nearly passable script.