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Filmed in Toronto and on location in Harvard Square, Harvard Man is loosely based on Toback’s own Harvard experiences in the 1960s. A resident of Leverett House and a prose editor for the Advocate, the former English concentrator says the film??s texture represents “what Harvard means to me” as he looks back on a highly “experimental” and “transitional” time in his life...
Funding finally came through, courtesy of the production company Kushner-Locke, but later Kushner-Locke went bankrupt during post-production, and the film??s rights were defaulted to the company’s bank. The bank passed over a distribution offer from Sony Classics, which would have put the film in theaters, in favor of an offer from Blockbuster/UPN, which had a higher up-front guarantee but would only release the film on DVD and television...
...Francisco Examiner praised the film??s depiction of the lead character’s acid trip as “the most brutal and convincing acid trip ever filmed,” and the San Franciso Chronicle said Toback’s recent movies “are automatically interesting because he made them...
...Importance of Being Earnest (May 17): Director Oliver Parker, who also shot Wilde’s droll An Ideal Husband for Miramax in 1999, reunites on Earnest with Husband’s Rupert Everett, teaming him this time with Reese Witherspoon, Dame Judi Dench and Colin Firth. Despite the film??s cumulative pedigree, its promotional footage looks weak; the movie should be early summer fluff...
While many—including Saran—doubted whether India’s traditional values would take kindly to his film??s serious treatment of homosexuality, Saran received a hero’s welcome...