Movie "Mister Lonely" - Merged

[mkgenie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ufN1RxFu-4

it looks a little touching....

take a look.

official site: http://www.misterlonely.co.uk/ (http://www.misterlonely.co.uk/)

http://www.mjjcn.com/bbs/attachments/forumid_25/20080125_63e52326981f7343e3b4s1iNiRzcooye.jpg

[Keymaster]

Wow, this looks interesting - Thank you mkgenie:)

[IvoryKeys]

Honestly, at first it looked kind of creepy! But it does have a lot of heart in it the more you keep watching. Great storyline for a movie, I just hope it does well. It looks like an indie film...does anyone know this for sure?

[smoothcriminal12]

Is this even real?

[Lady_MJJ]

It is I guess ...

[Bob George]

Wow. That movie looks really cool. Interesting concept.

[smoothcriminal12]

Wait...what does Marilyn Manroe have to do with this? And why is Michael Jackson in this movie? Is it based on him or...

[Bob George]

It's a story about a Michael Jackson impersonator and a Marilyn Monroe impersonator.

[smoothcriminal12]

^ Okay. Thank you for explaining that.

[not_guilty]

Old but cool - it's from 2003! :)

[mjjfan]

anyone seen the michael jackass skits on youtube? these things just get worse and worse.!!!! michael fight back with the moonwalker sequel.

[mkgenie]

official site: http://www.misterlonely.co.uk/ (http://www.misterlonely.co.uk/)

new trailer: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/dFGbQF66ei4/

[mkgenie]

Old but cool - it's from 2003! :)

no, its from 2007

actually it only premiered at Cannes last year

it will hit UK screens from March 14, 2008

[mkgenie]

Mister Lonely

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=review&reviewid=VE1117933877&cs=1

Variety review

3/12/08 5:02pm

(U.K.-France-Ireland-U.S.)

An Agnes B., Jeremy Thomas presentation, in association with Dreamachine, Gaga, Film4, in co-production with Love Streams and Agnes B. Prods., Recorded Picture Co., Arte France Cinema, of an O'Salvation production. Produced by Nadja Romain. Executive producer, Peter Watson. Co-producers, Adam Bohling, David Reid. Directed by Harmony Korine. Screenplay, Harmony Korine, Avi Korine.

With: Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, James Fox, Melita Morgan, Anita Pallenberg, Rachel Simon, Jason Pennycooke, Richard Strange, Michael-Joel Stuart, Esme Creed-Miles, Mal Whiteley, Daniel Rovai, Nigel Cooper, Joseph Morgan, Walid Afkir, Britta Gartner, Werner Herzog, David Blaine, Leos Carax.

By SCOTT FOUNDAS

Michael Jackson meet-cutes Marilyn Monroe on the streets of Paris and goes off to live with her, Charlie Chaplin and Shirley Temple in a seaside Scottish castle. No, it's not the latest season of "The Surreal Life," but rather "Mister Lonely," the third self-conscious cult film from writer-director Harmony Korine. Less outre than "Gummo" and "Julien Donkey-Boy," Korine's most lavishly produced pic to date begins as a sweet-tempered tale of social misfits-turned-celebrity impersonators, but falls short of its ambition to say something meaningful about the obsessive nature of celebrity culture. Title would seem an accurate harbinger of pic's commercial future.

Despite the lack of an obvious physical resemblance, Mexican thesp Diego Luna makes a convincing sell as pic's Jackson impersonator, who, in a memorable opening shot, rides an all-terrain vehicle around an empty racetrack while decked out in dark shades, surgical mask and high white socks, towing a winged-monkey plush toy behind him. (All the while, the titular Bobby Vinton recording plays on the soundtrack.) Luna also proves adept at mimicking the gloved one's signature dance moves, which he practices in his apartment and then performs for passersby on the Champs-Elysees.

When the faux Jackson's agent (played by French director Leos Carax) sends him to perform at a nursing home, he encounters Monroe (Samantha Morton, costumed in the requisite "Seven Year Itch" white dress), who tells him about the commune she lives in with a dozen or so other impersonators (including James Dean, Abe Lincoln and the Three Stooges). Soon, pic's action switches to there, though not before Korine takes time out for a couple of sequences set in an unidentified jungle region where a priest (Werner Herzog) and a group of nuns appear to be running some sort of missionary aid organization.

Just what -- if anything -- the Herzog/jungle scenes have to do with the rest of "Mister Lonely" is never made clear, though they do continue to pop up periodically throughout the narrative and ultimately provide for one of pic's most memorable images: a literal "flying nun" who miraculously manages to survive her unplanned earthly plummet.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch -- or rather, the living wax museum -- Michael, Marilyn and the gang prepare to stage an old-fashioned vaudeville-style revue, and the outbreak of a fatal illness among the commune's sheep population serves as an obvious metaphor for the larger troubles that await this once-idyllic Shangri-la. Ultimately, pic all too predictably devolves into a routine stranger-in-a-strange-land story about how Jackson's arrival on this island of lost celebrity souls sparks latent jealousies and tensions among the other denizens.

"Mister Lonely" gets by for a while on the quirkiness of its premise, the commitment of its performers (especially Luna and Morton) and Korine's enjoyably eccentric casting instincts (like reteaming "Performance" co-stars James Fox and Anita Pallenberg as Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth II). It's also never less than a handsome film to look at, thanks to the accomplished widescreen cinematography of longtime Michael Winterbottom collaborator Marcel Zyskind, marking a complete 180 from the Dogma-influenced aesthetics of "Julien Donkey-Boy." But Korine runs out of story ideas long before pic reaches the end of its padded, nearly two-hour running time.

Camera (color, widescreen), Marcel Zyskind; editors, Paul Zucker, Valdis Oskarsdottir; music, Jason Spaceman, the Sun City Girls; music supervisor, Liz Gallacher; production designer, Richard Campling; costume designer, Judy Shrewsbury; associate producers, Ann Carli, James Flynn, Hengameh Panahi, Richard Mansell; casting, Sarah Crowe. Reviewed at Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard), May 23, 2007. Running time: 112 MIN.

[MJsPYT1]

hmmm...wonder if Michael has seen this.

[ahmadnat]

I read about that in the metro... seems interesting


anyone seen the michael jackass skits on youtube? these things just get worse and worse.!!!! michael fight back with the moonwalker sequel.

WHAT? lol

[dangerous_88]

wow...
I gotta see this!

[J5master]

Oh i heard about this a while ago...never seen the trailer. I think this is serious! Seems like a funny, goofy and touching movie. coolios!

[marialovesmjj]

Looks interesting. Thank you for posting.

[AllTheLovelyFlowers]

no, its from 2007

actually it only premiered at Cannes last year

it will hit UK screens from March 14, 2008

UK? What about the US? Will it come here?

[wannabestartinsomthin21]

It looks really interesting, actually. It goes to show, actually, how iconic Michael really is. He's the main character the man in the film impersonates along with the main character the woman impersonates being Marilyn Monroe. She's probably the most famous film star ever and Michael is the most famous music star ever. Along with the others they did, with James Dean, Charlie Chaplin, etc... It shows what a force Michael really is. The story looks really interesting

[KOPV]

From the looks of it it seems to be made by an independent film maker.

[MJDisneyDork]

^^
yes i agree. it does seem that way. but it looks very good still. a great idea at least. i'm interested in seeing it. it maybe be a while for me if it doesn't come to the US but i'll see it eventually :P

[dangerous_88]

From the looks of it it seems to be made by an independent film maker.



well that's yet another reason why I wanna watch it ! :)

[Bob George]

Independent films usually suck. They typically pay more attention to style than substance. Which I hate.

[tanzotti]

Looks like a renter to me!

[MJandRFfan]

Independent films usually suck. They typically pay more attention to style than substance. Which I hate.

comparing independent with hollywood, i would say independent films contain much more substance.... and style and substance should be linked.

[KOPV]

I love independant films.. (for the most part) some great substance.

They are not doing it for the $$$, they are doing it because of the love they have for the craft and the hopes of a BREAK THROUGH.. that makes them more driven to give the best product with what they have..

But there are a lot of people in film that should not be, so yes some independent films are just crap.. lol!

[MJFan4Life2]

I didn't look into it very quickly but I found that it's probably a limited release for the US on April 30th 2008. As long as it comes to DVD it looks like an interesting watch, obv b/c of MJ. And whoever said that comment about MJ fighting back wid a Moonwalker sequal it just sounded dumb haha Never gunna happen

[qbee]

That look very interesting and kind of heart warming
I would love to see it

[FinalEyes]

This movie looks really interesting, I want to see it. :) Thanks for posting.

[Datsymay]

I don't think the movie has much to do with MJ. It is really about a group of impersonators, one happens to be an MJ impersonator. It will most likely be about the goings on in the life of an impersonator.

[FinalEyes]

^^ I thought the main character was Michael, who met a whole bunch of impersonators?

[thriller25]

that song is so good

[Datsymay]

^^ I thought the main character was Michael, who met a whole bunch of impersonators?
No, I don't think so. The main character is a Michael Impersonator.:)

[LittleDangerousMe]

It looks intesting!! :)

[LovelyOne]

Wtf........

[Dutchie]

it looks a little touching....

take a look.

official site: http://www.misterlonely.co.uk/ (http://www.misterlonely.co.uk/)

http://www.mjjcn.com/bbs/attachments/forumid_25/20080125_63e52326981f7343e3b4s1iNiRzcooye.jpg

I fear this movie. -_-

[Datsymay]

I don't think there is much to worry about. The movie, as far as I remember, has nothing to do with mj, it is just about a group of impersonaters and what is going on in there lives. Not Michael's life. It really is a story about impersonaters.

[Dutchie]

I don't think there is much to worry about. The movie, as far as I remember, has nothing to do with mj, it is just about a group of impersonaters and what is going on in there lives. Not Michael's life. It really is a story about impersonaters.

Well , it's not exactly positive towards impersonators, at least that's the impression I get.

[daphnieas]

It looks interesting, even though I think Diego Luna (MJ inpersonator) is the worst actor to ever walk this planet I guess I'll have to see it.

[wes]

I have been dying to see this since I read about it a few months back. But there are no plans for an Irish release date :(

[Adibobea9]

Here is an updated trailer for Mister Lonely. You can watch it in HD and it shows a lot more of the story…

http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=misterlonely

[AllTheLovelyFlowers]

What I want to know is will the movie come to the USA?

[michaeljojacksonfan]

Very interesting. I would love to see it.

[kingofpopSonia]

yep.. I would love to see it.

[eunice]

first saw the title of the movie 'Mister LONELY'
I just wonder if this film about Michael's loneliness, but i found it didn't
yet, somehow MJ's image during the late History Era is used, such as wearing masks, to express impersonator's feeling or lonely feeling i guess...
so we see the impersonator dressed like MJ's History Era look more than other eras

they choose 'MICHAEL JACKSON''s impersonator as the LEADING role succeed drawing my attention, really..
i think it's an interesting movie
see Michael Jackson's impersonator riding on a mini moto along with flying Bubbles(impersonator one), that's cute & funny ^^

[royalmjkingdom]

this sounds interesting.. will look out for it

[girl24]

hmmm interesting

[mjfanholland]

It's great.. I see it as a kind of honor to Michael.

[*~MJ Loves MJ~*]

My God, my heart goes out to this man. I can't imagine anyone being lonely. No one with a heart and soul like Michael should be left to be lonely.

[mjfanholland]

Mister Lonely Release Dates (February 27, 2008) Mister Lonely will be in cinemas in the UK in March. The official UK website can be found here (http://www.misterlonely.co.uk/). The film will also be in US theaters from the 2nd of May.

http://www.harmony-korine.com/paper/main/news.html

[Steph83Ga]

I think it looks amazing! I just posted a blog about it on my myspace page.

[BillieJeanDarling]

I would love to see that, I hope I'll get a chance to do so.

[mjgrl4ever]

this movie looks very interesting:yes:
I remember the guy thats playing the mj impersonator...hes from dirty dancing havanna night.

[girl24]

Mister Lonely Release Dates (February 27, 2008) Mister Lonely will be in cinemas in the UK in March. The official UK website can be found here (http://www.misterlonely.co.uk/). The film will also be in US theaters from the 2nd of May.

http://www.harmony-korine.com/paper/main/news.html


Ah, cool. I want to see this.

[Starchild]

at last something nobody posted! Everytime I go to post something, someone else has litterally just posted it....not sure if this is interesting to some of you, though not really MJ, but a new movie is comming out called Mister Lonely.

It's about an MJ impersonator who meets a Marylin Monroe impersonator, who lives in a house full of....can you guess? Impersonators!

Her daughter is Shirly Temple, her hubby is Charlie Caplin, it sounds like a cute love story, but of course none of the impersonators really look like the people they are playing, but MJ isn't played as a freak show in this, the guy seems to make a sweet MJ....here's the official link:

http://www.misterlonely.co.uk/


can't wait for his to come out over here, I plan on seeing it....

[FinalEyes]

Somebody posted info on this movie a while back. I really want to go see this movie, it looks really interesting and very moving. :)

[AllTheLovelyFlowers]

Guess what I saw here in the US? This movie is actually coming on pay per view here on the West Coast. Right here in the US.

[patra_li]

Guess what I saw here in the US? This movie is actually coming on pay per view here on the West Coast. Right here in the US.

You're so lucky! I wish I can watch it in Hong Kong :(

[Reeta]

Starchild, you'll probably hate me after this, but yes there is already a thread for the movie. I'll merge these threads :flowers:

[mj2]

this film looks so bloody boring... LAYM

[Ape]

It looks really interesting I thought. I would like to see it.

[rockstar]

Harmony Korine's 'Mister Lonely' a musical escape


At times very real and heartbreaking, Harmony Korine's first film in nearly a decade, "Mister Lonely," isn't short on its share of warped moments, as its characters and scenes exist just left of something comfortable. A seemingly conventional fish-out-of-water film, as it unfolds, "Mister Lonely" strives to become, in the words of it main character, "less ordinary."

One of the reasons the film largely succeeds in this mission is its music. Taking its name from the classic Bobby Vinton tune, "Mister Lonely" is inspired by song from the get-go, even when music isn't on the screen. Its hauntingly hypnotic score comes from J. Spaceman, the psychedelic rocker behind Spaceman 3 and Spiritualized, and the experimental music of the Sun City Girls.

The film, to be released May 2 by IFC, follows a Paris-based Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna), a street performer who has a chance encounter with a Marilyn Monroe impersonator (Samantha Morton). Marilyn persuades Michael to move with her to a commune that's become sort of a safe haven for celebrity impressionists, where the goal is to build a theater that will showcase a circus-like revue.

Luna, who starred in "Y Tu Mama Tambien," doesn't look much like Jackson, but he has his dance moves down pat.

Speaking after a screening of the film Monday night in Los Angeles, the controversial writer/filmmaker ("Kids," "Gummo") Korine discussed meeting some celeb impersonators during the process of working on the film.

"They were obsessive," Korine said. "They looked very little like the people they were impersonating. They just willed themselves."

Indeed, one of the opening scenes in the beautifully shot film is Luna's Jackson dancing, sans music, on the streets of Paris. It's implied, perhaps, that he's moving to Jackson's "Man in the Mirror," but the only sound effects the audience hears are those of Luna's kicks and swipes in the air. He's alone in his world, and the only song here is in his head.

When asked by an audience member in the below sound-clip if he ever sought out Jackson's permission or music, Korine said the thought didn't cross his mind.


Instead, later in the film, Luna moves to the music of the more frantic, electronic hip-hop of Spank Rock's "Backyard Betty," but that's as modern as the music in "Mister Lonely" gets. While Korine draws heavily from African field recordings and American folk from the 1930s to the 1950s (he briefly discusses his thoughts on picking sons in the below audio clip), it's the music of Spaceman and the Sun City Girls that fuel "Mister Lonely''s" eccentricities.




The "Mister Lonely" soundtrack was released today (April 22) via Chicago-based independent Drag City. It features 9 tracks from Spaceman, and 8 from the Sun City Girls. And while not an entirely easy listen outside of the film, Spaceman's songs immediately illustrate music's ability to provide an escape. There's a child-like wonder to the chiming keys that open the album, in which Luna tries to explain how difficult it all is when you "hate your own face" and simply want "to go completely unnoticed."

But tracks like "Blues 1" and "Paris Beach" illustrate Spaceman's ability to take organic sounds and twist them just a little, creating a folk- or blues-based song with just a hint of manipulated guitar notes. It instantly brings utterly familiar and relaxed sounds to a slightly more wondrous, sometimes unsettling place. Or, in the case of "Garden Walk," the violins sway triumphantly, celebrating the pure cartoonish weirdness of the characters.

It's the Sun City Girls who get the score's centerpiece, however. The now-defunct experimental trio provide a take on the Vinton original with "Mr. Lonely Viola," in which the sounds of a choir and some deliberately plucked stringed instruments barely keep a melancholic violin afloat. The act also supplies the sun-scorched melodies and harmonies of "Vine Street Piano" and the orchestral overture in "Farewell," which flirts with grandness.

At one point in the film, Luna's Jackson is asked why he would ever want to be like everybody else. Why not continue to live in his fake celebrity world? Can't he see how miserable "everybody else" is? While the film does not ultimately provide an answer to the question, Spaceman and the Sun City Girls offer an escape while Korine tries to figure it out.

[Marilyn Monroe]

eh an indie. eh im not a fan of either actors. i think heard it had great reviews at cannes? i might watch it for Lunas dancing, but maybe ive seen too many great tribute artists who even look like the real thing to the point that these two end up looking like they are dressing up for halloween.

this director was quite a character when i saw him once on david letterman lol
oddest interviewee.

if anything im glad they picked Michael instead of elvis to be with monroe for once.

[MichaelJManson]

When will this be released in the UK (either at the cinema or on DVD)?

[Dangerous 1991 HIStory]

When will this be released in the UK (either at the cinema or on DVD)?

I would like to knoe release date too.... the site says march 14th, that was almost 2 months ago.... weird...

[ForeverBeInPeaceMichael]

so was it shown on theaters or not?

[mkgenie]

What I want to know is will the movie come to the USA?
I believe it has come to the US last week

[rockstar]

will it be in canada

[The Dancin Machine]

hmmm.....very touching and warm hearted indeed. The concept is imaginative and innovative

[Marilyn Monroe]

i wish that ebert show would review it.

[AlessiaJackson]

Some clips... :)

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2107263195

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2107262121

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=33829416

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=33829625

[Foxy..]

Hey guys.. Mister Lonely will be televised in the UK on Film4.

Saturday 27th December - 01:05am

I havn't seen it yet but might be worth a watch..

[8701girl]

never heard bout this

so it bout mike?

Hope its a nice one

[Foxy..]

It's not really about Mike at all.. but it's an impersonator.. might have some metaphor relating to his life.. Look at some previous posts with links about it, the trailer etc.. Also check out imdb.com and read the synopsis..

[8701girl]

yeh i've seen some of the trailer
it looks okay

[Stargirl]

I saw this movie at my video store: Blockbusters and apparently it is about Michael Jackson impersonator who meets a Marlyn Manroe impersonator who takes her to a community of impersonators...

:unsure:


...

Has anyone else seen this movie cuz I wanna know if there is like bad stuff bout MJ in here...cuz if not i'd like to see it ... I mean...it sounds...well...interesting.

[caleb20003]

I don't think it's dissing MJ but I did turn it off after 30 minutes for being absolute crap.

[Roxanne]

a friend of mine went to the movie theatre and saw it when it was released and told me it was absolutely horrible. but dont worry it doesnt say anything negative about michael (from what i was told)

[Dublinproud]

No nothing negative but you deserve an award if you sit through that entire movie..Just depressing!

[mjsexbomb]

an MJ impersonator who went off with a marilyn monroe lookalike? hmm that sounds familiar, that happened to me with my other half :( imight watch the film

[Stargirl]

No nothing negative but you deserve an award if you sit through that entire movie..Just depressing!

This cracked me up! Lmao :lol:

[MJFan4Life2]

Ouchh everbody's being brutal on this movie. I mean it's a foreign film what can you expect!?! The previews make it look pretty good, one review I read involves a subplot about sheep and a nun getting dropped from a plane or something. Ofcourse the only reason any of us want to see it is b/c of the MJ inpersonator in it. But i'd still like to see it for myself either way.

[carolMy]

I happened to see this filim at the end of last year, since the description of the film is comedy...... Anyway, imo, the tone of the film is grey. In fact, I don't completely get the storyline and the meaning of this film....I can just remember the rough plot.

A MJ impersonator earned his living by imitating MJ's dancing moves, ect in the street, then someone gave him a chance to do the impersonation in some club or something like that(I cann't rember exactly...) then, he met the Marlyn Manroe impersonator and was introduced to join the impersonators community which are on an island. Then the film mainly describes the lives of them.
Finally, the MJ impersonator left the community and changed back to his own style and led a new life.

IMO, this film doesn't have the negative about Michael or have something to do with him:)
The film itself is just ok:)

[carolMy]

Ouchh everbody's being brutal on this movie. I mean it's a foreign film what can you expect!?! The previews make it look pretty good, one review I read involves a subplot about sheep and a nun getting dropped from a plane or something. Ofcourse the only reason any of us want to see it is b/c of the MJ inpersonator in it. But i'd still like to see it for myself either way.

haha, thank you, I recall this plot. A sister fell off of the plane while she was throwing down the relief food to the victims, however, she didn't get any hurt when she landed on the ground. When she was in the air, she still kept the firm faith in God. Then, the sister became a heroine. The sisters even formed a team to perform dropping off the plane without any security equipment...
dunno how such plots pertain to the main storyline or the impersnators or their community...

[Foxy..]

I mean it's a foreign film what can you expect!?!

I will have you know that it is HOLLYWOOD that produces a production line of complete and utter... shit, that the general public lap up.. There is so much foreign film that is simply wonderful, Fellini? Almodovar? Bunuel? I have so much in my ammunition..

Oh and I hope you aren't calling Brit films poor? We don't produce enough films, but when we do, they are usually fantastic.. have you SEEN Trainspotting?

Sorry but UGH.

[Hess]

Is this a real film?? Will it be released on DVD or blu-ray?

[MJsAngelOfMusic]

I saw the movie last year in USA. I thought it was very good.

[Hess]

Is it available on DVD og blu-ray ?

[smooth_usagi_criminal]

I can't believe this wasnt posted earlier. I saw the movie a while ago over the summer and I thought it was brilliant in the sections that involved Deago Luna (aka Michael) but the scenes with the nuns were a completely different story :P

But honestly, if you looking to watch a movie about Michael or something... this has got nothing to do with it.