Steven is a Hollywood screenwriter who's lost his edge. Nobody wants his scripts. His ... more
successful friend recommends he contact Sarah who is (according to his friend) a muse, one of the daughters of Zeus who inspires creativity. The only problem is that ...
Steven Phillips, a Hollywood screenwriter, loses his creative edge and doesn't know where ... more
to turn. Then a friend recommends that he gets in touch with Sarah, a Muse - one of the nine daughters of the god Zeus who are said to inspire creativity...
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
...his luck film writerwho enlists the help of Sharon Stone whom he believes is a Greek muse. She gives him inspiration but he has to provide for her expensive and strange tastes and requirements. As the film develops people whom she used to help come and ask for help from her. Broks isn't very happy about this as he believes this will weaken her musing ablities. The film is a ll about her effect on this family. It is a funny, comic filmfor a little ... more
Albert Brooks is a down on his luck film writerwho enlists the help of Sharon Stone whom he believes is a Greek muse. She gives him inspiration but he has to provide for her expensive and strange tastes and requirements. As the film develops people whom she used to help come and ask for help from her. Broks isn't very happy about this as he believes this will weaken her musing ablities. The film is a ll about her effect on this family. It is a funny, comic filmfor a little light relief.
Advantages: Muse at their best, lengthy set Disadvantages: Strange camera work
Filmed in October 2001, Hullabaloo features Muse's famous performance at Le Zenith in France. The DVD was recorded from footage taken over two nights and merged together to create a concert which without knowing beforehand, feels like one gig on it's own.
It's worth noting that there are NO songs from Absolution on this DVD. Absolution was released two years after the filming and the songs are from OOS and Showbiz. Also, look out for the fantastic "Dead Star" and "In Your World" which were released as a double A side. They never found their way on to a studio album, and the live performances on this DVD make you wonder why. They're both incredible songs and some of Muse's finest work to date.
When i first watched this concert though, i was a little disappointed. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the performance itself. Matt ...
Advantages: Interesting information about the bands early days. Disadvantages: No footage of the band performing or their music on the DVD.
I watched this DVD fro the first time the other day and after watching it i had mixed feelings about whether i liked it or not.
I, myself am a very very big muse fan so i very much wanted to see it when i heard it was coming out.
The DVD goes relatively deeply into MUSE's early days with people being intervied such as record producers, magazine editers and matts old guitar technician. It goes from the bands first gig to them getting signed and becoming very big, very quickly.
I feel that the DVD did inform me about a lot of things that i didnt know about the early days but i also think that on the other hand it would have been nice to see some clips of MUSE live in there and some of there songs as well.
Overall i would reccomend this DVD to a big MUSe fan who is ineterested in the history of the band but dont expect to see ...
Advantages: Excellent track list, camera work helps capture the live feel, refreshing "documentary" Disadvantages: Very few - recorded before the Absolution album, high price (£20+)
Anybody who has been to see a Muse concert will know what it's all about - crowd interaction, lightshows, giant balloons filled with ticker-tape, and most importantly incredible music. 99.9% of fans leaving a Muse concert know they have just witnessed one of the best live bands in the world today, and Hulllabaloo provides a mere taste of that.
Filmed in Paris in October 2001, Hullabaloo contains live footage of 19 of the best tracks from the Devonshire rock band's first 2 albums and early EPs. Those who own the CD soundtrack may question the need for purchasing the DVD as well, but the addition of tracks such as Bliss, Plug In Baby, New Born and Unintended means this is essential to anybody who is even remotely a fan of Muse. The DVD contains something for everybody, from the hard rocking Dead Star, to the angelic ballad Unintended ...
Steven Phillips, a Hollywood screenwriter, loses his creative edge and doesn't know where to turn. Then a friend recommends that he gets in touch with Sarah, a Muse - one of the nine daughters of the god Zeus who are said to inspire creativity...
"...Credit Stone for a blithe, sexy turn..." -- 3 out of 5 Stars (Premiere, pp.96-98, 01/03/2000)
"...A potently funny lampoon of all things Hollywood..." (Rolling Stone, p.125-6, 02/09/1999)
"...The script and dialogue are dead-on....[Certain] scenes possess a deliciously knowing air..." (Variety, p.28-9, 16/08/1999)
DVD Description
Albert Brooks is Steven Phillips, a veteran screenwriter of 17 films who is told he has lost his edge. A fellow writer with a string of successes under his belt (Jeff Bridges) refers Phillips to Sarah (Sharon Stone), a professional muse (see Greek mythology). In exchange for the royal treatment and a showering of expensive gifts, she will grace writers with her presence, which seems to magically spark profitable ideas from the client's mind. Is her power real or is it all in her clients' heads
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