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Live!
2008
"Live!" follows ABN network president Katy Courbet and up-and-coming documentary filmmaker Rex as inspiration strikes to create the most daring reality program ever. The show is Russian Roulette, network style, with contestants competing for 5 million dollars on-air, complete with loaded guns. As seen through the lens of a .. Read more
| Starring | Eva Mendes, David Krumholtz, Eric Lively, Katie Cassidy |
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| Director | Bill Guttentag |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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Live!
"Live!" follows ABN network president Katy Courbet and up-and-coming documentary filmmaker Rex as inspiration strikes to create the most daring reality program ever. The show is Russian Roulette, network style, with contestants competing for 5 million dollars on-air, complete with loaded guns. As seen through the lens of a documentary film crew, Live! examines the competitive and often gut-wrenching world of television production, where everyone from the crew to the contestants to the network brass becomes engulfed in a ratings battle to the top-a battle where questions of morality, ethics and sheer will lead to a darkly humorous and unforgettable outcome.
| Starring | Eva Mendes, David Krumholtz, Eric Lively, Katie Cassidy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Rob Brown, Jay Hernandez, Monet Mazur, Andre Braugher, Scott Haze |
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| Director | Bill Guttentag |
| Studio | Lions Gate UK Ltd |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 36 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Mar 2009 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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14 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Must see. It's a journey and a half
This is one of those films I went out on a limb with, and I wasn't disappointed, at least, not in the end.
In fact, I think the producers were putting themselves out there too, and deserve the credit for daring to pose the ultimate live TV question.
I'll warn you now. Eva Mendes is somewhat intense, and you might at first find her character annoying, but stay with it. The plot does thicken around her.
I didn't really know what to expect of the general style, or if the hand-held style would have me switch off, but by the end, you'll realise that it's part of the plan, and in my view, courageously directed.
If you like films that make you think, and perhaps have you wondering whether there's some joke on you, then do watch this.
If however, you want something to relax you with a glass of red, then forget it. Got watch a chick-flick.
Personally, I'd recommend this to anyone, and I'm pretty sure most of my friends will thank me for it :) -
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Delivers a few jabs without the knockout punch
The story itself, if not completely original about how far television stations will go to grab their share of the audience is an interesting one. However, the way that the subject matter is dealt with has the feel of a film made by film students whose only points of reference are from the last ten years of film and television. It's a an amusing concept cunjured up in a bar late at night that focuses more on the 'wouldn't it cool if we did...' idea of film making rather than acheiving greater dramactic and comedic impact by sticking as close to reality as possibly. Always good to see something that attempts to deviate from the Hollywood formula, but Big Brother was obviously still looking over their shoulders throughout.
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