Nov
16
2011
0

Lost Christmas Trailer and Screening Info

[thanks Barbara!]

An urban fairytale from the backstreets of Manchester. It is Christmas Eve and everyone is getting ready for the big day; everyone that is, except Anthony, a strange, enigmatic being who wakes up in the street, not knowing where he is or what he’s here to do. But Anthony has a remarkable ability: the power to find the lost… But is Anthony’s ability real, or just an illusion?

We are delighted to announce that we will be joined at the screening by Eddie Izzard (Anthony), Larry Mills (Goose), John Hay (Writer/Director), David Logan (Writer), Elliot Jenkins (Producer) and Sue Nott (Executive Producer). Please note Lost Christmas is most suitable for children aged 8 and above.

Preview courtesy of CBBC and Impact Film and Television.

Trailer:

TICKET/SCREENING INFO>> at BFI.

Written by Momo in: Movies,News,video |
Nov
08
2011
0

Eddie Izzard interview

Eddie Izzard is many things, a stand up comedian,a Hollywood actor, barefoot sprinter, marathon runner and history obsesseive.

Hear him and Richard talk about how the Stone Age was once modern and the benefits of tunics or skirts on men.

He is also close enough to George Clooney to admit that the handsome star is way better than him at table soccer.

>> AUDIO INTERVIEW HERE

Written by Momo in: Interview,News |
Nov
08
2011
2

Transvestite comedian for Mayor of London?

Eddie Izzard chats candidly about the nine-year plan that culminates with him running for Mayor of London.

>> VIDEO HERE

Written by Momo in: Interview,News,Politics & Causes,video |
Oct
31
2011
0

Eddie Izzard – Eddie Izzard Planning Barefoot Desert Trek For Charity

[from contactmusic.com]

British funnyman Eddie Izzard is planning to run barefoot through the African desert to raise money for charity, according to a U.K. report.
The actor has pushed himself to the limits to raise funds for good causes in recent years, including running 1,100 miles (1,770 kilometres) across the U.K. in 51 days in 2009.

Now he plans to complete his toughest challenge yet by running without shoes through the hot African landscape to boost funds for British charity Sport Relief, according to U.K. newspaper the Daily Mirror.

A source tells the publication, “It’s only a couple of months before the challenge is due to start so he really needs to get training. But last time he only started running five weeks before his first marathon so maybe he’s hoping the same build-up will work again.

“No one has ever done anything like this barefoot before so in a way he’s stepping into the unknown. It’s definitely his toughest challenge yet.”

The run is slated to take place in January or February (12).

Written by Momo in: News,Politics & Causes |
Oct
28
2011
0

Eddie Izzard loves pirate role

[from sun.co.uk]

EDDIE Izzard got so attached to the crutch he used as Long John Silver he took it HOME.
The actor and comedian learned to walk with it because his right leg is lopped off in the first episode of Sky1’s Treasure Island.

But Eddie, 49, couldn’t do without it — even after filming ended. He admitted: “I grew to love the crutch. It looks great.”

Eddie shaved his head to play the legendary pirate role and used a Cockney accent instead of the usual West Country twang. He said: “It twisted it a bit and made it mine.”

And he relished the gritty nature of the Christmas two-parter. He said: “I thought Treasure Island was like panto, but this has real edge.”

>> PHOTO HERE

[from digitalspy.com]
Eddie Izzard: ‘Sky1’s new Treasure Island is kick-ass like Goodfellas’

Eddie Izzard has compared his Sky1 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island to the Hollywood gangster film Goodfellas.

Izzard said that he had previously considered the story to be more like a “pantomime”, but claimed that the new two-part drama was “evil enough” to lure him into taking part.

“I agreed to do it because it is a Goodfellas style kick-ass version.” said the comic.

Izzard plays pirate villain Long John Silver, alongside a cast including Phillip Glenister, Donald Sutherland, Elijah Wood, Rupert Penry-Jones, Daniel Mays and Keith Allen.

“The line that I was using was that the original Batman was quite a campy Batman. Then Tim Burton took it, kept it still for the family, but added a real edge to it. This is like the first Tim Burton Batman films,” said Izzard.

“We want to keep everyone watching it, but we also want to add a real edge to it.”

Shot on location in Ireland and Puerto Rico, the two-part adaptation was written by Stewart Harcourt (Poirot, Marple) and directed by Steve Barron (Merlin).

Treasure Island will air on Sky1 over Christmas and New Year.

Written by Momo in: Movies,News,TV |
Oct
21
2011
0

Eddie Izzard at the Largo: A Hilarious End to the Comedian’s ‘Secret’ Three-Night Stand

[from laweekly.com]

“I was laughing. It was funny,” a deadpan Izzard fan protested at 2 a.m. this morning. Obviously a newcomer. Maybe an asshole. Clearly it was too late for enthusiasm for some folks on a Thursday because I’m pretty sure Eddie never misses his mark…and last night at the Largo at the Coronet was absolutely no exception. Eddie killed.

Much like his stint here in 2009, for the past three nights it was just Eddie in a room filled with mostly die-hard fans (his Twitter followers, likely). It was Eddie solo. Eddie intimate. Eddie without a dress. These things happen all the time in Los Angeles, right? Our favorite entertainers come to us, the jaded, star-wiped Angelenos, and get real, or at least get closer. Otherwise we might mob them at the Bean & Leaf.

“A midnight show in Los Angeles? Most other cities it’s cool and it happens all the time…but it’s just weird in L.A.,” Izzard quipped to his sold out show. “There’s a bit of it out there. I know that it happens…but there’s three people who do it.”

Looking like our collective hip bachelor uncle in his blazer and jeans, the self-purported “executive transvestite” channeled more executive than transvestite (a balance he’s more or less maintained over the past few years). He delightfully rambled and mumbled his way through recent material in a set that was reminiscent of his recent summer solo at the Hollywood Bowl.

He hammered out some newer bits — all of them combining his trademark historical meandering with Pythonesque absurdity (“Beware the Spartan Sheep!”).

With Izzard, you’re always going to get a few Nazi jabs: “If there are any Nazis here, you’re in the wrong room.” He then pantomimed a hapless middling Nazi at Nuremberg needing to use the loo mid-goose step.

Keeping it fairly fresh and relevant at times (no, absolutely no Gadhafi jokes), he spent a good 70% of the show effectively skewering the Tea Party and theists in general: “If there’s a god, I want my god to have a plan. Because if you go through the thorough history, of well, everything…there’s no fucking plan whatsoever!”

He even showed us how to use the new iPhone…mainly because his act, by his own admission, has become somewhat dependent on Wikipedia. He’s even taken to reading articles at length, adding his own skewed version of reality to the mix.

One die-hard fan who’d seen him in tiny clubs in London, Boston, New York and here likens repeat viewings of the same material to your favorite band. “Oh, it’s great, it’s like your favorite band doing the same songs….but just slightly differently….and improvising a bit,” he told us.

All that said, Eddie solo, even with fairly recent but not brand-spanking-new material is still fucking hilarious. In a small room, the full animation of his facial expressions and absurd pantomime is actually in focus. He’s one of few people left that can say nothing audible or intelligible for ten minutes (with a killer velociraptor impersonation) and still be a side-splitting time. Even at 2 a.m. On a weeknight. In the city that apparently can’t keep it together past midnight.

No worries, Mr. Izzard: We were laughing. It was funny.

Written by Momo in: Interview,Tour,Tour Reviews |
Oct
21
2011
0

Spence Denny talks to Eddie Izzard

[from abc.net.au]

Comedian Eddie Izzard thinks those that believe he shouldn’t be wearing make-up are the ones that need to see a psychologist….have a listen to this funnyman to make up your own mind….

>> LISTEN HERE

Written by Momo in: Tour |
Oct
21
2011
0

Eddie’s East African Video Diary

In September, Eddie Izzard travelled to Kenya with UNICEF UK to film a documentary about the children’s emergency in East Africa. The show, Eddie Izzard – Didn’t We Fix Famine? was broadcast on ITV1 on Thursday 20 October. (Watch it online.)While he was on the trip, Eddie recorded this exclusive video diary and photo gallery for us. Below the video, read Eddie’s tweets from the field and find out more about UNICEF’s work in East Africa.If you’d like to support our work with children in East Africa, please click to donate, or text FAMINE to 70099 to give £5. Thank you.

Written by Momo in: Politics & Causes,video |
Oct
21
2011
0

Photo Story: Eddie Izzard in East Africa

In September, Eddie Izzard travelled to Kenya with UNICEF UK to film a documentary about the children’s emergency in East Africa. The show, Eddie Izzard – Didn’t We Fix Famine? was broadcast on ITV on Thursday 20 October. (Watch it online.)

These photos were taken on Eddie’s documentary shoot. He also recorded an exclusive video diary for UNICEF. If you’d like to support UNICEF’s work for children in East Africa, please donate by clicking on the red icon to the right. Thank you.

>> PHOTOS HERE

Written by Momo in: Photos,Politics & Causes |
Oct
21
2011
0

Marathon man Eddie hails endurance of African kids

[from thesun.co.uk | thanks Jean]

WHEN Eddie Izzard salutes you for your ability to carry on despite the toughest conditions, it means something special.
The 49-year-old funnyman, floored his critics by completing an incredible 43 successive marathons in 51 days and now is in training to compete in a series of Ironman races.

Yet, Eddie, fresh from returning from the Horn of Africa, admits he was bowled over by the spirit and strength of character of very young children in the famine-hit region.

“As a Westerner I know a bit about enduring, but some of these children walked for a month to get over the border,” he says of his visit to the world’s largest refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya.

>> READ MORE WITH PHOTOS

Written by Momo in: Photos,Politics & Causes |

 


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