"Along with the expected Battle of
the Box Office Dinosaurs, every truly successful summer movie seasons needs an
underdog, a modest movie that has the heart and soul most of the big budget
blockbusters just don't seem to have.
This summer already has that film: The Flying Scotsman."
John Black,
Boston Now
"...this is an
impressively directed, sharply written and superbly acted film that tells a
fascinating and emotionally gripping story." Matthew Turner,
mymovies.net
03.05.2007 - Glen Sumi in
Now Magazine has an interview with Jonny Lee
Miller (it includes some audio clips - this helps you appreciate just how good
his Scottish accent is!) and a short review - ..."director Mackinnon and Miller
are sensitive, not sentimental, in their exploration of depression. Good
supporting work, too, from Billy Boyd and Brian Cox. It'll make you dust off
your bike and hit the road."
02.05.2007 - The
BostonHerald.com has an interview with Jonny
Lee Miller again talking about the film.
02.05.2007 - Another 5 Star review on
Times Online (New Zealand) Barbara Weil writes
"The Flying Scotsman is a hard film to find fault with" and "it’s simply a
must-see film."
01.05.2007 -
IMDb is now listing a 28 June 2007 release date
for Singapore
01.05.2007 - Emily S. Mendel on
culturevulture.net writes of Jonny Lee Millers
performance as Graeme Obree - "His performance in The Flying Scotsman is
inspired, nuanced and genuine"
30.04.2007 - Click here to see a first class interview with Jonny Lee Miller by
Capone on Ain't It Cool
where he gives some interesting information about the film.
27.04.2007 -
Verve Pictures (no details on the site yet) are
now listed as being the
distributor of The Flying Scotsman in the UK.
6th July is still listed as the release date.
27.04.2007 -
Michael Tarry in Thread writes Jonny Lee Miller
"creates here a picture of depression that is appropriately disturbing and
entirely believable" and " in the case of The Flying Scotsman, “tender” and
“inspirational” mean exactly what they are supposed to."
26.04.2007 - New Zealand Woman's Weekly gives The Flying Scotsman a 4
Star review - "a compelling & heart-warming film"
12.04.2007 -
Metro.co.uk indicates today that a 6th July
release in the UK has been announced. Jonny Lee Miller comments "The Flying
Scotsman is a positive, uplifting film, a combination of strong characters, good
dialogue and a wonderfully inspiring story of a family overcoming huge obstacles
together.
"Playing a living person was nerve-wracking and quite a responsibility,
especially as Graeme was on set so often. In preparation for the role I trained
for months and every day during filming, even if it meant getting up at four in
the morning!"
07.04.2007 - Jonny Lee Miller was in Philadelphia holding a question
and answer session following the screening of The Flying Scotsman.
Jonny Lee Miller at the Philadelphia Film Festival
04.04.2007 - Today's news release from the
16th
Philadelphia Film Festival reports that Jonny
Lee Miller, who plays the part of Graeme Obree, is in town for the Centerpiece
Screening of The Flying Scotsman at 9.45pm on Friday April 6th at the Ritz East Theater 1 -
click here to book tickets.
The Flying Scotsman is presently the 2nd highest rated film out of nearly 300
being shown in the festival.
01.04.2007 - Just released, the official MGM production notes for The
Flying Scotsman, including interviews with, and information about, the cast
including Jonny Lee Miller, Brian Cox, Billy Boyd and Laura Fraser, the Director
Douglas Mackinnon, one of the writers Simon Rose and Graeme Obree himself -
click here for the MGM production notes
31.03.2007 - A Charity preview of The Flying Scotsman is being held on
23rd April 2007 (Lido Cinema, 427 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland) to support the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.
Please click here to arrange to purchase tickets.
Also if you live near Auckland
click here to have a chance to
WIN tickets for a screening at View
30.03.2007 - MGM's official The Flying Scotsman trailer on
YouTube has now had 8000 views.
28.03.2007 - Many thanks to Rialto Distribution for the list of nearly
40 cinemas currently scheduled to be screening The Flying Scotsman in New
Zealand from the 25th April 2007 - others may be added -
please click here for the list.
27.03.2007 - MGM is now listing The Flying Scotsman as
opening in the following North American cities, Boston, Chicago, Houston, New
York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and Washington DC on 4th May
2007. MGM's poster still indicates 20th April as does IMDb.
IMDb is now listing a July 6th 2007 release
date for The Flying Scotsman in the UK. Also
the official MGM trailer on YouTube has now
been seen by more than 5500 people.
Photo Credit: Distributed by MGM Distribution Co. All rights reserved.
The Philadelphia story! The Flying Scotsman is to be given a
Centerpiece Screening at the
Philadelphia Film Festival. The screening is
scheduled for 9.45pm on Friday April 6th at the Ritz East Theater 1 -
click here to book tickets
MGM have now released an official trailer on YouTube. Simply click on
the button in the middle of the screen below to view it.
Congratulations to
Filmstalker for getting a quote on the New
Zealand cinema poster to be used for the 25th April opening.
Rialto Cinemas
in New Zealand are now listing a release date for The Flying Scotsman of 25th
April 2007.
Rialto
Distribution are responsible
for distribution in Australia..
Reports on the net (IMDb message board)
are now suggesting that The Flying Scotsman will be released in the UK on July
7th.
An Australian website,
thecia.com, is suggesting The Flying Scotsman
movie will be released there on 12 July 2007 - more news will follow if this can
be confirmed.
Reports on the net suggest that a
wider release in the United States seems likely on
20th April 2007. We will let you know if this is confirmed.
Best wishes for 2007 - a year when we hope everyone will get the chance to see The
Flying Scotsman.
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