Hopefully you got your 20th Anniversary edition of Say Anything… on Blu-ray or DVD. A bunch of stories hit the Internet to celebrate and I thought I would share them with you.
A very in-depth piece on nearly the entire cast of Singles and what they are up to over at the NY Daily News. It’s worth a look, so check it out.
Check out Pearl Jam’s new music video, “The Fixer” directed by Cameron. The video was shot at Seattle’s legendary Showbox Theater.
Say Anything… will be re-released on DVD (along with its first Blu-ray release) on November 3rd. I’m happy that the … has returned to the title.
This 20th anniversary edition BD carries over all of the bonus materials of the previous DVD edition and adds four new features (a trivia track and three featurettes.) Two of the features (the trivia track and one featurette are Blu-ray exclusives).
Special features include:
Unreality magazine lists their Top 10 Most Polarizing Films of the Decade and Vanilla Sky made the cut. This doesn’t surprise me at all, as many people either love it or hate it. Some love it so much, they saw it multiple times at the theater (and helped it reach $100 million in domestic box office) and dissect its multiple secrets, while others don’t like remakes, Tom Cruise or the ending. Here’s the list of films (in no particular order) that made their Top 10:
Yes. The rumors are true. Cameron directed a Pearl Jam video/commercial this Thursday in Seattle (at the legendary Showbox). It also looks like a 20th anniversary documentary of the band is in the works with Crowe at the helm. Kelly Curtis, Pearl Jam’s manager, provides the details in this interview with Billboard. Here’s a few exciting quotes:
Curtis said that the Target commercial was only one reason for the Showbox session; with singer Eddie Vedder on tour supporting his solo work for the next month, “we had a narrow window to get some footage,” says Curtis. “We shot three or four songs that night.” Curtis said that some of the footage may be used for a project that Cameron Crowe is working on in connection to the band’s 20th anniversary.
In case you missed it, Josh Ritter’s Golden Age of Radio has been reissued as a Deluxe 2 Disc Edition CD. Amongst the new features is an introduction essay by Cameron. Here’s all the details:
DELUXE EDITION FEATURES
By now I’m sure you’ve seen Jimmy Fallon’s new late night talk show. If you recall, Jimmy played Stillwater’s 2nd manager in Almost Famous, Dennis. There’s a nice interview with Jimmy and he does mention a bit about the film. Here’s the relevant quote:
“Cameron Crowe is a genius. If he asked me to deliver coffee to the set of a new movie right now, I would do it. On Almost Famous I had a beard that everyone thinks is fake, but it’s not. I was sitting next to my mother during the premiere and she kept asking me when I would be in the movie. I pointed myself out and she didn’t believe me because of the beard.”
