Un Anno da Leoni (The Big Year) - David Frankel

[Angmar]

"Centinaia di osservatori di uccelli competono nel concorso North American Big Year con la speranza di avvistare il maggior numero di specie durante il corso di un anno. Il film è basato sul romanzo di Mark Obmascik "The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession".

Dal regista de Il Diavolo Veste Prada, David Frankel, con un tris di attori brillanti di prima grandezza (Steve Martin, Jack Black e Owen Wilson) "arriva una sofisticata commedia su tre amici rivali che, stanchi di essere condizionati da obblighi e responsabilità, dedicano un anno delle loro vite a perseguire i loro sogni. Il loro "grande anno" li porterà attraverso il paese, in un viaggio di avventure selvagge che cambieranno le loro vite."

Questo, parola più, parola meno, stando alle parole delle varie presentazioni reperibili online. Certo che un film sul birdwatching o meglio, sui birdwatcher, non è da farselo scappare, quale che sia lo spazio che il nostro hobby avrà nella pellicola.
Il film esce in USA a ottobre, e tra novembre e marzo in Europa... Italia esclusa! Non che il film non esca - il cast è troppo rilevante per essere ignorato - ma ancora non è stata annunciata la release nel nostro paese.
In attesa di saperlo vi lascio al trailer del film:

http://youtu.be/JCBAP2wId5M?hd=1

[Angmar]

Il poster ufficiale:

[donatella]

Non vedo l'ora!!!

[asuka]

ideeeeem, sìsì! U_U

[Angmar]

Interessante intervista al regista su birdsandbloomsblog.com; forse il birdwatching sarà meno di sottofondo di quanto temessi:

David Frankel (Marley and Me, The Devil Wears Prada) is the director of The Big Year, staring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson (20th Century Fox, October 14). The movie, adapted from Mark Obmascik’s book of the same name, follows three extreme birders for a single year as they race across the United States in search of rare birds. David recently took some time to talk to Birds & Blooms about working on the movie.

What challenges did you face with adapting the book into a movie?

The biggest challenge with The Big Year is the scope of it all. It covers an entire year, which for a movie is already a lot. And then on top of that we’re trying to capture their experience over thousands of miles, all over the country. I think we really conveyed the scope of their journey.

What made shooting this movie unique?

It was important for us to capture the joy of nature and connect so deeply to undisturbed parts of the hemisphere. We shot all over, from Florida and California to New York and western Canada. Every day was more spectacular than the day before. That was part of the magic for the actors, too. Every day they would wander onto the set and they’d be up in the mountains, knee-deep in snow or in a canoe somewhere.

How did you get the footage of birds for the movie?

The backgrounds we traveled to and shot ourselves. Some of the birds in the movie are a combination of stock footage shots. For really specific birds, we hired a crew to shoot those for us. A few of the group bird shots were created using computers.

This is a movie about birding, but it’s also a comedy. How do those two things work together? Are you making fun of birders?

We believe we portray birders both accurately and respectfully. The film portrays competitive birders with great warmth and enthusiasm for their ambition, and great fascination with their obsession.

Did you meet any of the birders from the book?

I bet both Al Levantine and Greg Miller. We fictionalized their lives so dramatically that the characters have other names in the movie. The movie is based on the book, but it’s not a direct translation. But it accurately portrays three guys doing competitive birding.

Are you a birder yourself?

I’m married to an amateur birder. I don’t think she plans to compete like these guys, but she’s the one who has opened my eyes to birding. We live in Miami, not far from the Everglades, and have taken our kids there. Now I’m definitely more aware of the birds around me.

How have people received the movie?

Most people don’t know what to think about bird-watching as a topic, but when we screen the movie for people, most of those people aren’t birders and it seems to open their eyes. It’s very easy to get into birding.

[maudoc]

E noi che a Verona stiamo facendo il big year?

http://www.veronabirdwatching.org/associazione/big2011.html

[Daniele Capello]

ottimo, poi con questo cast attirerà sicuramente anche "non addetti all'hobby" e magari aiuterà a diffondere il bw anche in Italia!!

[Angmar]

Due clip dal film!:

http://www.youtube.com/user/thebigyearm ... NyUvqSTczg

http://www.youtube.com/user/thebigyearm ... MHlzAuYnfs

[Andrea Ravagnani]

Che figata

[AKU]

be nn vorrei essere il solito pessimista ma più che attirare neo adepti al mondo del BW in Italia credo che ci vedranno come dei deficienti pazzoidi che non hanno un cavolo da fare e vanno in giro come scemi e matti a cercare uccelli, arrivando a massacrarsi anche tra amici nello spasmo competitivo

in Italia poi...dai.... dove già siamo visti coem dei rompiballe sfigati che piuttosto che godersi intere giornate allo stadio o nei centri commerciali perdono tempo in paludi zanzarose