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Caffeine King · 05-01-2005, 04:34 PM

According to something I read at the IMDB (I know it's unreliable but the person who posted it seemed like somebody who wasn't talking BS and they had actual grammar skills

) according to a post that I read there Felicity Huffman won the Best Actress award at the Tribeca Film Festival for her role in this movie.

She plays a tranvestite.

Maybe there could be an Oscar in Felicity's future?

Somebody said that she gave a very Oscar worthy performance.

The film sounds interesting and if/when it's distributed I'd wanna try and see it.

L&OFan4Eva · 05-01-2005, 06:04 PM

If she got an Oscar, that would be a big FU to Teri Hatcher, and I would lobsterlove to see that!

Caffeine King · 05-01-2005, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by L&OFan4Eva

If she got an Oscar, that would be a big FU to Teri Hatcher, and I would lobsterlove to see that!

Yeah me too!

To have another Housewife get the spotlight instead of Teri (who IMO) isn't that great on the show and is extremely overrated. I just don't like Susan, she does nothing for me.

L&OFan4Eva · 05-01-2005, 06:31 PM

I love Teri, but Susan's shtick is getting older than America's Most Wanted. I love Felicity and I want to see her get the spotlight all to hers. But let's be realists. I don't see instant Oscar, but I see a Golden Globe in her future.

Caffeine King · 05-01-2005, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by L&OFan4Eva

I love Teri, but Susan's shtick is getting older than America's Most Wanted. I love Felicity and I want to see her get the spotlight all to hers. But let's be realists. I don't see instant Oscar, but I see a Golden Globe in her future.

I like America's Most Wanted!

If her performance is as good as everybody says and the movie isn't release too early and it gets enough publicity I can totally see Felicity getting an Oscar nomination especially because of the publicity around her, DH, and the rest of the DH cast.

I can see her getting a Golden Globe nom too if (like I said) her performance is as good as everybody is saying and she'd probably win the Golden Globe too.

Pentimento · 05-01-2005, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caffeine King

According to something I read at the IMDB (I know it's unreliable but the person who posted it seemed like somebody who wasn't talking BS and they had actual grammar skills

) according to a post that I read there Felicity Huffman won the Best Actress award at the Tribeca Film Festival for her role in this movie.

She plays a tranvestite.

That's mostly right. She played a preoperative transsexual woman -- not a transvestite -- on a cross-country road trip, but the part about winning Best Actress at Tribeca is accurate. Her husband, William H. Macy, accepted the award for her.

L&OFan4Eva · 05-01-2005, 07:26 PM

I can't wait to see this movie. I hope it's worth the wait. I read it's without a distributor, but that won't be for long in my opinion.

Brent88 · 05-01-2005, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by L&OFan4Eva

I love Teri, but Susan's shtick is getting older than America's Most Wanted. I love Felicity and I want to see her get the spotlight all to hers. But let's be realists. I don't see instant Oscar, but I see a Golden Globe in her future.

The Susan character is annoying. Funny at first, but not so anymore.

Caffeine King · 05-04-2005, 06:04 PM

Brent88 · 05-05-2005, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Caffeine King

http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/i...ansamerica.jpg

Caffeine King · 05-05-2005, 09:52 PM

http://outnow.ch/Media/Img/2005/Transamerica/

Caffeine King · 05-05-2005, 09:58 PM

Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers in Transamerica.

“It’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing — a Republican family-values movie except the family we’re getting to know are people they would call freaks and outsiders,” says Duncan Tucker about his first feature, Transamerica. After calling the father he’s never met to bail him out of jail, a teen hustler subsequently gets picked up and taken on a road trip from New York to Los Angeles by a woman claiming to be a close family friend. The son has no clue it’s actually his pre-op transsexual dad. “She had no idea she fathered a child in college and she’s just a few weeks away from her final surgery when she gets the call,” says Tucker. “Most of the movie is her trying to get rid of him as she maintains the ruse [that they’re not related]. They drive each other crazy but they don’t have anybody else — the boy’s mother has died — and the film takes turns you don’t really expect. It’s not campy, although there’s a lot of humor in it.”

Tucker was originally a writer and had early stories published before turning to visual arts in the ’80s East Village scene. “I was a generalist, and that’s what a storyteller has to be — you can always learn craft,” he says. Transamerica was inspired by a woman friend’s revelation of her original sex. “To be born feeling wrong about your gender is such a difficult journey, and to be told your identity is wrong as a child is heinous,” he says. Tucker’s first short, 2001’s drama The Mountain King, went to 30 fests and got a theatrical release in the compilation Boys to Men. Belladonna Productions partners Rene Bastian and Linda Moran (L.I.E.) came on board to produce Transamerica after hearing the screenplay read in 2002.

The Super 16mm Transamerica shot six weeks this past May and June in New York and Arizona, where Tucker grew up, with Stephen Kazmierski (You Can Count on Me) as d.p. Felicity Huffman (Magnolia) and Kevin Zegers (Dawn of the Dead) play father and son; also in the film are Elizabeth Peña (Lone Star), Graham Greene (Skins) and Fionnula Flanagan (The Others).

Caffeine King · 05-27-2005, 09:48 PM

Transamerica was picked up for distribution by those ex-Miramax guys...their (as of right now) untitled new movie company.

It'll be released December 2nd.

I think Felicity has a lock for a Best Actress nomination.

December is the month that studios will release films that they're confident will get Oscar nominations and they get much more recognized for Oscar nominations then films released earlier in the year.

I've read good buzz too (that others are confident that Felicity will get an Oscar nomination)

Coffeecup · 05-30-2005, 08:34 PM

Gee she looks different with the dark hair. I am so used seeing her as a blond.

Caffeine King · 06-18-2005, 02:35 PM

http://www.bbcworld.com/content/talk...65&co_pageid=3

Has a few pictures and a BBC clip about the movie (with clips from the movie itself)

Entertainment Weekly had a bit about Felicity Huffman and had a bit about Transamerica in there...I'll post it shortly.

I got my aunt to promise me that she'll go see this with me so long as I don't dye my hair this summer she said she'll go see whatever movie I wanted to (even ones that she'd never dream of seeing) so I chose this one

05-01-2005, 04:34 PM	#1
Caffeine King I Love Rayanne Graff Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 01, 2004 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 622	Transamerica According to something I read at the IMDB (I know it's unreliable but the person who posted it seemed like somebody who wasn't talking BS and they had actual grammar skills ) according to a post that I read there Felicity Huffman won the Best Actress award at the Tribeca Film Festival for her role in this movie. She plays a tranvestite. Maybe there could be an Oscar in Felicity's future? Somebody said that she gave a very Oscar worthy performance. The film sounds interesting and if/when it's distributed I'd wanna try and see it.
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05-04-2005, 06:04 PM	#9
Caffeine King I Love Rayanne Graff Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 01, 2004 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 622	Felicity Huffman as "Bree"

05-01-2005, 06:04 PM	#2
L&OFan4Eva Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 02, 2005 Posts: 477	If she got an Oscar, that would be a big FU to Teri Hatcher, and I would lobsterlove to see that!

05-01-2005, 06:31 PM	#4
L&OFan4Eva Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 02, 2005 Posts: 477	I love Teri, but Susan's shtick is getting older than America's Most Wanted. I love Felicity and I want to see her get the spotlight all to hers. But let's be realists. I don't see instant Oscar, but I see a Golden Globe in her future.

05-01-2005, 07:26 PM	#7
L&OFan4Eva Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 02, 2005 Posts: 477	I can't wait to see this movie. I hope it's worth the wait. I read it's without a distributor, but that won't be for long in my opinion.

05-05-2005, 09:52 PM	#11
Caffeine King I Love Rayanne Graff Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 01, 2004 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 622	http://outnow.ch/Media/Img/2005/Transamerica/

05-05-2005, 09:58 PM	#12
Caffeine King I Love Rayanne Graff Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 01, 2004 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 622	Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers in Transamerica. “It’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing — a Republican family-values movie except the family we’re getting to know are people they would call freaks and outsiders,” says Duncan Tucker about his first feature, Transamerica. After calling the father he’s never met to bail him out of jail, a teen hustler subsequently gets picked up and taken on a road trip from New York to Los Angeles by a woman claiming to be a close family friend. The son has no clue it’s actually his pre-op transsexual dad. “She had no idea she fathered a child in college and she’s just a few weeks away from her final surgery when she gets the call,” says Tucker. “Most of the movie is her trying to get rid of him as she maintains the ruse [that they’re not related]. They drive each other crazy but they don’t have anybody else — the boy’s mother has died — and the film takes turns you don’t really expect. It’s not campy, although there’s a lot of humor in it.” Tucker was originally a writer and had early stories published before turning to visual arts in the ’80s East Village scene. “I was a generalist, and that’s what a storyteller has to be — you can always learn craft,” he says. Transamerica was inspired by a woman friend’s revelation of her original sex. “To be born feeling wrong about your gender is such a difficult journey, and to be told your identity is wrong as a child is heinous,” he says. Tucker’s first short, 2001’s drama The Mountain King, went to 30 fests and got a theatrical release in the compilation Boys to Men. Belladonna Productions partners Rene Bastian and Linda Moran (L.I.E.) came on board to produce Transamerica after hearing the screenplay read in 2002. The Super 16mm Transamerica shot six weeks this past May and June in New York and Arizona, where Tucker grew up, with Stephen Kazmierski (You Can Count on Me) as d.p. Felicity Huffman (Magnolia) and Kevin Zegers (Dawn of the Dead) play father and son; also in the film are Elizabeth Peña (Lone Star), Graham Greene (Skins) and Fionnula Flanagan (The Others).

05-27-2005, 09:48 PM	#13
Caffeine King I Love Rayanne Graff Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 01, 2004 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 622	Transamerica was picked up for distribution by those ex-Miramax guys...their (as of right now) untitled new movie company. It'll be released December 2nd. I think Felicity has a lock for a Best Actress nomination. December is the month that studios will release films that they're confident will get Oscar nominations and they get much more recognized for Oscar nominations then films released earlier in the year. I've read good buzz too (that others are confident that Felicity will get an Oscar nomination)

05-30-2005, 08:34 PM	#14
Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,183	Gee she looks different with the dark hair. I am so used seeing her as a blond.

06-18-2005, 02:35 PM	#15
Caffeine King I Love Rayanne Graff Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 01, 2004 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 622	http://www.bbcworld.com/content/talk...65&co_pageid=3 Has a few pictures and a BBC clip about the movie (with clips from the movie itself) Entertainment Weekly had a bit about Felicity Huffman and had a bit about Transamerica in there...I'll post it shortly. I got my aunt to promise me that she'll go see this with me so long as I don't dye my hair this summer she said she'll go see whatever movie I wanted to (even ones that she'd never dream of seeing) so I chose this one