Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna Movie Trailer
Spike Lee’s big screen adaptation of James McBride’s Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four black American soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped in a small Tuscan village on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The film deals with the Sant’Anna di Stazzema massacre, but is structured with a Titanic/Saving Private Ryan flashback plot device involving a priceless Italian artifact, which is discovered in a murderer’s closet. The sculpted head from Ponte Santa Trinita, valued at $5 million, is a clue to a mystery that began 39 years earlier, when the soldiers found themselves trapped behind enemy lines and separated from their unit after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy.
Miracle at St. Anna stars Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Matteo Sciabordi, John Leguizamo, and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Judging from the trailer, Spike Lee might be heading for an Oscar nomination with this one. Tell me what you think in the comments below.
You can watch the trailer in High Definition on Yahoo. Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna will hit theaters on September 26th 2008.
Shirley Manson signed to Sarah Connor Chronicles, other casting notes - VIDEO
Looky there. With just those seven little words The Sarah Connor Chronicles has become the show I’m most looking forward to next season. With music, there’s nothing I like more than putting a little Garbage on the turntable. Because of that, over the years I’ve become just a little bit obsessed with Shirley Manson. And now comes word that the lovely and talented Miss Manson has been signed to the show.
Just that is enough to make me watch, but it gets even better. This isn’t a musical guest like someone stopping by to play at P3 or the Montecito. Oh no, Shirley will join the cast in a regular role as Catherine Weaver, CEO of a high-tech company. One could certainly argue that it’s stunt casting, or that they could find a more qualified actor to take on such a big role. But any crazy argument like that will fall on deaf ears here pal. It’s Shirley Manson. That’s all I need to know.
In other casting news, fans of Californication can look forward to Paula Marshall (Cupid!) returning for eight more episodes. Over at ABC, Josh Cooke (Big Day) has been added to an untitled comedy pilot from David Cohan and Max Mutchick. That one also stars Alan Tudyk (Firefly). The two of them play life long friends and business partners, with Cooke’s character being straight and Tudyk’s being gay.
They’re joined at ABC by Will Sasso (Mad TV). He’s been added to Five Year Plan, another comedy about a group of twenty-somethings trying to find direction in their lives. And finally, over at Fox we find Courtroom K. It’s described as a darkly comedic courtroom drama and boasts Alfred Molina as a judge. He’s joined by Michael Landes (Special Unit 2), Megan Dodds (Spooks), Jon Bernthal (The Class), and Omar Benson Miller. The early bets are that if this one goes to series it completes the law show failure tri-fecta that was started with Justice, and continued with Canterbury’s Law.
And just to bring it all full circle, the most cinematic of the Garbage videos, “The World Is Not Enough.”