Genevieve bujold, keith carradine, lesley ann warren, patrick bauchau, rae dawn chong, john larroquette, edward ruscha, gailard sartain. Love is a mysterious game for the players in choose me, writerdirector alan rudolphs uniquely eccentric spin on matters of the heart. Rudolph s highly stylized and often unpredictable ensembles often felt like a mixture of robert altman who produced some of his 1990s work, like the. This is a movie about various people who are all up late at night. Choose me is a 1984 american comedydrama film directed and written by alan rudolph, starring keith carradine, lesley ann warren, and genevieve bujold. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. And when theres a price involved, she can help others but not herself. Choose me brings together a group of quirky characters in a round robin of heterosexual. Forum of independents tribute to alan rudolph year. The album which included the top 10 ac hit single, hold me, with vocals from a young whitney houston was later featured prominently as the evocative soundtrack to alan rudolphs 1984 film, choose me.
So have those looking for a moody but credible reflection on decades of regrets. He had starring roles in films like ridley scotts the duellists, alan rudolphs choose me and louis malles pretty baby before he even turned 30. Afterglow has a script that permits coincidence and contrivance. Dr nancy love descends from the sterility of her radio studio for an unexpected with mickey bolton keith carrdine in choose me directed by alan rudolph photo front photo back. His voice is an older mans, reedy and sweetish with a california sound.
May 02, 2018 speaking on the phone from his home in washington state, director alan rudolph was friendly and talkative, even though he had to pack for his upcoming trip to promote his first movie in 15 years, ray meets helen. Alan rudolph is a kindred spirit to filmmakers on the order of jonathan demme and his mentor robert altman, evincing an abiding interest in everyday and intimate human behavior, and in the social milieus we place ourselves in andor from which we try to extricate ourselves. The best movies directed by alan rudolph flickchart. Yearning to watch choose me on your tv or mobile device at home. With sondra locke and his favorite actor, academy award winner keith carradine, he tells the story of the former boxer ray and the lonely helen, who are both chasing their lost dreams. Several lostsoul nightowls, including a nightclub owner, a talkback radio relationships counseller, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance. Watch choose me 1984 online for free the roku channel. Remember me register a new account lost your password.
Director alan rudolph hit his stride with this quirky comedydrama in which the characterizations outweigh and eventually overwhelm the plot. And this is a condition that does not necessarily disappear with. Choose me had also been a smash at the seattle international film festival, of which i was a co. Several lostsoul nightowls, including a nightclub owner, a talkback radio relationships. Choose me, along with the other alan rudolph films ive seen, appears to resist categorization. Choose me is a 1984 english film stars genevieve bujold, alan rudolph, alan rudolph, jan kiesser, mia goldman, keith carradine, lesley ann warren, patrick bauchau, rae dawn chong, john larroquette, edward ruscha, gailard sartain, carolyn pfeiffer, david blocker, steven legler, tracy tynan, directed by alan rudolph. Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the alan rudolph directed movie via subscription can be. His career is impressive, the list of the films he made unforgettable with his presence is long. Apart from its other qualities, which are many, alan rudolph s choose me is an audaciously intriguing movie. Its main purpose, indeed, may be to intrigue us as other films aim to thrill or arouse or mystify. In choose me 1984, rudolph dissects the sexual mores of the 80s as precisely as did arthur schnitzler those of vienna at the turn of the last century, but there is nothing duran duran in this movie, otherwise distinguished by a neonoirish vision of urbanity and a spirit that is close to that of old barrelhouse blues. Ray meets helen, all right, but moviegoers expecting a sprightly goldenyears romance have come to the wrong place. Choose me is alan rudolph s wildest film, a comedydrama about the chance acquaintances and occurrences that affect individual lives and.
You watch it attentively, but continually drift in and out of sleep while watching. Those willing to embrace rudolph s unorthodox pacing and offbeat moods, however. While studying accounting at ucla, the younger rudolph dropped out to work in minor production capacities in the hollywood studio system. She gives advice to the lovelorn every day but shes never been in love herself. Alan rudolphs top 10 the current the criterion collection. Choose me is a conscious throwback to noir of the 1940s to movies made up of dark streets and wet pavements, hookers under street lamps, pimps in shiny postwar studebakers, and people who smoke a lot. Alan rudolph is a pioneer in the american independent film movement. And this is a condition that does not necessarily disappear with successive viewings. Imagine a soap in which the characters subtly mock their roles while the actors occasionally break down in grief about their offscreen lives. Those willing to embrace rudolphs unorthodox pacing and offbeat moods, however.
May 04, 2018 in ray meets helen, auteur alan rudolph, who throughout his almost 50year career has steadfastly remained an indie spirit, posits his favored muse keith carradine as ray, a washedup boxer who, one teeming l. Both films are the work of alan rudolph, who is creating a visual world as distinctive as fellinis and as cheerful as edward hoppers. Jewels in the wasteland 2019, presented by mubi choose me. Out of competition released on alan rudolph choose me.
Apr 30, 2018 people just dont surrender to my movies, ever, says director alan rudolph, on the phone from his home on an island near seattle. The rainy, smoky, lovesick world of alan rudolph, the last. Lucky is a handyman who has pampered bmovie actress wife named phyllis. Of their three collaborations, the most intriguing alan rudolph film to feature bujold is 1984s choose me, which more or less focuses on two female leads, with usual repertory star keith carradine taking the backseat between them.
Choose me 1984 watch on prime video or streaming online. To really get inside the spirit of trouble in mind, it would probably help to see choose me 1984 first. And now, after a fourteen year directorial layoff his last film was 2002s little seen the secret lives of dentists, alan rudolph returns to the big screen with ray meets helen, which will reunite him with frequent collaborators, keith carradine and lesley ann warren, who so memorably starred in his 1984 cult fave, choose me. Search and download from millions of songs and albums. Director rudolph came to prominence with choose me 1984, the story of the sexual relationships among a handful of lonely, but charming, people an exprostitute bar owner lesley ann warren, an emotionally repressed radio talk show hostess bujold, and a disarmingly honest madman carradine. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Directed by alan rudolph, usa, 1984, 1h 46min, 35mm. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for alan rudolph.
Last blood and brad pitts ad astra at thursday box office. Alan rudolph was robert altmans protegee, and he made the sort of films that altman would have made if he hadnt been so gnarled and misanthropic. Director rudolph came to prominence with choose me 1984, the story of the sexual. Youre either into alan rudolph s stilted dialogue and character actors pass the baton, altman lite plots or youre not. Because the tone is pitched squarely but elusively between the naturalistic and stylized, the film, as with trouble in mind, can be a disarming watch. Alan steven rudolph born december 18, 1943 is an american film director and screenwriter. Alan rudolph phone, address, background info whitepages. American director alan rudolph was the son of oscar rudolph, a onetime actor who later directed such low budget films as twist around the clock and such economical tv fare as the lone ranger. Director alan rudolph wrote the screenplay, creating unique yet robust characters, whose interplay is as illustrious as a fine tuned baby grand. Choose me movies special screenings the austin chronicle. Considered by most critics to be robert altman protege alan rudolphs best film at least until the celebrated afterglow years later choose me is nonetheless probably a hard pill to swallow for mainstream audiences unused to the directors idiosyncrasies. Alan rudolph and keith carradine in conversation duration. Rudolph has an affinity for the purest, most impenetrable jive, for characters who pour forth every.
Alan rudolph celebrity profile check out the latest alan rudolph photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. This movie is about these people and their desire for a normal life. In 1990, rudolph wrote and directed the private eye love story, love at large, which was filmed in portland, ore. With genevieve bujold, keith carradine, lesley ann warren, patrick bauchau. He is a director and writer, known for trouble in mind 1985, choose me 1984 and afterglow 1997. Rudolph, the rednosed reindeer free christmas carols. People just dont surrender to my movies, ever, says director alan rudolph, on the phone from his home on an island near seattle. The films tagline is in the middle of the night, when theres no one else. The seaplanes are taking off, he says, and hell move if they get too noisy. Alan rudolph directed this movie in 1984 title choose me. Hes uneven as hell but when it works his films cast a woozy spell.
They keep waiting for a regular movie to break out, and. Separate addresses with a comma please email me a copy. Apr 26, 2019 dont choose the wrong door challenge with ryan nickelodeon version ryan plays with daddy to see who wins at dont choose the wrong mystery door. Here in new york, the quad cinema is doing a retrospective of rudolphs work, including the three films that he assistantdirected. Equally unhappy is marianne who is married to jeffrey who is a businessman who has little time to devote to his wife. Alan rudolph, recently unretired film director and slepton romantic of american movies, is speaking to me by phone from bainbridge island in washingtons puget sound.
He has directed nineteen narrative features and one featurelength documentary. This drama is about two married couples whose marriages collide as both suffer problems. High resolution official theatrical movie poster for choose me 1984. Sep 28, 2019 1984, genevieve bujold as nancy, choose me, written by alan rudolph. Lesley ann warren keith carradine gif lesleyannwarren. To download a readytoprint pdf of rudolph, the rednosed reindeer for music activities with a music sheet, lyrics and a colouring sheet for kids, right click or tap and hold, on mobile devices on the following link, then choose save link as. All songs are in the mp3 format and can be played on any computer, laptop, phone or mp3 player. Having just come upon alan rudolph s choose me late in its run it originally opened in new york in early november, im ready to change my mind, if not about the genre in general then. There are no current or future screenings planned for this film. Alan rudolph s everyday lovers the beguiling bujold rudolph hit a high note with this utterly seductive and knowing l. Expert at making montreal stand in for paris and new york in his previous two films, rudolph let it be itself for afterglow 1997, a look at marriage and infidelity most similar to the directors choose me in its noirish meditation on loneliness and the elusiveness of love.