Source Code is great solid sci-fi raw material

"The general reaction to this film , when it premiered at Austin’s SXSW film festival this week, was amazing. Not only did the audience applaud the film when it wrapped up, but it seems like Source Code is on everyone’s lips. I always appreciate fresh ideas when it comes to sci-fi movies. There’s a lot out there right now, less re-imagined and more re-hashed. Source Code is smart and new without relying too much on what has come before it.That being said, it does deal with quantum physics and parallel dimensions and all that great solid sci-fi raw material. Where it really excels though is in the well-written, smart script and the touching emotional aspects of the story. Source Code is one of those films that will keep you thinking long after you’ve left the theatre. It reminded me a little bit of 12 Monkeys as far time travel and predestination themes, but it came across as less bleak. Either way, the film is a real treat and is a must see". Source: wegotthiscovered.com

EW: Why was Duncan the right fit?

JG: What always scares me is people tend to lose character and a sense of “Why?” on a behavioral, human, psychological level when they’re dealing with something that can be entertaining. When you deal with something that is potentially commercial people just say “Oh, we’ll get to that later.” The movie was not anything I wanted to make unless it was with someone who was a real visionary. And humor too. Duncan has a great sense of humor—dirty and dark and great. I think the great thing about sci fi is there’s a little bit of a campy quality always. I don’t think anybody should take themselves too seriously in time continuum.
Jake Gyllenhaal smiling at "Source Code" SXSW Festival Premiere, 11th March, 2011, Austin, TX

EW: Did you stay to watch the movie?
JG: I did. My best friend lives in Austin and he came with his girlfriend. Literally he grabbed my leg at one point and then at another time, in that scene where I jump off the train, he was like “Oh my god, what the hell?!” I was like “Yes!” Source: insidemovies.ew.com

Pee-wee Herman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Duncan Jones at SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, March 12, 2011

"Only at SXSW will you see Jake Gyllenhaal and Pee-wee Herman teamed up. While attending the ongoing festival in Austin, the two recently paired up to create short videos explaining each other’s projects. Herman explains what Gyllenhaal’s new film Source Code is about, while Gyllenhaal attempts to explain what The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway is about. Pee-wee’s Broadway show will be airing on HBO Satuday, March 19th, while Source Code is set to hit theaters on April 1st". Source: collider.com


Jake Gyllenhaal kicked off the South by Southwest interactive festival with the premiere of his new movie Source Code in LA on Friday night. The actor chatted about the film and also teased a top-secret upcoming project (the new Bourne film, perhaps?), but an awkward run-in with a fan who tried to snap a picture of the star in the bathroom almost put a damper on the evening. Get the scoop on Jake's bad SXSW encounter! Source: www.popsugar.com

"Source Code" first five minutes - Scans of Jake Gyllenhaal in Men's Journal

Watch the first five minutes of Duncan Jones’ SOURCE CODE via Yahoo! Movies. This past Friday evening, SOURCE CODE had it’s world premiere as it opened the 2011 SXSW Film Festival. In this opening sequence to the film, Capt. Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up on a train with a woman he doesn’t recognize and a face that isn’t his.
Plus take a look at this new featurette where Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan discuss the film and their characters.
Source: wearemoviegeeks.com



When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he's ever known, he learns he's part of a government experiment called the "Source Code", a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack. Filled with mind-bending twists and heart-pounding suspense, Source Code is a smart action-thriller directed by Duncan Jones (Moon) also starring Michelle Monaghan (Eagle Eye, Due Date), Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Departed), and Jeffrey Wright (Quantum of Solace, Syriana).

Interview and Scans of Jake Gyllenhaal in Men's Journal

'Source Code" doesn't die at third act - Gyllenhaal is the glue

Duncan Jones and Jake Gyllenhaal attending 'Source Code' Panel at The SXSW Festival on 12th March, 2011 in Austin, TX

"Duncan Jones, in his sophomore effort, has crafted the best film of 2011 thus far, and though that doesn’t sound like much of a stretch, the bar has been set incredibly high. In defense of my praise, this movie lands perfectly in my strike zone as a moviegoer and a filmmaker. With a sci-fi premise, cerebral and sophisticated mysteries that are handled with confidence and skill, an ever-accelerating plot with an adrenaline-fueled rush allows Source Code to do the near impossible by leaving you satisfied when the credits roll. Where counterparts like The Box and Adjustment Bureau faltered, Jones sticks the landing, something increasingly difficult as audiences become more tech and plot savvy. You can only build up your big reveal so much before the revelations start feeling like thinly veiled misdirection. Source Code sidesteps third act deflation by making the whole exercise feel like part of a much larger whole. It’s unexpected in a Hollywood film, and makes the viewing that much more memorable.
Gyllenhaal is the glue that holds the film together, as well as the audience’s main source of empathy and pathos. Without a strong showing from him, no amount of special effects wizardry or extraordinary surprises would have kept the narrative afloat. Given such a high level of expectation, he succeeds across the board, giving his most dynamic and nuanced performance to date. He makes everyone else better, and even the scenes where he’s playing off a computer screen have a lot of emotional charge. Michelle Monaghan continues to put in strong performances, believably connecting to Gyllenhaal, even if only for ten minutes at a time. Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright are terrific, as expected, and give the government a voice worth listening to throughout. It’s only when you discover the full extent of their involvement that you appreciate the subtleties in earlier lines. From an editing and special effects standpoint, the movie is top notch. The pace is quick, yet also slows appropriately before launching back into full throttle. The budget, though small for this type of film, has been pushed to the limits here, delivering on all the eye-catching moments you’ve come to expect from your popcorn entertainment. The surprise will be the way the film conveys larger ideas and themes within constraints set upon it, and how it uses its few locations to give you a sense of a much larger world. The stakes are very real, without us ever actually getting out to see them, and the story makes that acceptable. You’re ultimately satisfied with the choices that were made, and which is an achievement I find hard not to keep reiterating. Third acts are where potentially great thrillers go to die, and Source Code is the rare anomaly that doesn’t back down". Source: www.climbinghigherpictures.com

Duncan Jones and Jake Gyllenhaal attending 'Source Code' SXSW Panel

Duncan Jones and Jake Gyllenhaal attending 'Source Code' Panel at The SXSW Festival on 12th March, 2011 in Austin, TX

"When a reporter asked about the “rather heated scuffle in the theater bathroom last night as a fan tried to take your picture at an inelegant time”, Jake laughed and said, “That’s true. I think it’s an appropriate space to keep privacy. I hope that people wouldn’t disagree with me on that.” Jake is in town promoting his new movie Source Code and also playing panelist at the fest". Source: socialitelife.com

Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan at 'Source Code' Panel - SXSW Festival on 12th March, 2011 in Austin, TX

Jake Gyllenhaal - Source Code' Press Interview portraits at The SXSW Festival 2011

When EW brought up rumors of his "rather heated scuffle" with a fan in the theater bathroom as the fan tried to take his picture at the urinal, the "Love and Other Drugs" actor responded, "That's true." He added, "I think it's an appropriate space to keep privacy. I hope that people wouldn't disagree with me on that."While Jake didn't go into details, his representative ruled out that the 30-year-old actor went physical with the fan during the incident. "There was no scuffle, it was an excited fan who tried to take his picture in the restroom," the rep explained to E!. "He asked the guy to please delete it and he did!" It was further stressed that there was "no drama".
In "Source Code", Jake stars as Captain Colter Stevens, a decorated airman who wakes up in the body of an unknown man. He stars opposite Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright under the direction of helmer Duncan Jones. This techno-thriller film is scheduled for release in the U.S. on April 1". Source: www.aceshowbiz.com

Fueling Charlie Sheen's breakdown? - "Ace in the hole" media satire by Billy Wilder

Famous ending of "Ace in the hole" directed by Billy Wilder (1951), starred by Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling.

Unscrupulous reporter Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas) delays the rescue of a man trapped in an ancient Indian mine to grab a big story, literally creating a media circus. Tatum, the sheriff, and even the man's wife (Jan Sterling) are out to make a buck from his misfortune.Billy Wilder's acid media satire forever branded him the sometimes overstated label of "cynic". Ace in the Hole was too acerbic for 1951 movie-goers and reviled on its release. It has since garnered critical acclaim and a cult following.

"Fame is a fickle mistress. It's very deceiving. It looks really bitchin' from the outside, and then you get it and it's very confusing professionally, socially, emotionally. It's confusing because you're so worried about how you're perceived. A lot of my exploits were guilt-driven, shame-driven. And all this because one day I was a working actor, just trying to pursue something I enjoyed and trying to make a living, and the next day I was a commodity" -Charlie Sheen

Are the media fuelling Charlie Sheen's breakdown?

"Solid World Health Organisation data shows that an American is 14 times more likely than a mainland western European to suffer from the kind of personality disorder that seems to be afflicting Charlie Sheen. There are many reasons, but the media and consequent celebrity culture are significant.Natalie Kenly (goddess) and Charlie Sheen (Media Warlock)

In this culture, as Erich Fromm put it, they are encouraged to be a "marketing character". Rather than as people, they see themselves as commodities whose value they seek to increase by any means possible.
Sheen's value can be increased by "sick" behaviour. His antics have recently attracted 2 million Twitter users, from which he can make significant advertising revenues.
Sheen, son of the famous Martin, doubtless had a troubled childhood in his celebrity home.
It helps to explain why we are twice as likely as Europeans to suffer a mental illness. As long as you are rich or famous, it does not matter how desperate and miserable you are. There are shades of George Best in Sheen's comment that: "The partying has been epic – what I can remember of it. It was entertaining as hell."
Sheen's case is an extreme example of how the media peddle a toxic materialistic ideology. The (nearly all rightwing) media in America, and in this country too, have been only too happy to sell papers or broadcasting space by reporting his disturbance. But these stories only sell because people in the UK and US have become addicted to the media's continuous recycling of materialist values. There is now no doubt that the kind of person who seeks celebrity is more likely to have a pre-existing potential for narcissistic, self-aggrandising behaviour. This was proved by a recent study of 200 US celebrities, while a 2006 study showed that, as a whole, Americans are six times more narcissistic than they were 50 years ago.
Sheen's disturbance has been exacerbated by the media. That he wants the coverage is one of his psychiatric symptoms. That we consume stories about him is a sign of just how sick our society has become". Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard at the BAM Theater Gala

Brooklyn was bumping with celebrities last night! Blake Lively, Geoffrey Rush, Hugh Jackman, Claire Danes, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and many more were all in attendance for the 2011 BAM Theater Gala.
"Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal make it a date night Thursday, attending a gala at New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music. The gala held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was celebrating Geoffrey Rush in The Diary of a Madman. Despite the severe rain in the Big Apple yesterday, the stars braved the wet streets for the event. Married in 2009, the couple has one child together, Ramona". Source: www.okmagazine.com