Thursday, March 22, 2007

Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You
REIGN OF RUIN

Hollywood brings to the big screen the new Southern Political classic - Carl A. Chauvin's Scarlette's Reign of Ruin, winner of the 2008 National Book Award for Fiction. Even Outwack of the New Jersey Times called Reign of Ruin "a staggering masterpiece of modern literature...a cross between A Confederacy of Dunces, All The King's Men and All the President's Men, but more better than all three put together... Reign of Ruin casts a tall shadow over All The King's Men, a classic it updates to modern times... Scarlette Ranoff makes Willie Stark, Richard Nixon and Ignacious Riley look like Curly, Larry and Moe. ...probably what would have happened had Lucille Ball married Charles Manson and gone into politics instead of acting... Chauvin dwarfs Robert Penn Warren in his take on Southern politics. It reads like the Twilight Zone filtered through a reality TV show without the creative edits."

The novel and the movie, as screen written by Chauvin, tell the story of a naive and unprincipled Southern politician who is promoted one rung above her abilities and the chaos which ensues once a blogging malcontent begins investigating her corrupt regime.

STARRING:

Kirstie Alley as Scarlette Ranoff, a politician who reached beyond her abilities and got her hands lobbed off .






Nick Nolte as Gerard, Scarlette's conniving, ne'er-do-well, manipulative husband, without whom she can't make a decision.







Clive Owen as Charles Hotwine, blogging malcontent and the protagonist, whose search for the truth helps bring down Scarlette's corrupt political machine.





Scarlett Johansson as Emmy Lou Lounge, TV reporter and Hotwine's brainy and buxom
love interest.












Billy Bob Thornton as Samuel Quiche, Hotwine's colorful political ally.




Mel Gibson as Camden Lesvant, the Hamletesque local District Attorney who agonizes over whether to enforce the law against the corrupt Ranoff political machine






Robert Deniro as Raj Dearfriend, Scarlette's enforcer, over whom she loses control, which leads to dire consequences in the dramatic climax








Robin Williams as Mr. Ink Pens, Hotwine's shadowy spiritual guide and patron.






Directed by Oscar Winner Martin Scorsese
Soundtrack by Nine Inch Nails and George Jones

7 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

RAJ DEARFRIEHD...HMMMMMM.....I WOULD HAVE CASTED SLIM PICKENS (REMEMBER BLAZING SADDLES)BUT HE MUST BE DEAD BY NOW.

6:58 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

YOU BE ILLIN CHAUVIN!!
YOU....BE....ILLIN...!!!!!!!!!!

7:08 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank God it's Friday!We may stop laughing by Monday and get some work done. You really are ill!

8:18 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would like to book a showing for my daughter-in-law's Civic class for their end of the year class trip. I believe this may qualify under the educational guidelines.

7:31 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Will PEE WEE HERMAN play a fictional traveling salesman named SMALL DICKERS?

7:58 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How about Steve Martin as the radio Talk Show Host named
Capt.Vince Voice!!!

9:09 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Perhaps,you could get the right REV.AL SHARPTON to play KNOGO RAMBLER a long winded politician who talks a lot and brings/comes forth with nothing.

10:22 AM  

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