'Big Driver' for Lifetime

[CyberGhostface]

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/life...lo-1201245162/

Interesting...

[DanishFan]

Looking forward to this one.

[Iwritecode]

This story fits perfectly with the theme of most Lifetime movies.

[herbertwest]

From Talk Stephen King :

broadwayworld.com has a good article on the upcoming The Lifetime Original Movie, Big Driver. Check out the article. Here's the facts in bullets:

Premiers Sunday, October 18 at 8pm
It is the first collaboration between Lifetime and King.
The screenplay was adapted by Richard Christian Matheson. (He's the son of the legendary Richard Matheson.)
Thirty of Richard Christian Matheson's stories are collected in Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks with a Foreword by Stephen King.
Directed by Mikael Salomon.
Big Driver stars Maria Bello, Olympia Dukakis, Joan Jett, Ann Dowd, and Will Harris.
The movie is produced by Ostar Productionsand executive produced by Bill Haber and Jeffrey Haye.

[mattgreenbean]

I'll be getting married that night. Gonna have to set the DVR.

[cowboy_ed]

I'll be getting married that night. Gonna have to set the DVR.

nah blow it off!

[mattgreenbean]

I'll be getting married that night. Gonna have to set the DVR.

nah blow it off!

Then there'd be a limetime movie of my murder.

[Bev Vincent]

Teaser: http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/n...r-and-date-268

Big Driver was directed by Mikael Salomon and the teleplay was penned by Richard Christian Matheson.

[Jon]

I'll be getting married that night. Gonna have to set the DVR.

Just watch it while you...you know...consummate the marriage. I'm sure she will understand. You know if you do it the right way you both can watch. Like the hockey joke.

[mikeC]

I'll be getting married that night. Gonna have to set the DVR.

Just watch it while you...you know...consummate the marriage. I'm sure she will understand. You know if you do it the right way you both can watch. Like the hockey joke.

The trailer is actually pretty good.

[Bev Vincent]

King made favorable comments about the movie during one of his appearances yesterday.

[Bev Vincent]

This should have gone on the A Good Marriage thread, I suspect.

[Bev Vincent]

I watched this today -- whoa. No punches pulled hear. The first half hour should have "trigger warning" written all over it. Mostly faithful to the novella, with a few additional grace notes and a little simplification to the ending.

I'm fairly sure the book club scenes were filmed at my alma mater, Dalhousie University. I recognize the campus buildings when she drives up. It's very much a one-woman show. Pretty well done, all in all.

[herbertwest]

"No punches pulled hear. "
>>> What does that mean?

[Bev Vincent]

Typo: "here". When someone "pulls punches," they don't hit as hard as they might. The assault scene is surprisingly brutal.

[herbertwest]

OK. So basically what you meant was that there were restraining themselves, it's quite violent. Is that right?

[Bev Vincent]

They weren't restraining themselves. It is very violent.

[mae]

Maybe this will clear it up: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pull+no+punches

[Ari_Racing]

I liked it. Good performances. Good ambientation. Not as violent as I thought it'd be.

[Randall Flagg]

I liked it. Good performances. Good ambientation. Not as violent as I thought it'd be.

I lost something there. Perhaps a translation issue.
"ambientation"?

[cowboy_ed]

from a google search: http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic....071f73#p232296

[Ari_Racing]

Sorry! It means "mood", I guess. We have a term in Spanish for that but it seems not the same one in English.

[Bev Vincent]

Ambiance.

[webstar1000]

So overall a good watch? I think it comes out next weekend...

[Bev Vincent]

I liked it: World Premiere October 18 at 8/7c