posted 02-25-2014 09:15 PM               

'Gravity' drops into stores, beams to space station

"Gravity" has landed in stores, and launched into space.

Director Alfonso Cuarón's award-winning 3D space thriller starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney was released on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday (Feb. 25). Meanwhile, the movie, which prominently features the International Space Station (ISS), arrived onboard the real orbiting outpost this week, too.

"I am watching the movie 'Gravity' up here on ISS," NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio shared from the space station on Sunday.

"Let's call it training," he joked in his post on Twitter.

Mastracchio's copy of the movie was uplinked by NASA's Mission Control in Houston. For the Earth-bound masses, the film is available in digital HD and as multi-disc sets.

posted 03-02-2014 06:42 PM               

Many critics have written that they expect "Gravity" will take the most awards of any one film of the evening, sweeping the film and sound editing categories. Alfonso Cuarón is also a favorite for best director.

posted 03-02-2014 11:08 PM               

'Gravity' pulls in 7 Oscars, including best director, at Academy Awards

"Gravity" was a force at Sunday night's (March 2) 86th Academy Awards, but the pull of the space thriller was not enough to win the Oscar for best picture.

As critics had expected going into the evening, "Gravity" attracted the most awards out of all of the films, taking the Oscars for seven of the 10 categories for which it received nominations, including best director for Alfonso Cuarón.

"Like any other human ever making a film, it can be a transformative experience," Cuarón said in his acceptance speech. "And I would like to thank 'Gravity,' because for many of us involved in making this film, it was definitely a transformative experience."

posted 03-02-2014 11:46 PM               

The star was space and the movie achieved everything it could visually and deserved the awards it got including best cinematography, special effects, sound and best director which are clear recognition of its achievement.

posted 03-14-2014 05:23 AM               

Original music by Steven Price. Packaging design by Kevin Tong. 2XLP in deluxe gatefold jacket pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Limited edition pressed on black vinyl and randomly-inserted variant colorway vinyl.

posted 04-10-2014 07:35 AM               

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Originally posted by Aztecdoug:
I finally caught this much anticipated movie on a flight overseas last week. I guess I am in the minority. I found it forgettable to put it nicely. In my opinion it was typical Hollywood fair, style over substance.

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I too have just caught up with 'Gravity' and have to agree with the above. To me, it isn't nearly as good as 'Marooned'. It's only the visual effects that are worthy of watching it.

posted 04-30-2014 09:34 AM               

Ms. Gerritsen, whose 24 novels include the Rizzoli and Isles crime series, on which the Warner-produced cable program "Rizzoli & Isles" is based, is notably not suing Warner for copyright infringement. The studio's New Line unit and a subsidiary bought the film rights to her novel "Gravity" in 1999.

Instead, Ms. Gerritsen's suit, filed in the United States Court for the Central District of California, accuses the movie operation of breach of contract — failing to live up to an initial purchase agreement of her book by releasing the film without a "based upon" credit, which denied her millions of dollars. Ms. Gerritsen's book was published in 1999.

posted 02-01-2015 09:29 AM               

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Originally posted by chet:
That should be one sweet settlement.

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In a 48-page ruling, Judge Morrow ruled that Ms. Gerritsen, who in 1999 sold rights to her novel “Gravity” to New Line Cinema and one of its units, did not sufficiently support her claim that Warner, which has since absorbed the New Line operation, was now bound to give pay and credit under that deal.

The court issued a long, detailed, and very thoughtful opinion in which it noted that we need to include more facts in our pleading relative to the relationship between Warner Bros. and New Line — that was the only issue before the court on the motion. This happens quite often in litigation, and now we need to go ahead and file an amended complaint which corrects the technical deficiencies using the court's decision as our roadmap.