All the Money in the World (Ridley Scott)

chuky_r_law

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5294550/?ref_=nv_sr_1

looks like they are going back to reshoot all the kevin spacey scenes, and replacing him with christopher plummer

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/09/kevin-spacey-cut-out-of-film-and-replaced-by-christopher-plummer?CMP=fb_gu

i had seen a trailer with kevin spacey in it. this was after everything had surfaced. you could clearly see that they had done some hasty rediting and were downplaying his role.

i have to say reshooting spaceys scenes with plummer is a pretty big move. i hope it works out for Ridley Scott

pixelburp

For those that hadn't seen the trailer, it's below. If they manage to pull off the reshoots without it looking too jarring, it might work out in the film's favour. The heavy makeup on Spacey is really obvious & distracting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x62O8A8qHw

chuky_r_law

pixelburp wrote: »

For those that hadn't seen the trailer, it's below. If they manage to pull off the reshoots without it looking too jarring, it might work out in the film's favour. The heavy makeup on Spacey is really obvious & distracting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x62O8A8qHw

i thought the same thing about the makeup too but apparently there was a lot of awards buzz about his performance, well, until...y'know. i hope they pull if off as ridley is a top director and usually delivers

ancapailldorcha

It looks like they're about to re-shoot to remove all traces of Spacey and replace him with Christopher Plummer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41925767

US actor Kevin Spacey is to be erased from a completed Hollywood film following the allegations of predatory sexual behaviour against him.

His role in All the Money in the World is to be recast and his scenes reshot. The release is expected to go ahead as planned on 22 December.

Spacey, who was late oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty in the film, will be replaced by Christopher Plummer.

JP Liz V1

Reshoot and still 22 December release date I guess Scott wants it out for the awards

pixelburp

Telling that the previous trailer I embedded has been taken down; I'm pretty sure that was from an official channel n' all.

In any case, here's a new trailer, complete with a good look at Christopher Plummer's version of Getty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXHrCBkIxQQ

ps3lover

Plummer does look a lot better than Spacy did.

Sad Professor

Ridley Scott:

You originally had finished, edited scenes that included Kevin Spacey. Did you show those to Christopher Plummer?
You have to protect the new actor. I would never show Christopher what Kevin did. I want him to be his own man. He is his own man in this one, and a lot of that comes from the inherent nature of Christopher, who is essentially very charming, has that twinkle, has that smile, and when he’s playing with those words, is a mother****er. He can give it a bit more depth. Kevin — who, without question, did a great job — was colder. The humor was cooler, except he was quite nice to the boy who he walks around the park of Hadrian’s Villa. That was a nice scene with Kevin. That was the softest I’ve seen Kevin.

Ouch!

The whole interview is worth reading. He also pisses on BR2049 for being too long (he claims credit for most of the script) and the Star Wars films while praising himself.

Zeek12

Saw this today.

The decision to recast Plummer as Getty pays off very well. He's excellent (as always) and is easily the best thing in it.

Otherwise, IMO, its a little dull and is really just a run of the mill kidnap movie.

nix

Zeek12 wrote: »

Saw this today.

The decision to recast Plummer as Getty pays off very well. He's excellent (as always) and is easily the best thing in it.

Otherwise, IMO, its a little dull and is really just a run of the mill kidnap movie.

Yeah, its fairly forgettable sadly, not bad, just not great.

pixelburp

Divorced of the backstory behind this production, the film was a fairly pedestrian kidnap-thriller, albeit augmented by the usual directorial flourish of Ridley Scott, coupled with some strong performances - notably Christopher Plummer as JP Getty (although Michelle Williams arguably carried the film for the most part with her own turn). Knowing the controversy behind this film however, particularly how Plummer came to play the part, added an extra dimension to the experience in many respects. Part of my brain throughout the movie was searching for the cracks, signs of green-screen, cinematic tricks or any effort to hide the fact that Plummer was an 11th hour replacement for Kevin Spacey - yet I couldn't find a single flaw; it's an incredible achievement that between September & the US release in December, they managed to reshoot what felt like 30-40% of the film without any significant negative impact on the final product. In fact, Scott's borderline crazy, last minute decision to go for broke may have saved the film: watching Kevin Spacey affect a doddery performance while encased in rubbery prosthetic makeup was only ever going to damage the story, as opposed to his replacement's more (obviously) naturalistic performance.

Sabre0001

Would have to agree with the comments so far that it's a bit dull...Christopher Plummer is great and I can't imagine seeing Spacey in the role, but unfortunately that's about where lasting impressions end for me.

Zeek12

pixelburp wrote: »

Part of my brain throughout the movie was searching for the cracks, signs of green-screen, cinematic tricks or any effort to hide the fact that Plummer was an 11th hour replacement for Kevin Spacey - yet I couldn't find a single flaw; it's an incredible achievement that between September & the US release in December, they managed to reshoot what felt like 30-40% of the film without any significant negative impact on the final product. In fact, Scott's borderline crazy, last minute decision to go for broke may have saved the film: watching Kevin Spacey affect a doddery performance while encased in rubbery prosthetic makeup was only ever going to damage the story, as opposed to his replacement's more (obviously) naturalistic performance.

Agreed.
And I think a lot of this is due to Plummer's professionalism, his command of his scenes and his ability to immerse himself completely in a character.
Having seen the early trailer, the Spacey clips looked quite "hammy" by comparison.

Its a shame the rest of the film couldn't quite live up to the same level of Plummer's performance.
It all just felt a bit flat for me.

The 2hrs 10 min running time was also far too long and didn't do the plot and pacing any favours.

JP Liz V1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/11/28/michelle-williams-is-getting-a-fraction-of-mark-wahlbergs-2-million-payday-in-all-the-money-in-the-world-reshoots

Looks like Marky Mark made a whole lot of cash from reshoot

Decuc500

I liked it a lot. It was very compelling throughout. I'll never tire of seeing a Ridley Scott film on a cinema screen. The style is so visual. Always draws me into the world he creates.

If he ever goes down the Netflix route I'll probably just give up on cinema!

The Black Oil

I'm struggling to think of a great Scott film from the last decade, and there's not really anything I can point to. Good, but not great. Body of Lies was the last project of his I saw on the big screen. American Gangster I watched on the small screen - it's good. The Martian - I didn't like very much.

l wasn't very taken by All the Money...it's fine. Not anything more than that. I enjoyed the period, the cars, the phone calls, Italy and the performances. Alas, that wasn't enough to push it into being something I could particularly recommend. I thought occasionally some of the soundtrack was overly trying to cue the audience's response too. I wasn't at all familiar with the story, though I had heard of Getty. Whilst having some disagreeable personal traits, he didn't seem cold to me and I think we can put that down to Plumber's portrayal. Quite noticeable how at one point you see Chase's (Wahlberg) stomach churning. Agree with the above about Michelle Williams carrying it.

AMKC

I went and seen this in Vue last week. The cinema was quite full but was a small screen. Was quite l surprised how many people were at the showing I was expecting it to be mostly empty. I think Michele Williams and Christopher Plummers performance were both superb. The film itself was a little dull in parts and I thought the ending could have had more meaning to it. I think the ending that was in it was overdone a bit. They could have let us know what happened to Paul Getty maybe dedicated the film to Paul Getty but they did not. I did my pwn research after online to find out and its not a happy ending but a sad one.