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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatSeems it's some Canadian review on the movie. Totally bananas Robbie Williams biopic Better Man monkeys around in the best possible way In 2019, director Dexter Fletcher injected razzle and dazzle into the pop star bio-pic genre when he made Rocketman, a sumptuous musical about the rise, fall and rise again of Elton John, a dandy British recording artist from the 1970s with daddy issues, gold records and a raging cocaine habit. Flamboyant, theatrical, and with dark undertones, the film shouted its belief in the power of music as it sang and danced its way to a redemptive conclusion. Now here comes Michael Gracey, tasked to make a biopic about Robbie Williams, a British chart-topper from the 1990s with daddy issues, gold records and a raging cocaine habit. There are no rules saying the Australian filmmaker could not make a brooding but fantastical musical about a musician’s rises, falls, redemption, etc. But how could he do so without being accused of stealing Rocketman’s jet fuel? Hold my banana, Gracey said. In Better Man, Williams is portrayed by a CGI chimp-man – flat nose, head-to-toe hair and everything. (Williams voices his adult monkey-person self.) Call it a stunt, call it daft, call it Rocketman Meets Planet of the Apes, but don’t forget to call Gracey when the Academy Award nominations come out. Better Man is a triumph of cheek and imagination. Gracey attempts much but actually manages to accomplish all that he set out to do. In an early scene, Williams’s showbiz-minded father tells his boy that an entertainer needs to risk it all – “whatever it takes.” Good advice. Gracey, who also co-wrote the film, took it. As did the father, a boozing small-time entertainer played by Steve Pemberton, who later abandons his wife and young son to chase his own limelight. Why is Williams a chimp? Because that is how he sees himself, as a dancing monkey, hired to please and amuse. His dad, a devotee of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., drilled a give-them-what-they-paid-for ethos into his wide-eyed son. The story begins in Stoke-on-Trent, an industrial centre in Staffordshire, England. The city is portrayed as dreary, all soot, cobblestones and grubby pubs. (Why do all British stories always start in these gritty places? Doesn’t anyone grow up in lovely Cornwall or the bucolic Cotswolds?) After stealing the show in an elementary school production of The Pirates of Penzance, we fast forward to Williams as the youngest member of the successful boy band Take That. He dares to steal the microphone from the group’s lead singer during a performance. He’s brazen and ambitious but plagued by anxiety and self-doubt. Unmanageable, he’s kicked out of Take That, but rebounds as a solo star with hits such as Angel and She’s the One. He gets the girl too, but none of it is enough. Moody boozing and coke binging ensues. Aesthetically, Better Man is surreal and high-styled. Recreated concert performances are wild – the Knebworth Park scene literally goes ape – and the choreographed numbers are sophisticated. Musician biopic tropes are not avoided: the shifty manager, the boyhood chum left behind, the gold records smashed in a mansion-trashing meltdown. An underwater scene looks great but drowns in metaphor. I’m convinced Williams would not be a sympathetic figure if he were played by a flesh-and-blood actor. His self-pity is certainly unattractive. And, yet, his redemption feels earned by the time the film arrives to an outrageously sentimental finale involving a performance of the song My Way. The irony of Better Man is that a chimpanzee representation makes the man all the more human. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/r...keys-around-in/
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatYes, I agree with you. One more official video about movie how it had been done - aslo keeping it before watching the movie itself. vRwWv6UkIvY Weta FX are some of the best at what they do for feature films, but, by their own admission, a lot of what they do are stunts and fight sequences. Even with Weta’s motion-capture transformations from actor to dragon or actor to ape, the usual way of shooting is to make the environment for motion capture as controlled as possible. Doing on-set MoCap to turn Robbie Williams into the dancing and singing monkey-version of himself in “Better Man” was the exact opposite of how Weta FX usually works. Big crowds, intricate dance choreography, and the very act of singing itself all set new obstacles for the visual effects studio to overcome. Weta FX has gotten plenty of practice animating creatures, but the breathing and particular muscle efforts involved in singing required even more innovation from the visual effects studio. “We had to do a lot of motion studies [with regard to singing] to make all that sound and all of that energy and all of that breath come out of a CG character,” animation supervisor Dave Clayton said. “It’s not just moving the lips. It’s so much more than that.” In the video below, you can watch members of the “Better Man” VFX team as well as Williams and director Michael Gracey break down their process for giving Williams (as well as actor Jonno Davies, who doubles for Williams) his simian shape in “Better Man.” https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/be...eta-1235078212/
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Robbie Williams: Social Media
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatNew additional date (and final now instead of Helsinki)
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatAACTA International Awards 2025: ‘Better Man’, ‘The Brutalist’ Lead Nominees By Jessica Lynch The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has revealed the nominees for the 14th International AACTA Awards. Celebrating the best in global film and television, the winners will be announced during the 2025 AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast this February. Leading the nominations is “Better Man,” the much-anticipated Robbie Williams biopic, earning six nods, including Best Film, Best Director for Michael Gracey (“The Greatest Showman”), and Best Lead Actor for Jonno Davies. Davies’ motion-capture performance as Williams marks a groundbreaking moment, highlighting the innovative strides of modern storytelling. Close behind, “The Brutalist” secured five nominations, with Guy Pearce earning a nod for Best Supporting Actor. Golden Globe favourite “Emilia Pérez” followed with four nominations, while “Anora” and “Dune: Part Two” round out the Best Film category, offering a blend of independent grit and epic spectacle. This year’s awards are notable for breaking new ground: motion-capture performances have been recognised for the first time, reflecting the evolving landscape of performance and technology. Jonno Davies’ role in “Better Man” marks a milestone for the industry as technology and artistry merge seamlessly. The winners will be revealed across two ceremonies held at HOTA, Home of the Arts, on the Gold Coast: the AACTA Awards Industry Gala on February 5th and the AACTA Awards Ceremony on February 7th. Both events are part of the larger AACTA Festival, a five-day celebration of screen culture that includes workshops, meet-and-greets, and outdoor screenings. The 2025 AACTA Awards will be broadcast on Channel Ten on February 7th, with an extended version available on BINGE and Foxtel the following day. The 2025 AACTA International Award Nominees Best Film “Anora” “Better Man” “Dune: Part Two” “Emilia Pérez” “The Brutalist” Best Lead Actor in Film Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” – as László Tóth Daniel Craig – “Queer” – as Lee Jonno Davies – “Better Man” – as Robbie Williams Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing” – as John “Divine G.” Whitfield Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave” – as Thomas Lawrence Best Lead Actress in Film Kirsten Dunst – “Civil War” – as Lee Smith Karla Sofia Gascón – “Emilia Pérez” – as Emilia Pérez Nicole Kidman – “Babygirl” – as Romy Mikey Madison – “Anora” – as Mikheeva Kate Winslet – “Lee” – as Lee Miller Best Supporting Actor in Film Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain” – as Benji Kaplan Damon Herriman – “Better Man” – as Nigel Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist” – as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Stanley Tucci – “Conclave” – as Cardinal Bellini Denzel Washington – “Gladiator II” – as Macrinus Best Supporting Actress in Film Toni Collette – “Juror #2” – as Faith Killebrew Ariana Grande – “Wicked” – as Glinda Felicity Jones – “The Brutalist” – as Erzsébet Tóth Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez” – as Rita Mora Castro Alison Steadman – “Better Man” – as Betty Best Direction in Film Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez” Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist” Michael Gracey – “Better Man” George Miller – “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two” Best Screenplay in Film “Anora” – Sean Baker “Better Man” – Michael Gracey, Oliver Cole, Simon Gleeson “Conclave” – Peter Straughan “The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold “A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg The 2025 AACTA Awards Ceremony will be broadcast on Channel Ten at 7:30 p.m. AEDT on February 7, with an extended version available on BINGE and Foxtel the following evening. For more information, visit aacta.org. https://au.variety.com/2024/awards/awards/a...nominees-19237/ https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/aacta-in...ational-awards/
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatIf you don't mind, let me pin this thread into upper section because it's a very hot topic of our Forum at the moment. Let's keep it here until Feb or so. Talking this, I must admit that this video is highly discussed on Twitter today. I didn't watch this clip because want to keep it until its first screening.. x5GXnFYfjT4
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatAgree, Laura! But it's still about a gum and new teeth B-) qN12YdX06Zs
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Robbie Williams: Social Media
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatAyda is all these people in Twitter ))) KjArCBApn_A
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Robbie Williams - Hey Tiger!
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatFrankly speaking, I like to do whistling of any songs. That's strange but one of my favourite one during this... let's say process... is Hey Tiger! Really funny and kind song. Is anybody remember that song? :)
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatI liked this part in this article on BBC:
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Take That: News
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatBecause we don't have a special Gary's thread and while there are no much news about TT, let me put it here. Gary is informing about his and band's plans next year. O63WUBuOx-w
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Robbie Williams: Promo & Performances in 2024
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatI'm not sure it's so interesting stuff but it's a little bit different to all movie promo if you tired on 'Better Man' for a little bit :D Current stuff more like on his traditional promo )) German TV grymWN4pigQ
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Gary has a song on ex BTS singer Jin's debut album
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Robbie Williams: PODCASTS, Publications and Interviews
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Robbie Williams - The Christmas Present
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatAnd well, his appearance at Norton show had been funny as usual. I like this 'Star Trek' stuff and Break The Bread joke :lol: jxPwI6lhZ8Y
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Robbie Williams - The Christmas Present
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatWell, would be cool if he'd release California Christmas specially for US audience this season but maybe if next year in Q4 he could back to Vegas with Swing/Xmas Tour? Would it be a good idea? Not bad, in my opinion. jy-oaXLZUxU Q_3zsnPBiII S7Obzr3fyZk S7Obzr3fyZk and well, one of the best lives of the era - very British song!! AvNEgagPM9g
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take That97TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2024 LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects. MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) Fifteen songs will advance in the Original Song category for the 97th Academy Awards. Eighty-nine songs were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title: “Forbidden Road” from “Better Man” “Winter Coat” from “Blitz” “Compress/Repress” from “Challengers” “Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” “El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” “Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” “Sick In The Head” from “Kneecap” “Beyond” from “Moana 2” “Tell Me It’s You” from “Mufasa: The Lion King” “Piece By Piece” from “Piece by Piece” “Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing” “The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight” “Out Of Oklahoma” from “Twisters” “Kiss The Sky” from “The Wild Robot” “Harper And Will Go West” from “Will & Harper” VISUAL EFFECTS Ten films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 97th Academy Awards. The Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the shortlist. All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration. The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are: “Alien: Romulus” “Better Man” “Civil War” “Deadpool & Wolverine” “Dune: Part Two” “Gladiator II” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” “Mufasa: The Lion King” “Twisters” “Wicked” Nominations voting begins on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, and concludes on Sunday, January 12, 2025. Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on Friday, January 17, 2025. The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide. https://press.oscars.org/news/97th-oscarsr-...ories-announced
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBBIE XXX
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatWell, it's not an Oscars nomination yet but it qualified to the next round (for example, Miley Cyrus's, Lady Gaga's songs were out)... Fingers crossed! Pharrell, Elton John, Lainey Wilson Land on Oscars’ Best Original Song Shortlist Two songs from Emelia Pérez also made the cut, as did tracks by Kneecap, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and Robbie Williams December 17, 2024 Songs by Pharrell, Elton John, and Lainey Wilson, as well as multiple selections from Emelia Pérez, have made the Oscars’ shortlist for Best Original Song. Pharrell’s “Piece by Piece,” the title track from his animated Lego biopic, made the cut, as did John’s “Never Too Late,” co-written with Brandi Carlile for his recent documentary. And Wilson secured a shortlist nod for her contribution to Twisters, “Out of Oklahoma,” co-written with Luke Dick and Shane McAnally. The two songs from Emilia Pérez to make the shortlist were “El Mal” and “Mi Comino,” both of which were just nominated for Best Original Song at the Golden Globes. The two tracks were written by the film’s core musical team, Clément Ducol and Camille, while writer-director Jacque Audiard also contributed to “El Mal.” The 15-song shortlist also includes Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ “Compress/Repress” from Challengers; Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Tell Me It’s You” from Mufasa, and Robbie Williams’ “Forbidden Road” from his upcoming primate-infused biopic, Better Man. Perennial Oscar hopeful Diane Warren is once again in the running, making the shortlist for “The Journey” from Tyler Perry’s new WWII drama, The Six Triple Eight. (Warren has been nominated 15 times, and while she’s never won a competitive Oscar, she did receive an Honorary Award in 2022.) Another exciting shortlist nod was “Sick in the Head” by celebrated Belfast rap trio Kneecap from their lightly fictionalized biopic. Maren Morris snuck onto the list, too, as a co-writer on Delacey’s “Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot, as did Kristen Wiig, who co-wrote “Harper and Will Go West” from Will Ferrell and Harper Steele’s doc, Will and Harper. The full Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song is below. Other Academy Awards shortlist categories released today include Best International Film, Documentary, Animated and Live Action Best Makeup, Visual Effects, and Sound. Best Original Song Shortlist “Forbidden Road” from Better Man – Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek “Winter Coat” from Blitz – Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen and Taura Stinson “Compress/Repress” from Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late – Elton John and Brandi Carlile “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol and Camille “Sick in the Head” from Kneecap – Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí, Adrian Louis Richard Mcleod, and Toddla T “Beyond” from Moana 2 – Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear “Tell Me It’s You” from Mufasa: The Lion King – Lin-Manuel Miranda “Piece by Piece” from Piece by Piece – Pharrell Williams “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing – Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel and Adrian Quesada “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight – Diane Warren “Out of Oklahoma” from Twisters – Lainey Wilson, Luke Dick and Shane McAnally “Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot – Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack and Ali Tamposi “Harper And Will Go West” from Will & Harper – Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig and Josh Greenbaum https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-ne...ist-1235209462/ ---
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatWhile here is another inteview with Frazer who plays Nate character in the movie... But who is Nate? Robbie's friend at school or?... CxXYXMHeujk&t=929s
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatIn a case you prefer to watch this interview (Digital Spy) on Youtube aYmkqrf7XRw --- This one is different and new one by Radio Times. It's a very kind and good interview, especially in the end. Really recommend you (no spoilers). And also I like to look at Rachelle and Jonno - beautiful pair and I feel well how they love and admire Robbie's legacy and Rob himself sjuYqbaUp78
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Robbie Williams - BRITPOP
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatI suppose he mentioned this topic talking about returning to a normal work after the movie promo? ) yzCd6m0kMBs
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatSo, also tons of new interviews, including even with Guillermo Del Toro! Wow! BZEY3e-F2Ek 79cN0PXpdwI _xT4c7HXFeU F9je3czhYFU ufpa85TkLy4 WgRvArYPaEo rf76mZFY9AA 295x5XHtz1M t5An_2LmZ18 OU7cazeIyLE ---
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatTV adverts for different countries, including USA: WKttAD-4TEA FI7d_MmxuUQ oM3vX-cTfMI MRWXsM5biBw AwZMyMNWSfo b9ija4rb9LA HPQGZQIUG3c r7fOp_8QmP0 IlOTIDBEwoE
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatThis post can be skipped. Here is an old interview from 2021 when Michael just mentioned his work on Better Man. On 9-20 I liked this reaction of this lady :)) a63zuNsArc0
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatBetter Man vs Wicked Bettericked or WickedMan :) W4538cdH-JQ B1eBNyN72mI FCoHtQN-ewY
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Better Man • Robbie Williams Biopic (2024)
Better Man posted a post in a topic in Robbie Williams and Take That's Robbie Williams and Take ThatTons of videos and note about Better Man since today!! zGBps6NSfz0 T95Dsm9hUTE