1) Grizzly vs. Grizzly @ The Woodland Park Zoo

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Werner Herzog’s latest adventure deep into the heart of nature, Encounters at the End of the World, has been playing in New York for a little while now and will hopefully start playing across the country. I absolutely adored the film when I saw an advanced screening over the winter and don’t know if I have laughed as hard since.The film is a verité portrait of different people and groups all living and working in Antarctica. It is infused with lot’s of Herzog love and it shows, as his narration often proves to be more interesting than the folks he chooses to interview. The people he does choose to talk to include scientists, everyday workers and people who can’t seem to find their place elsewhere.

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Happy Father’s Day! (I hope you have a good one). Luckily for you these Top 10 Movie Dads are available all year round. Here’s the final Top 10, in a brands new order - including a new #1 and #2 that haven’t been listed yet. Keep in mind these Dads may not be the most typical (they’re all actually pretty unique) , but they are definitely the most dynamic and interesting to watch on the screen.

Be sure to look after the jump to see who are number 1 and 2 are!

10. The Lebowskis in The Big Lebowski

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The fourth look at one of my favorite movie dads. (#1 #2 and #3)

Don Lope de Aguirre in Aguirre, Wrath of God

It wouldn’t be a true list if I didn’t include Klaus Kinski anywhere. Of course his Aguirre isn’t a role model dad, but I’d rather watch him than most. His performance, combined with Herzog’s ability to capture nature make this a film worth seeing big (go to your friends house with the big TV or the projector). As a dad, Aguirre isn’t that horrible, he does seem to look after her, he even shares a sloth with her. Who doesn’t like sloths? Of course I don’t know if that offsets the ending (which I won’t give away). Regardless, I love Kinski!

Did you know that sloths are endangered? takepart to learn how you can help endangered species and click click to see a trailer for Aquirre

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Director Werner Herzog and Actor Nicolas Cage are currently in preproduction on a project based on the Abel Ferrara film, “Bad Lieutenant”. According to an interview with Herzog by Defamer, the new movie will not be a remake, per se, of the unforgettable 1992 original which starred Harvey Keitel as a crooked, corrupt, drug addicted, degenerate gambler New York City Police Department Lieutenant who chooses to bet against the Mets at the wrong time. Rather, Herzog explained, he and Cage will do a continuation of the character.   At least that’s what I think he said:

“Yes, but its not a remake. It’s like, for example, you wouldn’t call a new James Bond movie a remake of the previous one - although the name of the bad lieutenant is a different one, and the story is completely different.”

In another departure from Ferrara’s version, the new film will be set and shot in New Orleans, a decision Herzog says producer Edward R. Pressman - who also produced the original - made because of tax incentives, but that intrigues the director nonetheless. “…I thought to myself: “We have seen a lot of New York in movies; we have not seen New Orleans in feature films.” Or very few feature films. After Katrina it’s a particularly interesting set-up. The neglect and politics after the hurricane struck are something quite amazing. It has to do with public morality.” he explained.

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On Monday Deepak Nayar, behind such films as “Buena Vista Social Club” and “Bend it Like Beckham,” and Sandy Grushow, the former chairman of Fox Television Entertainment Group will launch Filmaka.com .

The site solicits short video clips for a competition judged by some of the industry’s biggest names — directors Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Paul Schrader — as well as an audience of regular Web users.

Next week the site will announce a winner of its film contest, who will direct a feature film produced by Los Angeles-based Filmaka.

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The Canadian premiere of Sacha Gervasi’s “Anvil! The Story of Anvil.” started off the 15th annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival:

With 174 films from 36 countries screening over 11 days, Hot Docs has grown into the largest documentary festival in North America, blasting out of the shadow of the Toronto International Film Festival to become a major industry event in its own right. The festival now welcomes some 2,000 delegates and 80,000 filmgoers, double the numbers from just three years ago. [Indiewire]

Films in year’s fest include The Railroad All Stars, Mozartballs, Uganda Rising, Mystic Ball and more.

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After taking us to a POW camp in Laos, director Werner Herzog has his sights set on war town Burma in the late 1800’s for his next project. The Piano Tuner is being billed as a “a lush Victorian-era drama about a Brit’s journey to war-torn Burma” and will be released by Focus Features.

Based on Daniel Mason’s 2002 debut novel, the story centers on Edgar Drake, a man sent to a remote village in the late 1800s to repair an eccentric military man’s piano. Drake falls in love with a Burmese woman and her country, but as the officer wins over locals through music and medicine, things grow treacherous when his troops begin to suspect him of treason.

“Tuner” is right up the intense helmer’s alley. Herzog has directed several films about men venturing into exotic locales (”Rescue Dawn,” “Grizzly Man,” “Fitzcarraldo”), but this will be his biggest English-language costume drama in more than four decades as a filmmaker. [The Hollywood Reporter]

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. This week we celebrated some of our own favorite top 10 bloggers who work night and day to provide us up-to-date info on films, literature, and feminist news. Don’t miss these exciting and informative blogs, as well as some of our most popular stories of the week.

Katie:

“La Misma Luna Under the Same Moon,” Not the Same Old Movie

Top 5 Eco-Friendly Gadgets for Under $50

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Nicole:

Top 10 Literary and Book Blogs

NBC11 First Wind Powered TV Station

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Giulia:

Top 10 Feminist Blogs

Horton: The New Mascot for Pro-Life

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Gina:

Top 10 Film Blogs

Top 10 Films I Would See If I Was At SXSW

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Kerry:

Our Pharmaceutically Fouled Water Supply

Top 7 New Sins Against God’s Green Earth

Alas, I am not in Austin but in New York City - but if I was there at SXSW, these are 10 films I would be seeing. They’re all TakePart friendly (advocate social change and action) in their own particular way - even if it isn’t obvious right up front.

Check out the entire SXSW line-up HERE and to keep up to date on festival action.

1. Mister Lonely
Director: Harmony Korine. Writers: Avi Korine & Harmony Korine. Starring: Werner Herzog, Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant.
A Michael Jackson impersonator lives alone in Paris and performs on the streets to make ends meet. At a performance in a retirement home, Michael falls for a beautiful Marilyn Monroe look-alike who suggests he move to a commune of impersonators in the Scottish Highlands. (U.S. Premiere)

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