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Buzzphoto.com caught Goran and Ivana out shopping with Tin today...and have a nice pictorial with them, good things to say about them too, here are some samples..



Tin walking...


and one of a lucky fan...


The rest of the seven are here: http://www.buzzfoto.com/index.php?s=goran+visnjic and posted at BP2

http://valsyummyblog.blog...009/01/...0-day-fest.html

Sundance begins its 10 day Fest!

Sundance 2009 may not be as glitzy as years past but the films do not seem to be lacking in any way. Along with many short films & documentaries, many full length feature films will also be making their premieres starting tomorrow, Friday, January 16th across many cinema venues in the Park City area. So whether you happen to be there or just can't wait for these films to get released, we'll go through daily on what ones seem to be promising a theater release outside of Utah.

Tomorrow's Pick is Helen, directed by Sandra Nettlebeck; starring Ashley Judd, Goran Visnjic, Lauren Lee Smith, Alexia Fast, Alberta Watson, and David Hewlett. The film focuses on a woman who has a seemingly perfect life but begins a spiraling battle with Bipolar disorder. When she has to be hospitalized because of the debilitating spin her depressions lead her to, she begins a different journey towards understanding something she cannot control.



http://festival.sundance....9/film_events/films/helen

Director(s):Sandra Nettelbeck
Screenwriter(s):Sandra Nettelbeck
Executive Producers:Kirk Shaw, Jens Meurer, Robbie Little, Simon Fawcett
Producers:Judy Tossell, Christine Haebler
Cinematographer:Michael Bertl
Production Designer:Linda Del Rosario
Costume Designer:Bettina Helmi

Helen

International Narrative Feature Films
Canada/Germany, 2008, 120 mins., color

DESCRIPTION

Featuring a riveting performance by the gifted Ashley Judd and infused with intelligence and detail by Sandra Nettelbeck, a storyteller who clearly knows intimately the parameters of this universe, Helen transcends the usual limitations that besiege portraits of mental illness and depression. In truth, for all that we’ve learned about depression—its causes, its cures, and the breadth of its affliction—the old clichés and stigmas still dominate our tales and popular culture. What Nettelbeck and her colleagues have accomplished is an unapologetically moving examination that offers no simplistic answers and refrains from reductively singular happy endings.Helen focuses on a woman with an apparently perfect life: a successful academic, she seems happily married with a wonderful daughter. But we witness a sudden breakdown and a journey that is enigmatic and heartbreakingly real. When solutions prove elusive and Helen is hospitalized, she forges a relationship with Mathilda, a fellow traveler who both aids and traumatizes her life’s course. When death seems the only answer, and the safe haven of family gives no respite, the pain of bipolarity is exhausting and overwhelming. Told with poignancy and insight—and ultimately concluding with as much courage as inevitable sadness—Helen is the work of artists whose craft and sensibility are special.
CAST
Ashley Judd, Goran Visnjic, Lauren Lee Smith, Alexia Fast, Alberta Watson, David Hewlett

Sandra Nettelbeck - Sandra Nettelbeck was born in 1966 in Hamburg, Germany, and studied film production at San Francisco State University. After leaving the United States, she worked as a television journalist for a couple of years and made her debut directing the feature-length television movie Loose Ends (1995). In 2001 she completed her theatrical feature debut, Mostly Martha, followed by her second feature, Sergeant Pepper, in 2004. Helen is the fifth feature film she has written and directed.
Screenings:

Fri. Jan 16 8:45 p.m. - HELEN16LN Library Center Theatre, Park City
Sat. Jan 17 9:30 p.m. - HELEN17GN Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, SLC
Mon. Jan 19 11:30 p.m. - HELEN19LL Library Center Theatre, Park City
Thu. Jan 22 11:15 a.m. - HELEN22RD Racquet Club, Park City
Sat. Jan 24 6:30 p.m. - HELEN24DE Redstone Cinemas, Kimball Junction

http://festival.sundance.org/2009/

I haven't seen anything that gives exact times yet for anybody, but, the execs from The Little Film Company are due to be there from today through the 20th so, I'd bet money he'll be there some if not all of tye days within that timeframe as well. As much as I would love to go, it's a 17 hour drive for me each way and I'm dealing with severe flares for my Fibro and Sjogrens, plus a companion eye issue. If I had others to share the drive it wouldn't be so bad, but, with the extreme cold and snowstorms right now, driving alone isn't very wise. Maybe another time it'll work out, for now I'll be watching the Sundance Channel and the media for updates.

Thanks, Momentator...this has been a rough season for me, in fact this is the second issue with my eyes I've had to deal with since September, they're not uncommon though for those with Sjogrens, I'd just been lucky up to now. Unfortunately, now that both have reared their heads, we'll have to keep watch for reoccurances.

On the Sundance front, I believe both Ashley Judd and Goran are due in, and as the Little Film Company are settled in and booking appointments for talks on distribution and the like until the 20th, I'd be surprised if they don't stay for all the showings of the film. I'm sure they want to draw as much publicity for it as they can, and hopefully they'll land widespread distribution as opposed to just arthouse bookings. I'm looking forward to hearing how the critics receive it, though I'm not sure I understand why it isn't included in the films up for judging. I saw too where WB is hosting a Green party for some films, maybe Goran will attend that since he was under contract with them for ER.

Here's a sample taste...

That looks like "hat hair" a very unfortunate consequence of winter weather... but yes, I too would hire myself out to be the keeper of his hair.

Hehehe...

The first review of the film is in, and with another picture...note the comment by the reporter to the Q&A audience member who was there to simply eye Goran...lol

A review of "Helen." http://latimesblogs.latim...09/01/premiere-helen.html

Sundance 2009: Live from Park City

Premiere: 'Helen'



What is it about Ashley Judd and depression? In "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," Judd played a young mother who emotionally and physically left her children to disappear into a depression. And in "Helen," a two-hour intense exploration of the reality of the illness of depression, she once again pushes away her husband (played by Goran Visnjic) and can't care for her 13-year-old daughter (Alexia Fast).

Though the story line could have easily slipped into Lifetime original movie land, the excellent writing and acting, rounded out by Lauren Lee Smith portraying a tortured soul whose path crosses Helen's, saves it from melodramatic moments.

Director Sandra Nettelbeck ("Mostly Martha") acknowledged in the Q&A that finding financing was difficult for such -- er -- depressing material. ("No [expletive]," said the women sitting around me, who left in the middle of the Q&A after getting a good look at Visnjic.) Nettleback began working on the story after reading Andrew Solomon's "Anatomy of Melancholy." She received a grant to make the film.

Ashley Judd was candid about her research and experience for the role. "I have had experience with depression," she said, looking directly at the audience member who raised the first question. She acknowledged that the first major depression that she can remember was around the age of 8. To prepare further for Helen's experience, she did a lot of non-dominant-hand writing, to get out of the way, and found the heart and emotion through breath work.

Judd views the art of acting, especially in this role, as spiritual, the process an act of worship. "It has to do with humanity, opening myself up to that," she said, "being in that moment."

When Goran Visnjic was asked about his experience with depression, he half-joked, "Just being with the girls on the set ... being in scenes with Ashley was extremely disturbing."

"Thank you!" Judd chimed in.

Alexia Fast, who I'm stating here is one to watch, exudes a confidence onstage that is balanced with her performance as a younger girl, and a few tears as she chokes up talking about the film.

Apart from the women surrounding me who were starting to rock back and forth in their seats, muttering "depressing," the audience was moved and impressed by the film.

I stopped three men from Brigham Young University -- Derek, Geoffrey and Andrew -- to find out the male perspective on a film filled with female friendship, illness and the challenges of keeping the "for worse" part of the marriage vows. Derek thought it was "excellent, a portrayal of personal experience and very informational." Geoffrey was impressed by how unpredictable the film was.

Rachel Yoder, a volunteer with the festival, thought it was very moving -- the pace slow but intentional, to create the tone, deliberate. And Rebecca Brown gave it a rave review, saying it was an excellent portrayal of depression. It reminds you to hold out hope, she said, and she hopes that more people will see such a realistic portrayal, to help them understand and empathize.

-- Rebecca Snavely

Photo: Lauren Lee Smith, Alexia Fast, Ashley Judd, Sandra Nettelbeck and Goran Visnjic. Credit: WireImage