HD Versions of Inside High Noon & Sergeant York: Of God & Country

Film Trailer: Inside High Noon
Written & Directed by John Mulholland
Produced & Edited by Richard Zampella at Transmultimedia Entertainment for Lionsgate Entertainment.

INSIDE HIGH NOON, a documentary explores both the remarkable 1952 film and the gripping story behind its troubled production. The real-life events behind the making of HIGH NOON make for rich drama, indeed.When released, HIGH NOON was seen as an attack on HUAC. However, this means little to an audience today. INSIDE HIGH NOON examines with fresh insight what makes HIGH NOON timeless, and why it works so powerfully still, over 65 years after its release. Introduction by President Bill Clinton. #princealbertmonaco #billclinton #highnoon #garycooper #gracekelly

Movie Trailer
Sergeant York: Of God and Country
Narrated by Liam Neeson
Written & Directed by John Mulholland
Produced & Edited by Richard Zampella
A Transmultimedia Production for
Warner Home Entertainment

Sergeant York: Of God and Country chronicles how Medal of Honor winner Alvin York’s story was brought to the screen in the 1941 film starring Gary Cooper. The documentary explores casting decisions, script development, performances, characters, shooting topics, and production problems. It also examines the complex political environment in America, in which isolationism, anti-Semitism, and the war in Europe almost derailed the film. Gary Cooper won his first Best Actor Oscar for his performance #garycooper #alvinyork #liamneeson #medalofhonor #joanleslie #walterbrennan #junelockhart

Happy 102nd Birthday to Kirk Douglas

When Kirk Douglas, several years ago, happened to hear that we were putting together a documentary on the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and Gary Cooper, he got in touch and told us about a letter he had written to Gary Cooper.

Gracious and modest gentleman that he is, Mr. Douglas enquired if we had any interest in the letter. When we responded immediately in the affirmative, he then offered to read the letter on camera for the documentary.

What appears in The True Gen is an edited version. Here, in our tribute to Mr. Kirk Douglas on his 102nd birthday, is Mr. Douglas reading the letter in full, unedited.

From all of us at Transmultimedia, Happy Birthday, Kirk Douglas.

We shan't soon see your like again.

Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen is Available on DVD and in a Collector's Edition Blu-Ray DVD Box Set! http://www.chiptaylor.com/cooper_hemi...

Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen is written/directed by John Mulholland. Narrated by Sam Waterston with Len Cariou as the voice of Ernest Hemingway. Produced by Richard Zampella

Learn more at http://cooperhemingway.com

Inside High Noon: DVD Trailer HD

NARRATED BY FRANK LANGELLA
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JOHN MULHOLLAND
PRODUCED BY RICHARD ZAMPELLA

Original DVD Trailer for Inside High Noon, produced by Transmultimedia Entertainment for the Paramount DVD release of the 2-Disc Special Collectors Edition of the 1952 Motion Picture, High Noon.

Gary Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor in this classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of revenge-seeking criminals. In the greatest showdown in the history of cinema, Cooper stands to lose not only the town but his new wife. The film also stars one of Hollywood’s most beloved and prolific actors, Lloyd Bridges, and marks the first starring role for screen legend, Grace Kelly.

The real-life story behind the making of HIGH NOON is dramatic, suspenseful, gripping. Like the film itself, it is a story of fear, of heroism, and the very real danger of political abuse. What happens up on the screen is in many ways a metaphor for the extraordinary events behind the camera.

But Inside High Noon also explores the film itself:

Why it has aroused controversy among critics. Why its treatment of women was far ahead of its time. Why its treatment of masculinity was far ahead of its time. Why it has remained popular decades and decades after its release. Indeed, why High Noon is the masterpiece it is.

Blu-Ray Release of Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen

Richard Zampella at Transmultimedia announces the Blue-Ray release of Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen to coincide with the birthday of writer Ernest Hemingway. The two disc collectors set includes a unique 16 page fold-out Arts-in-Review booklet comprising articles, photographs and original newspaper reviews and advertisements of Ernest Hemingway’s novels and stories and Gary Cooper’s films. In addition, the box set includes a brand new audio commentary by director/writer John Mulholland and hours of never-before-seen interviews and footage.

The documentary is narrated by Sam Waterston with Len Cariou as the voice of Ernest Hemingway. It includes interviews with Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston,  Patricia Neal, George Plimpton, Robert Stack, and dozens more.

About Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen

In many ways it was the perfect match:  Ernest Hemingway, whose heroes on the page personified courage - "grace under pressure" - and Gary Cooper, the man who often portrayed those characters on screen. Yet, in other ways - politically, emotionally and personally - Hemingway and Cooper were a study in contradictions. The story of this extraordinary 20-year friendship is the focus of The True Gen.  Written/Directed by John Mulholland and Produced by Richard Zampella.

To order your limited edition 2 disc set visit: http://cooperhemingway.com/blu-ray/

Paramount Studios – Hollywood, California

Producer Richard Zampella on the Lot at Paramount Pictures 9.29.15

Of the Big Six Movie Studios, Paramount is the only one still based in Hollywood, and Paramount and Fox are the only ones still located within the Los Angeles city limits.

True to its dramatic origins, Paramount has been of the most storied companies in American film history with Adolph Zukor and his successors amassing a dazzling stable of talent that upheld the most robust rosters of celebrities which included their biggest star – Gary Cooper.

Cooper singlehandedly lifted Paramount’s sagging Depression-era fortunes, playing “everyman” heroes, perfectly capturing the era, such as Longfellow Deeds in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Long John Willoughby in Meet John Doe (1941) — both Frank Capra classics — and Alvin York in Sergeant York (1941). Cooper came to embody the essence of the American character, especially that unique combination of rugged individualism and magnanimous selflessness — in his case, nurtured by the West and his English immigrant parents, who inculcated in him the elegant manners of a “gentleman.”

Cooper played one of baseball's greats, Lou Gehrig, in The Pride of the Yankees (1942) and garnered another Best Actor Academy Award nomination. Appearing in a film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls, Cooper starred opposite Ingrid Bergman in a drama set during the Spanish Civil War. This role earned him a third Academy Award nomination.

Of the 100s of films that cooper starred in throughout his decades long career – Gary Cooper filmed the majority of those films on the lot at Paramount Studios.

About Richard Zampella:

Richard Zampella is the Producer of Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen which is a documentary film about the 20-year friendship between writer Ernest Hemingway and film actor Gary Cooper. Written and directed by John Mulholland, it is narrated by actor Sam Waterston with actor Len Cariou as the voice of writer Ernest Hemingway. The film was reviewed by The New York Times film critic Andy Webster on October 11, 2013 and was named an NY Times Critics’ Pic by Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott and Stephen Holden.

'Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen'' review by pad.operaphile@

Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen
Now Available on DVD -- Buy on Amazon

Writer /Director John Mulholland can hold his head high for every aspect of this MASSIVE documentary about 2 of the greatest men of the 20th century, namely Gary Cooper and Ernest Hemingway, the world's biggest actor/movie star and the world's most imitated author. They might have had nothing in common when first they met in at Sun Valley, 1940, but they became the best of buddies and eventual cronies. This step back in time truly reveals a plethora of riches that are absorbed with the greatest of pleasure by the viewer. The intensity of youth with its thrilling fame, that mid life period of some trouble, a return to greatness in older age, these two lives parallel one another on the grandest of scales. One gets to know the men individually and as a dynamic duo, friends who cared for each other as brothers. As the bad times came, it seemed to come for both as Coop and Hemingway both died in 1961 only 7 weeks apart. There is over abundant material available to produce one hell of a great motion picture such as HEMINGWAY and GELLHORN which starred Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman, as his 3rd wife. Neither men were perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but we come to care for them big time, warts and all. Expect anything from this documentary that tries to leave out NOTHING!
10/10

From Cinema Clock Edmonton

Official Website: http://www.cooperhemingway.com

Written & directed by John Mulholland

Produced by Richard Zampella

Film explores the lifelong friendship of Ernest Hemingway and Gary Cooper

BLACKSBURG, Va., Feb. 2, 2015 – Writer and director John Mulholland will be joined by producer Richard Zampella, for a free screening of their documentary "Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen" on Wednesday, Feb. 11. 

The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre, located at 135 College Avenue in downtown Blacksburg. A question and answer session will follow the screening. 

With never seen photos and footage from the Gary Cooper estate and John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, "Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen" looks back at the friendship of writer Ernest Hemingway and actor Gary Cooper. 

From 1940 when they met until their deaths just seven weeks apart in 1961, Cooper and Hemingway "connected, collided, clashed, and reconnected in Idaho, New York, Cuba, and Paris."

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Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen – Video Librarian Review Feb 2015

VIDEO LIBRARIAN MAGAZINE REVIEW FEBRUARY 2015
Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen • 3.5 Stars (Out of 4 Stars)
(2014) 138 min. DVD: Passion River, Closed Captioned - Produced by Richard Zampella

Written & Directed by John Muholland

Hollywood idol Gary Cooper was cast as the lead in a slightly bowdlerized 1932 Paramount adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Ams and wound up becoming a life long friend of the iconic author, despite their superficial differences in politics and temperaments.

According to writer-director John Mulholland the easygoing, quiet, well-llked, and modest Cooper and the tempestuous, fiercely competitive Hemingway (who had famous feuds with fellow writers but evidently considered the actor no personal threat) helped define American manhood in their era and brought out the best in each other. "Coop" was the one person who could drop in unannounced on the Hemingway homestead, or correct "Papa" on his boorish behavior. Weeks after Cooper's death from cancer in 1961, the ailing Hemingway shot himself.

Mulholland's meaty saga of the lives of these two icons-who had long planned a cinematic project together but never managed to bring one to the camera – nicely meshes film and literary criticism with gossip, and assumes viewer familiarity with, for instance, For Whom the Bell Tolls and High Noon. The documentary film is especially passionate about restoring both Hemingway and Cooper to the artists' pantheon from which detractors (mostly feminists in Hemingway's case, "method" actors in Cooper's) have often tried to demote them.

Narrated by Sam Waterston, the roll-call of on-camera interviewees who have since died Is an A-list itself: Charlton Heston, Elmore Leonard, Budd Schulberg, Patricia Neal, Robert Stack, George Plimpton, and producer David Brown. DVD extras include deleted scenes and text production notes. Highly recommended. Aud: C, P. (C. Cassady)


Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen
Written & Directed by John Mulholland
Produced by Richard Zampella
http://cooperhemingway.com

Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen – Movie Trailer

Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen is a 2013 documentary film about the 20-year friendship between writer Ernest Hemingway and film actor Gary Cooper. Written and directed by John Mulholland, it is narrated by actor Sam Waterston with actor Len Cariou as the voice of writer Ernest Hemingway. The film was reviewed by The New York Times film critic Andy Webster and received a Critics’ Pic by Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott and Stephen Holden. Webster said the picture was proof that the work of these two men "endures and so does what they stood for". Produced by Richard Zampella.

Learn more at: http://cooperhemingway.com

Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen Now on DVD

Passion River Films distributes Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen on DVD for Universities and Libraries around the country. Produced by Richard Zampella

Richard Zampella Graphic Design

Richard Zampella: Graphic Designer

Richard Zampella is a Professional Graphic Designer that provides branding & marketing services to small business and restaurants in the United States, Europe and Asia. He is the Managing Partner of the Creative Services Company, Transmultimedia, Inc. located in New York City.

He is also a a documentary Filmmaker and Producer that received a Critics' Pic from Andy Wester, Film Critic from the New York Times in October 2013 for Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen.

The film explores the 20+ year friendship between Actor Gary Cooper and Writer Ernest Hemingway. The film is narrated by Sam Waterston was an Official Selection at The Sedona Film Festival in Feb 2014.

View Portfolio at:
http://longislandny-webdesign.com

Richard Zampella Photography

Richard Zampella Photography

Richard Zampella is a Film & Multimedia Producer that recently received a New York Times Critics' Pic for the feature documentary Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen, which chronicles the 20 year relationship between writer Ernest Hemingway and film actor Gary Cooper. The film is narrated by Sam Waterston with Len Cariou as the voice of Ernest Hemingway.

Zampella is a professional photographer whose work can be seen in many magazines and periodicals.

For more info visit his company website at : Transmultimedia

Richard Zampella Producer of Sergeant York: Of God & Country Narrated by Liam Neeson

Narrated by: Liam Neeson
Written & Directed by: John Mulholland
On Camera Participants: Maria Cooper, Joan Leslie, June Lockhart, Michael Birdwell, M.Z. Ribalow, and Film Historian Robert Osborne.
Produced by: Richard Zampella

This Documentary produced for Warner Home Video entitled Sergeant York: Of God and Country runs 38 minutes and 55 seconds as it mixes movie clips, archival materials, and interviews. It includes on camera interviews with authors Michael Birdwell and MZ Ribalow, actors June Lockhart and Joan Leslie, Gary Cooper’s daughter Maria, and film historian Robert Osborne. The film chonicles how Alvin York's story was brought to the screen; and explores York’s restrictions and requirements. The film follows casting decisions, war-related issues of the era and script development, performances, characters, shooting topics and production problems. Watch the story behind Gary Cooper's Academy Award winning role.

For more information contact:
Richard Zampella
contact@trans-multimedia.com
www.ofgodandcountry.com