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News

In this column I'll include any breaking news, such as information on upcoming movie developments, new additions to the cast, or talk show appearances.

PRE-RELEASE BUZZ
 
02/01/05
The cast is filling out, with Woody Harrelson, Sean Bean, Michelle Monaghan, and Richard Jenkins newly signing on. (The Hollywood Reporter)
 
09/22/04
Jeremy Renner is in talks to co-star with Theron. (The Hollywood Reporter)
 
07/14/04
Frances McDormand is in talks to play Glory, a fellow miner. (The Hollywood Reporter)
 
03/12/04
Charlize Theron, fresh off her Oscar win, is in final talks for the leading role. (Variety)

Gossip

Here I'll include some of the juicier stuff I hear. No guarantee of the accuracy of anything you read in this column!

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"North Country" will make its world premiere at the 30th Toronto International Film Festival as a Gala Presentation on Monday, September 12

WORLD PREMIERE OF NIKI CARO'S NORTH COUNTRY A GALA PRESENTATION

Toronto – Niki Caro's NORTH COUNTRY receives its world premiere as a Gala Presentation at the 30th Toronto International Film Festival. NORTH COUNTRY stars Academy Award©-winner Charlize Theron in an inspiring story of a single mother who rallies her female coworkers to rise above the unfair treatment they face at a local mining company. At once inspiring and heartwrenching, NORTH COUNTRY also delivers commanding performances from fellow cast members and Academy Award©-winners Frances McDormand and Sissy Spacek, along with Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Renner, Michelle Monaghan, and Woody Harrelson.

In the wake of a failed marriage, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota hoping to build a better life for herself and her two children. Encouraged by her friend Glory (Frances McDormand), one of the few female miners in town, Josey takes a job at the mine.

She's prepared for the back-breaking and often dangerous work, but coping with the harassment she and the other female miners encounter from their male coworkers proves far more challenging.

Josey's attempts to carve out a better future for her family put her at odds with her children, her disapproving parents (Sissy Spacek and Richard Jenkins), and her community. Through this struggle she finds the courage to stand up for what she believes in – even if that means standing alone. Ultimately, her journey takes her farther than she could have ever imagined and inspires countless others to follow.

NORTH COUNTRY is directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Michael Seitzman. Produced by Nick Wechsler, the film is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

To go to a web site copy and paste the link below to your address bar
 
"THE OFFICIALWEBSITE FOR THE MOVIE IS"
 
www. northcountrymovie.com
 
The official web site is now up but not all sections are up yet
 
 
 
The Poster Is Here along with pic's from the movie
 
http://joblo.com/index.php?id=8414
 
 
 
 
 
SEE THE MOVIE TRAILER HERE
 
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/northcountry.html
 
 
 
 
Link Added on September 07, 2005
North Country preview that aired on ET  
 
http://ctheron.com
 
 
Wallpaper Downloads
http://northcountrymovie.warnerbros.com/downloads.html
 
 
 

12 Sep 2005

Picture Link

35 New Pictures Including Hockey Scene

http://www.movieweb.com/movies/galleries2.php?film=2892&id=2161

12 Sep 2005

Story Link

Toronto Fest Puts Spotlight on Hollywood

http://www.hendersonvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050907/APE/509070972

12 Sep 2005

Live From The Festival

Beginning Thursday, September 8, 2005, visit The following 2 Links for Photo Highlights, and the Festival Daily from the

30th annual Toronto International Film Festival®.


Festival Daily

http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2005/liveFromFestival_festivalDaily.asp

 

Photo Gallery

http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2005/liveFromFestival_photoGallery.asp

Upcomming Apperance

Sean Bean is scheduled to appear on the tv show

Good Morning America

 on [ABC], Thurs Sep 15 2005

check your local listings for times

(Sean Bean Playes Kyle In The Movie) Maybe there will be some mention of North Country

12 Sep 2005

News Video Link

Video From The Toronto Film Fest Sep 12, 2005 10:00 pm Charlize Interview

http://www.ctv.ca/mini_v2/tiff2005

 

" BREAKING NEWS Sept 13,2005"
 
IRON RANGE TO GET THE MOVIE PREMIER ?
 
 
 
 

Premier on the Iron Range ?

 

At the press conference for North Country at the Toronto film festival Niki Caro said she wants the people of the Iron Range to see The Movie first. Great it is starting to look like we will get the premier. Warner Brothers does not have any info available on this yet but hopefully it’s soon to come. Caro also said she loves the people of the Virginia, MN.  And cannot wait to be back here to see them all again. During filming and the many times I saw her at the coats hotel she seemed like a real sweetheart that really enjoyed her time here. Hope to see some of you at the premier hope they will invite the extras. If you have any new info please let me know by emailing me at Ron@cycloneplus.com THANK YOU

 

Charlize Theron takes on blue-collar tale Sept. 13, 2005

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1126570908327_147

 

 

 

"BREAKING NEWS SEPT. 20, 2005"

 

The Flash page on the official website at www.Northcountrymovie.com

Is now up and running. They cut off on my scene rite at my arm. On the first page that comes up when you click to enter the flash site there is a guy with a knit cap the last thing you see on the right side of the screen. I am sitting to the right of him you can see my grey sweatshirt I hope I make it in the movie.

 
New Updates
 
09/21/2005
North Country: An Interview with Charlize Theron
A long Interview With Charlize Theron
 

09/21/2005

 
Listen to the story of the women of the mines
 1Hour Long
Some of the women in this story are mentioned in the book Class Action the book the movie North Country is based on
 
 
Click on the listen link on the page to listen to the program

 
 

Thank You Soo Much For Looking At My Site :)

 

NEW NEWS SEPT 30, 2005
TODAY SEPT. 30 CHARLIZE THERON WILL BE ON OPRAH SHE IS SOPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT NORTH COUNTRY FROM WHAT I HEAR IN MINNESOTA IT IS ON AT 4:00 ON CHANNEL 3 VIDEO WILL BE ON OPRAHS SITE AFTER THE SHOW
 
   
CHECK THIS OUT 13 CLIPS FROM THE MOVIE ITS LIKE A MINNY MOVIE
 
   

CHARLIZE THERON TO RECEIVE KUDOS FROM HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL

 

 

http://www.moviecitynews.com/Notepad/2005/050926_pr.html

 

   
CHARLIZE THERON PROMOTING NORTH COUNTRY ON ET
 
 
 
   
HOPE WE ALL GET TO SEE THE MOVIE FIRST
 CEC theaters in VIRGINIA MN and Duluth advanced screenings are scheduled for crew and promotional purposes
 
   

NEW NEWS SEPT 30, 2005   "PART 2"

Film Spool 1
Monday, October 10, 2005 -- The Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' ``North Country''
 
 

Free 1

Northlanders will have an opportunity to see Warner Bros. Pictures new film, North Country, before the movie opens at theaters nationwide.
 
 
 

Posted: Monday, October 3rd 2005 8:40PM

Interview: Niki Caro "North Country"

 

Posted: Monday, October 3rd 2005

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/northc3.php

 

Reel of Film
October 12, 2005
 
Exclusive Video Interviews: North Country

 

 
October 14, 2005
 
 

One of women who sued Eveleth Mines gives ``North Country'' two thumbs up

http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/12884371.htm

 

 
 

'North Country' sways skeptical woman who inspired the story

http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/12901818.htm

 

 
     

TV SPOTS
Television Circa 1950
Oct. 12: Conan O'Brien (NBC)
 

ADDED OCTOBER 17, 2005

Theron doubles up on drama, action with North Country, Aeon Flux
National Post - Canada
... forgotten what actors do," Theron said during an interview in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, where her new film North Country premiered. ...

TRUE 'NORTH'
San Francisco Chronicle - United States
... When Theron arrived in northern Minnesota's stark Iron Range region last winter to soak up the local atmosphere and meet her real-life role models, she was in ...

n 'North Country' art imitates life … to a point
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
"This isn'ta documentary." These were the first words director Niki Caro said when she met with
Minnesota media before shooting "North Country" last February. ...

North Country
Zap2it.com - USA
This fictionalized version of the first successful sexual harassment prosecution, Jensen v. Eveleth Mines, centers on single mother Josie, who returns to her ...

Michelle Monaghan shows her range
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... In "
North Country," set on Minnesota's Iron Range, she all but disappears into the role of a miner, Sherry, who becomes increasingly withdrawn after suffering ...

 

Charlize Theron on North Country
Comingsoon.net - USA
Charlize Theron stars in director Niki Caro's new drama
North Country from Warner Bros. Pictures. Theron plays Josey Aimes, a single ...

"North Country" Premiere Photos
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
Photos from the Premiere of "
North Country" featuring pics of Charlize Theron, Sean Bean, Michelle Monaghan, Alicia Silverstone, Cole Williams, Drea de Matteo ...

North Country
New York Magazine - NY, USA
You know all the ads that position this soot-smudged Charlize Theron iron-miner-versus-male-chauvinist-pigs vehicle as being in the tradition of Norma Rae? ...

 

 
 

02/17/2006

Reliving Minnesota History through Hollywood

UMD's Lislegard and the Movie North Country

http://www.d.umn.edu/unirel/homepage/05/northcountry.html

 

 
New News For Minnesota Iron Range Residents 02/17/2006
Fortune Bay to host 'North Country' event
Coicides with Academy Award telecast
 *Hope to see some of you there*
The Upper Minnesota Film Office will hold a fund-raiser at Fortune Bay Resort and Casino to coincide with Hollywood’s night when the stars come out to see who will be honored as the best in cinema.
March 5 2006
Price will be $15 per person and will include food. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with the Academy Awards starting at 7 p.m.
Fortune Bay Resort & Casino: 218-753-6400
1430 Bois Forte Rd
Tower, MN 55790, US

Fortune Bay is offering a special room rate for the event. For reservations call

 218-753-2611

 

Ticket price is $15.00 per person and can be reserved by calling the Upper Minnesota Film Office reservation number at 218-727-9060. You are welcome to dress up or dress casual for the evening.

 
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My Experiance On The Filming Of North Country
 
 
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