By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
Poor Little Roger
Have you been wondering to yourself, “What will poor Roger Friedman do if he doesn’t have Harvey’s butt cheeks to rest his nose between anymore?”
We have gotten the answer today, as Roger exposes the lack of effort Miramax is making for him these days by not knowing that Proof is already gone from 2004 while picking up the cudgel for Sony Classics, now the biggest swinging indie dick in Manhattan, and proclaims Annette Bening, in SPC’s Being Julia, “the one to beat (for the Best Actress Oscar) at this point.”
A good performance… and Friedman is smart enough to see how closely it is aligned to Bening’s superior turn in the highly underrated Valmont, Milos Forman’s take on Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
The fact is, a nomination is a real possibility given Ms. Bening’s industry status, long history of great performances and a thin group of strong women’s roles this year. But Portman, Staunton, Winslet and probably Swank are already a bit out of front of her.
But still, this column, may be the strong hint of a new lap to work for Roger. Soon, the Bad Education love letter with pleading for an Almodovar Oscar. (Of course, that could be okay, even if Bad Education is a very good, but very genre, not really Oscar-y kind of film.) If Roger comes out pushing Head In The Clouds and dissing The Aviator… well, then Roger will have fully evolved to the next step in studio smooching.
But I don’t expect that Harvey will let this monkey (Roger was last seen on-screen in a slimmer, hairier incarnation, eating a poisoned date in Raider of the Lost Ark) off his chain quite that easily.
davey u really hate rig huh?
i know his a shill for harv but who actually reads his stuff anyway?
Roger Friedman is an insult to journalism, even tabloid journalism. Everybody knows he used to hang out at gay bath houses. Can’t he die of a heart attack or something?