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Expendable. · May 6, 2011

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn (Pusher Trilogy, Bronson, Valhalla Rising, upcoming Logan's Run Remake)
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Christina Hendricks, and Oscar Issac.

Synopsis:

Hollywood stunt driver by day (Ryan Gosling), a loner by nature, moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LAs most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene (Carey Mulligan). When the job goes dangerously awry, the only way he can keep Irene and her son alive is to do what he does bestDrive!

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Drive hits theaters September 16th, 2011.

Discotheque · May 6, 2011

Fucking Logan's Run next? I was hoping he would tackle his Mads Mikkelsen heist flick after this.

This movie will be pretty cool. Great cast (Walt from Breaking Bad too! and Carey Mulligan's always good)

Expendable. · May 6, 2011

Set Photo:

Discotheque said:
Fucking Logan's Run next? I was hoping he would tackle his Mads Mikkelsen heist flick after this.

This movie will be pretty cool. Great cast (Walt from Breaking Bad too! and Carey Mulligan's always good)

He's not doing the heist flick next, but he is squeezing in his neo-western Only God Forgives before Logan's Run.
More details here and starring these two:

starchild excalibur · May 6, 2011

*whistles*

Good clip. I like Refn although he typically seems to miss the mark by just a little in most of the films he's done (Pusher II being the only exception IMO). This looks promising given the director and talent though.

Discotheque · May 6, 2011

I hope this film isn't too self indulgent. I liked Vallhalla Rising and kinda enjoyed Bronson. But they both suffered from trying to do too much.

Pusher trilogy's still his best stuff.

Particle Physicist · May 6, 2011

looks good. thanks.

Mangoverboard · May 6, 2011

I think this looks really good. Can't wait to see it!

Visceir · May 6, 2011

Will watch if its starring Gosling, it is nice to see him try something more...actiony

Jason's Ultimatum · May 6, 2011

Visceir said:
Will watch if its starring Gosling, it is nice to see him try something more...actiony

I've been thinking lately that he should've been the lead character in the Bourne Legacy.

Anyway, looks good. Will watch.

Expendable. · May 6, 2011

Visceir said:
Will watch if its starring Gosling, it is nice to see him try something more...actiony

I love how Gosling is branching out. He is in Crazy, Stupid, Love. as well. His first comedy. It looks hilarious.

ReturnOfTheRAT · May 6, 2011

A real aura of Michael Mann' coolness going on in that clip.

Expendable. · May 7, 2011

new stills!

More if you click the image above.

Expendable. · May 9, 2011

even more stills:

SpeedingUptoStop · May 9, 2011

What a fucking cast. This film should be a stunner.

sefskillz · May 9, 2011

Between this and Shame, Mulligan should have a hell of a 2011.

Refn is a pimp too. Working my way through the Pusher trilogy

Expendable. · May 17, 2011

New Clip

Bryan Lee O'Malley has also seen the film and loved it:

I've seen DRIVE and it is pretty thoroughly badass. that clip is (above) an anomaly.

sixteen-bit · May 17, 2011

SpeedingUptoStop said:
What a fucking cast. This film should be a stunner.

Yes I would not mind fucking the cast.

Fenderputty · May 17, 2011

Cleavage and cars? Sounds good to me.

Expendable. · May 18, 2011

A couple of hours ago Drive director Nicholas Winding Refn described his film, which costars Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, as a "kind of fantasy" thing that was partly inspired, he said, by the vibe of driving around and listening to great music on the car stereo. He also said that in one sense it's "almost a John Hughes film."

Press Conference Video

Expendable. · May 19, 2011

Drive Cannes premiere just got out:

@firstshowing

Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive - Totally frickin' awesome. Violent, but badass, great soundtrack. Ryan Gosling is the man. Loved it, new fave. I've complained about Refn before, but this is his best movie hands down. May be a cult classic hit. Damn I want to see it again right now.

@erickohn

Walking out of DRIVE, feeling kinda wobbly. In a good way. #cannes

@BrooksId

For a film called Drive, sure is a lot of Slo-mo!

@peterhowellfilm

Drive: Wham, bam, thank you, man! Ryan Gosling rocks like a young De Niro. #Cannes

@ropeofsilicon

'Drive' was a great way to end my time here in Cannes, really enjoyed and fans of Refn are in for a treat. #Cannes

@totalfilm

Drive: Ryan Gosling smoulders in a throw back crime thriller, part Michael Mann's Thief, part Walter Hill's Driver, all awesome!

@gemko

Let's see if I can be the first person in your feed to say: DRIVE, holy shit.

@zaffi

Fast, bloody + brutal, Drive was an entertaining if somewhat shallow exercise in violent excess. Kind of like Bullitt meets Bronson. #cannes

@ZeitchikLAT

Gosling's Drive a violent Scandinavian mood piece w/US stars/setting. Feels like seminal moment in Cannes edginess.

@phillipstribune

R. Gosling in #Cannes revenge drama "Drive" dir. by Nicolas Winding Refn. Just high-hat enough in its sleek delivery of cliches for Palme?

@wellshwood

"Drive" isn't as good as " Thief," but it's respectably and sometimes very thrillingly in the same ballpark. Spare, hard, very high octane.

@ChaseWhale

DRIVE made me really, really sad; I wanted to like it so much.

@gemko

Drive (Winding Refn): 76. Patchy and shallow, but the highs are just insanely high. Half a dozen of the year's best scenes. Genre bliss.

@jamesrocchi

That imaginary universe where Michael Mann directs '80s adaptations of '60s Richard Stark novels? I was just there. It's called DRIVE.

empiremagazine

Thumbs up for Nicolas Winding Refn's DRIVE. Very retro, but it works. #cannes

@cobblehillis

DRIVE: Pure genre bliss! Superbly crafted suspense, framing, lighting, & stunt casting @AlbertBrooks as a violent heavy (who knew?) #Cannes

@eug

Based on early tweets & buzz in the lobby now, I am entirely in the minority on DRIVE in #Cannes. Everyone seems to adore it! Not me.

@ioncinema

Cannes 2011: Refn's DRIVE. More focus on the driving gloves than the cars. This one has got a mean streak and softer side: cult classic.

ReturnOfTheRAT · May 19, 2011

Some productive tweets there, others are just noise.

bjaelke · May 19, 2011

ReturnOfTheRAT said:
Some productive tweets there, others are just noise.

And some are just too much:
https://twitter.com/#!/outnow/status/71294491075678208

Expendable. · May 20, 2011

posted in Cannes thread, but worthy here!

[Cannes Review] Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive

In Drive, Ryan Gosling plays a lone-wolf type who likes to do precisely what the title explicitly says. Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, best known for his distinct visual style and edgy subject matter, attempts a high speed mainstream turn in this captivating thriller. After making the ultra-violent surreal prison biopic Bronson and a seriously intense Viking film Valhalla Rising, Refn has returned to Hollywood with a film full of bravado and brutality. With an A-list cast and a deceptively clever yet simple screenplay, Drive brings Refns over the top cinematic exploits stateside, despite becoming a somewhat shallow exercise in excessive violence.

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Wes · May 20, 2011

Definitely getting a very positive vibe from the reviews.

Expendable. · May 23, 2011

noticed four PERFECT scores from different outlets:

In Contention (4 stars):

I used to produce movies in the 80s, Brooks smarms, in the films most self-relexive line. Kind of action films, sexy stuff one producer called them European. The irony has not escaped Winding Refn that he himself is making one of those movies, though with a more expansive frame of reference, the finest layer of B-movie grime that time and money can buy, and a narrative propulsive enough that the film neednt only be watched through quote marks. Made through the prism of two eras, operating both as sophisticated cinematic love note and fundamental fuck-yeah entertainment, this sleek, sinuous film is the best kind of nostalgia exercise: one that marvels at the movies that bore it, while stirring excitement for the future.

Rope of Silicon (A+):

The signature on Drive is all Refn, from the music down to the mood. He strips his films down to the point they don't exactly hit reality, but a hyper-reality where you can at once connect to the characters, but also revel in the entertainment of its absurdity. Refn's talents know no limits, his combination of action-packed bloody mayhem tied with his patience to include appropriately lengthy moments of silence show a director in control of his environment. Add to that a continually impressive talent for casting the right people and you have a film you will want to watch over and over again.

Film School Rejects (A+):

Drive is a brilliant advert for Winding Refns skill as a filmmaker. His cinematography here is beautiful, and he never lets up even when the film takes a turn for more obviously exploitation-like roads. I already want to see it again. It isnt quite as good as The Artist, but its damn near: an exploitation/modern Western mix with brilliantly over-the-top sequences and gleeful abandon in its spirit. Long may Winding Refn rule.

FirstShowing (10 out of 10):

Even though it was the last film I saw in Cannes after a handful of other spectacular movies, Drive is my favorite film out of the 21 I saw at the festival. The entire movie I kept thinking to myself that it's an 'instant classic' and by the end the only word that stood out in my mind was indeed 'flawless.' It may have a few minor dents or scratches along its exterior, but I'm giving this near-masterpiece the edge and rounding up my score, as it deserves a perfect rating. Bravo Nicolas Winding Refn, you've won me over.

It's going to be a long wait until September. For all you LA'ers, it is screening this June at LA Film Fest for $13 a pop, seems well worth it. More info.

Munin · May 23, 2011

Why didn't you also mention that Refn just won best director for it at Cannes?

white dynamite · May 23, 2011

That clip piqued my interest. Will definitely have to check this out come September.

GhaleonQ · May 23, 2011

As someone who's been on Refn's side this whole time, it is hilarious to me that he might emerge as an objectively big director. I guess your Peter Weirs of the world started the same way, but still.

Discotheque · May 23, 2011

I'm hearing comparisons to Michael Mann's Thief. If true omg.

tycoonheart · May 23, 2011

Expendable. said:
New Clip

Bryan Lee O'Malley has also seen the film and loved it:

I love Cranston so much. The dude is such a versatile actor.

Expendable. · May 23, 2011

GhaleonQ said:
As someone who's been on Refn's side this whole time, it is hilarious to me that he might emerge as an objectively big director. I guess your Peter Weirs of the world started the same way, but still.

If this shows he can make a true crowdpleaser, I can't wait for him to do big-budget sci-fi with Logan's Run remake.

Munin said:
Why didn't you also mention that Refn just won best director for it at Cannes?

Ah, slipped my mind! Yeah, that was fantastic.

speedpop · May 23, 2011

Those clips were tight. I think I have a mancrush on Gosling.

Jason's Ultimatum · May 23, 2011

Cannot wait for this film.

Traumnovelle · May 23, 2011

A wonderful interview with Refn and Gosling.

Also, the song mentioned in the interview as in the opening credits is amazing!

Max Armstrong · May 23, 2011

The clip was really good. Can't wait to see the rest of the film.

Rei_Toei · May 23, 2011

Just realized in have three movies by Refn in my backlog (Pusher, Bronson and Valhalla Rising). I'm going to start with Bronson this week. This looks pretty nice and I'm also curious to see what they're going to do with Logan's Run. On a more cynical side, totally can't wait for people to call it an The Island rip-off when trailers start coming out!

Expendable. · May 23, 2011

Rei_Toei said:
Just realized in have three movies by Refn in my backlog (Pusher, Bronson and Valhalla Rising). I'm going to start with Bronson this week. This looks pretty nice and I'm also curious to see what they're going to do with Logan's Run. On a more cynical side, totally can't wait for people to call it an The Island rip-off when trailers start coming out!

Pusher is a trilogy, FYI.

Rei_Toei · May 23, 2011

Expendable. said:
Pusher is a trilogy, FYI.

I know, if the first one does the job I'll track down the other two

. I remember everyone raving about Pusher during a small film festival I was attending to years ago but I couldn't see it because I wanted to check out Millenium Mambo really bad.

reilo · May 23, 2011

A proper car movie? I'm excited.

GhaleonQ · May 23, 2011

Rei_Toei said:
I know, if the first one does the job I'll track down the other two . I remember everyone raving about Pusher during a small film festival I was attending to years ago but I couldn't see it because I wanted to check out Millenium Mambo really bad.

I would say that they're all tonally similar but notably different, so you might just want to get all 3. I might compare it to the The Godfather movies in terms of continuity and differences.

Expendable. · Jun 2, 2011

just posted our great interview with Refn/Gosling from Cannes!

[Video Interview] Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn on Drive

Expendable. · Jun 8, 2011

If I were to have seen this film today, I would say it is my second favorite film of the year behind The Tree of Life.

Expendable. · Jun 18, 2011

rounded up some Los Angeles Film Festival impressions and found a big scoop!

Nicolas Winding Refn Pulls Drive Into Los Angeles As Only God Forgives Shia LaBeouf?

First is an excerpt from Cinema Blend, which had the first full review up.

See Drive in big screens as many times as you can and only in the best theaters you can find. While every element of the movie stands up, its a film that demands to be on a big screen with the greatest speakers imaginable. As for me, I plan on asking for vacation days the week after the film is released and buying a whole new stereo system when it comes out on home video. Its worth every penny.

@LittleNgoc‎

Ryan Gosling is the definition of INTENSE. Just saw #DRIVE #LAFF premiere & it's the antithesis of The Notebook, but just as paralyzing.

@allisonloring

DRIVE: everything I wanted & nothing I expected. Simply a great f**king ride. #LAFF

@Lulamaybelle‎

#DRIVE was so fucking fantastic! I don't know where to begin but look for my review tomorrowish. Ryan Gosling FTW. #LAFF

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@Darol214‎

Just saw Drive at #LAFF and so good! I may have been more excited to see Albert Brooks there than Ryan Gosling. #ilovealbertbrooks

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@JordanCronk‎

DRIVE (#LAFF): To call this Refn's best film would be a huge understatement. Tough, precision filmmaking-- first hour is nearly impeccable.

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@CarrieSpecht‎

Drive @LAFF has a slow 1st half, but blasts off in the 2nd. Man, Albert Brooks like you've never seen.

‎@ale808‎

DRIVE is a LA noir version of SHANE. Badass. #LAFF

@screenjunkies‎

Just saw DRIVE at #LAFF. Amazing. Everyone must see it when it comes out in Sept.

@JackattheMovies‎

Learned 2 things 2night: 1) DRIVE may be the best film of the year. 2) Christina Hendricks is just as beautiful in person. #LAFF @LAFilmFest

@matthew_lingo‎

DRIVE (Refn, 2011): Lean, mean pulp fiction that slyly sneaks into complete fucking greatness. #LAFF

@mfrushmore‎

Waited for three hours in the rush line to see Drive. Having seen it, I would've waited three more. #laff #myhandsarealittledirty #soaremine

@colliderfrosty‎

saw Nicolas Winding Refn's DRIVE at #LAFF. If I could watch it again right now I would. If I could buy the soundtrack right now I would.

@willisco‎

I'm pretty inclined to proclaim "Drive" my favorite movie of the year. It was fantastic anyway. So jealous I didn't make it. #LAFF

@mkung‎

I really dug 'Drive.' Moody and evocative. Gosling isn't too hard on the eyes either, even when covered in blood.

@falsemirror

DRIVE was fucking fantastic. Great performances all around, incredible cinematography and direction and DRIVE has one of the year's best soundtracks, andwith Ryan Gosling as a badass motherfucker who also is a GQ motherfucker - come on.

@clairebidwell‎

Still trying to regain composure after seeing the amazing Drive with Ryan Gosling (both in person & on screen) the LA film fest.

@Greg_Boose‎

At the LA Film Festival and just checked out Ryan Gosling's 'Drive.' Fucking hell was it thrilling.

Expendable. · Jun 19, 2011

come on GAF! This is one of the best films of the year.

News just came out that the Refn/Gosling duo are planning their THIRD film together, a romantic comedy in NYC. 24 Frames broke the news, but I followed up with a lot more details.

Their entire bromance chronicled here.

Blader · Jun 19, 2011

Expendable. said:
come on GAF! This is one of the best films of the year.

What do you want? Release is 3 months away.

Aquavelvaman · Jun 19, 2011

First I've seen of this. Looks really good

Expendable. · Jun 19, 2011

Blader5489 said:
What do you want? Release is 3 months away.

Unadulterated hype 24/7. I expect nothing less from GAF.

Heard that FilmDistrict is hoping for $20-25m opening. I wonder if it will happen. It's ULTRA violent.

I should be doing hw · Jun 19, 2011

I'm too excited for this and the cast. It's been on my horizon so long, I almost can't believe its out soon.
Have there been any stills of Cranston and Hendricks in their roles yet?

brianjones · Jun 19, 2011

romantic comedy? lol

Discotheque · Jun 19, 2011

wtf is this shit? that romantic comedy better feature Mads Mikkelsen in a love triangle.

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