The Eclipse

Ciaran Hinds and Writer/Director Conor McPherson Video Interveiws THE ECLIPSE

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 23rd, 2010 at 8:16 am

Opening this Friday is writer/director Conor McPherson’s The Eclipse.  Set in a misty seaside town in Ireland, The Eclipse stars Ciarán Hinds as a grieving father struggling with the responsibility of raising two children without his wife.  While the film starts as a straight forward drama, we’re soon introduced to a supernatural element, as Hinds starts to see ghosts and visions. Almost immediately after, he’s driving around Lena Morelle (Iben Hjejle), an author of supernatural fiction who is also dealing with her own demons at a local literary festival.  Together, they start to try and figure out what’s really going on.

What’s great about the film is the way it mixes genre’s with ease.  Usually when a director tries to mix drama and horror, one genre dominates and the other feels like it’s added in after the fact.  But that is not the case with The Eclipse, as both work perfectly together and neither feels forced.  Also, while I have seen a number of supernatural movies, there were times watching The Eclipse that I actually jumped.  Definitely recommended.

To help promote the film, I recently got to speak with Ciaran Hinds and Writer/Director Conor McPherson in New York City.  Both talked about how the project came together, making the film, the big promotional tour they were on, what they have coming up, and a lot more.  They’re great in depth interviews so take a look:

Exclusive Interview: Ciaran Hinds talks JOHN CARTER OF MARS and HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: February 25th, 2010 at 11:08 am

Just an hour ago, I sat down with Ciaran Hinds (Rome, Munich) to talk about his great movie The Eclipse.  It’s a supernatural drama from writer-director Conor McPherson that arrives in theaters in late March.  While I’ll have my full interview with Hinds online closer to release, since we talked about two of his upcoming movies – John Carter of Mars and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – I wanted to let you watch that part of the interview today.

If you didn’t know , Hinds plays Aberforth Dumbledore in Harry Potter, and he plays one of the leaders on Mars in Andrew Stanton’s next film.  During the interview, he talked about working on Potter and how he got ready for the film (he worked for 5 days on the movie), and regarding John Carter, Hinds says he’s already filmed part of the movie but he’s got a lot of work over the next few months.  If you’re curious about either film, hit the jump:

Trailer for THE ECLIPSE Starring Ciarán Hinds, Iben Hjejle, and Aidan Quinn

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 19th, 2010 at 9:28 pm

Thousands of Twilight fans will feel massive disappointment tomorrow as they hop online to see that there’s an “Eclipse” trailer online, except it’s not for their vampire-werewolf-romance-epic, but some fruity indie drama that provides a metaphor for loss of a loved one and the pain and fear of moving on.  Maybe it’s because I’m a “hater”, but I think I prefer the latter. 

The Eclipse, directed by Conor McPherson, is about Michael, a widower (Ciarán Hinds), who meets Lena, a horror novelist (Iben Hjejle) at a local book festival.  Believing he is being haunted, begins developing a romantic relationship with Lena as she believes that he may be living with a ghost.  Matters are complicated by a fellow writer (Aidan Quinn) who feels threatened by Michael’s relationship to Lena.  The trailer for the film has come online and while it lays on the horror elements a little too thick, I’m interested in checking it out for the character drama.

Hit the jump to see trailer and read the full synopsis.  The Eclipse opens on March 26th.

Exclusive Poster for THE ECLIPSE Starring Ciarán Hinds, Iben Hjejle, and Aidan Quinn

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 21st, 2009 at 6:00 pm

Today, we bring you an exclusive look at the poster for Conor McPherson’s upcoming drama The Eclipse starring Ciarán Hinds, Iben Hjejle, and Aidan Quinn.  The film follows the relationship and conflict which develop between a lonely single father (Hinds), an author who writes books about ghosts and the supernatural (Hjejle), and a world-renowned novelist (Aidan Quinn).

Hit the jump to check out the full poster as well as the official synopsis.  The Eclipse is schedule to hit Video-on-Demand, Amazon, and Xbox Live on February 26th and theaters on March 26th.

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