Another time

There's not much Jake Gyllenhaal news out there, tumblr is full of beautiful Brokeback Mountain stills, reimagined to reveal even more beauty.





And this last one, which I'd seen before and looks photoshopped:



This is compilation of BBM highlights from the Oscars. It's at once painful and sweet to look back on that night:



It's fun to watch for Jake and Heath in the audience on the clips. Since it's only the highlights, you don't see the losses for Jake, Heath and the movie. Someday I'd like to see that awful final moment again. Or maybe not...

I also found this photo on Facebook:

Photo basket

Look what the Easter Bunny brought! After trumping Source Code's opening weekend, the rabbit makes amends with some new and recent Jake Gyllenhaal photos. The baseball-capped pics are from the Railroad Revival Tour stop in San Pedro on Friday night.







And the more formal attire was for the Oscars. From the Vanity Fair party:




Thanks to Bobbyanna for the heads-up on the VF shots.

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A Source Code interview for AlloCine, a French site:

(Railroad Revival photos from flickr/bluereins333.)

Odds and ends

It's a grab bag post today, old and new. First up, Jake visiting the (victorious) home team locker room after the Celtics beat the Magic in May, 2010:



That's Rajon Rondo in front, then Kevin Garnett in back of him, with Glen (Big Baby) Davis on Jake's left.

Jake with a Belgian reporter, who seemed to think Jake wasn't forthcoming enough:



At least she got a half-smile out of him!

Fun video interview with a reporter who managed to ask different questions. Find out Jake's favorite TV show, what music he'd listen to if the end was near. And what he thinks of Portland:



Jake, Boston is the city you want to film in. Not Portland!

Also, these artists didn't make Jake's end-of-the-world playlist, but they are apparently on his iPod. He also says he still writes and plays music. (Not sure if the interview is new or taken from old interviews. A remix, perhaps?)

Another SC interview:

Drawing the Dagger/Rolling the Oscar Dice

Update: New Brothers TV spot, from IGN:

More Brothers Info

Jordan Mechner recounts his attempt to draw the Prince of Persia's Dagger of Time, his own creation but in Jake Gyllenhaal's hands. Or hand:



Jake offered to hold the Dagger of Time so I could sketch it. The one drawing you’d figure I could do in my sleep. Naturally, under pressure (we were between takes), I rushed it, and messed up the proportions.

I asked him to hand me the dagger for a moment, thinking I might just turn back time and try that sketch again. Alas, it was empty. He must have used up the sand doing stunt work with 2nd unit.



It felt good to hold it, though. Much more solid and weighty than a PS2 controller.



It's funny that Mechner says he got the dimensions wrong because Jake moved his hand. Who's controlling whom, Mr. Creator?

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There's more Oscar talk for Brothers, including a lame explanation of why it took Lionsgate/Relativity so long to get the ball rolling.



But the DGA screening has apparently set in motion a string of events that will culminate in next week’s launch of a full-fledged best-picture campaign for the film, and a best-actor push for star Tobey Maguire, who plays a soldier presumed missing in Afghanistan until he returns home to his wife (Natalie Portman) and younger brother (Jake Gyllenhaal).

To hear producer Ryan Kavanaugh tell it, the filmmakers proceeded cautiously because of uncertainty about the new landscape for Oscar campaigning. “With the change in Academy policy, we really wanted to let the film speak for itself before we made the decision whether or not to campaign,” he says. “If it got the momentum it needed once we showed it, we would do everything we could to support it as much as we can. And it certainly seemed to get that momentum.”

Others at the Sunday screening say that the film was followed by a standing ovation, a rarity for the DGA, and an enthusiastically-received 45-minute Q&A session in which a common theme was questioners wondering why the film didn’t have a higher profile in the awards race.



Between the raves from the DGA (as a group, a fairly accurate Oscar precursor) and positive comments from a few critics who’d seen the film, Sheridan’s camp reportedly decided a full campaign was in order. Lionsgate was in the thick of its campaign for Oscar frontrunner “Precious,” and was said to be surprised that the “Brothers” filmmakers suddenly wanted to shift into Oscar mode as well – but the company quickly agreed to do so.

A full slate of screenings begins next week, with Academy-geared television spots to follow. Lionsgate’s awards website now promotes the film in a wide range of categories including best picture, best director, best actor, supporting actor and actress, screenplay, and song for U2’s “Winter.” The song certainly sounds apt (“The broken and the bruised/The young and the used/The sure and confused/All here”) -- and while Kris Tapley speculates that the track may run afoul of the music branch’s strict rules because it was recorded during the band's "No Line on the Horizon" sessions, Kavanaugh says that it was "without question" written specifically for the film.

This is just a series of bad decision, beginning with the lack of festival exposure and screenings. Or even further back, the delay in releasing the movie. I hope the late sprint works, and the film and its stars get some recognition.



What? That photo isn't from Brothers?

(Photos courtesy of IHJ.)

Coffee run

I guess that would be more like a stroll. And I don't see any coffee. But much like many of us on the East Coast, Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon suited up to battle the fierce winter elements today. Except for them, it was what looks like some clouds and temperatures in the 60s, rather than, say, a foot of snow. You gotta love L.A.

In any case, I'm glad they got out of the house, so we'd have a post. I was trying to do a longer one, but none of the internets was cooperating tonight. So thanks, guys! And thanks, Stephanie.








Looks like Jake is providing an amusing running commentary! It's such a shame they are always so sad. Or maybe she's just laughing at his footwear.

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To make up for my utter failure at doing an original post, here are some old pictures from the afterparty for the NYC Zodiac premiere. I don't think I've seen them before. Not exciting, but new, at least.




And I think I've seen this 2006 Oscar photo before, but I couldn't find it on IHJ. And I love the look, so I figured I'd post. We're still in Oscar season, right?




(Pictures courtesy of IHJ.)