"Cedar Rapids," the feature film comedy shot primarily in the Ann Arbor area in late 2009, has earned 2 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, which were just announced. The movie, starring Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, and Anne Heche, focuses on insurance salesmen gathered for an annual conference.
"Cedar Rapids" — the Miguel Arteta comedy with an all-star cast that was filmed in and around Ann Arbor —Â opened in local movie theaters over the weekend. Let the world know what you thought of the movie by taking our poll and/or leaving a comment —Â and also vote ...
Anne Heche and Ed Helms in "Cedar Rapids" Cedar Rapids Opens Friday at the Michigan Theater, Quality 16 and Rave From the outset, “Cedar Rapids” appeared to be custom-made for me. I’m a fan of stars Ed Helms and John C. Reilly; the movie’s a comedy set in the Midwest ...
Fresh off the Sundance Film Festival circuit, the comedy "Cedar Rapids" opens at the Michigan Theater, Quality 16 and Rave Motion Pictures on Friday. The film was widely shot in Ann Arbor.
The Ann Arbor area has been building a pretty diversified film resume in the past few years. After playing Boston in “Conviction,” Berkeley in “Youth in Revolt,” and Illinois in “Trust,” to name only a few, the area also assumed the guise of Cedar Rapids in the new movie of ...
Two early reviews are out for "Cedar Rapids" — a locally shot feature film comedy starring Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, and Anne Heche — which just had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. (The film comes to the Michigan Theater on Friday, as part of Sundance USA.) ...
Russ Collins is on an “all Sundance, all the time” schedule. For Collins, the Michigan Theater’s executive director and CEO, has been running a pre-Sundance conference (called Art House Convergence) Jan. 17-20; then he'll stay on in Park City, Utah to enjoy some Sundance Film Festival screenings, beginning today; and ...
Ed Helms in "Cedar Rapids" "Cedar Rapids" — upcoming movie comedy that shot in the Ann Arbor area for seven weeks late last year —Â has released an online trailer. Ed Helms stars as an insurance agent who's spent his life isolated in his small town, until he gets into ...
While no trailer has surfaced online yet, "Cedar Rapids" — a movie shot around the Ann Arbor area in November and December last year —Â has been tentatively slated for a February 11 release, distributed by Fox Searchlight. According to Indiewire.com, "Rapids" will likely be in limited release initially, and ...
Wondering what's happening with some of the films that brought Hollywood stars into our midst last year? Though "Betty Anne Waters" was being filmed in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti last year at this time, there's still no sign of a trailer online, nor does there appear to be a tentative ...
Thanks to the state’s aggressive film incentive legislation — which offers filmmakers tax rebates up to 42 percent — Washtenaw County became the backdrop for several feature films in 2009.
On Wednesday afternoon, Ed Helms, Anne Heche, John C. Reilly and about 10 other actors clustered on one side of the Ann Arbor Clarion Hotel’s indoor pool, staring down through the water at seven bricks that each had a letter painted on them. John C. ReillyThe actors pretended to tease ...
The Old Crow Medicine Show left it all on the Michigan Theater stage on Friday, raging through two sets that touched on classic country, bluegrass, hippie jams and the American Songbook — and even included some Hollywood star power. But more on that later. The Nashville-based sextet is a strange ...
"The Office" star Ed Helms portrays a regional sales director in the pseudo-documentary known for his pompous attitude and penchant for occasional musical interludes. The latter came through on Friday, as Helms joined Old Crow Medicine Show to provide vocal and banjo accompaniment during their Michigan Theater performance. Helms, along ...
"Cedar Rapids," directed by Miguel Arteta (who also directed "Youth In Revolt," which shot some parts in downtown Ann Arbor and is scheduled to hit theaters in January) and starring Anne Heche, Ed Helms, John C. Reilly and Sigourney Weaver, has been filming in Ann Arbor and Pittsfield Township. Have ...
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