‘T Takes’
by Indie Filmmaker Brody Baker Debuts on The New York Times T Style
Magazine Web Site
12-Part Film Series Created at Sundance; Josh Hartnett, Lukas Haas,
Saffron Burrows and Athena Currey Among the Extensive Cast
NEW YORK (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) March 17, 2008 --
T:
The New York Times Style Magazine Web site (http://www.nytimes.com/tmagazine)
today launched the first episode in T Takes, a series of two- to
three-minute episodic films produced exclusively for the T
Web site by filmmaker Brody Baker.
Mr. Baker traveled to the Sundance Film Festival on behalf of T
with the goal of enlisting mainstream and indie film actors to take a
break from the screenings and the slopes in Park City, Utah, to
improvise a series of linked, episodic short films. The series includes
performances by Josh
Hartnett (from “August,”
“The Black Dahlia,”
and “Wicker Park”), Morena
Baccarin, Andre
Royo (from “The Wire”),
Michael
Pitt and Brady
Corbet (both in Michael Haneke's “Funny
Games,” the new thriller directed by Michael
Haneke and starring Naomi Watts), Michael
Stahl David (from "Cloverfield"), Saffron
Burrows (from “Boston Legal”
and “Reign Over Me”),
Lukas Haas,
Mark Webber,
Jason
Ritter, Josh
Lucas (from “A Beautiful Mind”
and “Sweet Home Alabama”)
and Athena Currey.
“The
T Magazine Web site is now the destination to discover fantastic
original video – the kind of short films you
cannot find anywhere else, on or off line,”
said Stefano Tonchi, editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine. “‘T
Takes,’ by the talented Brody Baker,
reflects what the T
community online is all about: discovering what is new and hot in
stylized online storytelling.”
“Just as the print version of T
has always had an unconventional relationship with the world of
celebrity, we wanted to give our readers a fresh perspective on the new
generation of film stars, and Brody has truly accomplished that with the
'T
Takes' series,” said Horacio Silva, the
features director and online director of T.
“Since the online launch of T last fall, we
have been experimenting with new ways to give our users interesting
perspectives through video interviews and short films, and we will
continue to bring our audience original features such as this series.”
Starting today, a new episode of the 12-part series will be online at 10
a.m. ET each weekday at: http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/03/16/style/t/index.html
#pageName=tvideos3 (Due to its length, this URL may need to be
copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the
extra space if one exists.)
T Takes Credits:
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Director and Writer: Brody Baker
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Executive producers: Jefferson Bjoraker, Tom Poole
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Producers: Brody Baker, Shelly Zander
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Associate producer: Colin Devin Moore
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Director of photography: Tobias Datum
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Editor: Joseph Krings
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Casting director: Jauretsi Saizarbitoria for Starworks
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Music for trailer courtesy of: “Is There a
Ghost,” by Band of Horses, Sub Pop Records
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Music for Athena Currey movie: “Attitude,”
by Bad Brains, Roir Records
NYTimes.com continues to reach a large, educated and affluent audience.
It is the most visited newspaper site in the U.S. with an audience of 19
million unique users (February 2008 - Nielsen Online).
About T: Magazine
T: Magazine is published 15 times a year by The New York Times and is
the premier magazine for all things in fashion and design. T: Magazine
is written for a smart, discerning audience with an interest in
incorporating style in all aspects of their lives. Originally published
in 2004 under the direction of Stefano Tonchi, the magazine collection
features dedicated issues on women's and men's fashions, beauty, travel,
lifestyle and design and has an annual Holiday edition. Each issue of T
contains columns and features by a range of writers including Lynn
Hirschberg, Alex Kuczynski, Suzy Menkes and Alice Rawsthorn, among
others. The T Magazine Web site launched in November 2007. T is
published internationally in the International Herald Tribune.
About The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with
2007 revenues of $3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the
International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily
newspapers, WQXR-FM and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com,
Boston.com and About.com. The Company’s core
purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing
high-quality news, information and entertainment.
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