Martin Freeman News

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Martin did not get a personal Golden Globe (went to his co-star) but since the show won best tv-miniseries, he'll have one coming.

[sfmpco]

Will he, or will that just go to the producers?  If it were an ensemble award, then he would for sure get one.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

That's a good question. 1 would think the cast would get something out of that as they work hard to make it that quality.

[sfmpco]

A nice note of thanks and a bottle of some nice champagne, probably.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Right, I think there's generally one trophy per award, unless it's explicitly awarded to multiple people (e.g., co-writers, or as Jenny says, an ensemble cast).

 

This is the second time that Martin Freeman has obviously been a major factor in his show winning a Golden Globe (the first time was The Office).  It'll sure be nice to see him getting one of those trophies for his own mantel, one of these years.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Filming has started on The Eichmann Show .... <snip>

 

It occurred to me that Freeman is presumably doing another American accent for this role, which made me wonder what specific regional accent Mr. Fruchtman has.  Fortunately, I found this audio recording of the Peabody Awards program which honored the broadcasts of the trial (that presentation starts just a little past the halfway point), so I was able to discover that Fruchtman has a very pleasant voice with what sounds to me like a general-American accent.

 

 

That photo's from a new article about The Eichmann Show (apparently based on an interview done last fall), which reveals that Freeman is playing Fruchtman with "a soft New York accent," which he maintains even during lunch break and interviews.

 

The article has a good bit of background on the actual trial and on the making of this dramatization, plus interviews with (among others) Freeman and Anthony LaPaglia on their approaches to their respective roles and on the nature of evil, and how such a thing could happen (and could happen again).  Well worth reading.

 

The Eichmann Show will air on BBC Two on 20 January at 9pm as part of the BBC’s plans to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

While looking to see whether it's possible to pre-order a DVD of this program (current answer: No), I discovered that a character named "Milel Knebel" is played by Ed Birch (alias Molly's erstwhile fiance Tom).

 

[Arcadia]

Hoping PBS will pick it up.....

[Carol the Dabbler]

Amen!  Though I suspect that BBC America is more likely.  Still hoping for a DVD in any case.

 

[sfmpco]

Amanda Abbington just tweeted this trailer for Martin's latest project.

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

After watching the trailer I really hope it gets here to the US. Might make my son watch it for school if it does.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Thank you, Jenny!  I was thinking just last night that the Eichmann Show trailer should be out any day now.  Couldn't find it then, so you musta gotten it hot off the press!

 

As I mentioned yesterday, I also went looking for a DVD pre-order page on Amazon, with no luck -- but judging by the suggestions that the Amazon search function was supplying as I typed, I'm not the only one looking.  So I assume there's reasonable hope.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

While reading this article about The Eichmann Show, I noticed that this shot

 

 

... more or less recreates this scene from the actual trial (from this article):

 

 

Even though the TV-movie shows a pretty bare-bones control booth, it looks like the actual situation was even more make-do.

 

[Arcadia]

Interesting they didn't go with a more authentic look. Altho maybe they were afraid the audience wouldn't believe it! Those barely look real.....

[Carol the Dabbler]

I suspect you're right -- an authentic recreation would not have been believable to today's audiences, especially the younger members.  This article from a few days ago does mention that

 

... [the] Viesoji Istaiga Vilniaus Kulturos Pramogu Ir Sporto Rumai, or the Vilnius Cultural, Entertainment and Sports Palace... is primarily useful [in the movie] for the existence of 1961-era microphones and cameras, [and] an auditorium wholly available for conversion to a courtroom....

 

... but it's clearly a step above what was available then in Jerusalem.

 

[Arcadia]

I notice that's the "US edition" -- can that be taken as a sign it will show up in the US too? I'd love to see it....
 
I don't remember this at all, but a) I would've been very young and b] I'm not sure we even had a TV yet in '61. Weird to think there was a time when only a few people had televisions.....

[Arcadia]

PS - that's a good look for Martin!

[Carol the Dabbler]

Yeah, I remember before we had a TV, and then what a big deal it was when we got one -- something like a 10 or 12 inch black-and-white.  :D  When we moved to another house, the television rode in the back seat of the car with me.  We were both too precious to be trusted to the moving men!

 

I love it every time Martin Freeman looks (and sounds) like somebody new.  Near as I can tell from what little I've seen and heard of Fruchtman, Freeman is doing a marvelous job of suggesting him (especially considering that there's normally not a whole lot of resemblance).

 

Has anyone mentioned yet how weird it is that Milton Fruchtman is being played by Martin Freeman?  Wonder if the name similarity may have been why they originally thought of him for the role -- like, ha-ha, wouldn't it be funny if....?

 

[Arcadia]

No, I didn't mention it :p but I did think it was a surprising choice. But looking at those two photos up there made me think they were trying to find actors with some similarity to the people they're playing. And of course, just people who could really pull off their roles.

[Carol the Dabbler]

No question that Martin Freeman will do a bang-up job, of course, and I'm favorably impressed by what we see of Anthony LaPaglia (and everyone else, really) in the trailer.  I'm also impressed by the pains they've taken to give everything an authentic feel, including matching up faces to some extent.  It's possible that in some cases a modern actor will actually need to pass for someone shown in the old black-and-white footage.

 

Speaking of which, Ed Birch apparently plays one of the technical people.  According to another article (which I failed to save, sorry), he's the fellow in the vest, in roughly the center of the left section of that control-booth photo.  (He looks different without his "Sherlock" curls!)

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Here's another trailer:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=FLekjURIphE

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

And another one:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=w8y1C8KrpNE

[Carol the Dabbler]

And this one:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=awhVdyUH69g&list=PL5A4nPQbUF8BhfmpmL9wA-fD2V03qFlN1

[sfmpco]

Thanks for digging up more of those, Carol, especially since who knows when we will see it in the USA.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Who knows?  PBS doesn't seem to be involved at all.  BBC America has been posting a lot of articles about the show, and could conceivably be planning to air it here on the 27th, same as in the UK (you can find out by checking their weekly schedule page on or after the 21st), or they might show it at some later date -- for those of you with cable / satellite service.  The rest of us can keep hoping for a DVD.

 

Irrelevant question:  What is BBC America's rationale for running Star Trek: The Next Generation?