Meyer Gottlieb, Samuel Goldwyn Films co-founder and producer of ‘Master and Commander,' dies at 86

Meyer Gottlieb, who headed Samuel Goldwyn Films and produced films including “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World ...

The Reappraisal of Master and Commander: Russell Crowe on Masculinity and Cinematic Legacy

In recent years, Russell Crowe's 2003 film, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, has experienced a significant renaissance, prompting discussions around its themes of masculinity and ...
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Does Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World still hold up 20 years later?

Considering that Russell Crowe was coming off a run that includes his Oscar-winning turn in Gladiator, and his star-making role in L.A. Confidential, it’s truly impressive that his performance as ...
The Conversation

Master and Commander at 20: how a film about men fighting at sea is actually a safe harbour of positive masculinity

Matilda Hatcher receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. At 20, Peter Weir’s 2003 masterpiece Master and Commander remains a captivating historical ...
Chicago Reader

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Based on the seafaring novels of Patrick O’Brian, this big-budget adventure by Peter Weir (The Truman Show) persuasively re-creates the experience of sailing aboard a British man-o’-war during the ...
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Could 'Master and Commander' Get a Prequel? Studio Exec Gives an Answer

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...
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‘Master and Commander’ Prequel in the Works From ‘Chaos Walking’ Writer

Moviegoers will soon find out what happened when Captain Jack Aubrey met Dr. Stephen Maturin. 20th Century has tapped screenwriter Patrick Ness to cook up another “Master and Commander” film, one that ...
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Russell Crowe Wants to Return to the High Seas and Play a Naval Captain Again

Cathal McGuinness is a recent college graduate from Dublin, Ireland. He has been writing short stories and articles from the age of 15. He was awarded the George Dempsey prize for English Prose ...
Los Angeles Times

Oscar Rewind — 2004: It was a good year to be from the far side of the world

It was good to be from Down Under at the 76th annual Academy Awards, held Feb. 29, 2004 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood: Not only did New Zealander Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings: The Return of ...

Meyer Gottlieb Dies: Samuel Goldwyn Films Chief, ‘Master And Commander’ Producer & Holocaust Survivor Was 86

Meyer Gottlieb, a Holocaust survivor who was the longtime chief of Samuel Goldwyn Films and produced such movies as Master ...

Russell Crowe on the reappraisal of Master and Commander and its masculinity

Master and Commander flopped in 2003 but is now hailed as a masterpiece. Discover why this epic is earning renewed respect.

Meyer Gottlieb, Samuel Goldwyn Films Co-Founder and ‘Master and Commander’ Producer, Dies at 86

A Holocaust survivor, he also served as president of the indie company and guided the Ben Stiller-starring remake of ‘The ...