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MOVIE AND PORTFOLIO MARK THE NEW
YORK TIMES MAGAZINE’S “GREAT PERFORMERS IN FILM”
ISSUE
New York, Feb. 7, 2007
– When the fourth annual issue of The New York Times Magazine’s
“Great Performers in Film” appears this weekend, it
will be accompanied by the first film ever produced for The Magazine’s
Web site (NYTimes.com/magazine), “The First Ones,”
directed by Jake Paltrow. The issue’s stunning portfolio
section salutes 22 actors who stood out for their intriguing,
complex and often thrilling performances in 2006, regardless of
whether they were deemed Oscar contenders.
Annette Bening, Cate
Blanchett, Sacha Baron Cohen, Abbie Cornish, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Jennifer Hudson, Helen Mirren and Eddie Murphy are among the actors
chosen as “Great Performers” for the portfolio by
editor-at-large Lynn Hirschberg and a team of Times editors, with
text by Ms. Hirschberg. Ten photographers noted for their distinctive
styles, including Richard Burbridge, Rineke Dijkstra, Katy Grannan,
Paolo Pellegrin and Andres Serrano shot the portfolio section.
“The First Ones,”
an original short film by Mr. Paltrow (“The Good Night”),
and commissioned by The Magazine, features seven of the Great
Performers, including Ms. Blanchett, Penélope Cruz, Mr.
DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Ken Wantanabe. Each was asked: What was
the first movie you saw that made a big impression on you?
The answers, rich in
detail, provide surprising and emotional moments: Leonardo DiCaprio
spoke of watching “King Kong” and his memories of
his father. Brad Pitt described going to the drive-in with his
family and how crushed he was at the ending of “Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid.” And Cate Blanchett talked about her
obsession with horror films and how it might be related to dealing
with the loss of her father.
Mr. Paltrow and Ms.
Hirschberg conducted the interviews off-camera. The actors were
photographed close up with 16-millimeter black and white film.
The New York Times
Magazine is the number one publication in advertising pages for
2006, according to The Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). Its
regular contributors include Matt Bai, Lisa Belkin, Christopher
Caldwell, Noah Feldman, Lynn Hirschberg, Michael Lewis, Daphne
Merkin, David Rieff and James Traub. The Magazine is distributed
through The Sunday New York Times, which reaches 5.1 million readers
every Sunday in hundreds of markets across the nation (source:
2006 Fall MRI).
About The New York
Times Company
The New York Times
Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2006 revenues
of $3.3 billion, includes The New York Times, the International
Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, nine
network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio
stations and 35 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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