Monday, February 25, 2008

The Police - A New Movie with Rp 8 billion budget

PESINETRON Five V Rahmawati bak ketiban durian runtuh. Popularitasnya potensial meroket cepat karena digaet Mabes Polri untuk membintangi sebuah film bertema kepolisian yang berbiaya Rp 8 miliar.

Pendukung acara Ngelenong Nyok itu akan mendapat lawan main seperti Ferry Irawan untuk bermain dalam film berjudul The Police.’ Syuting akan dilakukan di kawasan Semarang, Sukabumi, Jakarta dan kota-kota besar lainnya. The Police diharapkan rilis di bioskop bertepatan dengan HUT Polri.

Film tersebut dikemas dengan genre action comedy. “Polisi ingin ‘bicara’, meluruskan imej miring. Citra polisi terkadang dipandang sebelah mata, karena masih ada sebagian masyarakat yang memberikan stigma negatif pada institusi ini,” kata Kadiv Humas Mabes Polri Irjen Pol. Sisno Adiwinoto, di Mabes Polri Jl Trunojoyo, Jakarta, Senin (25/2).

Ki Kusumo yang dikenal sebagai paranormal menjadi produser film The Police. Selama syuting akan pula disertakan peralatan dan persenjataan Polri seperti helikopter, kapal, hingga kendaraan taktis kepolisian.

Dalam film pertama buatan Polri itu akan mengisahkan bagaimana polisi menangani kasus dan bagaimana pula sanksi tegas jika polisi melakukan pelanggaran. Menurut Sisno, The Police akan berbeda jauh dengan film India yang memperlihatkan polisi selalu datang terlambat.

“Kami tidak ingin seperti itu,” tegas Sisno.

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Terlepas dari berita yang dimuat disebuah media massa hari ini, saya ada beberapa pertanyaan mendasar,

1. Seperti yang diberitakan di harian Seputar Indonesia halaman 12 tanggal 26 Februari 2008, disebutkan bahwa Mabes Polri akan membuat film berbudget Rp 8 Miliar untuk mengembalikan citra polisi dimata masyarakat agar semakin membaik. Apakah perlu dengan membuat film ini?

2. Apakah pesan tersebut dapat disampaikan kemasyarakat luas melalui sebuah film dimana masyarakat harus membayar uang tiket theatre sebesar Rp 10,000 di 21 atau Rp 40,000 di megablitz?

3. Kenapa dana sebesar 8 miliar tersebut tidak digunakan untuk menambah kesejahteraan polisi di Indonesia?  Memang kecil jumlahnya hanya 8 miliar, tapi dana sebesar itu dapat digunakan untuk kepentingan para polisi di Indonesia. Kenapa polisi masih suka "jahil", yakh karena kesejahteraan mereka kurang. Gaji polisi aja masih rendah dibanding dengan gaji polisi di Singapore atau Malaysia yang bisa berkali lipat besarnya.

4. Ternyata yang bikin film ini dipegang oleh rumah produksi Putra Kusuma Production - Ki Kusumo seorang paranormal terkenal.

Hmm....semoga saja para petinggi Polri bisa lebih aware, harus dikemanakan sebenarnya budget sebesar itu. Kinerja Polri saat ini sudah semakin baik dibanding yang dulu, walau masih banyak yang suka "jahil" misalkan suka ngumpet ditempat dimana ia tahu banyak pengemudi motor atau mobil yang sering nakal, suka iseng menilang dengan berbagai alasan dan issue yang terakhir yang lagi santer - modus razia polisi di tempat dugem atau di mobil pribadi, kemudian secara diam-diam polisi menaruh barang haram / narkoba didalam mobil korban.

Saya tidak tahu apakah issue tersebut benar atau tidak . Semoga saja tidak benar, karena kasihan para korban yang tidak bersalah dan harus memberikan uang dengan jumlah besar agar tidak dipenjara kepada para oknum.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Oscar Winner 2008

Performance by an actor in a leading role
  George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)- berarti ini Oscar kedua buat DD. Hebat euy!!
  Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
  Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)
  Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)
 
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
  Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) - pertama kali liat permainan dia di film berbahasa Spanyol, sekarang dapetin Oscar...gile bener!!
  Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)
  Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
  Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
 
Performance by an actress in a leading role
  Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)
  Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)- gila baru pertama kali udah dapetin Oscar, tapi emang bagus sikh permainan dia difilm ini. Bahasa tubuhnya sangat memikat....dan ternyata dia sangat cantik sekali malam ini....seperti little mermaid...
  Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
  Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
 
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
  Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
  Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)
  Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)
  Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)kemarin dapat BAFTA 2008 dan sekarang dapat Oscar 2008, tilda tampil sangat sederhana sekali malam ini....tapi hebat banget...
 
Best animated feature film of the year
  Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird - memang udah dijagokan dari awal.....si tikus cerdik ini akhirnya dapetin Oscar...memang bagus sikh jalan cerita dan animasinya
  Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
 
Achievement in art direction
  American Gangster” (Universal)
Art Direction: Arthur Max
Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
  Atonement” (Focus Features)
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo- wah belum sempat nonton nih filmnya, bajakannya udah ada belum yakh???
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Art Direction: Jack Fisk
Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
 
Achievement in cinematography
  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Roger Deakins
  Atonement” (Focus Features) Seamus McGarvey
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski
  No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit- belum nonton juga film ini.....
 
Achievement in costume design
  Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
  Atonement” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne- dari awal memang udah saya jagokan, mereka sampai membuka arsip2 lama tentang fashion style jaman sang ratu...dan hasilnya dapatkan Oscar 2008...welldone!!
  La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
  Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood
 
Achievement in directing
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Julian Schnabel
  Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman
  Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson
 
Best documentary feature
  No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures)
A Representational Pictures Production
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
  Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group)
A Documentary Group Production
Richard E. Robbins
  Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company)
A Dog Eat Dog Films Production
Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara
“Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm)
An X-Ray Production
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
  War/Dance” (THINKFilm)
A Shine Global and Fine Films Production
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
 
Best documentary short subject
Freeheld”
A Lieutenant Films Production
Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
  La Corona (The Crown)
A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production
Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
  Salim Baba
A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production
Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
  Sari’s Mother” (Cinema Guild)
A Daylight Factory Production
James Longley
 
Achievement in film editing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Christopher Rouse
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Juliette Welfling
  Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Jay Cassidy
  No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Dylan Tichenor
 
Best foreign language film of the year
  Beaufort” A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production
Israel
“The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production
Austria - mudah2an diputar di JIFFEST 2008 nanti.....Mbak Shanty jangan lupa pesen film ini yakh............
  Katyń” An Akson Studio Production
Poland
  Mongol” A Eurasia Film Production
Kazakhstan
  12” A Three T Production
Russia
 
Achievement in makeup
La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald - make upnya emang bagus....jadi menyulap si marion yang notabene cuantik jadi keriput....saya pikir yang menang kali ini si Pirates.....
  Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli - arghh...tadinya banyak yg mengira film ini akan banyak dapatkan nominasi....ternyata cukup satu aja......
  The Kite Runner” (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias
  Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
  Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
  3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Falling Slowly” from “Once” - waduh nggak tahu neh filmnya......
(Fox Searchlight)
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
  Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
  Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
(Warner Bros.)
Music and lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas
  So Close” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
  That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
 
Best motion picture of the year
  Atonement” (Focus Features)
A Working Title Production
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
  Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production
Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
  Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
A Clayton Productions, LLC Production
Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers - Bravo.....bawa pulang kategori film terbaik.....kayaknya kudu ditonton neh film........
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers
 
Best animated short film
  I Met the Walrus
A Kids & Explosions Production
Josh Raskin
  Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada)
A National Film Board of Canada Production
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
  Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films)
A BUF Compagnie Production
Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
  My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia)
A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production
Alexander Petrov
“Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films)
A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production
Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
 
Best live action short film
  At Night
A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production
Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
  Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia)
A Frame by Frame Italia Production
Andrea Jublin
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films)
A Karé Production
Philippe Pollet-Villard
  Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films)
An Another Dimension of an Idea Production
Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
  The Tonto Woman
A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production
Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown
 
Achievement in sound editing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg- gila.......bisa dapatkan 2 Oscar sekaligus....
  No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Skip Lievsay
  Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood
  Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins
 
Achievement in sound mixing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
  No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
  Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
  3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate)
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
  Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin
 
Achievement in visual effects
“The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood - duh saya pikir si Pirates.....
  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
  Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier
 
Adapted screenplay
  Atonement” (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
  Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Written by Sarah Polley
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
 
Original screenplay
“Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Diablo Cody - hmm.....kayaknya biasa aja dekh nih film....
  Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM)
Written by Nancy Oliver
  Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Written by Tony Gilroy
  Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Screenplay by Brad Bird
Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
  The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Tamara Jenkins