We are honored and thrilled to bring our fans an exclusive interview with Jim Sturgess. Jim was kind enough to answer a multitude of questions about his upcoming films The Way Back, Heartless, and Guardians of Ga’Hoole. Jim also provided insight into his music, his fututre aspirations, and so many more topics!!! You can read the entire interview HERE.
Below is a personal note from Jim Sturgess to our website:
Hey all at JSOnline!
Just want to apologise for not getting this interview to you all sooner. The first time it was sent to me it got lost in my hotmail so my apologies for that.
I also want to sincerely thank you for all the hard work that you do. The website looks awesome and I’ve been told that you won the best website in a competition recently which is amazing to hear! Nice one!
I hope everyone is well. Much love, jimx
We hope you enjoy reading this thoughtful and generous interview. Many thanks to Jim from the entire JSO Team!!!
We are excited to announce that Heartless has won the Best European Fantasy Film Award at the the 2009 Leeds International Film Festival. The film will now go on to Sitges 2010 where it will be in the running for the Golden Melies Award. Congratulations to Jim and everyone involved in this amazing new film!
Here’s a direct quote from the Leeds jury about the film:
Philip Ridley’s Heartless stood out among the competition for its deft blending of fantasy and reality, its assured handling of a great many disparate genre elements – horror, urban drama, comedy and more besides – and the way it presented these familiar elements in a way that seemed both new and vital. It is an earnest film, one that bravely wears its heart on its sleeve throughout key plot points and character development, where in the hands of a different director and cast the emotional impact of this material could very easily have fallen flat. Visually captivating, wonderfully scripted and acted with a tremendous lead performance from Jim Sturgess, whether taken purely as entertainment or as an artistic statement it succeeds masterfully in every respect and for this reason it is a pleasure to award Heartless the 2009 Leeds International Film Festival Méliès.
Additionally, here are some photos of Jim Sturgess and Philip Ridley taken at this past weekend’s screening:
We are pleased to share with you a video with the full version of “Mistake the Enemy” written and performed by Jim Sturgess for his character, Gavin Kossef, in Crossing Over.
YouTube disabled the video, so it is now in the Jim Sturgess Video gallery here.
JSOC is proud to share our extensive collection of international movie posters in our image gallery. These include posters from around the world for Across the Universe, The Other Boleyn Girl, 21, Crossing Over, and Fifty Dead Men Walking. Click on the images below to see more posters for each film.
We’d love to add to our collection, so please contact us at submissions@jimsturgessonline.com if you’d like to share a poster from your country.
The theatrical release of Crossing Over, directed by Wayne Kramer and starring Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd and Jim Sturgess, is available on DVD today. The DVD is available for rental at Blockbuster and Netflix, and for purchase at Best Buy and Amazon.
In an earlier post we told you about Wayne Kramer’s comments on Facebook concerning a Director’s Cut of the film. If you are interested in a Director’s Cut you can get more information about contacting The Weinstein Company here.
A quote from Wayne Kramer’s Facebook page concerning a video made by one of our webmistresses, Diane (Fantasy Girl) using clips from Crossing Overstarring Jim Sturgess.
“Fantasy Girl”associated with jimsturgessonline.com has edited a music video from “Crossing Over” footage and reimagined the film as a romantic drama centered around Jim Sturgess and Alice Eve’s characters. She even includes footage seen in the trailer that Weinstein Company cut out of the film against my wishes! It’s a nicely crafted effort; my only beef with it is it’s in the wrong aspect ratio (1.78:1 instead of 2.35 and that’s because the footage is taken from a pirated version of the film in the HD pan and scan version). A shout-out to the filmmakers would have been nice as well
Below are two versions of the video, one from YouTube, and one from JSOC featuring Hotel California by The Eagles.
JSOC co-webmistress, Diane, would like to apologize for not mentioning Director Wayne Kramer in the video. You can read his comment on Facebook here.
We’ve added a short video clip to our library featuring the original song, “Mistake the Enemy,” written and performed by Jim Sturgess in his new movie, Crossing Over. Also in our collection is the song, “Make Your Mind Up,” also written and performed by Jim for the soundtrack. You can see our entire collection of Crossing Over videos here.
Director Wayne Kramer, has shared some very interesting behind-the-scenes images and story boards on his Facebook about his film, Crossing Over, starring Harrison Ford and Jim Sturgess. Below is Mr. Kramer’s response to JSO.com’s comments about the film:
Liz and Diane - thanks for your kind comments. Jim [Sturgess] was fantastic to work with. Super talented across the board. I have no doubt he will become a major star. I wish there was more of him in Crossing Over…
I begged him [Harvey Weinstein] to reinstate the final scenes between Jim and Alice Eve that resolves their storyline and he wouldn’t listen to reason. It was a great moment for both of them. And the film need it. The film needed all the other character building scenes that they arbitrarily chopped out as well…
I think everyone with an interest in seeing the real version of Crossing Over should write and protest to the Weinstein Company. Jim Sturgess fans should definitely make their voices heard…
You can read all of Director Wayne Kramer’s comments on Facebook here. You can get more information about contacting The Weinstein Company here.
We have updated our gallery with movie stills from Crossing Over, starring Harrison Ford, Jim Sturgess, Ashley Judd, and Ray Liotta. Jim Sturgess plays Gavin Kossef, a British Jew who is seeking citizenship illegally by pretending to be a religious teacher. You can see the entire collection of images by clicking here.
Special thanks to Liz and Renata for helping with these images.
