Earlier tonight in Los Angeles, Mary attended Deadline Hollywood’s The Contenders event with her co-star Aaron Paul and Smashed director James Ponsoldt where they talked about the film. Be sure to check out all the pics in the gallery.
Sony Classics and Lionsgate / Summit have opened up their For Your Consideration doors and added four new screenplays to the growing list of Oscar screenplays for you to download including Stephen Chbosky’s excellent screenplay for The Perks of Being a Wallflower and James Ponsoldt and Susan Burke’s screenplay for Smashed, which includes a fantastic speech at the end of the film from Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s character, Kate.
These four scripts are added to the list of six previous scripts from Focus and Universal bringing the current total to ten, but more will certainly be on the way soon enough.
Because of that, you can now read the SMASHED script by clicking on the link here.
To read the scripts for the other screenplays currently on the list, click here.
Back near the end of September, Mary did a post Smashed Q&A at Los Angeles’ SAG Foundation and this upcoming Thursday November 8, Mary will be returning to do another Q&A. According to the official site:
Screening followed by a Q&A with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and other cast members
Thursday November 08, 2012
7:30pm
Los Angeles
Mary has announced on her Twitter page that she’s joined Tumblr. You can follow her at http://maryelwin.tumblr.com/
At tonight’s AFI Festival, Mary attended the Life of Pi film premiere and she looked absolutely beautiful. Be sure to check out all the pics in the gallery. Also during the festival, Mary participated in the Los Angeles Times’ Young Hollywood roundtable with her Scott Pilgrim co-star Aubrey Plaza, which I’ve also added, bringing the total to over 50 photos. Enjoy!
Life of Pi premiere–
L.A. Times “Young Hollywood” roundtable at the AFI Festival
Mary appears in a new PSA along with a couple other celebrities asking people to vote yes on prop 37. Check out the video below:
Proposition 37 is a ballot measure that requires simple, clear labels letting consumers know if foods are genetically engineered. It was written with broad input from food groups, industry, science, legal and health experts and qualified for the November ballot with more than 1 million signatures from California citizens.
To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, and to help raise money to broadcast this public service announcement and others like it far and wide, visit www.voteyes37.org.
I’ve also added a few caps which you can see in the gallery.
Back in October when Mary and the cast of Smashed was interviewed by The Academy Awards, they also asked to submit some questions for Mary to answer and now they’ve been released. Be sure to check out the Q&As to see if your question was answered.
Loved all her replies!
Screen Crush gave Mary’s performance in Smashed an amazing review. Click on the link to read the review in full. Below are some highlights:
‘Smashed’ is a film that hits home with ferocity. It’s a quiet little indie film that utilizes subtle direction to invoke the dizzying feeling of drunkenness, but it’s Winstead’s performance that reaches directly into your gut and twists with precision. The way she manipulates her voice when drunk almost sounds monstrous and inhuman — it’s startlingly authentic. The addiction takes over and the addiction does what it wants. It’s pure, irrational Id, encompassing their lives and driving them to do things like pee on gas station floors or smoke crack when a stranger offers it.
‘Smashed’ may only be a movie, but it’s one with a pounding heart that beats from a place that is genuine and honest — so honest, that it hurts to watch. Winstead, like the alcoholic she portrays, becomes an entirely different person, making her performance doubly impressive given that she must essentially play two roles — sober Kate and addict Kate — and be equally convincing as both. A film like this may be overlooked in awards season, but I don’t think it matters — what matters with a movie that speaks to the human experience in such a specific way as this is that it is seen and appreciated, but moreover, that there are those who can and will strongly identify with it, and hopefully it speaks to them the way it spoke to me. And no trophy is going to mean anything to those people.
Next Thursday on November 8, there will be a free screening of Smashed along with a post Q&A with Mary and some cast members. Below is the complete info via Backstage:
Sony Classics’ “Smashed”
Followed by a Q&A with actor Mary Elizabeth Winstead and TBA cast members
When: Thurs., Nov. 8 at 7:30pm
Where: Harmony Gold Theater, 7655 W. Sunset Blvd., Los AngelesFree underground parking available
To attend, you must RSVP to screenings@backstage.com with “Smashed” in the subject header. Please indicate if you intend on bringing a guest. You will not receive a response but your name will be placed on a list at the door.
Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive at least 30 minutes early. Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. RSVPs do not guarantee seating, and no one will be admitted once the film has started. This invitation is for you and one guest.
“Smashed”
Directed by James Ponsoldt
Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, and Mary Kay Place
Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Charlie (Aaron Paul) are a young married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of music, laughter and drinking…especially the drinking. When Kate’s drinking leads her to dangerous places and her job as a school teacher is put into jeopardy, she decides to join AA and get sober. With the help of her friend and sponsor Jenny, and the vice principal at her school, the awkward, but well intentioned, Mr. Davies, Kate takes steps toward improving her health and life. Sobriety isn’t as easy as Kate had anticipated. Her new lifestyle brings to the surface a troubling relationship with her mother, facing the lies she’s told her employer and calls into question whether or not her relationship with Charlie is built on love or is just boozy diversion from adulthood.
