Jon Stewart’s directorial debut ‘Rosewater‘ will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital HD on February 10, 2015.
Based on the memoir of Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, ‘Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival‘ the film chronicles Bahari’s family history, and his arrest and 118-day imprisonment following the controversial 2009 Iran presidential election.
A movie tie-in-edition of the book has also been released, ‘Rosewater (Movie Tie-in Edition): A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival‘
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Jon Stewart will be a guest on the “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 11:35/10:35c on NBC.
Jon Stewart will be a guest on the “The Colbert Report” on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 11:30/10:30c on Comedy Central.
While promoting Rosewater, Jon Stewart heaped some fulsome praise on his friend and soon-to-former Comedy Central colleague, Stephen Colbert in a recent interview in New York Magazine. Check out the whole interview for some great insight on all things Jon, but here’s the Stephen-related parts:
You helped launch The Colbert Report. Stephen is going to drop the character when he moves to The Late Show, so what will he bring that people haven’t seen?
A raging drug habit.
Excuse me?
People have no idea. It’s going to be Breaking Colbert.
I will tune in for that.
Stephen’s talent is very apparent to everybody, but if you’d been to his 50th-birthday party and you saw the love bomb he was surrounded in — I said to my wife, “I will guarantee you this party spawns a thousand arguments on the drive home.” Everybody got in the car that night with their spouse and it was, “Why don’t you love me like people love Stephen?!” Or, “Why can’t you be a kindhearted and good individual like Stephen Colbert!?” It was one of those magical nights, filled with the warmth and affection of friends and family. I just think viewers are really going to enjoy getting to know Stephen.
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Fathom Events and Open Road Films are thrilled to present a special one-night event, Rosewater: Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert Live, in select cinemas nationwide on Thursday, November 13 LIVE at 7:30 PM/ET and tape-delayed 7:30PM CT, MT and PT. (Run time approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes)
Join Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and special guest Maziar Bahari, for a full-length advanced screening of Jon Stewart’s highly-anticipated film, Rosewater, before its November 14 release. Shot during Stewart’s 3-month hiatus from “The Daily Show”, Rosewater tells the dramatic story of BBC journalist Maziar Bahari’s imprisonment in his native Iran for covering their presidential election. In addition to being among the first to experience this captivating film, cinema audiences will be treated to a LIVE conversation with Jon Stewart and special guest Maziar Bahari, hosted by Stephen Colbert. You too can join the conversation by tweeting your questions now via Twitter using the hashtag #RosewaterLive.
Tickets are available online, or if they are not available for your location, you can purchase your tickets by visiting the box office at your local participating movie theater.
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Now that the kids are back in school hopefully y’all have time to catch up on the latest involving our hero and his colleagues. In this edition, more late night news, Howard Kurtz is back, Jon Stewart’s film and Stephen gets blowback from his Emmy Acceptance Speech.
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While on the promotional trails for their latest projects, Jon Stewart (‘Rosewater’) and Amy Sedaris (‘BoJack Horseman’) discuss their good friend Stephen Colbert’s move to hosting the ‘Late Show’ in 2015, his and his character’s fear of bears, and how Amy found out about his three-legged pet rabbit.
And be sure to grab yourself a copy of the September 5 – 12 Toronto issue of The Hollywood Reporter, featuring Jon Stewart on the front cover.
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‘Rosewater’ will be unveiled on August 29th at the Telluride Film Festival, before heading to the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8th. The film will open in select theaters on November 7th, 2014.
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Jon Stewart’s directorial debut ‘Rosewater‘ will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital HD on February 10, 2015.
Based on the memoir of Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, ‘Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival‘ the film chronicles Bahari’s family history, and his arrest and 118-day imprisonment following the controversial 2009 Iran presidential election.
A movie tie-in-edition of the book has also been released, ‘Rosewater (Movie Tie-in Edition): A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival‘
Continue reading
Jon Stewart will be a guest on the “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 11:35/10:35c on NBC.
Jon Stewart will be a guest on the “The Colbert Report” on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 11:30/10:30c on Comedy Central.
While promoting Rosewater, Jon Stewart heaped some fulsome praise on his friend and soon-to-former Comedy Central colleague, Stephen Colbert in a recent interview in New York Magazine. Check out the whole interview for some great insight on all things Jon, but here’s the Stephen-related parts:
(Thank you to Mrc and Clem for the Tip!)
Now that the kids are back in school hopefully y’all have time to catch up on the latest involving our hero and his colleagues. In this edition, more late night news, Howard Kurtz is back, Jon Stewart’s film and Stephen gets blowback from his Emmy Acceptance Speech.
Continue reading
© Wesley Mann | The Hollywood Reporter
While on the promotional trails for their latest projects, Jon Stewart (‘Rosewater’) and Amy Sedaris (‘BoJack Horseman’) discuss their good friend Stephen Colbert’s move to hosting the ‘Late Show’ in 2015, his and his character’s fear of bears, and how Amy found out about his three-legged pet rabbit.
And be sure to grab yourself a copy of the September 5 – 12 Toronto issue of The Hollywood Reporter, featuring Jon Stewart on the front cover.
Continue reading
‘Rosewater’ will be unveiled on August 29th at the Telluride Film Festival, before heading to the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8th. The film will open in select theaters on November 7th, 2014.