(The movies that has an interview or an article connected with it is linked here)
"Looking for an Echo" "The Road to Eldorado" "On the Beach" "Push Nevada " "Last Run" "After the Storm"
"One Eyed King" "Federal Protection" "Push Nevada" "Partners in Action" "Tough Luck" "Citizen Verdict"
"Two for the Money" "Ennemis Publics"
"Children of Wax" also called "The Killing Gounds" "Casanova's Last Stand" or "Casanova's Love Letters"
"The Commuters" "Dot. Kill" or "Digital Jesus" "Mirror Wars" "Two for the Money" "Confessions of a Pit Fighter"
"Dead Lenny" "Funny Money" "ER" ("ER" original article) "Mexican Sunrise" "Surveillance" "Soul's Midnight" "The LOST"
"California Dreamin' " "American Gangster" "When Nietzsche Wept" NAVY CSI "American Gangster"
"October Road" "The Man Who Came Back" "Shark Swarm" "La Linea" or "The Line" "Finding Rin Tin Tin"
"The Bleeding" "Chicago Overcoat" "Shadows in Paradise" "Lost"
"The Chaos Experiment" or "The Steam Experiment"
"Breaking Point" or "Order of Redemption" "Smile" (2) ''Chicago Overcoat'' "MagicMan"
"The Blind Dragon" "Yulia" Photos of Yulia
See also:
Commerce Magazin 2007
Russian TV magazin visits Armand Assante's Farm where he gives an interview
Armand Assante gives a long and interesting interview to the Cigar Aficionado Magazin
Armand Assante in TV interview at the CBS2 and ABC 7 NEWS, Chicago
Read Nick Chrisopher's fine Editorial about Armand Assante and his hole career
Hollywood Interview.BlogSpot Haute Living Magazine 2008
Armand Assante at the Minbar Festival in Russia while he had his 60 year Birthday
Interview with Armand Assante in Kazakhstan TV
Interview made by Turkish TV reporter Serkan Oral 'On Set' at the "American Chopper"'s workshop
Armand Assante turned 60 this year
At this page you can find links to PDF-files with resumes from articles and photo scannings of some of the original interviews given by Armand Assante through time, as he talked about the roles he has been performing.......
Original articles are marked with
Very good and fullfilling interviews are marked with a huge A (a-grade) for their quality and interesting content.
New but rather old interviews or articles are announced below as "New articles or announcement posted where ?" and refers to the decade in question.
Lately most newspapers and magazins have scanned old articles and brought them on the internet.
Got to this decade's filmography and look for videos or trailer next to the movies
(2000 - 2009)
The Spokesman-Review
Celebrity Profile
by Sally Stone
Armand Assante
about
"On the Beach"
and the danger of nucleare war
"This may surprise you" Armand Assante says, "But the movie is probably more relevant today because we're living with far more dangerous nucleare threat than we did 40 years ago. At that time it was only the United States and the Soviets who had atom bombs....."
Read more....
Google.com.newspapers/archive
Boston Herald
by Gayle Fee & Laura Raposa
Armand Assante
preparing for the role of Gauguin
A happy Armand Assante covered with welcome flowers at the airport on Tahiti
Armand Assante actually went to Tahiti to prepare himself for the role.
"....Suave actor Armand Assante is bringing his life's work to Providence this summer. Assante is doing a play based on the life of painter Paul Gauguin. Playwright David Henry of "M. Butterfly" fame penned the script.
Assante, who's been working for years to develop a film about the 19th century French artist, will try out the play at Trinity Rep before bringing it to Broadway in the fall...."
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald
Update
June 21, 1999
Daily News of Los Angeles CA
"Assante has roles as Gaugin and Poe on his Horizon"
"I spent the month of February in Tahiti and neighboring Islands researching Gaugin's Story..." says Armand Assante
NewsBank.com
As you can figure out, this movie never became of anything.
It was a great disappointment for Armand Assante that dreamed of doing this part, allmost all his life.
It was Gaugiun's dobble natur and complexed mind, that appeal to him as an actor.
Actually he once said he didīnt particularry like Gaguins art, he liked Vincent Van Gogh's paintings better.
And in consideration of the date is was brought...It was'nt Aprils Fools
Paul Gauguin...Wikipedia.
Gauguin married danish Mette and had 5 children with her.
They lived once in Copenhagen. He left his good daytime job and abandoned his family to persue his artistic talent on Tahiti and died ill and broke.
The names of his children was: Pola, Emile, Clovis (named after his grandfather) , Jean, and Aline. Gauguin was actually once making a living as a stockbroker.
Danish reference
"Tough Luck"
Armand Assante as
Ike
Featurette/interview
The Plot: A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie (Norman Reedus), a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner Ike (Armand Assante) to murder his beautiful wife,only to be seduced into acting as her accomplice.
YouTube
"Citizen Verdict"
Video interview
Armand Assante gives his oppinion on reality TV...
Posted september, 2008
Interview with Armand Assante and Philippe Martinez about the making of the movie "Citizen Verdict"
blinkx.com/video
A clip from the movie....at blinkx.com and a clip with Jerry Springer from the same origin...
The Associated Press
Interview
with Armand Assante
bout his role in
"Surveillance"
Harley Waters
"I guess Harley is a metaphor for Big Brother on steroids," Assante says, chuckling. "I've actually never played a character quite like this."
"It's a very interesting character, because he's got all facets to him.
He's strong, militaristic, very moral, and yet at the same time he's doing horrific things behind the scenes that you would never dream were going on at your local shopping mall."
Read more...
www.mlive.com/newsflash/entertainment
Armand Assante was also interviewed in a Radio Studio: "Echo Moskvy". Here he expresses interesting viewpoints at the movie: "Mirror Wars" and how he 30 years ago, forseen the political situation with the terrorism and globalisation...(Opens in PDF)..
Follow this link to see the site (with several good photos of Armand Assante)
Open PDF file to read short resume, from this russian site.
Armand Assante met with Alexander Rapoport,
you can find information about him here.
The Moscow Magazine "TV-park" № 39 for September 2005
by interviewer: Olga Davydova
"Zerkalnie voyni: Otrazhenie pervoye"
"Mirror Wars"
Interview
Armand Assante
"Zerkalnie voyni: Otrazhenie pervoye" with location in Moscow 2005
Armand Assante is known by russian audience because of Andre Konchalowskyīs "The Odyssey" again his heart dwelt on a russian director: Vasily Chiginsky making the movie: "Zerkalnie voyni: Otrazhenie pervoye"
("Mirror Wars: Reflection One" (International: English title))
While making the movie he gave an interview to The Moscow Magazine in september 2005. (Open in PDF)
This is a fine example of how much a fan can do to make the difference....Look at this page from www.geocities.com/malcolmtribute...well IT IS about Malcolm...but there is a translated interview with Rutger Hauger as well...translated into english..Again Armand Assante was overlooked.
Interview
Armand Assante
Filming in Russia
This information is found at the
internet in russia for the Mosfilm, (Late season 2005) by
Lada Akimova.
(translated by Eva) Armand talks about the film and
about being in Russia.
Moscow log-book "7D"
Interview at Assante's Farm
to his farm were they spend a whole day and took many lovely photos a the place both in- and outdoor.
They also payed his father a visit, and flew to New York City to see his daughters.
Read more about it (resume and translated from russian)....(Opens in PDF)
Photos opens in PDF.
"ER" is about the work and lives of a group of emergency room doctors in Chicago.
He is in the episode "Out on a limb" and "Lost in America". (photos op in PDF)
Sofia News Agency
Novinite.com
Armand Assante
casted for "Finding Rin Tin Tin"
You can here read a little about it and see a photo of Armand Assante reading the script a young co-actress.
novinite.com
E-Girl Romania
Armand Assante
in Romania
"The film Industry in Romania is not as develloped as in Western Europe or the United States, but people know as mush as people over there." he says.
(Language Romanian)
Egirl.ro
TV Guide
Original article
Armand Assante
in "ER"
"...After passing out in his limousine, Elliot (Armand Assante) is rushed by his driver to County General, where he bonds with nurse Sam Taggert - he see's himself in her when he was younger. She is a truggling single mom...".read more (Opens in PDF)
Armand Assante was abroad filming and no one could get his comments on this...
Read short resume of what was brought at the internet at that time....
If the link does'nt work no more...read short resume here (Opens in PDF)
It turns out that Armand Assante had his own close encounter with the weapondealer business as he worked with research for a documentary....
Audio interview with Armand Assante
at the XM Studios New York
about "California Dreamin`" and other work in his long career
Made by Ron Bennington
ronbenningtoninterviews.com
Russia
Movie Premier
Cinema Pro
"California Dreamin"
cinemapro.ru
Live TV Studio
NTD TV an independent chineese TVstation
interview with Armand Assante for
Armand Assante in his role as:
philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
Armand Assante says about his role as the famous philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in the movie: "When Nietzsche Wept,"
based on the book by Irvin Yalom......(Opens in PDF file)
Yet another notice about Armands role as Nietzsche from the Daily News May 2007
California Dreamin
In connection with the movie: "California Dreamin'" Armand Assante gave an interview to a journalist from Journalul National, you can read a resume of that interview, opens in PDF file.
Epoch Times
California Dreamin
interview
(Opens in PDF file.)
Here another link with the interview videoto.net
External link directly to
the
Epoch_Archive.com with the newspaper article in PDFVesgasInsideTips.com
by Bobbie Catz
Interview with Armand Assante
about "California Dreaminī"
It’s been a happy, sad experience for all of us,” Assante acknowledges. “Our extremely talented young director, Cristian Nemescu, who also wrote a lot of the movie, was tragically killed in a car accident six weeks after filming was finished. He was only 27 and this was his first feature film..."
vegasinsidetips.com/ArmandAssante
National Ledger
American Gangster
This interview in archive as resume (opens in PDF)
Vegas Inside Tips.com
Digital Magazine
Interview with Armand Assante
"American Gangster"
"California Dreaminī"
Describing himself as a journeyman actor who has been on the road for 40 years, Assante notes that he doesn’t have any particular message that he’s trying to express through the various characters he plays.
However, he is always looking for ways to stretch himself as an actor so that he doesn’t get bored.
"...A lot of the films I make are not crowd-pleasers but they are provocative in their own way.They may be more for university or art house audiences.
However, in that genre, they’re incredibly respectable and I think they’ll find their legs...." says Armand Assante
vegasinsidetips.com/ArmandAssante
webmaster
National Ledgder
Armand Assante about his
priest role in "La Linea"
also called "The Line"
From late october 2007
"He's actually more like an intelligence operative disguised as a priest,
I'm only in two or three scenes, but I'm kind of excited to be a part of it.
I worked with the writer R. Ellis Frazier before, on a film I made called 'Confessions of a Pit Fighter,' and I found him to be a compelling storyteller.
'La Linea' is a fantastic script. It's about the possibility of how someone will set out to be a terrorist through the Mexican drug routes. It's all very smart, a smart cast, very charged."
Movie trailer "The Line" 2009 YouTube.com
The movie was presented at "The New York International Latino Film Festival" august, 2009
Look under Movie Festivals at the "Event's" site.
Link is dead ( National Ledger)
will
try to find this article againPlease notice: several articles about this movie further down
National Ledger
interview
Armand Assante
about
"Amercian Gangster"
In my homework on these people, they were quite vicious, and I've seen my fair share of it.
I've met characters who have been in and out of that world, and most of them were either serving time, did time or are out of time in more ways than one.
And, certainly, the ramifications and repercussions of leading that life leave a pretty dark shadow on your soul, so I can't say anything but that Hollywood does indeed romanticize everything about that world.
If you do the homework and study the journalism, it's rarely depicted the way it truly is, which is more out of a horror movie."
. "I worked with Ridley back in 1991 and 1992 on '1492: Conquest of Paradise.'
I had pneumonia through that whole thing, and he was so gracious to me.
I just think the world of him as a person. And Denzel was amazing to work with. … This will far-and-away be one of his biggest films."
Archive
nationalledger.com
The Canadian Star
by Richard Ouzounian
Photos of Armand Assante and his daughters at the "American Gangster" Premier, NY October 19, 2007 (Opens in PDF)
thestar.com
"Every gangster film romanticizes the hardcore truth and it's something that I despise to the bottom of my heart. Yes, it makes entertainment. Yes, I have been a part of it. But it appeals to the most vulgar parts of our imagination."
says Armand...read more (Opens in PDF)
The Star
"Getting personal with Armand Assante"
by Richard Quzounian
(On Armand's iPod ?)
Link to: "Meditation from Thais"
(My God itīs sad...Letīs cher that up) With the "Immigrant Song" (Zeppelin)
Armand also likes Jethro Tull, if he likes this one, I donīt know, but itīs called: "Heavy Horses"
I was 16 years old and working on the assembly line of a pocketbook factory. I lasted six hours. Then I quit.
If you weren't an actor, what would you be doing?
I would have been a musician or a writer. I love the creative process. I love getting to the essence of something.
What's on your iPod?
I can listen to the "Meditation from Thais" by Massenet all night. Or Led Zeppelin. I have a tremendously eclectic musical taste.
What's the last good movie you saw?
The film that disturbed me the most this year was Cristian Mungiu's movie about abortion, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. I think it should be shown in every high school across the continent.
What TV show must you watch every week?
I do TV occasionally to make a living, but I don't watch it. Except for the BBC News and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
TheStar.Com
COMMERCE MAGAZINE
By Olia Sileo
Article/interview Armand Assante
After "American Gangster"
right before starting to work on
"Chicago Overcoat"
Place: "Il Molino Restaurant" in New Jersey
Armand Assante talkes about his presents roles and his life as an actor all in all. He tells he has still 7 horses and 9 dogs while this interview is made.
"When I was 43 (1992), I had a horrible accident. The horse dropped into a ravine, froze in position, and saved my life. But I ripped my groin in half. That slowed me down more mentally that physically..."
"I've played a vast panoply of roles. I used to call myself "ethnic everyman" I've done every accent - accents people even didīn know existed " he says.
He talks about "California Dreamin`" "When Nietzsche Wept", the landmine documentary "Blind Dragon" , even "Fatal Instinct", "Paradise Alley", "Lord of Flatbush", "Kidnapped" and many more. And of course he mentions his beloved daughters.
"Over the years, I'ved learned that every thing I do in life is based on my relationsship with someone. Everything I've accomplished is based on human relationships on a very deep level. We do nothing in life alone, no matter how much we say we're alone" says a philosophical Armand Assante.
"I want to create an enviroment where my children can be productive. If I had the financial freedom, I proberly would build some kind of school......When kids have self-esteem and feel good about themselves and their lifes, and when they have teachers with the patience to stick it out, I think miracles can happen. If I had a legacy, that's the one I would want to leave. "
external link to
cian.org (opens in PDF)
The date for this interview must be before September 29, 2007.
The homepage for Armand Assante's moviecompagny Lonegorilla (with wich he produced "Blind Dragon") had the domain lonegorilla.net and the domain reg. expired September 2007. As we all know he sadly went bankrupt with that documentary. Read article from November 30, 2009 from Contact Music 2000 - 2009.
The National Ledger
"The Man Who Came Back"
Itīs a Western about the second bloodiest strike in American history, which took place in the 1870s in the South after the Civil War.
..........."It really gives people a cold look at how insidious racism is and what gave birth to the underlying issues that are still prevalent in our society that started back then.".......says Armand Assante (read more..., opens in PDF)
Here is the original linkto the Nat. Ledger.com,(link updated to archive article is posted second)( if it does'nt work any longer the PDF fil above gives a resume of this article):
Hollywood Interview.BlogSpot
Interview with Armand Assante
Alex Simon talked with Armand Assante in connection with the movie "American Gangster"
A very relaxed Armand tells almost about his whole life... and we are given new and interesting details about his older movies,how is was to work with them, how he met Sly and why he is so good with accent's..
TheHollywoodInterviewBlogSpot.com
A printer freindly version, of the whole interviem (6 pages) opens in PDF
Soundtrack interview
with Armand Assante
"Confessions of a Pit Fighter"
"The Villians are there for a reason" Armand says "They make us set our parameters in life...."
Russia Today
Interview with Armand Assante
In a short interview here, he is talking about how he would injoy to make another movie in Russia.....He is is now planning to shoot a new Russian-Kazakh film. He is planning to find a russian director for the film...
Armand Assante planning to do a movie in Kazakhstan
Find Kazakhstan....paste it in the browser at the Goggle Map
CIGAR AFICIONADO
Armand Assante at the frontcover of
"cigar aficionado"
In case the article is taken down, you can read the article here in PDF
Now with the intire interview avable...!
"I'll use a cigar to pause before I jump to a conclusion," admits Assante. "I smoke a cigar when I want more stillness in my mind, and upon exhaling the sweetness of a cigar I generally am editing my own thoughts about something I might be working on or about the person I am listening to.
Armand Assante tells about his own documentary "The Blind Dragon"....a documentary he work long on....itīs about the landmines:
".......The
somewhat
unusual
title,
Assante explains, has significant meaning. " 'Blind
Dragon' is a metaphor. A land mine is a weapon that does
not distinguish a child from a soldier who is on a
border where he should not be, hence it is 'blind.' A
dragon lives forever in the earth and a dragon's teeth
cuts its victim in half. There have been many metaphors
used to describe weapons. 'Dragon' is a popular
one.".......
TV Interview
with Armand Assante
made in Moscow
for Kazakhstan TV
Armand Assante was on his way til Kazakhstan to make a movie about human trafficing, whether is still on the sketchboard is unsure..??
He is quite funny by the end of the interview laughing ...and does'nt seem to be able to stop ...itīs because he talks about the misconception of Hollywood being such Big Party...he's never been to a Big Party, he always go to work.
Scroll down a bit...and click on the "TV Ikon" where you see Armand Assante at it..
kazakh.tv (this link no longer works)
The TV interview is now oploaded at the YouTube
You can read more about this movie called "Oriental Transit" here at the "Noticeboard"...go direct
Miami.com
By Madeleine Mar
Interview with Armand Assante
"Assante:
"A
down-to-earth hunk" says
Madeleine Marr (interviewer).....Armand
Assante
sure
doesn't
act famous...!
Armand says among other: ".Alessandra, 19, is in the
music industry, and Anya, 24, is getting into
moviemaking ..."
Miami.com
Blinx
Interview with Armand Assante
Monto Carlo TV film
FestivalArmand says: he does'nt identify with his
roles......And from Blip.TV more interview: "Who is Armand Assante ?"
talks about acting, his passions, his daughters, nature and his animals..
He talks a bit about his documentary and his hopes for the future...
www.blip.tv/file
THE AGE
"Interview"
Melbourne, Australia
A small interview with Armand Assante from theage.com.au
He talks among others about the movie-making of " Finding Rin Tin Tin" and "California Dreamin'" and having a chance to work in Romania.
BLINX
London Premier
"Citizen Verdict"
Armand Assante
in TV interview
blinx.com.watch
WOOD TV
"Steam"
On-line Video TV interview with Armand Assante on set doing the "Steam Experiment"
Read about 'the making of the movie' at this hompage, direct link here....
gives an interview to the local TV station in Grand Rapids, Michigan right after doing a scene for the motion movie "Steam"
Armand Assante's role is a tough, New Yorker detective: Jack Mancini that has the difficult task of dealing with the mad proffessor (Val Kilmer) while he holds 6 people hostage in the turkish bath at the city's Grand Hotel.
Learn more about the role, the plot and the whole atmosphere around the movie making.....woodTV.com (Video interview) The link still work's but the clip with Armand Assante has been taken down. I currently look for it in the Archice from WoodTV..? webmaster
photo
sessionArmand Assante posed for an australian photographer at the Hotel Pulmann, Bankok Thailand
23rd September – 30th September
Se some of the photos (Opens in PDFfile)
Armand Assante from "Young to Mature"....(Opens in PDFfile)
Read about the Film Festival at the Event's site ...direct link
US TV guide
"The Man Who Came Back"
date for DVD release
German born actor, Eric Breaden says that they overcame enormous obstacles to get the film made..."It would be nonsence to say I didn't sometimes have doubts it would happen. But Iīve always been a tough son of a gun. I don't give up"
Opens in PDF(photo scanning)
Same article, from TVguides Archive..
tvguide.com/Soaps/Eric-Braeden-Man
CBS 2's TV
Armand Assante gives short
interview in
CBS 2's TV in Chicago
by Bill Zwecker
about "Chicago Overcoat"
He mentions that Armand was in Peoples Magazin and Armand knew, - one of his daughters told him about it ....cbs2chicago.com/video (link is sadly dead and is not in their archives ) click on red line 'Armand Assante Talk's About "Chicago Overcoat' and after short commercial...it comes...
The Movie "Chicago Overcoat" is exspected to be shown in the movie theatres shortly after new year...sometime early in 2009 ...!!!
ABC 7 NEWS
Armand Assante
in the begining of december
in a TV interview with
Janet Davies
a declared fan ever since his "Private Benjamin"-days
at the ABC 7 NEWS, Chicago
Talking about finishing the "Chicago Overcoat"
We get to see clips from "The Marrying Man" where Armand performed Bugsy Siegel and hear in this interview about Armand Assante's other projects in work.....
Armand informs he was only working at scenes in "Chicago Overcoat" for one day only...(by the first of dec. 2008)
abc7local.go.com
Armand Assante is performing the character of notorious crime-mobster Stefano D'Agnostino in "Chicago Overcoat".
Sexy at every age....look at the Eventīs site the section MAGAZINs at december 1, 2008
Chicago Tribune
Armand Assante
interview
about the role in
"Chicago Overcoat"
".....It's kind of a lightweight comedy about the importance of understanding that all relationships are imperfect. It's kind of a human, touching piece that a friend of mine, Dominik Sedlar ("Searching for Orson") wrote. ... I don't want to give out the title yet....."
Armand Assante says....
Chicagotribune.com
In case the link is taken down, the full interview in a PDFfile here...
nov/dec issue 2008
Haute Living Magazine
by Stephanie Wilson
Armand Assante
Interview
"The Independent Dream"
Haute Living Magazine has among other places a department in Miami, Florida
"............And now, when he is at the top of his game, he is about to make a bold move that will shift him behind the camera, although the details are a bit scarce.
He doesn’t want to make any promises he can’t keep. “A lot of people tend to talk about the future as if it’s the present,” he states, a troubling trend in an industry that so often hypes projects that don’t ever see the light of day.
Right now, a quick look at Assante’s IMDB page lists 11 projects in various stages of production, yet the actor will only confirm involvement in a few, stating that people like to adhere his name to projects to lend some weight in hopes that the film could get the funding needed to get it out of the gate.........."
Armand is up to something hush, hush ....
".....So
while he is hesitant to give the details of what the
near future has in store for him, he will continue to
approach each project with the passion that he is
known for.
Assante is fiercely
loyal, even to a fault. “I had
a psychiatrist who told me 20 years ago that I had a
responsibility conflict. He said that if I continue
with my heart-felt responsibility towards my family
and friends that I’m eventually going to drop
dead.”.....
and he has'nt dropped ......anything yet....
follow directlink here...HauteLiving.com
In case this article is taken down, here is a PDF file with the full interview
Glam.com articles
by Lauren Barth
small interview
Q&A With Armand Assante about
"La Linea" or "The Line"
Besides that, - he feels he has done movies enough, he would like to produce himself. "I could offer young people an opportunity" he says.
He also mentiones that he has'nt had a break for long so he went to Croatia to read poetry...
glam.com
More about "The Line" here
Please notice: several articles about this movie further down
Tampa Bay Online
Armand Assante
gives a short interview to Tampa Bay Online right before the
Gasparilla Film Festival
Original link:
2.tbo.com/content/2009/feb/27
Interview in short resume: (Open in PDF)
Read more at the "Event's" site, under the section: Awards and Nominations
posted July 4, 2009 on turkish page
MySpaceVideo
Interviewer: The Actor Robert A. Collins, Hudson, USA
Interview with Armand Assante
No information about where from ? Might be BlipTV
myspace.com
Avenue 1
New York's Ultimate Urban Guide
article/editorial
by: Nick Christophers
about Armand Assante
This is not an
interview but still I think it belongs here...Read the fine editorial here...where it's slightly suggested Armand is producing something himself..(hush, hush)
"...Armand has
entertained us and brought us to different levels of
enjoyment with films and television both here in the U.S
and aboard.
With his talent and devotion to mankind he remains a
legend among his peers in film and TV...."
In case this link is taken down open PDF file with the Editorial here.
Photos of Armand Assante and Alesandra
The New York International Latino Film Festival
Armand Assante in Interview at God Day New York about "La Linea"
Here is a small little interview with Armand Assante from New York while The Latino Film Festival was running...
Armand is talked into sending a greeting to some ones freind...quite funny !!
YouTube.com
TV Interview with Armand Assante at Good Day New York while the Lationo Film Festival was running...
YouTube
Radio Interview with Armand Assante
About "The Line" and much more...
Read more at the
BlogTalkRadio.com
After a short introduction...the radio interview with Armand Assante
BlogTalkRadio.com-ArmandAssante
Phone Interview
By Omar P.L. More
PopcornReel.com
Armand Assante about
"La Linea" of "The Line"
If asked by the copyright holders to remove any materials due to copyright infringement, we will politely comply with their request immediatly.
article from Popcornreel Film Focus
"......NEW YORK CITY
The phone rings. Armand Assante is on the line. "I'm sorry," he says, "but I just have to call my daughter. I'll be back with you in thirty seconds." He politely apologizes again, even after being assured that the call to his daughter isn't a problem. Less than thirty seconds pass before the phone rings again and the decorated veteran actor returns. Precise. Exsact. ...."
..............."....I've learned over the years to separate my personal life from my public life and my public life from my creative life. I put my work to bed when I go to bed...." Armand Assante says and further down the article:
"I chase checks all over the world. The last couple of years for me have been brutal. I take [the craft of acting and the industry] very seriously. I gotta hustle my ass."
A sensetive and wonderfull interview about the moviemaking of "La Linea" acting business all in all, a "must-read-this" for any fan....
Armand Assante talks among others about how he immerse himself in a role....
www.popcornreel.com/htm/assante
In case this link has been taking down, read the article in PDF file.
Please notice: an article and TV interview about this movie further down
New York Morning TV station PIX
TV interview from July 31
NY PIX morning TV
early in the morning 8:15am
Armand Assante speaks about making "The Line"
You see a small clip of him in his role of a "Padre Antonio" int "The Line" after a short commercial...
weblogs.wpix.com/news/local/morningnews
The Interview can no longer be seen at the above link but happily it is at the
YouTube.com
updatet September 16
Good Day LA
"The Line" or "La Linea"
Small TV interview
Armand Assante
Video runs bad...you might have to press it twice...
myfoaxla.com
Here is a fare better trailer
from that morning TV interview (scroll a bit down) and a
wonderfull photo of Armand in his role...latinoreview.com
Armand Assante attend to the
International Muslim Film Festival
The Minbar
"In my life I am as curious as Odyssues!"
Armand Assante celebrated his 60th birthday in Kazan
eng.tatar-inform.ru/news
ruvr.ru/main.php
tatar.ru/?node
http://visualrian.ru/images
Armand took pictures as well....http://visualrian.ru/images
On his last day at the film festival Armand Assante gave an interview to TRUD, Armand Assante says since his proffession demands so much travelling he lost the habit of celebrating birthdays...He does'nt even have time to see the places he goes to but as he meets 'catchy' people he snaps a photo, he allways brings his camera with him to create memories.
He talks about a serious injury he got in the early 1990's riding one of his horses and that almost made him stop riding. He still rides, but rarely and makes fun and say as the journalist come to see his barn with now 6 horses, they get so interested in the horses the forget about him.
Russian interview..crud.ru made October 4, 2009
kazan.kp.ru/online/news
please waite link take long to
openThis page pops up with weird letters, but there are two lovely photos of Armand in Kazan.....http://www.svpressa.ru/culture/article
Several funny photo with Armand Assante in town where he takes photos of a small robot that all of sudden fall....
inkazan.ru/zvezdy
Video clip
Orange County Choppers, N.Y.
Armand Assante and
Serkan Oral
Armand Assante could be a splended Fatih Sultan Mehmet
Armand Assante as Casino owner in "Death Valley Screamer's" Rock Video: "Bonnie & Clyde"
Orange County Choppers near Newburg, NY.
Serkan Oral is a prizewinning journalist, author, televison reporter and anchorman from Turkey and here he is talking to Armand Assante and the famous restaurant owner Ciro Orsini born in Neaples.
It was fillmed may be late summer 2009 in New York but uploaded here in January 2011.
You can see Paul Teutel (American Choppers) at this video and proberly the cameraman Armand Assante is approaching here is Erken Ialgashev.
DailyMotion.co
You have proberly seen both "American Choppers" and "American Choppers- Senior vs. Junior"
An episode of Amerian Chopper where Junior sets his new workshop in motion.
YouTube
Official Site "Orange County Chopper" with Paul Teutel
And here is Serkan Oral's interview with Armand Assante, starting with an impressive introduction. Pictures of Armand Assante are mixed with pictures of turkish Fatih Sultan Mehmet an important figure in Tukish History.
Is Serkan Oral trying to temptate Armand Assante to make a movie about him ?
Any way Armand Assante was filming in Turkey while doing a role in the yet not finished "Gilgamesh"
DailyMotion.com
UPDATE
August 10, 2011
From other news about Sean Carr (leading singer of the russian Rock Group "Death Valley Screamers") we find out that the videoclip above is made while they where producing a video for their number "Bonnie & Clyde".
Source: sabotagetimes.com/music/the-ukranian-rock
Both Armand Assante, Ciro Orsini and Paul Teutel are in this music video.
In Serkan Oral's take you can see Sean Carr with his wife Zhenya Tymoshenko (daughter of Yulia Tymoshenko) who Orsini calls Bonnie Baby, she is "Bonnie" in the rock video.
Watch the video with the number: "Bonnie & Clyde" (From the album "Back in the Doghouse" 2009 )here at
YouTube
Armand Assante as the Casino owner...
Official site for "Death Valley Screamers"
Sean Carr is from Leeds and pretty famous in Kiev.
Contact Music
"Blind Dragon"
Armand Assante's documentary
He says: "I lost so much funding doing that on my own that I was going broke, so I learned about filmmaking the hard way..."
He has been working on this documetary about landmines ever since the start of the 90s.
read more..
www.contactmusic.com/news
www.ibtimes.co.uk
In these articles there is a reference to WENN itīs World Entertainment News Network, but I have'nt been able to find the interview there...might be you can help out ?
It could be in one of their blogs.
corp.wenn.com
Itīs also posted at the IMDb
www.imdb.com/news
In case this information is taken down, here is a resume on that information (Opens in PDF)
Hollywood Chicago News
By Partick McDonald
Staff Writer
interview
Armand Assante
"The Return of Joe Rich"
expected to be released in 2010
www.hollywoodchicago.com/news
The plot is:
"... Joe believed in right and wrong until... His job outsourced to India.
His teaser rate spiked. His wife bailed.
But Joe has a plan...to get it all back, and more. Joe returns home, to the last place on planet Earth where real men can be found...Chicago. Joe's Uncle Dominic is "connected". Joe wants in...to The Mob, or "The Outfit", as it is called in Chicago.
And he'll do anything to make it happen. Can a wanna-be wise guy live a long and happy life ? A way cool element of The Return of Joe Rich is amazing HD documentary footage of 10 real-life "Chicago Guys" ages 73 to 89.
These "guys" found themselves in the same predicament, in real life, in the 1930's, 40's, and 50's, that Joe does today.
They form a "Greek Chorus" which inter-cuts with the present day narrative of The Return of Joe Rich. Written bySam Auster. ..."
Armand Assante's role is called Uncle Dom (Dominic)
www.imdb.com/title
Photos Armand Assante
World Premier of "Yulia"
Armand Assante does not have a role in it himself but is thou the narrator
The story of Yulia Tymonshenko' held at the SVA theatre. New York City, USA - december 11, 2009
I haven't been able to find an official website of the movie so fare..
Click the forward arrow at see them all.
Downloadable.
www.contactmusic.com/photos/armand_assante
You can read about Yulia Tymoshenko here
Ukraine's first female Prime Minister
She used all sorts of means to provide her election campagne..
Ukraines Phantom flu
www.foreignpolicy.com
"Yulia"
documentary
Armand Assante
Narrator
He recorded the narration for the documentary in New York city.
A danish (but in America living) fan, provides me today with this information and link, that tell more about the story behind this documentary and interesting information about "Two sides of Yulia" produced by Full House Productions.
She is either loved or hated,
deified or demonized !
www.fullhouseny.com(info no longer accessable site is being rebild)
Full House Studios is an industry leader in audio production
From May 31, 2010
there are some photos (proberly from making this documentary) uploaded under the name Ciro Orsini, he is a famous restaurant owner from Neaples.
Armand Assante is here also fotographed with rocksinger Sean Carr who married Julai Tymoshenkoe's beatifull daughter
Assante also seen with Bogdan Stupka who is a popular Ukranian Actor.
Further down some photos of Sylvester Stallone's mother Jaqueline Stallone.
photo.unian.net/eng/