Thursday, January 28, 2016

Up close with The Hateful Eight film costumes...

Only the other day I was bemoaning the fact that I hadn't been able to take the best photographed of The Hateful Eight costumes on display behind their reflective display cases and windows, but as luck would have it I won an ArcLight Hollywood giveaway for a walk-through of the cinema costume exhibit (along with a bag full of other goodies from the film) on January 21, 2016.

John Ruth and Daisy Domergue costumes
from The Hateful Eight
John Ruth and Daisy Domergue Hateful Eight costumes
Hateful Eight John Ruth costume
Kurt Russell Hateful Eight John Ruth costume
Hateful Eight John costume boots
Jennifer Jason Leigh Hateful Eight Daisy Domergue costume
Hateful Eight Daisy Domergue film costume
Hateful Eight Daisy Domergue costume detail
Hateful Eight Daisy Domergue costume detail
First up is a closer look at Kurt Russell's 'John Ruth' bounty hunter costume and Oscar-nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh's killer 'Daisy Domergue' costume. In Quentin Tarantino's latest film he's transporting the murdering woman in chains to the town of Red Rock in blizzard conditions in post-Civil War Wyoming.

The Hateful Eight movie billboard
Hateful Eight movie billboard
Courtney Hoffman was Costume Designer on this bloody Western mystery and the next costume, which I think will make for a great Halloween or Cosplay costume, was worn by Samuel L. Jackson as the bounty hunter 'Major Marquis Warren' (although it's a shame the mannequin is holding his iconic-looking white leather gloves, rather than wearing them)'.

Major Marquis Warren costume from The Hateful Eight
Major Marquis Warren costume Hateful Eight
Major Marquis Warren The Hateful Eight costume
Samuel L Jackson Hateful Eight Major Marquis Warren costume
Major Marquis Warren costume Hateful Eight
Hateful Eight Major Marquis Warren costume detail
Hateful Eight Major Marquis Warren costume boots
Hateful Eight Major Marquis Warren costume back
If you're a fan of the actor, be sure to also check out his Nick Fury costume from Avengers: Age of Ultron on display.

Chris Mannix costume from The Hateful Eight
Chris Mannix costume The Hateful Eight
Hateful Eight Chris Mannix costume detail
Hateful Eight Chris Mannix film costume
Walton Coggins Hateful Eight Chris Mannix costume
Next up is a clear view of the costume worn by Walton Goggins as the shifty 'Sheriff Chris Mannix', which was previously obscured by the other costumes and props on display.

Bob The Mexican costume from The Hateful Eight
Hateful Eight Bob movie costume
DemiƔn Bichir Hateful Eight Bob costume
Hateful Eight Bob The Mexican costume
Hateful Eight Bob Mexican costume
Hateful Eight Bob Mexican costume
Bob The Mexican costume Hateful Eight
In the film DemiƔn Bichir plays 'Bob The Mexican', the supposed caretaker of Minnie's Haberdashery, the stagecoach lodge where all these strangers find themselves in the storm.

Oswaldo Mowbry costume from The Hateful Eight
Oswaldo Mowbry Hateful Eight movie costume
Oswaldo Mowbry Hateful Eight film costume
Oswaldo Mowbry costume detail Hateful Eight
Oswaldo Mowbry costume boots Hateful Eight
Tim Roth Hateful Eight Oswaldo Mowbry costume
Tim Roth stars as Red Rock's talkative British hangman, 'Oswaldo Mowbry' and wears this outfit in the movie.

General Sandy Smithers costume from The Hateful Eight
General Sandy Smithers costume Hateful Eight
General Sandy Smithers costume Hateful Eight
Bruce Dern Hateful Eight General Sandy Smithers costume
The Hateful Eight Dime Novels movie prop
Hateful Eight General Sandy Smithers costume
Hateful Eight General Sandy Smithers costume
Hateful Eight General Sandy Smithers costume
Bruce Dern plays 'General Sanford "Sandy" Smithers', an elderly, proud Confederate veteran. And in addition to all these costumes worn by the main cast, the props featured in this exhibit are also screen used items.

Joe Gage costume from The Hateful Eight
Joe Gage costume The Hateful Eight
Hateful Eight Joe Gage costume
Hateful Eight film props
Hateful Eight Joe Gage costume
Hateful Eight Joe Gage costume
And finally here's a closer look at Michael Madsen's 'Joe Gage' character costume from all angles. Seeing screen-used costumes and props up close really does heighten your cinema going experience in my opinion.

For more Western-themed costumes, be sure to also check out these Back to the Future III movie costumes, these Zorro TV costumes and these film costumes from The Lone Ranger.

The Hateful Eight movie poster
Hateful Eight movie poster

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Hail, Caesar! film costumes on display...

Already responsible for such classics as The Big Lebowski, Fargo and No Country for Old Men, can the Coen brothers do it again with their latest offering, Hail, Caesar! Set in 1950s L.A., Josh Brolin plays a Hollywood 'Fixer', who solves problems for big names and Capital Pictures, his latest being that their studio star, 'Baird Whitlock' (George Clooney), has disappeared in the middle of making his latest film.

Hail, Caesar! movie costume exhibit
Original Hail Caesar film costumes
Clancy Brown George Clooney Hail Caesar costumes
Scarlett Johansson Hail Caesar movie costume
Hail Caesar movie costume exhibit
Here are three costumes from the comedy, worn by Clancy Brown, George Clooney and Scarlett Johansson, on display at ArcLight Hollywood cinema on January 21, 2016, to help promote the new film.

Hail, Caesar! movie billboard
Hail Caesar movie billboard
Mary Zophres was Costume Designer on the movie and has previously been nominated for an Oscar for her costumes on the Coen's 2010 True Grit movie remake.

Plus you can also see her astronaut costumes in Interstellar and you can also see her 1940s and 50s Hollywood costumes in Gangster Squad.

Roman Centurion costume worn by Clancy Brown
as Gracchus in Hail, Caesar!
Clancy Brown Roman Centurion costume Hail Caesar
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion movie costume
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion costume
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion helmet
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion costume
Hail, Caesar! Roman Centurion breastplate
Roman Centurion costume detail Hail Caesar
Roman Centurion helmet Hail Caesar
Roman Centurion movie costume Hail Caesar
Roman Centurion film costume Hail Caesar
Roman Centurion sandals Hail Caesar
Clancy Brown Hail Caesar Roman Centurion costume
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion film costume
In the movie, Clancy Brown and George Clooney wear these Roman Centurion costumes as actors in a film (within the film) that takes place in Ancient Rome.

For similar time period costumes, be sure to also check out these Roman Centurion costumes from The Eagle worn by Channing Tatum, Laurence Olivier's Spartacus film costume and these Oscar-winning costumes from Gladiator.

Roman Centurion costume worn by George Clooney
as Baird Whitlock in Hail, Caesar!
George Clooney Hail Caesar movie costume
George Clooney Hail Caesar film costume
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion costume detail
George Clooney Hail Caesar Roman Centurion helmet
George Clooney Hail Caesar Roman Centurion costume
George Clooney Hail Caesar Roman Centurion film costume
George Clooney Roman Centurion costume Hail Caesar
Roman Centurion costume Hail Caesar
Hail Caesar George Clooney Roman Centurion costume
Hail Caesar George Clooney Roman Centurion helmet
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion movie costume
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion costume detail
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion costume detail
Roman Centurion costume detail Hail Caesar
Roman Centurion sandals Hail Caesar
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion costumes
George Clooney Hail Caesar Roman Centurion costume
Clooney's 'Baird Whitlock' is wearing his costume when he's kidnapped by the mysterious group called 'The Future'. Personally I love the ornate detail of the lion head clasps that hold his cloak onto his breastplate, plus initially his helmet was on backwards in this display (but they swapped it around the next day as you can see from these next photos).
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion costume
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion helmet
George Clooney Hail Caesar Roman Centurion helmet
Hail Caesar Roman Centurion helmet
Original Hail Caesar movie costumes
If you're a fan of the actor, be sure to enjoy his film costume from The Descendants, his Bat-suit from Batman & Robin and his Tomorrowland movie costume.

Outfit worn by Scarlett Johansson as DeeAnna Moran
in Hail, Caesar!
Scarlett Johansson DeeAnna Moran costume Hail, Caesar
Scarlett Johansson Hail Caesar film costume
Scarlett Johansson Hail Caesar costume
Scarlett Johansson Hail Caesar outfit
Hail Caesar Scarlett Johansson costume detail
Hail Caesar Scarlett Johansson movie costume
Scarlett Johansson Hail Caesar movie shoes
Scarlett Johansson Hail, Caesar! movie costume
Scarlett Johansson Hail Caesar film costume
Scarlett Johansson Hail Caesar DeeAnna Moran costume
In the movie which as ever has been shrouded in mystery, Scarlett Johansson stars as Hollywood starlet 'DeeAnna Moran' and wears this fashionable caped yellow outfit and black hat.

If you're a fan of the actress, you can also take a look at her cool Black Widow costume from Avengers: Age of Ultron, her Hitchcock film dress and even her Disney Dream Portrait Cinderella gown on display.

Now, lights, camera, abduction.

Hail, Caesar! movie poster
Hail, Caesar! movie poster