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Re: 'Drone'
« Reply #120 on: May 31, 2017, 12:34:05 AM »
I reviewed it on Amazon.com, focusing on what I considered its better points. You can read it there if you're interested. It's easy enough to find since it's the only positive review there so far.

Thanks Janice1066,
I posted it here
http://seanbeanonline.net/forums/index.php?topic=5324.msg116042#msg116042

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Re: 'Drone'
« Reply #121 on: May 31, 2017, 09:10:48 AM »
Cool.  :thumbsup:

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Re: 'Drone'
« Reply #122 on: June 01, 2017, 10:42:30 AM »
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Drone
Starring Sean Bean, Patrick Sabongui. Co-written and directed by Jason Bourque. Opens Friday at Carlton Cinemas. 91 minutes. 14A 
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2017/06/01/reel-brief-mini-reviews-of-graduation-tanna-werewolf-score-drone.html


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Hold your breath. #DRONE and #SeanBean are only ONE. DAY. AWAY!
https://twitter.com/pnwpictures/status/870364393535668224


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Re: 'Drone'
« Reply #123 on: June 02, 2017, 08:55:28 AM »
Big Picture: Filmmaker Jason Bourque on cloud nine after release of Drone
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A week after Jason Bourque’s spirits soared as high as the unmanned aircraft featured in Drone, his new movie that just made its U.S. debut, he is finally starting to feel Earthbound again. Calling from Las Vegas, where he is on vacation after spending four months in Qatar shooting episodes of Medinah, an Arabic-English sci-fi series, the Victoria-raised filmmaker said his giddiness was justified. “It’s been surreal,” said Bourque, whose slick, provocative thriller was the No. 1 indie feature on iTunes for a time last weekend. It also shared space on big-city movie marquees with Baywatch and Alien: Covenant. “Aliens, bikinis and us,” noted Screen Media Films in a Twitter post featuring a photograph of Drone’s prominent position on the marquee at New York’s Village East City Cinemas. Bourque, 44, was also elated that the first review of his Telefilm-funded movie was from the New York Times, which called it “a modest, proficient thriller.” He credits his star, Sean Bean, for generating unexpected attention for what he describes as a Canadian independent drama and character study in the guise of a Hollywood-type thriller. “We didn’t do that on purpose,” Bourque said with a laugh. The University of Victoria Fine Arts graduate gained experience making short films and music videos here before his filmmaking career took off. Bean, best known for his roles in the TV series Sharpe and Game of Thrones, and the movies Patriot Games, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Troy, plays Neil, an alcoholic American drone pilot. His wife (Mary McCormack) and son (Maxwell Haynes) believe he is an IT specialist, unaware that he has been secretly contracted by the CIA to fly covert drone missions overseas from his home in Washington state. He is forced to face the consequences of his actions when Imir (Patrick Sabongui), a polite but mysterious businessman from Pakistan, shows up at their suburban home.

“We’re so used to seeing Sean play these bigger-than-life characters, where you see him with a sword or a machine-gun, the villain or the tough guy in so many huge Hollywood movies,” Bourque said. The British actor was a fan of Bourque’s 2015 backwoods thriller Black Fly. Bean also liked the Drone script Bourque co-wrote with Paul Birkett, based on a story Birkett wrote with his brother Ian, and Roger Patterson. “Sean said he wanted to do something that was more like a play, and to play a character he hadn’t done before,” recalled Bourque, who soon learned why so many directors love working with the actor. “Everything was internalized, and then he’d have these incredible bursts of emotion. He’s very instinctual with his choices, quiet and contemplative on set, and very giving.” Beautifully photographed by Vancouver-based twins Nelson and Graham Talbot, Drone is both a visually stunning depiction of remote-controlled warfare overseas and a contained drama on the homefront. Bourque said filming on a shoestring and a tight schedule last summer — 15 days in West Vancouver and Langley, and three days in a town near Mumbai — was an adventure in itself. “We were shooting off-the-grid, in this incredible town in India, where there was a river of garbage, so deep that dogs could walk on it, that ran through the centre of it,” he recalled. “We blew stuff up. People were incredibly nice and we could do these big explosions and wonderful stunts, all incredibly cheap”. Shooting in India gave the film the additional scope Bourque wanted “as opposed to it looking like we shot it all in Maple Ridge, like a TV movie,” he said with a laugh.

They teamed up with model-builder Eamon Jones, with whom Bourque once worked at the former That’s Entertainment video store on Yates Street, to build the drone model in Jones’s living room. While drone warfare and surveillance have been addressed onscreen before, notably in last year’s Eye in the Sky, Bourque said Drone’s timely focus on private contractors sets it apart. “Drone is very much ripped from the headlines,” he said, referring to a Wall Street Journal story about U.S. President Donald Trump giving the CIA the authority to conduct its own drone strikes. Bourque has explored the role of private contractors before, in Shadow Company, his documentary about private military companies, and a film about former U.S. National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowdon that he had to abandon. “Whistleblowers, data leaks — anything along those lines I’m fascinated with,” said Bourque, who acknowledged that Drone is “not a completely American-friendly movie” based on mixed reviews stateside. He said he was particularly intrigued by a drone’s chilling surveillance potential — a development that sparks dramatic tension when Imir spies on the family and uncovers secrets. “The overall scope was to have a psychological drone-strike on an American family,” said Bourque, describing the impact on Neil’s wife and son as “emotional collatoral damage.” Drone, about to be rolled out internationally, has already paid dividends for Bourque, such as being hired to work on Medinah, the Qatari series featuring talent from 20 countries. “It was a good time,” said Bourque who, ironically, is editing his Medinah episodes remotely.
http://www.timescolonist.com/big-picture-filmmaker-jason-bourque-on-cloud-nine-after-release-of-drone-1.20347857


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Re: 'Drone'
« Reply #124 on: June 02, 2017, 07:21:36 PM »
Thank you for posting this Patch !!! It's WONDERFUL that SEAN and DRONE are doing so well !!! However, it is a very difficult story line for most AMERICAS to think about. But, if nothing
else SEAN AND PATRICKS ACTING IS AMAZING and VERY TENSE in this movie !!!

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« Reply #125 on: June 02, 2017, 07:25:56 PM »
It's WONDERFUL hearing that SEAN IS AN ACTOR that many DIRECTORS LOVE WORKING WITH !!! YES !!!

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« Reply #126 on: June 08, 2017, 08:15:23 AM »
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Re: 'Drone'
« Reply #127 on: June 15, 2017, 04:21:58 AM »
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#Drone starring #SeanBean opens at Rainbow Cinema Golden Mile Regina on Friday! "A suspenseful and satisfying thriller" - Toronto Star
https://twitter.com/JasonBourque1/status/875243563482726401


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#Dronethemovie begins international release July 3rd in the UK #seanbean @LTTSFIlms @PatrickSabongui 
https://twitter.com/JasonBourque1/status/875420979496800257



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Re: 'Drone'
« Reply #128 on: June 21, 2017, 08:18:51 AM »
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Screening of #Dronethemovie starring #SeanBean in Victoria! I'll be attendance for Q&A SESSION Thurs 7 PM Capitol 6
https://twitter.com/JasonBourque1/status/877338021397356550


DRONE - Victoria Premiere screening with Victoria's own Jason Bourque in attendance!
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Thursday, June 29th, 2017 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM "Choose your target wisely….." Special, one night only event presentation of DRONE at Capitol 6 on June 29th at 7:00.
http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/drone-victoria-premiere-screening-with-victorias-own-jason-bourque-in-attendance/2017-06-29/



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Re: 'Drone'
« Reply #129 on: June 26, 2017, 04:25:16 AM »
Win Drone starring Sean Bean on DVD


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What happens when technology keeps you one step removed from the reality of what you do for a living? That’s the dilemma one man must answer as explosive thriller DRONE lands on DVD and digital platforms from July 3rd courtesy of Signature Entertainment.
https://blazingminds.co.uk/win-drone-on-dvd/



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« Reply #131 on: July 04, 2017, 03:05:01 PM »
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"Favourite" this Tweet to #win a free digital download of DRONE starring Sean Bean, courtesy of @pnwpictures. Out today!

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Re: 'Drone'
« Reply #133 on: July 16, 2017, 06:18:10 AM »
Oh, wow, that first one is an amazing picture!

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« Reply #134 on: July 16, 2017, 06:30:06 AM »
Oh, wow, that first one is an amazing picture!

Even better without the graphics.







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« Reply #135 on: July 16, 2017, 10:30:50 AM »
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ooooh very nice pic!

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« Reply #136 on: July 19, 2017, 12:05:07 AM »
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Re: 'Drone'
« Reply #137 on: July 19, 2017, 03:36:43 AM »
Watched this last night. What a horrible movie. Dude needs a serious hair cut too.

I need to see him in a meaty role for a quality film. I know he's doing wonders on TV right now, but I miss his silver screen presence.

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« Reply #138 on: July 26, 2017, 04:25:39 AM »
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Drone menyuguhkan ketegangan seputar konflik personal antara Neil dan Imir. Saksikan Drone di @cgv.id @cinemaxxtheater @flixcinemaid & Platinum Cineplex. cc: @iegindonesia #Drone #Movie #SeanBean #PatrickSabongui #MarryMcCormack #JoelDavidMoore

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« Reply #139 on: August 25, 2017, 12:06:20 AM »
 Drone  Available on Netflix USA

https://usa.newonnetflix.info/