#The Lookout

[geocycle2010]

[dareduffie]

❝ man, it must be pretty cool to be chris pratt. ❞ — the lookout (2007)

[asgoodeasgold]

"I met him and he had a spectacular energy to him. He was all over the "I met him and he had a spectacular energy to him. He was all over the room. He had a real danger to him, yet he was also funny and charming, which were two really important things to me."

Scott Frank, director of The Lookout, on why he cast Matthew Goode as Gary Spargo, seemingly against type. I love this quote, so telling about the mercurial actor that Matthew is. He will always surprise you.

I thought I would do a Lookout edit today (an under-rated gem of a film noir, I love it so much) to celebrate the fact Scott and Matthew are being reunited in Department Q. This makes for a great team!

🎶 One Big Holiday by My Morning Jacket

📷 The Lookout (2008) my edit

📖 Quote from The Movable Fest interview with Scott Frank and Matthew Goode

[myoldboyfriend]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

[pleasereadmeok]

"I went and met Scott and auditioned and that was err... that was actually one of the most relaxed auditions considering I hate audtions ... and particularly doing it with an accent and stuff... He made me come back 7 times - another 7 times...The Bastard!"

Matthew had to work hard to get his first role directed by Scott Frank. Wonder if Scott made Matthew audition for his new role in 'Department Q'!

Matthew Goode talking about his role in The Lookout. Interviewed by Warren Etheridge at a special screening 2007

Loved this interview that was syndicated to promote 'The Lookout' -

‘For Frank, “The Lookout” represents a transition from being one of Hollywood’s most celebrated screenwriters into a first time director who successfully has taken his razor sharp gift for onscreen gab in films such as “Out of Sight” and “Minority Report” and translated it into a taut, tightly paced thriller. And he couldn’t have found a better heavy than Goode, a British actor known for starring in lightweight romantic comedies such as “Imagine Me and You” and “Chasing Liberty.” But Goode turns in a performance where he subverts the charm that has led many to call him the next Hugh Grant and turns it towards making his character Gary into a Midwestern drifter whose lurid magnetism is stronger than his fists.  How did you cast the film? Many of your actors, specifically Matthew Goode, play against type. My casting director knew [Matthew Goode] and said he’s more like the guy in your movie than he is the guy in “Match Point.” And I went, “really?” And she said, “really.” I met him and he had a spectacular energy to him. He was all over the room. He had a real danger to him, yet he was also funny and charming, which were two really important things to me. [Syndicated interview]

This little insight from Dan Stevens about Scott Frank is funny - from Moviefone. - 

‘And he wanted someone a little unexpected to play this Brooklyn drug trafficker -- someone who, by their very casting, would tease the audience's expectations. He delights in seeing actors try things they'd never tried before. I really liked "The Lookout" and I loved what he was doing with Matthew Goode in that movie. I remember thinking, "What a cool role to take on," especially someone who had taken on a lot of similar roles to me back in England. I know Matthew a little bit and we delight in the sense that an American director would be like, "Play a weird bad-ass." That vote of confidence is so enormously empowering.’  

Matthew showing Scott Frank just how big his bad ass is.

📷 The Warren Report

[filmjunky-99]

t h e l o o k o u t, 2007 🎬 dir. scott frank

[cinemajunkie70]

A very happy birthday to Joseph Gordon-Levitt!

[sarademian]

Matthew Goode and Isla Fisher in THE LOOKOUT (2007)

[futtermansrule]

my pretty criers <33

[frauleinledzi]

neugerriemschneider

[matthewgiggles]

📸 Miramax : The Lookout - #MatthewGoode still (my edit)

Because I did in fact vote for Gary in @asgoodeasgold recent best baddie poll so 😉

[asgoodeasgold]

I love this frame of Gary Spargo in The Lookout. He looks like a fallen angel.

📷 The Lookout (2008) my edits

[thenwhatthefukcisthis]

I saw both The Lookout (2007) and Project power (2020) within a week so I was able to catch the liddol easter egg jgl placed when his character said “you are the look out! It’s an important job!”

[pleasereadmeok]

Matthew Goode as Gary Spargo in 'The Lookout'.

📷 The lookout my edit [new version]

[canis-majoris]

[clovus328]

An interesting little tidbit that I think most people forget is that Goku’s power pole is still stuck in the bottom of The Lookout. And I think it’s so cool whenever the animators remember to put it there in establishing shots.