Elliott Gould will be on hand for a Q & A with filmmakers Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Rounders, Ocean’s Thirteen, Solitary Man) after the November 5 screening of California Split (highlighted in the Film Society Lincoln Center celebrating ‘Hollywood’s Jew Wave’

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Hollywood’s Jew Wave

An ‘aperitif’ from Contagion with Gould in the role of Dr. Ian Sussman and Jude Law. as Alan, the blog writing journalist.

The film starring Gene Pietragallo, Cody Kasch, Nikki Ziering William Katt, and Elliott Gould received The Jury Prize for Best Feature Film on Sunday night, July 17th, after closing out the prestigious festival.

The film is set to screen at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival and the Tallgrass Film Festival, where star Elliott Gould will be honored with the Ad Astra Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Tallgrass Film Association (TFA) announced that Academy Award nominated actor Elliott Gould will receive the Ad Astra Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ninth Annual Tallgrass Film Festival, to be held in and around downtown Wichita this October 20-23.

http://www.tallgrassfilmfest.com/content/ninth-annual-tallgrass-film-festival-honor-elliott-gould

January 17, 2011 – New York, NY – Famed American actor Elliott Gould is taking to the radio waves and lending his voice and his heart, asking Americans to support Jewish National Fund (JNF) and help re-green Israel’s Carmel forest region in the wake of last month’s disastrous fires. Hear the 60-second spot here: http://www.jnf.org/assets/audio/jnf_carmelfire_60.mp3.

Best known for playing Trapper John in Robert Altman’s satirical 1970 film MASH, the actor said, “I have a very deep Jewish identity and when I was asked if I would do this, I immediately said yes. Israel is a beautiful country – both inside and out – and if my time and name can help bring back some of what was lost, then that’s gratifying to me.”

In addition to Gould, Center City Film & Video is donating time to record the spots, Neff and Associates wrote and directed the spot, and CBS Radio in Philadelphia has generously donated free air time.

The wildfire that began on December 2 near the Druze village of Ussifya, south of Haifa, was the worst in Israel’s history.  For more than 82 hours, 100-foot flames spread rapidly across the Carmel Mountain Range, fanned by extremely strong eastern winds and dry conditions brought on by months of drought.  Forty-four people lost their lives, more than 17,000 residents were evacuated, and hundreds of homes were destroyed or severely damaged.

The ecological toll was no less staggering. An estimated 5.4 million trees burned in the fire and thousands of animals were killed; those that managed to escape returned to a destroyed habitat. The area of destruction, which includes both natural woodlands and planted forests, is equal to about a third of the entire Carmel Forest reserve.

As soon as the magnitude of the fire became clear, JNF launched Operation Carmel Renewal: From Black to Green, an emergency fundraising campaign to repair the vast environmental damage to the Carmel and provide firefighters with much-needed equipment and supplies. To date, $4 million has been raised in support of this effort.

It is thanks to JNF Philadelphia board member David Dinenberg that Gould is involved. “What a wonderful experience it was working with William Morris Endeavor, especially Ari Greenberg and Mr. Gould’s agent Tim Curtis,” said Dinenberg. ”Without their help, as well as the help of the others, this never would have happened.  I am proud to be part of a group effort that is acting for the greater good.”

For information or to make a donation, visit www.jnf.org/carmel.

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Jewish National Fund (JNF) began in 1901 collecting coins in blue boxes to purchase land and return the Jewish people to their homeland. In over 108 years, JNF has evolved into a global environmental leader and become the central address for partnering with the land and people of Israel. JNF has planted 240 million trees; built over 1,000 parks and recreational areas; constructed security roads; educated students around the world about Israel; created new communities so that Jews from around the world would have a place to call home; discovered new means of growing plants under arid conditions, bringing green to the desert; and built over 205 reservoirs and water recycling centers, increasing Israel’s water supply by 12%. Today, JNF is supporting Israel’s newest generation of pioneers by bringing life to the Negev Desert, Israel’s last frontier.

A United Nations NGO, JNF sponsors international conferences on desertification, shares afforestation techniques, and funds research on arid land management. JNF is a registered 501(c)(3) organization and continuously earns top ratings from charity overseers. For more information on JNF, call 888-JNF-0099 or visit www.jnf.org.

The newest addition to the Gould filmography is a tale of redemption when Tony (Tony Pietragello) who has been on a long, slow slide since his heyday as a  promising young performer in Hollywood, loses his wife, his home and his dreams of a bright future along the way. Now living in a rental house in Palm Springs, he spends his days drinking and dreaming up ways to get back into the game–but the game still has a few left hooks to throw at Tony before he’ll get his shot. Enter Jerry (Elliot Gould), an old school, Catskills comedian who’s saved Tony’s butt more than once. When Tony goes to him for “one last loan,” Jerry goes along with the request, but warns Tony against using the money for any scheme that could wind up as yet another disaster. As might be expected, Tony ignores his benefactor’s advice, and his subsequent actions lead him even further down the road to ruin…
Just when things look darkest for Tony, Jerry reenters the picture, forcing Tony to confront the events that caused him to leave Hollywood so long ago, and setting him up with a regimen that will get him back on a path to health, happiness and the life he’s always wanted for himself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht1x3FKfZbQ

Synopsis: As a deadly virus spreads throughout the world, doctors battle to find a cure. But the fear and disinformation that spreads along with the disease proves to be an equally formidable problem.

Elliott has signed on to  join Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne, Geyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, John Hawkes, Chin Han, Josie Ho, Demetry Martin,  Jennifer Ehle,  Bryan Cranston in Stephen Soderbergh’s new SARS inspired thriller,  ‘Contagion’.

The film will be released in theaters October 21, 2011.

Elliott Gould will guest-star in the second episode of CSI‘s upcoming  season.

The episode will air on Thursday, September 30th, 2010.

Gould will play an old-school casino mogul who crosses paths with the team when one of his casinos becomes the crime scene. The episode will be particularly important for Catherine, whose father, Sam Braun, was also a casino boss.