Sentences with phrase «picture award playing»

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The picture, which opens today, is based on the award - winning play by Ariel Dorfman, a Chilean forced into exile after the overthrow of Salvador Allende in 1973.

Harris gets an Academy Award nomination for playing a drug - addicted single mother in the deeply serious and Oscar - winning best picture of 2017 (Moonlight) and somebody thinks it's a good idea to cast her in this kind of junk?

Grainger first came to the attention of American audiences in the television series THE BORGIAS, and has appeared in such television productions as BONNIE & CLYDE, playing the titular role of Bonnie and earning nominations from the Critics» Choice Awards for Best Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series and the Satellite Award for Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television; and in LADY CHATTERLEY»S LOVER among others.

Martin McDonagh (pictured above), the award winning Irish playwright behind The Pillowman and the Oscar winning shot film Six Shooter, made his feature film debut in 2008 with In Bruges, an extraordinarily black dramedy about two hit - men (played by Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell, the latter of whom picked up a Golden Globe for his efforts) on vacation in the medieval Belgian town of Bruges.

Meeker had just turned down reprising his role in Columbia Pictures» major adaptation of that award - winning play, reportedly opposed to signing a long - term contract (earning William Holden the job instead).

If the past few years are any indication, Toronto movies that center on the afflicted and the silenced will go on to awards acclaim — «Moonlight,» «Spotlight» and «12 Years a Slave» all went on to win Oscar's best picture after playing Toronto.

Barry Jenkins» affecting adaptation of Tarell Alvin McCraney's play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue won the Academy Award for Best Picture this year (after a brief fiasco in which La La Land was announced as the winner) and it was one one of the few occasions when the Oscars gave out a prestigious award to very little backAward for Best Picture this year (after a brief fiasco in which La La Land was announced as the winner) and it was one one of the few occasions when the Oscars gave out a prestigious award to very little backaward to very little backlash.

Producer David Livingstone came up with the idea for the picture after seeing Peter Quilter's play End Of The Rainbow, though the excellent screenplay (by Barry Levinson and Tom Edge) bears little resemblance to the stage piece that starred award - winning Tracie Bennett.

Synopsis: This Best Picture Academy Award Winner based on Noel Coward's classic play arrives on Blu - Ray for the first time... A British family's triumphs and tragedies unfold across the decades of the early twentieth century.

-- While cameo appearances are not eligible for acting awards, actors who play partially fictional characters and appear in a significant portion of a motion picture or television program are eligible.

The project feels like they really thought this was going to be a great, awards - worthy motion picture, but unfortunately everything plays flat and frankly a little boring.

He parlayed industry buzz into his directorial debut, Wedding in White (1972), a searing rape drama adapted from his own play that would win Best Picture at the 1973 Canadian Film Awards.

As someone who seriously brought up the possibility of «Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens» as a best picture nominee in October, I'm not adverse to the idea of J.J. Abrams sequel playing the awards season game.

Guillermo del Toro's cold war - era fantasy was nominated for best picture, best director and best actress for Sally Hawkins, who plays the mute cleaner, as well as in 10 other categories, part of a bumper haul on Tuesday just one nomination shy of the record for the most in Academy Awards history.

You Can't Take It With You (Sony, Blu - ray), Frank Capra's adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize - winning Broadway play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, won Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards in 1938.

Freida Pinto Pinto was a model and television host who had done no acting apart from a few school plays when, after her first six months of auditioning, she landed the role of a lifetime — the female lead in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire which went on to win Best Picture at the 2009 Academy Awards.

The 53 - year - old filmmaker was awarded Best Director of a Motion Picture for helming «The Shape of Water» - his first Golden Globe - at the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, but while he was in full swing the orchestra started playing, so he asked them to stop.

Bursts of exuberant music and Graham's splendid narration add zest to this beautifully produced audio presentation of Troy «Trombone Shorty» Andrews» award - winning picture - book autobiography about how the celebrated contemporary musician discovered a love for playing music.

Angela's Ashes (1996) by Frank McCourt and This Boy's Life (1989) by Tobias Wolff were both made into major motion pictures; the British actress Emily Watson starred as McCourt's mother, Angela, and Academy Award winner Robert De Niro played Wolff's stepfather, Dwight Hansen.

In July 2005, she received an award from «FAIR PLAY 2005 Video Art Festival», Berlin (organized by Play - gallery for still and motion pictures, BerlPLAY 2005 Video Art Festival», Berlin (organized by Play - gallery for still and motion pictures, BerlPlay - gallery for still and motion pictures, Berlin).

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>> Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn hilariously presenting the award for Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical with Hawn saying: «In our new movie, Amy and I play mother and daughter» and Schumer interjecting with «I play the daughter.