Sentences with phrase «actors in a period piece»

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Actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Toby Jones, who portray Charles» supporters in this film, also star together in another period piece, Amazing Grace, where they find themselves on opposite sides of the debate over England's involvement in the slave trade.

Watching a period piece starring a selection of character actors from Ireland and the United Kingdom, each of them clad in bulky, largely indistinguishable winter garb and sporting various combinations of facial hair and cold - chapped cheeks, is as close as many of us will ever get to experiencing face blindness.

It seems particularly perverse to take actors who helped develop the» 60's thesping style of hang - loose, semi-improvisational immediacy and stick them in a creaky period piece glazed with arch gentility and ersatz quaintness.

But the tide began to turn in late January when «The King's Speech,» the British period piece about George VI's struggle to overcome his stutter before being crowned king of England, began to pick up steam, winning the Producers Guild of America Award, the Directors Guild of America Award for Tom Hooper, the top Screen Actors Guild Award and the BAFTA for best film.

and an array of recognizable actors in full - on period - piece mode.

That's because in spite of all the period - piece pleasures, Marsh spends the most time on tight back - and - forth shots of his actors» faces.

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series went to John Lithgow for Netflix's The Crown, the period piece that saw him play Prime Minister Winston Churchill in his later years.

Excellent source material, strong actors, a period setting and milieu he proved himself adept at depicting in Mildred Pierce — a classical, straight up piece to show the other...

The Man in the Iron Mask is a film made strictly for entertainment purposes and isn't shooting for Academy Award caliber cinematics, despite the impressive ensemble of actors and the period piece look.

Designed makeup styles and color palettes for a cast of more than 30 actors in several period pieces throughout history