Sentences with phrase «as eccentric characters»

Explore the Summer Exhibition after - hours as eccentric characters and musicians perform against the backdrop of 1,200 colourful works of art, with street food stalls and cocktail bars open throughout the night.

The stories range from the 1900s up until present day and are said to be as varied as the eccentric characters themselves.

Not exact matches

In the case of an eccentric atheist dictator such as Kim Jong - Il, Hitchens argued that his personality cult was as religious in character as any fanatical sect.

Still, by starting with the frankly stated premise that the problem is the flawed human character in a mysterious universe, Miller was able to highlight the universal aspects of even so eccentric an experience as that of the Puritans.

The film is loaded with quirky characters, as well, and often calls to mind the most eccentric offerings we've seen from the Coen Brothers.

This slice of quirky life story about a classy, unattainable suit in a store window, is one classy movie as well, ennobling its host of eccentric and tragic, yet determined and struggling, vividly realized characters.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

Summary: Highly entertaining documentary about the life of eccentric underground artist Robert Crumb, who created famous cartoon characters such as «Fritz the Cat» and the «Keep on Truckin» Man».

The essential characters are rounded out by Brendan Gleeson's dour sheriff, Oliver Platt's rich and eccentric mythology buff, and Betty White as the colorful local little old lady with a secret or two.

He flings paint on the frame like it's going out of style and this time he does it not just with whimsy but with whimsy in character as we follow a plane of eccentric characters going through a weird shared moment as they all are currently on drugs and probably about to die as the plane can not land and is running low on gas.

As much as Scott and screenwriter David Scarpa paint Getty as a power - mad, ultimately tragic Shakespearean - style character (Getty's exit from the movie certainly is reminiscent of Richard III), Plummer appears to relish portraying Getty as nothing more than another eccentric, embittered hucksteAs much as Scott and screenwriter David Scarpa paint Getty as a power - mad, ultimately tragic Shakespearean - style character (Getty's exit from the movie certainly is reminiscent of Richard III), Plummer appears to relish portraying Getty as nothing more than another eccentric, embittered hucksteas Scott and screenwriter David Scarpa paint Getty as a power - mad, ultimately tragic Shakespearean - style character (Getty's exit from the movie certainly is reminiscent of Richard III), Plummer appears to relish portraying Getty as nothing more than another eccentric, embittered hucksteas a power - mad, ultimately tragic Shakespearean - style character (Getty's exit from the movie certainly is reminiscent of Richard III), Plummer appears to relish portraying Getty as nothing more than another eccentric, embittered hucksteas nothing more than another eccentric, embittered huckster.

So no great surprise here that The Lincoln Lawyer turns out to be superior piece of crime storytelling with some characters clearly designed for recurring roles (in other novels and perhaps other films should this one do well) while others are designated for showy guest appearances as larger - than - life evildoers or tough - guy eccentrics.

Speaking of characters, the story's self - loving and eccentric villain, played by the charmingly buffoonish Hugh Grant, is just another highlight of the picture, while Brendan Gleeson shines as the no - nonsense Chef Knuckles who Paddington befriends in prison, with their friendship blossoming through their shared love of marmalade.

The great eccentric buddy picture brought forth Howard Hessman's best - ever performance, the character that would get Crispin Glover kicked off Letterman, and an opportunity for Karen Black to shine again as a loser's irritated ex-wife.

Stardust plays like The Princess Bride as if directed by Terry GIlliam (a la The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Time Bandits) on a more subdued day, with eccentric characters and a meandering storyline that entertain more through visual confections, artistic flourishes, and deep character quirks galore that it does through the gist of the story at its core.

In fact it's amazing Efron and Jackman are as watchable as they are, considering the film daren't paint either of their characters are anything more complex than earnest eccentrics just trying to spread some happiness around.

Profane and violent as well as eccentric and dynamic, The Guard marks the marriage of measured characters and magnificent performances, all buoyed by McDonagh's biting wit.

«Spends a lot of time keeping its plates spinning (and napkins twirling) as the filmmakers parade a series of eccentric characters before their camera, the better to let us appreciate this farce we call modern life» — Norm Wilner, NOW Magazine

There are serious miscalculations throughout The Lone Ranger, starting with the casting: Hammer plays the masked hero with the dim enthusiasm (or enthusiastic dimness) of Brendan Fraser at his most stilted; Depp's Tonto is an ethnically dubious repurposing of his popular Jack Sparrow character, more stoic but equally eccentric; and Helena Bonham Carter, as a brothel madam with a lethal fake leg, does little but add to the cartoon grotesquerie.

Olivia Cooke is great as Art3mis, Mark Rylance is absolutely perfect as the eccentric James Halliday, Ben Mendelsohn shines as the almost mustache - twirling Sorrento, and while he doesn't look like the novel's version of the character, Tye Sheridan does a really good job as Wade Watts.

The Guru, eccentric as he is, fits into a long line of real life Dublin characters.»

All the glitter and gloss in the world could be applied to the final product and it still wouldn't make «RocknRolla» as appealing as its eccentric cast of characters does.

One of American cinema's finest character actors, Dern, whose career took off in the Seventies, proved too eccentric, too unconventional to work as a mainstream leading man in commercial fare, but here he's wonderfully worthy of this auspicious lineage.

Franco — who plays the eccentric European filmmaker Wiseau in The Disaster Artist — revealed that in order to get into character as Wiseau he had to sit through hours of pre-production each day, with the end result shocking most people who turned up on set.

As you'll see, Depp has once again emerged from the costume department looking his usual eccentric self, but don't expect another reprise of his famous «Pirates Of The Caribbean» character.

It's just a pity that they aren't given more to do, as Uprising is at its best when leaning into the bizarre, and who better to shepherd us into that territory than the most eccentric characters in the franchise?

There's not as much of the eccentric character detail that fleshes out the similar romantics and heartbroken drifters of the later films, and the result is that the film feels like a stripped - down template for a typical Wong scenario.

Among the eccentric secondary characters of film history, few are as puzzling as Leon Vitali, the English actor who...

Franco directed and stars as The Room's eccentric writer - director - star Tommy Wiseau, and he stayed in character as Wiseau the entire time they were shooting.

The plot involving the «missing» crimeboss is intriguing, as are the characters involved, including the eccentric Kakihara and the downright - odd Ichi.

As often is the case with projects involving «Saturday Night Live» performers, this does seem like a one - joke premise when you first hear of it, and to some extent it is the stuff of skit comedy stretched to feature length, but writers Jeff and Craig Cox, with rewrite assistance from John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, manage to find enough angles in these eccentric characters and funny premise to not lose steam throughout.

That movie's lead character, played by Charlie Hunnam, was rendered entirely forgettable by dazzling supporting performances: a career - best Sienna Miller as the explorer's wife and, even more surprising, Robert Pattinson as his eccentric (and occasionally drunk) sidekick Henry Costin.

Still, at least this two - hander saw featured player Heidi Gardner get a chance to show off her formidable character chops, as her effusive townie cousin greets the home - for - the - holidays Franco (as himself) with eccentric tales from her own life, and concern for the direction Franco's career is taking.

Bill Murray is playing a very Murray-esque type character as the eccentric and unpredictable man behind the satellite launch.

It's an ensemble piece with no true main character, although the closest is Lionel Barrymore as «Grandpa» Vanderhof, an eccentric old coot who oversees a motley houseful of family members and drop - in visitors.

It's not nearly as clever as Cody's other movies (including the mildly entertaining «Jennifer's Body»), lacking her usual razor - sharp humor and wonderfully eccentric characters.

The characters are vivid without being eccentric, Peter Boyle is as forthright as he is impenetrable as a bartender with his fingers in plenty of schemes and Mitchum is at his best as a tired professional still hustling because it's all he knows.

The new character is a rather eccentric traveler known as Sylvia, who made it his mission to make people smile.

Karin Konoval's empathetic orangutan, Maurice, develops a pungent parental chemistry with a mute human girl (Amiah Miller), and Steve Zahn revives the eccentric comic heroism of storybook castaways as a new character, the wizened hermit «Bad Ape.»

Without saying too much, let's just say that Segel clearly has a problem with popular European men, as this is another eccentric chum with an accent who «challenges» Segel's likable character.

Keith's interactions make for hit - and - miss low - key drama, as he has passing interactions with characters who are either one - dimensional, (his cheery grandparents, a woman later who wants drugs from him) or refreshingly eccentric, like a drug ring guru dude named Mom, who espouses Bible quotes and other philosophical statements in one of the movie's rare unforgettable scenes.

Ball Of Fire — This Howard Hawks screwball comedy stars Gary Cooper as the head of an eccentric group of brainy encyclopedists made up of some of the best character actors of the 30s and 40s.

Though Johnny Depp will almost certainly be a riot as the dead - bird wearing Tonto (he's at his best when playing eccentric characters), Armie Hammer has yet to prove himself as a viable leading man.

Their search for the horcruxes leads to the eccentric wizard Xenophilius Lovegood (Rhys Ifans, as yet another character whose name satirizes the English tradition of obvious metaphorical surnames) who relates to them the rather ominous story of three knights, who collectively attempted to cheat death.

He describes his fellow members as though they're characters out of Dickens: Eben Ramsey (Tom Courtenay), the local postmaster, a good - natured gossip; Isola Pribby (Katherine Parkinson), an earthy eccentric; Amelia Maugery (Penelope Wilton), a no - nonsense matriarch; and Elizabeth McKenna (Jessica Brown Findlay), a young firebrand and patriot.

It's a mix of intense, eccentric characters and the «merry revelry in the grotesque,» as Whitehouse delves into the life story of the huge man to exhume his reasons for choosing a horizontal life.

Mad Hop appears, the Other World's «greatest detective,» who Ben engages to help his search; Mad Hop is as eccentric as his name, sometimes reminding me of another Mad character from Lewis Carroll whose bungling, frustration, and even wisdom add to the magic circus.

Crackling with atmosphere and eccentric characters, The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors explores the magic of nature and the power of redemption in a novel as beautiful and unpredictable as lightning itself.

As a result of the absolute freedom of spirit, thought, and movement that they are given, all three children grow into fascinating, if rather eccentric, characters in their own right.

A famous author receives a mysterious letter from a man who is a struggling writer but also turns out to be a taxidermist, an eccentric and fascinating character who does not kill animals but preserves them as they lived, with skill and dedication — among them a howler monkey named Virgil and a donkey named Beatrice.