Sentences with phrase «by screen legend»

The work was inspired by the final line of the 1969 British heist movie The Italian Job, as spoken by screen legend Michael Caine.

Based on a book by prolific novelist George V. Higgins, the story centers around Eddie «Fingers» Coyle, a mumbling gun - runner played by screen legend Robert Mitchum, and the various goons he gets mixed up with.

The British drama from the director of «Weekend» centers on a retired English couple (played by screen legends Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay) who reflect on their lives after nearly a half - century together.

Not exact matches

If the 2 - 1 win over Manchester United to complete a rare unbeaten home record in Tottenham's final season at the iconic old ground wasn't an historic milestone in itself, once the pitch had been cleared by stewards and uniformed police after several pleading announcements, the afternoon was given unforgettable poignancy with the parade of 48 former Tottenham legends plus a cinematic trip down memory «Lane» narrated on giant screens by renowned Spurs fan, actor Kenneth Branagh, chronicling the illustrious history of the club and rendering many fans misty - eyed.

Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan reveals that the true story behind the famous multiple personality case is more startling than the screen legend

Personally I feel like they have gotten the era's mixed up, McConaughey looks and acts like a kind of dashing cinematic silver screen legend of the 30's -40's yet he is in the present day and accompanied by the rather whiny and annoying Zahn.

Later we'd learn that critics at Cannes booed at every screening of Redoubtable, apparently shocked by the way Michel Hazanavicius, a mainstream director, makes light comedy of the living legend of the French New Wave.

By Sean O'Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Hollywood stage and screen legend Patricia Neal died on Sunday following a battle with lung cancer.

The 1929 version of The Letter, the first screen version of the W. Somerset Maugham play, is also the sole surviving sound - era performance by Broadway legend Jeanne Eagels.

The idea of this new series is to chronicle famous feuds from throughout history, with the first season taking aim at Old Hollywood by tackling the legendary rivalry between screen legends Joan Crawford and Bette Davis during the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?.

Their roles in the film may vary (Thunder, played by martial arts legend Carter Wong, gets considerable more screen time than his co-stars), but they've quickly become one of the most identifiable components of Carpenter's chopsocky adventure.

The Legend of Tarzan, nurse the latest film to take on the story has been brought to the big screen by David Yates, look a director well - known for his work on the well - reviewed final four Harry Potter features.

The actresses were also joined by «Hunger Games» star Elizabeth Banks, TV star Brie Larson, screen legends Jessica Lange and...

The actresses were also joined by «Hunger Games» star Elizabeth Banks, TV star Brie Larson, screen legends Jessica Lange and Annette Bening and newcomer Gugu Mbatha - Raw of «Jupiter Ascending.»

Synopsis: Screen legend Richard Burton (Where Eagles Dare, The Desert Rats, Candy) stars in this suspenseful thriller written by Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth, Frenzy, The Wicker Man) and directed by Anthony Page (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden).

Synopsis: Screen legends Gregory Peck (On the Beach) and Richard Widmark (Road House) co-star in this brilliantly cast western epic featuring an unusually fine story and magnificent direction by the great William Wellman (The Ox - Bow Incident)-- unleashing dramatic power seldom found in this type of film.

The Legend of Chun - Li was directed by former cinematographer Andrzej Bartkowiak, who is already infamous among gamers for his direction of the slightly less panned big - screen version of Doom.

Inspired by «80s adventure films like THE GOONIES and LEGEND and the big - screen work of Jim Henson and Ray Harryhausen, the film has won a number of festival awards, including the Slamdance Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature.

Were these two gents played by lesser actors than screen legends Martin Landau and Paul Sorvino, there would be no need to tune in.

Heard will first hit screens as Mera in «Justice League,» which is set to open in November and is directed by Zack Snyder, an «Aquaman» executive producer and director of «Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice,» «300» and «Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.»

She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third - greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood.

Tony Black on screen legend Michael Caine... His recent political leanings aside, Sir Michael Caine remains one of the surviving legends of British and indeed American cinema of the last fifty years, and this weekend's Going in Style — a heist caper directed by none other than Scrubs «Zach Braff — sees him share top billing with fellow aged -LSB-...]

Based on the manga by Chizuru Takahashi and Tetsuro Sayama, the story was adapted for the screen by Ghibli legend Hayao Miyazaki, but directed by his son Goro, also responsible for 2006's Tales of Earthsea.

The film, based on a short story by David Constantine, presents a quietly heartbreaking examination of a marriage under pressure and pairs Rampling with fellow screen legend Tom Courtenay: the duo play a retired couple whose peaceful, stable life is rocked when they receive a bit of surprising news from the past.

«Evil Dead» and «Army of Darkness» star and all - around screen legend Bruce Campbell will help the Kansas City Alamo Drafthouse celebrate their 5th anniversary by bringing his interactive game show, «Last Fan Standing,» to town on September 9th.

The play's successful two year run led to a 1930 big screen adaptation directed by James Whale and starring Colin Clive — two legends of cinema who also collaborated on FRANKENSTEIN and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.

OCTOBER «Legend» (October 2): Anyone that can't get enough of Tom Hardy when he's on - screen will have such appetite tested by seeing two Hardys, when he plays twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray, orchestrators of a massive crime ring in 1960s Britain.

The four - time Oscar nominated Bening stars as Oscar winning Hollywood screen legend Gloria Grahame, who in her golden years, finds herself in a May - December romance with the young Peter Turner (played by BAFTA winner Jamie Bell).

But neither of these claims feel validated by the actresses» actual work on screen, and with such a crowded flock of actresses in contention in both categories, odds are there will only be room for the legends at the table.

Combining a documentary on the flooding of the Mekong Delta with a subtly suggested vampire story, the film fits into Weerasethakul's preoccupation with mysticism, folk - legends and reincarnation, but it is (self - consciously) merely a sketch outline of a more ambitious work, and the screening was marred by the omnipresence of an irritating guitar refrain provided by a friend of the filmmaker (although apparently problems with the sound mix were at least partly to blame for this).

From the genesis of the various films (inspiration for the Bruce Willis character in Armageddon was real - life firefighting legend, Red Adair), to their development (too many were written by committee), to the final product (following a test screening, The Avengers went through a major reworking), and on through their journey at the box office, The Gross looks at the way big business has impacted the industry, which has itself become a big business.

Titans of Stage and Screen — Lead by Jack Black as the voice of Eddie Riggs, the epic cast of Brütal Legend features vocal talent providing by some of Metal's biggest names, including Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, Lita Ford and more.

Connected to your television by way of a dock, you'll park yourself on a couch and play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the big screen.

The boxes and title screens bore the legend «A Hideo Kojima Game», the codecs were filled with ever - more digressions on his various obsessions, and by the later entries he'd be inserting himself as a character.

A presentation (until 29 August 2016) of Julien's acclaimed nine - screen installation, which weaves together human interest stories involving Chinese workers with the legend of the Chinese Goddess Mazu, performed by siren of the silver screen Maggie Cheung.

BAY STREET THEATER - «Legends of American Music - Best of the Best» takes place on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Clips from the film Best of the Best will be screened and hosted by Joe Lauro.

Even moviemakers have been seduced by Pollock: director and actor Ed Harris's critically lauded film Pollock, which drew heavily on the Namuth photos and footage, brought the legend to life again for the big screen in 2000.

He «acts» opposite an obvious, bulb - nosed Snow White, and together they form the show's protagonist / antagonist duo, though they are joined in many of the footage screened in the multi-channel installations by a cast of dwarves (the titular Seven Dwarves of Disney legend).

Both a sly, dehumanizing, reference to the infamous Windows system software «blue screen of death» and a shrewd art - historical reference, the piece equates the chasing of artistic legend with suicide, and it uses standard technology — the light emitted by a television — to evoke a supposed cultural masterpiece.

Allusions to filmmaking legends Stanley Kubrick and Theo Angelopoulos come to a brilliant collision in The Airport, a three - screen video installation by Akomfrah that's well worth an hour of your busy Basel day.