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Tina Hassannia's new book, Asghar Farhadi: Life and Cinema, is the first major study of this important Iranian filmmaker, director of such films as the Academy - Award winning A Separation.

Not exact matches

Bryant did not shy away from the making of this film as he worked Disney's Glen Keane to animate the film, and Academy Award winner John Williams will compose the music.

There was also Abigail van Buren, better known as newspaper advice columnist Dear Abby, and Abigail Breslin, the actress who received an Academy Award nomination at the age of 10, for her role as Olive Hoover in the film Little Miss Sunshine.

These films documented Academy field studies, local natural areas, and different species, as well as travel by Academy staff and Board members to conduct research for exhibits.

As part of the Collections Inventory Project, Collections staff with the Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (CAS / PNNM) conducted an inventory and preliminary condition survey of the museum's motion film collection in 2011.

This project will allow Web surfers to perform detailed searches of Wikipedia's content that are impossible today, such as, «Find me all the films nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award before 1990 that ran longer than three hours.»

Hemingway teamed up with Academy Award - winning producer and director Barbara Kopple and the Oprah Winfrey Network to produce the film Running from Crazy, in which Mariel confronts her family's history of mental illness as she explores the path she has taken toward well being.

Keiynan Lonsdale The Australian actor is known for his roles in ABC series Dance Academy and CW series The Flash, as well as for film roles in The Divergent Series: Insurgent and The Finest Hours.

Two years before March would win an Academy Award for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde he was just beginning to get featured film roles rather than parts as an extra.

Toby Jones stars as a sound engineer who travels to Rome in 1976 to work on the post-production sound mix of The Equestrian Vortex, a horror film about witchcraft set in an all - girl riding academy.

Caesar was then hired by Warner Bros and it was during this time that he produced such Warners films as Her Majesty Love (1931, with W. C. Fields) and Fireman Save My Child (1932, with Joe E. Brown) In 1934, Caesar won a «Best Original Story» Academy Award for his now - classic crime yarn Manhattan Melodrama, a film that spawned several remakes, both official and otherwise.

As with the documentary category, the Academy previously released a foreign film shortlist in December, and at that time the omissions of films such as the widely praised Two Days, One Night, Winter Sleep (which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last year), and Mommy were considered major snubAs with the documentary category, the Academy previously released a foreign film shortlist in December, and at that time the omissions of films such as the widely praised Two Days, One Night, Winter Sleep (which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last year), and Mommy were considered major snubas the widely praised Two Days, One Night, Winter Sleep (which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last year), and Mommy were considered major snubs.

Mr. Abraham has appeared in more than 80 films, including AMADEUS, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Actor, as well as Golden Globe and LA Film Critics Awards.

Note that most other awards organizations treated Damien Chazelle's Whiplash script as an original screenplay, but the Academy considered it to be an adapted screenplay for reasons known only to the Academy (Chazelle has previously released a single Whiplash scene as a short film to raise funds to complete the full movie, which is apparently the source of the problem).

For her work in the film, Mulligan won a number of critics awards for Best Actress, as well as garnering nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Academy.

A great deal of the impact in The Piano Teacher comes from Isabelle Huppert's performance, which comes as her finest career moment, as well as one of the year's early choices for 2002's Best Actress (personal list, of course: I highly doubt that the conservative Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be able to make it through the film).

Top Gun 1985 established Cruise as an action star, but again he refused to be pigeonholed, and followed it up with a solid characterization of a fledgling pool shark in the Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money in 1986, for which co-star Paul Newman earned an Academy Award.

(Ian Holm was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor in his role as Abrahams» coach), and this powerful film ended up with four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score.

Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

If Boyhood captures this year's best picture trophy as widely expected, it will mark the second year in a row that Academy voters have opted for the year's best - reviewed film.

Dorsey's movie career ranges from heavy drama (WALK THE LINE), to lighthearted family comedy (JUST LIKE HEAVEN, Disney's GIRL VS. MONSTER, and the American Girl series MCKENNA SHOOTS FOR THE STARS), but her appearance in the Golden Globe ® and Academy Award ® nominated film MONEYBALL established her as a bona - fide star.

Louie Psihoyos, the film's director, describes Racing Extinction as an eco-thriller, similar to his previous Academy Award winning doc, The Cove, which followed the mass slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan.

Some detractors have criticized the film's depiction of the tribes as simplistic; such objections did not dissuade audiences or the Hollywood establishment, however, which awarded the film seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

The film went on to win the inaugural Writers Guild of America best documentary screenplay award as well as garner an Academy Award nomination for best feature documentary.

Forest Whitaker might have turned in an Academy Award - worthy performance as Idi Amin in «King of Scotland» but it was McAvoy in a fictional role that kept the film bio on its unsteady dramatic feet.

The film stars: Emma Watson as Belle; Dan Stevens as the Beast; Luke Evans as Gaston, the handsome, but shallow villager who woos Belle; Oscar (R) winner Kevin Kline as Maurice, Belle's eccentric, but lovable father; Josh Gad as Lefou, Gaston's long - suffering aide - de-camp; Golden Globe (R) nominee Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, the candelabra; Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci as Maestro Cadenza, the harpsichord; Oscar nominee Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, the mantel clock; and two - time Academy Award (R) winner Emma Thompson as the teapot, Mrs. Potts.

Ford became best known for his Westerns, of which he made dozens through the 1920s, but he didn't achieve status as a major director until the mid -»30s, when his films for RKO (The Lost Patrol [1934], The Informer [1935]-RRB-, 20th Century Fox (Young Mr. Lincoln [1939], The Grapes of Wrath [1940]-RRB-, and Walter Wanger (Stagecoach [1939]-RRB-, won over the public, the critics, and earned various Oscars and Academy nominations.

Based on a real - life story of a tobacco - company research scientist (Russell Crowe) and the ramifications of his decision to disclose industry secrets to the American public on an episode of 60 Minutes, it was a moody, intense affair that many critics touted as one of the year's best films; it netted 7 Oscar nominations in the process.Mann was back in the Academy Award hunt two year's later with Ali, a biopic of the beloved boxer Muhammad Ali that focused on both his athletic accomplishments and his political battles.

She recreated this portrayal in the 1951 film version, earning her a Cannes Film Festival Award as Best Actress, her first Academy Award nomination and an invitation to the prestigious Actors Studio.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting appearance as Dodger in Comes a Horseman (1978); the star of that film was Jane Fonda, whose father, Henry, had been doubled by Farnsworth in The Tin Star (1957).

Tilly's other feature film credits include Bound, The Getaway, Made inJennifer received an Academy Award ® nomination and an American Comedy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Olive in Bullets Over Broadway.

His blistering, darkly comic portrayal of Larry in the film version earned him a lot of recognition as well as the Golden Globe and BAFTA award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

As a result, recipients of the LIM Award qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the Annual Academy Awards ® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.

The film is the director's first effort since A Single Man, Ford's directorial debut, which led to Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Academy Award nominations for Colin Firth, as well as a Golden...

Academy Award ® winner Bill Condon will direct both films starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner along with Billy Burke as Charlie Swan as well as returning members of the Cullen Family including Peter Facinelli as Carlisle, Elizabeth Reaser as Esme, Jackson Rathbone as Jasper, Nikki Reed as Rosalie, Ashley Greene as Alice and Kellan Lutz as Emmett.

(As with Brokeback Mountain, it may be the case that the Academy is prepared to welcome films about gay politics and gay sexuality, but not to the extent of giving them the best picture award.)

Invictus will be a shoo - in for a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards ®, especially as the new system nominates ten films, instead of five.

In any given year, Grauman's Chinese Theatre hosts over 40 red carpet film premieres and since it opened, it has hosted three Academy Award (R) ceremonies and numerous world premieres, including those for internationally - acclaimed film franchises, such as Star Wars and Harry Potter.

Fans of the TV series regularly appearing on «Comedy Central» already know what to expect from this feature - length film, showcasing more of the same parody of «COPS» as if starring the gang from the Police Academy movies.

In the post-Moonlight age (and with nominations this year for gay - themed films such as Call Me By Your Name, or those with mild gay content like Lady Bird), we thought it might be time to look back at 10 LGBTQ movies that despite deserving some Academy Awards love got no Oscar nomination (including one — believe it or not — from 2017!).

There are a few better films out there which are strong and undivisive enough to cite as worthy winners without invoking the Academy's unspoken «too much, too soon» logic.

As the winner of the BAFTA for «Best British Film» and nominated for three Academy Awards, it's clear that Brooklyn is a special film.

Film4 has developed and co-financed many of the most successful UK films of recent years, Academy Award ® - winners such as Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Lenny Abrahamson's Room, Alex Garland's Ex Machina, Asif Kapadia's box office record breaking documentary Amy and Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, in addition to critically - acclaimed award - winners such as Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner, Chris Morris's Four Lions, Shane Meadows» This is England, Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant, Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin and David Mackenzie's Starred Up.

Film4 has developed and co-financed many of the most successful UK films of recent years, Academy Award ® - winners such as Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Lenny Abrahamson's Room, Alex Garland's Ex Machina, Asif Kapadia's box office record breaking documentary Amy and Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady.

His follow - up film, «The Graduate,» made a star of Dustin Hoffman and earned Nichols the Academy Award as the years Best Director.

Having an Academy Award nominated director, Hampton Fancher (screenwriter from the original film) and Ridley Scott (director of Blade Runner) as executive producer would ordinarily be a winning combination.

Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen known informally as the Coen brothers, are Academy Award winning American film directors, screenwriters, producers, and editors.

Media Mikes own Mike Smith will join other Kansas City area film critics this Wednesday night, February 26, as they declare their choices for the upcoming Academy Awards at the Screenland Crown Center Theatre.

One of the most predictable Academy Awards in years took a film - worthy twist as Kathryn Bigelow and...

Since his film was only screened for the Hollywood Foreign Press he wasn't able to earn SAG or Critics» Choice nominations but now that the film has been seen and Plummer is all over it (with just nine days of shooting and as many days of post-production) this may be the easiest and best way for the Academy to recognize the efforts and ability of director Ridley Scott (if they don't give him a Best Director nomination, that is).