Sentences with phrase «life story of»

Mad Men star Jon Hamm is returning to his baseball roots to star in a news sports movie chronicling the real - life story of two Indian cricketers who...
It's more of a wishful thinking but I am thankful for Mark Ruffalo for unknowingly continuining the life story of his character from You Can Count On Me in The Kids Are Alright.
Secretariat Premise: Diane Lane stars in the true - life story of the legendary horse that won the 1973 Triple Crown... and America's heart.
It wouldn't be a film festival without a James Franco film, and Tribeca has two: the drama «The Fixer» and the film pictured here, «King Cobra,» the true - life story of gay porn star Brent Corrigan.
The film is the life story of the martial artist Ip Man, and Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi and Chang Chen are in the cast.
Vanessa Hudgens leaves behind her High School Musical image and turns in a stunning and transformative performance in writer / director Ronald Krauss» drama, Gim me Shelter, based on the courageous, true - life story of Agnes «Apple» Bailey (Hudgens).
Directed by one of the guys that brought you the hit comedy, WAITING... starring Ryan Reynolds and Justin Long, comes the real - life story of «4:20 - Somethings» living in California's semi-legalized marijuana culture.
In fact, he scores yet another bullseye by telling the real - life story of Margaret Keane, the woman whose paintings of sad, big - eyed children baffled America in the -LSB-...]
It's loosely based on the real - life story of its eponymous star, Menashe Lustig.
The End of the Tour is the latest film directed by James Ponsoldt, which shows the real life story of Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) spending five days with acclaimed writer David Frank Wallace (Jason Segel) and interviewing him for the famous magazine.
Also read: «Rosewater» Review: Jon Stewart Gets Earnest With a Real - Life Story of Middle East Brutality
American: The Bill Hicks Story (United Kingdom) Directors: Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas At last the true life story of the outlaw comic who tried to save the world.
Opening with a flawlessly timed scene in which Steven is told he was adopted, the film dives right in to a real life story of near death experiences, jailhouse romance, fraud and fakery that defies belief.
Exclusive features include a bare - knuckled exposé of the life story of Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman), deleted and extended scenes that go deeper into the film and storylines, and a riveting profile with legendary boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard.
A highly glamorised version of the life story of PT Barnum — the man who made the circus a lucrative business in America and had a unique flair for marketing — Jackman's pet project deserves to become a Christmas classic.
It's a nice story, supposedly inspired by the true life story of coach Ken Carter, who in 1999, benched his team for poor academic performance.
Punchy and grittily realistic, the unvarnished true - life story of Bauman, horribly injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, isn't your average inspirational melodrama.
Because the preposterous life story of Tonya Harding — from 4 years old on to her celebrity boxing stint — is too unbelievable not to chuckle or even laugh hard at; it might as well be a fiction except it actually happened.
In 2002, Weinstein reportedly conducted a smear campaign against A Beautiful Mind, undermining the veracity of the real - life story of the mathematician John Nash.
«The Bleeder» is the true - life story of boxing champ Wepner, who in 1975 went 15 rounds in the heavyweight world championship against the greatest boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali.
With talks about his eventual retirement always looming on his great career, Tarantino is still developing his next script that will tackle the true life story of the Manson murders.
Mara and Hill join a cast that includes Van Sant's old collaborator Joaquin Phoenix, to tell the life story of...
As the credits roll, and Sia sings a song that offers up the movie's only real message («Never Give Up»), you realize that Lion was, truly, an inspiring true - life story of one man... searching for one thing: another Oscar.
Craig Gillespie's rollicking retelling of infamous figure skater Tonya Harding's rise and fall might take several dramatic liberties (peep the new trailer for a bloody - faced Margot Robbie mugging for the camera in one shot while brandishing a shotgun in pursuit of Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, in another), but, at its core, I, Tonya is a film rooted in the rich, real - life story of a deeply troubled athlete fighting for her place in the world.
Following the wobble of Assassin's Creed, Justin Kurzel returns with the real - life story of a team of the Pakistani militants Lashkar - e-Taiba who killed 31 people in a terrorist attack at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai in 2008.
He also talked about his TV series 100 Code (starring Dominic Monaghan and Michael Nyqvist and airing on WGN America in May), the film he's doing about the life story of Ferruccio Lamborghini (with Antonio Banderas and Alec Baldwin), and his upcoming comedy, reuniting him with Sofia Vergara.
The fine line between genius and insanity is also examined in A Beautiful Mind, based on the real life story of mathematician John Forbes Nash.
Most of you should now know that RUSH is Ron Howard's new film that focuses on the real - life story of Austrian Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda (played here by Daniel Bruhl) and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life.
Co-starring James Franco and «Homeland» actor Damian Lewis, it is a real life story of Gertrude Bell (Kidman), a British explorer and political officer, who made her influence known in the Middle East during the 1920s.
The real life story of Victoria is an interesting one but the film, written by Oscar winner Julian Fellowes, is more interested in the Queen's personal life than any of the political goings on.
Focus Features released just a few days ago the first trailer for The Zookeeper's Wife, a film that tells the real - life story of Antonina Zabinska and Jan Zabinski, a Polish zookeeper couple who helped save many lives during the Nazi invasion of Poland in World War II.
Colin Firth's true - life story of King George VI became the latest Oscar Best Picture winner to appeal to audiences as well.
Expanding on his early short, The Dirk Diggler Story, Anderson's breakthrough movie was a Scorsesian romp through two decades of the porn industry, inspired in part by the true - life story of John Holmes.
Dallas Buyers Club, the new film by French Canadian director Jean - Marc Vallée (The Young Victoria), is inspired by the true - life story of Ron Woodroof, a hard - partying electrician (and rodeo rider) who, when the film starts (in 1985), is diagnosed with H.I.V. and given 30 days to live.
From Clint Eastwood comes The 15:17 to Paris, which tells the real - life story of three men whose brave act turned them into heroes during...
The true - life story of Richard and Mildred Loving, who were the center of the landmark Supreme Court case that struck down laws again interracial marriage.
Drawing on the real - life story of Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard, The Master boasts a career - best performance from Philip Seymour Hoffman as the charismatic charlatan who establishes a strange new religion.
Following on from yesterday's teaser, poster and images [check them out here], we now have the first trailer has arrived online for director Niki Caro's upcoming WWII drama which stars Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Bruhl and Michael McElhatton; watch it below after the official synopsis... The real - life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero -LSB-...]
Based on the Washington Post article «A Butler Well Served by This Election,» Lee Daniels» The Butler is a historically expansive film that tells the life story of our country's civil rights revolution through the eight presidents - long employment of a black butler in the White House.
Philippe Falardeau tells the true - life story of Wepner (Liev Schreiber), a liquor salesman from New Jersey, who went 15 rounds in the stunning 1975 heavyweight world championship against the greatest boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali (Pooch Hall).
Reese Witherspoon, left, and Ger Duany star in «The Good Lie,» a drama inspired by the real - life story of the Lost Boys of Sudan.
Based on the Washington Post article «A Butler Well Served by This Election,» Lee Daniels» The Butler is an expansive film that tells the life story of our country's civil rights revolution through the eight presidents - long employment of a black butler in the White House.
Breathe (PG - 13 for mature themes and graphic images) Andy Serkis makes his directorial debut with this inspirational biopic recounting the real - life story of a young married couple (Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy) who ignored their doctor's dire diagnosis after the husband contracted polio en route to sharing a rich life together.
«Battle Of The Sexes» (Sept. 22): Emma Stone, fresh off her best actress Oscar for «La La Land» might be back in the hunt with this true - life story of the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, played by Steve Carrell.
Ridley Scott's film takes on the real - life story of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty's refusal to cooperate with the extortion demands of the people who kidnapped his grandson J. Paul Getty III in 1973.
The film is at its best, however, when telling the life story of Harding.
Fruitvale Station, the harrowing true - life story of the shooting death of a young African - American by a Bay Area police officer, won multiple honors: supporting actress (Octavia Spencer), breakthrough performance (Michael B. Jordan) and directorial debut (Ryan Coogler).
SYNOPSIS: Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq.
There are countless tales to relate from this tragedy, and rather than focus on several in the schlocky manner of a»70s disaster flick, director Juan Antonio Bayona elected to center on the true - life story of María Belón and Enrique Alvarez, a Spanish couple on holiday with their three boys in Thailand when the tsunami hits.
Pirate Radio follows the exploits of the «Radio Rock» (patterned loosely on the real - life story of Radio Caroline), a fishing boat that had the biggest, most rabid following.
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