Sentences with phrase «made his feature film starring»

Taron Egerton, who made his feature film starring debut in Kingsman: The Secret Service, portrays Eddie the Eagle, and Hugh Jackman plays a ski jumping expert from Lake Placid who helps Eddie train for the Calgary Olympics.

Not exact matches

He has also made regular appearances on Celebrity Juice and starred in Keith Lemon's feature length film, Keith Lemon: The Film.

The second film to be made from Woody Allen's successful stage comedy (following a 1969 feature starring Jackie Gleason), Don't Drink the Water is a made - for - television adaptation directed by and starring Allen himself.

The third of John Woo's American - made feature films, Face / Off stars John Travolta as Sean Archer, an FBI agent obsessed with capturing Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage), a criminal genius who years before killed Archer's son while trying to assassinate the agent.

Skinny, bug - eyed Steve Buscemi, the twitchy actor du jour of American independent films, makes a striking directorial feature - film debut with «Trees Lounge,» in which he also stars as a twitchy, hyperkinetic loser.

He made his feature - film debut in Lewis» Cinderfella (1960), after having appeared on the early television series Life With Elizabeth (1953 - 1955) starring opposite Betty White.

Made his feature - film debut in Laws of Gravity (1992), which starred another Purchase College alum, Edie Falco.

Making elegant use of the austere landscape and the rugged features of star Jérémie Renier, the film shows how these doggedly practical and nonspiritual men cope with the eerie events, the cause of which is hinted at but never fully explained.

Harris» feature films for 2004 include the live - action remake Thunderbirds and the thriller Trauma, starring Colin Firth.Though her star was steadily rising in Hollywood, it wasn't until 2006 that Harris would really make a splash on stateside screens; and after supporting roles in Brett Ratner's After the Sunset and Michael Winterbottom's A Cock and Bull Story, Harris took to the high seas for her role as Tia Dalma in the eagerly anticipated summer sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

In 2015, Akerman starred in the feature film FINAL GIRLS, opposite Taissa Farmiga and Nina Dobrev, which made its world premiere at 2015's SXSW Festival.

Following the series» demise in 1991, Helgenberger returned to television guest - star status on ER, where she had a four - episode - long recurring role, and in the miniseries The Tommyknockers.A presence on the big screen since 1989, when she made her feature - film debut in Steven Spielberg's romantic fantasy Always, Helgenberger has played a wide variety of roles in films ranging from Species (1995) to the moody The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) to Steven Soderbergh's widely acclaimed Erin Brockovich (2000).

Directed by Tristram Shapeero, making his feature film debut after a lengthy career in television (with credits including Absolutely Fabulous, Peep Show, Community, and Parks and Recreation), A Merry Friggin» Christmas also stars Lauren Graham, Oliver Platt, Tim Heidecker, and Wendi McLendon - Covey.

Since the 2013 film «Drinking Buddies,» Swanberg has been working with Hollywood actors — indeed, with stars — and his new feature, «Digging for Fire,» made on a likely scant budget, has a cast that any director could envy.

Since the 2013 film «Drinking Buddies,» Swanberg has been working with Hollywood actors — indeed, with stars — and his new feature, «Digging for Fire,» made on a likely scant budget, has a cast that any director could envy, including Jake Johnson (who co-wrote the film with Swanberg), Rosemary DeWitt, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Orlando Bloom, Mike Birbiglia, Judith Light, Sam Elliott, Jane Adams, Ron Livingston, Melanie Lynskey, and Jenny Slate.

Featuring Aubrey Plaza (Funny People), Mark Duplass (Humpday), and «New Girl» star Jake M. Johnson, this has all the makings of a quirky comedy, even if there ends up not actually being any time traveling in the film.

The Summer Blockbuster Hit, Disney • Pixar's «Finding Dory,» Swims Home on Digital HD on Oct. 25 and Blu - ray ™ on Nov. 15 Dive deep into the kelp to find out more about the making of the film with extensive extras featuring the creative talent of Pixar and the all - star cast!

Writer - director Sian Heder makes her feature film debut with «Tallulah,» a touching and emotionally wrenching Netflix original starring Ellen Page, Allison Janney, and Tammy Blanchard.

The documentary is accompanied by a number of interesting films: three shorts made at the Champion studio from 1910 to 1913, an early documentary short about Fort Lee by Theodore Huff and Mark A. Borgotta, a feature called The Danger Game starring Madge Kennedy, an early Mack Sennett comedy short, and a 31 - minute version of Robin Hood released by Éclair America in 1912.

Making his feature debut in 2000 with «Sexy Beast,» Glazer hasn't made a film in some nine years, since the 2004 Nicole Kidman - starring «Birth.»

And while 12 Years a Slave provides ample meat for its established actors (Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti and Brad Pitt feature memorably), it also helps shape a star in Nyong» o (making her film debut) who is heart - wrenchingly real as the terrorised Patsey.

These were made primarily for male viewers and featured a rotating line - up of tough guy stars, though mostly shot on digital video instead of film as in the 90s.

Major highlights making their world premieres include Shawn Levy's all - star ensemble drama «This Is Where I Leave You,» starring Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman and Tina Fey; Michael R. Roskam's «The Drop,» which features James Gandolfini's final performance; Liv Ullman's film adaptation of the famed play «Miss Julie,» starring Jessica Chastain; David Gordon Green's latest indie drama «Manglehorn,» featuring Al Pacino; the musical «The Last 5 Years,» starring Anna Kendrick; Noah Baumbach's latest «While We're Young,» starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts and Amanda Seyfried; and Jason Reitman's «Men, Women & Children,» starring Adam Sandler.

It's not his fault, though, as this film would have been weak regardless of the star, with a predictable storyline and events that will have you recalling bits and pieces of plenty of other comedies of humiliation featuring a meek man finding the cojones to finally take on the bully in his life, only to make an utter ass of himself.

A dramatic script at AFI, however, led to a prestigious Chesterfield fellowship award - overseen by Steven Spielberg - and was made into a feature film starring Kevin Bacon and Evan Rachel Wood.

The film's playful and plentiful bonus offerings include «Piper,» the theatrical short film starring an irresistible sandpiper hatchling; an all - new mini short featuring interviews with Dory's pals from the Marine Life Institute; a behind - the - scenes look at the most challenging character Pixar has ever created; never - before - seen deleted scenes, including a digital exclusive featuring the Tank Gang from «Finding Nemo» who make it their mission to get Marlin and Nemo to the Marine Life Institute; and much, much more.

After years of writing for television and cutting his directorial teeth on the 1979 TV movie The Jericho Mile, Michael Mann made his feature film debut with Thief (1981), a cool, gritty crime movie starring James Caan as the head of a high - end crew of professional safecrackers.

This is a lovely, unique film, featuring a star - making performance from young

This is a lovely, unique film, featuring a star - making performance from young Millicent Simmonds.

(remix) music video by Danger Mouse and Jemini; deleted scenes and alternative takes, five in total, including an alternative ending (9 min) with a less subtle conversation between Richard and Mark, but a haunting final image of Richard with Anthony; images from Anjan Sarkars graphic novel animation matched to actual dialogue from the films soundtrack (the scene where Herbie first sees the elephant); In Shanes Shoes (24 min) documentary featuring the premiere at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival, interviews with Shane Meadows about run - ins with violent gangs in his youth, and on - location clowning; Northern Soul (26 min) also made by Meadows in 2004, and starring Toby Kebbell as an aspiring wrestler with no actual wrestling experience or talent - this comic short is as amateurish as its protagonist, and serves only to show how much better Dead Mans Shoes is.

Featuring George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Jonah Hill, Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum, Frances McDormand, and others, the meta movie - making film follows a 1950s production whose star (Clooney) is kidnapped in the middle of shooting, and the studio must scramble to find a way to get him back.

Dean Devlin (writer / producer, «Independence Day») makes his feature film directorial debut with suspense thriller «Geostorm,» starring Gerard Butler («Olympus Has Fallen,» «300»), Jim Sturgess («Cloud Atlas»), Abbie Cornish («Limitless»), Alexandra Maria Lara («Rush»), Daniel Wu («The Man with the Iron Fists,» «Warcraft: The Beginning»), with Oscar nominees Ed Harris («The Hours,» «Apollo 13») and Andy Garcia («The Godfather: Part III»).

Black Panther was the first mainstream comic to feature a black superhero, and the new film will be anchored by rising star Chadwick Boseman (42, Get on Up), who will reportedly make his first appearance as the superhero in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War.

This isn't the first time that this story has been made into a feature - length film, with the first instance coming near the height of the murder case's popularity in the 1981 made - for - TV movie, The People vs. Jean Harris, starring Ellen Burstyn (who makes a cameo appearance in this 2005 film).

Featuring relative unknowns as its starring cast and a directing team of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead who despite a few small, mostly unheard of films are still making a name for themselves.

The lineup for this year's Cannes Film Festival (or as they call it in France, Festival de Cannes) has been announced and it is robust with Oscar bait, highly - anticipated premieres, star - studded features, and a lot of foreign and obscure films that if watched, will make you feel cinematically superior to everyone else.

The internet calmly took this news in by immediately casting about for wild rumors regarding what this might mean for the second film — specifically, the idea that once it was made clear the Captain Marvel movie (coming out in between the two Avengers films) would feature the Skrulls (a race of green - skinned shape changers, for all you non-comic nerds), the fourth Avengers movie would turn its attention to a «secret invasion» storyline, starring said aliens.

EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content has acquired film rights to the David Barclay Moore novel The Stars Beneath Our Feet, which will be developed as a vehicle for Creed star Michael B. Jordan to make his feature directorial debut.

Born in Brooklyn in 1915, Wallach made his debut film appearance in Elia Kazan's 1956 feature «Baby Doll,» starring alongside Karl Malden and Carroll Baker.

Special Features Andrei Tarkovsky's short film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's «The Killers,» made when he was a student in 1956 Interview from 2002 with writer Stuart M. Kaminsky about both films Piece from 2002 in which actor Stacy Keach reads Hemingway's short story «Screen Directors»» Playhouse radio adaptation from 1949 of the 1946 film, starring Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters Interview from 2002 with actor Clu Gulager Audio excerpt from director Don Siegel's autobiography, «A Siegel Film,» read by actor and director Hampton Fancher Trailers PLUS: Essays by novelist Jonathan Lethem and critic Geoffrey O'Brien

Along with an unrated cut of the film (with five additional minutes of footage), the DVD also features a lively audio commentary with more than ten different participants (from director David Gordon Green and producer Judd Apatow to stars Seth Rogen and James Franco), a making - of featurette, a handful of deleted scenes, and a gag reel.

Paddy Considine's debut feature film Tyrannosaur is making an impression around the world, snapping up awards at the Sundance Film Festival for the performances of its stars Olivia Coleman (Peep Show, Beautiful People) and Peter Mullan (My Name is Joe).

The story of «Batkid» Miles Scott, the 5 - year - old leukemia patient who got to live his dream to be a superhero courtesy of the Make - A-Wish Foundation and much of San Francisco, is both the subject of a documentary, Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Round the World, and an upcoming narrative feature film in which Julia Roberts is set to star and produce.

It's already a documentary premiering at Sundance this weekend, but the story of Batkid just ain't quitting: Mega-movie star Julia Roberts has bought the rights to said documentary and it's said that she's planning on making it into a major (non-documentary) feature film.

While somewhat star - making for Cage and also featuring some of the earliest film appearances of Jim Carrey, Joan Allen, Helen Hunt, and «7th Heaven» mom Catherine Hicks, the movie belongs first and foremost to Kathleen Turner.

The film also stars Toni Collette, Blythe Danner, Ted Danson, and Sasha Lane, and while the film already seems to be angling for the title of feel - good feature of the summer, it's also making a strong bid for film with the best supporting cast of the year.

Extras: New interviews with Coppola, Lachman, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, author Jeffrey Eugenides, and writer Tavi Gevinson; «Making of The Virgin Suicides,» a 1998 documentary directed by Eleanor Coppola and featuring Sofia Coppola, Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola, actors Dunst, Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Kathleen Turner, and James Woods, Eugenides, and more; «Lick the Star,» a 1998 short film by Coppola; official music video for Air's soundtrack song «Playground Love,» directed and shot by Coppola and her brother Roman Coppola; trailer; an essay by novelist Megan Abbott.

Penn will be at Cannes with «The Last Face,» starring Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem; Almodovar with «Julieta,» his 20th feature film; Dolan with «It's Only the End of the World,» with Marion Cotillard; Verhoeven with «Elle,» starring Isabelle Huppert; and the Dardennes with «The Unknown Girl,» a drama with the potential to make them the first three - time Palme d'Or winners.

Dial M for Murder premiered at the Westminster Theatre in London in 1952, only for it to be made into an expert crime mystery thriller by Alfred Hitchcock two years later, while Wait Until Dark, another complex and dark play in the vein of Hitchcock's interests directed by Arthur Penn (who would helm Bonnie and Clyde the very next year), saw the light of day in early 1966 on Broadway, where it instantly attracted the attention of both the audience and Warner Brothers, determined to turn it into a feature film starring none other than Hollywood's sweetheart Audrey Hepburn in a much darker, insidious story than her filmography had ever witnessed.

Comics / actors Jordan Peele and Keegan - Michael Key star in the film, which was also written by and directed by «Key & Peele» veterans making the leap into features.

Special Features: • Brand new 2K transfer from the original camera negative • High Definition Blu - ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations • Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • Audio commentary with co-writer and producer Mardi Rustam, make - up artist Craig Reardon and stars Roberta Collins, William Finley and Kyle Richards • New introduction to the film by director Tobe Hooper • Brand new interview with Hooper • My Name is Buck: Star Robert Englund discusses his acting career • The Butcher of Elmendorf: The Legend of Joe Ball — The story of the South Texas bar owner on whom Eaten Alive is loosely based • 5ive Minutes with Marilyn Burns — The star of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre talks about working on Eaten Alive • The Gator Creator: archival interview with Hooper • Original theatrical trailers for the film under its various titles Eaten Alive, Death Trap, Starlight Slaughter and Horror Hotel • US TV and Radio Spots • Alternate credits sequence • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin • Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film, illustrated with original archive stills and posStar Robert Englund discusses his acting career • The Butcher of Elmendorf: The Legend of Joe Ball — The story of the South Texas bar owner on whom Eaten Alive is loosely based • 5ive Minutes with Marilyn Burns — The star of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre talks about working on Eaten Alive • The Gator Creator: archival interview with Hooper • Original theatrical trailers for the film under its various titles Eaten Alive, Death Trap, Starlight Slaughter and Horror Hotel • US TV and Radio Spots • Alternate credits sequence • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin • Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film, illustrated with original archive stills and posstar of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre talks about working on Eaten Alive • The Gator Creator: archival interview with Hooper • Original theatrical trailers for the film under its various titles Eaten Alive, Death Trap, Starlight Slaughter and Horror Hotel • US TV and Radio Spots • Alternate credits sequence • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin • Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film, illustrated with original archive stills and posters