Sentences with phrase «of background actors»

Executives were then forced to hire a new set of background actors to get the shoot up and running, at some cost.

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Our teachers come from a variety of backgrounds — they're actors, professional musicians, stay - at - home parents, preschool teachers, and more — but what they all share is the desire to help bring the power of music - making back into family life.

Background: Actor Matthew Lillard has been a longstanding supporter of Five Acres and served as emcee at the gala for the last three years.

While it is true that colonial exercises in state - building vary both in a practical and in a moral sense from those of contemporary international actors, these chapters provide useful historical background to the debate as well as an opportunity to look at how various exit strategies influenced the long - term trajectories for the countries concerned.

Professor Barry Buzan at the London School of Economics, one of the most prominent members of the English School, has contended that the international society is divided into two: on the one hand there is a homogenous group of international actors that share a common historical and cultural background, and on the other a group that is linked by a contractual bond.

They invited a hundred thought leaders, both health experts and authors, but also actors, musicians, CEOs, and people of all different backgrounds who share an interest in health, so it's kind of like a horizontal focus on health from people in a lot of different industries.

Moreover, his knack with a sword and his complex underdog - from - privilege background combined with a shaggy beard and unkempt head of curls does plenty to add to the actor's legion of fans — male and female.

Actor Philip Michael Thomas was fond of referring to his family background as «American Gumbo;» his ethnic makeup was a mixture of black, German, Irish, and three different Indian Tribes.

It looks terrible but I just adore those shots of the actors in the foreground and the dinosaurs / creatures / monsters bluescreened into the background, its dreadful but you got ta love it, staple diet of these flicks.

Some of the backgrounds are obviously on a sound stage to keep these actors protected and the locations in this film are slim to none.

One also could imagine the same material set against the typical aesthetic of modern comedies — with their overlit backgrounds and spotlighted actors.

It is a little jarring when more recognizable older actors like Dennis Farina and Ted Danson appear, but both actors turn in dialed - down, natural performances; as with Hanks, we are reminded that men of all ages and backgrounds were called upon to fight in WWII.

The star - studded heist caper «Widows,» from director Steve McQueen and set to begin filming in Chicago this month, is looking to hire two sets of twin infants — one set biracial (unspecified), the other white — who are between the ages of 3 months and 6 months, according to a flyer posted by 4 Star Casting, which specializes in background actors, aka extras.

Each year, this select group of film enthusiasts, filmmakers, professionals, academics and students of varying ages and backgrounds watches over 250 films and participates in illuminating discussions with directors, actors, producers and screenwriters before announcing their selections for the best work of the year in early December prior to an annual ceremony in January.

Actors of fully Jewish background: - Logan Lerman, Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon - Levitt, Mila Kunis, Bar Refaeli, James Wolk, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julian Morris, Adam Brody, Esti Ginzburg, Kat Dennings, Gabriel Macht, Erin Heatherton, Odeya Rush, Anton Yelchin, Paul Rudd, Scott Mechlowicz, Lisa Kudrow, Lizzy Caplan, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Gal Gadot, Debra Messing, Robert Kazinsky, Melanie Laurent, Shiri Appleby, Justin Bartha, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Margarita Levieva, Elizabeth Berkley, Halston Sage, Seth Gabel, Corey Stoll, Mia Kirshner, Alden Ehrenreich, Eric Balfour, Jason Isaacs, Jon Bernthal, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy.

Despite able support from a range of background characters (all local actors), Trampoline belongs to Spratt.

Baltimore - based casting office Pat Moran + Associates is casting adult males and females of all ages for both principal and background roles in the show's second season, which begins shooting this month in Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D.C. Actors of all ethnicities, types, and builds will be considered.

Toby Roan does a good job of providing context for every facet of the picture in his commentary track, with background on the actors, Utah - born director James Cruze, and Emerson Hough, whose novel inspired this story of pioneers heading West in 1848.

His preference to put the camera as close to his actors as possible, softening the background, gives the imagery a 3D - like quality, yet, paradoxically, «Les Misérables» is almost entirely devoid of flashy visual tricks.

For an actor, the biggest perk of working with a director who comes from a theater background is that there are usually rehearsals, a surprisingly rare practice on most shoots.

Aside from the well - noted fact that more superior long - form drama (and comedy) can be found on television than in cinemas, the two most interesting motion picture experiences I had in 2012 were in galleries: The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010), a staggering and hypnotic achievement of which I still have some of its 24 hours to catch up with, and two multi-screen installations by Candice Breitz: «Him» and «Her» in which many scenes from the films of Jack Nicholson (in Him) and Meryl Streep (in Her), isolate the actors from their filmic background leaving the actors to speak to and interrogate each other across space and time on many themes of character, identity, success, failure, anger and disappointment.

In this iteration, writers Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal and Adam Sztykiel have anthropomorphized the gorilla, who is now named George (played by motion - capture actor Jason Liles), the best friend of Davis Okoye (Johnson), a primatologist with a background in the Army Special Forces and anti-poaching activism, naturally.

Writer / director Martin McDonagh - making his debut here - has infused the majority of In Bruges with a deliberately - paced, overly talky sensibility that undoubtedly reflects his background as a playwright, and it's certainly difficult not to admire the fervor with which both Farrell and Gleeson tackle their respective characters and the film's ample dialogue (the actors» heavy accents does make it difficult to make out every word, admittedly).

Louis's fellow soldiers are played by the likes of Domhnall Gleeson, Finn Wittrock, and Garrett Hedlund, all talented and interesting young actors with varied backgrounds, who here all blend into the scenery.

But the voice of a Shane Black («Iron Man 3») or a James Gunn («Guardians Of The Galaxy») is plainly missing, and as gifted as the cast is, it's a little disheartening to see actors that could and should be carrying their own films (superhero or otherwise) relegated to background dutof a Shane Black («Iron Man 3») or a James Gunn («Guardians Of The Galaxy») is plainly missing, and as gifted as the cast is, it's a little disheartening to see actors that could and should be carrying their own films (superhero or otherwise) relegated to background dutOf The Galaxy») is plainly missing, and as gifted as the cast is, it's a little disheartening to see actors that could and should be carrying their own films (superhero or otherwise) relegated to background duty.

Most of the features that make Lewis» directorial work such a remarkable exception to the dominance of a realist aesthetic in Hollywood filmmaking are brilliantly apparent in The Errand Boy, including the foregrounding of sound manipulation (most blatant in the sequence involving the post-synchronisation of the song «Lover» for a musical film, and in the tape manipulation of Kathleen Freeman's reaction to having been left by her driver in the back seat of a convertible receiving a car wash) and the placement of actors in a shot so as to highlight the presence of the camera (as when Morty, an undirected and oblivious extra in a film - within - the - film cocktail - party scene, keeps looking at the camera from the background of a shot in which other extras, in their roles as party guests, intermittently block him from the camera).

It's a great starting point that he supplies the actors with a little bit of a background that they can start to work with.

While there hasn't been any information released on how many of the film's original cast members would appear in the Broadway adaptation, some actors (most notably Keala Settle, who plays the Bearded Lady) have Broadway backgrounds.

Also, Murphy is more of a dramatic actor than a comedic one, and his characterâ $ ™ s background is filled in far too late.

Still, the eligible season will be nearly a year old by the time voters fill out their ballot, giving many new actors the chance to gain a bit of buzz while Schreiber and Donovan fade to the background.

If you look around every casting director, actor, background extra, even crew members offer some sort of acting class.

McDonagh coming from a theatre background only needs a few impressive set - pieces and a handful of talented actors, in order to kick off his script.

«THE DEUCE» «The Deuce,» HBO's latest venture with David Simon (creator of «The Wire» and «Treme»), is holding auditions for background actors April 21 in New York City.

Criterion's brilliant Blu - ray set of «The Night of the Hunter» devotes an entire disc to a documentary composed of pristine rushes and outtakes from the film, most with background audio of Laughton directing his actors using both carrot (for the kids) and stick (on Shelley Winters).

Blumberg has a good cast of actors from a variety of backgrounds to pull it off nicely.

He's taken some of the most iconic background and supporting actors in film, from Beth Grant (Little Miss Sunshine) to Barry Shabaka Henley (Collateral), and orchestrated them around one of Hollywood's longest running underrated performers.

Like this movie Lady Bird that I shot, we have these incredibly skilled actors, all of whom have theater backgrounds, and you can tell them what to do, or make little changes, and they run with it.

Anno is not a professional voice actor, but a director of animation just like Miyazaki, who worked with him as a background animator for Nausicaä, and is responsible for directing seminal works such as television's Neon Genesis Evangelion and its subsequent cinematic reboot Evangelion.

Actual «hacking consultants» provide background on the culture and technological realities of the era, while actors Matthew Lillard, Penn Jillette, and Fisher Stevens tell interesting and amusing backstage stories.

When I shoot a scene at Watford and you've got lots of actors and extras in the foreground, in the deep background you can put these digital doubles that can move.

The end results are plenty of production details, backgrounds on cast and crew members, and with the exception of the final reel, the pacing is pretty brisk; it's only their admiration for actor Arthur Dignam that results in dead spots during the film's denouement.

I usually give you a background of the actor's life and career, but I think I covered that pretty well in his Cult Hero of the Week spot, so let's just get to the goods.

Such a commitment helps to suggest in turn all that Altman gained by coming into contact with the values of the English stage — through not only the virtually all - English cast and setting but also the talented screenwriter, Julian Fellowes, whose background is substantially that of an English actor.

One of the pleasures of the film is watching the actors used by director Richard Donner to populate his backgrounds.

As the man alternately targeting and targeted by her, Pierce Brosnan is cooly effective as a ruthlessly efficient killer and the sight of the former James Bond deploying his own license to kill, this time for money rather than for Queen and country, adds a certain frisson to the proceedings that simply would not have been there had the role been filled by an actor without that background.

Some play the characters they always do, which is just some sort of extension of their true personality, while some of the other actors are used to voice food equivalent stereotypes of their ethnic backgrounds, like Craig Robinson voicing a box of grits.

After focusing pretty heavily on Vince's return from rehab this week, the actor was stuck in the background for most of tonight's episode, leading me to wonder whether he'll even get the chance to mount another comeback before the end of the season.

McCarthy, best known for writing and directing The Station Agent, The Visitor, and Win Win, specializes in accidental - family stories with grouchy character - actor leads and quirky hooks; what keeps his work from descending into treacle is his generous handling of the cast, a holdover from his own background as an actor.

This DVD release lets you dig deep into the dusty background of Sahara, by listening to the commentary of Director Breck Eisner and Actor / Executive Producer Matthew McConaughey.

Enemy [Mild Spoilers]: when a history lecturer spots his doppelgänger in the background of a movie scene he becomes increasingly fascinated by the actor.