Sentences with phrase «of deaf actors»

In an interview with RogerEbert.com, Selznick talked about his last film adaptation, «Hugo,» directed by Martin Scorsese, and «Wonderstruck's» use of deaf actors to play hearing characters in the silent - era scenes.

In addition, this section of the narrative will see an unprecedented number of deaf actors in roles that would normally go to hearing actors.

The film includes a number of deaf actors, including the female child lead Millicent Simmonds, who said she was given a number of films to watch.

Not exact matches

Recent and upcoming releases include the romance - horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalOf Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalOf Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalof deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalof the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalof 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.

John Wilson is an actor and a teacher of BSL who works as a deaf arts officer.

Scott Menzel: It's a level of authenticity that you would never have gotten if you tried to use an actor who wasn't actually deaf.

«All of you directors out there, if you want authenticity and real deaf quirkiness and mannerisms in your movies — choose a deaf actor.

The film industry has recently come under fire for representing certain types of individuals on screen but not actually hiring actors who are living those realities, including the recent horror film Hush; Kate Siegel, a non-deaf actress, was cast in the role of Maddie, a deaf writer.

THE TRIBE unfolds through the non-verbal acting and sign language from a cast of deaf, non-professional actors — with no need for subtitles or voice over — resulting in a unique, never - before - experienced cinematic event that engages the audience on a new sensory level.

I'm not a fan of connecting the dots between actors» real lives and their movie lives, but the fact that Krasinksi and Blunt are married, with two children, or that Simmonds, who also appeared in «Wonderstruck,» is actually deaf, gives the film a verity it might not normally possess.

«The Tribe» Another first - timer to watch, writer - director Miroslav Slaboshpitsky takes us into a hellish school for the deaf where a new generation of gangsters and desperate criminals are being molded — and with no subtitles or spoken dialogue, it's up to the actor's faces and Slaboshpitsky's pitiless, rarely moving camera to communicate the horrors that are unfolding.

However, one can only imagine that no actor, regardless of how great he or she is, would be able to communicate what it truly means to be a deaf person.

Half of the film is presented dialogue - free like a silent movie with a lovely score by Carter Burwell, including most of the story set in 1927 which follows a girl named Rose who is played by an actual deaf actor named Millicent Simmonds.

Brand new 2K restoration from original film materials High Definition (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD Presentations Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard - of - hearing Audio commentary by writer - director Jack Hill, recorded exclusively for this release Brand new interview with Jack Hill Archive interview with cinematographer Alfred Taylor Archive interview with Hill and Johnny Legend Q&A with Hill, and actors Colleen Camp and Rosanne Katon recorded at the New Beverly Cinema in 2012 TV spots Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys

• Limited Edition collection of the complete Blood Bath • High Definition Blu - ray (1080p) presentation of four versions of the film: Operation Titian, Portrait in Terror, Blood Bath and Track of the Vampire • Brand new 2K restorations of Portrait in Terror, Blood Bath and Track of the Vampire from original film materials • Brand new reconstruction of Operation Titian using original film materials and standard definition inserts • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on all four versions • The Trouble with Titian Revisited — a brand new visual essay in which Tim Lucas returns to (and updates) his three - part Video Watchdog feature to examine the convoluted production history of Blood Bath and its multiple versions • Bathing in Blood with Sid Haig — a new interview with the actor, recorded exclusively for this release • Archive interview with producer - director Jack Hill • Stills gallery • Double - sided fold - out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artworks • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford • Limited edition booklet containing new writing on the film and its cast by Anthony Nield, Vic Pratt, Cullen Gallagher and Peter Beckman

Holly Hunter sidesteps every pitfall of an actor feigning a disability, her deaf - mute pianist quick but withdrawn and never dependent upon garish, sympathy - currying displays.

Simmonds, who is deaf in real life, is a gently expressive actor in command of each moment.

The second half of the track offers several touching portraits of the great actor, who was in poor health and was virtually deaf at the time.

Everyone signs lovingly in the presence of the deaf son, Thad (played by the deaf actor Tyrone Giordano), and the family has nothing but affection for his African - American husband, Patrick (Brian J. White).

The only fixed record of this evolving text is a video (on view in the exhibition) showing a deaf actor's interpretation in American Sign Language.