Sentences with phrase «winning film musical»

This one is directed by Rob Marshall, the helmsman on the Oscar - winning film musical Chicago; here, he is once again bringing an acclaimed Broadway stage musical to cinematic life.

Not exact matches

Last night, the 31 - year - old won the prize for Best Screenplay and Best Director, with his film winning Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, and its stars, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, winning Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

Starring former Mouseketeer Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, the musical tells the story of two struggling lovers in modern day L.A.. From striking visuals to inspiring musical sets, the film has already won awards at the Capri Hollywood International Film Festival for best ensemble cast and best film score.

The Oscar - winning 1936 musical film The Great Ziegfeld depicts this beginning of modern bodybuilding, when Sandow began to display his body for carnivals.

While retaining many of the Broadway show's musical numbers, the film enlisted the stage production's Tony - winning composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman to write additional material for the film, though their new songs failed to earn any Oscar nominations.

One of the two best Astaire - Rogers musicals, this film, directed by George Stevens, includes the tune «The Way You Look Tonight,» which won the Best Song Oscar.

Though Nashville won just a single Oscar and a single Golden Globe, each for Best Original Song (for «I'm Easy», written and performed by Carradine), it was nominated for five of the former and eleven of the latter, which even bestowed two nominations each on Tomlin and Blakley, actresses making their film debuts, while classifying the film as a drama (back when true musicals weren't so rare).

The film won best motion picture (comedy or musical)

Though it lost Best Picture to The Godfather (fair enough), Bob Fosse's movie musical holds the record for most Academy Awards won by a film that did not also win the big prize.

Greta Gerwig who wrote and directed «Lady Bird,» which won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, noted that «it's been such an incredible year for women in film both as actors and also writers and directors and producers and people who are really coming to the forefront to tell their stories about the world as they know it from where they are standing, and I think that the response to these projects and the support that these projects have gotten and the way that audiences are going to see them or watching them in their homes, I think all of this just makes it so much easier for the next crop of filmmakers who want to tell stories about women.»

In one of the biggest surprises of the night, Wes Anderson's «The Grand Budapest Hotel» beat out Alejandro González - Iñárritu's «Birdman» to win the Golden Globe Award for musical or comedy film.

Telsey + Company's L.A. office — based Tiffany Little Canfield, who cast the new «Mary Poppins,» has a long history of musical series and films (in addition to the SAG award — winning «This Is Us»), so hers might be the room to get into.

If this film wins an Oscar it won't be an homage to «Old Hollywood Movie Musicals» but a slap in the face!

For novices, the film (based on the award - winning Broadway musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel) tells the tale of unjustly - imprisoned Jean Valjean (Jackman), who seeks redemption once he is released.

She spent the next decade or so alternating between film and television before heading to Broadway, appearing in the musical «Applause,» for which she won the Tony Award as Best Actress.

Previous trailers for the Les Misérables musical — from Oscar - winning director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)-- featured Anne Hathaway's rendition of «I Dream a Dream,» but kept a lid on the rest of the cast's singing performances (which were recorded live during filming).

The Globe nominations were kind to other films coming out later this year: Both «The Wolf of Wall Street,» the account of a win - at - all - costs stockbroker premiering on Christmas, and «Her,» a dystopian tale of severed interpersonal relationships opening Dec. 18, received multiple nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., including selections alongside «American Hustle» for best comedy or musical motion picture.

Bill Conti's acclaimed score was nominated too, but Kenny Ascher won the Globe for A Star is Born (the film that dominated the Comedy / Musical side that year).

She is known for her roles as Majo Tenorio in musical - drama film Filly Brown, as Andrea Fleytas in Deepwater Horizon and as Jane Villanueva in the CW comedy - drama series Jane the Virgin, for which she has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress — Television Series Musical or Comedy, winning imusical - drama film Filly Brown, as Andrea Fleytas in Deepwater Horizon and as Jane Villanueva in the CW comedy - drama series Jane the Virgin, for which she has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress — Television Series Musical or Comedy, winning iMusical or Comedy, winning in 2015.

DVD Review: The new Razzle - Dazzle Edition of «Chicago» is mostly likely more about promoting director Rob Marshall's latest film («Memoirs of a Geisha») than honoring the Academy Award - winning musical, but it's a pleasant holiday surprise for fans of the film.

Now with a scene - stealing breakthrough on the big screen as the Bearded Lady in 20th Century Fox's «The Greatest Showman,» the original movie musical premiering Dec. 20 and starring Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum, Settle is about to win over film audiences as well.

Fans of the Oscar - winning 2006 Irish film Once (and its more recent stage - musical adaptation) may find this American drama a little derivative, but it's a strong story in its own right.

Though Reed received Oscar nominations for «The Fallen Idol» (1948) and «The Third Man» (1949), other two films in that trio, he finally won best director Oscar honors for the musical «Oliver!»

In 2002, the film was overhauled and revived on Broadway where it won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

75th Golden Globe Awards: Here's looking at why the film, The Greatest Showman, could win Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy).

The actress, who appeared alongside Gary Oldman in his Oscar - winning turn as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, has been cast in the film musical All You Need Is Love, written by Richard Curtis and directed by Danny Boyle.

Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird won Best Motion Picture for a comedy or musical, while the film's lead Saoirse Ronan won the Best Actress award.

The actress threw a #MeToo tag on a comment about Franco and Christian Slater, then after Franco won for best actor in a musical or comedy, she tweeted: «Please never ask me why I left the film / tv business.»

James Franco won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his performance in The Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau, the real - life director, writer, and star of the so - bad - it's - good cult film The Room.

There were three big hitters in the Golden Globes» comedy film categories — Get Out, Lady Bird, and I, Tonya — and Lady Bird ended up walking away with the top prize, winning Best Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical, along with Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical for its star Saoirse Ronan.

It remains the musical film with the most Oscar wins (ten!)

Christopher Wheeldon's adaptation of the classic 1951 Oscar - winning Hollywood film musical earned mentions for Best Musical, Direction, Choreography, and Best Lead Actor in a Mmusical earned mentions for Best Musical, Direction, Choreography, and Best Lead Actor in a MMusical, Direction, Choreography, and Best Lead Actor in a MusicalMusical.

Academy Award winning composer Hans Zimmer will join the ranks of those with his musical interpretation of Nolan's film.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, which will release the film in U.S. theaters on December 25, 2014, unveiled the latest clip and photos from the film adaptation of the Tony Award - winning musical of the same name.

After Franco won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for the film at the 75th Golden Globes Sunday, several women accused him of sexual misconduct on Twitter, including a cryptic tweet by Ally Sheedy, who appeared in a 2014 Off Broadway production that Franco directed.

Richard Linklater's movie wins best film drama, while The Grand Budapest Hotel wins best musical or comedy, and The Affair wins best TV drama

Rob Marshall, the talented filmmaker behind the Academy Award ® - winning musical «Chicago» and Disney's «Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,» helms the film, which is based on the Tony ® - winning original musical by James Lapine, who also penned the screenplay, and legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, who provides the music and lyrics — including an all - new song for the big - screen adaptation.

Rob Marshall, who's known for directing the 2002 Oscar - winning film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, «Chicago,» also helmed the movie version of «Into the Woods.»

This weekend, the all important Ace Eddies will be held and two films will win in their individual categories - drama and musical / comedy.

Director Adam Shankman's film (a remake of the ’88 original and based on the ’02 Tony - Winning Broadway musical) shows that people of any age, size, race or gender matter — when it comes to pursuing your dreams, falling in love, and making a difference in society.

1:30 - 2:30 Behind the Music with CW3PR: Composing for Sci - Fi, Horror and Fantasy Film — Award - winning composers Jim Dooley (Pushing Daisies), Nathan Barr (True Blood), Scott Starrett (The Event), Marco Beltrami (V, Scream 4), Michael Suby (The Vampire Diaries) and Sean Callery (24) have all composed WonderCon and Comic - Con fans» favorite movies and TV series, and are here to share a behind - the - scenes perspective on creating exhilarating musical moments for television and film.

The Martian won comedy / musical film.

Last year, for example, the musical «La La Land» set a record for the most nominations — 14 — without winning best picture, and the documentary «O.J.: Made in America,» with a running time of nearly eight hours, became the longest film ever to win an Academy Award.

Golden Globes, «Argo» won for best dramatic film and best director Ben Affleck, while the musical «Les Miserables» took home three Golden Globes — for best musical or comedy, lead actor for Hugh Jackman and supporting actress for Anne Hathaway.

And it's true that only one film ever in Globe / Oscar history has won Best Picture from the Musical / Comedy section without that nod (Driving Miss Daisy again).

His versatility as a composer has led to a busy and varied movie - scoring career taking him across musical boundaries from the acclaimed BAFTA - winning film TOUCHING THE VOID to THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.

Acclaimed Irish director Lenny Abrahamson follows up his award - winning films Adam & Paul, Garage and What Richard Did with an offbeat comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon, played by Gleeson, who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant - garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank, (Michael Fassbender) a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head, and his terrifying bandmate Clara, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal.

La La Land, which stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as wannabe stars in a Hollywood - set musical, is Chazelle's third film as a director, after 2009's Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench and 2014's Whiplash; the latter won two major awards at the Sundance film festival and three Oscars, including best supporting actor for JK Simmons.

John Carney previously won audiences over with his 2007 musical film Once and he does it again with Begin Again.

Misconceptions about Daft Punk's musical score: Fans became excited when it was announced that Grammy winning electronica duo Daft Punk would be scoring the film.