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Sydney, New South Wales
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Sydney /ˈsɪdni/ is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australias east coast, the metropolis surrounds the worlds largest natural harbour, residents of Sydney are known as Sydneysiders. The Sydney area has been inhabited by indigenous Australians for at least 30,000 years, the first British settlers, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, arrived in 1788 to found Sydney as a penal colony, the first European settlement in Australia. Since convict transportation ended in the century, the city has transformed from a colonial outpost into a major global cultural. As at June 2016 Sydneys estimated population was 5,005,358, in the 2011 census,34 percent of the population reported having been born overseas, representing many different nationalities and making Sydney one of the most multicultural cities in the world. There are more than 250 different languages spoken in Sydney and about one-third of residents speak a language other than English at home and it is classified as an Alpha+ World City by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, indicating its influence in the region and throughout the world. Ranked eleventh in the world for economic opportunity, Sydney has a market economy with strengths in finance, manufacturing. Its gross regional product was $337 billion in 2013, the largest in Australia, there is a significant concentration of foreign banks and multinational corporations in Sydney and the city is promoted as one of Asia Pacifics leading financial hubs. Its natural features include Sydney Harbour, the Royal National Park, man-made attractions such as the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Tower and the Sydney Harbour Bridge are also well known to international visitors. The first people to inhabit the now known as Sydney were indigenous Australians having migrated from northern Australia. Radiocarbon dating suggests human activity first started to occur in the Sydney area from around 30,735 years ago, the earliest British settlers called them Eora people. Eora is the term the indigenous used to explain their origins upon first contact with the British. Its literal meaning is from this place, prior to the arrival of the British there were 4,000 to 8,000 native people in Sydney from as many as 29 different clans. Sydney Cove from Port Jackson to Petersham was inhabited by the Cadigal clan, the principal language groups were Darug, Guringai, and Dharawal. The earliest Europeans to visit the area noted that the people were conducting activities such as camping and fishing, using trees for bark and food, collecting shells. Development has destroyed much of the citys history including that of the first inhabitants, there continues to be examples of rock art and engravings located in the protected Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. The first meeting between the people and the British occurred on 29 April 1770 when Lieutenant James Cook landed at Botany Bay on the Kurnell Peninsula. He noted in his journal that they were confused and somewhat hostile towards the foreign visitors, Cook was on a mission of exploration and was not commissioned to start a settlement
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Perth
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Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth-most populous city in Australia, with a population of 2.06 million living in Greater Perth. The first areas settled were on the Swan River, with the central business district. Perth was founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the centre of the Swan River Colony. It gained city status in 1856, and was promoted to the status of a Lord Mayorality in 1929. The city is named after Perth, Scotland, due to the influence of Sir George Murray, Member of Parliament for Perthshire and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The citys population increased substantially as a result of the Western Australian gold rushes in the late 19th century, largely as a result of emigration from the eastern colonies of Australia. During Australias involvement in World War II, Fremantle served as a base for operating in the Pacific Theatre. An influx of immigrants after the war, predominantly from Britain, Greece, Italy and Yugoslavia, Aboriginal people have inhabited the Perth area for 38,000 years, as evidenced by archaeological remains at Upper Swan. The Noongar people occupied the southwest corner of Western Australia and lived as hunter-gatherers, the wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain were particularly important to them, both spiritually and as a source of food. The Noongar people know the area where Perth now stands as Boorloo, Boorloo formed part of Mooro, the tribal lands of Yellagongas group, one of several based around the Swan River and known collectively as the Whadjuk. The Whadjuk were part of a group of fourteen tribes that formed the south-west socio-linguistic block known as the Noongar. The judgment was overturned on appeal, the first documented sighting of the region was made by the Dutch Captain Willem de Vlamingh and his crew on 10 January 1697. The British colony would be officially designated Western Australia in 1832, Captain James Stirling, aboard Parmelia, said that Perth was as beautiful as anything of this kind I had ever witnessed. On 12 August that year, Helen Dance, wife of the captain of the ship, Sulphur. The only contemporary information on the source of the name comes from Fremantles diary entry for 12 August, Murray was born in Perth, Scotland, and was in 1829 Secretary of State for the Colonies and Member for Perthshire in the British House of Commons. The town was named after the Scottish Perth, in Murrays honour, the racial relations between the Noongar people and the Europeans were strained due to these happenings. Because of the amount of building in and around Boorloo
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Birchgrove, New South Wales
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Birchgrove is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Birchgrove is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, Birchgrove is located on the north-west slope of the Balmain peninsula, overlooking Sydney Harbour, and includes Yurulbin and Ballast Points. Balmain is the adjacent suburb. The long waterfront provides views of the Parramatta River with Cockatoo Island dominating the foreground and it is one of the wealthier suburbs of Sydney thanks to its harbour frontages. In August 2010, apartments in Louisa Road were engulfed by fire, No residents were hurt, but the cause of the fire was considered suspicious. Birchgrove was named after Birchgrove House, built by Lieutenant John Birch, paymaster of the 73rd regiment and he added grove to his surname when naming the house because of the large number of orange trees growing on the original site. The house was constructed of stone believed to have been quarried on site, in March 1814, the estate was purchased by merchant trader Roland Walpole Loane. By 1818, Loane had returned to land holdings in Tasmania, Loane unsuccessfully attempted to sub-divide the lot into four parcels in 1833. In 1838, the estate was purchased along with land in the Balmain estate by Captain John McLean, financial difficulties forced McLean to mortgage the estate and additional land, but the Supreme Court finally foreclosed on loans in April 1844. In 1850, the estate was owned by Henry Watson Parker. Later the same year, the estate was purchased by Didier Numa Joubert, jourbert leased the property to William Salmon Deliotte until 1856. Between 1856 and 1860, Joubert instructed William Brownrigg to survey the first subdivision of ten lots, streets were named after the Joubert family. Birchgrove House was sold to Jacob Levi Montefiore during the subdivision, sale of the allotments fell well short of expectations with three lots remaining unsold by 1866. By December 1862, Joubert was forced to surrender his remaining interest to the Bank of New South Wales, from the 1860s, a number of waterfront businesses appeared in the area including coopers, boat builders and the Morrison & Sinclair shipyard. By 1878, due to pressure from prices in nearby Balmain estate,82 lots of the original subdivision remained unsold. Additional land was carved from the Birchgrove House when it was sold to John Lowry Adams in 1878, a syndicate of businessmen purchased the remaining lots of the estate and commissioned architect Ferdinand Reuss to draw up a new plan for subdivision. This second subdivision was much more successful with all lots sold within several years, the local heritage item is Clifton Villa, a three-storey sandstone house in the Gothic style. The house was built in the late 1860s and is surrounded by a covered verandah, in the mid-1870s a ballroom was added
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National Institute of Dramatic Art
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The National Institute of Dramatic Art is an Australian national education and training institute for students in the performing arts. Since 1958, NIDA has educated students in performance and production for theatre, film and it offers programs ranging from degrees to public short courses, including holiday programs and corporate training. In 2013, NIDA was ranked as the 8th best drama school in the world by The Hollywood Reporter. NIDAs main campus is based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington, located adjacent to the University of New South Wales, NIDA is affiliated with the University of New South Wales. Founded in 1958, NIDA commenced acting classes in 1959, more than 50 years later, NIDA has grown to approximately 232 full-time students annually, approximately 70 full-time staff members. The student body for these courses totalled 199 in 2014, NIDA is located on Anzac Parade in the Sydney suburb of Kensington, across the road from the University of New South Wales. The campus was first opened in 1987, followed by additional buildings opened in 2001, the largest of these is the Parade Theatre offering seating for audiences of up to 707 people in its three-tiered, horseshoe-shaped auditorium. The Playhouse, Studio Theatre, the Space and the Atrium offer a variety of performance spaces. The Rodney Seaborn Library is a specialist library for NIDA students, graduates, the NIDA Archives collects, organises and preserves archival records created by or relating to NIDA. Williams had defended herself stating her management style was not Thatcherite, long also mentioned that amongst Williams supporters were Cate Blanchett and Ralph Myers. Supporting Puplick were actor, director and a graduate of the school Jeremy Sims, who had launched the essay, and Kevin Jackson, who had taught acting at the school for 27 years
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Woody Allen
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Heywood Woody Allen is an American actor, writer, director, comedian, playwright, and musician whose career spans more than six decades. He worked as a writer in the 1950s, writing jokes and scripts for television. In the early 1960s, Allen began performing as a stand-up comedian, as a comedian, he developed the persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful nebbish, which he maintains is quite different from his real-life personality. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Allen in fourth place on a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians and he is often identified as part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmakers of the mid-1960s to late 1970s. Allen often stars in his films, typically in the persona he developed as a standup, some of the best-known of his over 40 films are Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Hannah and Her Sisters. In 2007 he said Stardust Memories, The Purple Rose of Cairo, critic Roger Ebert described Allen as a treasure of the cinema. Allen won four Academy Awards, three for Best Original Screenplay and one for Best Director and he also won nine British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. His screenplay for Annie Hall was named the funniest screenplay by the Writers Guild of America in its list of the 101 Funniest Screenplays, in 2011, PBS televised the film biography Woody Allen, A Documentary on the American Masters TV series. Allen was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg in Brooklyn, New York and he and his sister, Letty, were raised in Midwood, Brooklyn. He is the son of Nettie, a bookkeeper at her familys delicatessen, and Martin Konigsberg and his family was Jewish, his grandparents immigrated from Russia and Austria, and spoke Yiddish, Hebrew, and German. His parents were born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His childhood was not particularly happy, his parents did not get along, Allen spoke German quite a bit in his early years. He would later joke that when he was young he was sent to inter-faith summer camps. While attending Hebrew school for eight years, he went to Public School 99 and to Midwood High School, at that time, he lived in an apartment at 968 East 14th Street. Unlike his comic persona, he was interested in baseball than school. He impressed students with his talent at card and magic tricks. To raise money, he wrote jokes for agent David O. Alber, at the age of 17, he legally changed his name to Heywood Allen and later began to call himself Woody Allen. According to Allen, his first published joke read, Woody Allen says he ate at a restaurant that had O. P. S and he was then earning more than both parents combined
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Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
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The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts is a professional organisation of film and television practitioners in Australia. The Academys aim is to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australias greatest achievements in film, Australian actor Geoffrey Rush is the inaugural President and hosted the inaugural AACTA Awards in January 2012. The Academy receives funding by the AFI, and Australian state, in June 2011, the AFI proposed the establishment of an Australian Academy. It was also stated that the Academy would not replace the AFI, by 20 July, weeks after the consultation period ended, the AFI announced that it would go ahead with the proposed changes and the Australian Academy. During the event it was made known that the president of the inaugural awards would be Geoffrey Rush. On the night a new gold statuette was revealed, created by Australian sculptor Ron Gomboc, which depicts a human silhouette based on the shape of the Southern Cross constellation. The Academy, which has between 1,500 and 2,000 members, comprises fifteen Chapters, with each representing a different area of speciality in film, television, documentary. It is overseen by the Academys president and the Honorary Council, the role of the Honorary Council is to determine policies and strategies for the way the Academy rewards practitioners. The AACTA Awards replaced the previous Australian Film Institute Awards, the awards were first instituted by the Australian Film Institute in 1958 as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival, until 1972. Before 1969, awards were presented as a prize to non-feature films due to a lack of films produced in Australia. By 1976 competitive film awards were established and in 1987, awards for television was introduced, additionally, awards for achievements in foreign film were presented once at the AACTA International Awards in Los Angeles in 2012
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Emmy Award
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An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, recognizes excellence in the television industry, and corresponds to the Academy Award, the Tony Award, and the Grammy Award. Because Emmy Awards are given in various sectors of the American television industry, Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year, recognizing excellence in local and statewide television. In addition, International Emmys are awarded for excellence in TV programming produced, each is responsible for administering a particular set of Emmy ceremonies. The Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences established the Emmy Award as part of an image-building and public relations opportunity. The first Emmy Awards ceremony took place on January 25,1949, at the Hollywood Athletic Club, shirley Dinsdale has the distinction of receiving the very first Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Television Personality, during that first awards ceremony. In the 1950s, the ATAS expanded the Emmys into a national event, in 1955, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences was formed in New York City as a sister organization to serve members on the East Coast, and help to also supervise the Emmys. The NATAS also established regional chapters throughout the United States, with each one developing their own local Emmy awards show for local programming, the ATAS still however maintained its separate regional ceremony honoring local programming in the Los Angeles Area. Originally there was only one Emmy Awards ceremony held per year to honor shows nationally broadcast in the United States, in 1974, the first Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held to specifically honor achievement in national daytime programming. Other area-specific Emmy Awards ceremonies soon followed, also, the International Emmy Awards, honoring television programs produced and initially aired outside the U. S. was established in the early 1970s. Meanwhile, all Emmys awarded prior to the emergence of these separate, in 1977, due to various conflicts, the ATAS and the NATAS agreed to split ties. However, they agreed to share ownership of the Emmy statue and trademark. With the rise of television in the 1980s, cable programs first became eligible for the Primetime Emmys in 1988. The ATAS also began accepting original online-only web television programs in 2013, the Emmy statuette, depicting a winged woman holding an atom, was designed by television engineer Louis McManus, who used his wife as the model. The TV Academy rejected a total of forty-seven proposals before settling on McManus design in 1948. The statuette has become the symbol of the TV Academys goal of supporting and uplifting the art and science of television, The wings represent the muse of art. When deciding a name for the award, Academy founder Syd Cassyd originally suggested Ike, however, Ike was also the popular nickname of World War II hero and future U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the Academy members wanted something unique. Finally, television engineer and the third president, Harry Lubcke, suggested the name Immy. After Immy was chosen, it was feminized to Emmy to match their female statuette
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British Academy Film Awards
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The British Academy Film Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honour the best British and international contributions to film. Between 2008 and 2016, the ceremony was held in central London at the Royal Opera House, the 70th British Academy Film Awards were held on 12 February 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. British Academy of Film and Television Arts was founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others. BAFTA stated charitable purpose is to support, develop and promote the art forms of the image, by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners. In addition to awards ceremonies BAFTA runs a year-round programme of educational events including film screenings. BAFTA is supported by a membership of about 6,000 people from the film, television, the Academys awards are in the form of a theatrical mask designed by American sculptor Mitzi Cunliffe, which was commissioned by the Guild of Television Producers in 1955. The ceremony previously took place in April or May and since 2002 it takes place in February in order to precede the Oscars. The awards are open to all nationalities, though there is an award for Outstanding British Film. Only UK films are eligible for the categories of The British Short Film, the Awards ceremony is delayed broadcast on British television the same evening, and across the world for example its shown on BBC America in the United States. It has been broadcast in colour since 1970, the award ceremony is held in London. From 2000 to 2007 the ceremonies took place at the flagship Odeon cinema in Leicester Square, between 2008 and 2016, the ceremonies took place at the Royal Opera House. The 70th Awards in 2017 were held at the Royal Albert Hall, until 2012, the mobile network Orange sponsored the awards and starting in 2013 Oranges parent company, EE, began sponsorship. British Academy of Film and Television Arts British Academy Television Awards Official website BAFTA Awards database Museum of Broadcast Communications, BAFTA IMDB, BAFTA
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Golden Globe Award
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Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is a part of the film industrys awards season. The 74th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film, the 1st Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best achievements in 1943 filmmaking, was held in January 1944, at the 20th Century-Fox studios. Subsequent ceremonies were held at venues throughout the next decade, including the Beverly Hills Hotel. In 1950, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the decision to establish an honorary award to recognize outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry. Recognizing its subject as a figure within the entertainment industry. The official name of the award became the Cecil B. In 1963, the Miss Golden Globe concept was introduced, in its inaugural year, two Miss Golden Globes were named, one for film and one for television. The two Miss Golden Globes named that year were Eva Six and Donna Douglas, respectively, in 2009, the Golden Globe statuette was redesigned. It was unveiled at a conference at the Beverly Hilton prior to the show. The broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards, telecast to 167 countries worldwide, generally ranks as the third most-watched awards show each year, behind only the Oscars, gervais returned to host the 68th and 69th Golden Globe Awards the next two years. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 70th, 71st and 72nd Golden Globe Awards in 2015, the Golden Globe Awards theme song, which debuted in 2012, was written by Japanese musician and songwriter Yoshiki Hayashi. On January 7,2008, it was announced due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. The ceremony was faced with a threat by striking writers to picket the event, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was forced to adopt another approach for the broadcast. In acting categories, Meryl Streep holds the record for the most competitive Golden Globe wins with eight, however, including honorary awards, such as the Henrietta Award, World Film Favorite Actor/Actress Award, or Cecil B. DeMille Award, Barbra Streisand leads with nine, additionally, Streisand won for composing the song Evergreen, producing the Best Picture, and directing Yentl in 1984. Jack Nicholson, Angela Lansbury, Alan Alda and Shirley MacLaine have six awards each, behind them are Rosalind Russell and Jessica Lange with five wins. Meryl Streep also holds the record for most nominations with thirty, at the 46th Golden Globe Awards an anomaly occurred, a three way-tie for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
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Academy Awards
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The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette, officially called the Academy Award of Merit, which has become commonly known by its nickname Oscar. The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by AMPAS, the awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953. It is now live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online. The Academy Awards ceremony is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony and its equivalents – the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music and recording – are modeled after the Academy Awards. The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best films of 2016, were held on February 26,2017, at the Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles, the ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast on ABC. A total of 3,048 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 88th, the first Academy Awards presentation was held on May 16,1929, at a private dinner function at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with an audience of about 270 people. The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel, the cost of guest tickets for that nights ceremony was $5. Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other participants in the industry of the time. The ceremony ran for 15 minutes, winners were announced to media three months earlier, however, that was changed for the second ceremony in 1930. Since then, for the rest of the first decade, the results were given to newspapers for publication at 11,00 pm on the night of the awards. The first Best Actor awarded was Emil Jannings, for his performances in The Last Command and he had to return to Europe before the ceremony, so the Academy agreed to give him the prize earlier, this made him the first Academy Award winner in history. With the fourth ceremony, however, the system changed, for the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. At the 29th ceremony, held on March 27,1957, until then, foreign-language films had been honored with the Special Achievement Award. The 74th Academy Awards, held in 2002, presented the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, since 1973, all Academy Awards ceremonies always end with the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Academy also awards Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, see also § Awards of Merit categories The best known award is the Academy Award of Merit, more popularly known as the Oscar statuette. The five spokes represent the branches of the Academy, Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers. The model for the statuette is said to be Mexican actor Emilio El Indio Fernández, sculptor George Stanley sculpted Cedric Gibbons design. The statuettes presented at the ceremonies were gold-plated solid bronze
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Mel Gibson
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Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson AO is an American actor and filmmaker. He was born in Peekskill, New York, and moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia and he studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. During the 1980s, he founded Icon Entertainment, a company which independent film director Atom Egoyan has called. Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the critically acclaimed World War I drama Gallipoli, the film also helped to earn Gibson the reputation of a serious, versatile actor. He later directed and produced the successful and controversial, biblical drama film The Passion of the Christ. He received further critical notice for his work of the action-adventure film Apocalypto. Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York, the sixth of eleven children, and the son of Hutton Gibson, a writer. One of Gibsons younger brothers, Donal, is also an actor, because of his mother, Gibson retains dual Irish and American citizenship. Mel was twelve years old at the time, Gibson was educated by members of the Congregation of Christian Brothers at St Leos Catholic College in Wahroonga, New South Wales, during his high school years. Gibson gained very favorable notices from critics when he first entered the cinematic scene. In 1982, Vincent Canby wrote that Mr. Gibson recalls the young Steve McQueen, I cant define star quality, but whatever it is, Mr. Gibson has it. Gibson has also likened to a combination Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart. Gibsons roles in the Mad Max series of films, Peter Weirs Gallipoli, later, Gibson expanded into a variety of acting projects including human dramas such as Hamlet, and comedic roles such as those in Maverick and What Women Want. He expanded beyond acting into directing and producing, with, The Man Without a Face, in 1993, Braveheart, in 1995, The Passion of the Christ, in 2004, jess Cagle of Time compared Gibson with Cary Grant, Sean Connery, and Robert Redford. Connery once suggested Gibson should play the next James Bond to Connerys M. Gibson turned down the role, Gibson studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. The students at NIDA were classically trained in the British-theater tradition rather than in preparation for screen acting. As students, Gibson and actress Judy Davis played the leads in Romeo and Juliet, and Gibson played the role of Queen Titania in an experimental production of A Midsummer Nights Dream. After graduation in 1977, Gibson immediately began work on the filming of Mad Max, but continued to work as a stage actor, and joined the State Theatre Company of South Australia in Adelaide
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Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeares most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays, today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562, Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris. Believed to have written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597. The text of the first quarto version was of quality, however. Shakespeares use of his dramatic structure has been praised as an early sign of his dramatic skill. The play ascribes different poetic forms to different characters, sometimes changing the form as the character develops, Romeo, for example, grows more adept at the sonnet over the course of the play. Romeo and Juliet has been adapted numerous times for stage, film, musical, during the English Restoration, it was revived and heavily revised by William Davenant. David Garricks 18th-century version also modified several scenes, removing material then considered indecent, Performances in the 19th century, including Charlotte Cushmans, restored the original text and focused on greater realism. John Gielguds 1935 version kept very close to Shakespeares text and used Elizabethan costumes, the play, set in Verona, Italy, begins with a street brawl between Montague and Capulet servants who, like their masters, are sworn enemies. Prince Escalus of Verona intervenes and declares that further breach of the peace will be punishable by death, later, Count Paris talks to Capulet about marrying his daughter Juliet, but Capulet asks Paris to wait another two years and invites him to attend a planned Capulet ball. Lady Capulet and Juliets nurse try to persuade Juliet to accept Pariss courtship, meanwhile, Benvolio talks with his cousin Romeo, Montagues son, about Romeos recent depression. Benvolio discovers that it stems from unrequited infatuation for a girl named Rosaline, one of Capulets nieces, persuaded by Benvolio and Mercutio, Romeo attends the ball at the Capulet house in hopes of meeting Rosaline. However, Romeo instead meets and falls in love with Juliet, Juliets cousin, Tybalt, is enraged at Romeo for sneaking into the ball but is only stopped from killing Romeo by Juliets father, who does not wish to shed blood in his house. Romeo makes himself known to her and they agree to be married, with the help of Friar Laurence, who hopes to reconcile the two families through their childrens union, they are secretly married the next day. Tybalt, meanwhile, still incensed that Romeo had sneaked into the Capulet ball, Romeo, now considering Tybalt his kinsman, refuses to fight. Mercutio is offended by Tybalts insolence, as well as Romeos vile submission, Mercutio is fatally wounded when Romeo attempts to break up the fight
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Hedda Gabler
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Hedda Gabler is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen was present at the premiere, which took place on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. It is recognized as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, the title character, Hedda, is considered one of the great dramatic roles in theatre. Heddas married name is Hedda Tesman, Gabler is her maiden name, on the subject of the title, Ibsen wrote, My intention in giving it this name was to indicate that Hedda as a personality is to be regarded rather as her fathers daughter than her husbands wife. Hedda Tesman née Gabler — The main character, newly married and bored with both her marriage and life, seeking to influence a human fate for the first time and she is the daughter of General Gabler. George Tesman — Heddas husband, an academic who is as interested in research, despite Georges presumed rivalry with Eilert over Hedda, he remains a congenial and compassionate host, and even plans to return Eilerts manuscript after Eilert loses it in a drunken stupor. Juliana Tesman — Georges loving aunt who has raised him since early childhood and she is also called Aunt Julle in the play, and Aunt Ju-Ju by George. Thea Elvsted — A younger schoolmate of Hedda and an acquaintance of George. Nervous and shy, Thea is in an unhappy marriage, Judge Brack — An unscrupulous family friend. Eilert Lövborg — Georges former colleague, who now competes with George to achieve publication, Eilert was once in love with Hedda. Bertha — A servant of the Tesmans, Hedda, the daughter of an aristocratic and enigmatic general, has just returned to her villa in Kristiania from her honeymoon. Her husband is George Tesman, a young, aspiring, and it becomes clear in the course of the play that she has never loved him but married him because she thinks her years of youthful abandon are over. It is also suggested that she may be pregnant, the reappearance of Georges academic rival, Eilert Løvborg, throws their lives into disarray. Eilert, a writer, is also an alcoholic who has wasted his talent until now. Thanks to a relationship with Heddas old schoolmate, Thea Elvsted, when Hedda and Eilert talk privately together, it becomes apparent that they are former lovers. The critical success of his published work makes Eilert a threat to George. George and Hedda are financially overstretched, and George tells Hedda that he not be able to finance the regular entertaining or luxurious housekeeping that she had been expecting. Apparently jealous of Theas influence over Eilert, Hedda hopes to come between them, despite his drinking problem, she encourages Eilert to accompany George and his associate, Judge Brack, to a party
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The Seagull
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The Seagull is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. The Seagull is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays, though the character of Trigorin is considered Chekhovs greatest male role like Chekhovs other full-length plays, The Seagull relies upon an ensemble cast of diverse, fully developed characters. In contrast to the melodrama of mainstream 19th-century theatre, lurid actions are not shown onstage, characters tend to speak in ways that skirt around issues rather than addressing them directly, in other words, their lines are full of what is known in dramatic practice as subtext. The opening night of the first production was a famous failure, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, playing Nina, was so intimidated by the hostility of the audience that she lost her voice. Chekhov left the audience and spent the last two acts behind the scenes, when supporters wrote to him that the production later became a success, he assumed that they were merely trying to be kind. When Konstantin Stanislavsky, the seminal Russian theatre practitioner of the time, directed it in 1898 for his Moscow Art Theatre, the play was a triumph. Stanislavskis production of The Seagull became one of the greatest events in the history of Russian theatre and one of the greatest new developments in the history of world drama. After purchasing the Melikhovo farm in 1892, Chekhov had built in the middle of a cherry orchard a lodge consisting of three rooms, one containing a bed and another a writing table. In spring, when the cherries were in blossom, it was pleasant to live in this lodge, Chekhov eventually moved in and in a letter written in October 1895 wrote, I am writing a play which I shall probably not finish before the end of November. I am writing it not without pleasure, though I swear fearfully at the conventions of the stage and its a comedy, there are three womens parts, six mens, four acts, landscapes, a great deal of conversation about literature, little action, tons of love. Thus he acknowledged a departure from traditional dramatic action and this departure would become a critical hallmark of the Chekhovian theater. Chekhovs statement also reflects his view of the play as comedy, after the plays disastrous opening night his friend Aleksey Suvorin chided him as being womanish and accused him of being in a funk. Chekhov vigorously denied this, stating, Why this libel, after the performance I had supper at Romanovs. Then I went to bed, slept soundly, and next day went home without uttering a sound of complaint, I acted as coldly and reasonably as a man who has made an offer, received a refusal, and has nothing left but to go. Yes, my vanity was stung, but you know it was not a bolt from the blue, I was expecting a failure, and was prepared for it, as I warned you with perfect sincerity beforehand. He is the brother of the famous actress Arkadina, who has just arrived at the estate for a vacation with her lover. Sorin and his guests gather at a stage to see an unconventional play that Arkadinas son, Konstantin Treplyov, has written. The play-within-a-play features Nina, a woman who lives on a neighboring estate
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Insignificance (film)
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Insignificance is a 1985 British comedy-drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg, produced by Jeremy Thomas and Alexander Stuart, and adapted by Terry Johnson from his play of the same name. The film is set in 1954, with most of the taking place in a hotel room in New York City. The Actress husband, The Ballplayer, watches with obvious discomfort as she is ogled, the Actress, rather than join him afterwards, disappears in a taxi, leaving him behind. She stops at a store and picks up a variety of toys, flashlights, the Professor, recognisable as Albert Einstein, is in his hotel room, working on pages of mathematical calculations. The Senator is recognisable as Joe McCarthy, the Professor refuses and says he will never appear. The Senator leaves, saying hell be back to get him at 8 a. m. the following morning, the Actress appears at the door of the Professors hotel room, and he invites her in. They talk about fame, being chased, and the stars and she does a lively demonstration of the Theory of Relativity using the toys and flashlights and balloons. She tells The Professor he is at the top of her list of people shed like to sleep with and they decide to go to bed, but are interrupted by the arrival of The Ballplayer, who has tracked her to the hotel. The Professor leaves them alone and goes to another room. The Actress and The Ballplayer talk about their marriage, The Actress tells her husband she believes she is pregnant, the following morning The Senator arrives at The Professors room to find him gone, but The Actress naked and alone in his bed. The Senator mistakes her for a girl and threatens to use her to expose and embarrass The Professor, then punches her hard in the abdomen. The Professor returns while The Senator is collecting all of the hundreds of pages of The Professors work to take away with him, the Professor grabs the papers and throws them out of the windows, while The Actress writhes in agony on the bed. The Senator leaves, defeated in his purpose, the Ballplayer returns and talks about his fame in the baseball world, and confides in him about his marital problems while The Actress is in the bathroom, possibly suffering a miscarriage. She finally announces to him that their marriage is over, the Actress becomes impatient with The Professor, sensing that he is hiding something. He is sitting on the bed with his watch, which has stopped at 8.15, in one hand, and he confesses his terrible feelings of guilt about the event, and she reassures him. Right at 8.15 a. m. as she is leaving, he has a vision of the destruction of the room, Hiroshima, the Actresss skirt swirls in flames as she burns in his vision. Then the film reverses and the world is restored to order as she smiles and leaves, the seed for Johnsons play was his having read that an autographed photograph of Einstein was found amongst Marilyn Monroes possessions upon her death. The idea of them meeting piqued his interest, and he wrote what became a meditation on the nature of fame
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Love and Money (play)
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An examination of how love is destroyed by materialism told backwards from a man describing the murder of his wife to escape debt until the play ends with his wifes excitement following his proposal. David is emailing a French lady whom he has met and hopes to begin a relationship with and she repeatedly questions him over his wifes death until he reluctantly reveals that she tried to commit suicide. They were both suffering from crushing debt so when he found her having taken an overdose he did not help but decided to wait for the pills to work. When he realised that they were taking too long he feeds his unconscious wife vodka so as to kill her, the lady is horrified and refuses to reply to David. The play goes back several months where Davids wife s parents describe their anger when an old man pays for a monument to his dead wife to be constructed in the graveyard. They feel that it overshadows their daughters grave and they afford a better tribute to her. Time goes back to before Jesss death and David is forced to take a job he is qualified for with snobbish friends. There is a scene where characters are denoted only by numbers and examine the nature of death. Further back in the relationship between Jess and David and the strain is beginning to show, David comes to see Jess in hospital who has just witnessed a bad assault while she was out shopping. Davids comfort turns to anger as he realises she was out buying again, the play ends with a long monologue from Jess who is overjoyed at having been proposed to. On the whole the play was well reviewed and hailed as a truthful analysis of the destructive nature of materialism receiving 4 stars in The Independent
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My Brilliant Career (film)
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My Brilliant Career is a 1979 Eastmancolor Australian drama film, distributed by Analysis Film Releasing Corp. directed by Gillian Armstrong and based on the novel of the same name by Miles Franklin. The film was released in Australia on 17 August 1979, in the United States on 6 October 1979 at the New York Film Festival, and on 1 February 1980 in limited U. S. theaters. Sybylla, a headstrong, free-spirited girl growing up in late 19th century Australia and her parents, upset by her dreams of grandeur, send her to board with her grandmother in hopes of teaching her proper manners and behaviour. She is soon courted by two men, jackaroo Frank Hawdon, whom she ignores, and well-to-do childhood friend Harry Beecham. Sybylla is sent to time at the Beecham estate. She returns to her grandmothers home when Harry is sent on a tour of their properties, Frank attempts to derail the couple through rumours, which leads to increasing tensions between the two. The two take turns attempting to make the other jealous at a ball, leading to Harrys surprise proposal, Sybylla gruffly rejects him, to everyones surprise. Harry later reveals his rush was to protect Sybylla from his financial collapse. Sybylla counters by asking Harry to wait while she discovers herself, Sybylla is summoned by her grandmother, and is told she must take a job as governess/housekeeper to the family of an illiterate neighbour to whom her father owes money. Working in squalor, she manages to teach the children to read using the newspapers wallpapering their home, to her delight, she is sent home when the parents become convinced that she is wooing their eldest son. Harry visits and proposes again, but she rejects him. The movie ends with her reading from her novel, My Brilliant Career, judy Davis as Sybylla Melvyn Sam Neill as Harry Beecham Wendy Hughes as Aunt Helen Robert Grubb as Frank Hawdon Max Cullen as Mr. Fink went with Eleanor Witcombe. Gillian Armstrong met Margaret Fink while working as an assistant art director on the latters The Removalists and she subsequently hired Armstrong to direct. Greater Union invested $200,000, the NSW Film Corporation invested $450,000 with the coming from private investors. Gillian Armstrong brought in script editor Ted Ogden to work on the script, for a time Witcombe threatened to take her name off the credits but ultimately decided not to. The role of Sybylla was cast in January 1978 but when the actress was tested in costume it was felt she was wrong for the role, shooting took place over eight weeks in October and November 1978 in the Monaro region of New South Wales. Some scenes were shot at the Ryrie homstead at Michelago, New South Wales and my Brilliant Career was shown at Cannes in 1979 and received a warm reception. It has an 81% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is available in DVD in several regions, including Region 1 DVD
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Australian Film Institute
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It is responsible for producing Australias premier annual film and television awards, as of 2011 known as AACTA Awards. The work of the institute is supported by government funding, corporate sponsors, the year 1976 marked the first time that the AFI Awards, which had been given since 1958, were televised. Ten years later, television categories were added to the awards, the AFI is affiliated with the Los Angeles Australian Film & Television Association. In August 2011, AFI formed a professional organisation, the Australian Academy of Cinema. The AFI Research Collection is a significant non-lending, specialist film, the collection operates under the auspices of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technologys School of Media and Communication in conjunction with the Australian Film Institute. Cinema of Australia Culture of Australia AFI website AFI Awards 2010 coverage @ Mediasearch AFI History
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AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hands out accolades for achievements in feature films, television, documentaries and short films. From 1971–2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute, when the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. It was presented as an award, from 1971–1975, and was accompanied with a cash prize, before it became a competitive award from 1976. Judy Davis is the most nominated actress in this category, with five wins from eight nominations, candidates for this award must be human and female, and cannot be nominated for the same role in the supporting actress category. In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film release, the actress in bold and in dark blue background have received a special award, those in bold and in yellow background have won a regular competitive award. Those that are neither highlighted nor in bold are the nominees, when sorted chronologically, the table always lists the winning actress first and then the other nominees. Official website of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
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Winter of Our Dreams
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Winter of Our Dreams is a 1981 Australian film directed by John Duigan. Judy Davis won the Best Actress in a Lead Role in the AFI Awards for her performance in the film, the film was nominated in 6 other categories also. It was also entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where Judy Davis won the award for Best Actress, rob, a bookshop owner, hears of the suicide of an old girlfriend Lisa. While investigating the case he meets Lou, a prostitute and old friend of Lisas, the film was never made but the former radical character was re used in Winter of Our Dreams. There were three weeks of rehearsals and five weeks of shooting in Kings Cross and Balmain, Winter of Our Dreams was popular, grossing $959,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $3,107,160 in 2009 dollars. Cinema of Australia Murray, Scott, ed. Australian Cinema, Winter of Our Dreams at the Internet Movie Database Winter of Our Dreams at the Australian screen Winter of Our Dreams at Oz Movies
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Hoodwink (1981 film)
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Hoodwink is a 1981 Australian thriller film directed by Claude Whatham and written by Ken Quinnell. It stars John Hargreaves and Judy Davis, the film is based on the true story of a well-publicized Australian con artist. It was nominated for eight Australian Film Institute Awards, with Davis winning the Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, martin Stang, a bank robber finds himself behind bars and decides to pursue another con job, his escape. He does this by attempting to convince authorities that he is blind. Along his journey he befriends a sexually-repressed clergymans wife, Sarah, the pair become intimate during Martins day release but his con is complicated when he reveals to Sarah that he is not in fact blind. He told his story to literary agent Rosemary Cresswell, who was doing work for the Department of Corrective Services. Several directors were approached to make the movie but turned it down, including Bruce Beresford, Michael Thornhill, Phillip Noyce, eventually British director Claude Whatham was imported, which was highly controversial because the movie was made with funds from the Australian tax payer. The film was not a success at the box office. However Carl Synnerdahl was released from prison on Errol Sullivans bond after serving 21 years in prison and he remarried and had three children
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A Passage to India (film)
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A Passage to India is a 1984 British epic period drama film written and directed by David Lean. The screenplay is based on the play of the name by Santha Rama Rau. This was the film of Leans career, and the first feature-film he had directed in fourteen years. The film is set in the 1920s during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj. Adela Quested and Mrs Moore sail from England to India, where Ronny Heaslop, Mrs Moores son, Adela is considering marriage to Ronny, but is visiting India accompanied by his mother to see if she can adapt to living in such a foreign place. Both Adela and Mrs. Moore are excited to meet Indians and they are disappointed to find that the British community are overtly racist and live lives totally disconnected from the Indian population. They are pleased to meet the school superintendent Richard Fielding. Mrs. Moore meets a doctor named Dr. Aziz Ahmed. Aziz offers to host an excursion to the local Marabar Caves, the outing goes reasonably well until the women begin exploring the caves with Aziz and his sizeable entourage. Mrs Moore experiences a sense of claustrophobia due to the volume of the echo inside the caves. She encourages Adela and Aziz to continue their exploration but suggests they take just one guide, the three set off for caves far from the rest of the group, and before entering, Aziz steps away to smoke a cigarette. He returns to find Adela has disappeared, shortly after he sees her running headlong down the hill, bloody and she is picked up by the doctors wife, Mrs. Callendar, and taken to the Callendars home. Adela is bruised, delirious, exhausted, and incoherent, Dr. Callendar is seen approaching Adela with a hypodermic syringe. Not shown in the film but revealed later, Adela apparently signed a statement that was interpreted as accusing Aziz of attempting to rape her, upon his return to Chandrapore, Aziz is jailed to await trial, and an uproar ensues between the local Indians and the British colonists. The case becomes a cause célèbre among the British, when Mrs Moore makes it clear that she firmly believes in Azizs innocence and will not testify against him, it is decided she should return to England. She subsequently suffers a heart attack during the voyage and is buried at sea. To the consternation of her fiancé and friends, Adela has a change of heart and clears Aziz in court, suddenly remembering events and retracting her accusation. The Colonials are forced into a retreat while the Indians carry the exonerated man from the courtroom on their shoulders
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Husbands and Wives
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Husbands and Wives is a 1992 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. The film stars Allen, Mia Farrow, Sydney Pollack, Judy Davis, Juliette Lewis and it was nominated for two Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay. The film debuted shortly after the end of Allen and Farrows romantic and professional partnership, the movie is filmed by Carlo Di Palma with a handheld camera style and features documentary-like one-on-one interviews with the characters interspersed with the story. Husbands and Wives, released by TriStar Pictures, was Allens first film as director for a studio other than United Artists or Orion Pictures since Take the Money. It received positive reviews and is listed among Allens best works. The film is about two couples, Jack and Sally, and Gabe and Judy, the film starts when Jack and Sally arrive at Gabe and Judys apartment and announce their separation. Gabe is shocked, but Judy takes the news personally and is very hurt, still confused, they go out for dinner at a Chinese restaurant. A few weeks later Sally goes to the apartment of a colleague and they plan to go out together to the opera and then to dinner. Sally asks if she can use his phone, and calls Jack, learning from him that he has met someone, she accuses him of having had an affair during their marriage. Judy and Gabe are introduced to Jacks new girlfriend, Sam, while Judy and Sam shop, Gabe calls Jacks new girlfriend a cocktail waitress and tells him that he is crazy for leaving Sally for her. About a week later, Judy introduces Sally to Michael, Judys magazine colleague who she clearly is interested in herself, Michael asks Sally out, and they begin dating, Michael is smitten, but Judy is dissatisfied with the relationship. Meanwhile, Gabe has developed a friendship with a student of his, Rain. She comments on its brilliance, though has several criticisms, to which Gabe reacts defensively, at a party, Jack learns from a friend that Sally is seeing someone, and flies into a jealous rage. He and Sam break up after an argument, and Jack drives back to his house to find Sally in bed with Michael. He asks Sally to give their marriage another chance, but she tells him to leave, less than two weeks later, however, Jack and Sally are back together and the couple meet Judy and Gabe for dinner like old times. After dinner, Judy and Gabe get into an argument about her not sharing her poetry, after Gabe makes a failed pass at her, Judy tells him that she thinks the relationship was over, a week later Gabe moves out. Gabe goes to Rains 21st birthday party, and gives her a box as a present. She asks him to kiss her, and though the two share a romantic moment, Gabe tells her that they should not pursue it any further
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High Rolling
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High Rolling is an Australian buddy comedy directed by Igor Auzins and written by Forest Redlich. Golden Globe Award winners Joseph Bottoms and Judy Davis are among the cast, the soundtrack for the film was provided by the Australian band, Sherbet. The film was released in Australia on 4 August 1977, Tex is an American working at a carnival in Queensland. At the carnival he befriends a boxer, Alby and they decide to travel together to Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast and they hitch a ride with Arnold but problems arise when Arnold makes unwanted advances towards Alby. Alby beats up Arnold and he and Tex flee with Arnolds suitcase, however, the case is full of cash and the car is stocked with marijuana. So it comes as no surprise that Arnold and his friends want them back, Tex and Alby later give a lift to a sixteen-year-old hitch-hiker, Lynn and try to pick up two women, Barbie and Susie. Tex gets thrown out of a club and beaten up by a bouncer so Alby takes both girls to bed. Arnold sends thugs to get them so they end up hijacking a tourist bus and they escape and go off into the sunset with Lyn. Tim Burstall later said of the film in 1979, One couldnt describe High Rolling as a success, I am very fond of High Rolling although in some ways it doesnt come off. There is a problem in Jo Bottoms performance, which goes over a bit. Still, I think Igor Auzins is a director and the film only narrowly misses capturing the spirit of a good AIP film. Mad Max is certainly handled better, but one can see the progression from Stone to High Rolling to Mad Max. David Stratton wrote that the film is strangely unsatisfactory, even on the most basic entertainment level, High Rolling was released on DVD by Umbrella Entertainment in January 2013. High Rolling at the Internet Movie Database High Rolling at Oz Movies
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Who Dares Wins (film)
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Who Dares Wins is a 1982 British film starring Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark and Edward Woodward, directed by Ian Sharp. The title is the motto of the elite Special Air Service, the plot is largely inspired by the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980, where the United Kingdoms SAS special forces dramatically stormed the building to rescue those being held hostage inside. Euan Lloyd, the producer, got the idea for the film after watching live television coverage of the event. An initial synopsis was created by George Markstein and this was then turned into a novel by James Follett as The Tiptoe Boys, in thirty days. Meanwhile, chapter-by-chapter as the novel was completed, it was posted to Reginald Rose in Los Angeles, a demonstration by unilateral nuclear disarmament protesters in London is interrupted when one of the protesters is violently killed. British security forces learn that a militant group attached to CND has been planning a significant act of terrorism for the near future, the person killed during the protest demonstration was an undercover intelligence officer who had infiltrated the terrorists. The Commanding Officer of the Special Air Service, Colonel Hadley, two foreign officers arrive to train at the SASs headquarters, Captain Hagen is a member of the US Army Rangers and Captain Freund is a member of the German GSG9. They are taken to the Close Quarter Battle house and witness an SAS room entry assault, Colonel Hadley introduces them to the SAS man playing the hostage, Captain Peter Skellen, and informs them they will be with Skellens troop, consisting of Baker, Dennis and Williamson. During an exercise in Brecon Beacons, Hadley and Major Steele discover Skellens troop torturing Hagen, Skellen is dismissed from the Regiment. The torture and dismissal are a ruse to repaint Skellen as a disgraced former SAS operative, and Hagen and Freund are innocent victims in the scheme. Skellens intelligence contact, Ryan, advises him to meet Frankie Leith and Rod Walker, Skellen tells his wife that he will be going away for a while on a mission. A foreign man, Malik, arranges with a city banker for the distribution of large sums of money to various left organisations, including the PL. Skellen arranges to meet Leith at a bar frequented by PL members and initiates a relationship with her, to the annoyance of Walker and his cohorts Helga. Leith takes Skellen to the offices and introduces him to the group. Leith appreciates Skellens SAS background, and offers him a job as security consultant to the PL, to strengthen Skellens cover story, Hadley informs Hagen and Freund of Skellens location, the wronged men attack Skellen at Leiths home and inflict a severe beating. As a result, Leiths few remaining doubts about Skellen vapourise, Helga observes Skellen meeting the same unknown individual in various locations. Their scrutiny intensifies when Walker and his associates witness Skellens meeting with his wife and they use photos from their surveillance to convince Leith that Skellen is not all he seems. Walker orders Helga to kill Ryan, cutting Skellens link to Hadley, Hadley has no choice but to trust Skellens abilities to uncover the groups plans and escape alive
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Heatwave (film)
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Heatwave is a 1982 Australian film directed by Phillip Noyce based on the murder of Juanita Nielsen. It was the second of two films inspired by this story came out around this time, the first being The Killing of Angel Street. Around Christmas time a heatwave hits Sydney and an architect undertakes a controversial project, the final script was by Phil Noyce and Mark Rosenberg. Phil Noyce, Heatwave was the story of a working-class Protestant boy who made good, I dont know whether audiences realised that, but we had always assumed that he was a working-class Protestant and that Judy Daviss character was a middle-class Catholic girl. She, in the Catholic saintly tradition, had adopted a social cause - had set herself up as the spokesperson and he, as a working-class boy, of course, was now forced to confront the moral implications of his own success and how that affected other people. Thats captured in the atmosphere of inner Sydney, its buildings, reflecting on the film Noyce said, I’d have no doubt shot it differently … told the story differently, today. Maybe that’s because I’m more conservative, I might have made the connections between the conspirators more certain, rather than implied. Heatwave belongs to a different era in Australian cinema, a time when we took a lot risks, I guess that comes with youth – the youth of the director and the youth of that second new wave of filmmakers. It was a time there was a love affair between audiences and Australian cinema, something which these days is rather on and off. The film was nominated for two AFI Awards in 1982, Heatwave grossed $267,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $776,970 in 2009 dollars. Heatwave was released on DVD by Umbrella Entertainment in July 2007, Cinema of Australia Murray, Scott, ed. Australian Cinema. Heatwave at the Internet Movie Database Heatwave at Oz Movies
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High Tide (1987 film)
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High Tide is a 1987 Australian drama film starring Judy Davis, from a script by Laura Jones, about the mother-daughter bond, directed by Gillian Armstrong. Armstrong reported that when she began work on High Tide she pinned a note above her desk, Jan Adele plays Lillis mother-in-law Bet, in her film debut. Two-time Academy Award nominee Judy Davis plays Lili, a singer for an Elvis Presley impersonator. She is stranded in a coastal town and befriends teenager Ally without knowing she is the daughter left behind as an infant after her husbands sudden death. Lilli is one of three backing singers for a touring Elvis impersonator until she is fired, then, left alone at the beginning of winter she is stranded in a ramshackle beach town on the windswept coast of New South Wales. This remote, working class, tourist-town has a sense of rootlessness. The people survive by changing their occupations with the seasons and work hard in small businesses, here, stuck in the Mermaid Caravan Park, she encounters her teenage daughter Ally. When Lillis young surfer husband had died, she felt lost, she gave up her baby to her mother-in-law, Lilli has been drifting ever since, and getting wasted. Bet is a rowdy, belligerent woman, devoted to Ally—she has taken care of her for 13 years, Lilli has an immediate rapport with the lonely Ally even before she knows that Ally is her daughter, and after she knows, she cant take her eyes off her. But Lillis terrified of taking on the responsibilities of motherhood, when we first see Ally she is in the water, surfing is—her refuge from the noisy junkiness of life with Bet. Bet isnt a monster, shes simply the person to be raising the pensive Ally, whose emotions are hidden away. The drama is in our feeling that Lilli must not leave her daughter in the embrace of this raucous old trouper, Judy Davis as Lillie Jan Adele as Bet Claudia Karvan as Ally Frankie J. They wanted to something contemporary that had a small cast. The script was written and financed to be about a man who had abandoned his daughter. Her husband suggested she change the character to a woman, which would not only be different, Armstrong was reluctant as she did not want to make another film about a woman, but eventually changed her mind. Jones and Levy agreed with the choice, Judy Davis was approached even before the film was rewritten and she was involved in further drafts. In 1987 the film was nominated for seven AFI Awards and won in the Best Actress in a Lead Role, in 1989 Judy Davis won the NSFC Best Actress award for her role. High Tide grossed $206,185 at the box office in Australia, Cinema of Australia Murray, Scott, ed. Australian Cinema
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Georgia (1988 film)
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Georgia is a 1988 Australian thriller film directed by Ben Lewin, starring Judy Davis and John Bach. Judy Davis plays the two roles of a mother, Georgia, and her daughter Nina, the film is presented as a series of flashbacks as Nina investigates her mothers death, which led to her adoption as a young child. Producer Bob Weis originally wanted to make a film based on Hesters life, Georgia grossed $44,205 at the box office in Australia. Cinema of Australia Georgia at the Internet Movie Database Georgia at the National Film and Sound Archive Georgia at Oz Movies
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Alice (1990 film)
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Alice is a 1990 American romantic fantasy film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna and William Hurt. The film is a reworking of Federico Fellinis 1965 film Juliet of the Spirits. Alice Tate is an upper-class New York housewife, who spends her days shopping, getting beauty treatments and she has been married to wealthy Doug for fifteen years, and they have two children, who are being raised by a nanny. One day, she has an encounter with Joe Ruffalo. She finds herself attracted to him and experiences Catholic guilt for these feelings. This inner turmoil manifests itself in a backache and she is referred to Dr. Yang, an Asian herbalist who puts her under hypnosis. She reveals that what attracted her to her husband were in fact his superficial qualities, looks. She also reveals her feelings about Joe, Dr. Yang gives Alice ancient herbs that make her act on her feelings toward Joe Ruffalo. When the herbs wear off, Alice is appalled at her behavior and she does not go to meet him as planned. The next herbs she receives turn her invisible and she spies on Joe going to visit his ex-wife Vicky. Much to prudish Alices horror, they love in Vickys office. Alice is now glad she did not go to meet Joe, however, the next herbal remedy allows Alice to communicate with the ghost of her first lover, Ed. He encourages her to find out more about Joe, Alice and Joe finally meet, under the pretense of their children having a play-date. Alice and Joes meetings become increasingly frequent, when her guilt over her relationship with Joe becomes too much, Alice returns to Dr. Yang. Inhaling the soothing contents of a pipe, Alice falls asleep in Dr. Yangs rooms and she has vivid dreams about her Catholic upbringing. She remembers that she was at her happiest when she was helping people and she realizes that she has lost sight of many of her goals in her materialistic luxurious lifestyle. She also realizes this at an evening in honor of Mother Teresa. After the fundraiser, Joe and Alice sleep together, Alice realizes she is falling in love with him
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George Sand
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Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, best known by her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and memoirist. She is equally known for her much publicized romantic affairs with a number of artists, including Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin. Sand later used the setting in many of her novels and it has been said that her upbringing was quite liberal. She was also related more distantly to King Louis Philippe of France through common ancestors from German. Sands mother, Sophie-Victoire Delaborde, however, was a commoner, in 1822, at the age of eighteen, Sand married Casimir Dudevant, illegitimate son of Baron Jean-François Dudevant. She and Dudevant had two children, Maurice and Solange, in early 1831, she left her husband and entered upon a four- or five-year period of romantic rebellion. In 1835, she was separated from Dudevant and took her children with her. Later in life, she corresponded with Gustave Flaubert, and despite their differences in temperament and aesthetic preference and she engaged in an intimate friendship with actress Marie Dorval, which led to widespread but unconfirmed rumours of a lesbian affair. Letters written by Sand to Dorval made such references as wanting you either in your dressing room or in your bed, in Majorca one can still visit the Carthusian monastery of Valldemossa, where she spent the winter of 1838–1839 with Chopin and her children. This trip to Majorca was described by her in Un hiver à Majorque and they separated two years before his death for a variety of reasons. In her novel Lucrezia Floriani, Sand used Chopin as a model for a sickly Eastern European prince named Karol and he is cared for by a middle-aged actress past her prime, Lucrezia, who suffers a great deal through her affection for Karol. Though Sand claimed not to have made an out of Chopin. However, the point in their relationship involved her daughter Solange. Chopin continued to be cordial to Solange after she and her husband, Sand took Chopins support of Solange as outright treachery and confirmation that Chopin had always loved Solange. Sands son Maurice also disliked Chopin, Maurice wanted to establish himself as the man of the estate and did not wish to have Chopin as a rival for that role. Chopin was never asked back to Nohant, in 1848, he returned to Paris from a tour of the United Kingdom, to die at the Place Vendôme in the following year. Chopin was penniless at that time, his friends had to pay for his stay there, the funeral was attended by over 3,000 people, including Eugène Delacroix, Franz Liszt, Victor Hugo and other famous people. George Sand, however, was notable by her absence, a liaison with the writer Jules Sandeau heralded her literary debut
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Impromptu (1991 film)
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The film was shot entirely on location in France as a British production by an American company. The main location used was at the Chateau des Briottières outside of Angers, with this advice Sand is deterred by a fellow countrywoman who pretends to be smitten with Chopin, the mistress of Franz Liszt, the Countess Marie dAgoult. Whether the Countess is really in love with Chopin is unlikely, Sand meets Chopin in the French countryside at the house of the Duchess dAntan, a foolish aspiring socialite who invites artists from Paris to her salon in order to feel cosmopolitan. Sand invites herself, not knowing that several of her former lovers are also in attendance, a small play is written by Alfred de Musset satirizing the aristocracy, Chopin protests at his lack of manners, de Musset bellows and a fireplace explosion ensues. Chopin is briefly swayed by a beautifully written love letter ostensibly from dAgoult, a letter written by. Eventually Sand wins over Chopin when she proves that she wrote the letter, reciting its words to him passionately, Chopin is then challenged to a duel by one of Sands ex-lovers. Sand finishes the duel for him and nurses him back to health in the countryside, solidifying their relationship. Near the end of the movie, Sand and Chopin dedicate a volume of music to the countess, although this only suggests that she has had an affair with Chopin, causing a falling-out with her lover Liszt. Sand and Chopin depart for Majorca, relieved to escape the competitive nature of artistic alliances and jealousies in Paris, sarah Kernochan, director James Lapines wife, had written the film in 1988 during a lay-off due to 1988 Writers Guild of America strike. Kernochan explained the film, How do complicated people find a way of loving. The producer Stuart Oken liked the project, his concern was to give Lapine a chance to realize his vision, Oken brought the project to his friend and fellow producer, Dan Sherkow, who secured financing and distribution for the picture. For the cast, Lapine wanted to use people he had worked with before and he cast actors who didnt look like, but embodied the characters. Judy Davis and Mandy Patinkin could hardly look more unlike the cultural icons they portray, Lapine hired a piano coach and a music consultant to advise both Grant and Sands on various piano techniques. Due to Common Market legalities, the film was incorporated as a British production with co-production by Ariane Films and it was later broadcast on PBSs Masterpiece Theatre in 1993. Impromptu has received mixed to favorable reviews, according to the review aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 75% approval rating and an average score of 5. 9/10 based on 16 reviews. Jeff Millar of the Houston Chronicle wrote that the film is a zingy, impudent little essay on gender, janet Maslin of The New York Times gave the film a positive review, likening it to the films of Ken Russell. The New Yorker reviewer wrote that the film was an ebullient and absurdly entertaining account of the love affair of George Sand. Judy Davis plays Sand—a great actress in a great role, Impromptu at the Internet Movie Database Impromptu at Rotten Tomatoes
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Barton Fink
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Barton Fink is a 1991 American period film written, produced, directed and edited by the Coen brothers. The Coens wrote the screenplay for Barton Fink in three weeks while experiencing difficulty during the writing of Millers Crossing and they began filming the former soon after Millers Crossing was finished. The film is influenced by works of several directors, particularly Roman Polanskis Repulsion. Barton Fink had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1991, in a rare sweep, it won the Palme dOr, as well as awards for Best Director and Best Actor. Although the film was a box office bomb, only grossing $6 million against its $9 million budget, it received positive reviews and was nominated for three Academy Awards. The diverse elements of the film have led it to defy efforts at classification, with the work being variously referred to as a film noir, a horror film, a Künstlerroman. P. Mayhew are often seen as fictional representations, despite disagreement around certain details of the work, Barton Fink continues to be positively received, with screenwriter Charlie Kaufman among its admirers. In 1941, Barton Finks first Broadway play, Bare Ruined Choirs, has achieved critical and his agent informs him that Capitol Pictures in Hollywood has offered him a thousand dollars per week to write film scripts. Barton hesitates, worried that moving to California would separate him from the common man and he accepts the offer, however, and checks into the Hotel Earle, a large and unusually deserted building. His room is sparse and draped in subdued colors, its decoration is a small painting of a woman on the beach. In his first meeting with Capitol Pictures boss Jack Lipnick, Barton explains that he chose the Earle because he wants lodging that is less Hollywood, Lipnick promises that his only concern is Bartons writing ability and assigns his new employee to a wrestling film. Back in his room, however, Barton is unable to write and he is distracted by sounds coming from the room next door, and he phones the front desk to complain. His neighbor, Charlie Meadows, is the source of the noise and visits Barton to apologize, as they talk, Barton proclaims his affection for the common man, and Charlie describes his life as an insurance salesman. Later, Barton falls asleep, but is awakened by the incessant whine of a mosquito, still unable to proceed beyond the first lines of his script, Barton consults producer Ben Geisler for advice. Irritated, the frenetic Geisler takes him to lunch and orders him to another writer for assistance. While in the room, Barton meets the novelist William Preston Bill Mayhew. They briefly discuss movie writing and arrange a meeting later in the day. When Barton arrives, Mayhew is drunk and yelling wildly and his secretary, Audrey Taylor, reschedules the meeting and confesses to Barton that she and Mayhew are in love
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Dark Blood
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Dark Blood is a 2012 American-Dutch thriller film directed by George Sluizer, written by Jim Barton, and starring River Phoenix, Judy Davis, and Jonathan Pryce. The film was not completed due to the death of Phoenix shortly before the end of the project and it was the last movie to feature the late River Phoenix and the only one where Phoenix himself played the villain. It premiered to a private guest audience on September 27,2012 at the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht, the film was shown twice more, publicly, on October 2,2012 at the festival. The film follows Boy, a widower, who retreats to the desert after his wife dies of radiation following nuclear tests near their home. Boy is waiting for the end of the world and carves Kachina dolls, a couple, Harry and Buffy travel to the desert on a second honeymoon in an attempt to save their marriage. Their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere and the couple is rescued by Boy, Boy holds them prisoner because of his desire for Buffy and his ambition to create a better world with her. The movie begins with Harry, an actor who hasnt worked in over a year, and his wife Buffy, after staying overnight at a motel, the owner informs Harry of previous nuclear testing taking place in the town. The following day, their Bentley eventually breaks down, leading them to run out of water in the middle of the desert, Harry insists on staying with the car rather than to look for help. While Harry sleeps in the seat, Buffy notices a light in the distance and follows it. He drives with her to rescue Harry and his friends, meanwhile have been told by Boy where to find their Bentley and they tow it away. Buffy and Boy become attracted to other, angering Harry. Harry tells Boy to leave her alone while on a shooting hunt, the two have an argument and Boy retreats, leaving Harry to find his way back from the desert. Boy later fires a shot at Harry, but tells him he was shooting a snake in a passive-aggressive gesture, eventually, the couple become aware that Boy will not let them leave. Exasperated, Harry announces he is walking to the town and marches off alone, a fight ensues and after hitting him with a crowbar, Harry is judged by means of a kangaroo court, and ordered to chop wood as punishment. As he is cutting the wood he sees Buffy removing her clothes and is forced to overhear their lovemaking, turning his back unable to watch, Buffy later comes outside to tell Harry that Boy is finally taking them to the town. Boys friends approach bringing the repaired Bentley and Boy announces only Harry can leave in his car, outraged, Harry attacks Boy with the axe only for Boy to block the axes blow with his rifle above his head. However, unable to withstand Harrys strength, the axe hits Boy, splitting open his head, in act of self-defense Harry is forced to fatally wound Boys dog when it tries to attack him. Boy gets to his feet, telling Harry that he has never wanted to kill a man before, Harry begs for his life, but Boy then collapses from the bleeding head wound
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Absolute Power (film)
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Absolute Power is a 1997 American political thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel Absolute Power by David Baldacci, screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, the film also stars Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn and Dennis Haysbert. It was also the last screen appearance of E. G. Marshall, Walter Sullivan is Richmonds friend and financial supporter and the owner of the mansion Luther has broken into. Hiding behind a mirror, Luther watches as Richmond becomes sexually violent towards Christy when he playfully slaps her across the face. When she retaliates by slapping him back, Richmond becomes angry, when she attacks him with a letter opener in self-defense, Secret Service agents Bill Burton and Tim Collin shoot her to death. Chief of Staff Gloria Russell arrives and makes the scene appear as if a burglar killed Sullivans wife, Luther escapes with some valuables as well as the bloody letter opener. The next day, Detective Seth Frank begins his investigation of the crime, just as Luther is about to flee the country, he sees President Richmond on television, publicly commiserating with Walter on his loss. Incensed by the sympathy, Luther decides to bring the President to justice. Meanwhile, Burton asks Frank to keep him informed about the case while a Secret Service agent wiretaps Franks office telephone, Luthers estranged daughter Kate, who works as a prosecutor, accompanies Detective Frank to Luthers home to search for clues. Photographs in the house indicate that Luther has secretly been watching her for years and she still suspects Luther of the crime, and therefore agrees to set him up. Frank guarantees Luthers safety, but through the wiretap Burton learns of the plan, someone also tips off Walter, who hires a hitman to kill Luther. The two snipers, each unaware of the other, try to shoot Luther when he arrives at a cafe to meet his daughter. But they both miss, and Luther escapes through the police cordon because he came prepared, wearing the uniform of a police officer beneath his coat, Luther later explains to Kate exactly how Christy was killed, and by whom. Luther begins to taunt Chief of Staff Russell, first by sending her a photograph of the letter opener, correctly suspecting that Kate knows the truth, President Richmond elects to have her killed. Luther learns from Detective Frank that the Secret Service has taken over surveillance of Kate and he arrives at her jogging path just moments after Collin has used his SUV to push her and her car off a cliff. Collin tries to kill her again at the hospital, approaching her bed with a poison-filled syringe, Luther, who lies in waiting, subdues Collin by jabbing him in the neck with a syringe of his own. Collin pleads for mercy, but Luther says hes fresh out, Luther finds out that Sullivan gave no reason publicly why Christy stayed home, on the night of her murder, Christy said to Richmond that she told Walter she was sick. He incapacitates Walters chauffeur and replaces him, telling Walter what happened on the night of the murder, Walter is unconvinced until Luther explains how Richmond lied in a speech by citing Christys excuse for staying home, which he could only have learned from her
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Deconstructing Harry
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Deconstructing Harry is a 1997 comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. The central plot features Block driving to a university from which he was thrown out. Three passengers accompany him on the journey, a prostitute, a friend, and his son, however, there are many flashbacks, segments taken from Blocks writing, and interactions with his own fictional characters. Deconstructing Harry received moderately positive reviews from critics, one night, Lucy gets a taxi to the home of author Harry Block. She has just read Harrys latest novel, in the novel, the character Leslie is having an affair with her sisters husband Ken. Lucy is angry because the novel is based on her and Harrys own affair, as a result. Lucy pulls a gun out of her purse, saying she will kill herself and she then turns the gun on Harry and begins firing. She chases him out onto the roof, Harry insists that he has already been punished, his latest girlfriend Fay has left him for his best friend Larry. To distract Lucy, Harry tells her a story he is currently writing, in therapy, Harry realizes he has not changed since he was a sex-obsessed youth. Harry discusses the honoring ceremony at his old university, taking place the next day, after the session, Harry asks his ex-wife Joan if he can take their son Hilliard to the ceremony. She refuses, stating that Harry is a bad influence on Hilliard and she is also furious at Harry for the novel he wrote. In it, the character Epstein marries Helen, but the marriage begins to crumble after the birth of their son, Harry runs into an acquaintance, Richard, who is worried about his health. After accompanying Richard to the hospital, Harry asks him to come to the university ceremony, Harry then goes to meet his ex-girlfriend Fay, who reveals that she is now engaged. Harry begs Fay to get together with him. He asks Fay to accompany him to his ceremony, but it clashes with Fays wedding and that night, Harry sleeps with a prostitute, Cookie. Harry then asks Cookie to accompany him to his ceremony, in the morning, Richard unexpectedly arrives to join Harry and Cookie on the journey. On a whim, Harry decides to kidnap his son Hilliard, along the way, they stop at a carnival, then at Harrys half-sister Doriss. Doris, a devoted Jew, is upset by Harrys portrayals of Judaism in his stories, during the journey, Harry also encounters his fictional creations Ken and Helen, who force him to confront some painful truths about his life
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Celebrity (film)
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Celebrity is a 1998 comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. The screenplay describes the divergent paths a couple takes following their divorce, the film received lukewarm reviews from critics. He ruins numerous opportunities due to his fame-seeking, insecurities and neuroses, meanwhile, Robin trades her many neuroses for a makeover and a job with television producer Tony Gardella that leads to her own celebrity interview program. She takes advantage of opportunities and ends up happy and successful. Lupus Isaac Mizrahi as Bruce Bishop Bebe Neuwirth as Nina Hank Azaria as David Douglas McGrath as Bill Gaines J. K. Celebrity was the last of four films shot by Nykvist for Allen. It also marks the end of Allens long collaboration with editor Susan E. Morse, the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was shown at the New York Film Festival before going into general release in the US on November 20,1998. It opened on 493 screens, grossing $1,588,013 and it eventually earned $5,078,660 in the US. Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes currently scores Celebrity with a 41% Rotten rating, consensus adding Entertaining, the film also holds a 41 on Metacritic. And even with Branagh as his alter ego, Allen finds no way to revitalize the characters predictable worries about advancing his career. Though Celebrity is filled with beautiful and famous faces, it has plenty of opportunity to bog down between turns, and some of the episodes about the Simons are astonishingly flat. Some of the moments are very funny, more are only smile material, and a few dont work at all. Like all of Allens films, its smart and quirky enough that were not bored, Branagh has all the Allen vocal mannerisms and the body language of comic uncertainty. He does Allen so carefully, indeed, that you wonder why Allen didnt just play the character himself. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone felt the film suffers from lulls and lapses and one lulu of a casting gaffe, at sixty-two, the Woodman can still mine caustic laughter from the darkest corners of his psyche. In Celebrity, he cracks his ringmasters whip on a circus of rude, Branagh, whether by his choice or his directors, plays Lee like a Woody impressionist, down to the nervous gestures and the stuttering whine. Lee should emerge as flawed but real in a world of gorgeous poseurs, instead, Branaghs party-trick performance keeps audiences at a distance. What saves the day is the march of scintillating cameos from actors who bring out the best in Allens barbed dialogue. His novelty act belongs in the bin with his hammy histrionics in Mary Shelleys Frankenstein
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The Man Who Sued God
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The Man Who Sued God is a 2001 Australian comedy film starring Billy Connolly and Judy Davis, and directed by Mark Joffe. Advocate Steve Myers is a lawyer who becomes fed-up with the perceived corruption within the judicial system. He quits the law business and buys a small fishing boat and his fishing boat is struck by lightning and explodes into pieces, burns and sinks. He informs his insurance company, which reviews and then subsequently declines his claim on the grounds that it is not liable as his boat was destroyed due to an Act of God. Frustrated that his claim is repeatedly declined, Steve files a claim against God, naming church officials as representatives of God and thereby the respondents. The church leaders, their lawyers and their insurance company get together to find a way to settle this dilemma. He also faces heavy criticism and protests from groups as his profile grows. However, the attention takes its toll on Myers family, who are exploited by the media, Steve faces a reality check as his family considers moving to Perth, on the other side of the country. Meanwhile, Anna Redmond comes under fire for a history of disputes and attacks on insurance companies, Bermagui had been suggested by director Mark Joffe as it was his favourite holiday spot. The fishing boat featured in the film was a vessel the Tarpin. Indoor scenes and post-production were located in Sydney, on 15 February Bob Carr, then Premier of New South Wales visited the set, presenting a cheque for $50,000 to Gannon Films as a grant to offset the cost of filming in a regional location. The two week shoot brought an estimated $250,000 to the local economy, review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 71% based on 7 reviews, with an average score of 5. 8/10. Jamie Russell of BBC deemed the production was played by all concerned. The Man Who Sued God made a debut at number one on its opening weekend with a A$1.1 million box office, within Australia, it earned $8.1 million by the end of that year and ultimately grossed $8,546,867. In 2009, US based producer Sam Feuer optioned the rights to the film, partnering with Mace Neufeld, Nesim Hason. The film was set up with Will Smiths Overbrook and SONY, in 2012, the producers licensed the right to remake the film in Hindi for release in India. Based on the premise of TMWSG, as well as an Indian story with a similar plotline, was released in 2012. Produced by Grazing Goat, Playtime Creations, Spice Studios and Viacom 18, OMG was a box office hit in India, later in 2015, the re-remake of the film in Telugu named Gopala Gopala was released
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The Break-Up
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The Break-Up is a 2006 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Peyton Reed, starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. It was written by Jay Lavender and Jeremy Garelick and produced by Universal Pictures, Gary Grobowski and Brooke Meyers meet at Wrigley Field during a Chicago Cubs game and begin dating, eventually buying a condominium together. Gary works as a guide in a family business with his brothers, Lupus. Brooke manages an art gallery owned by eccentric artist Marilyn Dean and their relationship comes to a head after the latest in an escalating series of, Why cant you do this one little thing for me. Brooke, feeling unappreciated, criticizes Garys perceived immaturity and unwillingness to work on improving their relationship, Gary is frustrated by Brooke’s perceived controlling, perfectionistic attitude, and expresses his desire to have a little more independence. Brooke becomes irate when Gary fails to offer to help her clean up after a big party at their home. Brooke seeks relationship advice from her friend Addie, while Gary goes to tell his side of things to friend Johnny Ostrofski. Since neither is willing to move out of their condo, they compromise by living as roommates, Gary buys a pool table, litters the condo with food and trash, and even has a strip poker party with Lupus and a few women. Meanwhile, Brooke has Gary kicked off their couples-only bowling team, when their friend and realtor Mark Riggleman sells the condo, Gary and Brooke are given two weeks notice to move out. Brooke invites Gary to an Old 97s concert, hoping that he will figure out that the gesture is meant to be her attempt to salvage their relationship. Gary agrees to meet her there, but misses the hidden agenda, afterwards, Brooke quits her job in order to spend time traveling Europe. When she brings a customer from the art gallery home one evening, Brooke finds the condo cleaned and he lays his heart on the line and promises to appreciate her more. Brooke begins crying and states that she just can not give in anymore and, therefore, Gary seems to understand and kisses her before leaving. It is later revealed that Brookes date was actually a client interested in a piece of artwork she kept at the condo, both eventually move out of the condo. Gary begins taking an active role in his tour guide business, while Brooke travels the world. Some time later, they meet again by chance on the street as Gary is bringing home groceries, after some awkward but friendly catching up, they part ways but each glances back over their shoulder and they share a smile. The romance/comedy film grossed over $205 million worldwide, with a total of $118.7 million at the American box office, on Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 33% based on 190 reviews with an average rating of 5/10. The sites critical consensus reads, This anti-romantic comedy lacks both laughs and insight, resulting in an odd and unsatisfying experience, on Metacritic, the film has a score of 45 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews
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Anne d'Arpajon
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Anne dArpajon was a French aristocrat and dame dhonneur to Queens of France, Marie Leszczyńska and Marie Antoinette. She was called Madame Etiquette by Marie Antoinette for her insistence that no minutia of court etiquette ever be altered or disregarded and her mother, Anne Charlotte Le Bas de Montargis, was lady in waiting to the Duchess of Berry, daughter of the regent. Anne Claude married Philippe de Noailles, Duke of Mouchy, Captain of the Hunts at Versailles, Noailles was one of the leading families of France. In 1763, she was made dame dhonneur to queen Marie Leszczyńska and she met Marie Antoinette at the border, where she was a part of the French entourage, and was made responsible for her court and behaviour at Versailles. Marie Antoinette greatly disliked her, as she prevented her from doing things she liked with reference to court etiquette, and she gave her the name Madame Etiquette. In 1774, when Marie Antoinette became a queen, she fired the Countess of Noailles, prompting her to become a part of the opposition to the queen with the Kings aunts, Mesdames. Countess Anne and her husband Philippe were guillotined during the French Revolution on 27 June 1794, many of her relatives met the same fate. On 22 July 1794, the widow, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter of Philippes brother Louis, louiss other granddaughter, Adrienne, wife of the Marquis de Lafayette, was saved by the intervention of Americas Minister to France, James Monroe. They and the nobles who died at the guillotine are buried at Picpus Cemetery. Louise Henriette Charlotte Philippine de Noailles, charles Adrien de Noailles Prince of Poix. Louis Philippe de Noailles Prince of Poix, daniel François Marie de Noailles Marquis of Noailles, later Prince of Poix. Philippe de Noailles, Duke of Monchy, Louis Marie de Noailles, Viscount of Noailles. Anne dArpajon was played by Judy Davis in Marie Antoinette in 2006, and by Cora Witherspoon in Marie Antoinette in 1938
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Marie Antoinette (2006 film)
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Marie Antoinette is a 2006 historical comedy-drama film, written and directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Kirsten Dunst. It is based on the life of queen Marie Antoinette in the leading up to the French Revolution. It won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and it was released in the United States on October 20,2006, by Columbia Pictures. Fourteen-year-old Maria Antonia is the beautiful, charming, and naive archduchess of Austria, youngest of Empress Maria Theresas daughters. In 1770, the one left unmarried among her sisters, she is sent by her mother to marry the Dauphin of France. Marie Antoinette travels to France, relinquishing all connections with her country, including her pet Pug Mops. The two arrive at the Palace of Versailles, which was built by the Kings great-grandfather. They are married at once, and are encouraged to produce an heir to the throne as soon as possible, as time passes, Marie Antoinette finds life at the court of Versailles stifling. The French court is rife with gossip, and Marie Antoinette consistently ruffles feathers by defying its ritualistic formality, Marie Antoinette also refuses to meet or speak with Jeanne Bécu, Madame du Barry, the mistress of Louis XV. Over the years, Maria Theresa continues to write to her daughter, giving advice on how to impress, unfortunately, Maries attempts to have sex with her husband fail and the marriage remains childless. Marie spends most of her time buying extravagant clothes and gambling, after a masquerade ball, Marie and Louis XVI return to find that the King has smallpox, he orders du Barry to leave Versailles, and soon dies. Louis XVI is crowned King of France, with Marie as Queen, Marie Antoinettes brother, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor comes to visit, counseling her against her constant parties, advice that she finds easy to ignore. Joseph meets Louis XVI at the Royal Zoo and explains to him the mechanics of sexual intercourse in terms of key-making, as one of the Kings favorite hobbies is locksmithing. Thereafter, the King and Marie Antoinette have sex for the first time, as the baby princess grows up, Marie Antoinette spends much of her time at the Petit Trianon, a small chateau in the park of Versailles. It is also at this time that she begins an affair with Axel Fersen, as Frances financial crisis worsens, food shortages and riots increase. Marie Antoinettes image with her subjects has completely deteriorated by this point, her luxurious lifestyle, as the queen matures, she focuses less on her social life and more on her family, and makes what she considers to be significant financial adjustments. A year after her mothers death on November 29,1780, Marie Antoinette gives birth to a son, Louis Joseph, as the French Revolution erupts with the storming of the Bastille, the royal family resolves to stay in France, unlike many of the nobility. Rioting Parisians force the family to leave Versailles for Paris, the film ends with the royal familys transfer to Tuileries Palace
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The Eye of the Storm (2011 film)
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The Eye of the Storm is an Australian drama film directed by Fred Schepisi. It is an adaptation of Patrick Whites 1973 novel of the same name and it stars Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis. It won the award for best Australian feature at the 2011 Melbourne International Film Festival and had a September 2011 theatrical release. In the Sydney suburb of Centennial Park, a dying matriarch, despite her deteriorating health, Elizabeth continues to wield considerable control over her affairs and those around her
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To Rome with Love (film)
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To Rome with Love is a 2012 magical realist romantic comedy film written, directed by and starring Woody Allen in his first acting appearance since 2006. The film is set in Rome, Italy, it was released in Italian theaters on April 13,2012, the film features an ensemble cast, including Allen himself. To Rome with Love tells four unrelated stories taking place in Rome, the second story, Antonios, is a direct lift with some amendments of an entire Fellini film, The White Sheik. American tourist Hayley falls in love with and becomes engaged to Italian pro bono lawyer Michelangelo while spending a summer in Rome and her parents, Jerry and Phyllis, fly to Italy to meet her fiancé and his parents. During the visit, Michelangelos mortician father Giancarlo sings in the shower and Jerry, Jerry convinces a reluctant Giancarlo to audition in front of a room of opera bigwigs, but Giancarlo performs poorly in this setting. Michelangelo accuses Jerry of embarrassing his father and trying to use him to revive his own failed career and this is a great success, so Jerry and Giancarlo decide to stage the opera Pagliacci, with an incongruous shower present in all scenes. Giancarlo receives rave reviews, while Jerry is unaware that he has again been slammed as he has been called imbecille, Giancarlo decides to retire from opera singing, because he prefers working as a mortician and spending time with his family. But he appreciates being given the chance to live his dream of performing Pagliacci, newlyweds Antonio and Milly plan to move to Rome because Antonios uncles have offered him a job in their familys business. After checking into their hotel, Milly decides to visit a salon before meeting Antonios relatives and she becomes lost and loses her cell phone, but ends up at a film shoot where she meets Luca Salta, an actor she idolizes. Back at the hotel, Antonio is worried Milly will be late for their date with his aunts. Anna, a prostitute, then arrives, having mistakenly been sent to his room, the group goes to lunch at the same restaurant Luca takes Milly. Antonio becomes jealous as Luca flirts with Milly, but they dont see Antonio, Antonios uncles and aunts then take him to a party. Antonio has nothing in common with the people hes introduced to, Anna and Antonio walk in the garden, and Antonio talks about how pure Milly is. When Anna finds out he was a virgin before meeting Milly, meanwhile, Luca tries to seduce Milly at his hotel room. Milly decides to have sex with him, but then an armed thief emerges, suddenly, Lucas wife and a private investigator arrive. Milly and the climb into bed and fool Mrs. Salta into believing the hotel room is theirs while Luca hides in the bathroom. Once his wife has left, Luca runs off, the burglar flirts with Milly and she has sex with him instead. When she returns to the room, she and Antonio decide to return to their rustic hometown—but first they begin to make love
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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
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The film stars Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie, and Kyle Catlett. T. S. Spivet is a 10-year-old prodigy with a passion for cartography and his twin brother Layton died in an accident involving a firearm in the familys barn, which no one ever speaks of. T. S. was with him, measuring the scale of the gunshots for an experiment, without telling anyone, he sets out on a freight train across the United States to reach Washington, D. C. He ulitimately gives his speech for the Baird prize to a full of well-dressed guests. Before Larsens book was published, he had already shortlisted several of his directors to make a film based on the book. Filming was done from June to October 2012, mainly in Quebec and Alberta, Canada, with scenes in Washington, D. C. It was director Jean-Pierre Jeunets first 3D film, the Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 79%, based on 43 reviews, on Metacritic, the film holds a score of 53 out of 100, based on 11 reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews. At the 39th César Awards the film won the award for Best Cinematography, the Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 4 June 2014 in France, and on 3 November 2015 in the United States. The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet at the Internet Movie Database The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet at Rotten Tomatoes
