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Actor + Director = Seeking Repeat Success

2008-08-17 21:18:00 by Sachin in Scribbles and Ramblings
 
...actors and directors But what of the relationship between directors and their favourite, frequently employed actors? This is pivotal, this has yielded some of the great pictures in cinema's history, but it tends to be examined only in passing, only within the separate contexts of individual careers. And that misses the obvious point. After...
 
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Best and Worst of the Best Actor Oscars

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2008-01-31 11:14:00 by Campaspe in Self-Styled Siren
...Actor category. Which five performances represent the best the film world had to offer? With which five did the Academy get it forehead-smackingly wrong? The Siren has compiled her list, and you should too. The deadline is tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 1, at the stroke of midnight. This is a huge service that Mr. Copeland performs for us each year,...
 
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EXCLUSIVE! INTERVIEW WITH ACCLAIMED ACTOR NEHEMIAH PERSOFF

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2008-04-10 00:02:06 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...actors in Hollywood. His face is familiar to millions of boomers across North America from his numerous guest appearances on just about every TV series that aired from the 1950s through the 1990s. Persoffs name may have been unfamiliar to many of these TV viewers, but his face was instantly recognizable. Filmspot.com describes Persoff as a...
 
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My picks for best/worst best actor survey

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2008-02-01 02:10:35 by Edward Copeland in Edward Copeland on Film
...actor survey. Get those ballots in by midnight central time tonight. In the meantime, I thought I'd share with you how I cast my ballot. The only performances I haven't seen are Emil Jannings' and George Arliss in Disraeli . That said, it was harder for me to narrow down to just 5 worsts while the 5 bests came fairly easily WORST BEST ACTOR...
 
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Actor Roy Scheider Dies at 75

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2008-02-11 22:09:59 by HASH0x8b0dcbc in I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever
...actor known for his work in Jaws , A French Connection , All That Jazz , and, of course, SeaQuest DSV , died Sunday afternoon. His wife reports he had been suffering from multiple myeloma for years, and died from complications from a staph infection. In tribute, I'd like to post his superlative-filled IMDB mini-biography, as written by user...
 
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BOOK REVIEW: A BIOGRAPHY OF CHARACTER ACTOR CHARLES MCGRAW

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2008-04-09 16:34:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...actors put on the dog. They let their hair grow long if they're a man or cut it off if they're a woman. They start giving out with their theories on picture-making and the theatre in general, when most of them haven't been closer to the stage than the one in the high school auditorium. They get interviewed and they say unusual thingsand they...
 
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Best Actor Predictions for 2007 (little change since May)

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2007-11-27 13:12:00 by RC in Strange Culture
...Actor category. Despite the many potential best actor nominees, early on names like Daniel Day-Lewis and Denzel Washington were being thrown around While I was more impressed with Crowe's acting in American Gangster , it's clear that Denzel Washington has the buzz behind him and an excellent shot at getting his 6th academy award nomination ...
 
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RANDY QUAID THROWN OUT OF ACTOR'S EQUITY FOR LIFE; OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR CITED

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2008-02-08 11:26:37 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...Actor's Equity for life and fined over $80,000 for outrageous behavior during the Seattle run of a Broadway-bound play called Lone Star Love. According to New York Post drama critic Michael Reidel, Quaid physically and verbally abused fellow cast members, tried to change creative elements of the show and in generally acted like a boor. The...
 
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In Memorium: Roy Scheider, Actor

2008-02-11 07:17:00 by Editor in Movie Blog
 
...actor who the world best remembers as Chief Brody in Jaws has died. Roy Scheider, a two-time Academy Award nominee, passed away yesterday in Little Rock at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital. He was 75. Through five decades of film and television work Scheider carved out a presence as a capable actor, able to create...
 
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