Tag: The Pianist
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Adrien Brody Says Jack Nicholson Tried to Organize 2003 Oscars Boycott Over Iraq War
Jack Nicholson’s last Oscar nomination came in 2003, but according to Adrien Brody, he almost skipped the event entirely.In a new interview with the Sunday Times (via Yahoo), Brody reminisced about his 2003 Oscar win for his performance in “The Pianist.” That year, the Academy Awards were held on March 23, just four days after…
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Helen Mirren Breaks Silence About ‘Unfairness’ Surrounding Golda Meir Casting Controversy
One month after “The Pianist” actress Maureen Lippman criticized the casting around upcoming biopic “Golda,” lead star Helen Mirren is addressing the controversy.Lippman wrote an op-ed letter to The Guardian on January 12 to clarify her comments surrounding Mirren taking on the role of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, despite not being Jewish herself.“Helen…
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Clips Round-Up: Adrian Brody And RZA Get Clean, Alicia Silverstone Is Swept Up In The Requin, & More! [Exclusive]
(Welcome to SlashClips, a series where we bring you exclusive clips from hot new Digital, Blu-ray and theatrical releases you won’t see anywhere else!)In this edition:Clean The Requin Ghosts of the OzarksFirst up we have the kickass pairing of Oscar-winner Adrian Brody (“The Pianist“) with hip hop superstar RZA (“The Man With the Iron Fists“)…
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WestEnd Films Kicks Off Sales on ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ Feature Adaptation – Global Bulletin
SalesWestEnd Films has launched a global sales campaign for Guillem Morales’ (“The Miniaturist”) revenge thriller “The Duchess of Malfi,” produced by Miriam Segal’s Good Films Collective (“Postcard Killings”). Based on John Webster’s classic Jacobean play, the feature adaptation was penned by Luke Garrett (“Ruby Strangelove Young Witch”).Casting for the period drama is led by BAFTA-nominees…
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Ronald Harwood, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter of ‘The Pianist,’ Dies at 85
Sir Ronald Harwood, an Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright, died on Tuesday of natural causes, his agent told BBC on Wednesday. He was 85.The British writer won the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay for Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist” in 2003. Harwood was nominated in the same category for Peter Yates’ “The Dresser” in 1983 and…
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Roman Polanski Draws Protests, Wins Prizes at Stormy Cesar Awards
The stormiest and most beleaguered Cesar Awards ever took place in Paris on Friday, with “Les Miserables” being named 2019’s best French film while protesters lined the streets outside the Salle Pleyel protesting the nominations for Roman Polanski’s “J’accuse,” which is known as “An Officer and a Spy” outside France.Despite the furor, Polanski won two…
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‘Stranger Things’ star Noah Schnapp, Anjelica Huston board ‘Waiting For Anya’ (exclusive)
Project is an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel,Noah Schnapp, one of the stars of Netflix series Stranger Things, will lead Ben Cookson’s Waiting For Anya, an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel of the same name.Anjelica Huston (The Witches) has boarded the supporting cast alongside Thomas Kretschmann (The Pianist), Elsa Zylbertsein (I’ve Loved You So Long)…