Hal Holbrook Articles

Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Water for Elephants WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Reviews Pt.2: Romantic Movie Doesn't Defy Zeitgeist Below are review snippets about the performances of Robert Pattinson, the star of Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and the upcoming The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, and Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line, Legally Blonde) in Francis Lawrence's Water [...]

Hal Holbrook, Emile Hirsch in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (top); Ruby Dee in Ridley Scott's American Gangster (bottom) Mickey Rourke, Frank Langella: Oscar Veterans 2008 Hal Holbrook Hal Holbrook was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Sean Penn's Into the Wild. He lost to Javier Bardem for Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men. That was the first Oscar [...]

Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon share with Christoph Waltz and Rosie the elephant the new paperback book cover of Sara Gruen's novel Water for Elephants. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film version will open on April 22, 2012. Hal Holbrook plays Pattinson as an old man. Also in the cast are James Frain, Paul Schneider, and Dan Lauria. The Water for Elephants trailer promises a [...]

Directed by Francis Lawrence, and starring Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), Robert Pattinson (currently filming The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn), and Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds), Water for Elephants now has its — really great-looking — trailer available for online viewing. Told via flashback, the film's story centers on a love triangle set in a traveling circus during the Great [...]