Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman, Gordon Willis: Governors Awards 2009
Honorary Award recipients Roger Corman, Lauren Bacall, and Gordon Willis at the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14.
“It’s so much better … that nobody’s worrying whether 36.5 million people are watching us or 29.2,” remarked Warren Beatty, a former Irving G. Thalberg Award recipient who paid homage to this year’s Thalberg Award honoree John Calley, who, reportedly suffering from serious health issues, was unable to attend the ceremony.
After Kirk Douglas declared he once unsuccessfully tried to seduce her, and Anjelica Huston praised her “steadfastness,” 85-year-old Lauren Bacall waved away an escort trying to help her get to the podium, remembered her “great love” Humphrey Bogart, her myriad leading [...]
by Joan Lister | November 15, 2009
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, Academy Awards, Film Awards, Gordon Willis, Governors Awards, Honorary Oscar, Jonathan Demme, Lauren Bacall, Photos, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Corman
Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Vera Farmiga: Governors Awards 2009
Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipients Saul Zaentz, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Walter Mirisch, and two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks present the Thalberg Award to producer John Calley (The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons), who was unable to attend the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14.
Actress Vera Farmiga, a potential contender for the 2010 best supporting actress Oscar
Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges and wife Susan
Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme (for The Silence of the Lambs) and Honorary Award recipient Roger Corman
Photos: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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by Joan Lister | November 15, 2009
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, Academy Awards, Film Awards, George Lucas, Governors Awards, Honorary Oscar, Jonathan Demme, Photos, Roger Corman, Saul Zaentz, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Vera Farmiga, Walter Mirisch
Oscar 2010: Anjelica Huston, Jonathan Demme, Kirk Douglas to Present Honorary Oscars
Lauren Bacall
Oscar winners Anjelica Huston, Jonathan Demme, and Quentin Tarantino, and Honorary Award recipient Kirk Douglas will be some of the presenters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ first Governors Awards event on November 14 at Hollywood & Highland Center’s Grand Ballroom.
The evening will feature presentations of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley, and Honorary Awards to actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis.
The black-tie dinner event for more than 600 guests will feature film clips as well as statements from the honorees, and tributes from their colleagues and admirers.
The Honorary Award, an Oscar statuette, is given to an individual [...]
by Anna Robinson | October 29, 2009
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, Academy Awards, Anjelica Huston, Gordon Willis, Honorary Oscar, Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, John Calley, Jonathan Demme, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Corman
Toronto Film Critics Awards 2008
2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Award winners: December 16, 2008
2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Award best Canadian film winner: January 6, 2009
Michelle Williams in Wendy and Lucy
BEST PICTURE: Wendy and Lucy
Runners-up: Rachel Getting Married; WALL-E
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD: My Winnipeg, directed by Guy Maddin
Runners-up: Continental: A Film Without Guns, directed by Stéphane Lafleur and Up the Yangtze, directed by Yung Chang
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Let the Right One In
Runners-up: A Christmas Tale; The Class; I’ve Loved You So Long
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Man on Wire
Runners-up: Standard Operating Procedure; Up the Yangtze
BEST FIRST FEATURE: Ballast, directed by Lance Hammer
Runners-up: The Band’s Visit, directed by Eran Kolirin; Frozen River, directed by Courtney Hunt
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: WALL-E (Disney/Pixar)
Runners-up: Kung-Fu [...]
by Deborah Arthur | December 16, 2008
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Tags: Film Awards, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Demme, Let the Right One In, Man on Wire, Mickey Rourke, My Winnipeg, Rosemarie DeWitt, Toronto Film Critics Awards, WALL-E, Wendy and Lucy
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE d: Jonathan Demme
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Direction: Jonathan Demme
Screenplay: Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris, from George Axelrod’s 1962 screenplay and Richard Condon’s 1959 novel
Cast: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Kimberly Elise, Bruno Ganz, Ted Levine, Vera Farmiga, Miguel Ferrer, Dean Stockwell, Simon McBurney
While keeping the framework of the 1962 original, Jonathan Demme’s remake of John Frankenheimer’s political thriller The Manchurian Candidate has revamped the plot so as to create parallels between what takes place on-screen and current events. The results are mixed at best.
In the new version, adapted by Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris from George Axelrod’s 1962 screenplay and Richard Condon’s 1959 Cold War novel, U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Denzel Washington) [...]
by Andre Soares | September 17, 2004
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Tags: Bruno Ganz, Dean Stockwell, Denzel Washington, Film Reviews, John Frankenheimer, Jon Voight, Jonathan Demme, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Political Movies, The Manchurian Candidate
