2006 Swiss Film Award Winners
Michael Steiner’s Swiss-German comedy Mein Name ist Eugen / My Name is Eugen, adapted by Steiner, Christopher Frey, and Michael Sauter from Klaus Schädelin’s 1950s children’s novel, has won the 2006 Swiss Film Award for best narrative film at Switzerland’s Solothurn Film Festival.
Starring Manuel Häberli in the title role, My Name is Eugen follows four teenagers in their quest for adventure and mythical hidden treasures all over the Swiss countryside’s Alpine mountains and lakes.
Carlos Leal was chosen best performer in a leading role for Samir’s Snow White, featuring lots of drugs and rap music but no sneezing dwarves, while veteran Marthe Keller won the award for best performance in a supporting role for Fragile.
Fernand Melgar’s Exit, [...]
by Andre Soares | January 18, 2006
| Subscribe / Syndicate
Tags: Carlos Leal, Exit the Right to Die, Fernand Melgar, Film Awards, Fragile, Manuel Häberli, Marthe Keller, Michael Steiner, My Name is Eugen, Snow White
Swiss Film Awards 2006
2006 Swiss Film Awards
2006 Swiss Film Awards: January 18, 2006
Manuel Häberli in My Name is Eugen
Best Film: Mein Name ist Eugen / My Name is Eugen, directed by Michael Steiner
Best Performer in a Leading Role: Carlos Leal, Snow White
Best Performer in a Supporting Role: Marthe Keller, Fragile
Best Documentary: Exit, the Right to Die, directed by Fernand Melgar
Best Short Film: Terra Incognita, directed by Peter Volkhart
Special Jury Prize: Filmkollectiv Zürich for producing Beatrice Michel Leuthold and Hans Stürm’s documentary Klingenhof
Swiss Film Awards Site
Swiss Film Awards: 2006 2007 2008 2009
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
by Andre Soares | January 18, 2006
| Subscribe / Syndicate
Tags: Carlos Leal, Exit the Right to Die, Fernand Melgar, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Fragile, Marthe Keller, Michael Steiner, My Name is Eugen, Terra Incognita
MARATHON MAN – Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier
Marathon Man (1976)
Direction: John Schlesinger
Screenplay: William Goldman, from Goldman’s novel
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Richard Bright, Marc Lawrence
The worst sin a good-guy-vs.-bad-guy movie can commit is to — unintentionally — have us root for the evildoer. That is exactly what screenwriter William Goldman (adapting his own novel, reportedly with some help from Robert Towne) and director John Schlesinger, he of Darling, Midnight Cowboy, and Sunday, Bloody Sunday, achieve in the thrill-less "thriller" Marathon Man. Adding insult to injury, the villain I came to root for was a horrific Nazi war criminal, while the hero that bored me to tears was a pacifist Jew.
Now, how could anyone manage to [...]
by Andre Soares | December 5, 2004
| Subscribe / Syndicate
Tags: Dustin Hoffman, Film Reviews, John Schlesinger, Laurence Olivier, Marathon Man, Marc Lawrence, Marthe Keller, Oscar 1976, Oscar Movies, Thrillers, William Goldman
