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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Mike Nichols</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/mike-nichols/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>AFI Life Achievement Award Winners: From John Ford to Shirley MacLaine</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/afi-life-achievement-award-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/afi-life-achievement-award-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:00:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25312</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles in Welles' own Citizen Kane (top); Gregory Peck, Brock Peters in Robert Mulligan's To Kill a Mockingbird (middle); Barbra Streisand in William Wyler's Funny Girl (bottom) This list of AFI Life Achievement Award winners was culled from Wikipedia. The number on the right represents the honorees' age at the time of the award. Shirley MacLaine will be 78 next June 7. 1973 John [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/afi-life-achievement-award-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PRIMARY COLORS: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 5</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/primary-colors-john-travolta-bill-clinton-sex/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/primary-colors-john-travolta-bill-clinton-sex/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:45:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27205</guid> <description><![CDATA[Emma Thompson, John Travolta, Primary Colors Primary Colors (1998) Antonio Capuano's PIANESE NUNZIO: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 4 Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Elaine May, adapting Newsweek political columnist Joe Klein's novel, Primary Colors is a surprisingly effective fictionalized account of Bill Clinton's run for the White House. In the film, Southern senator Jack Stanton (John Travolta) is an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/primary-colors-john-travolta-bill-clinton-sex/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CLOSER Review &#8211; Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen d: Mike Nichols</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/closer-mike-nichols/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/closer-mike-nichols/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:33:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/closer-mike-nichols/</guid> <description><![CDATA[CLOSER (2004) Direction: Mike Nichols Cast: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman Screenplay: Patrick Marber; from his own 1997 play Oscar Movies Clive Owen, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Closer THE PERFECT DYSFUNCTIONAL DATE MOVIE Mike Nichols' first feature film, an adaptation of Edward Albee's acclaimed play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, is a harrowing dissection of two married couples whose inner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/closer-mike-nichols/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Winners Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Sandy Dennis, Timothy Hutton: Christmas on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-winners-katharine-hepburn-elizabeth-taylor-sandy-dennis/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-winners-katharine-hepburn-elizabeth-taylor-sandy-dennis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:41:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25825</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter Turner Classic Movies' Christmas daytime programming includes George Cukor's 1933 classic Little Women, the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol, and the tedious 1959 version of Ben-Hur. William Wyler was a great director, but this multi-Oscared epic pales in comparison to Fred Niblo's more concise, less pretentious, and (mercifully) dialogue-less 1925 version starring Ramon Novarro (who was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-winners-katharine-hepburn-elizabeth-taylor-sandy-dennis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Elizabeth Taylor TCM Schedule: WHO&#039;S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, RAINTREE COUNTY</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/elizabeth-taylor-tcm-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-raintree-county/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/elizabeth-taylor-tcm-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-raintree-county/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:07:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24510</guid> <description><![CDATA[[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-h_Fj9tFww[/youtube] Mike Nichols, Best Director Oscar winner for The Graduate (1967), became the 38th AFI Life Achievement Award honoree on Friday, June 11. Guests at the AFI ceremony included Candice Bergen, Emma Thompson, Cher, Annette Bening, Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart, Taylor Hackford, Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Kevin Spacey, and Warren Beatty. Nichols received three other Academy Award nominations in the Best Director category: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mike-nichols-afi-lifetime-achievement-award-annette-bening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Isabelle Huppert, Isabelle Adjani, Mike Nichols Sign Another &quot;Free Polanski&quot; Petition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/adjani-huppert-rushdie-roman-polanski-petition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/politics/adjani-huppert-rushdie-roman-polanski-petition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:19:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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