Happy Birthday: Agatha Christie (1890–1976)

Agatha Christie (1890–1976)

Born: September 15, 1890 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK
Died: January 12, 1976 (age 85) in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Married to: Max E.L. Mallowan (11 September 1930 – 12 January 1976) (her death)
Archibald Christie (24 December 1914 – 1928) (divorced) (1 child)

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Happy Birthday: Ron Shelton

September 15, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday director, Happy Birthday, Ron Shelton

Ron Shelton

Born: September 15, 1945 in Whittier, California, USA

Married to: Lolita Davidovich

[referring to The Great White Hype (1996)]: “I tried to get my name taken off it because the film they made was not the script I wrote. I find it a horrible movie.”

TIN CUP
1996
dir. Ron Shelton
Starring:
Kevin Costner
Rene Russo

Bull Durham
1988
dir. Ron Shelton
Starring
Susan Sarandon
Costner

COBB
1994
dir. Ron Shelton
Stars:
Tommy Lee Jones
Robert Wuhl

White Men Can’t Jump
1992
dir. Ron Shelton
Starring
Woody Harrelson
Snipes

JORDAN RIDES THE BUS
2010
dir. Ron Shelton
Starring:
Michael Jordan
Phil Jackson

Happy Birthday: Merlin Olsen (1940–2010)

September 15, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Happy Birthday, Merlin Olsen (1940–2010)

Merlin Olsen (1940–2010)

Born: September 15, 1940 in Logan, Utah, USA
Died: March 11, 2010 (age 69) in Duarte, California, USA

Married to: Susan Wakely (30 March 1962 – 10 March 2010) (his death) (3 children)

One of life’s most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn’t do our homework, that we are not prepared.

Happy Birthday: Fay Wray (1907–2004)

September 15, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, fay wray, Happy Birthday

Fay Wray (1907–2004)

Born: September 15, 1907 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Died: August 8, 2004 (age 96) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

The Most Dangerous Game
1932
dir. by Ernest B. Schoedsack
Irving Pichel
starring
Joel McCrea
Wray

King Kong
1933
dir. Merian C. Cooper
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Starring
Wray

Happy Birthday: Rebecca Miller

September 15, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Happy Birthday, Rebecca Miller

Rebecca Miller

Born: September 15, 1962 in Roxbury, Connecticut, USA

Married to: Daniel Day-Lewis (13 November 1996 – present) (2 children)

Read interview from Matthew Toffolo early this year:

From Interview:

I am always open to being surprised and I’m hoping that I can surprise people. My motivation to make movies is so I can keep learning and keep the learning curve steep. I don’t know what’s next but I want to keep surprising myself and I want to keep learning.

Happy Birthday: Caterina Murino

September 15, 2016 festreviews 140 characters, Happy Birthday actor, Caterina Murino, Happy Birthday

Caterina Murino

Born: September 15, 1977 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

I do have ambition – I can dress up for a premiere, get in a limousine, but it’s not my life. My life is wearing jeans and tennis shoes and travelling on the metro. I have to do that because otherwise my acting is going to be false.

I have a dream of re-creating the fantastic family I grew up in with my brother and my parents. I am lucky that I have such a good image of family life – my father and mother are still in love, still happy.

Modelling was not very satisfying for me. I came to London to model, and I fell in love with the theatre. I was eating yoghurt every day so that I had the money to go to the theatre. I saw everything. It’s still my dream to be on stage in London.

Happy Birthday: Josh Charles

September 15, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Happy Birthday, Josh Charles

Josh Charles

Born: September 15, 1971 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Married to: Sophie Flack (6 September 2013 – present) (1 child)

I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams.

My dad said to me growing up: ‘When all is said and done, if you can count all your true friends on one hand, you’re a lucky man.’

Best of GOOD WIFE TV Series

Best of GOOD WIFE Season 4
Stars:
Archie Panjabi
Christine Baranski

Best of GOOD WIFE Season 5

Best of GOOD WIFE Season 3
Stars:
Josh Charles
Matt Czuchry

Muppets From Space
1999
dir. Tim Hill
Cast
Dave Goelz
Bill Barretta

Best of GOOD WIFE Season 2
Stars:
Julianna Margulies
Chris Noth

Dead Poets Society
1989
dir. Peter Weir
starring
Williams
Ethan Hawke

Best of GOOD WIFE Season 1
Creators:
Michelle King
Robert King

FAST TRACK
2006
dir. Jesse Peretz
Stars:
Zach Braff
Amanda Peet

Happy Birthday: Oliver Stone

September 15, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday director, Happy Birthday, Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

Born: September 15, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA

I consider my films first and foremost to be dramas about individuals in personal struggles and I consider myself to be a dramatist before I am a political filmmaker. I’m interested in alternative points of view. I think ultimately the problems of the planet are universal and that nationalism is a very destructive force. I also like anarchy in films. My heroes were Luis Buñuel and Jean-Luc Godard. Breathless (1960) was one of the first pictures I really remember being marked by, because of the speed and energy. They say I’m unsubtle. But we need above all, a theatre that wakes us up: nerves and heart.

Platoon
1986
dir. Stone
Starring
Charlie Sheen
Willem DaFoe

Wallstreet
1987
dir. Stone
starring
Charlie Sheen
Michael Douglas

Born on the 4th of July
1989
dir. Stone
starring
Tom Cruise
Willem DaFoe

The Doors
1991
dir. Stone
starring
Val Kilmer
Meg Ryan

WORLD TRADE CENTER
2006
dir. Oliver Stone
Stars:
Nicolas Cage
Michael Pena

Any Given Sunday
1999
dir. Stone
starring
Jamie Foxx
Al Pacino

Alexander
2004
dir. Oliver Stone
Cast
Colin Farrell
Angelina Jolie

W
dir. Stone
Starring
Josh Brolin
James Cromwell

WALL STREET 2
dir. Oliver Stone
Stars:
Shia LaBeouf
Michael Douglas

SAVAGES
2012
dir. Oliver Stone
Stars:
Aaron Johnson
Blake Lively

JFK
1996
dir. Oliver Stone
Starring
Kevin Costner
Tommy Lee Jones

Happy Birthday: Chelsea Kane

September 15, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Chelsea Kane, Happy Birthday

Chelsea Kane

Born: September 15, 1988 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA

[on changing her last name from Staub to Kane] No. I did not get married. Yes, Kane is my middle name. And, I lost my verification when I changed my name, but working to get it back. Why? People struggled with pronouncing and spelling ‘Staub.’ Got tired of ‘Stab’ and ‘Stub,’ so “Chelsea Kane” makes life simpler. I know it’s a little strange to get used to, but thanks for making the best of it until we all get comfortable with it!

Happy Birthday: Tommy Lee Jones

September 15, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Happy Birthday, tommy lee jones

Tommy Lee Jones

Born: September 15, 1946 in San Saba, Texas, USA

[on how he learned to direct] I’ve worked with more than 50 directors and I’ve paid attention since day one. That’s pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I’ve seen 50 different sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving. You just leave the bad part out.

Batman Forver
1995
dir. Joel Schumacher
also starring
Val Kilmer
Jim Carrey