Year: 2016

Happy Birthday: F. Murray Abraham

festreviews Happy Birthday ,

fmurrayabraham.jpgF. Murray Abraham

Born: October 24, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Married to: Kate Hannan (7 April 1962 – present) (2 children)

[on Amadeus (1984)] Getting the part was just luck, good fortune. I think every actor in the world wanted that part. You name a famous actor from the day, and they wanted that role and they were guaranteed box office. Fortunately for me, Milos (Forman) had something else in mind – thank God! It turns out it was me and Tom Hulce. I don’t know if he knew exactly what he had in mind until he came across the actor he thought seemed to have fit. That’s takes a lot of courage; because the film was bankrolled by one producer, all his own money. It was written by a Brit for a Brit. It was like they were going through the motions – they had to see some American actors. And I was nobody! It was a very long shot. It was out of the question and I just did my best. I gave obviously a good audition for him on camera and then just dismissed it. I really did.

Scarface
1983
dir. Brian De Palma
Starring
Al Pacino
Steven Bauer
Michelle Pfeiffer
AMADEUSAmadeus
1984
dir. Milos Forman
Starring
Abraham
Tom Hulce
HOMELAND SEASON 3
2013
Best of the series		 THE NAME OF THE ROSEThe Name of the Rose
1986
dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring
Sean Connery
Christian Slater
MUPPETS FROM SPACEMuppets From Space

1999
dir. Tim Hill
Cast
Dave Goelz
Bill Barretta

 revengeHOMELAND season 2
Best of the season
Best of GOOD WIFE Season 4
Stars:
Archie Panjabi
Christine Baranski		 megan foxBest of GOOD WIFE TV Series MOVIE POSTERTHE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
2014
dir. Wes Anderson
Stars:
Saoirse Ronan
Lea Seydoux		 megan foxBest of GOOD WIFE Season 5
TV POSTERBest of GOOD WIFE Season 2
Stars:
Julianna Margulies
Chris Noth		 TV POSTERBest of GOOD WIFE Season 3
Stars:
Josh Charles
Matt Czuchry
TV POSTERHOMELAND REVIEWS of EVERY EPISODE
Watch video reviews of every single episode.		 TV POSTERHOMELAND
Best of the series. Over 100 pages of pics, reviews, bios.
SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.		 FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!		 SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

Happy Birthday: Casey Wilson

festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized , ,

caseywilson.jpgCasey Wilson

Born: October 24, 1980 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Married to: David Caspe (25 May 2014 – present) (1 child)

 

THE GUILT TRIP
dir. Anne Fletcher
Stars:
Seth Rogen
Barbra Streisand		 BRIDE WARSBride Wars
2009
dir. Gary Winick
Starring
Hathaway
Kate Hudson
Killers
dir. Robert Luketic
Stars
Katherine Heigl
Ashton Kutcher
27 DRESSES27 Dresses
2008
dir. Anne Fletcher
Cast
Brian Kerwin
Charli Barcena

JULIE AND JULIA Movie PosterJulie and Julia
2009
dir. Nora Ephron
Starring
Adams
Meryl Streep
SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.		 FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!		 SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

Happy Birthday: Kevin Kline

festreviews Happy Birthday , ,

kevinkline.jpgKevin Kline

Born: October 24, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Married to: Phoebe Cates (5 March 1989 – present) (2 children)

[1983 interview] When I’m doing a film, I prefer the stage; when I’m working on stage, I prefer film. That doesn’t sound neurotic, does it? Seriously, I like them both. They’re both different. I’ve heard of a lot of actors who do both, who have done both for years, say that the stage is more fulfilling. Film is still new enough to me that, right now, I find film more fulfilling. In films you don’t have the audience and the communication and the contact that you do on stage. You have to wait six months or a year before you commune with an audience in a film, and you’re not even there when it happens… When you work in a film, you’re working in a vacuum… that also has advantages. It’s a different sensation which is not altogether unpleasant.

No Strings Attached
dir. Ivan Reitman
Stars:
Natalie Portman
Ashton Kutcher		 THE EMPEROR'S CLUBThe Emperor’s Club
2002
dir. Michael Hoffman
Starring
Kevin Kline
Hirsch
The Ice Storm
1997
dir. Ang Lee
starring
Kevin Kline
Joan Allen
Weaver
THE TALE OF DESPEREAUXThe Tale of Despereaux
2008
dir. Sam Fell
Robert Stevenhagen
Voices by
Matthew Broderick
Dustin Hoffman		 MOVIE POSTERLAST VEGAS
2013
dir. Jon Turteltaub
Stars:
Robert De Niro
Michael Douglas
MOVIE POSTERA PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
2006
dir. Robin Altman
Stars:
Meryl Streep
Lily Tomlin		 MOVIE POSTERTHE PINK PANTHER
2006
dir. Shawn Levy
Stars:
Steve Martin
Kevin Kline
DAVEDave
1993
dir. Ivan Reitman
Starring
Kevin Kline
Weaver
SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.		 FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!		 SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

Happy Birthday: Shenae Grimes-Beech

festreviews Happy Birthday , ,

shenaegrimes.jpgShenae Grimes-Beech

Born: October 24, 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Married to: Josh Beech (10 May 2013 – present)

[on comparing 90210 (2008) to her YouTube video “Gun Size Matters”] I never get to be a bad ass, and they never put me in black leather on 90210 (2008).

 

Best of 90210 TV series

scream 4SCREAM 4
dir. Wes Craven
Stars:
Neve Campbell
Courteney Cox
SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.		 FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!		 SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

Happy Birthday: BD Wong

festreviews Happy Birthday , ,

bdwong.jpgBD Wong

Born: October 24, 1960 in San Francisco, California, USA

“It is always, always, always one of the harder things to do for me. I remain on “SVU” because it is an incredible opportunity. It affords me also the additional opportunity of doing [stage work]. I am really grateful for the opportunity to do that because it’s pretty rare I think, and I also choose to live in New York, and it’s been really great that way.” When asked about balancing TV work with stage work.

 

Jurassic Park
1993
dir. Spielberg
Starring
Jeff Goldblum
Sam Neill
Laura Dern

MOVIE POSTERJURASSIC PARK 3D
2013
dir. Steven Spielberg
Stars:
Sam Neill
Laura Dern
SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.		 FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!		 SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

Happy Birthday: Eliza Taylor

festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized , ,

elizataylor.jpgEliza Taylor

Born: October 24, 1989 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Being on Twitter and social media, you obviously get to see a lot more of what people are thinking of you and of your show.

I started on Neighbours (1985) when I was 14. It’s crazy to think now that I had such a bizarre adolescence.

THE NOVEMBER MAN
2014
dir. Roger Donaldson
Stars:
Olga Kurylenko
Eliza Taylor
SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.		 FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!		 SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

Happy Birthday: Katie McGrath

festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized , ,

katiemcgrath.jpgKatie McGrath

Born: October 24, 1983 in Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland

[on her quick success as an actress]: It was a bit cheeky, granted. What happened was that I obviously knew all the [The Tudors (2007)] crew well, and one of the drivers gave me a confidential cast list with all the actors’ agents’ details on it, and I wrote to them. I got picked up from that, and Merlin (2008) came along just a few months later. So I won the lottery! I do feel quite bad when everyone talks about how difficult it is to get a foothold in this [acting] business. Most actors slog for years. For instance, everyone on Merlin (2008) did four years at drama school, but I just lucked out.

It’s not an understatement to say that I owe everything as an actor to Merlin (2008). It was pretty much my first job, and I didn’t know what I was doing for many years on it. It wasn’t until the third and fourth series – the fourth series especially – that I really found my feet with the character, and as an actress.
 

SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.		 FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!		 SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

Died Today (October 24th): Raul Julia (1940–1994)

festreviews Died Today, Uncategorized , ,

rauljulia.jpgRaul Julia (1940–1994)

Born: March 9, 1940 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Died: October 24, 1994 (age 54) in Manhasset, New York, USA

Married to:
Merel Poloway (28 June 1976 – 24 October 1994) (his death) (2 children)

I knew there was something special about the theatre for me. Something beyond the regular reality, something that I could get into and transcend and become something other than myself.

FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND
1990
dir. Roger Corman
Starring
John Hurt
Raul Julia
MOVIE POSTERTRADING HEARTS
1988
dir. Neil Leifer
Stars:
Raul Julia
Beverly D’Angelo
SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.		 FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!		 SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

Died Today (October 24th): Maureen O’Hara (1920–2015)

festreviews Died Today ,

maureenohara.jpgMaureen O’Hara (1920–2015)

Born: August 17, 1920 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland [now Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland]
Died: October 24, 2015 (age 95) in Boise, Idaho, USA

Married to:
Charles F. Blair (11 March 1968 – 2 September 1978) (his death)
Will Price (29 December 1941 – 11 August 1953) (divorced) (1 child)
George H. Brown (12 June 1939 – 15 September 1941) (annulled)

Jamaica Inn
1939
dir. by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring
Charles Laughton
Horace Hodges/a>		 THE BLACK SWANThe Black Swan
1942
dir. Henry King
Starring
Tyrone Power
O’Hara
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEYHow Green Was My Valley
1941
dir. John Ford
Starring
Walter Pidgeon
O’Hara		 Miracle on 34th StreetMiracle on 34th Street
1947
dir. Scott Derrickson
Starring
O’Hara
Natalie Wood
The Quiet ManThe Quiet Man
1952
dir. John Ford
starring
John Wayne
O’Hara
The Long Gray LineThe Long Gray Line
1955
dir. John Ford
Starring
Tyrone Power
O’Hara		 THE PARENT TRAPThe Parent Trap
1961
dir. David Swift
Starring
O’Hara
Hayley Mills

 

 

SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.		 FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!		 SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

Died Today (October 24th): Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991)

festreviews Died Today, Uncategorized ,

generoddenberryGene Roddenberry (1921–1991)

Born: August 19, 1921 in El Paso, Texas, USA
Died: October 24, 1991 (age 70) in Santa Monica, California, USA

Married to: Majel Barrett (29 December 1969 – 24 October 1991) (his death) (1 child)
Eileen Anita Rexroat (20 June 1942 – 27 December 1969) (divorced) (2 children)

We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing, all-powerful God, who creates faulty humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.

The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission… to boldly go where no man has gone before.

[on his first meeting with Leonard Nimoy] If I ever do a science-fiction show, I’m going to put pointed ears on him and use him.
 

SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.		 FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!		 SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed