Happy Birthday: Karen Allen

October 5, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Happy Birthday, Karen Allen

Karen Allen

Born: October 5, 1951 in Carrollton, Illinois, USA

[on the difference between Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)] Crystal Skull was more low tech than you might think, although we did do some green screen on it, but not that much. I guess that is the difference, there wasn’t that type of special effects in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). CGI [Computer Generated Imagery] didn’t exist.

Airport 1975
1975
dir. Jack Smight
Cast
Charlton Heston
Karen Black

Animal House
1978
dir. John Landis
Starring
Tom Hulce
John Belushi
Kevin Bacon

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
dir. Steven Spielberg
starring
Harrison Ford
Allen

SCROOGED
1988
dir. Richard Donner
Starring:
Bill Murray
Karen Allen

Malcolm X
1992
dir. Spike Lee
Starring
Denzel Washington
Delro Lindo

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
dir. Steven Spielberg

THE SANDLOT
1993
dir. David M. Evans
Stars:
Tom Guiry
Mike Vitar Starring
Harrison Ford
Shia LaBeouf

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Happy Birthday: Parminder Nagra

October 5, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Parminder Nagra

Parminder Nagra

Born: October 5, 1975 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

The top question I always get is, “What was it like to kiss Jonathan Rhys Meyers, you lucky cow?” What can I say? He was great to kiss. Good lips. It was embarrassing, actually. The first time we had that kissing scene, I actually forgot my lines, I got so lost in it. “There was silence all around me and I thought ‘Why is everything so quiet?’ I looked around and then said, ‘Oh, it’s me, isn’t it?'” (on kissing Rhys-Meyers in Bend It Like Beckham (2002))

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THE BLACKLIST TV SHOW PILOT
2013
Creators: Jon Bokenkamp

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Happy Birthday: Jeff Conaway (1950–2011)

October 5, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Happy Birthday, Jeff Conaway (1950–2011)

Jeff Conaway (1950–2011)

Born: October 5, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: May 27, 2011 (age 60) in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA

[on his suicide attempts]: I’ve tried to commit suicide 21 times. Mostly, it’s been with pills.

[on leaving Taxi (1978)]: In ‘Taxi,’ I kept doing the same scene for three years. I was underused.

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Happy Birthday: Jacob Tremblay

October 5, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actor, Happy Birthday, Jacob Tremblay

Jacob Tremblay

Born: October 5, 2006 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. His breakout performance was in Room (2015), for which he received critical acclaim.

Tremblay made his film debut for the live-action animated film The Smurfs 2.

In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie.

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Happy Birthday: Guy Pearce

October 5, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Guy Pearce, Happy Birthday

Guy Pearce

Born: October 5, 1967 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

[2007] Most studio films don’t end up being a pure experience because you’re not working with the director. You’re answering to producers who have a lot of money at stake. Corners will be shaved off to make something slightly safer so they can make back their $100m.

The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
1994
dir. by Stephan Elliott
starring
Terence Stamp

LA Confidential
1997
dir. Curtis Hanson
starring
Russell Crowe
Pearce
Kevin Spacey

First Snow
2006
dir. Mark Fergus
Starring
Pearce
J.K. Simmons

Traitor
dir. Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Starring
Cheadle
Guy Pearce

Bedtime Stories
2008dir. Adam Shankman
Starring
Adam Sandler
Keri Russell

The Road
dir. John Hillcoat
Stars:
Viggo Mortensen
Charlize Theron
Kodi Smit-McPhee

LOCKOUT
dir. James Mather
Stephen St. Leger
Stars:
Guy Pearce
Maggie Grace

WETTEST COUNTY
dir. John Hillcoat
Stars:
Tom Hardy
Shia LaBeouf

Memento
2000
dir. Christopher Nolan
starring
Pearce
Carrie-Anne Moss

The Proposition
2005
dir. by John Hillcoat
starring
Guy Pierce
Ray Winstone

The Hurt Locker
2009
dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Starring
Jeremy Renner
Anthony Mackie

THE KING’S SPEECH
2010
dir. Tom Hooper
starring
Helena Bonham Carter
Colin Firth

DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
dir. Troy Nixey
Stars:
Katie Holmes
Guy Pearce

PROMETHEUS
dir. Ridley Scott
Stars:
Noomi Rapace
Charlize Theron

FACTORY GIRL
2006
dir. George Hickenlooper
Stars:
Sienna Miller
Guy Pearce

IRON MAN 3
2013
dir. Shane Black
Stars:
Robert Downey Jr.
Guy Pearce

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Happy Birthday: Jesse Eisenberg

October 5, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Happy Birthday, jesse eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg

Born: October 5, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA

This [The Social Network (2010)] was not the sort of script you improvise on. With Aaron Sorkin, it’s immediately clear what the rhythm of the scene is. It’s similar to reading Shakespeare. In fact, it’s a lot like great theater. I looked at some of the lengthier scenes as if I was doing a play. You find the story arc of the scene, discover different moments, build upon them to make it as rich as possible. reconciled his intense control with his disengagement. He might appear detached and bored, but he’s always working to control the entire room.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK
dir. David Fincher
Stars:
Jesse Eisenberg
Andrew Garfield

30 MINUTES OR LESS
dir. Ruben Fleischer
Stars:
Jesse Eisenberg
Danny McBride

ROMEO AND JULIET
1996
dir. Baz Luhrmann
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Claire Danes

Zombieland
2009
dir. Ruben Fleischer
Starring
Jesse Eisenberg
Stone
Woody Harrelson

Adventureland
dir. Greg Mottola
Starring
Jesse Eisenberg

The Squid and the Whale
2005
dir. by Noah Baumbach
starring
Daniels
Laura Linney

RIO
dir. Carlos Saldanha
Stars:
Jesse Eisenberg
Anne Hathaway

TO ROME WITH LOVE
2012
dir. Woody Allen
Stars:
Ellen Page
Greta Gerwig

NOW YOU SEE ME
2013
dir. Louis Leterrier
Stars:
Jesse Eisenberg
Mark Ruffalo

RIO 2
2014
dir. Carlos Saldanha
Stars:
Anne Hathaway
Rodrigo Santoro

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Happy Birthday: Kate Winslet

October 5, 2016 festreviews Uncategorized actor, Happy Birthday, Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet

Born: October 5, 1975 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

Married to: Ned Rocknroll (5 December 2012 – present) (1 child)
Sam Mendes (24 May 2003 – 3 October 2010) (divorced) (1 child)
Jim Threapleton (22 November 1998 – 13 December 2001) (divorced) (1 child)

After Titanic (1997), it would have been completely foolish for me to go and try and top that. I’m an English girl, I’ve always loved England, I’ve never felt the desire to leave it for any particular reason. And whilst I’m ambitious and care very much about what I do, I’m not competitive. I also don’t want to act every day of my life. … So it was important to me after Titanic (1997) to just remind myself of why it was that I was acting in the first place, which is of course because I love it.

Titanic
1997
dir. by James Cameron
Also Starring
Billy Zane
Leonardo DiCaprio

QUILLS
2000
dir. Philip Kaufman
Cast:
Geoffrey Rush
Kate Winslet

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
dir. by Michel Gondry
Also Starring
Jim Carrey
Tom Wilkinson

LITTLE CHILDREN
2005
dir. Todd Field
Cast
Kate Winslet
Jennifer Connelly

Finding Neverland
2004
dir. by Marc Forster
Also Starring
Johnny Depp

Romance and Cigarettes
2005
dir. John Turturro
Cast
James Gandolfini
Susan Sarandon

The Reader
dir. Stephen Daldry
Also Starring
Ralph Fiennes

Revolutionary Road
dir. Sam Mendes
Also Starring
Leonardo DiCaprio

CONTAGION
dir. Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
Matt Damon
Kate Winslet

CARNAGE
dir. Roman Polanski
Stars:
Jodie Foster
Kate Winslet

ALL THE KING’S MEN
2006
dir. Steve Zallian
Stars:
Sean Penn
Jude Law

MOVIE 43
2013
Stars:
Emma Stone
Stephen Merchant
Richard Gere
Liev Schreiber

FLUSHED AWAY
2006
dir. David Bowers
Sam Fell
Stars:
Hugh Jackman
Kate Winslet

DIVERGENT
2014
dir. Neil Burger
Stars:
Shailene Woodley
Theo James

LITTLE CHILDREN
2006
dir. Todd Field
Stars:
Kate Winslet
Patrick Wilson

THE HOLIDAY
2006
dir. Nancy Meyers
Stars:
Kate Winslet
Cameron Diaz

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Happy Birthday: Buster Keaton (1895–1966)

October 4, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, director, Happy Birthday

Buster Keaton (1895–1966)

Born: October 4, 1895 in Piqua, Kansas, USA
Died: February 1, 1966 (age 70) in Los Angeles, California, USA

I’ve had few dull moments [in my life] and not too many sad and defeated ones. In saying this, I am by no means overlooking the rough and rocky years I’ve lived through. But I was not brought up thinking life would be easy. I always expected to work hard for my money and to get nothing I did not earn. And the bad years, it seems to me, were so few that only a dyed-in-the-wool grouch who enjoys feeling sorry for himself would complain.

The Boat: Short Film
1921
dir. Keaton
starring
Keaton

The Balloonatic
1923
dir. Keaton
Starring
Keaton
Phyllis Haver

The Frozen North
1922
dir. Keaton
Edward F. Cline
starring
Keaton
Bonnie Hill

Cops
1922
dir. Keaton
Edward F. Cline
starring
Keaton
Virginia Fox

Sherlock Jr
1924
dir. Keaton
starring
Keaton
Kathryn McGuire

The General
1927
dir. Keaton
Clyde Bruckman
starring
Keaton
Marion Mack

At the Circus
1939
dir. Edward Buzzell
starring
The Marx Bros
Keaton co-writer

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
dir. Richard Lester
Starring
Zero Mostel

Born in 1895 in Kansas, into a vaudeville family performing with the likes of Houdini (who coined his name ‘Buster’), Keaton was an early physical talent.

He entered film in his early twenties making shorts, and was deemed a star upon his first feature, 1920’s The Saphead. Keaton wrote, directed and starred in many of his own films, as well as doing studio comedies which did not garner him critical success.

With the discovery of lost stock of his early work, and 1952’s Limelight with Charlie Chaplin, Buster was finally recognized as an icon of his genre. Buster Keaton died in 1966.

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Happy Birthday: Alan Rosenberg

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Alan Rosenberg

Born: October 4, 1950 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Fair play doesn’t pertain in bargaining. What matters there is leverage. Here [pointing to the crowd] is the leverage. Our leverage is that we’re the product. We took a bad deal for cable 25 years ago. We took a horrible deal for VHS 20 years ago. We won’t be fooled again. (At WGA Rally in front of FOX Plaza)

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Happy Birthday: Charlton Heston (1923–2008)

October 4, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday action, actor, Charlton Heston (1923–2008), Happy Birthday

Charlton Heston (1923–2008)

Born: October 4, 1923 in Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Died: April 5, 2008 (age 84) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Lydia Clarke (17 March 1944 – 5 April 2008) (his death) (2 children)

People don’t perceive me as a shy man. But I am. I am thought of mostly in terms of the parts I play. I am seen as a forbidding authority figure. I only wish I were as indomitable as everyone thinks.

The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Cast
Betty Hutton
Cornel Wilde

Planet of the Apes
1968
dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Starring
Charlton Heston
Roddy McDowall

Earthquake
1974
dir. Mark Robson
Starring
Heston
Ava Gardner

Airport 1975
1975
dir. Jack Smight
Cast
Charlton Heston
Karen Black

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

Tombstone
1993
dir. George P. Cosmatos
Starring
Kurt Russell
Val Kilmer

True Lies
1994
dir. James Cameron
Starring
Schwarzenegger
Jamie Lee Curtis

Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
dir. Ted Post
Starring
James Franciscus
Kim Hunter

The Omega Man
1971
dir. Boris Sagal
Starring
Heston
Anthony Zerbe

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Happy Birthday: Karen Allen

Happy Birthday: Parminder Nagra

Happy Birthday: Jeff Conaway (1950–2011)

Happy Birthday: Jacob Tremblay

Happy Birthday: Guy Pearce

Happy Birthday: Jesse Eisenberg

Happy Birthday: Kate Winslet

Happy Birthday: Buster Keaton (1895–1966)

Happy Birthday: Alan Rosenberg

Happy Birthday: Charlton Heston (1923–2008)