Happy Birthday: Elisabeth Shue

October 6, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actors, Elisabeth Shue, Happy Birthday

Elisabeth Shue

Born: October 6, 1963 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Married to:
Davis Guggenheim (August 1994 – present) (3 children)

[on acting] The darker, more complex and emotional the part is, the easier it is for me. But I don’t take any of that stuff home with me at the end of the day.

The Karate Kid
1984
dir. by John G. Avildsen
starring
Ralph Macchio
Pat Morita
Shue

Back to the Future II
1989
dir. Zemeckis
starring
Michael J. Fox
Christopher Lloyd

Back to the Future III
1990
dir. Robert Zemeckis
starring
Michael J Fox
Christopher Lloyd

Leaving Las Vegas
1995
dir. Mike Figgis
Starring
Nicolas Cage
Shue

Gracie
2007
dir. Davis Guggenheim
Starring
Jesse Lee Soffer
Christopher Shand

Hamlet 2
dir. Andrew Fleming
Starring
Steve Coogan
Catherine Keener

HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET
dir. Mark Tonderai
Stars:
Jennifer Lawrence
Elisabeth Shue

Lions for Lambs
dir. Redford
Starring
Tom Cruise
Meryl Streep

CHASING MAVERICKS
dir. Curtis Hanson
Stars:
Jonny Weston
Gerard Butler

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Happy Birthday: Donald Pleasence (1919–1995)

October 5, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actors, Donald Pleasence (1919–1995), Happy Birthday

Donald Pleasence (1919–1995)

Born: October 5, 1919 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Died: February 2, 1995 (age 75) in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Married: Linda Kentwood (3 January 1989 – 2 February 1995) (his death)
Miera Shore (10 October 1970 – 1 February 1988) (divorced) (1 child)
Josephine Crombie (1959 – 1970) (divorced) (2 children)
Miriam Raymond (1941 – 1958) (divorced) (2 children)

[on THX 1138 (1971)] It was an enjoyable film to make. Even at that point, I had a feeling George Lucas would go on to do some wonderful things. Technically he knew everything about the business at a very young age.

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Happy Birthday: Jackie Collins (1937–2015)

October 4, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actors, Happy Birthday

Jackie Collins (1937–2015)

Born: October 4, 1937 in London, England, UK
Died: September 19, 2015 (age 77) in Los Angeles, California, USA

[from her last interview] Looking back, I’m not sorry about anything I did. I did it my way, as Frank Sinatra would say. I’ve written five books since the diagnosis [for stage 4 breast cancer], I’ve lived my life, I’ve traveled all over the world, I have not turned down book tours and no one has ever known until now when I feel as though I should come out with it. Now I want to save other people’s lives.

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Happy Birthday: Armand Assante

October 4, 2016 festreviews Uncategorized actors, Armand Assante, Happy Birthday

Armand Assante

Born: October 4, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA

[on the recession] I’ve never seen a time when the financial end of film was so fragile. Projects come and go on the capacity of whether people have the financial ability, even for the lowest budget projects. It shows what has happened since 2008.

TWO FOR THE MONEY
2005
dir. D.J. Caruso
Starring:
Matthew McConaughey
Al Pacino

DEAD MAN DOWN
2013
dir. Niels Arden Oplev
Stars:
Colin Farrell
Noomi Rapace

American Gangster
dir. Scott
Starring
Russell Crowe
Washington

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Happy Birthday: Susan Sarandon

October 4, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actors, Happy Birthday, Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

Born: October 4, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA

Lived with Tim Robbins from 1988 to 2009. They have two children together.

On Thelma & Louise (1991) after her nomination for best actress, 1992, “I was surprised that the film struck such a primal nerve. I knew when we were filming that it would be different, unusual and hopefully entertaining. But shocking? I guess giving women the option of violence was hard for a lot of people to accept”.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
dir. by Jim Sharman
starring
Tim Curry
Sarandon

Speed Racer
2008
Directed by Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski
Starring
Emile Hirsch
Christina Ricci

James and the Giant Peach
1996
dir. Henry Selick
Cast
Simon Callow
Richard Dreyfuss

Moonlight Mile
2002
dir. Brad Silberling
Starring
Jake Gyllenhaal
Bruce Willis
Sarandon
Dustin Hoffman

The Lovely Bones
dir. Peter Jackson
Stars:
Rachel Weisz
Mark Wahlberg
Saoirse Ronan

Mr. Woodcock
2007
Directed by Craig Gillespie
Starring
Billy Bob Thornton
Sarandon
Sean William Scott

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

ROBERT AND FRANK
2012
dir. Jake Schreier
Stars:
Peter Sarsgaard
Frank Langella

ARBITRAGE
2012
dir. Nicholas Jarecki
Stars:
Richard Gere
Susan Sarandon

THE BIG WEDDING
dir. Justin Zackham
Stars:
Robert De Niro
Diane Keaton

CLOUD ATLAS
2012
dir. Tom Tykwer
Andy Wachowski
Lana Wachowski

THE HUNGER
1983
dir. by Tony Scott
Stars:
Catherine Deneuve
David Bowie

THE COMPANY YOU KEEP
2013
dir. Robert Redford
Stars:
Nick Nolte
Shia LaBeouf

SNITCH
2013
dir. Ric Roman Waugh
Stars:
Dwayne Johnson
Susan Sarandon

TAMMY
2014
dir. Ben Falcone
Stars:
Melissa McCarthy
Susan Sarandon

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

Enchanted
2007
Directed by Kevin Lima
Starring
Amy Adams
Patrick Dempsey

PEACOCK
2010
dir. Regina Crosby
Starring:
Scott Michael Foster
Noa Hegesh

JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME
dir. Jay Duplass
Mark Duplass
Stars:
Jason Segel
Ed Helms

Bull Durham
1988
dir. Ron Shelton
Starring
Sarandon
Costner

Thelma and Louise
1991
dir. Ridley Scott
Starring
Geena Davis
Sarandon

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Happy Birthday: Rachael Leigh Cook

October 4, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actors, Happy Birthday, Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook

Born: October 4, 1979 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Married to: Daniel Gillies (14 August 2004 – present) (2 children)

I would love to work with Rosario Dawson & Tara Reid again. We were a team on the set of Josie and the Pussycats (2001), our chemistry was great from the first day of filming & you don’t really expect that when you work with new people. I still call them everyday, like sisters to me!

She’s All That
1999
dir. by Robert Iscove
starring
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Cook

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
dir. Curt Geda
Stars:
Will Friedle
Kevin Conroy

Josie and the Pussycats
2001
dir. Deborah Kaplan
Harry Elfont
Starring
Rachel Leigh Cook
Rosario Dawson

THE BUMBLEBEE FLIES ANYWAY
1999
dir. Martin Duffy
Starring:
Elijah Wood
Rachael Leigh Cook

11:14
2003
dir. Greg Marcks
Starring
Henry Thomas
Blake Heron

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
2005
dir. Testsuya Nomura
Takeshi Nozue

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Happy Birthday: Alicia Silverstone

October 4, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actors, Alicia Silverstone, Happy Birthday

Alicia Silverstone

Born: October 4, 1976 in San Francisco, California, USA

Married to:
Christopher Jarecki (11 June 2005 – present) (1 child)

[on Clueless (1995)] Cher Horowitz knows she’s the most beautiful, most obviously important person in the world – her world – yet she doesn’t really know about the rest of the world. She evolves in the film and sees there’s more to life than her wardrobe. Cher eventually realizes she’s beautiful because of who she is inside, not because of her appearance.

THE ART OF GETTING BY
2011
dir. Gavin Wiesen
Stars
Freddie Highmore
Emma Roberts

Blast from the Past
1999
dir. Hugh Wilson
Starring
Brendan Fraser
Alicia Silverstone

CLUELESS
1982
dir. Amy Heckerling
Starring:
Alicia Silverstone
Brittney Murphy

BUTTER
dir. Jim Field Smith
Stars:
Jennifer Garner
Yara Shahidi

Batman & Robin
1997
dir. Joel Schumacher
Starring
Clooney
Uma Thurman
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Happy Birthday: Christoph Waltz

October 4, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actors, Christoph Waltz, Happy Birthday

Christoph Waltz

Born: October 4, 1956 in Vienna, Austria

It’s frustrating. Even though I agree with all of you [other actors being interviewed], I have a less romantic and idealistic approach to acting. Over there [Germany], the business is based on mediocrity. On a high level, admittedly, but mediocrity. You reach a certain level, beyond which you will not go. Not just in career but in challenges and opportunity. It’s interesting for the specific issue of how to cope with an actor’s life. To lead an actor’s life. What do you do if you have a stretch of five years where you only get mediocre offers and nothing to sink your teeth into? That’s where it is difficult. Becoming an actor is one thing. Being an actor is entirely different.

The Green Hornet
dir. Michel Gondry
Stars:
Seth Rogen
Jay Chou

CARNAGE
dir. Roman Polanski
Stars:
Jodie Foster
Kate Winslet

MUPPETS MOST WANTED
2014
dir. James Bobin
Stars:
Tina Fey
Ricky Gervais

Inglourious Basterds
2009
dir. Tarantino
Starring
Brad Pitt
Mike Myers

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
dir. Francis Lawrence
Stars:
Robert Pattinson
Reese Witherspoon

EPIC
2013
dir. Chris Wedge
Stars:
Amanda Seyfried
Josh Hutcherson

THE THREE MUSKETEERS
dir. Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars:
Logan Lerman
Matthew Macfadyen

DJANGO UNCHAINED
dir. Quentin Tarantino
Stars:
Jamie Foxx
Don Johnson

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Happy Birthday: Caitriona Balfe

October 4, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actors, Caitriona Balfe, Happy Birthday

Caitriona Balfe

Born: October 4, 1979 in Dublin, Ireland

Modelling wasn’t a passion of mine so that made it get old kind of quickly. I was getting very frustrated.

She has also graced the covers of magazines such as Vogue and Elle. At the time she was scouted, Balfe was studying drama at the Dublin Institute of Technology, hoping to become an actress. She returned to her initial career choice in 2009.

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Happy Birthday: Janel Moloney

October 3, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actors, Happy Birthday, Janel Moloney

Janel Moloney

Born: October 3, 1969 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

At one point in my 20s, I was about to quit acting. I’d had a crappy couple of years and I was depressed. My mom said, ‘Don’t give up! You’ll be so mad at yourself.’

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