a scanner darkly

In un futuro prossimo il 20% della popolazione americana fa uso della sostanza D (sostanza M, in italiano), che induce una dipendenza irreversibile fino a causare danni cerebrali.
L'unica via d'uscita è il ricovero forzato presso strutture private che operano su concessione del governo; per le strade, a combattere gli spacciatori, solo uno sparuto gruppo di poliziotti.
Uno di questi, Bob Arctor, vive da anni infiltrato, conducendo la doppia vita di poliziotto e di dograto e spacciatore; la sua situazione peggiora costantemente, verso il punto di non ritorno.

Tratto da Philip K. Dick (A Scanner Darkly), questo Un Oscuro Scrutatore riprende in pieno l'alienazione e l'estraniamento che il libro trasmetteva: una rappresentazione angosciante della droga e della società, descritte da uno che sull'argomento aveva parecchio da dire.
Film a tratti lento, con dialoghi folli e situazioni surreali, riesce comunque a mantenere l'interesse e costruisce bene il finale (identico a quello del libro).

Notevole la tecnica: tutto il girato è stato ritoccato, ridisegnando i tratti di cose e persone (con un effetto simil-cell-shading), contribuendo molto alla "resa" della storia.
Proprio per questo è di fatto impossibile valutare le interpretazioni: "sotto" ci sono Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. (in un film sulla droga?!?! ) e Winona Ryder, ma onestamente poteva essere chiunque altro.
L'effetto è bello da vedere, ma rientra nella categoria "ok, fantastico: ora non fatelo MAI più".

Voto: 7. (di digestione non facilissima, comunque)
Tags: fantascienza, drammatico, thriller, animazione, mistero, droga, sostanza D, sostanza M, spacciatore, polizia, poliziotto, sotto copertura, soffocamento, allucinazione, assuefazione, danno cerebrale, pistola, bicicletta, litigio, guerra alla droga, sesso, cocaina, nudo, vomito, comunità di recupero, sorveglianza, paranoia, coltivazione, sdoppiamento di personalità, suicidio, automobile, Philip K. Dick.

Reeves, Keanu

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Nome di battesimo: Reeves, Keanu Charles
Data di nascita: 2 September 1964
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) .... Klaatu [attore]
• The Night Watchman (2008) .... [attore]
• The Lake House (2006) .... Alex Wyler [attore]
• A Scanner Darkly (2006) .... Bob Arctor [attore]
• Constantine (2005) .... John Constantine [attore]
• Ellie Parker (2005) .... Dogstar [attore]
• Thumbsucker (2005) .... Perry Lyman [attore]
• Video Hits: Paula Abdul (2005) (V) .... The Boy (segment "Rush, Rush") [attore]
• The Animatrix (2003) (V) .... Neo (voice) (segment "Kid's Story") [attore]
• Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG) .... Neo [attore]

Biografia:
One of the most inscrutable actors to ever hit it big, Keanu Reeves has been by turns adored, reviled, and grudgingly respected by the movie-going public. As the controversy over his talent rages on, his career choices and paychecks show him inching toward A-list status. Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1964. His mother, Patricia, was a showgirl; his father, Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. After their marriage dissolved, Keanu moved with his mother and younger sister Kim to New York City, then Toronto. Stepfather #1 was Paul Aaron, a stage and film director - he and Patricia divorced within a year, after which she went on to marry (and divorce) rock promoter Robert Miller and hair salon owner Jack Bond. Reeves never reconnected with his biological father, who is now in prison on charges of cocaine possession. In high school, Reeves was lukewarm toward academics but took a keen interest in ice hockey (as team goalie, he earned the nickname "The Wall") and drama. He eventually dropped out of school to pursue an acting career.After a few stage gigs and a handful of made-for-TV movies, he scored a supporting role in the Rob Lowe hockey flick Youngblood (1986), which was filmed in Canada. Shortly after the production wrapped, Reeves packed his bags and headed for Hollywood. Reeves popped up on critics' radar with his performance in the dark adolescent drama River's Edge (1986), but his first popular success was the role of totally rad dude Ted Logan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). The wacky time-travel movie became something of a cultural phenomenon, and audiences would forever confuse Reeves's real-life persona with that of his doofy on-screen counterpart. Over the next few years, Reeves tried to shake the Ted stigma with a series of highbrow projects. He played a slumming rich boy opposite River Phoenix's narcoleptic male hustler in My Own Private Idaho (1991), an unlucky lawyer who stumbles into the vampire's lair in Dracula (1992), and Shakespearean party-pooper Don Jon in Much Ado About Nothing (1993).In 1994, the understated actor became a big-budget action star with the release of Speed (1994/I). Its success heralded an era of five years in which Reeves would alternate between largely unwatched small films, like Feeling Minnesota (1996) and The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997), and unwatched big films like Johnny Mnemonic (1995) and Chain Reaction (1996). After all this Reeves did the unthinkable and passed on the Speed sequel, but he struck box-office gold again a few years later with the Wachowski brothers' cyberadventure The Matrix (1999). Despite his deadpan delivery style and reputation as an oaf, Reeves continues to reel in choice roles and fat paychecks. Whatever he knows, he's not telling the public--his self-deprecating interview tactics and mysterious private life provide little insight into his artistry. As far as Reeves is concerned, it seems, he's just a regular guy who rides a motorcycle, plays in a band (Dogstar), and shows up every now and then for a movie shoot.

Trivia random: Ranked #23 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Citazione random: I'm a meathead, man. You've got smart people, and you've got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb.
Salario massimo: $15,000,000 + 15% of the gross, per The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Downey Jr., Robert

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Nome di battesimo: Jr., Robert John Downey
Data di nascita: 4 April 1965
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Susan Downey::(27 August 2005 - present), Deborah Falconer::(29 May 1992 - 26 April 2004) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• The Soloist (2009) .... Steve Lopez [attore]
• Iron Man (2008) .... Tony Stark/Iron Man [attore]
• Tropic Thunder (2008) .... Kirk Lazarus [attore]
• Charlie Bartlett (2007) .... The Principal [attore]
• Lucky You (2007) .... Telephone Jack [attore]
• Zodiac (2007/I) .... Paul Avery [attore]
• Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) .... Lionel Sweeney [attore]
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) .... (co-producer) [produttore]
• A Scanner Darkly (2006) .... James Barris [attore]
• The Shaggy Dog (2006) .... Dr. Kozak [attore]

Biografia:
Robert John Downey Jr. was born in Greenwich Village, New York City at 1.10 pm. He's the son of underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.. His first part in a movie was in his father's Pound (1970), where 5-year-old Downey played a puppy. When he was 20 years old, he joined "Saturday Night Live" (1975) for one season. After that, he went to Hollywood. In 1987, he got the leading role in director James Toback's film The Pick-up Artist (1987), where he was up against Molly Ringwald. The same year, he played drug addict Julian Wells in the movie Less Than Zero (1987). In 1992, he played Charles Chaplin in Sir Richard Attenborough's film Chaplin (1992). For his astonishing performance, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In the year 2000, guest starred in the comedy series "Ally McBeal" (1997), where he portrayed the attorney Larry Paul, who became Ally's love interest. For that performance, he won the Golden Globe for "best supporting actor in a comedy series". On "Ally McBeal" (1997), Downey got to show he can sing as well as act when he sang Joni Mitchell's "River", "Chances Are" as a duet with Vonda Shepard, and also "Every Breath You Take" together with Sting. He released one song of his own, "Snakes", on the "Ally McBeal" (1997) album "For Once In My Life", and a full album of his work titled "The Futurist" in 2005.

Trivia random: Downey pleaded no contest to drug charges. The judge sentenced him to remain in rehabilitation for one year and to three years probation. [16 July 2001]
Citazione random: "I've become a picky little bitch. I've never bothered to plan projects before. I just used to throw the script across the room and say 'why do they keep sending me this horseshit?' And then I'd start rehearsels two weeks later."
Salario massimo: $100/day, per Game 6 (2005)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Scanner Darkly, A (2006)

A scanner darkly - Un oscuro scrutare

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Regista: Richard Linklater
Scrittore: Philip K. Dick, Richard Linklater
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.2/10 (19871 voti)
Durata: 100 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Rory Cochrane .... Charles Freck
• Robert Downey Jr. .... James Barris
• Mitch Baker .... Brown Bear Lodge Host
• Keanu Reeves .... Bob Arctor
• Sean Allen .... Additional Fred Scramble Suit Voice (voice)
• Cliff Haby .... Voice from Headquarters (voice)
• Steven Chester Prince .... Cop
• Winona Ryder .... Donna Hawthorne
• Natasha Valdez .... Waitress
• Mark Turner .... Additional Hank Scramble Suit Voice (voice)

Trama:
In a totalitarian society in a near future, the undercover detective Bob Arctor is working with a small time group of drug users trying to reach the big distributors of a brain-damaging drug called Substance D. His assignment is promoted by the recovery center New Path Corporation, and when Bob begins to lose his own identity and have schizophrenic behavior, he is submitted to tests to check his mental conditions.

Trivia random: In Arctor's kitchen there is a drawing of a head in a box next to the phrase "Time to thaw Walt out!". This is a reference to the urban legend that animator Walt Disney had himself cryogenically frozen.
Citazione random: Donna: Hey you guys.::Donna: [screams when Luckman and Barris pull out their weapons at her] Fuck! Jesus!::[they lower their weapons]::Donna: What the fuck is wrong with you? I came in like the note said. It doesn't say when you were gonna get back, so I just, just sat around for a while, and ended up crashing.::Luckman: Love your sweater.::Donna: Just don't touch me! Man you guys were making so much noise. Woke me up.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Dick, Philip K.

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Nome di battesimo: Dick, Philip Kindred
Data di nascita: 16 December 1928
Data di morte: 2 March 1982
Coniuge: Tessa Busby::(18 April 1973 - 26 March 1978) (divorced) 1 child, Nancy Hackett::(1966 - 1973) (divorced) 1 child, Anne Williams Rubinstein::(1958 - 1964) (divorced) 1 child, Kleo Apostolides::(June 1950 - 1958) (divorced), Jeanette Marlin::(May 1948 - November 1948) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Next (2007) .... (novel story "The Golden Man") (as Phillip K. Dick) [scrittore]
• A Scanner Darkly (2006) .... (novel) [scrittore]
• Paycheck (2003) .... (short story) [scrittore]
• Impostor (2002) .... (short story "The Impostor") [scrittore]
• Minority Report (2002) .... (short story) [scrittore]
• "Total Recall 2070" (1999) .... (unknown episodes) [scrittore]
• Blade Runner (1997) (VG) .... (novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?") [scrittore]
• Screamers (1995) .... (short story Second Variety) [scrittore]
• Drug-Taking and the Arts (1994) .... (novel "A Scanner Darkly") [scrittore]
• Confessions d'un Barjo (1992) .... (novel) [scrittore]

Biografia:
Philip Kindred Dick was born in Chicago in December 1928, along with a twin sister, Jane. Jane died less than eight weeks later, allegedly from an allergy to mother's milk. Dick's parents split up during his childhood, and he moved with his mother to Berkeley, California, where he lived for most of the rest of his life. Dick became a published author in 1952. His first sale was the short story "Roog." His first novel, "Solar Lottery," appeared in 1955. Dick produced an astonishing amount of material during the 1950s and 1960s, writing and selling nearly a hundred short stories and some two dozen or so novels during this period, including "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?," "Time Out Of Joint," "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch," and the Hugo-award winning "The Man In The High Castle." A supremely chaotic personal life (Dick was married five times) along with drug experimentation, sidetracked Dick's career in the early 1970s. Dick would later maintain that reports of his drug use had been greatly exaggerated by sensationalistic colleagues. In any event, after a layoff of several years, Dick returned to action in 1974 with the Campbell award-winning novel "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said." Perhaps more importantly, though, this same year Dick would have a profound religious experience that would forever alter his life. Dick's final years were haunted by what he alleged to be a 1974 visitation from God, or at least a God-like being. Dick spent the rest of his life writing copious journals regarding the visitation and his interpretations of the event. At times, Dick seemed to regard it as a divine revelation and, at other times, he believed it to be a sign of extreme schizophrenic behaviour. His final novels all deal in some way with the entity he saw in 1974, especially "Valis," in which the title-character is an extraterrestrial God-like machine that chooses to make contact with a hopelessly schizophrenic, possibly drug-addled and decidedly mixed-up science fiction writer named Philip K. Dick. Despite his award-winning novels and almost universal acclaim from within the science-fiction community, Dick was never especially financially successful as a writer. He worked mainly for low-paying science-fiction publishers and never seemed to see any royalties from his novels after the advance had been paid, no matter how many copies they sold. In fact, one of the reasons for his extreme productivity was that he always seemed to need the advance money from his next story or novel in order to make ends meet. But towards the very end of his life, he achieved a measure of financial stability, partly due to the money he received from the producers of Blade Runner (1982) for the rights to his novel "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?" upon which the film was based. Shortly before the film premiered, however, he died of a heart attack at the age of 53. Since his death, several other films have been adapted from his works (incuding Total Recall (1990)) and several unpublished novels have been published posthumously.

Trivia random: A recurrent motif in many of Dick's stories involves the collapse of an artificial reality; the main character discovers that his entire world has been mechanically imposed on his psyche and that "reality" is vastly different. Other uses of "alternate realities" also figure in some of his novels and stories.
Citazione random: [September 25, 1980, from a conversation with Paul M. Sammon (Paul Sammon)]: You would have to kill me and prop me up in the seat of my car with a smile painted on my face to get me to go near Hollywood.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Ryder, Winona

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Nome di battesimo: Horowitz, Winona Laura
Data di nascita: 29 October 1971
Altezza: 5' 4" (1.63 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Alpha Numeric (2008) .... Tea Baker [attrice]
• The Informers (2008) .... [attrice]
• The Last Word (2007) .... [attrice]
• Sex and Death 101 (2007) .... Gillian [attrice]
• The Ten (2007) .... Kelly LaFonda [attrice]
• Welcome (2007/II) .... Cynthia [attrice]
• The Darwin Awards (2006) .... Siri [attrice]
• A Scanner Darkly (2006) .... Donna Hawthorne [attrice]
• The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) .... Psychologist (uncredited) [attrice]
• The Day My God Died (2003) .... (producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Winona Ryder was born Winona Horowitz and named after her the town in which she was born, Winona Minnesota. She grew up in a ranch commune in Northern California where there was no electricity. She is the Goddaughter of Timothy Leary and her parents were friends of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and once edited a book called "Shaman Woman Mainline Lady" an anthology of writings on the drug experience in literature - this included one piece by Louisa May Alcott. Winona Ryder was later to star as Jo in this author's Little Women (1994). She moved with her parents to Petaluma (near San Francisco) when she was ten and enrolled in acting classes at the American Conservatory Theater. At 13 she had a video audition to the film Desert Bloom (1986), but didn't get the part. Director David Seltzer, however, spotted her and cast her in Lucas (1986). When telephoned to ask how she'd like to have her name appear on the credits, she suggested Ryder as her father's Mitch Ryder album was playing the background. Ryder was selected for the part of Mary Corleone in The Godfather: Part III (1990), but had to drop out of the role after catching the flu from the strain of doing the films Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) and Mermaids (1990) back to back. She said she didn't want to let everyone down by doing a substandard performance. She later made The Age of Innocence (1993) which was directed by Martin Scorsese, who she believes to be "the best director in the world".

Trivia random: Injured knee while filming Girl, Interrupted (1999). [22 March 1999]
Citazione random: "I read biographies of the greats, and they were so messed up that I thought I'd better mess myself up. But I couldn't. I'm too small."
Salario massimo: $2,800,000, per Alien: Resurrection (1997)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Max Payne

Max Payne, il videogioco, era davvero pregevole: divertente da giocare e con una storia stylish ed hard-boiled da far paura.
Pur avendo avuto successo, non si può però dire che sia il primo nome che viene in mente al grande pubblico, quando gli si chiede il titolo di un videogame, eppure qualcuno deve aver pensato che potesse avere un traino sufficiente da farci un film.
E fin qui nulla di male.
Visto il risultato, viene però da chiedersi che senso abbia comprare i diritti di un'opera se poi se ne stravolgono completamente stile e personaggi.
E neanche questo sarebbe un male di per sé, se il risultato fosse buono - sorprendentemente, non è il caso del film di Max Payne.

Max è un poliziotto a cui viene sterminata la famiglia; sulle tracce degli assassini si imbatterà in una nuova droga sviluppata da una casa farmaceutica per migliorare le prestazioni dei soldati in combattimento. Pur causando tremende allucinazioni, la sostanza viene diffusa tra alcuni stimati esponenti della criminalità locale, per fini (non tanto) misteriosi.
L'indagine meno impegnativa della storia viene adeguatamente condita dalle sparatorie più ridicole di ogni epoca (e non c'è neppure l'adeguata quantità di bullet-time!)

La regia, oltre ad essere supponente ed indisponente come poche, si dimostra davvero sadica con gli spettatori: su 100 minuti di film, 80 abbondanti consistono in primissimi piani di Mark Wahlberg. MA SIAMO IMPAZZITI?!?!
Che per carità, a suo modo è uno dei miei attori-feticcio, ma insomma...
In mezzo a tale catastrofe, vengono coinvolti pure nomi del calibro (si fa per dire) di Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Chris O'Donnell e Amaury Nolasco.

Su tutto il resto, stendiamo un velo pietoso.
Ah, e se voleste comunque andare al cinema nella speranza di vedere della pelle, siate informati che Olga Kurylenko e Mila Kunis non ne mostrano neanche un centimetro quadrato (e non dimenticate gli 80 minuti mono-facciali di Wahlberg... )

Voto: 2. Atroce. Trashometro^® 4/10:
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Max Payne (2008)

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Regista: John Moore
Scrittore: Beau Thorne, Sam Lake
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action
Valutazione: 5.7/10 (17762 voti)
Durata: 100 min
Paese: USA, Canada
Lingua: Spanish, English

Cast:

• Mark Wahlberg .... Max Payne
• Mila Kunis .... Mona Sax
• Beau Bridges .... BB Hensley
• Ludacris .... Lt. Jim Bravura (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
• Chris O'Donnell .... Jason Colvin
• Donal Logue .... Det. Alex Balder
• Amaury Nolasco .... Jack Lupino
• Kate Burton .... Nicole Horne
• Olga Kurylenko .... Natasha Sax
• Rothaford Gray .... Joe Salle

Trama:
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.

Trivia random: Olga Kurylenko's second movie based on a video game. First was Hitman (2007).
Citazione random: [from trailer]::Lincoln DeNeuf: The Devil is building his army. Max Payne is looking for something that God wants to stay hidden. That is what makes him more dangerous.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Moore, John (V)

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Data di nascita: 1970
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Coniuge: Fiona Connen::(December 2005 - present) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Virulents (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Max Payne (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Omen (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Flight of the Phoenix (2004) .... [regista]
• Wild West's Most Wanted (2003) (TV) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Behind Enemy Lines (2001) .... [regista]
• Pips (1996) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• He Shoots, He Scores (1995) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Jack's Bicycle (1990) .... (writer) [scrittore]

Biografia:
John Moore was born in Dundalk, Ireland in 1970, a small town situated about 60 miles from the country's capital Dublin. Moore attended a technical college in Dublin where he studied filmmaking and after completing the school he went on to direct and write a series of short films all produced in his native Ireland. These include Jack's Bicycle (1990) which has been broadcasted on Irish TV channel RTV on occasion. Moore then was hired to make a series of commercials and ended up making the launch advertisement for the Sega Dreamcast, the ad was so bombastic and visually impressive that Twentieth Century Fox ended up offering him the job on Behind Enemy Lines (2001), a $40 million action film centered around the conflict in Bosnia. The film starred Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson. Whilst a modest box-office success the film fared only average with critics who varied in their opinions, and in later years Moore himself admitted that perhaps his approach had been to lightweight and a conflict of that scope required a more deep and thoughtful motion picture. On the set of Behind Enemy Lines (2001) Moore was nearly killed via a Tank in an action sequence and had his life saved in the last moment by a stuntman who dragged him from harm's way. Moore's next film was a remake of The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) and shared the same name only dropping the "the" at the titles beginning. Flight of the Phoenix (2004) starred Dennis Quaid and Miranda Otto and told virtually the same story as the original, a group of people stranded in the desert after a plane crash. The picture was a huge box-office flop making just slightly over $21 million worldwide on a considerably larger budget. Critics showed the same unsure reaction to the film as they had on Behind Enemy Lines (2001), lavishing praise on certain aspects but harshly criticizing others. Moore himself was more pleased with the finished article on this occasion but the public's financial rejection suggests others weren't. After this Moore was involved with two other films one entitled "The last mission" which collapsed due to script issues and the 2006 smash X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In the end it was not Moore who directed the third in the X-Men trilogy but Rush Hour 2 (2001) director Brett Ratner. However Moore did manage to get a film into cinemas during Summer 2006 in the end, he remade The Omen (1976) and had it released on the 06/06/06, a gimmick associated with the films satanic plot. The Omen (2006) was a fairly faithful remake and starred Julia Stiles along with Liev Schreiber and David Thewlis. Moore agreed to make the film as he names the 1976 original among his all time favorite movies along with Jaws (1975) and Freaks (1932). The film made a worldwide $120 million from a $25 million budget and thus had to be considered a success in terms of box-office. The critics were once more split, most criticized the picture for following the original too closely but by the same token generally a kind word was spared for Moore's impressive visuals and the strong cast. This marked the director's third collaboration with Twentieth Century Fox, and now a fourth is due late 2008 in the form of video game adaptation Max Payne (2008) which is set to star Mark Wahlberg in the title role. The picture is due to hit theaters October 2008.

Trivia random: Is engaged to be married to Fiona Connon after meeting whilst working on The Omen (2006).
Citazione random: Behind Enemy Lines, my first movie, was... well as some critics quite fairly described it, an awful Hollywood swing at a complex political situation in Bosnia. You know, there are subject matters that a lot of people in the world would be horrified to think that a director like me would be approaching, but I still have ambitions to make some movies that are entertaining and touch on some of the stuff we're dealing with now. - On his first movie Behind Enemy Lines

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Kunis, Mila

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Nome di battesimo: Kunis, Milena Markovna
Data di nascita: 14 August 1983
Altezza: 5' 3" (1.60 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Book of Eli (2010) .... Solara [attrice]
• Extract (2009) .... Cindy [attrice]
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) .... Rachel Jansen [attrice]
• Max Payne (2008) .... Mona Sax [attrice]
• After Sex (2007) .... Nikki [attrice]
• Boot Camp (2007) .... Sophie [attrice]
• Moving McAllister (2007) .... Michelle [attrice]
• Family Guy (2006) (VG) .... Meg Griffin (voice) [attrice]
• Saints Row (2006) (VG) .... Tanya (voice) [attrice]
• Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) (V) .... Meg Griffin / Additional Voices (voice) [attrice]

Trivia random: She is a fan of hard rock/metal band Aerosmith.
Citazione random: Blondes definitely do not have more fun. Trust me.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Nolasco, Amaury

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Nome di battesimo: Garrido, Amaury Nolasco
Data di nascita: 24 December 1970
Altezza: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Armored (2009/I) .... Palmer [attore]
• Max Payne (2008) .... Jack Lupino [attore]
• Street Kings (2008) .... Detective Cosmo Santos [attore]
• Transformers (2007) .... ACWO Jorge "Fig" Figueroa [attore]
• The Benchwarmers (2006) .... Carlos [attore]
• Mr 3000 (2004) .... Minadeo [attore]
• 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) .... Orange Julius [attore]
• The Librarians (2003) .... G-Man [attore]
• Final Breakdown (2002) .... Hector Arturo [attore]
• Brother (2000) .... Victor [attore]

Trivia random: He was recently included in the prestigious list of the 26 guys to watch in 2004 published by USA Today, alongside such talents as Justin Timberlake, Ashton Kutcher, Josh Harnett and Jake Gyllenhaal, to name a few.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Wahlberg, Mark (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Wahlberg, Mark Robert Michael
Data di nascita: 5 June 1971
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Brazilian Job (2011) .... Charlie Croker [attore]
• The Fighter (2009) .... 'Irish' Mickey Ward [attore]
• The Lovely Bones (2009) .... Jack Salmon [attore]
• The Happening (2008) .... Elliot Moore [attore]
• Max Payne (2008) .... Max Payne [attore]
• Shooter (2007/I) .... Bob Lee Swagger [attore]
• We Own the Night (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Departed (2006) .... Dignam [attore]
• Invincible (2006) .... Vince Papale [attore]
• Four Brothers (2005) .... Bobby Mercer [attore]

Biografia:
Son of Alma and Donald. Brother of 5 brothers and 3 sisters. Born in Dorchester. High-school dropout, later got GED. Did various jobs including bricklayer and was convicted of several minor felonies. Recorded two albums and toured as Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. "Music For the People" (Interscope, 1991) and "You Gotta Believe" (Interscope, 1992). Won Best Dance Single for "Good Vibrations" Still tours in Europe. Best known for dropping his pants onstage. Modeled underwear for Calvin Klein beginning in 1992 with supermodel Kate Moss in a widely-distributed campaign photographed by Herb Ritts.

Trivia random: Dated actress Jordana Brewster for several years [1998-2001].
Citazione random: [Reflecting on his delight for starring in Walt Disney's Invincible (2006)]: It's a movie my kids can see - my nieces and nephews. I haven't had that. None of my nieces and nephews have seen Boogie Nights (1997), thank God! I haven't made too many PG movies.
Salario massimo: $10,000,000, per Planet of the Apes (2001)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

O'Donnell, Chris (I)

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Nome di battesimo: O'Donnell, Christopher Eugene
Data di nascita: 26 June 1970
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Caroline Fentress::(19 April 1997 - present) 5 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010) .... Shane [attore]
• The Lightkeepers (2009) .... John (rumored) [attore]
• Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) .... Jack Kittredge [attore]
• Max Payne (2008) .... Jason Colvin [attore]
• Swing (2008) .... Coach Clothier (rumored) [attore]
• "The Company" (2007) (mini) .... Jack McCauliffe (unknown episodes) [attore]
• The Sisters (2005) .... David Turzin [attore]
• The Amazing Westermans (2004) (TV) .... [attore]
• Kinsey (2004) .... Wardell Pomeroy [attore]
• 29 Palms (2002) .... The Hitman [attore]

Biografia:
Chris O' Donnell was born on June 26th, 1970. He is the youngest child in his family with four sisters and two brothers. He first started modeling at the age of thirteen and continued until the age of sixteen, when he appeared in commercials. When he was seventeen, he was preparing to stop acting and modeling, but was asked to audition for what would be his first film, Men Don't Leave (1990). He didn't want to go to the audition, but his mother bribed him by saying she would buy him a new car if he went and he duly got the role. Ever since that moment in his life, Chris has appeared in some major motion pictures including Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Scent of a Woman (1992), Mad Love (1995) and Vertical Limit (2000). He is currently working on Kinsey (2004), which should appear in theaters in the year 2004. Chris took time off from acting to spend time with his wife, Caroline, son, Chris Jr., and his daughter Lilly. He also spent two months in New York performing in Arthur Miller's "The Man Who Had All the Luck".

Trivia random: Born on the same day as "Will & Grace" (1998) star Sean Hayes.
Citazione random: [Talking about the Batman films]: "Some day my kids are going to watch these and say to themselves 'That's daddy!'."
Salario massimo: $4,000,000, per The Chamber (1996)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Ludacris

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Nome di battesimo: Bridges, Christopher Brian
Data di nascita: 11 September 1977
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Game (2009) .... [attore]
• Ball Don't Lie (2008) .... Julius [attore]
• Max Payne (2008) .... Lt. Jim Bravura (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges) [attore]
• RocknRolla (2008) .... Mickey (as Chris Bridges) [attore]
• Total Finale Live (2008) (TV) .... Performer [attore]
• Fred Claus (2007) .... DJ Donnie (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges) [attore]
• Hustle & Flow (2005) .... Skinny Black [attore]
• Lil' Pimp (2005) (V) .... Weathers (voice) [attore]
• Ludacris: The Red Light District (2005) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Crash (2004/I) .... Anthony (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges) [attore]

Biografia:
Ludacris was born Christopher Brian Bridges in Champaign, Illinois the son of Roberta Shields and Wayne Brian Bridges. Being of both African American and Native American descent. Early in his elementary years his family lived in Champaign, Illinois. At nine years old, he started rapping. He attended Emerson Middle School and eventually Oak Park and River Forest High School for his freshman year where he first met his most important musical influence, famed poet Justin Ryan Fyfe. Furthermore, his family moved to live in Atlanta, Georgia and in this time his father exposed him to all kinds of music ranging from Hip Hop to Rock. In Alanta, Georgia he attended Banneker High School. He is also a graduate of Georgia State University. In 2000 he got his breakthrough with his album titled "Back for the First Time" which reached 3x platinum. All albums following have either been 2x or 3x platinum, with his first film appearance being 2 Fast 2 Furious which was a success. Other film appearances include Crash and Hustle & Flow.

Trivia random: Has a daughter named Karma.
Citazione random: "I knew that sex sells, and the record sounded different, so I put that one out there, and it happened. The industry is all about hearing new sounds. . .. I knew it would catch people's attention."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Bridges, Beau (I)

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Nome di battesimo: III, Lloyd Vernet Bridges
Data di nascita: 9 December 1941
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Wendy Treece::(10 April 1984 - present) 3 children, Julie Landifield::(6 June 1964 - 1984) (divorced) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Dirty Politics (2008) .... Hank [attore]
• Don't Fade Away (2008) .... Chris White [attore]
• Family Practice (2008) (TV) .... William Kinglare [attore]
• Max Payne (2008) .... BB Hensley [attore]
• Single with Parents (2008) (TV) .... Joe [attore]
• Stargate: Continuum (2008) (V) .... Major General Hank Landry [attore]
• Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008) (V) .... Major General Hank Landry [attore]
• Americanizing Shelley (2007) .... Gary Gordon [attore]
• Spinning Into Butter (2007) .... Burton Strauss [attore]
• Two Families (2007) (TV) .... [attore]

Biografia:
Beau Bridges is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his wife, who was his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Bridges. Born just two days after the attack on Pearl Harbour, he was delivered by candlelight because of a power blackout. Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his parents immediately started calling him Beau after Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind (1939), a book they were reading at the time. His younger brother, actor Jeff Bridges, was born in 1949 and a sister, Cindy Bridges, the following year. Although only 5'10", Beau played basketball for UCLA his freshman year. The following year he transferred to the University of Hawaii, but dropped out to pursue acting and got his first major role in 1967. During his first marriage to Julie Landifield, they adopted Casey Bridges and then had Jordan Bridges. He and his second wife, Wendy Treece Bridges, have three children from this marriage: Dylan Bridges (born 1985); Emily Bridges, (born 1987) and Ezekiel Jeffry Bridges. Beau likes to play guitar and collects Native American percussion instruments. He also loves the ocean, including swimming and surfing. He is also active in environmental causes and handgun control.

Trivia random: Son of Lloyd Bridges.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Max Payne (2001) (VG)

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Scrittore: Sam Lake, Sam Lake
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Action
Valutazione: 9.6/10 (3081 voti)
Paese: USA, Finland
Lingua: English

Cast:

• James McCaffrey .... DEA Agent Max Payne (voice)
• Haviland Morris .... Michelle Payne (voice)
• Chris Phillips .... DEA Agent Alex Balder / Mercenary / Killer Suit (voice)
• Jane Gennaro .... Nicole Horne / Valhalla Project Computer Voice (voice)
• Adam Grupper .... BB / Policeman / Mercenary (voice)
• Peter Appel .... Deputy Police Chief Jim Bravura / Boris Dime / Announcer (voice)
• Tye Alexander .... Joey Finito / Virgilio Finito / Mobster (voice) (as Tye Reign)
• Joe Dallo .... Vinnie Gognitti / Pilot / Chemist (voice)
• Chelsea Altman .... Kyra Silver (voice)
• Joe Ragno .... Angelo Punchinello / Mobster (voice)

Trama:
Max Payne, a cop in the NYPD, returns home one day to find his wife and baby daughter murdered at the hands of drug addicts, high on a designer drug called Valkyr. After 3 years of working on the case, Max and his best friend Alex go undercover to bust a V-deal. However, things go wrong: Alex is suddenly killed, and Max is framed for his murder. Hunted by the cops and driven by determination to avenge his family, Max Payne sets out to uncover the truths behind his family's murder.

Trivia random: The license plate on Vladimir's car is VODKA.
Citazione random: Max Payne: It wasn't about how smart or how good you were. It was chaos and luck, and anyone who thought different was a fool.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Kurylenko, Olga

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Nome di battesimo: Kurylenko, Olga Konstantinovna
Data di nascita: 14 November 1979
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Damian Gabrielle::(2006 - 2007) (divorced), Cedric van Mol::(2000 - 2004) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Kirot (2009) .... Galia [attrice]
• Max Payne (2008) .... Natasha Sax [attrice]
• Quantum of Solace (2008) (VG) .... Camille Montes (voice) [attrice]
• Tyranny (2008) .... (additional dialogue) [scrittore]
• Hitman (2007) .... Nika Boronina [attrice]
• "Suspectes" (2007) (mini) .... Eva Pirès [attrice]
• Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... The Vampire (segment "Quartier de la Madeleine") [attrice]
• Le Porte-bonheur (2006) (TV) .... Sophia [attrice]
• Le Serpent (2006) .... Sofia [attrice]
• L'Annulaire (2005) .... Iris [attrice]

Biografia:
Olga Kurylenko, a Ukrainian-born actress and model who grew up in poverty sharing a Soviet flat with her aunt, uncle, grandparents and cousin, is now starring as Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig. She was born Olga Konstantinovna Kurylenko on November 14, 1979, in Berdyansk, Ukraine, Soviet Union. Her mother, Marina Alyabysheva, divorced her father, Konstantin Kurylenko, soon after her birth. After the divorce, her mother struggled to survive as an art teacher. Young Olga Kurylenko was brought up by her mother and her grandmother, Raisa. During her youth, Olga had a humbling experience of living in poverty; she had no choice but to wear rags and had to darn the holes on her sweater. During the years in Ukraine she studied art, languages, did 7 years of musical school studying piano and went to a ballet studio until 13. At age 13, Olga and her mother made a trip to Moscow. There she was scouted by an agent who approached her at a subway station and offered a job as a model. Initially, Olga's mother was suspicious, but eventually Olga made a good career choice and took training as a model in Moscow. By age 16, she was ready for the next step. She moved to Paris, learned French in six months, and was signed by the Madison agency. At age 18, Olga appeared on the cover of Glamour, then she graced magazine covers of Elle, Madame Figaro, Marie Claire, and Vogue, and also became the face of Lejaby lingerie, Bebe clothing, Clarins and Helena Rubinstein cosmetic companies. In 1999, Olga married her friend, French photographer Cedric Van Mol and divorced him 3,5 years later. One day Olga presented herself to an acting agency. Eventually, she swapped the catwalk for celluloid, and her acting career took off. In 2005 she made her film debut as Iris, a sensual beauty in Annulaire, L' (2005) by director Diane Bertrand. Olga's cinematic roles have been notably steamy, and her natural beauty and explicit nudity attracted the attention of the male audiences. She appeared opposite Elijah Wood in Paris, je t'aime (2006) and as Sofia in Serpent, Le (2006), then co-starred as Russian beauty Nika Boronina opposite Timothy Olyphant in Hitman (2007). She also appears as Mina Harud in the indy surveillance-thriller Tyranny (2008) and is billed as Camille, the Bond girl in Quantum of Solace (2008), a sequel to Casino Royale (2006).

Trivia random: Was told she had got the part of Camille in Quantum of Solace (2008) on Christmas Eve 2007.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

no country for old men

Joel e Ethan Coen tornano alla violenza, e lo fanno con stile, poco da dire.

Un cacciatore si imbatte nel teatro di una sparatoria tra trafficanti di droga: l'impossessarsi di una valigia con due milioni di dollari segnerà la sua vita; sulla sue tracce la polizia ed una serie di killer, tra i quali spicca un lucidissimo psicopatico.
Sullo sfondo - ma neanche tanto - il continuo disgregarsi della società, visto attraverso gli occhi del vecchio sceriffo (Tommy Lee Jones) che forse è più parte del problema che parte della soluzione, nonostante gli piaccia credere il contrario.

Pregevole la regia e la fotografia, tutti ottimi gli interpreti, a partire dall'eccezionale Javier Bardem che mette in scena un killer del tutto dedito a quello che più che un lavoro è una missione.

Non è un paese per vecchi è un ottimo film? Sì, senza dubbio.
È un capolavoro assoluto? Probabilmente no.
Meritava i suoi Oscar? Probabile, anche se forse non è stata poi una annata indimenticabile (e l'esclusione di La Promessa dell'Assassino grida vendetta).

Voto: 8+.
Tags: thriller, drammatico, avventura, violenza, fratelli Coen, Oscar, morte, killer, aria compressa, moneta, scommessa, soldi, droga, fuga, moglie, omicidio, sparatoria, confine, Messico, valigia, segnalatore, messicani, pickup, pistola, fucile, ospedale, ferita, mutilazione, incidente, motel, strage, sceriffo.

Bardem, Javier

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Nome di battesimo: Bardem, Javier Ángel Encinas
Data di nascita: 1 March 1969
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Killing Pablo (2009) .... Pablo Escobar [attore]
• Nine (2009) .... Guido Contini (attached) [attore]
• Tetro (2009) .... (rumored) [attore]
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) .... [attore]
• Invisibles (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) .... Florentino Ariza [attore]
• No Country for Old Men (2007) .... Anton Chigurh [attore]
• Goya's Ghosts (2006) .... Brother Lorenzo [attore]
• Collateral (2004) .... Felix [attore]
• Mar adentro (2004/I) .... Ramón Sampedro [attore]

Biografia:
Javier Bardem is the youngest member of a family of actors that has been making films since the early days of Spanish cinema.He got his start in the family business at age six when he appeared in his first feature, "El Pícaro" (The Scoundrel). During his teenage years he acted in several TV series, played rugby for theSpanish National Team, and toured the country with an independent theatrical group. Javier's early film role as a sexy stud in the black comedy_Jamón, jamón (1992)_ (Ham Ham) propelled him to instant popularity and threatened to typecast him as nothing morethan a brawny sex symbol. Determined to avert a beefcake image, he refused similar subsequent roles and has gone on to win acclaim for his ability to appear almost unrecognizable from film to film. With over 25 movies and numerous awards under his belt, it is Javier's stirring, passionate performance as the persecuted Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls (2000) that will longbe remembered as his breakthrough role. He received five Best Actor awards and a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a strong-willed man who survived censorship, imprisonment, and homosexual intolerance for the privilege to write freely, only to commit suicide at age 47 in New York, ending a battle with AIDS.

Trivia random: Has four Goya Awards (the Spanish equivalent of the Oscar).
Citazione random: The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Coen, Ethan

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Data di nascita: 21 September 1957
Altezza: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Coniuge: Tricia Cooke::(2 October 1993 - present)

Ultimi lavori:

• Gambit (2009) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Hail Caesar (2009) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Suburbicon (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Burn After Reading (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007) .... (segment "World Cinema") [regista]
• No Country for Old Men (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... (segment "Tuileries") [scrittore]
• Romance & Cigarettes (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Ladykillers (2004) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Bad Santa (2003) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: As of 2008 joined (along with his brother Joel) the prestigious group of individuals to have won Oscars for writing, directing and producing in the same year, for the film 'No Country for Old Men'. The others are Peter Jackson for 'Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kind', James L Brooks for 'Terms of Endearment', Frances Ford Coppola for 'The Godfather: Part 2', Billy Wilder for 'The Apartment' and Leo McCarey for 'Going my Way'. James Cameron also won three Oscars for 'Titanic' but they were for directing, producing and editing.
Citazione random: We aren't the grandfathers of any movement. In the 1980s, the so-called indie film movement was a media creation. What I found irritating is that 'independent' became an encomium. If it was independent, it was supposed to be good, and studio films were bad. Obviously, there are bad independent films and good studio films.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Jones, Tommy Lee

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Data di nascita: 15 September 1946
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Coniuge: Dawn Jones::(19 March 2001 - present), Kimberlea Gayle Cloughley::(30 May 1981 - 1996) (divorced) 2 children, Kate Lardner::(1971 - 1978) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• In the Electric Mist (2008) .... Dave Robicheaux [attore]
• In the Valley of Elah (2007) .... Hank Deerfield [attore]
• No Country for Old Men (2007) .... Ed Tom Bell [attore]
• A Prairie Home Companion (2006) .... Axeman [attore]
• Man of the House (2005/I) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Hunted (2003) .... L.T. Bonham [attore]
• The Missing (2003/I) .... Samuel Jones/Chaa-duu-ba-its-iidan [attore]
• Men in Black II (2002) .... Kevin Brown, Agent Kay [attore]
• Rules of Engagement (2000) .... Col. Hayes 'Hodge' Hodges [attore]

Biografia:
Born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Clyde C. and Lucille Marie (Scott) Jones, Tommy Lee Jones worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. He attended St. Mark's School of Texas, a prestigious prep school for boys in Dallas, on a scholarship, and went to Harvard on another scholarship.He roomed with future Vice President Al Gore and played offensive guard in the famous 29-29 Harvard-Yale football game of '68 known as "The Tie." He received a B.A. in English literature and graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1969. Following college, he moved to New York and began his theatrical career on Broadway in "A Patriot for Me" (1969). In 1970, he made his film debut in Love Story (1970). While living in New York, he continued to appear in various plays, both on- and off-Broadway: "Fortune and Men's Eyes" (1969); "Four on a Garden" (1971); "Blue Boys" (1972); "Ulysses in Nighttown" (1974). During this time, he also appeared on a daytime soap opera, "One Life to Live" (1968) as Dr. Mark Toland from 1971-75. He moved with wife Kate Lardner, granddaughter of short-story writer/columnist Ring Lardner, and her two children from a previous marriage, to Los Angeles. There he began to get some roles on television: "Charlie's Angels" (1976) (pilot episode); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976) (TV); and The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) (TV). While working on the movie Back Roads (1981), he met and fell in love with Kimberlea Cloughley, whom he later married. More roles in television--both on network and cable--stage and film garnered him a reputation as a strong, explosive, thoughtful actor who could handle supporting as well as leading roles. He made his directorial debut in The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV) on TNT. In addition to directing and starring in the film, he co-wrote the teleplay (with J.T. Allen). The film, based on Elmer Kelton's novel, is set in west Texas where Jones has strong family ties. Consequently, this story of a cowboy facing the end of an era has special meaning for him.

Trivia random: Jones was also a resident of Midland, Texas, and attended the same high school as the future First Lady Laura Bush.
Citazione random: "I really enjoyed a remark that Howard Hawks once made. He said the most important thing is not to ask an actor to do anything he can't do. Same thing goes for horses."
Salario massimo: $20,000,000+ gross %, per Men in Black II (2002)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Non è un paese per vecchi

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Regista: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Scrittore: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Valutazione: 8.6/10 (68565 voti) [#38 nella top250]
Durata: 122 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Spanish

Cast:

• Tommy Lee Jones .... Ed Tom Bell
• Javier Bardem .... Anton Chigurh
• Josh Brolin .... Llewelyn Moss
• Woody Harrelson .... Carson Wells
• Kelly Macdonald .... Carla Jean Moss
• Garret Dillahunt .... Wendell
• Tess Harper .... Loretta Bell
• Barry Corbin .... Ellis
• Stephen Root .... Man who hires Wells
• Rodger Boyce .... El Paso Sheriff

Trama:
In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sherrif Ed Tom Bell blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.

Trivia random: Is the first movie with two directors since West Side Story (1961) to win the Best Picture Academy Award.
Citazione random: Wendell: You know, there might not have been no money.::Ed Tom Bell: That's possible.::Wendell: But you don't believe it.::Ed Tom Bell: No. Probably I don't.::Wendell: It's a mess, ain't it, sheriff?::Ed Tom Bell: If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Coen, Joel

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Nome di battesimo: Coen, Joel Daniel
Data di nascita: 29 November 1954
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Coniuge: Frances McDormand::(1984 - present) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Gambit (2009) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Hail Caesar (2009) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Suburbicon (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Burn After Reading (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007) .... (segment "World Cinema") [regista]
• No Country for Old Men (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... (segment "Tuileries") [scrittore]
• Romance & Cigarettes (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Ladykillers (2004) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Bad Santa (2003) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: Born to Edward Coen, an economist at the University of Minnesota, and his wife Rita, an art historian at St. Cloud State University.
Citazione random: Frequently we are writing characters and we are thinking, 'Wouldn't it be interesting to see such and such play this kind of a person', and the character starts to grow out of that as you are writing it. It's a combination of things that you are making up and what you know about the actor.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Cannibal Ferox

Ultimo lavoro cannibalesco di Lenzi, si punta - tanto per cambiare - sul gore più bieco nella speranza di suscitare abbastanza shock ed ottenere qualche titolo sui giornali (all'epoca mica potevi sperare nel viral marketing su Internet...)

Tre casi umani si recano senza alcuna cognizione di causa in Amazzonia per smentire le tesi sul cannibalismo (dopo la verità su Babbo Natale, ecco un altro duro colpo alle mie fantasie di fanciullo...)
Intrecceranno la loro sorte con uno spacciatore di droga e ladro di smeraldi fai-da-te ed il suo complice, in fuga proprio da una tribù di cannibali che se li vuole fare in salmì - per più che eccellenti motivi, se vogliamo.

Noia e stupidità aberrante, il film si ricorda - oltre che per le performance attoriali da scomunica papale - per alcuni momenti abbastanza disgustosi.
Calotta cranica di un tale scoperchiata e tizia appesa per le tette a parte, il culmine viene raggiunto con l'evirazione del cattivone e conseguente ingoio da parte dell'ingordo cannibale.
Sembra far male...

Non va poi dimenticata la profusione di animali ammazzati per girare alcune scene piuttosto gratuite di ferocia della giungla. Naturalmente la teoria qui è che se poi te lo mangi e/o ci copuli, puoi ammazzare un po' quel che ti pare...

Un cultore del trash che si rispetti deve avere un minimo di preparazione anche sul genere cannibale; da qui a dire che senta il bisogno di vedere altro, ce ne passa. :-)

Voto: 2. Trashometro: 7
tags: cannibalismo, manca un po' di sale, tortura, sesso, droga, smeraldi, sevizie, stupro,omicidio, fuga, jeep, Amazzonia, evirazione, tribù, Lenzi, horror, trash

alpha dog

Tratto abbastanza fedelmente da un recente fatto di cronaca, Alpha Dog ripercorre la storia di quello che credo sia il più stupido rapimento di tutti i tempi.

Johnny Truelove è a capo di una piccola gang di giovani delinquenti che si ritrova contro un pazzo filonazista. Per ritorsione gli rapiscono il fratellino quindicenne che abita coi genitori e viene costretto ad una vita fin troppo morigerata.
Va da sé che - trascinato a feste piene di alcool, droga e ragazze - il giovanotto prende piuttosto bene il proprio ruolo di ostaggio ed anzi diventa amico di molti membri della gang.
Sfortunatamente la polizia non è dello stesso avviso e le ricerche sempre più pressanti mettono il fiato sul collo alla banda, che non agirà molto lucidamente...

Ben diretto da Nick Cassavetes, il film ripercorre una serie di tragici errori commessi da tutte le parti in causa e che sfoceranno nelle più tragiche conseguenze; pregevole e ben realizzata l'idea di inserire note dal successivo processo, per dare un'idea di docu-drama che presenta i fatti, senza voler aggiungere un proprio giudizio.
Tutti bravi gli interpreti, in particolare sono rimasto molto stupito da un Justin Timberlake perfettamente nella parte.
In ruoli minori anche Sharon Stone e Bruce Willis.

Voto: 8.
Tags: drammatico, crimine, gang, tratto da una storia vera, Los Angeles, California, fratelli, droga, rapimento, ostaggio, omicidio, ragazzi, festa, ragazze, sesso, fuga, spacciatore, cannabis, sepoltura, docu-drama.

Cassavetes, Nick

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Nome di battesimo: Cassavetes, Nicholas David Rowland
Data di nascita: 21 May 1959
Altezza: 6' 5½" (1.97 m)
Coniuge: Isabelle Rafalovich::(8 September 1985 - ?) (divorced) 2 children, Heather Wahlquist::(? - present)

Ultimi lavori:

• God Is a Bullet (2009) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Kentucky Rhapsody (2008) .... [scrittore]
• Alpha Dog (2006) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• The Notebook (2004) .... [regista]
• The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2003) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Whatever We Do (2003) .... [scrittore]
• John Q (2002) .... [regista]
• Blow (2001) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Panic (2000) .... (uncredited) [attore]
• The Astronaut's Wife (1999) .... Capt. Alex Streck [attore]

Trivia random: Is a gifted speed-reader.
Citazione random: "We watch violent images on TV, we revere violence, but we're not raised violently."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Timberlake, Justin

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Nome di battesimo: Timberlake, Justin Randall
Data di nascita: 31 January 1981
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Shrek the Third (2007) .... Artie (voice) [attore]
• Alpha Dog (2006) .... Frankie Ballenbacher [attore]
• Black Snake Moan (2006) .... Ronnie [attore]
• Southland Tales (2006) .... Private Pilot Abilene [attore]
• Edison (2005) .... Josh Pollack [attore]
• NSYNC'S Challenge for the Children (2004) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Justin Timberlake: Down Home in Memphis - One Night Only (2003) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• On the Line (2001) .... Make-up Artist (uncredited) [attore]
• 'N Sync & Britney Spears: Your #1 Video Requests... And More! (2000) (V) .... (executive producer: 'N Sync) [produttore]
• Longshot (2000) .... Valet [attore]

Biografia:
Justin Randall Timberlake was born to Lynn Harless and Randy Timberlake on January 31, 1981, in Memphis, Tennessee. At the age of 11, he appeared on the show "Star Search" (1983), and even though he didn't win, it didn't dampen his ambitions. He also appeared on "MMC" (1989), where his costars included Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling, Keri Russell, Christina Aguilera and future band-mate J.C. Chasez. At age 14, Justin became a member of the boy band *NSYNC. In 1998, the group released their self-titled debut album. They became a big hit with fans and made a place for themselves in the music world with a succession of big-selling albums. In the beginning of 2002, Justin spent time working on and writing songs for his debut solo album. During this time, he broke up with his longtime girlfriend, Britney Spears. The release of the solo album, titled "Justified", came in November of 2002. Songs from his solo album include: "Like I Love You", "Cry Me A River" and "Rock Your Body".

Trivia random: Won a Grammy for Best pop Male for "Cry Me A River" [Febuary 8, 2004].
Citazione random: Pretty is cool, but it's not really about looks for me. It's more about personality. I like a girl with a good sense of humor, who's humble and sensitive. - On who he would date.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Stone, Sharon (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Stone, Sharon Vonne
Data di nascita: 10 March 1958
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Coniuge: Phil Bronstein::(14 February 1998 - 29 January 2004) (divorced) 1 child, Michael Greenburg::(18 August 1984 - 20 January 1987) (divorced), George Englund Jr.::(? - ?) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Dirty Tricks (2008) .... Katharine Graham [attrice]
• Never Change (2008) .... [regista]
• If I Had Known I Was a Genius (2007) .... Gloria [attrice]
• Rockett (2007) .... Jane Rockett [attrice]
• When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Alpha Dog (2006) .... Olivia Mazursky [attrice]
• Basic Instinct 2 (2006) .... Catherine Tramell [attrice]
• Bobby (2006) .... Miriam [attrice]
• Broken Flowers (2005) .... Laura [attrice]
• Wassup Rockers (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Sharon Stone was born and raised in Meadville, a small town in Pennsylvania. Her strict father was a factory worker and her mother was a homemaker. She was the second of four children. At the age of 15, she studied in Saegertown High School, Pennsylvania and, at that same age, entered Edinboro State University of Pennsylvania, and graduated with a degree in creative writing and fine arts. She was a very smart girl, became a bookworm, and once was told that a suitable job for her (and her brains) was to become a lawyer. However, her first love was still the black-and-white movies, especially those featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. So, the 17-year-old Sharon got herself into the Miss Pennsylvania beauty contest and won it. From working part-time as a McDonald's counter girl, she worked her way up to become a successful Ford model, both in TV commercials and print ads. Finally, in 1980, she made her debut in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980) as "pretty girl on train". Her first speaking part, though, was in Wes Craven's horror movie, Deadly Blessing (1981). She struggled through many parts in B-movies, notably in King Solomon's Mines (1985), and Action Jackson (1988). She was also married in 1984 to Michael Greenburg, the producer of "MacGyver" (1985), but they divorced two years later. She finally received her big break with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall (1990) and also posed nude for Playboy, a daring move for a 32-year-old actress. But it worked; she accepted a breakthrough role as a sociopath novelist, "Catherine Tramell", in Basic Instinct (1992) with Michael Douglas. Her interrogation scene has become a classic in film history and her performance captivated everyone, from MTV viewers, who honored her with Most Desirable Female and Best Female Performance Awards, to a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. After she got famous, she didn't want to be typecast, so she played a victim in Sliver (1993) and, in Intersection (1994), she was the aloof, estranged wife of Richard Gere. These movies didn't "work", so she got herself again into more aggressive roles, such as The Specialist (1994) with Sylvester Stallone and The Quick and the Dead (1995) with Gene Hackman. But, it wasn't until she played a beautiful but drug-crazy wife of Robert De Niro in Casino (1995) that she got far more than just fame and fortune--she also received the acknowledgment of the movie industry for her acting ability. She received her first Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. She did a couple of films after wards, teaming up with Isabelle Adjani in Diabolique (1996), and as a woman waiting for her death penalty in Last Dance (1996). In 1998, she married a newspaper editor, Phil Bronstein. She also received her third Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress that year for The Mighty (1998), a film that her company, "Chaos", also co-executive produced. The next year, she entered her first comedic role in The Muse (1999), which starred and was directed by Albert Brooks and gave her another Golden Globe nomination. Sharon Stone, a diva who thoroughly enjoys her hard-won stardom, is now a mother of an adorable baby boy, Roan Joseph.

Trivia random: adopted a son, Laird Vonne Stone, who was born "to unknown and unrelated parents" in Texas on May 7, 2005. [11 May 2005]
Citazione random: "At 47, you have thoughtfulness and dignity and spiritual elegance...You have something to say. It's not just, Hi! I look terrific in a bathing suit.'"
Salario massimo: $13,600,000, per Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Alpha Dog (2006)

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Regista: Nick Cassavetes
Scrittore: Nick Cassavetes
Genere: Crime, Drama
Valutazione: 6.8/10 (12871 voti)
Durata: Germany:118 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Bruce Willis .... Sonny Truelove
• Matthew Barry .... Interviewer
• Emile Hirsch .... Johnny Truelove
• Fernando Vargas .... Tiko 'TKO' Martinez
• Vincent Kartheiser .... Pick Giaimo
• Justin Timberlake .... Frankie Ballenbacher
• Shawn Hatosy .... Elvis Schmidt
• Alex Solowitz .... Bobby '911'
• Alec Vigil .... P.J. Truelove
• Harry Dean Stanton .... Cosmo Gadabeeti

Trama:
1999, Claremont, California. Middle-class kids, in their 20s, talk trash, wave guns, hang out in a pack. Johnny Truelove, drug dealer and son of a underworld figure, threatens Jake Mazursky, an explosive head case who owes Johnny money; Jake responds by breaking into Johnny's house. On impulse, Johnny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach. Zach's okay with it, figuring his brother will pay the debt soon. Johnny assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder, and they develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control. Group think, amorality, and fear of prison assert a hold on the pack. Is Zach in danger?

Trivia random: To prepare for his role in this movie, actor Ben Foster asked one of his friends who was an ex-crystal meth addict for guidance. The friend introduced him to a group of people who gave Foster an all-access pass into the lifestyle.
Citazione random: Sonny Truelove: You wanna' know what this is all about? You can say this about drugs or guns or bad decisions, what ever you like. But this whole thing is about parenting. And taking care of your children.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Willis, Bruce

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Nome di battesimo: Willis, Walter Bruce
Data di nascita: 19 March 1955
Altezza: 5' 11¾" (1.82 m)
Coniuge: Demi Moore::(21 November 1987 - 18 October 2000) (divorced) 3 children

Ultimi lavori:

• The Last Full Measure (2009) .... [attore]
• Morgan's Summit (2009) .... [attore]
• Assassination of a High School President (2008) .... [attore]
• Grindhouse (2007) .... Lt. Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror") [attore]
• Live Free or Die Hard (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Nancy Drew (2007) .... Bruce (uncredited) [attore]
• Perfect Stranger (2007) .... Harrison Hill [attore]
• Planet Terror (2007) .... Lt. Muldoon [attore]
• 16 Blocks (2006) .... Det. Jack Mosley [attore]
• Alpha Dog (2006) .... Sonny Truelove [attore]

Biografia:
Bruce Willis grew up mainly in Penns Grove, New Jersey, and graduated from high school there before going to New York to become an actor. He waited tables and tended bar for a living until he began to get roles in plays. While tending bar one night he was seen by a casting director who liked his personality and needed a bartender for a small movie role.

Trivia random: Appeared on "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) to advertise for Demi Moore's Striptease (1996) by doing his own undressing act. [1996]
Citazione random: I am a sensitive guy. People think they know the real me, but they don't. And then they write things that make me sound like such a jerk.
Salario massimo: $100,000,000 (salary, gross and video participations), per The Sixth Sense (1999)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.