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Our Town (2003 Film)
''Our Town'' is a 2003 American television film, made-for-television film adaptation of the Our Town, 1938 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder starring Paul Newman, who was nominated for both an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding acting. It was filmed at the Booth Theatre in Manhattan, where it played on Broadway in 2002. The production originated at the Westport Country Playhouse. The film originally aired May 24, 2003, on Showtime (TV network), Showtime and was also shown on PBS as part of ''Masterpiece (TV series), Masterpiece Theatre'' on October 5, 2003. Plot summary Cast * Jayne Atkinson as Mrs. Gibbs * Wendy Barrie-Wilson as Woman in Balcony * Reathel Bean as Man in Auditorium * John Braden (actor), John Braden as Professor Willard * Tom Brennan as Joe Stoddard * Kieran Campion as Baseball Player * Patch Darragh as Baseball Player * Frank Converse as Dr. Gibbs * Jane Curtin as Mrs. Webb * Jeffrey DeMunn as Mr. Webb * Mia Dillon as Mrs. Soame ...
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Our Town
''Our Town'' is a 1938 metatheatrical three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens. Throughout, Wilder uses metatheatrical devices, setting the play in the actual theatre where it is being performed. The main character is the stage manager of the theatre who directly addresses the audience, brings in guest lecturers, fields questions from the audience, and fills in playing some of the roles. The play is performed without a set on a mostly bare stage. With a few exceptions, the actors mime actions without the use of props. ''Our Town'' was first performed at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1938. It later went on to success on Broadway and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", the play remains popu ...
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John Braden (actor)
John Braden may refer to: * John Braden (producer) John Braden (April 18, 1949 – May 22, 2004) was an American writer, producer, and director of motion pictures and television programs, as well as a public advocate against drugs in the movie industry. Educated at the Massachusetts Institute of ... (1949–2004), American writer, producer and director in film and television * John Braden (politician) (1841–1926), English-born political figure in British Columbia * John Braden (musician) (1946–1987), American musician, writer and producer of children's records {{hndis, Braden, John ...
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A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ...
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2003 Drama Films
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ...
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2003 Films
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' grossed more than $1.14  billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after '' Titanic'' in 1997. '' Finding Nemo'' was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by '' Shrek 2'' in 2004. Events * February 24: '' The Pianist'', directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. * June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia. * June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest. * November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California. * December 22: Both of the movi ...
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2003 Television Films
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ...
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11th Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2004, took place on February 5, 2005. The ceremony, for the 9th consecutive time was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was televised live by TNT. The nominees were announced on January 11, 2005 by Rosario Dawson and James Denton at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater. The ceremony is notable for a rare feat attained by Jamie Foxx, who was nominated in four categories, making him the first actor to receive this amount of nominations in the same year. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award * James Garner Film Television In Memoriam Meryl Streep introduced this segment remembering the members of the guild who died in 2004: * Ronald Reagan * Alan King * Carrie Snodgress * John Randolph * Julius Harris * F ...
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Golden Satellite Awards 2004
The 9th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2004, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 23, 2005. Special achievement awards Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Susan Sarandon Nikola Tesla Award (for introducing video-assist and video playback techniques, which have become industry standards) – Jerry Lewis Outstanding New Talent – Freddie Highmore Motion picture winners and nominees Best Actor – Drama Don Cheadle – ''Hotel Rwanda'' *Kevin Bacon – ''The Woodsman (2004 film), The Woodsman'' *Javier Bardem – ''The Sea Inside, The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)'' *Gael García Bernal – ''The Motorcycle Diaries (film), The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)'' *Johnny Depp – ''Finding Neverland (film), Finding Neverland'' *Liam Neeson – ''Kinsey (film), Kinsey'' *Sean Penn – ''The Assassination of Richard Nixon'' Best Actor – Musical or Comed ...
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Stephen Spinella
Stephen Spinella (born October 11, 1956) is an American stage, television, and film actor. Early life Spinella was born in Naples, Italy, to a father who was an American naval airplane mechanic. He grew up in Glendale, Arizona, and graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in drama. He also attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1982. Spinella won consecutive Tony awards for Best Featured Actor and Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Prior Walter in '' Angels in America: Millennium Approaches'' (1993) and '' Angels in America: Perestroika'' (1994) respectively. He was also nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for ''James Joyce's The Dead''. Personal life Spinella is openly gay. Work Stage * April 1985: ''A Bright Room Called Day'' – Baz (workshop production directed by Tony Kushner) * May 4, 1993 – December 4, 1994: '' Angels in America: Millennium Approaches'' – Prior Walter/Man in Park * Novemb ...
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