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2011 National Board Of Review Awards
83rd NBR Awards Best Film: '' Hugo'' The 83rd Awards of the National Board of Review honored the best in film for 2011. Top 10 Films Films listed alphabetically except top, which is ranked as Best Film of the Year: '' Hugo'' *'' The Artist'' *''The Descendants'' *''Drive'' *''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' *''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' *'' The Ides of March'' *''J. Edgar'' *''The Tree of Life'' *''War Horse'' Winners Best Film: *'' Hugo'' Best Director: *Martin Scorsese – '' Hugo'' Best Actor: *George Clooney – ''The Descendants'' Best Actress: *Tilda Swinton – ''We Need to Talk About Kevin'' Best Supporting Actor: *Christopher Plummer – ''Beginners'' Best Supporting Actress: *Shailene Woodley – ''The Descendants'' Best Original Screenplay: *Will Reiser – '' 50/50'' Best Adapted Screenplay: *Nat Faxon & Alexander Payne & Jim Rash – ''The Descendants'' Best Animated Feature: *'' Rango'' Best Foreign Film: *''A Separation'' Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo (film)
''Hugo'' is a 2011 American adventure film, adventure drama film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese, and adapted for the screen by John Logan (writer), John Logan. Based on Brian Selznick's 2007 book ''The Invention of Hugo Cabret'', it tells the story of a boy who lives alone in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris in the 1930s, only to become embroiled in a mystery surrounding his late father's automaton and the pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès. ''Hugo'' is Scorsese's first film shot in 3-D film, 3D, about which the filmmaker remarked, "I found 3D to be really interesting, because the actors were more upfront emotionally. Their slightest move, their slightest intention is picked up much more precisely." The film was released in the United States on November 23, 2011. Despite receiving considerable acclaim from critics, ''Hugo'' was a box office bomb, financial disappointment, grossing only $185 million against its estimated $150 million budget. The film re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beginners
''Beginners'' is a 2010 American romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Mike Mills. Based on the coming out of Mills' father at the age 75, five years before his death, it tells the story of a man reflecting on the life and death of his father, while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman dealing with father-issues of her own. After its premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, the ''Los Angeles Times'' heralded ''Beginners'' as a "heady, heartfelt film" with a cast who have "a strong sense of responsibility to their real-world counterparts". Christopher Plummer won many accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Plot (Throughout the film, scenes of Oliver Fields' memories of his deceased parents are intercut, as flashbacks, into the narrative of his developing relationship with Anna Wallace.) In Los Angeles in 2003, a few months after the death of his father, Hal, from lung cancer, 38-year-old graphic desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara Phoenix ( ; born Patricia Rooney Mara; April 17, 1985) is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a British Academy Film Award. Born into the Rooney and Mara families, Mara began her career acting in television and independent films, such as the coming-of-age drama '' Tanner Hall'' (2009). She first gained recognition for her supporting role in David Fincher's drama film ''The Social Network'' (2010). Mara had a career breakthrough when she starred as Lisbeth Salander in Fincher's thriller ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Mara's career progressed with leading roles in the thriller ''Side Effects'' (2013), the science fiction romance ''Her'' (2013), and the romantic drama '' Carol'' (2015). For the last of these, she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and received a nomination for the Academy Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like Crazy (2011 Film)
''Like Crazy'' is a 2011 American romantic drama film directed by Drake Doremus and starring Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, and Jennifer Lawrence. Written by Doremus and Ben York Jones, the film tells the story of Anna ( Felicity Jones), a British exchange student who falls in love with an American student, Jacob ( Anton Yelchin), only to be separated from him when she is denied reentry into the United States after staying in the country longer than her student visa allows. Doremus based the storyline of the film partly on his own long-distance relationship with a woman living in London while he lived in Los Angeles. Rather than writing a traditional screenplay, he and Ben York Jones compiled a 50-page outline of the film from which the actors improvised almost all of the dialogue. Filming took place over four weeks in Los Angeles and London with a budget of $250,000. ''Like Crazy'' premiered on January 22, 2011 at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the festival's Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicity Jones
Felicity Rose Hadley Jones (born 17 October 1983) is an English actress. She began her professional acting career as a child, appearing in '' The Treasure Seekers'' (1996) at age 12. She went on to play Ethel Hallow for one series of the television series ''The Worst Witch'' (1998). In 2008, she appeared in the Donmar Warehouse production of '' The Chalk Garden''. Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films ''Northanger Abbey'' (2007), '' Brideshead Revisited'' (2008), '' Chéri'' (2009), ''The Tempest'' (2010), '' The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' (2014), and '' True Story'' (2015). She received praise for her performances in the romantic drama '' Like Crazy'' (2011) and the biopic '' The Theory of Everything'' (2014). Her portrayal of Jane Hawking in the latter earned her nominations for the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2016, Jones starred in the thriller '' Inferno'', the fantasy drama '' A Monster Calls'', and the space opera '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Help (film)
''The Help'' is a 2011 period drama film written and directed by Tate Taylor and based on Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast, including Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Cicely Tyson, and Sissy Spacek. The film and novel recount the story of a young white woman and aspiring journalist Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan. The story focuses on her relationship with two black maids, Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson, during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi. In an attempt to become a legitimate journalist and writer, Skeeter decides to write a book from the point of view of the maids, exposing the racism they face as they work for white families. Black domestic workers in 1960s United States were referred to as "the help", hence the title of the journalistic exposé, the novel and the film. "The Help" brings to light the challenges and discrimination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purgatory
In Christianity, Purgatory (, borrowed into English via Anglo-Norman and Old French) is a passing Intermediate state (Christianity)">intermediate state after physical death for purifying or purging a soul. A common analogy is dross being removed from gold in a furnace. In Magisterium, Catholic doctrine, purgatory refers to the final cleansing of those who died in the State of Grace, and leaves in them only "the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven"; it is entirely different from the punishment of the damned and is not related to the forgiveness of sins for salvation. A forgiven person can be freed from his "unhealthy attachment to creatures" by fervent charity in this world, and otherwise by the non-vindictive "temporal (i.e. non-eternal) punishment" of purgatory. In late medieval times, metaphors of time, place and fire were frequently adopted. Catherine of Genoa (fl. 1500) re-framed the idea as ultimately joyful. It has been portrayed in art as an unpleasant (volun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
