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Adrien Brody
Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Polish pianist Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama '' The Pianist'' (2002) becoming the youngest actor to win the award at age 29. Brody received a second win in the same category for his role as Hungarian brutalist architect László Tóth in Brady Corbet's period epic ''The Brutalist'' (2024). He has received several other accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award with nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2025, ''Time'' magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 most influential people. Adrien Brody's other films credits include ''King of the Hill'' (1993), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), ''Summer of Sam'' (1999), '' The Village'' (2004), ''King Kong'' (2005), '' Hollywoodland'' (2006), ''Cadillac Records'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Actor
The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner. However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years’ Best Actor winners instead. The Best Actor award has been presented 97 times, to 86 actors. The first winner was German actor Emil Jannings for his roles in '' The Last Command'' (1928) and '' The Way of All Flesh'' (1927). The most recent winner is Adrien Brody for '' The Brutalist'' (2024); he previously won the award for '' The Pianist'' (2002) at the age of 29, making him the category's youngest winner. The record for most wins is three, held by Daniel Day-Lewis, and ten other actors have won twice. The record for most nominatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pianist (2002 Film)
''The Pianist'' is a 2002 biographical film produced and directed by Roman Polanski, with a script by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody. It is based on the autobiographical book The Pianist (memoir), ''The Pianist'' (1946), a memoir by the History of the Jews in Poland, Polish-Jewish pianist, composer and The Holocaust, Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman. The film was a co-production by France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland. ''The Pianist'' premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May 2002, where it won the Palme d'Or, and went into wide release that September; the film received widespread critical acclaim, with critics lauding Polanski's direction, Brody's performance and Harwood's screenplay. At the 75th Academy Awards, the film won for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director (Polanski), Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay (Harwood), and Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor (Brody), and was nominated for fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kong (2005 Film)
''King Kong'' is a 2005 epic adventure monster film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. It is the ninth entry in the ''King Kong'' franchise and the second remake of the 1933 film of the same title, the first being the 1976 remake. The film stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Adrien Brody. Set in 1933, it follows the story of an ambitious filmmaker who coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island. There they encounter various prehistoric creatures and a legendary giant gorilla known as Kong, whom they capture and take to New York City. Development began in early 1995, when Universal Pictures approached Jackson to direct the remake of the original 1933 film. The project stalled in early 1997, as several ape and giant monster-related films were under production at the time and Jackson planned to direct ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series. As the first two films in the ''Rings'' trilogy became commercially successful, Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens College, City University Of New York
Queens College (QC) is a public college in the New York City borough of Queens. Part of the City University of New York system, Queens College occupies an campus primarily located in Flushing. Queens College was established in 1937 and offers undergraduate degrees in over 70 majors, graduate studies in over 100 degree programs and certificates, over 40 accelerated master's options, 20 doctoral degrees through the CUNY Graduate Center, and a number of advanced certificate programs. Alumni and faculty of the school, such as Arturo O'Farrill and Jerry Seinfeld, have received over 100 Grammy Award nominations. The college is organized into seven schools. It competes in Division II of the NCAA and sponsors 15 men's and women's championship-eligible varsity teams. History Before 1937 Before Queens College was established in 1937, the site of the campus was home to the Jamaica Academy, a one-room schoolhouse built in the early 19th century, where Walt Whitman once worked as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time 100
''Time'' 100 is a list of the top 100 most influential people, assembled by the American news magazine ''Time''. First published in 1999 as the result of a debate among American academics, politicians, and journalists, the list is now a highly publicized annual event. It is generally considered an honor to be included on the list, but ''Time'' makes it clear that entrants are recognized for changing the world, regardless of the consequences of their actions. The final list of influential individuals is exclusively chosen by ''Time'' editors, with nominations coming from the ''Time'' 100 alumni and the magazine's international writing staff. Only the winner of the Reader's Poll, conducted days before the official list is revealed, is chosen by the general public. The corresponding commemorative gala is held annually in Manhattan, and has emerged as one of the world's most celebrated galas as well as high fashion events. In 2019, ''Time'' began publishing the ''Time'' 100 Next l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blonde (2022 Film)
''Blonde'' is a 2022 American biographical psychological drama film written and directed by Andrew Dominik, based on the 2000 novel by Joyce Carol Oates. The film is a fictionalized interpretation of the life and career of American actress Marilyn Monroe, played by Ana de Armas. The cast also includes Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, and Julianne Nicholson. Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tracey Landon, Brad Pitt, and Scott Robertson produced the film. After a lengthy period of development that began in 2010, ''Blonde'' entered production in August 2019 in Los Angeles. Production wrapped in July 2021, following the shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The film plays with shifting aspect ratios and alternates between color and black and white. ''Blonde'' premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 8, 2022, where it received a 14-minute standing ovation. It began a limited theatrical release in the US on September 16, before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detachment (film)
''Detachment'' is a 2011 American psychological drama film directed by Tony Kaye and written by Carl Lund. Its story follows Henry Barthes, a high-school substitute teacher who becomes a role model to his students and others. It stars Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston, Tim Blake Nelson, Betty Kaye, Sami Gayle, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner and James Caan. Produced by Greg Shapiro, Carl Lund, Bingo Gubelmann, Austin Stark, Benji Kohn, and Chris Papavasiliou, the film was released on March 16, 2012, to mixed reviews. Plot Substitute teacher Henry Barthes is called in for a one-month assignment, teaching English classes at a high school with many students performing at a low grade level. During his first class, he observes many acts of hostility and antagonism, including a student yelling at him and threatening him physically, as well as two students verbally harassing pupil Meredith, with whom he becomes acquainted after class. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight In Paris
''Midnight in Paris'' is a 2011 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. Set in Paris, the film follows Gil Pender (Owen Wilson), a screenwriter and aspiring novelist, who is forced to confront the shortcomings of his relationship with his materialistic fiancée ( Rachel McAdams) and their divergent goals, which become increasingly exaggerated as he travels back in time to the 1920s each night at midnight. Produced by the Spanish group Mediapro and Allen's US-based Gravier Productions, the film stars Wilson, McAdams, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Tom Hiddleston, Marion Cotillard, and Michael Sheen. It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was released in the United States on May 20, 2011. The film opened to critical acclaim. In 2012, it won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. It was nominated for three other Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Art Direction. Plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predators (film)
''Predators'' is a 2010 American science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ... action film directed by Nimród Antal, a standalone sequel to ''Predator 2'' (1990) serving as the third installment, and fifth overall including its crossover movies, of the Predator (franchise), ''Predator'' franchise. The film has an ensemble cast starring Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, and Laurence Fishburne, and follows a group of proficient killers who have been abducted and placed on a planet that acts as a game preserve for two warring tribes of Predator (alien), extraterrestrial predators, leading them to try to survive and look for a way back to Earth. Producer Robert Rodriguez had developed a script for a third installment as early as 1994, alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splice (film)
''Splice'' is a 2009 science fiction horror film directed by Vincenzo Natali and starring Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, and Delphine Chanéac. The story concerns experiments in genetic engineering being done by a young scientific couple, who attempt to introduce human DNA into their work of splicing animal genes resulting in the creation of a human–animal hybrid. Guillermo del Toro, Don Murphy, and Joel Silver are credited as executive producers of this film. Theatrically released on June 4, 2010, it received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $27.1 million against a $30 million production budget. Plot Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and the mentally unstable Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by splicing animal DNA to create hybrids for medical use at the company N.E.R.D. (Nucleic Exchange Research and Development). Their work has yielded Fred and Ginger, two large vermiform creatures intended as mates for each other. After successfully mating them, Clive and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadillac Records
''Cadillac Records'' is a 2008 American biographical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin. The film explores the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago-based record-company executive Leonard Chess, and a few of the musicians who recorded for Chess Records. The film stars Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Columbus Short as Little Walter, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, and Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James. The film was released in North America on December 5, 2008, by TriStar Pictures. The soundtrack was released on Music World/Columbia and Sony Music. Plot In 1947 in Chicago, a Jewish immigrant from Poland and bar owner Leonard Chess hires a blues combo, including guitarist Muddy Waters and harmonica player Little Walter. Waters' and Walter's success leads to Chess opening the doors for black musicians and beginni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywoodland
''Hollywoodland'' is a 2006 American mystery drama film directed by Allen Coulter and written by Paul Bernbaum. The story presents a fictionalized account of the circumstances surrounding the death of actor George Reeves ( Ben Affleck), the star of the 1950s film '' Superman and the Mole Men'' and the television series '' Adventures of Superman''. Adrien Brody stars as a fictional character, Louis Simo, a private detective investigating Toni Mannix ( Diane Lane); who was involved in a long romantic relationship with Reeves and was the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix ( Bob Hoskins). Reeves had ended the affair and had become engaged to a younger woman, aspiring actress Leonore Lemmon ( Robin Tunney). Development for ''Hollywoodland'' began in 2001 when Focus Features purchased Bernbaum's script, titled ''Truth, Justice, and the American Way''. Michael and Mark Polish were set to direct with Benicio del Toro in the lead role, but Focus Features placed the film in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
