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Asteroid City
''Asteroid City'' is a 2023 American Science fiction film, science fiction comedy drama film written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson, from a story he wrote with Roman Coppola. It features an ensemble cast, including Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steve Park (comedian), Steve Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan (American actor), Jake Ryan, and Jeff Goldblum. Its plot mostly follows a play about a Junior Amateur astronomy, Stargazer convention in a retrofuturistic version of 1955, but it becomes Metatextuality, metatextual because the making of the play is the subject of a television documentary. The story is about Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials and Unidentified flying object, UFOs witnessed in the American Southwestern desert in close proximity to Nevada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Anderson
Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. Wes Anderson filmography, His films are known for themes of grief, loss of innocence, and dysfunctional families. Due to his films' eccentricity, distinctive visual and narrative styles, and frequent use of ensemble casts, critics have cited Anderson as an auteur. Three of his films appeared in BBC, BBC Culture's BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century, 2016 poll of the greatest films since 2000. Anderson gained acclaim for his early films ''Bottle Rocket'' (1996) and ''Rushmore (film), Rushmore'' (1998). He often collaborated with the brothers Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson during that time and founded his production company American Empirical Pictures. He received a nomination for the Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay for ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' (2001). His next films included ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'' (2004), ''The Darjeeling Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Carell
Steven John Carell (; born August 16, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He starred as Michael Scott in the NBC sitcom ''The Office'' (2005–2011, 2013), and also worked at several points as a producer, executive producer, writer, and director. Carell has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award for ''The Office''. He was recognized as "America's Funniest Man" by ''Life''. Carell gained recognition as a cast member on '' The Dana Carvey Show'' in 1996 and as a correspondent on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' from 1999 to 2005. He went on to star in several comedy films, including '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' (2004) and its 2013 sequel, as well as '' The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' (2005), '' Evan Almighty'' (2007), ''Get Smart'' (2008), '' Date Night'' (2010), '' Crazy, Stupid, Love'' (2011), and '' The Way, Way Back'' (2013). He also voice acted in '' Over the Hedge'' (2006), '' Horton Hears a Who!'' (2008) and the '' Despicable Me'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Focus Features
Focus Features LLC is an American independent film production and distribution company, owned by Comcast as a unit of Universal Pictures, which is itself a unit of Comcast's division NBCUniversal. Focus Features distributes independent and foreign films in the United States and internationally. In November 2018, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' named Focus Features "Distributor of the Year" for its success behind the year's breakout documentary film '' Won't You Be My Neighbor?'' and Spike Lee's ''BlacKkKlansman''. The studio's most successful film to date is ''Downton Abbey'', which garnered $194.3 million at the worldwide box office. Focus Features' films have earned numerous awards nominations, including a total of 175 Academy Award nominations and 35 wins across various categories. However, they are also the distributor with the most Best Picture losses, out of 17 nominations as of 2025. History Focus Features was formed in 2002 by James Schamus and David Linde and formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Empirical Pictures
Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are known for themes of grief, loss of innocence, and dysfunctional families. Due to his films' eccentricity, distinctive visual and narrative styles, and frequent use of ensemble casts, critics have cited Anderson as an auteur. Three of his films appeared in BBC Culture's 2016 poll of the greatest films since 2000. Anderson gained acclaim for his early films '' Bottle Rocket'' (1996) and '' Rushmore'' (1998). He often collaborated with the brothers Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson during that time and founded his production company American Empirical Pictures. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' (2001). His next films included ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'' (2004), ''The Darjeeling Limited'' (2007), and his first stop-motion film, '' Fantastic Mr. Fox'' (2009), for which he received a Best Animated Feature nomination, and then '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Paintbrush (company)
Indian Paintbrush Productions LLC is an American film production company founded by businessman Steven Rales in 2006. It is based in Santa Monica, California, and specializes in the production and distribution of comedy-drama and romantic films. Rales and Indian Paintbrush have financed and produced several releases by filmmaker Wes Anderson, such as ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014), ''Isle of Dogs (film), Isle of Dogs'' (2018), and ''The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (film), The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'' (2023). Other notable productions include ''Like Crazy'' (2011), ''Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (film), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'' (2015), and ''Conclave (film), Conclave'' (2024). Films References 2006 establishments in California American companies established in 2006 Companies based in Santa Monica, California Entertainment companies based in California Film production companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 2006 { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards. Desplat was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres both in 2016. Desplat has received two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017). He was Oscar-nominated for '' The Queen'' (2006), '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), '' Fantastic Mr. Fox'' (2009), ''The King's Speech'' (2010), ''Argo'' (2012), ''Philomena'' (2013), ''The Imitation Game'' (2014), '' Isle of Dogs'' (2018), and ''Little Women'' (2019). Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters, such as '' The Golden Compass'' (2007), '' The Twilight Saga: New Moon'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney Pilling
Barney Pilling is a British television and film editor. Some of Pilling's TV projects include '' Spooks'', ''Life on Mars'', ''No Angels'', '' Hotel Babylon'' and '' As If''. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the 2014 film ''The Grand Budapest Hotel''. His past film projects include '' Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day'', ''An Education'', '' Never Let Me Go'', and '' One Day''. He grew up in North Manchester and worked as a DJ before moving into editing. Filmography * ''An Education'' (2009) * '' Never Let Me Go'' (2010) * '' One Day'' (2011) * ''Quartet'' (2012) * ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014) * '' A Long Way Down'' (2014) * ''Asthma'' (2014) * ''Suffragette'' (2015) * ''Annihilation'' (2018) * '' The White Crow'' (2018) * ''Asteroid City ''Asteroid City'' is a 2023 American Science fiction film, science fiction comedy drama film written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson, from a story he wrote with Roman Coppola. It features an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Yeoman
Robert David Yeoman, (born March 10, 1951) is an American cinematographer. He's best known for his collaboration with director Wes Anderson, working in all of his live-action films from 1996 to 2024, with his work on ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014) earning him an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Cinematography. Life and career Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, Yeoman spent his childhood in the northern suburbs of Chicago. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 1973 and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1979. Yeoman's first filmwork was done as a second unit director of photography on '' To Live and Die in LA'', directed by William Friedkin in 1986. He went on to shoot many independent films including Gus Van Sant's '' Drugstore Cowboy'' — for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography — Noah Baumbach's ''The Squid and the Whale'', Roman Coppola's '' CQ'' and Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum ( ; born October 22, 1952) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films, such as ''Jurassic Park'' (1993) and ''Independence Day'' (1996), as well as their sequels. Goldblum made his acting film debut in '' Death Wish'' (1974) with early small roles in '' California Split'' (1974), ''Nashville'' (1975), and ''Annie Hall'' (1977). He gained wider attention for his roles in '' Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' (1978), '' The Big Chill'' (1983), and '' The Fly'' (1986). Since then, he has been best-known for his roles in several blockbuster franchises, such as Ian Malcolm in the ''Jurassic Park'' franchise, David Levinson in the ''Independence Day'' films, Grandmaster in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films such as '' Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017) and more recently, as the Wizard of Oz in '' Wicked'' (2024) and '' Wicked: For Good'' (2025). Frequent collaborator of director Wes Anderson, he has starred in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Ryan (American Actor)
Jake Ryan (born August 26, 2003) is an American actor. He has appeared in the Wes Anderson films ''Moonrise Kingdom'' (2012) and ''Asteroid City'' (2023) as well as Bo Burnham's film '' Eighth Grade'' (2018) and Nasim Pedrad's sitcom ''Chad'' (2021–2024). Career Ryan took up acting at age five as a hobby, which turned into a job. He made his film debut in the horror film '' The Innkeepers'' (2011). He began a long-running collaboration with the auteur filmmaker Wes Anderson at age seven when he was cast as a young camper in ''Moonrise Kingdom'' (2012), partly because he could play piano. He felt "cozy" on set with Anderson and kept in touch with him by email. In March 2012, an eight-year-old Ryan narrated, and got a writing credit on, a one-minute stop motion advertisement for Sony Mobile that was directed by Anderson. He also appeared in a promotional short for ''Moonrise Kingdom'' (opposite Jason Schwartzman) and in commentary for the Criterion Collection releases of '' Fan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Revolori
Anthony Revolori ( Quiñonez; born April 28, 1996) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his collaborations with Wes Anderson starring in ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014), ''The French Dispatch'' (2021), and ''Asteroid City'' (2023) and for portraying Flash Thompson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017), '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019), and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). Early life Revolori was born and raised in Anaheim, California. His parents, Sonia and Mario Quiñónez, are from Jutiapa, Guatemala. His father was an actor during his earlier years in Guatemala. Revolori's brother, Mario Quiñónez, better known as Mario Revolori, is also an actor. Born Anthony Quiñónez, he adopted "Revolori", the surname of his paternal grandmother. Career Revolori began his career as a child actor, getting his first role at age two, in a baby food commercial. His first major role was as the young Zero Moustafa in Wes Ande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Robbie
Margot Elise Robbie ( ; born 2 July 1990) is an Australian actress and producer. Her work includes both blockbuster and independent films, and her accolades include nominations for three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards. ''Time'' named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2017, and ''Forbes'' named her the world's highest-paid actress in 2023. Born and raised in Queensland, Robbie began her career in 2008 on the television series ''Neighbours'', on which she was a regular until 2011. After moving to the United States, she led the television series ''Pan Am'' (2011–2012) and had her breakthrough in 2013 with Martin Scorsese's black comedy film '' The Wolf of Wall Street''. She achieved wider recognition with starring roles as Jane Porter in '' The Legend of Tarzan'' (2016), and as Harley Quinn in the DC Extended Universe films beginning with ''Suicide Squad'' (2016). Robbie received critical acclaim and a nomination for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
