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Transatlantic (1998)
''Transatlantic'' is a 1998 Croatian crime film directed by Mladen Juran- Nomination for the main prize in Latin America , Official Competition 15 Mar del Plata International Film Festival (first film in independent Croatia in the official competition of the world's A Festival), 1999. Official program of the Moscow International Film Festival, (A festival), 1999. Winner 4 Golden Arenas Pula Film Festival, 1998. Kodak Award, 1998. The film was selected as the Croatian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards. PLOT A movie epic about emigration, roots, America, Croatia, organized crime, love, loneliness, fate, the existential measure of everyone’s life, whether thatlife in monumental, ordinary, null or simply human. This taboo-theme in Croatian culture is brilliantly realized in the genre of a social psychological drama with melodramatic, criminal and adventure elements. This “MichaelCiminoesque” film w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mladen Juran
Mladen Juran (born 8 May 1942) is a Croatian film director, screenwriter and actor - the author with the nominations for the Main Film Prize in Latin America and the Best European Fantastic Film, Oscar Academy Awards Candidate - films thematic related to roots and emigration, rebellion - an individual in the whirlpool of unfavorable and surreal social events, organized crime, love, loneliness, fate, the existential measure of everyone’s life, whether that life in monumental, ordinary, null or simply human - with debuting in French cinema, recorded in "Histoire du cinéma français 1966-1970", on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of French cinema. Early life Juran was born in Zagreb. He graduated from high school in Split, Croatia, Split in 1960. After obtaining a diploma from the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics at the University of Zagreb in 1964, he went to Paris, where he graduated in 1968 from the Dramatic Arts Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
71st Academy Awards
The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 1998 in film and took place on March 21, 1999, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time Zone, PST / 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by American Broadcasting Company, ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the third time. She first hosted the 66th Academy Awards, 66th ceremony held in 1994 and had last hosted the 68th Academy Awards, 68th ceremony in 1996. Nearly a month earlier in a ceremony held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 27, the Academy Award for Technical Achievement, Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Croatian-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Films
Many significant films were released in 1998, including '' Shakespeare in Love'', ''Saving Private Ryan'','' Armageddon'', '' American History X'', '' The Truman Show'', '' Primary Colors'', '' ''Rushmore'''', '' Rush Hour'', '' There's Something About Mary'', '' The Big Lebowski'', and Terrence Malick's directorial return in '' The Thin Red Line''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1998 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records * ''Saving Private Ryan'' grossed $485 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing World War II film until it was surpassed by ''Dunkirk'' (2017). However, when adjusted for 2025 inflation, ''Saving Private Ryan'' grossed approximately $826 million worldwide. * ''Blade'' became the top-grossing film based on a Marvel Comics character, grossing $131.2 million worldwide at the time of its release. *The ''Star Trek'' franchise became the seventh film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of '' Star Trek: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Croatian Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
Independent Croatia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1992. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non- English dialogue. It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was introduced for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since. Since achieving independence from Yugoslavia, Croatia has submitted 30 films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , but none have been nominated for an Oscar. Croatia also unsuccessfully tried to submit a film in 1991 while the country was in the process of achieving international recognition. Since independence, five Croatian directors have had multiple films submitted to the Academy for review. Directors Branko Schmidt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 71st Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole". Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Relja Bašić
Relja Bašić (14 February 1930 – 7 April 2017) was a Croatian actor. With a career that lasted more than half a century, he is considered one of the most prolific performers of that country. Biography Bašić was born on 14 February 1930 in Zagreb, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was born to a Jewish mother Elly (née Lerch) Bašić. Bašić was raised by his mother and stepfather Mladen Bašić. He first appeared on screen in 1954 classic film ''Koncert''. Through the decades, he played many different roles, often in international co-productions. He never became a star, but remained one of the most recognisable and dependable character actors. His specialty were the roles of suave aristocratic villains, especially in historic films dealing with World War II, but he is best remembered for the role of Mr. Fulir in 1970 cult comedy '' Tko pjeva zlo ne misli''. In the 1990s, Bašić was an enthusiastic supporter of the Croatian Social Liberal Party. During 1992 parliamentary e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matija Prskalo
Matija Prskalo (born 25 October 1966) is a Croatian theatre, film and television actress. Filmography Television roles * ''Nemoj nikome reći'' as Anita Jurić (2015-2016) * ''Zora dubrovačka'' as Marijana (2013-2014) * ''Stipe u gostima'' as Anica (2011) * ''Vrata do vrata'' (TV pilot) as Tamara (2009) * ''Stipe u gostima'' as Anica (2009) * ''Zauvijek susjedi'' as Marica (2008) * ''Ne daj se, Nina'' as Pamela Privora (2008) * ''Luda kuća (TV series), Luda kuća'' as Lidija Devčić (2005-2006) * ''Zabranjena ljubav'' as Stela Vidak (2004-2006) * ''Balkan Inc.'' as Anđela Pauletić (2006) * ''Bitange i princeze'' as sutkinja (2006) * ''Milijun eura (TV series), Milijun eura'' as voditeljica (2005) * ''Naši i vaši'' as Mila (2002) * ''Veliki odmor (TV pilot), Veliki odmor'' (2000) Movie roles * ''Djeca jeseni (2012), Djeca jeseni'' as teacher (2012) * ''Cvjetni trg (2012), Cvjetni trg'' as Mackov's wife (2012) * ''Will Not End Here, Nije kraj'' as Rahmeta (2008) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Gregurević
Ivo Gregurević (; 7 October 1952 – 1 January 2019) was a Croatian film, theatre and television actor. Throughout over a quarter of a century, Gregurević played rural bullies and arrogant nouveau riche and became one of Croatia's best known and most lauded character actors. Biography Born in the village of Donja Mahala, Ivo was the child of Marko and Jela Gregurević. He graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art, and has worked in over 90 movies and television programs since the late 1970s; in particular, he acted in almost all of Croatian movies after gaining independence in 1991. He also had few starring roles, best known being in 1991 film '' Čaruga''. Croatian film director Snježana Tribuson has stated that she had intentionally cast Gregurević in almost all of her movies. Besides movie roles, he made the successful appearances in popular Croatian TV series, '' Velo misto'', playing the Netjak, and Marko Kosmički in '' Odmori se, zaslužio si''. He has won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Dvornik
Boris Dvornik (; 16 April 1939 – 24 March 2008) was a Croatian actor. Biography Born in Split to the family of a carpenter, Dvornik discovered acting talent at an early age, while performing in children's plays. After studying to become an electrician, he began to pursue a full-time acting career. He studied at the National Acting School in Novi Sad and later enrolled at the Academy of Dramatic Art at the University of Zagreb. As a freshman, he was cast in the starring role of the 1960 Holocaust drama '' The Ninth Circle''. A year later, he showed his versatility by appearing in the popular comedy '' Martin in the Clouds''. This established Dvornik as a big star of former Yugoslav cinema, comparable to Ljubiša Samardžić, Milena Dravić and Bata Živojinović; with latter he later developed a close friendship. The zenith of Dvornik's popularity came in the 1970s with the role of Roko Prč in the cult series ''Naše malo misto''. In the 1980s, after receiving acclaim as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alen Liverić
Alen Liverić (born 1 January 1967) is a Croatian actor. Filmography Television Game * Zid as HRT 1, HRT1 Television roles * "Novine" as Toni Nardelli (2016-2018) * "Vatre ivanjske" as Patrik Vidan (2014-2015) * "Zora dubrovačka (TV series), Zora dubrovačka" as Djivo Knego (2013-2014) * "Stella (2013 TV series), Stella" as Franjo's friend (2013) * "Larin izbor" as Zoran Armanini (2011-2012) * "Usta usta" as dr. Pietrich (2011) * "Hitna 94" as dr. Tomislav Matić (2008) * "Dobre namjere" as Sven (2007-2008) * "Luda kuća (TV series), Luda kuća" as Joško Kakariga (2005-2008) * "Bumerang (TV series), Bumerang" as Boško Krivić (2005) * "Zagrljaj (TV miniseries), Zagrljaj" as Lojz (1988) Movie roles * "Broj 55 (2014), Broj 55" (2014) * "Hitac (2013), Hitac" as Matija (2013) * "Zagonetni dječak (2013), Zagonetni dječak" as Mlinaric (2013) * "Mezanin (2011), Mezanin" as boss (2011) * "Josef (film), Josef" as Tiffenbach (2011) * "Fleke (2011), Fleke" as Doctor Mario (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Šovagović
Filip Šovagović (born 13 September 1966) is a Croatian actor, film director, comedian, playwright and journalist. At first known simply as the son of renowned actor Fabijan Šovagović, he has established himself as one of the most prolific Croatian actors of the 21st century. He has appeared in over sixty films, starring in ''My Uncle's Legacy'', ''Sokol Did Not Love Him'', ''Hamburg Altona (film), Hamburg Altona'', ''Četverored'', ''Transatlantic (1998 film), Transatlantic'', ''Infection (2003 film), The Infection'' and the Academy Award-winning ''No Man's Land (2001 film), No Man's Land''. Šovagović also starred in the extremely successful Croatian comedy series ''Naša mala klinika'' as Ivo Zadro. He made his directorial début in 2005, with the film ''Pušća Bistra''. Šovagović has also been widely praised for his acting work in the Gavella Drama Theatre and as a playwright in his repertoire of five authored plays. His most acclaimed work, '':hr:Filip Šovagović, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
