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Under The Glacier
''Under the Glacier'' () is a 1989 Icelandic drama film directed by Guðný Halldórsdóttir, based on her father's novel. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Sigurður Sigurjónsson as Umbi * Baldvin Halldórsson as Séra Jón Prímus * Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir as Úa * Kristbjörg Kjeld as Hnallflóra * Helgi Skúlason as Godman Sý ngmann * Þórhallur Sigurðsson as Jódínus Álfberg * Rúrik Haraldsson as Tumi Jónsen * Ívar DeCarsta Webster as James Butler See also * List of submissions to the 62nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Iceland has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1981. The first film to be sent to AMPAS by Iceland was ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðný Halldórsdóttir
Guðný Halldórsdóttir (born 23 January 1954) is an Icelandic people, Icelandic film director and screenwriter. She has directed eight films since 1984, including ''Under the Glacier'' and ''The Honour of the House''. She wrote the screenplay for 1986 comedy ''Stella í orlofi'' (''Stella on Vacation'') and directed its 2002 sequel, ''Stella í framboði'' (''Stella running for Office''). Her 2007 film ''The Quiet Storm (film), The Quiet Storm'' was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. Her father was writer and 1955 Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness, while her mother was writer and textile designer Auður Laxness. Her son is rapper, actor and comedian Halldór Laxness Halldórsson, better known as Dóri DNA. Selected filmography * ''Stella í orlofi'' (''Stella on Vacation'') (1986) * ''Under the Glacier'' (1989) * ''The Honour of the House'' (1999) * ''Stella í framboði'' (''Stella running for Office'') (2002) * ''The Quiet Storm (film), The Quiet St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórhallur Sigurðsson
Þórhallur Sigurðsson (born 20 January 1947), best known as Laddi, is an Icelandic comedian, actor, voice actor and entertainer known for comedy music and comedy acting. Laddi has dubbed many characters into Icelandic, in films and TV shows like ''The Smurfs'' and feature films like ''Aladdin''. He started off in a comedy duo with his brother Haraldur Sigurðsson, they were known as "Halli og Laddi" - Halli and Laddi. He was in the music video " Triumph of a Heart" with Björk. Selected filmography (Icelandic dubbing) *1981: The Smurfs - All voices *1992: Tom & Jerry: The Movie - Lickboot, Ferdinand and Stray Cats *1993: Aladdin - Genie *1994: Rock-A-Doodle *1994: The Lion King - Timon *1997: Hercules - Pain and Hermes *1998: The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix - Ben Redic Fy Fazan *1999: Mulan - Mushu *1999: Toy Story 2 - Emperor Zurg *1999: Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar - Asterix *2001: Shrek - Donkey *2003: Brother Bear - Rutt *2005: Madagascar - Julien *2005: Robots - Fender *2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Guðný Halldórsdóttir
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Icelandic-language Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 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 *January 28 ** Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Works By Halldór Laxness
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Drama Films
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December; the movement ended in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Revolutions against communist governments in Eastern Europe mainly succeeded, but the year also saw the suppression by the Chinese government of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. It was the year of the first Brazilian direct presidential election in 29 years, since the end of the military government in 1985 that ruled the country for more than twenty years, and marked the redemocratization process's final point. F. W. de Klerk was elected as State President of South Africa, and his regime gradually dismantled the aparth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Films
The year 1989 involved many significant films. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film '' Boxing Helena''. * A director's cut of '' Lawrence of Arabia'' is released with a 227-minute length. The restoration was undertaken by Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean. * May 24 – '' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is released by Paramount Pictures. It is the third installment of the '' Indiana Jones'' franchise. * June 13 – The ''James Bond'' film '' Licence to Kill'' is released. It would be followed by years of legal wrangling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Icelandic Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
Iceland has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1981. The first film to be sent to AMPAS by Iceland was ''Land and Sons'' which was released in Iceland in 1980. Since then, Iceland has sent in a film every year. Only one Icelandic film, ''Children of Nature, Börn náttúrunnar'' (''Children of Nature''), directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, has received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Three others have made the shortlist, and a short film titled ''The Last Farm, Síðasti bærinn'' (''The Last Farm'') by Rúnar Rúnarsson was nominated for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Live Action Short in 2006. Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's films have been selected to represent Iceland six times- more than any other Icelandic director. Baltasar Kormákur has been selected five times, while Ágúst Guðmundsson and Hrafn Gunnlaugsson have each represented Iceland four times. In 1990, Guðný Halldórsdóttir becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 62nd Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 62nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English language, English-speaking films produced outside the United States. The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country. For the 62nd Academy Awards, thirty-seven films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from Canada, Denmark, France, Puerto Rico and Italy. Burkina Faso and South Africa submitted films for the first time. Puerto Rico was nominated for the first, and as of 2025, only time. Italy w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ívar DeCarsta Webster
Ívar DeCarsta Unsont Webster (born May 7, 1955) is an American and Icelandic former professional basketball player and coach. Following a college career at Miami Dade and Indiana State, he went on to play for 20 seasons in Iceland where he won the national championship in 1988. In 1984, he became the first naturalized citizen to play for Iceland national basketball team. College Webster played for Indiana State from 1975 to 1978, where he was a roommate of Larry Bird. During the 1975–1976 season, he finished sixth in the nation in rebounds. He is the schools all-time leader in blocked shots (168) and third in rebounds (862). Iceland Webster joined defending Icelandic national champions KR in September 1979. After a disappointing offensive performance in the annual Reykjavík tournament, he played one game for KR in the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup before leaving in November to join Division I club Skallagrímur as player-coach. In 1981, Webster joined Haukar and helpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helgi Skúlason
Helgi Skúlason (4 September 1933 – 25 September 1996) was an Icelandic actor and stage director. Early life and education Helgi was born in Keflavík and attended the district school at Laugarvatn; he trained as an actor at the National Theatre of Iceland school, finishing in 1954. Career He began his career with the National Theatre. In 1959 he joined the Reykjavík Theatre Company, remaining with that company until 1976 as an actor and director and serving terms as its president and on its board, until he rejoined the National Theatre in 1976. He also directed a number of productions for the RÚV Playhouse. In 1972 he co-founded the Icelandic Directors' Association (Félag leikstjóra á Íslandi) and was its first chairman. In 1964 he won the Silver Lamp Award for the best performance by an actor for his role as Franz in an adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's ''The Condemned of Altona''. He later played major roles in the Icelandic films '' When the Raven Flies'' (as Þór� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
