Biography movies

Frida (2002)

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: Canada | Mexico | USA
Actors: Hayek, Salma | Maestro, Mía | Zapata, Amelia | Usigli, Alejandro | Luna, Diego | Molina, Alfred | Bravo, Lucia | Golino, Valeria | Reyes Spíndola, Patricia | Navarro, Loló | Rees, Roger | Martínez, Fermín | Medina, Roberto | Judd, Ashley | Banderas, Antonio
Directors: Taymor, Julie
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“Frida” chronicles the life Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), as the young couple took the art world by storm. Frida by Kahlo On the afternoon of September 17, 1925, Frida and her friend Alex was involved in a severe Bus vs. Streetcar crash, and Frida was damaged very severely. A metal rod had made a very deep abdominal.Frida had received many more wounds too, and she ended up trapped in a body cast for months, as her illustration shows: Frida1926.JPG.Over her bed, Frida had a mirror so she could see herself, and this was the beginning of her focus on self portraits.. http://www.fbuch.com/fridaby.htmFrom her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary.. Frida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nominated for six 2002 Academy Awards(R), including Salma Hayek for Best Actress, FRIDA is the triumphant motion picture about an exceptional woman who lived an unforgettable life!A product of humble beginnings, Frida Kahlo (Hayek) earns fame as a talented artist with a unique vision. And from her enduring relationship with her mentor and husband, Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina — CHOCOLAT), to her scandalous affairs, Frida’s uncompromising personality. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida

Pianist, The (2002)

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | War
Countries: France | Germany | Poland | UK
Actors: Brody, Adrien | | Finlay, Frank | Lipman, Maureen | Fox, Emilia | Stoppard, Ed | Rayner, Julia | Meyer, Jessica Kate | Zebrowski, Michal | Mues, Wanja | Ridings, Richard | Sharron, Nomi | Milner, Anthony | Skeaping, Lucy | Skeaping, Roddy
Directors: Polanski, Roman
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The true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who, in the 1930s, was known as the most accomplished piano player in all of Poland, if not Europe. The Pianist (2002 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Pianist is a 2002 film directed by Roman Polanski, starring Adrien Brody. It is an adaptation of the autobiography of the same name by Jewish.Władysław Szpilman (Brody), a famous Polish Jewish pianist working for Warsaw Radio, sees his whole world collapse with the outbreak of World War II and the invasion.Upon questioning Szpilman and discovering that he is a pianist, Hosenfeld asks Szpilman to play something for him on the grand piano that happens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pianist_(2002_film)At the outbreak of the Second World War, however, Szpilman becomes subject to the anti-Jewish laws imposed by the conquering Germans. The Pianist Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes The Pianist movie reviews, trailers - Check out Rotten Tomatoes The Pianist clips, pictures, critic and user reviews, forums and the Tomatometer!Roman Polanski’s "The Pianist" is the director’s finest achievement, and elevates Adrien Brody (Oscar win for Best Actor 2002) to eminence in his representation of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew who survived the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com, Comment. 05/26/09. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pianist/By the start of the 1940s, Szpilman has seen his world go from piano concert halls to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw and then must suffer the tragedy of his family deported to a death camp, while Szpilman is conscripted into a forced German Labor Compound. The Pianist (2002) The Pianist (2002) — A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction. The Pianist (2002) — ZuGuide.com - Trailer (Flash).The Pianist (2002) — MyMovieScripts.com - Trailer (Flash). The Pianist (2002) — Moviesbox.us - Trailer (Flash).Terrific as the other 2002 Best Actor nominees were, now that I’ve seen THE PIANIST (as well as the fascinating making-of documentary on the DVD’s flip side, showing what a physically and emotionally. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253474/At last deciding to escape, Szpilman goes into hiding as a Jewish refugee where he is witness to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and the Warsaw City Revolt in August/October 1944.. The Pianist - Wladyslaw Szpilman - Homepage Read what all the top critics had to say about Pianist, The, which garnered a Metacritic METASCORE of 85, for Universal acclaim.Wladyslaw Szpilman, a brilliant Polish pianist, a Jew, escapes deportation. Forced to live in the heart of the Warsaw ghetto, he shares the suffering, the humiliation and the struggles. He manages to escape and hides in the ruins of the capital. A German officer comes to his aid and helps him to. http://www.szpilman.net/

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Hanks, Tom | Walken, Christopher | Sheen, Martin | Baye, Nathalie | Adams, Amy | Brolin, James | Howe, Brian | Hughes, Frank John | Eastin, Steve | Ellis, Chris | Finn, John | Garner, Jennifer | Lenehan, Nancy | Pompeo, Ellen
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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An FBI agent tracks down and catches a young con artist who successfully impersonated an airline pilot, doctor, assistant attorney general and history professor, cashing more than $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in 26 countries.. Catch Me If You Can Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes Catch Me If You Can movie reviews, trailers - Check out Rotten Tomatoes Catch Me If You Can clips, pictures, critic and user reviews, forums.Steven Spielberg will direct "Catch Me If You Can," from a screenplay by Jeff Nathanson, based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Frank Abagnale.Celebrity Interview - Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks and filmmaker Steven Spielberg talk about collaborating on Catch Me If You Can based on the true adventures. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/catch_me_if_you_can/

Invincible (2006)

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Wahlberg, Mark | Kinnear, Greg | Banks, Elizabeth | Conway, Kevin | Rispoli, Michael | Acevedo, Kirk | Davidoff, Dov | Kelly, Michael | Darigo, Sal | Banks, Nicoye | Alleyne, Turron Kofi | DeMatteo, Cosmo | Fisher, Stink | Mulheren, Michael | Nouri, Michael
Directors: Core, Ericson
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From the producers of “The Rookie”, this inspiring sports movie will star Mark Wahlberg as a Philadelphia Eagles fan who has just lost his wife and his teaching job. Invincible on DVD - Official Walt Disney Movie Invincible DVD Website Walt Disney’s True Story Invincible on DVD – An inspirational true story of Vince Papale and every sports fans wildest fantasy. Mark. http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/invincible/He decides one day to show up for an open tryout for his favorite NFL team, only to see his wildest dreams come true.. Invincible (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Invincible (Mark Grayson) is a fictional character, an Image Comics superhero. Created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Cory Walker, the character first.Invincible began in 2003, and was a debut title in Image’s new superhero line, one reminiscent of the Golden and Silver Ages of comics, as.After several months of attention from the comics media, Invincible became the most popular and best-selling title in the Image Comics line since Spawn.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invincible_(comics)

Blow (2001)

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Cruz, Penélope | Potente, Franka | Griffiths, Rachel | Reubens, Paul | Mollà, Jordi | Curtis, Cliff | Sandoval, Miguel | Suplee, Ethan | Liotta, Ray | Gage, Kevin | Perlich, Max | James, Jesse | Pérez, Miguel | Ferro, Dan
Directors: Demme, Ted
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George Jung is the son of a struggling small business owner. Fed Faces Biggest Blow to Independence, Powers in Dodd Proposal. The Federal Reserve faces the biggest blows to its authority and independence in five decades under legislation championed by its lead overseer in the US Senate.Fed Faces Biggest Blow to Independence, Powers in Dodd Proposal. Share Business ExchangeTwitterFacebook| Email, Print, A A A. By Scott Lanman and Craig Torres. Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve faces the biggest blows to its authority and independence in five decades under. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ar1GEW82NxDU&pos=3Seeing his family struggle to make ends meet and failing, George vows never to share a similar fate. FIFA.com - Ronaldo blow for Portugal Portugal’s South Africa 2010 hopes have been dealt a blow with Cristiano Ronaldo ruled out of the play-off matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina.Ronaldo blow for Portugal. (AFP) Wednesday 11 November 2009. Print. Email my friend. Share. Real Madrid’s Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldohas been ruled out of his country’s crucial FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa™ play-off matches after undergoing medical tests on a troublesome ankle injury.. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1131835.htmlMoving to California, he starts his own pot pushing operation in which he finds both success and imprisonment. New Line Cinema : Blow Based on a true story, Blow chronicles the high-speed rise and fall of George Jung (Johnny Depp, Sleepy Hollow), who became the largest importer of. http://www.newline.com/properties/blow.htmlIn prison, he meets a cellmate who introduces him into a partnership to the lucrative new market in cocaine. Blow (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blow is a 2001 drama/biopic film about the American cocaine smuggler George Jung, directed by Ted Demme (his final film). David.As the smuggling operation grows, Diego gets arrested, leaving George to find a way to sell 55 kilograms of blow and get the money in time. He reconnects with Derek in California, and.Reviews for Blow were decidedly mixed. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the film has received a rating of 54%, which is "rotten".. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_(film)Upon release, George Jung quickly becomes instrumental in establishing the exploding US market for cocaine in which he claimed that he handled about 85% of the supply in the 1970’s. Blow (2001) Blow (2001) — The story of George Jung, the man who established. Blow (2001) — ZuGuide.com - Trailer (Flash). Blow (2001) — Trailerfan.com - Trailer (Flash).Get set and blow!’ And prepare yourself to one of the most provocative and entertaining films you will see all year. `Blow’ stars Johnny Depp and is based upon the real life story of drug dealer George Jung. Depp’s performance as Jung was outstanding and proves again why his outstanding. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221027/However, for all the fabulous wealth and power he gained, the true costs of his dangerously treacherous occupation catch up with him in ways from which he would never recover.. blow, the new york blow dry bar blow, the new york blow dry bar.blow hair care. blow dry bar. services. shop. events. buzz. company. contact. http://www.blowny.com/

Beautiful Mind, A (2001)

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Crowe, Russell | Harris, Ed | Connelly, Jennifer | Plummer, Christopher | Bettany, Paul | Goldberg, Adam | Lucas, Josh | Rapp, Anthony | Gray-Stanford, Jason | Hirsch, Judd | Pendleton, Austin | Cardone, Vivien | Simon, Jill M. | Steinbach, Victor | Clarke, Tanya
Directors: Howard, Ron
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A biopic of the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash Jr., a math prodigy able to solve problems that baffled the greatest of minds. Beautiful Mind, A - Awesome Stories The words of Nash himself best describe the unraveling of his brilliant mind:.the staff at my university, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [where he was teaching], and later all of Boston were behaving strangely towards me.I started to see crypto-communists everywhere.Bos, Carole D. "Beautiful Mind, A" AwesomeStories.com. Date of access <http://www.awesomestories.com/flicks/beautiful-mind-. IN OTHER WORDS: Author. Title of story. Name. http://www.awesomestories.com/flicks/beautiful-mindAnd how he overcame years of suffering through schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.. A Beautiful Mind (2001) A Beautiful Mind (2001) — Theatrical Preview. A Beautiful Mind (2001) — ZuGuide.com - Trailer (Flash). A Beautiful Mind (2001) — Trailerfan.com - Trailer (Flash). A Beautiful Mind (2001) — Sinematurk -.Ron Howard’s best work to date. A beautiful movie to decribe a beautiful mind. Was the above comment useful to you? more (1066 total). Message Boards. Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for A Beautiful Mind (2001). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268978/

Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Barrymore, Drew | Zahn, Steve | Garcia, Adam | Murphy, Brittany | Woods, James | Bracco, Lorraine
Directors: Penny Marshall
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Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Riding in Cars with Boys, Movie, Moviefone.com Riding in Cars With Boys · View Story On One Page Print This Story Share This Story. By Rex Reed. October 6, 2009, 5:40 p.m. One tough mother-trucker: Monaghan and Bennett. <br /- (Kevin. One tough mother-trucker: Monaghan and Bennett. +Enlarge. Kevin Estrada. More on Movies — · Woo-Hoo! Hong. http://www.moviefone.com/movie/riding-in-cars-with-boys/10052/mainBorn in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter’s problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. Amazon.com: Riding in Cars with Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl. Riding in Cars with Boys and over 360000 other books are available for Amazon Kindle – Amazon’s new wireless reading device. Learn.My curiosity was piqued while watching previews for the movie version of Riding In Cars With Boys. I remember thinking it would make a great book. Well.Riding In Cars With Boys is the story of a girl who craves attention while eluding responsibilities, about growing up while raising a child, about innocence lost too. http://www.amazon.com/Riding-Cars-Boys-Confessions-Makes/dp/0140156291From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. Riding in Cars with Boys Riding in Cars with Boys is a calculated tearjerker that, because of plot issues never accomplishes what it sets out to do. There.Hasek is the (unintentional) center of Riding in Cars with Boys. Ward skips over a large part of D’Onofrio’s life, beginning with her struggle to success.Although the movie is supposed to be about D’Onofrio, Hasek is such a tragic figure that one almost wishes there was more of his story in Riding in Cars with Boys.. http://www.haro-online.com/movies/riding_in_cars.htmlHowever, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) Her mother (Lorraine Bracco) and Father (James Woods) are very disappointed in her, and now she has decided to marry Ray. Sit back and listen to Beverly tell the story of her troubled life, where she finally found peace. This was a great movie. It was really sad too. This was a good girl’s movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200027/However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Amazon.com: Riding in Cars With Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl. Riding in Cars with Boys movie reviews, trailers - Check out Rotten Tomatoes Riding in Cars with Boys clips, pictures, critic and user reviews,.Consensus: Riding in Cars With Boys suffers from mixing grit and pathos with cuteness and comedy. Ironically, many critics found Zahn’s character.RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS is a true story based on the autobiography by Beverly Donofrio about her youthful days of revelry, rebellion, and teenage motherhood. Drew. http://www.amazon.com/Riding-Cars-Boys-Confessions-tie/dp/0140296298Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she’s pregnant. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) - Memorable quotes Riding in Cars with Boys is a 2001 film based on the autobiography of the same name by Beverly Donofrio, about a woman who overcame difficulties including being.In his review for The New York Times, Stephen Holden praised Steve Zahn’s performance: "It is hard to imagine what Riding in Cars With Boys would have been without Mr.USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/2001-10-19-riding-in-cars-with-boys-review.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-02.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200027/quotesTelling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly’s marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin..