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director (Willem Dafoe), where he hooks up with an aspiring actress (Emma de Caunes) also bound for Cannes. The film, which is something of a dubious homage to Jacques Tati's "Mr. Hulot's Holiday," borrows from many other films, most notably a bicycle bit from "Pee-wee's Big Adventure.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'Colma: The Musical' high-kicking Aug 24, 2007
On Bean patrol are Jean Rochefort as a snooty waiter who sneaks off for burgers, charming Emma de Caunes, and Willem Dafoe as an irate filmmaker. Kids can have G-rated laughs, and the French scenery is often terrific. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Toronto festival unveils full slate Aug 23, 2007
The Gala slate also adds psychological chills and thrills with Paul Schrader's "The Walker," starring Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, Lily Tomlin and Willem Dafoe; and Renny Harlin's "Cleaner," starring Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes and Keke Palmer. Rounding out the Gala program are Alain Corneau's 1950s-set remake of Melville's 1966 pic "Le deuxieme souffle," starring Daniel Auteuil and Monica Bellucci, and Robin Swicord's "The Jane Austen Book Club," with Kathy... (Variety)
'Mr. Bean' speaks Aug 21, 2007
Willem Dafoe plays a film writer/director/star (with) a film being presented at Cannes, which is ruined by the fact that Mr. Bean manages to play a holiday video in the middle of the presentation. It was an enjoyable opportunity to do a movie within the movie, which is an amusingly pretentious Cannes film entry. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Mr. Beans Holiday is a pleasant trifle Aug 21, 2007
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Emma De Caunes, Jean Rochefort, Karel RodenDirector: Steve BendelackRun time: 1 hour, 28 minutesMPAA rating: G ... Continually sidetracked by his own fathomless stupidity, Bean causes perpetual agony for himself and almost everyone he encounters, among them self-adoring filmmaker Carson Clay (Willem Dafoe), who is on his way to Cannes for the premiere of his pretentious new film. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Bean Is Back Aug 19, 2007
Bean's Holiday," Willem Dafoe co-stars as an American movie director who crosses paths with Mr. Bean. Atkinson says he felt sorry for the actor during their scenes together. "If you're another actor in a scene with Mr. Bean, you don't get much from him," he says. "He's such an ungenerous person. He sort of ignores you for much of the time. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Montreal fest returns with strong slate Aug 8, 2007
Italo filmmaker Abel Ferrara's Manhattan-set comedy "Go Go Tales," starring Willem Dafoe and Matthew Modine, also finds a competition berth as do two Canuck pics: helmer Emile Gaudreault's relationship comedy "Surviving My Mother" ; and the French-language "You," helmer Francois Delisle's drama about a woman who leaves her husband and son. The competition also includes "1 Day," from helmer Jacob Berger, a Swiss-French co-production; Ray Loriga's "Teresa" ; and the world preem of Gallic helmer... (Variety)
Last of the great Hollywood outsiders Aug 5, 2007
Richard Gere s hollow political pawn in American Gigolo, Willem Dafoe s numb cocaine dealer in Light Sleeperand Greg Kinnear s doomed sex addict in Auto Focus all share in the director s DNA, too ... Working with Scorsese again, Schrader pens a contentious passion play depicting Jesus (Willem Dafoe, above) as a flawed human figure. (Times Online)
which action stars Aug 5, 2007
The hero: John Clark (Willem Dafoe). The movie: Clear and Present Danger. (The Palm Beach Post)
Germany and Israel unite over Holocaust film Jul 29, 2007
Jeff Goldblum is to play the part of Adam, while Willem Dafoe will play the concentration camp commandant who forces him to act like a dog. Goldblum has described it as 'the most difficult role I have ever had to play. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Today in History July 22 Jul 22, 2007
Actor Willem Dafoe is 52. Rhythm-and-blues singer Keith Sweat is 46. (MSNBC -- Race)
Spike TV Television Highlights - August 2007 Jul 10, 2007
Starring Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, and Anne Archer. -- PATRIOT GAMES (1992, Action/Drama) Spike Premiere Saturday, August 11 (8:00 PM - 10:30 PM, ET/PT). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Kabir Bedi awarded Lifetime Achievement in Italy Jul 7, 2007
This year the winners of the Pegaso dOro 2007 will also include Willem Dafoe, Dario Argento and Stefania Sandrelli. The award is presented by the Premio Internationale Flaiano, whose Jury for 2007 comprises leading Italian names like Giuliano Montaldo, Mario Monicelli, Suso Cecchi DAmico, Mario Sesti, Deborah Young, Franco Mariotti, Laura Delli Colli and Mario Sesti. (Glamsham.com)
'Fantastic Four': Marveless, By Kurt Loder Jun 15, 2007
The Silver Surfer himself one of the more beloved figures of the Marvel Comics universe is nothing but; and while he looks great, and the producers went to the expense of bringing in Peter Jackson's WETA Digital effects shop to help cook him up, anyone who's watched Willem Dafoe and James Franco hanging ten around Manhattan in the "Spider-Man" films for the last five years won't be inordinately impressed by his actions. This is a super-hero sequel with a crippling lack of superness. (VHI.com -- Music News)
The AmeriCannes Way May 30, 2007
g., Bad Lieutenant) sticks to basics here, gathering his loyal troupe (Willem Dafoe, Matthew Modine, Asia Argento) and managing to stay independent of Hollywood philosophically and geographically. The beautiful irony here isn't that Ferrara has made a wholesome, heartwarming movie about a striptease club and its hypersensitive manager; it's that he conjured the most American film of the festival by shooting "New York" on a soundstage in Rome. (City Pages)
Stepping lightly into history (Min Lee) May 28, 2007
Mr. Yim, a respected art-house director who made the 2001 movie "Pavilion of Women" featuring Willem Dafoe, said his script was first rejected by China's Film Bureau several years ago before getting approval on a second try this year. Mr. Lu, a rising Chinese director, said the approval process for his movie, titled "Nanjing! Nanjing!," took five months. (Washington Times)
Many moments of 'Je t'Aime' light up the screen May 25, 2007
Paris, Je t'Aime* * * (out of four)Stars: Includes Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Natalie Portman and Elijah WoodDirectors: 21 directorsDistributor: First Look PicturesRating: R for language and brief drug useRunning time: 2 hoursOpens Friday in select cities. Many moments of 'Je t'Aime' light up the screen. (USA Today -- Life)
'I'm the last king of nowhere' May 24, 2007
It's a languorous comic tribute to a floundering New York strip joint, with Willem Dafoe playing the desperate, mullet-wearing master of ceremonies. Early reviews have been scathing, with the Hollywood Reporter labelling it "preposterous" and "dunderheaded", which seems a little harsh because the film is not as bad as all that and boasts a terrofic central performance from Dafoe. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Cannes: Some down-and-dirty dancing May 23, 2007
A terrific Willem Dafoe, his Joker- like smile stretched across his face, plays the titular owner of Ray Ruby's Paradise, a strip club pulsing with music and an atmosphere of desperation. Times are tough at Ray Ruby's: the coffers are empty, the strippers haven't been paid and the landlady (Sylvia Miles), parked on a barstool like a toad on a lily pad, is screeching for the rent. (International Herald Tribune)
At Cannes, glimpses into the social underbelly May 23, 2007 'The Wendell Baker Story': Small Tale, By Kurt Loder May 19, 2007 Movie Review (3): Spider-Man 3 May 7, 2007 summer art-house films May 6, 2007 Read More... May 5, 2007 'Spider-Man 3': Tangled Web, By Kurt Loder May 5, 2007 Spidey out tonight May 4, 2007 Spider-Man 3 May 4, 2007 Spider-Man 3 spins a fun, familiar web May 4, 2007 DIM-BULB DIRECTORS DARKEN CITY OF LIGHT May 4, 2007 Film review: Man in tights May 4, 2007 It's 'Spidey-3,' just crawling with stuff and goop May 3, 2007 Spider Bites May 2, 2007 Can 'Spider-Man 3' Beat The Superhero-Movie Curse? Apr 26, 2007 Review: Spider-Man 3 Apr 22, 2007 On Otto: A New Show by Tobias Rehberger Apr 20, 2007 Paris, je T'aime Apr 19, 2007 Still Playing Apr 15, 2007 Teresa Stanley cast in 'Color Purple' Apr 7, 2007 The accidental movie star Apr 4, 2007 Hero Hayden to do film with Julia Roberts Mar 30, 2007 Mr. Bean's Limp Gags, Killer Aishwarya, Caiman Gem: U.K. Film Review Mar 30, 2007 Tripping up| Mar 30, 2007 Bean proves that anything film makers can do, he Cannes do better Mar 28, 2007 Mr. Bean's Holiday Mar 27, 2007 Abroad Bean - comedy star bumbles into holiday movie Mar 27, 2007 Made in Maryland Mar 23, 2007 Mr Bean's Holiday Mar 22, 2007 Four Stars Get Hurt Mar 15, 2007 Bigelow returns for The Hurt Locker Mar 14, 2007 Cranky Pants Mar 5, 2007 WonderCon 07: Venom Revealed! Mar 4, 2007 The importance of winning Oscar | Mar 3, 2007 Eddie Murphy Loses Oscar, Bolts From Show Feb 27, 2007 In picturesA glittering line-up of international talent at the Berlin Film Festival Feb 19, 2007 'Tuya's Marriage' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film Feb 19, 2007 'Tuya's Marriage' wins Golden Bear Feb 18, 2007 Dontanville is back on track Feb 15, 2007 See the full review Feb 14, 2007 Low on glitz, big on film Feb 12, 2007 Berlin film festival opens with French singer film Feb 9, 2007 'La Vie en Rose' opens Berlin fest Feb 9, 2007 Berlin Film Festival kicks off Feb 9, 2007 De Niro, Blanchett, Lopez Join Stars Vying for Prizes at Berlin Festival Feb 8, 2007 Stars were shining Feb 4, 2007 Lincoln man recalls his part in ‘Platoon' Jan 30, 2007 Pilgrimage to the Heart of Yoga Jan 20, 2007 Schrader to head Berlin jury Jan 14, 2007 In brief: Depp takes on Russian spy biopic Jan 12, 2007 Diversity Day features Iowa native who was part of civil rights movement Jan 12, 2007 Small town, Smallsongs, but it’s a big love of music Jan 4, 2007
A terrific Willem Dafoe, his Joker-like smile stretched across his face, plays the titular owner of Ray Ruby's Paradise, a strip club pulsing with music and an atmosphere of desperation. Times are tough at Ray Ruby's: the coffers are empty, the strippers haven't been paid and the landlady (Sylvia Miles), parked on a barstool like a toad on a lily pad, is screeching for the rent. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Relativity's Remorse May 19, 2007
The character has previously been portrayed by Willem Dafoe in Clear and Present Danger and Liev Schreiber in Sum Of All Fears. Reviews. (IGN FilmForce)
The actors include Natalie Portman, Elijah Wood, Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bob Hoskins, Nick Nolte, Emily Mortimer, Willem Dafoe and Catalina Sandino Moreno. Most of the stories in which they figure are sharply observed vignettes, some of them sumptuous fantasies, others obliquely touching in unexpected ways. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Add to that the obligatory appearances of Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson) and Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin and you have a film that cries out for simplification. Good actors all - but the overwritten and overplotted screenplay leaves them little time to develop their characters. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Cast includes Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Gerard Depardieu, Nick Nolte, Natalie Portman and Elijah Wood. JULY. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
He is the son of the late Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe), and his agonized, drawn-out desire to make Spider-Man pay for that death makes Hamlet's revenge look like a snap decision. We also have Venom (Topher Grace), who is introduced, with something close to panic, two-thirds of the way through the film. (Disinformation)
And as if all of this weren't jeopardy enough, Harry's dad (Willem Dafoe) is actually still around as well, stirring up trouble from beyond the grave. ("Make him suffer!"). (VHI.com -- Music News)
"Villains with a conscience have this sad realization of who they are, and the monster they've become - there's a sense of regret," said Church, an Oscar nominee for his bachelor with wanderlust in "Sideways" who's a Raimi choice in the mold of previous heavies Willem Dafoe (Green Goblin) and Alfred Molina (Doc Ock). "So at the end of these movies there's a dramatic resonance that really stays with the audience.". (Newsday -- New York City)
Next, there's Harry Osborn/New Goblin (James Franco), a holdover from the earlier flicks and still hungering for revenge while believing his former best friend, Spidey/Peter, killed his dad, the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe). Still, he's pretty much a benign presence compared to Eddie Brock (Topher Grace), who starts as a rival for Peter's job at the Daily Bugle and evolves into the toothy and menacing Venom, Spider-Man's black-garbed mirror image. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The central drawback in 3 is the amount of baggage left over from the earlier films especially the animosity surrounding the deaths of Peters genial uncle (Cliff Robertson) and the maniacal father (Willem Dafoe) of Peters best friend, Harry Osborn (James Franco). Flashbacks and ghostly incarnations attempt to fill in the blanks, but if you havent seen the previous films, youll never guess why so much screen time is spent on long-deceased characters. (MSNBC -- Movies)
OO many cooks spoil the broth, and too many directors spoil the anthology film "Paris Je T'aime." Twenty-one directors team up on 18 shorts about love fulfilled and love thwarted (New York Post -- Entertainment)
syndrome, though it had classy villains (Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, together a hambone duet of orchestral size). Now relaxed into its highly costumed skin, the new epic lets James Franco as Harry, the gone Dafoe's son, cut loose for some embittered villainy a lot like crazy old dad's. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Franco serves double duty: He s Parker s old school buddy and rival for the heart of Mary Jane, and he s also the "New Goblin," taking over from his dead dad, the Green Goblin (Part 2 s Willem Dafoe), and blaming Spider-Man for his father s demise. But one villain s not enough: Enter Thomas Haden Church as Flint Marko, a hulking prisoner-on-the-run who stumbles into a top-secret science experiment and emerges as Sandman, a shape-shifting behemoth with the body mass of a grain silo. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
We don't even see much of the costumed character till late into the first act here; indeed, his very first fight amidst the NYC skyline and its alleyways takes place out of costume, when Peter is snatched off his scooter by one of the movie's trio of villains in this case, Harry "Goblin Jr." Osborn (James Franco), who's still out to avenge the death of his daddy (Willem Dafoe) till a bump on the head makes him forget that he wants to kill his bestest friends in the whole wide world. What's... (City Pages)
"Willem Dafoe was a movie star in the '80s and early '90s, but his career had drifted more towards character roles," the Oscar-nominated Church remembered. "[Playing Green Goblin] was a great relaunching for Willem. And then Alfred [Molina] had a longstanding career as a character actor, but [playing Doc Ock] was an opportunity for him to go to the forefront as a spectacularly rotten villain. With myself, with Topher [Grace, who plays Venom], they are pretty unique choices. I don't think anybody... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Spider-Man/Peter Parker - Tobey Maguire Mary Jane Watson - Kirsten Dunst New Goblin/Harry Osborn - James Franco Sandman/Flint Marko - Thomas Haden Church Venom/Eddie Brock - Topher Grace Gwen Stacy - Bryce Dallas Howard May Parker - Rosemary Harris J. Jonah Jameson - J.K. Simmons Captain Stacy - James Cromwell Emma Marko - Theresa Russell Dr. Curt Connors - Dylan Baker Joseph "Robbie" Robertson - Bill Nunn Maitre d' - Bruce Campbell Miss Brant - Elizabeth Banks Hoffman - Ted Raimi Penny Marko -... (Variety)
A key aspect of the installation will be the involvement of movie stars Kim Basinger, Willem Dafoe, Emmy Rossum, Justin Henry, and Danny DeVito, who will appear in the audience of an empty cinema. The actors assume the role of spectators, while the visitors to the installation peering through portals become the stars on screen. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Juliette Binoche, Natalie Portman, Willem Dafoe, Nick Nolte, Elijah Wood, Gerard Depardieu, Maggie Gyllenhaal ... 5 stars 2007 Juliette Binoche, Natalie Portman, Willem Dafoe, Nick Nolte, Elijah Wood, Gerard Depardieu, Maggie Gyllenhaal Various 120 France 2009042-21176696955102-smh. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Starring Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Max Baldry, Willem Dafoe, Karel Roden. Directed by Steve Bendelack. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
The movie is a series of short films made by 10 directors and also stars Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Nick Nolte, Natalie Portman and Gerard Depardieu. Then he'll head down Main Street a few blocks to receive the World Cinema Award at this year's World Cinema Celebration street party. (Herald-Tribune)
Comfortable on stage and screen, Willem Dafoe has been bold enough to take risks as well as have a bit of blockbuster fun, writes Michael Bodey ... Willem Dafoe, who plays a temperamental, narcissistic director in the recently released comedy Mr Bean's Holiday, says he prefers "insane" directors because they "tend to be more passionate about what they do". (The Australian)
The film, directed by Dennis Lee, also stars Willem Dafoe, Ioan Gruffudd, Carrie-Anne Moss, Ryan Reynolds and Emily Watson. advertisement. (MSNBC -- News)
The biggest surprise is the involvement of Willem Dafoe as director of the film-within-a-film. Dafoe is a fine actor with a reputation for taking on populist roles in order to fund more esoteric projects. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Far removed from its predecessor, the most American this Mr Bean gets is in the form of narcissistic actor/director Carson Clay (Willem Dafoe). The European quirkiness is far more suited to the spirit of Mr Bean and, while you might spend most of the film squirming with your hands over your eyes, you wont be able to resist a chuckle or two. (iAfrica.com)
The casting throughout is surprisingly classy, with Emma de Caunes as Sabine, a French actress who befriends Bean, and Willem Dafoe as Carson Clay, a pretentious American director heading to the Cannes Film Festival with his latest masterpiece, Playback Time. The notion of Bean being given a camera to record his holiday of a lifetime proves something of a distraction in the early stages of the film but works as a plot device when his amateur efforts play a role in delighting a jaded red carpet... (Scotsman)
Rowan Atkinson, Emma De Caunes, Max Baldry, Willem Dafoe ... Along the way, he picks up a couple of travelling companions - lost kid Max Baldry and cute ingenue Emma De Caunes - and unintentionally wreaks a bit of havoc before crashing the film-festival premiere of an interminable arthouse snooze-fest directed by Willem Dafoe (hilarious as a self-enchanted, Vincent Gallo-style wanker). (Moviehole)
He was joined by Hollywood star Willem Dafoe who plays a bullying film director in the comedy. Vulnerable and naive. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Starring Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric and Willem Dafoe ... The cast also includes Willem Dafoe, Xzibit and Samuel L. Jackson (who, along with Michael Roof are the only cast members returning from the original "xXx"). (Sunspot.net -- Business)
Mr. Bean - Rowan Atkinson Sabine - Emma de Caunes Stepan - Max Baldry Carson Clay - Willem Dafoe Maitre d' - Jean Rochefort Emil Duchevsky - Karel Roden Vicar - Steve Pemberton ... It's during the second half that the humor becomes more hit-and-miss, as Bean is separated from Stepan and becomes involved first in a WWII yogurt commercial that's being shot in rural France, then with its director, American art-film helmer Carson Clay (Willem Dafoe), whose latest snoozeroo, "Playback Time," is... (Variety)
Charlize Theron, Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes and Willem Dafoe will reportedly star in The Hurt Locker, an action drama set in Iraq. The film "follows the exploits of an elite bomb disposal unit. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb," according to ProductionWeekly. (IGN FilmForce)
Kathryn Bigelow is to direct her first film since the flop drama K-19: The Widowmaker in 2002, an Iraq-set feature starring Colin Farrell, Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes and Willem Dafoe. The Hurt Locker will see the A-list cast as members of an elite bomb disposal unit who, according to the synopsis, are "forced to play a dangerous game of cat and mouse in the chaos of war" in a city where "everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb". (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Monday, March 05, 2007 Last Update: 10:35 AM EST. NORMAL LADIES CAN'T SAMPLE THE SAMPLES. (New York Post -- Gossip)
The audience then catches a glimpse of Harry Osborn (James Franco) looking into a mirror and seeing the face of his father, Norman (Willem Dafoe), looking back at him. The elder Osborn's voice implores his son, "You know what you have to do." Cut to Harry, in modified Green Goblin gear (the likes of which make him look like a high tech X-gamer), chasing Parker through the city. (IGN FilmForce)
Among the geniuses never to win a single Academy Award (not counting the Oh Shit Hes Dying award) are Cary Grant, John Hughes, Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Burton, Robert Altman, Charlie Chaplin, Edward Norton, Tim Burton and his resident composer Danny Elfman, Willem Dafoe, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Angela Bassett, Peter Sellers, Tony Curtis, Sidney Lumet, Terry Gilliam, David Cronenberg and the Marx Brothers. The Coen brothers, undoubtedly two of the greatest maverick filmmakers working today, have... (iAfrica.com)
Just about everyone from the show was there, with some added extras coming and going: Madonna and Guy Ritchie were spotted, as were Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise ( they stayed a minute," someone said). But it was more like 1:30 when Peter O Toole, age 74, and his daughter got up and started disco dancing to the deejay. I believe the song was Madonna s Holiday. O Toole looks a little fragile himself, but he still cuts a mean rug. Paparazzi hustled over to shoot this moment, and I can only hope O... (Fox News -- Views)
Actor Willem Dafoe was on the judging panel, which gave its Grand Prix award to Argentine director Ariel Rotter for The Other. Austrian Helmut Berger won a lifetime achievement award in a category recognising films with homosexual subject matter. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The jury also featured cult American actor Willem Dafoe and the Mexican heartthrob actor Gael Garc;a Bernal. Twenty-two films were in competition for the Golden and Silver Bears. (Spiegel Online)
The Berlinale jury was headed by Paul Schrader, who wrote the script for Taxi Driver and included actors Gael Garcia Bernal and Willem Dafoe, Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass and Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi. Among the favourites shut out for the prizes were German-Austrian production The Counterfeiters, which told a true story about a secret Nazi operation to forge foreign currency, and the whimsical Czech film I Served the King of England about a morally stunted waiter who is witness to... (iAfrica.com)
Frattaroli's company brings in a management list that includes Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Scott Speedman, Lili Taylor, Sarah Polley and filmmakers Michael Cuesta, Mary Harron and Ben Ross. Disillusioned with the grind and the eroding quality of studio films he was booking his clients into, Dontanville planned to recharge his batteries with a sabbatical on his ranch in Ojai, then try his hand at writing and producing films. (Variety)
Carter Page III - Woody Harrelson Lynn Lockner - Kristin Scott Thomas Natalie Van Miter - Lauren Bacall Abigail Delorean - Lily Tomlin Jack Delorean - Ned Beatty Emek Yoglu - Moritz Bleibtreu Larry Lockner - Willem Dafoe Mungo Tenant - William Hope Detective Dixon - Geff Francis Robbie Kononsberg - Steven Hartley Chrissie Morgan - Mary Beth Hurt ... In order to protect Lynn and her senator husband Larry (Willem Dafoe) from impertinent questions, Carter offers to report the crime himself to the... (Variety)
The winner will be picked Saturday by seven jurors led by screenwriter Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver") and including actors Willem Dafoe and Gael Garc a Bernal. Among the American offerings are De Niro's "The Good Shepherd" and Gregory Nava's "Bordertown," which stars Jennifer Lopez as a journalist uncovering crime and corruption in Juarez, Mexico. (Boston Globe -- World)
American director Paul Schrader presides over the seven-member jury this year, which includes Palestinian actor and director Hiam Abbass, German actor Mario Adorf, film producer Nansun Shi, Danish film editor Molly Malene Stensgaard, Mexican-born actor Gael Garcia Bernal and U.S. famous actor Willem Dafoe. Source: Xinhua. (People's Daily Online, China)
Even hipper, or at least eclectic, is the international jury for the main Competition, which includes Willem Dafoe, Gael Garcia Bernal and a Palestinian actress named Hiam Abbass. The jury is chaired by writer-director Paul Schrader -- who recalled "the cold-war" jury he sat on back in 1987 when politics fueled heated arguments over the films in Berlinale contention. (Variety)
Pictured are ( L-R) actor Gael Garcia Bernal, editor and cutter Molly Malene Stensgaard, producer Shi Nansun, director Paul Schrader, actrors Hiam Abbass, Mario Adorf and Willem Dafoe. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Schrader, who co-wrote the script for ``Taxi Driver,'' is joined by Willem Dafoe and Gael Garcia Bernal on the seven-member jury, which will announce the awards on Feb. 17. As jury head, Schrader had to show his own new film out of competition. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
who was nominated for an Oscar for 1969 s Midnight Cowboy and recently wrapped Go Go Tales with Willem Dafoe and Bob Hoskins. If she goes-goes to Cannes, Sylvia says she s going to ask her pal Jackie for the first look in the show. (The Palm Beach Post)
The Columbus Online Community - Columbus Telegram. 14-Day Archive Search. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
His workshops in New York, London, Sydney, and elsewhere have been attended by a host of celebrities, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, and Mike D., drummer for the Beastie Boys. Sonya Jones, wife of hedge-fund magnate Paul Tudor Jones and a close friend of Guruji and Sharath, has made a few low-profile visits to Mysore, too. (BusinessWeek)
BERLIN Gael Garcia Bernal, Willem Dafoe and writer-director Paul Schrader will be on jury duty at this year's Berlin Intl. Film Festival. (Variety)
Schrader, who found fame in the late 70s and early 80s as the screenwriter of Taxi Driver, American Gigolo and Raging Bull, heads a suitably cosmopolitan group that includes Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal, Willem Dafoe and Palestinian film-maker Hiam Abbass. The competition features Robert De Niro's CIA drama The Good Shepherd and Steven Soderbergh's wartime noir The Good German. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
The murders garnered nationwide attention that summer and, more than 20 years later, served as the basis for the movie, Mississippi Burning, starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe. Miller, who helped plan the funeral for Chaney, a Meridian resident, doesn t criticize the movie s effort, but she did say the irony of that event leaves her with a much different memory of those dark days. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
No, he's not Academy Award-nominated actor Willem Dafoe, whose performance of the savior in Martin Scorsese's controversial film, "The Last Temptation of Christ," won him national acclaim. This man hails a bit closer to home. (Maryville Daily Forum, MO)
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