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    Sundance lineup basks in life's dark places  Dec 4, 2008
    Mulligan also stars in a second film at the festival, An Education, as a British 16-year-old who falls for a much older man (Peter Sarsgaard) as she heads to Oxford in the 1960s. It's from screenwriter Nick Hornby, the author best known for the novels High Fidelity and About a Boy. (USA Today)

    'Elegy' makes an elegant alternative film choice  Nov 2, 2008
    Elegy, a new film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring a rather enviable cast of top-notch actors including Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper and Peter Sarsgaard, plus a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance from the lead singer of Blondie, Deborah Harry, is making quiet waves in local cinemas. We can easily point to the fact the film is currently playing in less than five cinemas in town, and even across the country, thus giving it limited space in our consciousness. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)

    Broadway Revivals: Seasons, Sons and Seagull  Nov 1, 2008
    " which is broken in two when the character to whom it is spoken, Masha, silences the speaker mid-sentence with an impatient wave of her hand I knew we were in trouble. Everywhere, Rickson throws in unnecessary filigree extra pauses, characters wandering onto the stage unbidden to emphasize the languorous, depressive mood; if I didn't know better, I might have thought it was a Chekhov parody. The Seagull remains one of the Russian master's richest and most affecting plays, but the preciousness... (Time.com)

    On Broadway, A 'Seagull' Carried On Strong Wings  Oct 8, 2008
    Kristin Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard as Arkadina and her brother in the mesmerizing Chekhov drama. (By Joan Marcus -- Boneau/bryan-brown Via Associated Press). (Washington Post)

    Up to Old Tricks  Oct 7, 2008
    It s very much like The Departed" in its structure, for better or worse. I think late 2008 is going to feel like 1996-1997 soon. First it was the year of "Titanic" star Kate Winslet, with two big movies. Now it seems "English Patient" star Kristin Scott Thomas is also having a renaissance. KST is in the French film, I ve Loved You So Long, which could earn her an Oscar nom easily. But she s also on Broadway, starring in Chekhov s The Seagull with Peter Sarsgaard and a remarkable cast of British... (Fox News)

    Kristin Scott Thomas soars in Broadway's 'The Seagull'  Oct 4, 2008
    Variety's David Rooney that the production has brought "startling vitality, immediacy and infinite nuance into Chekhov's 1895 play." Of Scott Thomas, he wrote: "It's the anchoring naturalism brought even to this diva in chronic performance mode that makes Scott Thomas so transfixing." Still, the critic found fault with Peter Sarsgaard in the role of Trigorin, describing his performance as muffled and passionless. Clive Barnes of the New York Post that Scott Thomas "gives a great performance.... (Los Angeles Times)

    Thwarted Souls Broken Wings  Oct 3, 2008
    Peter Sarsgaard and Kristin Scott Thomas in Ian Rickson s production of "The Seagull" at the Walter Kerr Theater ... The American additions to the cast, who include the film actor Peter Sarsgaard and the fast-rising , create characters who are both as cozily and as uncomfortably a part of the play s extended clan as family members should be ... But Peter Sarsgaard is simply out of his depth here. (New York Times)

    Peter Sarsgaard takes wing in The Seagull  Oct 3, 2008
    Peter Sarsgaard takes wing in The Seagull - THEATER- msnbc ... Peter Sarsgaard takes wing in The Seagull ... Colin Bell / APPeter Sarsgaard is making his Broadway debut in an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" alongside Kristin Scott Thomas, Mackenzie Crook and Carey Mulligan. (MSNBC -- News)

    'Seagull' fails to take flight on Broadway  Oct 3, 2008
    Lovers: Kristin Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard star in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, now playing on Broadway. By Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY NEW YORK If you're a fan of Chekhov's writing and Peter Sarsgaard's acting, you face a serious dilemma this fall. (USA Today -- Life)

    Access 360 Media and 18 in '08 Launch 'Shop The Vote'  Sep 25, 2008
    A Digital Out-Of Home Public Service Campaign to Engage More Than 30 Million Young Voters in Thousands of Retail Locations, Online and Through Mobile Videos By Olivia Wilde, Peter Sarsgaard, Angell Conwell, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Chris Dodd, Chuck Hagel and More On The Importance of Young Voters' Voices and Opinions to Screen in f.y.e. and Journeys Stores Nationwide NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- This election year, nearly 30 million young adults (18-24) will have their very first... (PR Newswire)

    WHAT'S COMING UP:  Familiar names will be on Broadway, too  Sep 11, 2008
    Fellow film star Peter Sarsgaard joins her in New York. To Be or Not to Be Oct. 2Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. (USA Today)

    'Elegy' garners 4.5 stars  Sep 5, 2008
    And he has barely any relationship with his son, Kenneth (Peter Sarsgaard), a successful doctor who still seethes with rage over Kepesh's abandoning him and his mother. Kepesh uses sex to stave off aging, to make himself feel vital. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    CELEBS BREATHE LIFE INTO REVIVALS  Sep 5, 2008
    Friday, September 05, 2008 Last Update: 10:30 AM EDT. Last updated: 10:26 amSeptember 5, 2008 Posted: 2:19 amSeptember 5, 2008. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Fall theater: Shrek sings; Radcliffe strips  Aug 27, 2008
    Not an everyday occurrence, especially when the stars are Kristin Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard. Chekhov's melancholy comedy of unfulfillment is set among the upper crust of late 19th-century Russia. (The Trentonian, NJ)

    Philip Roth adaptation 'Elegy' not great, but works  Aug 22, 2008
    He walked out on a marriage, something his grown son (Peter Sarsgaard in a too-small role) never forgave. He has a decades-long uncomplicated fling with sexy, successful businesswoman Carolyn (Patricia Clarkson). (New Haven Register, CT)

    A Penny for his thoughts  Aug 10, 2008
    Cast: Deborah Harry, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, Penelope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, Sir Ben Kingsley ... Meanwhile David has three sounding boards in his compartmentalised life - his one close male friend, the celebrated womanising poet George O'Hearn (Dennis Hopper); his former pupil and lover of many years, the successful businesswoman Carolyn (Patricia Clarkson); and his 40-year-old son, Kenny (Peter Sarsgaard), a fine arts consultant with his own company in the book, less interestingly a... (guardian.co.uk)

    Ben Kingsley shed all disguises for Elegy  Aug 9, 2008
    Peter Sarsgaard plays Kepeshs son, who despises his father for walking out on the family but desperately seeks his advice when he, too, falls into infidelity. Patricia Clarkson portrays Kepeshs long-term occasional girlfriend, whose comfort in their sexual friendship is challenged by his discovery of something deeper. (MSNBC -- News)

    'Elegy': Alone In The Dark. By Kurt Loder  Aug 9, 2008
    Kepesh has a failed marriage buried deep in his past and a now-grown son, Ken (Peter Sarsgaard), who's still bitter about his parents' divorce and his father's abandonment. ("Only one of us could make it over the wall," Dad says, with icy nonchalance. (VHI.com -- Music News)

    Movie review: Don Juan acts his age in 'Elegy'  Aug 8, 2008
    Starring Ben Kingsley, Penlope Cruz, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson and Peter Sarsgaard ... Peter Sarsgaard gives a layered performance as David's son, who blames him for everything wrong with his life. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    'Elegy': A lament for the still-living  Aug 8, 2008
    Elegy* * * 1/2 (out of four)Stars: Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper, Peter SarsgaardDirector: Isabel CoixetDistributor: Samuel Goldwyn FilmsRating: R for sexuality, nudity and languageRunning time: 1 hour, 48 minutesOpens Friday in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle ... Patricia Clarkson as Kingsley's self-sufficient longtime lover also is excellent, as is Peter Sarsgaard as his doctor son, embittered by his father's abandonment. (USA Today -- Life)

    Powerful Elegy packs a punch  Aug 5, 2008
    Starring: Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper, Peter SarsgaardDirector: Isabel CoixetRun time: 1 hour, 46 minutesMPAA rating: R ... What can be said is that the film takes us unflinchingly into Davids soul, from his detachment from romantic attachments to his strained relationship with his adult son (Peter Sarsgaard) whos still bitter about Davids abandonment of the family decades earlier. (MSNBC -- Movies)

    Whose star will shine on the big stage?  Jul 31, 2008
    The Broadway cast, who will open on Oct. 29, includes Peter Sarsgaard. Prospects: Scott Thomas is "a wonderful actress, and she's already done beautifully in this role," Musto says. (USA Today -- Life)

    Finding her place in a new world order  Jul 22, 2008
    Gyllenhaal hasn't explained to Ramona what she and her father, actor Peter Sarsgaard, do for a living. "I've tried to keep her totally out of it. I really wanted to bring her with me to the junket, just to be near her, because I've had to get up really early, and I usually miss her before she goes to sleep . . . and I'm used to spending most of the day with her. And Peter said, 'Why? Why do you want to bring her into any of that? You know, that's the sort of ridiculous part of all this.' ". (Boston Globe)

    Mayer admitsfling with fan  Jul 13, 2008
    While the actress fianc, actor Peter Sarsgaard, is fine with her sexy scenes on the big screen, Maggie told Tatler, she doesnt feel the same when it comes to his. I hate it when Peter does a love scene, she confessed. (MSNBC -- News)

    'Dark Knight' puts spotlight on publicity-shunning Gyllenhaal  Jul 13, 2008
    Peter Sarsgaard, 37, and their daughter, Ramona, who turns 2 in October. She walks around in nondescript clothes, pairing a gray jacket with a loose skirt, her hair pulled loosely away from her face. (USA Today -- Life)

    Maggie Gyllenhaal  Jul 6, 2008
    Pieces of evidence like her early work ("Donnie Darko" vs. "Dawson's Creek"), racy fare ("Secretary" vs. "The Gift") and choice of partner (Peter Sarsgaard vs. Tom Cruise) suggest so. Not that she would ever say it; the 30-year-old actress has nothing but praise for her "Batman Begins" predecessor. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Kristin Scott Thomas, Britney Spears, Peter Sarsgaard  Jul 1, 2008
    "The Seagull," which opens Oct. 1, will also star Peter Sarsgaard as the writer Trigorin and Zoe Kazan as Masha, the morose daughter of an estate steward. The director is Ian Rickson , the former artistic director of the Royal Court, and the play was translated by Christopher Hampton. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Olivia Wilde and Peter Sarsgaard Star in New Public Service Announcements Encouraging Young People to Vote in 2008 Election  Jul 1, 2008
    NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Film and television stars Olivia Wilde ("House" and "The O.C.") and Peter Sarsgaard ("Jarhead" and "Boys Don't Cry") appear in two new public service announcements encouraging young people to register and vote in the 2008 election ... Notes Peter Sarsgaard: "You have choice. You can sit around and wish the world were different or you can listen to the different ideas, think about which one appeals to you most, vote for that person and it will change." ... Olivia... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Critic's corner  Jun 17, 2008
    Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)

    We love to watch 'The Perils of Jodie'  Apr 4, 2008
    The captain (Sean Bean) and in-flight air marshal (Peter Sarsgaard) suggest that Kyle is having emotional problems -- Julia's name isn't on the passenger list and her backpack and boarding pass aren't anywhere to be found. But hell hath no fury like a mother scorned. (Los Angeles Times)

    In brief: Bloom finished with Education  Mar 19, 2008
    Other members of the cast include Emma Thompson, Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina and Rosamund Pike. 3:10 to Yuma director James Mangold will take on the comic book adaptation Cyclops, according to Variety. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)

    Sandra Hall's view of Rendition  Feb 22, 2008
    Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard, Christian Martin ... A Senate aide (Peter Sarsgaard) starts lobbying on behalf of Anwar, whom he knew in college, and as he gets deeper into this delicate game, the bloody realities of Anwar's predicament begin to seem even more remote ... Drama MA 15+ 4 stars 2008 Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard, Christian Martin. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Take home Oscar nominees `American Gangster,' `Clayton'  Feb 22, 2008
    RENDITION'' (R) -- First-class talent (Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard) elevates this sometimes plodding drama, in which Witherspoon plays a Chicago housewife and mom whose husband is seized by government agents as a suspected terrorist. Grade: B. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)

    Bloom, Molina, Hawkins join 'Education'  Feb 21, 2008
    Trio join Peter Sarsgaard, Rosumund Pike, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams and emerging thesp Carey Mulligan (And When Did You Last See Your Father. . (Variety)

    Berlin Film Festival Report  Feb 20, 2008
    Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson and Peter Sarsgaard head the excellent supporting cast in this fine drama. Not so impressive was Damian Harris's Gardens of the Night - with Tom Arnold as a paedophile ; a film so ill-conceived and offensive that only Arnold himself comes out with any credibility. (IGN FilmForce)

    Legally Blonde to woman of will  Feb 4, 2008
    Also in the ensemble cast of characters is a hard-nosed and relentless head of US intelligence (Meryl Streep - think a conservatively dressed Miranda Priestly), a conflicted senator (Peter Sarsgaard) torn between assisting Witherspoon's helpless character and protecting his political interests, and a young suicide bomber carrying the burden of his convictions. In short, the film pivots on an emotional axis that shows the full spectrum of the personalities and emotional reality of terrorism that... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Gyllenhaal in 'orgy' video  Jan 31, 2008
    Gyllenhaal, 30, has a 15-month-old daughter Ramona with her fianc, 'Jarhead' actor Peter Sarsgaard. . (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    Sundance sales continue slowly  Jan 24, 2008
    Also not feeling immediate love were Groundswell's Michael Chabon adaptation "Mysteries of Pittsburgh," starring Peter Sarsgaard and Sienna Miller; the wine country family drama "Bottle Shock," starring Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman and Chris Pine; "Diminished Capacity," starring Matthew Broderick and Alan Alda; "The Merry Gentleman," directed by and starring Michel Keaton; Sharon Maguire's darkly political "Incendiary," starring Michelle Williams and Ewan McGregor; "The Wackness," starring Ben... (Variety)

    Sundance Gets Hot  Jan 22, 2008
    "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh," based on Michael Chabon's first novel, has good work from Nick Nolte, Mena Suvari, Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard. Each is headed to cable and DVD, but I do mean that in a good way. (Fox News)

    Sundance Film Festival  Jan 17, 2008
    Stars Jon Foster, Peter Sarsgaard and Sienna Miller. Producing team includes Michael London (Sideways). (Variety)

    Strike Makes Fight For Fest Films  Jan 16, 2008
    With Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivia Thirlby (Juno"). The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" - Adaptation of Michael Chabon's debut novel from the director of Dodgeball,'' starring Jon Foster (The Door in the Floor"), Peter Sarsgaard, Nick Nolte and Sienna Miller. The Merry GentlemAn" - Michael Keaton makes his directing debut and stars as a depressed hit man who helps out a woman (Kelly Macdonald of No Country for Old Men") fleeing her abusive husband. Phoebe in Wonderland" - Elle Fanning, Patricia... (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    * When a single story has a thousand sides  Jan 11, 2008
    STARRING:Jake Gyllenhaal (Douglas Freeman), Reese Witherspoon (Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi), Alan Arkin (Senator Hawkins), Peter Sarsgaard (Alan Smith), Meryl Streep (Corrinne Whitman), Omar Metwally (Anwar El-Ibrahimi), Igal Naor (Abasi Fawal), Zineb Oukach (Fatima Fawal), Moa Khouas (Khalid El-Emin) ... Back home Anwar's American wife, Isabella (Witherspoon), unable to find out what has happened to him, tries to work her only government connection, an old boyfriend, Alan Smith (Peter... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Adventures with the king of the rogues  Dec 2, 2007
    However, a film of his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard, is due out next year. "I was only informally involved in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh whereas I wrote the script for Kavalier & Clay," Chabon says. (The Australian)

    Ellen Page named Breakthrough Actor  Dec 2, 2007
    The Breakthrough Actor jury included actors Jeff Daniels and Peter Sarsgaard. The Gotham Awards for Best Feature was given to Into The Wild, the true-live adventure tale directed by Sean Penn. (Canada.com)

    Sarsgaard, Farmiga join 'Orphan'  Nov 30, 2007
    Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga will star in the horror film "Orphan" for Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment. Warner Bros. (Variety)

    Mt. Lebanon's Hollander scores Namath film project  Nov 30, 2007
    The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" will have its world premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January. "Mysteries," from the 1988 novel by University of Pittsburgh graduate Michael Chabon and starring Peter Sarsgaard, Sienna Miller and Nick Nolte, filmed around the city for more than two months last year. It was directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber ("Dodgeball"). It will be one of 16 American fictional films in competition during the nation's top independent film showcase, being... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Winona Ryder, Nolte to compete at Sundance  Nov 29, 2007
    Also competing in a lineup heavy on tales of families at odds: Rawson Thurbers The Mysteries of Pittsburgh with Nolte, Sienna Miller, Peter Sarsgaard and Jon Foster in the story of a young man with a gangster father who embarks on a soul-searching summer after college; Clark Greggs Choke with Huston and Sam Rockwell in a mother-and-son tale; and Paul Schneiders Pretty Bird with Giamatti and Billy Crudup in a dark comic narrative of entrepreneurs trying to invent a... (MSNBC -- News)

    'Dance Lineup All Set  Nov 29, 2007
    DANCE LINEUP ALL SET. Thursday, November 29, 2007 Last Update: 08:15 AM EST. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Gus Van Sant to Direct Sean Penn as Harvey Milk; Focus Features to Distribute Milk Worldwide;  Nov 17, 2007
    Groundswell has completed production on The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and based on the Michael Chabon novel, starring Sienna Miller, Peter Sarsgaard, and Nick Nolte; Smart People, directed by Noam Murro and starring Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page, and Sarah Jessica Parker, which Miramax Films will release in 2008; and The Visitor, a co-production with Participant Productions, from writer/director Tom McCarthy and starring Richard... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    It's scary in here ...  Nov 12, 2007
    As well as having recently completed three movies, he's now playing one corner of a love triangle with Jennifer Aniston and Peter Sarsgaard in You Are Here. There was gossip and tabloid rumours that he was having an affair with Aniston - his first taste of a new level of fame and paparazzi. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    Movie review: Political debate center stage in ‘Rendition’  Oct 24, 2007
    Smith (Peter Sarsgaard) unsuccessfully appeals to U.S. terror official Corrine Whitman to remember the Constitution. Whitman (Meryl Streep) tells Smith, in a skillfully acted scene, America does not torture. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    'Rendition': Hollywood doesn't do justice to subject matter  Oct 22, 2007
    When Anwar disappears without a trace, Isabella contacts an old boyfriend (Peter Sarsgaard), who works for a powerful senator (Alan Arkin). That informal investigation gets stonewalled by the head of the covert rendition operation (Meryl Streep). (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Peter Sarsgaard on Meryl, Jake, Reese and political films  Oct 21, 2007
    Peter Sarsgaard plays a Capitol Hill staffer fighting for the release of a CIA prisoner in the new political thriller Rendition ... Peter Sarsgaard: "I don't know. Long name.". (Houston Chronicle)

    'Rendition' puts torture in another light  Oct 20, 2007
    Peter Sarsgaard is idealistic and nobly full-of-himself as an ex-boyfriend Congressional staffer she turns to for help ... With Omar Metwally, Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, above, Peter Sarsgaard, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin. (Sun-Sentinel.com)

    'Rendition' tackles terrorism -- and interrogation  Oct 19, 2007
    The stars involved - Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin, and Meryl Streep - haven't simply made a film; they've signed a petition ... Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Yigal Naor, Peter Sarsgaard, Omar Metwally, Moa Khouas, Zineb Oukach, Alan Arkin, and Meryl Streep. (Boston Globe)

    Witherspoon's 'Rendition' fails to turn over interest  Oct 19, 2007
    Meanwhile, Witherspoon petitions a college friend (Peter Sarsgaard) who works for a powerful senator (Alan Arkin) to find out what has happened to her husband. These scenes feel especially leaden and badly paced. (USA Today -- Life)

    Rendition ***  Oct 19, 2007
    Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Sarsgaard and Meryl Streep ... Here, the fronts are eventually confined to two: at home in Washington, where a distraught Isabella flies to seek help from Alan (Peter Sarsgaard), a college friend now working as a senatorial aide; and abroad in that unnamed land, where the CIA has assigned the inexperienced Douglas (Jake Gyllenhaal) to oversee the interrogation of the rendered prisoner. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Peter Sarsgaard on "Rendition" and "Mysteries of Pittsburgh"  Oct 19, 2007
    Sam Emerson Peter Sarsgaard ... Peter Sarsgaard, who was in Pittsburgh a year ago filming "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh," says the movie could be headed to the Sundance Film Festival in January. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    'Rendition': Giving a moral crisis the Hollywood treatment  Oct 19, 2007
    Back home, Anwar's American wife, Isabella (Witherspoon), unable to find out what has happened to him, tries to work her only government connection, an old boyfriend, Alan Smith (Peter Sarsgaard), who now works on the staff of one Senator Hawkins (Alan Arkin). Today in Culture. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Review: Rendition  Oct 19, 2007
    Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Omar Metwally, Peter Sarsgaard, Meryl StreepDirected by: Gavin HoodParental advisory: torture, violence, not suitable for children ... While he is being abused (and us along with him), his wife, the extremely pregnant Isabella (Reese Witherspoon), is trying to get help in Washington from her old boyfriend Alan (Peter Sarsgaard), the somewhat ineffectual aide to Senator Alan Arkin, who represents another of the morally shaded viewpoints in the... (Canada.com)

    Reese Witherspoon's Dark Journey  Oct 18, 2007
    Co-star Peter Sarsgaard, playing an old friend of Witherspoon's character now working for a U.S. senator, said the actress subtly captures a woman coping with a nightmare scenario without giving in to one-note anguish. "She was playing a grieving woman in every scene in the movie. It's an incredibly difficult thing to do, just because it's hard to act like you're in grief or be in grief. It's hard to create variety within that," Sarsgaard said. (CBS News)

    'Rendition' explores personal side of political drama  Oct 18, 2007
    Back in the U.S., meanwhile, the suspect's wife, played by Reese Witherspoon, has begun a desperate campaign to find the whereabouts of her husband, seeking the help of an old college friend (Peter Sarsgaard) who is now the aide to a powerful senator (Alan Arkin) ... Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard. (North County Times)

    Reese at peace  Oct 18, 2007
    The film's all-star cast includes Meryl Streep (a Condoleezza Rice type), Alan Arkin (a U.S. senator), Peter Sarsgaard (the senator's aid) and Gyllenhaal as a CIA operative who witnesses the torture of the captured American and tries to assess his guilt or innocence. In the film, Streep's steely character is the one responsible for incarcerating the man. (Globe and Mail)

    Ben Affleck wins with directorial debut  Oct 18, 2007
    NOW Magazine - Movies in Toronto, OCTOBER 18 - 24, 2007. IN THEATRES NOW For reviews of every first-run movie playing this week and trailers, check our. (Now Toronto)

    Movie review: No gray area for characters or motivations in the torture drama ‘Rendition’  Oct 17, 2007
    Isabella is left to do her own detective work with the help of an old college boyfriend (Peter Sarsgaard), who conveniently works as a top aide to Arkin s Sen. Hawkins, who s on Whitman s committee and meets with her weekly. (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    Witherspoon takes dramatic step in Rendition  Oct 17, 2007
    Co-star Peter Sarsgaard, playing an old friend of Witherspoons character now working for a U.S. senator, said the actress subtly captures a woman coping with a nightmare scenario without giving in to one-note anguish. She was playing a grieving woman in every scene in the movie. (MSNBC -- News)

    Rendition feels like a Lifetime movie  Oct 16, 2007
    New Line CinemaIsabella (Reese Witherspoon), desperate to track down her missing husband, goes to former college pal Alan (Peter Sarsgaard) forhelp in "Rendition." ... She seeks help from old college pal Alan (Peter Sarsgaard), who works for Senator Hawkins (Alan Arkin) and clearly still has issues about losing Isabellas heart to Anwar ... Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Omar Metwally, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan ArkinDirector: Gavin HoodRun time: 2 hours, 2 minutesMPAA rating: R. (MSNBC -- Movies)

    Dog days of grief inspire Peggy's tale  Oct 14, 2007
    " Peggy fares better with Newt (Peter Sarsgaard), a dog trainer, than her unruffled neighbour Al (John C. Reilly), but what begins to obsess her is the idea of animal rights. With the internet as her facilitator she reads about creatures exploited for commercial incentive or medical research and begins to amend her life, adopting a vegan diet and petitioning her fellow workers to support her newly fervent beliefs. "I certainly did not start out to write a movie about animal rights. It was about... (The Age)

    Movies: National Newspaper Week  Oct 13, 2007
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    Ruthe Stein's highlights  Sep 30, 2007
    With Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin and Meryl Streep. 9 p.m., "Starting Out in the Evening". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Hollywood goes to war: Mainstream movies focus on Iraq, terrorism  Sep 27, 2007
    These films will be followed by: Rendition, starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and Streep again, about a woman whose Egyptian-born husband is detained; and Grace Is Gone, featuring John Cusack as a dad who takes a road trip with his kids after his wife is killed in Iraq. Two of the most controversial films are based on real events. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    New image for Maggie G in lingerie ads  Sep 6, 2007
    The 29-year-old actress, who is engaged to actor Peter Sarsgaard, gave birth to the couple's daughter Ramona last October. You can see the photos. (Stuff.co.nz)

    Gyllenhaal poses in handcuffs  Sep 6, 2007
    The 29-year-old actress, who is engaged to actor Peter Sarsgaard, gave birth to the couple's daughter Ramona last October. . (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    New DVDs: Blades of Glory, Year of the Dog  Sep 5, 2007
    Shannon gets great support from co-stars Laura Dern, John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard and Regina King in the film, written and directed by Mike White, the screenwriter of Jennifer Anistons The Good Girl and Jack Blacks School of Rock. White and Shannon team for commentary, and the DVD has deleted scenes and four featurettes. (MSNBC -- Movies)

    Dates are subject to change. SEPT. 14 Across the Universe  Sep 3, 2007
    With Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Omar Metwally, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard and Alan Arkin. Reservation Road. (Chicago Tribune)

    It's six degrees of everyone at TIFF!  Aug 26, 2007
    For instance, Kevin Bacon is here with Raising Ties, which is directed by Alison Eastwood, daughter of the man who made Mystic River, which starred Sean Penn, who was fined for smoking last year, unlike Aaron Eckhart, who was in Thank You for Smoking, which also starred Maria Bello, who was in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence with Viggo Mortensen, who starred in the Psycho remake by Gus Van Sant (and not Brian De Palma, who has his own private Hitchcock fixation), who directed Gerry,... (National Post)

    Pulse-pounding thrillers  Aug 24, 2007
    Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard, Christian MartinDirector: Gavin HoodStory: When an Egyptian-born chemical engineer and terrorism suspect (Omar Metwalley), disappears on a flight from South Africa to Washington, D.C., his American wife Isabelle (Witherspoon) heads to Washington to try to find out whats happened to him. Gyllenhaal plays a CIA operative who begins to doubt his own role when he becomes witness to unorthodox interrogation... (MSNBC -- Movies)

    Celebrity spotting? Watch for Clooney, Foster and Pitt  Aug 19, 2007
    Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard are scheduled to arrive to promote the espionage thriller Rendition. Early indications are that co-star Meryl Streep, however, won't be with them. (Globe and Mail)

    Starz Entertainment's Weekly Hot Items List August 20-26  Aug 8, 2007
    Begins at 6 a.m. (ET/PT) on Encore Love Friday, August 24 Summer of Stars (More Information: ) Flightplan -- (Jodie Foster, Sean Bean, Peter Sarsgaard) 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Starz Cinema World Television Premiere Weekend hosted by Jeff Goldblum (More Information: ) Shut Up and Sing 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Cinema Country music superstars The Dixie Chicks were riding high when they made an onstage statement critical of the U.S. President. Follow the story as the band struggles to re-define... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Undercover agent  Jul 24, 2007
    Please note: Your browser has been unable to load the stylesheet that accompanies this page. The page is still readable. (Scotsman)

    Wolverine Director Set  Jul 22, 2007
    Today's Variety reports that Hood was chosen from a field of several hot directors, but adds that Fox was won over by his new film, , starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep and Peter Sarsgaard. Underworld helmer Len Wiseman, and Disturbia director D.J. Caruso had been rumored as front-runners. (IGN FilmForce)

    Fox says Hood good for 'Wolverine'  Jul 20, 2007
    He was among several hot young directors vying for "Wolverine" and sources said Fox brass was swayed after viewing his latest film, "Rendition," the politically charged New Line drama starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep and Peter Sarsgaard. It opens Oct. 19 and premieres at Toronto. (Variety)

    Dramatic films join Toronto festival lineup  Jul 11, 2007
    Rendition an ensemble drama featuring Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard and Alan Arkin. Helmed by Gavin Hood, the Oscar-winning director behind South Africa's Tsotsi, the drama revolves around an Egyptian-born engineer who disappears mid-flight and his U.S.-born wife's attempt to track him down. (CBC.ca)

    Toronto festival boosts lineup  Jul 11, 2007
    Eight more films, featuring performances by Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Peter Sarsgaard, among others, have been added to the Toronto Film Festival lineup. New Line's Middle East political thriller "Rendition," sporting an ensemble cast toplined by Witherspoon and Gyllenhaal and directed by Gavin Hood ("Tsotsi"), will world preem as a Toronto Gala Presentation at the fest, which runs Sept. 6-16. (Variety)

    Qatar Airways Hosts Star-Studded Launch Party to Celebrate New York Flights  Jun 30, 2007
    Business tycoon Donald Trump, US Ambassador to the State of Qatar, His Excellency Chase Untermeyer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Julianne Moore, Andie MacDowell, Chloe Sevigny, Gayle King, Olivia Chantecaille, CeCe Cord, Tara Subkoff, Stephen and Christine Schwarzman, Allen ah Grubman, Nina Griscom, Dennis Basso, Marjorie Gubelmann, Sloan Lindemann Barnett, Eric Villency and Kimberly Guilfoyle, Anne Dexter Jones, Nina Griscom, Mary McFadden, Rufus Albermarle, Thom Browne were among guests... (PR Newswire)

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