"Sophie's Choice (film) Sophie's Choice is a 1982 American drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula, who adapted William Styron's novel of the same name. Meryl Streep stars as Sophie, a Polish immigrant who shares a boarding house in Brooklyn with her tempestuous lover, Nathan (Kevin Kline in his feature film debut), and a young writer, Stingo (Peter MacNicol). Streep's performance was acclaimed, and she received the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film was nominated for Best Cinematography (Néstor Almendros), Best Costume Design (Albert Wolsky), Best Music (Marvin Hamlisch), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Alan J. Pakula). British company ITC"
"were selected as finalists by the judging panel, while Emilie Fleming was selected as the wildcard and eleventh contestant following the public vote after the final audition round. Each finalist wore a unique coloured dress and silver slippers with bows on them which matched the dress. At the end of every live show, the losing Dorothy would have her shoes stripped by the Dorothy who survived the sing-off, and the shoes would be given to Lloyd Webber. The winner of the series, Danielle Hope, claimed a pair of ruby slippers as her prize, as well as the starring role. Sophie"
"a sex scandal storyline in 2010. In 2010 Sophie won ""Favourite Female Character"" and ""Best Dressed Character"". She also won runner up for ""Best Hair"". In 2011 Sophie took out ""Hottest Female"", ""Most Missed Character"" and favourite non dead character to return. Sophie won runner up in ""Favourite Female Character"" and ""Best Hair"". The 2010 storyline that saw Sophie stalked by her university lecturer, saw complaints from the family of Sophie Elliott who was murdered in 2008 by her former university lecturer whom she had been dating. Producer Steven Zanoski defended the storyline, calling it a ""classic"". Sophie McKay Sophie"
"Sophie Thompson Sophie Thompson (born 20 January 1962) is an English actress who has worked in television, film and theatre. A five-time Olivier Award nominee, she won the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the London revival of ""Into the Woods"". Her other nominations were for ""Wildest Dreams"" (1994), ""Company"" (1996), ""Clybourne Park"" (2011) and ""Guys and Dolls"" (2016). Thompson's film appearances include ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"" (1994), ""Persuasion"" (1995), ""Emma"" (1996), ""Dancing at Lughnasa"" (1998), ""Gosford Park"" (2001) and ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1"" (2010). Her television roles include playing"
"Choice Movie Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as receiving further nominations for two Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards and three Primetime Emmy Awards. She has received other prestigious awards such as a Satellite Award and two National Board of Review awards. Helena Bonham Carter Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in both low-budget independent art films and large-scale blockbusters. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Kate Croy in ""The Wings of the Dove"" (1997). For her"
"Sophie Marceau Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress, director, screenwriter, and author. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films ""La Boum"" (1980) and ""La Boum 2"" (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including ""L'Étudiante"" (1988), ""Pacific Palisades"" (1990), ""Fanfan"" (1993), and ""Revenge of the Musketeers"" (1994). Marceau became an international film star with her performances in ""Braveheart"" (1995), ""Firelight"" (1997), and the 19th James Bond film ""The World Is Not Enough"" (1999)."
"1999 film ""Lost and Found"". Sophie Marceau Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress, director, screenwriter, and author. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films ""La Boum"" (1980) and ""La Boum 2"" (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including ""L'Étudiante"" (1988), ""Pacific Palisades"" (1990), ""Fanfan"" (1993), and ""Revenge of the Musketeers"" (1994). Marceau became an international film star with her performances in ""Braveheart"" (1995), ""Firelight"" (1997), and the 19th James Bond film ""The"
"""Under Cover"" (1991). As of 2007, he has appeared in almost 100 films. Some of his more famous roles have been as a crooked businessman or a corrupt politician. Yet Sommer displayed abundant humanity without being seen on screen when he lent his talents as the poignant Narrator in ""Sophie's Choice"" (1982), for which Meryl Streep won an Academy Award for Best Actress. Though a much-respected and lauded thespian of more than one performing art, this seasoned character actor played a rare leading role—opposite the titular-titled, eponymous character played by Sylvia Kristel—as the film noir-esque detective in the quirky, cult"
"the 30 most popular films at the French box office that year. The film won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Sophia Loren, due largely to heavy promotion by its North American distributor, Joseph E. Levine. This was the first time an acting Oscar had been given for a non-English-speaking performance, although she made the English dubbing for her role herself. Loren was too nervous to attend the ceremony and elected to stay in Rome instead. Greer Garson accepted the award on Loren's behalf. Loren also won the award for Best Actress at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Loren"
"sort of nervous intensity that keeps her so firmly locked into a film character that the character actually seems distracted by things that come up in the movie."" Jane Fonda received unanimous praise for her performance. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus declares: ""Fonda"" makes all the right choices, from the mechanics of her walk and her voice inflection to the penetration of the girl's raging psyche. It is a rare performance."" She won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the film was nominated for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously"
"a record 13 awards, out of its 15 nominations. The film picked won the following awards: Best Film (awarded to producers Anthony Anderson and Jan Chapman); Best Direction (Cate Shortland); Best Original Screenplay (Cate Shortland); Best Actress in a Leading Role (Abbie Cornish); Best Actor in a Leading Role (Sam Worthington); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lynette Curran); Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Erik Thomson); Best Editing (Scott Gray); Best Cinematography (Robert Humphreys, A.C.S.); Best Sound (Mark Blackwell, Peter Smith and Sam Petty); Best Original Music Score (Decoder Ring); Best Production Design (Melinda Doring); Best Costume Design (Emily"
"Miss Streep's bravura performance, it's a film that casts a powerful, uninterrupted spell."" Gary Arnold of ""The Washington Post"" stated, ""There is greatness in the extraordinary performances of Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol, who endow the principal characters of 'Sophie's Choice' with appealing, ultimately heartbreaking individuality and romantic glamor."" Sheila Benson of the ""Los Angeles Times"" wrote, ""Although many of the book's characters have been cut away, and with them some of its torrent of words, the film feels claustrophobic, prolix and airless to the point of stupefaction ... Yet, whatever the film's overall problems, the role of"
"Awards: The film for Best Picture, Viola Davis for Best Actress, and Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress. Spencer won the Oscar for her role. Participant executives said in October 2011 that the studio would expand its production to make seven to twelve films a year, would begin producing features and series for television, and expand its online presence. As part of this plan, in November the studio hired advertising executive Chad Boettcher to be executive vice president for social action and advocacy and 20th Century Fox executive Gary Frenkel to be senior vice president for digital"
"and the last movie musical to win until ""Chicago"" in 2003 (though others have been nominated between 1969 and 2003: ""Hello, Dolly!"", ""Fiddler on the Roof"", ""Cabaret"", ""All That Jazz"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", and ""Moulin Rouge!""). The year was notable for the first—and so far, only—tie for Best Actress (or any female acting category). Katharine Hepburn in ""The Lion in Winter"" and Barbra Streisand in ""Funny Girl"" shared the award. Hepburn also became the second actress and third performer overall to win an acting Oscar two years in a row, after Luise Rainer in 1936 (""The Great Ziegfeld"") and"
"Bonnie Franklin, Melissa Gilbert, Danielle Brisebois, Erika Eleniak, Max Pomeranc, Christina Ricci, Shelley Fabares, Candace Cameron Bure, Karron Graves, Gaby Hoffmann, Hilary Duff, Molly Ringwald, Stacy Ferguson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lisa Whelchel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Soleil Moon Frye, Melissa Joan Hart, Dean Stockwell, Fred Savage, Neil Patrick Harris, Michelle Chia, Shawn Lee, Joshua Ang, Aloysius Pang, and other Academy Award winners and nominees include; Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, Helen Hunt, Irene Cara, Reese Witherspoon, Hilary Swank, Christian Bale, Saoirse Ronan, Brie Larson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Many actors' careers are short-lived and this is also"
"included her constant rivalry with Rosie, her converting to Christianity and her lesbian relationships with both Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson) and Maddie Heath (Amy James-Kelly). In 2015, it was announced that Vincent would take a four-month break from the show at the end of her contract, departing in October 2016. Vincent returned as Sophie on-screen on 6 February 2017, along with sister Rosie, after actress Flanagan agreed to reprise her role back in October 2016. Sophie was born to Kevin (Michael Le Vell) and Sally Webster (Sally Dynevor) as the second born daughter after Rosie (Emma Collinge/Helen Flanagan). Sophie's major"
"Oscar for Best Original Music Score and two BAFTAs, Best British Cinematography (Colour) and Best British Costume (Colour) (Alan Barrett). Set in the rural West Country in Victorian England, the story features Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie), a beautiful, headstrong, independently minded woman who inherits her uncle's farm and decides to manage it herself. This engenders some disapproval from the local farming community. She employs a former neighbour, Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), to be her shepherd; rejected by her earlier as a suitor, Gabriel lost his own flock of sheep when they escaped from their enclosure, fled from a dog, and"
"Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Soderbergh), Best Actress (Roberts), Best Supporting Actor (Finney), and Best Original Screenplay (Susannah Grant). Roberts won Best Actress, the only Academy Award the film received. However, Soderbergh lost out to himself for his work on the film ""Traffic"". For her portrayal, Roberts became the first actress to win an Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe Award, National Board of Review, Screen Actors Guild Award, and awards for a single performance. American Film Institute recognition: On her website, Brockovich says the film is ""probably 98% accurate"". While the general facts of the story are accurate,"
"as a Chinese peasant, she was required to act totally subservient to her husband, being perpetually huddled in submission, and barely spoke a word of dialogue during the entire film. Rainer recalls that Mayer did not approve of the film being produced or her part in it: ""He was horrified at Irving Thalberg's insistence for me to play O-lan, the poor uncomely little Chinese peasant."" However, she again won the Oscar for Best Actress, becoming the first actress to win two consecutive Oscars, a feat not matched until Katharine Hepburn's two Oscar wins thirty years later. Besides bringing a distinctive"
"out to Lacey Turner. Connie Powney Connie Powney (born 22 May 1983 in Eastbourne) is an English actress. Powney has a twin sister, Cassie, who is her younger twin by two minutes. She played the role of Sophie Burton in the soap opera ""Hollyoaks"", alongside Cassie (who played Mel Burton). She has been interested in acting since childhood and did a lot of twin roles with Cassie, including a twin role in the 2003 film ""What a Girl Wants"" which also starred the teen Hollywood star Amanda Bynes. She was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the 2006 British"
"Sophie's Choice (novel) Sophie's Choice is a 1979 novel by American author William Styron. It concerns the relationships between three people sharing a boarding house in Brooklyn: Stingo, a young aspiring writer from the South who befriends the Jewish scientist Nathan Landau and his lover Sophie, a Polish Catholic survivor of the German Nazi concentration camps. ""Sophie's Choice"" won the US National Book Award for Fiction in 1980. The novel was the basis of a 1982 film of the same name. It was controversial for the way in which it framed Styron's personal views regarding the Holocaust. Stingo, a novelist"
"Polish accent drew praise. William Styron wrote the novel with Ursula Andress in mind for the role of Sophie, but Streep was determined to get the role. Streep filmed the ""choice"" scene in one take and refused to do it again, finding it extremely painful and emotionally exhausting. That scene, in which Streep is ordered by an SS guard at Auschwitz to choose which of her two children would be gassed and which would proceed to the labor camp, is her most famous scene, according to Emma Brockes of ""The Guardian"" who wrote in 2006: ""It's classic Streep, the kind"
"the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Sophie MacDonald in ""The Razor's Edge"" (1946). In 1951, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role in ""All About Eve"" (1950). She worked with several of Hollywood's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock in ""I Confess"" (1953), Fritz Lang in ""The Blue Gardenia"" (1953), and Cecil B. DeMille in ""The Ten Commandments"" (1956). Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, to Catherine Dorothy (née Wright; 1894–1979)—whose father was the famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright—and Kenneth Stuart Baxter (1893–1977), an executive with the Seagrams Distillery"
"in their lodging house in Brooklyn in 1947. The unstable relationship between Nathan and Sophie breaks down, with Sophie herself tormented by her horrific past, gradually revealed, in Auschwitz. Sophie's Choice (opera) Sophie's Choice is an opera by the British composer Nicholas Maw, with a libretto by the composer based on the novel of the same name by the American novelist William Styron. It was premiered on 7 December 2002 at the Royal Opera House, London. Maw originally conceived the opera after seeing the film of Styron's novel (1982, directed by Alan J. Pakula). Styron recommended that Maw write the"
"Olivia Colman Sarah Caroline Olivia Colman (born 30 January 1974) is an English actress. She has won one Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival, three BAFTA Awards, four BIFA Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated twice for an Emmy Award. Colman came to prominence for her supporting role as Sophie Chapman in the Channel 4 comedy series ""Peep Show"" (2003–2015). Her other TV comedy roles include ""Green Wing"" (2004–2006), ""Beautiful People"" (2008–2009), ""Rev."" (2010–2014) and ""Twenty Twelve"" (2011–2012). She also played various roles in ""That Mitchell and Webb Look"" (2006–2008), alongside her ""Peep Show"" co-stars David"
"Amy Adams – ""Junebug"" (TIE) ""' Michelle Williams – ""Brokeback Mountain"" (TIE) ""' Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco – ""Crash"" ""' Freddie Highmore – ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" ""' Dakota Fanning – ""War of the Worlds"" 11th Critics' Choice Awards The 11th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 9, 2006, honoring the finest achievements of 2005 filmmaking. ""' Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Capote"" ""' Reese Witherspoon – ""Walk the Line"" ""' ""Crash"" ""' ""The 40-Year-Old Virgin"" ""' John Williams – ""Memoirs of a Geisha"" ""' Ang Lee – ""Brokeback Mountain"" ""' ""March of the Penguins (La marche de"
"in the south of France, an experience she loved despite being—according to director Anthony Harvey—""enormously vulnerable"" throughout. John Russell Taylor of ""The Times"" suggested that Eleanor was ""the performance of her ... career"", and proved that she was ""a growing, developing, still surprising actress"". The movie was nominated in all the major categories at the Academy Awards, and for the second year running Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress (shared with Barbra Streisand for ""Funny Girl""). The role, combined with her performance in ""Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"", also received a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) for Best Actress."
"her role in this film. The film also received three other Academy Award nominations: Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Actress for Viola Davis, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Chastain. Ablene Cooper, a housekeeper who once worked for Stockett's brother, criticized the author for stealing her life story without her knowledge and basing the character Aibileen on her likeness. Cooper sued Stockett for $75,000 in damages. Cooper also criticized her for making the negative comparison of her character's skin color to that of a cockroach, which to many would be interpreted as racist."
"an Oscar, with Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis winning. Burton later said, ""I didn't think I could learn anything about comedy - I'd done all of Shakespeare's. But from him I learned,"" adding, ""He conspires with you to get your best."" However, it was Taylor who chose Nichols to be their director, because, writes biographer David Bret, ""she particularly admired him because he had done a number of ad-hoc jobs to pay for his education after arriving in America as a seven-year-old Jewish refugee."" Producer Ernest Lehman agreed with her choice: ""He was the only one who could handle them,"""
"Actress but lost to Katharine Hepburn in ""Morning Glory"", and Robert Riskin lost the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay to Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman for ""Little Women"". Will Rogers presented the Academy Award for Best Director, and when he opened the envelope he simply announced, ""Come up and get it, Frank!"" Capra, certain he was the winner, ran to the podium to collect his Oscar, only to discover Rogers had meant Frank Lloyd, who won for ""Cavalcade"", instead. Possibly to downplay Capra's gaffe, Rogers then called third nominee George Cukor to join the two Franks on stage."
"that would add to her appeal in the eyes of an impressionable, romantic Southerner. The film was mostly shot in New York City, with Sophie's flashback scenes shot afterwards in Yugoslavia. Production for the film, at times, was more like a theatrical set than a film set. Pakula allowed the cast to rehearse for three weeks, and was open to improvisation from the actors, ""spontaneous things"", according to Streep. Streep had to lose a lot of weight to film the scenes in Yugoslavia at the concentration camp. ""Sophie's Choice"" received positive reviews. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, it currently"
"the World Turns"", ""Boogie Nights"", ""An Ideal Husband"", ""The End of the Affair"", ""Magnolia"", ""Far From Heaven"", ""The Hours"", ""A Single Man"", ""The Kids Are All Right"", ""Game Change"", ""Maps to the Stars"", and ""Still Alice"". Julianne Moore Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith; December 3, 1960) is an American actress, prolific in films since the early 1990s. She is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in both independent and Hollywood films, and has received many accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actress. After studying theatre at Boston University, Moore began her career with a series"
"Sophie and the Rising Sun (film) Sophie and the Rising Sun is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Maggie Greenwald. It is based on the 2001 novel ""Sophie and the Rising Sun"" by Augusta Trobaugh. The film stars Julianne Nicholson, Takashi Yamaguchi, Margo Martindale, Diane Ladd, Lorraine Toussaint and Karen Wheeling Reynolds. It was released in theaters on January 25, 2017 by Monterey Media. Set in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a willowy fishing village in South Carolina, the film tells the compelling story of two interracial lovers, Sophie, an artist who also fishes and"