"rape scene, which took five days to complete. Foster was initially unhappy with her performance, and feared that it would end her career. Her fears turned out to be unfounded: ""The Accused"" received positive reviews upon its release, with Foster's performance receiving widespread acclaim and earning her Academy, Golden Globe and National Board of Review awards, as well as a nomination for a BAFTA Award. Foster's first film release after the success of ""The Accused"" was the thriller ""The Silence of the Lambs"" (1991). She portrayed FBI trainee Clarice Starling, who is sent to interview incarcerated serial killer Hannibal Lecter"
"as Tally explained, ""[Demme] read my first draft not long after it was finished, and we met, then I was just startled by the speed of things. We met in May 1989 and were shooting in November. I don't remember any big revisions."" Jodie Foster was interested in playing the role of Clarice Starling immediately after reading the novel. However, in spite of the fact that Foster had just won an Academy Award for her performance in the 1988 film ""The Accused"", Demme was not convinced that she was right for the part. Having just collaborated on ""Married to the"
"as James Bond for instance? A character who is replaceable?' Or was Jodie Foster Clarice Starling, and the audience will not accept anyone else?"" Foster said in December 1999 that the characterization of Starling in ""Hannibal"" had ""negative attributes"" and ""betrayed"" the original character. Foster's spokeswoman said the actress declined because Claire Danes had become available for Foster's own project, ""Flora Plum"". Salary demands may also have played a part in Foster's non-participation. De Laurentiis said, ""I call the agent of Judy [sic] Foster. He say to me 'I have instruction. She no want to read the script if you"
"Jodie Foster Alicia Christian Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, director, and producer. She has received two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and the Cecil B DeMille Award. For her work as a director, she has been nominated a Primetime Emmy Award. A child prodigy, Foster began her professional career as a child model when she was three years old, and she made her acting debut in 1968 in the television sitcom ""Mayberry R.F.D."" In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she worked in several television series and made her film"
"actress Jodie Foster all declined to be involved in its adaptation. Ridley Scott became attached as director after the success of ""Gladiator"" (2000), and eventually signed onto the project after reading the script pitched by Dino De Laurentiis, who produced ""Manhunter"" (1986), based on the 1981 Harris novel ""Red Dragon"". After the departure of Foster and screenwriter Tally, Julianne Moore took on Foster's role while David Mamet and Steven Zaillian wrote the screenplay. Set ten years after ""The Silence of the Lambs"", ""Hannibal"" follows Starling's attempts to apprehend Lecter before his surviving victim, Mason Verger, captures him. It is set"
"years later, and his loved ones: ""whatever bad moments that I had certainly could never compare to that family"". Jodie Foster Alicia Christian Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, director, and producer. She has received two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and the Cecil B DeMille Award. For her work as a director, she has been nominated a Primetime Emmy Award. A child prodigy, Foster began her professional career as a child model when she was three years old, and she made her acting debut in 1968 in the television sitcom"
"with Anthony Hopkins himself recommending her for the role after his previous experience working with her in the film ""Surviving Picasso"". In May 2012, Lifetime announced that they were developing a television series centered on Clarice Starling after her graduation from the FBI academy, titled ""Clarice"", which was to be produced by MGM. Bryan Fuller, the creator of the TV series ""Hannibal"", stated prior to the show's cancellation his desire to include Clarice Starling as a character in the fifth season, provided that he could get the rights from MGM. He said that he planned for the show's fifth season"
"in the 2010s, directing the films ""The Beaver"" (2011) and ""Money Monster"" (2016), as well as episodes for Netflix television series ""Orange Is the New Black"", ""House of Cards"", and ""Black Mirror"". She also starred in the films ""Carnage"" (2011), ""Elysium"" (2013), and ""Hotel Artemis"" (2018). Alicia Christian Foster was born on November 19, 1962, in Los Angeles, California, the youngest child of Evelyn Ella (""Brandy""; ""née"" Almond) and Lucius Fisher Foster III. Her father came from a wealthy Chicago family whose forebears included John Alden, who arrived in North America on the ""Mayflower"" in 1620. He was a Yale"
"Gordon's film ""Waking the Dead"" (2000), which she produced. She declined to reprise her role as Clarice Starling in ""Hannibal"" (2001), with the part going instead to Julianne Moore, and concentrated on a new directorial project, ""Flora Plum"". It was to focus on a 1930s circus and star Claire Danes and Russell Crowe, but had to be shelved after Crowe was injured on set and could not complete filming on schedule; Foster unsuccessfully attempted to revive the project several times in the following years. Controversially, she also expressed interest in directing and starring in a biopic of Nazi film director"
"list of 500 greatest movies of all time. The American Film Institute, ranked it as the 5th greatest and most influential thriller film of all time while the characters Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter were ranked as the greatest film heroine and villain respectively. The film is considered ""culturally, historically or aesthetically"" significant by the U.S. Library of Congress and was selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry in 2011. A sequel titled ""Hannibal"" was released in 2001, in which Hopkins reprised his role. It was followed by two prequels: ""Red Dragon"" (2002) and ""Hannibal Rising"" (2007). FBI"
"Foster (film) Foster (also known as Angel in the House) is a 2011 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Jonathan Newman, based on his 2005 short film. Part of it was shot at Legoland Windsor in April 2010. The film stars Golden Globe winner Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffudd, Richard E. Grant, BAFTA Award winner Hayley Mills and Maurice Cole. The spouses Alec and Zoey, are a depressed couple, because of a tragedy of two years ago, the death of their only son Samuel, hit by a car, at the age of only 5 years old, dying in the blow,"
"debut with Disney's ""Napoleon and Samantha"" (1972). Following appearances in the musical ""Tom Sawyer"" (1973) and Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama ""Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"" (1974), Foster's breakthrough came with Scorsese's psychological thriller ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), in which she played a child prostitute; at age 14, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other praised roles as a teenager were in the musical ""Bugsy Malone"" (1976) and the thriller ""The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane"" (1976), and she became a popular teen idol by starring in Disney's ""Freaky Friday"" (1976) and ""Candleshoe"" (1977),"
"Foxes (film) Foxes is a 1980 American coming of age drama film directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay written by Gerald Ayres. The film stars Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid and Cherie Currie. It revolves around a group of teenage girls coming of age in suburban Los Angeles toward the end of the disco era. ""Foxes"" was theatrically released on February 29, 1980 by Polygram Pictures. The film marked Foster's final major film appearance before she took a sabbatical from acting to attend Yale, and also marked the acting and directing debuts of Currie and Lyne"
"Cosby Show"", ""Quantum Leap"", ""ER"", and """". She was Hera in """" She also appeared in a number of memorable movie roles throughout the 80s, including the villainous Evil-Lyn in the big screen version of ""Masters of the Universe"" and Holly in the John Carpenter film ""They Live"" alongside ""Rowdy"" Roddy Piper. She was nominated for a 1982 Genie Award for ""Best Performance by a Foreign Actress"" for the film ""Ticket to Heaven"". Since the 1990s, Foster has acted mainly in stage productions, including ""King Lear"" and ""Barabbas"". Foster's striking pale-blue eyes were dubbed ""the eyes of 1979"" by ""Mademoiselle"""
"vanishes during an overnight flight. It became a global box office success, but received mixed reviews. It was followed by Spike Lee's critically and commercially successful ""Inside Man"" (2006), about a bank heist on Wall Street, which co-starred Denzel Washington and Clive Owen. The third thriller, ""The Brave One"" (2007), prompted some comparisons to ""Taxi Driver"", as Foster played a New Yorker who becomes a vigilante after her fiancé is murdered. It was not a success, but earned Foster her sixth Golden Globe nomination. Her last film role of the decade was in the children's adventure film ""Nim's Island"" (2008),"
"Golden Globe nomination when the nominees for the 65th Golden Globe Awards were announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Foster was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. The Brave One (2007 film) The Brave One is a 2007 American psychological thriller film directed by Neil Jordan from a screenplay written by Roderick Taylor, Bruce A. Taylor and Cynthia Mort. The film stars Jodie Foster as Erica Bain, a New York City radio host who along with her partner, is severely beaten by thugs, leading to the latter's death. Terrified for her safety,"
"Candice DeLong Candice DeLong (born July 16, 1950) is a former FBI criminal profiler and criminologist. DeLong was the lead profiler in San Francisco, California, and worked on the Unabomber case. Currently, she hosts the Investigation Discovery programs ""Deadly Women"" and ""Facing Evil with Candice DeLong"". She has often been compared to the protagonist of the movie ""The Silence of the Lambs"", Clarice Starling. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, DeLong is the daughter of a building contractor father and a homemaker mother. Growing up, DeLong stated that her father had told her to choose a practical career. Before entering"
"award at the 3rd Golden Trailer Awards for having the Best Horror/Thriller film trailer, beating fellow nominees ""Signs"", ""Brotherhood of the Wolf"", ""Jurassic Park III"", and ""No Such Thing"". Panic Room Panic Room is a 2002 American thriller film directed by David Fincher. The film stars Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart as a mother and daughter whose new home is invaded by burglars, played by Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, and Dwight Yoakam. The script was written by David Koepp. Koepp's screenplay was inspired by news coverage in 2000 about panic rooms. The film was Fincher's fifth feature film, following ""Fight"
"production was ""Nell"" (1994), in which she also played the title role, garnering her fourth nomination for an Academy Award. Her other successful films in the 1990s were the romantic drama ""Sommersby"", western comedy ""Maverick"" (1994), science fiction ""Contact"" (1997), and period drama ""Anna and the King"" (1999). Foster experienced career setbacks in the early 2000s that included the cancellation of a film project and the closing down of her production company, but she then starred in four commercially successful thrillers: ""Panic Room"" (2002), ""Flightplan"" (2005), ""Inside Man"" (2006), and ""The Brave One"" (2007). She has mainly focused on directing"
"Circle, and Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ""Clouds of Sils Maria"". Kristen Stewart Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born ) is an American actress, model and director. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a César Award, making her the first American woman to win the award. Born in Los Angeles to parents who worked in show business, Stewart began her career as a child actor in 1999. She gained notice in 2002 for playing Jodie Foster's daughter in the thriller ""Panic Room"", which garnered her a Young Artist Award nomination for"
"good this year, huh?"" The film received several positive reviews but earned less than $1 million on initial release. ""Foxes"" was released in a Region 1 DVD by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 5, 2003. A Blu-Ray edition of the film was released by Kino Lorber on January 15, 2015. Foxes (film) Foxes is a 1980 American coming of age drama film directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay written by Gerald Ayres. The film stars Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid and Cherie Currie. It revolves around a group of teenage girls coming of age in suburban Los Angeles"
"her explode"", and he cast her as a morphine-addicted wife. Moore has said it was a particularly difficult role, but she was rewarded with a SAG nomination. She was subsequently named Best Supporting Actress of 1999 by the National Board of Review, in recognition of her three performances in ""Magnolia"", ""An Ideal Husband"", and ""A Map of the World"". Apart from a cameo role in the comedy ""The Ladies Man"", Moore's only other appearance in 2000 was in a short-film adaptation of Samuel Beckett's play ""Not I"". In early 2001, she appeared as FBI Agent Clarice Starling in ""Hannibal"", a"
"Hotel Artemis Hotel Artemis is a 2018 dystopian thriller film written and directed by Drew Pearce, in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Day, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Dave Bautista, and Zachary Quinto. The plot follows Jean Thomas, a nurse who runs a secret hospital for criminals in futuristic Los Angeles. It was released in the United States on June 8, 2018 and grossed $12.6 million. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its visual style, intriguing screenplay and acting (particularly Foster's) but found the execution poor."
"young age. Many child actors also become successful adult actors as well, a prime example of this being Jodie Foster, whose career includes such films like the 1976 film ""Taxi Driver"", the 1991 film ""The Silence of the Lambs"" and the 2007 film ""The Brave One"". In the United States, the activities of child actors are regulated by the governing labor union, if any, and state laws. Some projects film in remote locations specifically to evade regulations intended to protect the child. Longer work hours or risky stunts prohibited in California, for example, might be permitted to a project filming"
"starring Jodie Foster which was commercially successful in the U.S. and grossed over $223,000,000 worldwide. Starting in 2007 he began to direct, and his first film was ""Stag Night"". Peter A. Dowling Peter Anthony Dowling is a British screenwriter and film director. He was born in Salford, England, in 1969 and started his career in children's animation in both the UK and Germany, working on cartoons such as ""The Raggy Dolls"", ""Benjamin Bluemchen"" and ""Renada"". After winning the Fulbright TEB Clarke Fellowship in Screenwriting 1996/7, judged by William Goldman and paid for by John Cleese, Dowling moved to the United"
"Julie Christie Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. An icon of the ""swinging London"" era of the 1960s, she has received such accolades as an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films that were ranked in the British Film Institute's 100 greatest British films of the 20th century, and in 1997 she received the BAFTA Fellowship. Christie's breakthrough film role was in ""Billy Liar"" (1963). She came to international attention for her performances in ""Darling"" (1965), for which she won the"
"Julie Christie Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. An icon of the ""swinging London"" era of the 1960s, she has received such accolades as an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films that were ranked in the British Film Institute's 100 greatest British films of the 20th century, and in 1997 she received the BAFTA Fellowship. Christie's breakthrough film role was in ""Billy Liar"" (1963). She came to international attention for her performances in ""Darling"" (1965), for which she won the"
"began purchasing weapons and practicing with them. He was prescribed anti-depressants and tranquilizers to deal with emotional issues. Hinckley became obsessed with the 1976 film ""Taxi Driver"", in which disturbed protagonist Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) plots to assassinate a presidential candidate. The Bickle character was partly based on the diaries of Arthur Bremer, who attempted to assassinate George Wallace. Hinckley developed an infatuation with Jodie Foster, who played child prostitute Iris Steensma in the film. When Foster entered Yale University, Hinckley moved to New Haven, Connecticut, for a short time to stalk her. He enrolled in a Yale writing"
"that suggests a life of pain and suffering ignored to spend more time helping others. This is one of the Oscar-winner’s best and most memorable performances. Hotel Artemis Hotel Artemis is a 2018 dystopian thriller film written and directed by Drew Pearce, in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Day, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Dave Bautista, and Zachary Quinto. The plot follows Jean Thomas, a nurse who runs a secret hospital for criminals in futuristic Los Angeles. It was released in the United States on June 8, 2018"
"Kristen Stewart Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born ) is an American actress, model and director. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a César Award, making her the first American woman to win the award. Born in Los Angeles to parents who worked in show business, Stewart began her career as a child actor in 1999. She gained notice in 2002 for playing Jodie Foster's daughter in the thriller ""Panic Room"", which garnered her a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Feature Film. She subsequently starred in ""Speak"" (2004), ""Catch That Kid"" (2004), """" (2005), and"
"Jodie Fisher Jodie Lin Fisher (born July 17, 1969) is an American actress whose acting credits include ""NCIS: Los Angeles"", ""Star Trek"", and ""Little Big League"" as well as the reality TV series Age of Love. Jodie Fisher was born in Dallas, Texas, and is of Scandinavian and Irish ancestry. She graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Dean's List. Fisher has appeared as a lead actress in television and movie roles, including a 2011 episode of the television series """". After her sexual harassment claim which resulted in the resignation of then Hewlett-Packard"
"in England and co-starred veteran actors David Niven and Helen Hayes. After its release, Foster did not appear in any new releases until 1980, the year she turned eighteen. She gained positive notices for her performances in Adrian Lyne's debut feature film ""Foxes"" (1980), which focuses on the lives of Los Angeles teenagers, and ""Carny"" (1980), in which she played a waitress who runs away from her former life by joining a touring carnival. Aware that child stars are often unable to successfully continue their careers into adulthood, Foster became a full-time student at Yale in fall 1980, and her"
"portrayed by Angelina Jolie. Jolie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Collins. Christine Collins was born in 1888 as Christine Ida Dunne. She married an ex-convict named Walter J. Collins, who hid his past from her, and had a son, Walter, in September 1918. After his mother died and he had trouble holding a job, Walter Sr. resumed his criminal behavior. Following a robbery, he was jailed at Folsom State Prison. During her attempts to have him released, she learned of his record. Although disappointed, she continued in her appeals. Christine's son disappeared"