"Inception Inception is a 2010 science fiction action film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan, and co-produced by Emma Thomas. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by infiltrating the subconscious, and is offered a chance to have his criminal history erased as payment for the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. The ensemble cast additionally includes Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine. After the 2002 completion of ""Insomnia"", Nolan presented to Warner Bros. a written 80-page treatment"
"Christopher Nolan's science-fiction film ""Inception"", also starring Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Tom Berenger and Michael Caine. Inspired by the experience of lucid dreaming and dream incubation, DiCaprio portrays the character of Dom Cobb, an ""extractor"" who enters the dreams of others to obtain information that is otherwise inaccessible. Cobb is promised a chance to regain his old life in exchange for planting an idea in a corporate target's mind. DiCaprio was ""intrigued by this concept—this dream-heist notion and how this character's gonna unlock his dreamworld and ultimately affect his real life."" Released to critical"
"also his own wife. Christian Toto of ""The Washington Times"" referred to the film as ""a handsomely mounted psychological drama with an arresting lead turn by Cillian Murphy"", and noted that although Murphy wasn't a stranger to playing in drag, his work in the film set a ""new standard for gender-bending performances"". Murphy next starred in Christopher Nolan's ""Inception"" (2010), playing entrepreneur Robert Fischer, whose mind is infiltrated by DiCaprio's character Cobb to convince him to dissolve his business. That year, Murphy also made an uncredited cameo appearance as programmer Edward Dillinger Jr., son of original ""Tron"" antagonist Ed Dillinger"
"16th Critics' Choice Awards The 16th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 14, 2011 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2010 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1. The nominees were announced on December 13, 2010. The Social Network David Fincher – ""The Social Network"" Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech"" Natalie Portman – ""Black Swan"" Christian Bale – ""The Fighter"" Melissa Leo – ""The Fighter"" Hailee Steinfeld – ""True Grit"" The Fighter ""The King's Speech"" – David Seidler ""The Social Network"" – Aaron Sorkin ""Inception"" – Guy Hendrix Dyas ""Inception"" – Wally Pfister ""Alice in"
"beyond the call of breezy duty."" He was subsequently nominated for a Golden Globe Award. He later played villain Cobra Commander in """". On November 21, 2009, he hosted ""Saturday Night Live"". In 2010, he replaced James Franco to star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Christopher Nolan's science fiction thriller ""Inception"", which received favorable reviews. In 2011, Gordon-Levitt began filming Christopher Nolan's ""The Dark Knight Rises"", in which he played John Blake, a police officer who emerges as a key ally of Batman. In ""Premium Rush"", he played the starring role of fixie-riding, brash bicycle messenger; he portrayed the younger version"
"act."" Richard Roeper, also of the ""Sun-Times"", gave ""Inception"" an ""A+"" score and called it ""one of the best movies of the [21st] century."" BBC Radio 5 Live's Mark Kermode named ""Inception"" as the best film of 2010, stating that """"Inception"" is proof that people are not stupid, that cinema is not trash, and that it is possible for blockbusters and art to be the same thing."" Michael Phillips of the ""Chicago Tribune"" gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and wrote, ""I found myself wishing ""Inception"" were weirder, further out [...] the film is Nolan's labyrinth all the"
"""Atonement"" – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer ""'2008: ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"" – Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo ""'2009: ""Avatar"" – Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair 2010: ""Inception"" – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat 2011: ""Hugo"" – Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo 2012: ""Les Misérables"" – Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson 2013: ""The Great Gatsby"" – Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn 2014: ""The Grand Budapest Hotel"" – Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock 2015: """" – Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson 2016: ""Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"" – Stuart"
"acclaimed world premiere on April 30, 2010, at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas, as part of its inaugural season. Conducted by Patrick Summers and directed by Leonard Foglia, the production featured sets by Robert Brill, projections by Elaine McCarthy, lighting by Donald Holder, and costumes by Jane Greenwood. The cast included tenor Ben Heppner (Ahab), baritone Morgan Smith (Starbuck), tenor Stephen Costello (Greenhorn), bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu (Queequeg), soprano Talise Trevigne (Pip), baritone Robert Orth (Stubb), and tenor Matthew O'Neill (Flask). The 2012 production of ""Moby-Dick"" at San Francisco Opera was featured on Great Performances' 40th Season, telecast nationally"
"Dileep Rao Dileep A. Rao (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor who has appeared in feature films and television series. He starred in Sam Raimi's horror film ""Drag Me to Hell"" (2009), James Cameron's science fiction film ""Avatar"" (2009), and Christopher Nolan's thriller ""Inception"" (2010). Rao was born in Los Angeles to a physicist mother and an engineer father, both of Indian descent. He grew up in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, Denver, Colorado, and Claremont, California. He has one sister who is a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He graduated from Claremont High School"
"Edition Sunday puzzle on air with Will Shortz. In 2009, he appeared in ""Avatar"" and ""Drag Me to Hell"". He was nominated for several awards as part of the ensemble cast in Christopher Nolan's 2010 film ""Inception"". He played a pharmacologist in the film. Dileep Rao Dileep A. Rao (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor who has appeared in feature films and television series. He starred in Sam Raimi's horror film ""Drag Me to Hell"" (2009), James Cameron's science fiction film ""Avatar"" (2009), and Christopher Nolan's thriller ""Inception"" (2010). Rao was born in Los Angeles to a physicist"
"Best Actor (Jesse Eisenberg), and Best Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin) categories. ""Inception"" was the only other film to garner multiple awards, winning both the Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer) and Best Cinematography (Wally Pfister) prizes. The other acting awards went to Natalie Portman as Best Actress for ""Black Swan"", Hailee Steinfeld as Best Supporting Actress for ""True Grit"", and Christian Bale as Best Supporting Actor for ""The Fighter"". The remaining film honors went to ""Toy Story 3"" as Best Animated Film, ""Restrepo"" as Best Documentary, and ""The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"" as Best Foreign Language Film. ""We Are Sex Bob-Omb"""
"serious accusation that he attempted to molest one."" Zachary Quinto Zachary John Quinto (; born June 2, 1977) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for his roles as Sylar on the science fiction drama series ""Heroes"" (2006–2010), Spock in the reboot ""Star Trek"" (2009) and its sequels ""Star Trek Into Darkness"" (2013) and ""Star Trek Beyond"" (2016), as well as his Emmy nominated performance in """". His other film roles include ""Margin Call"", ""What's Your Number?"", """", ""Snowden"", and ""Hotel Artemis"". He also appeared in smaller roles on television series such as ""So NoTORIous"", ""The"
"2010, stating """"Inception"" is proof that people are not stupid, that cinema is not trash, and that it is possible for blockbusters and art to be the same thing."" The film ended up grossing over $820million worldwide and was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay; it won the award for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. Nolan also received BAFTA, Golden Globe, DGA, and PGA Award nominations, as well as a WGA Award for his work on the film. While in post-production on ""Inception"", Nolan gave an interview for"
"Father of Invention Father of Invention is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed by Trent Cooper, and stars Kevin Spacey, Camilla Belle and Johnny Knoxville. Robert Axle, a New Orleans-based infomercial guru, loses it all when one of his inventions maims thousands of customers. After eight years in a maximum-security prison, Axle is ready to redeem his name and rebuild his billion-dollar empire. But first he must convince his estranged daughter to let him live with her and her quirky, over-protective roommates. The film currently has a 0% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 critic reviews, with an"
"in Michael Mann's ""Public Enemies"", which was released in the United States on 1 July 2009. Later that year, she appeared in the film adaptation of the musical ""Nine"", directed by Rob Marshall, playing Luisa Contini, the wife of Guido, played by Daniel Day-Lewis. In the film, Cotillard performs two musical numbers: ""My Husband Makes Movies"" and ""Take It All"". On 27 February 2010, Cotillard was the Honorary President of the 35th César Awards Ceremony. She played Mal Cobb, a projection of Leonardo DiCaprio's character, Dom Cobb's deceased wife in Christopher Nolan's film ""Inception"", also starring Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt,"
"the author's interpretation as anything more than a supplementary text, and this all the more so given the theme of the instability of any one master position in Nolan's films. Therein the manipulator is often the one who ends up manipulated and Cobb's ""not caring"" about whether or not his world is real may be the price of happiness and release. Warner Bros. spent $100 million marketing the film. Although ""Inception"" was not part of an existing franchise, Sue Kroll, president of Warner's worldwide marketing, said the company believed it could gain awareness due to the strength of ""Christopher Nolan"
"Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Michael Caine and Ellen Page, which released on 16 July 2010. Nolan described Mal as ""the essence of the femme fatale"", and DiCaprio praised Cotillard's performance saying that ""she can be strong and vulnerable and hopeful and heartbreaking all in the same moment, which was perfect for all the contradictions of her character"". Cotillard and Leonardo DiCaprio ranked No. 8 on Forbes' list of """"Hollywood's Top Earning On-Screen Couples"""" for ""Inception"", which made US$825 million at the worldwide box-office. In the same year, she also starred in Guillaume Canet's drama ""Little White Lies"" (""Les petits mouchoirs""),"
"July 23, 2016. Corbin Bleu Corbin Bleu Reivers (; born February 21, 1989), known professionally as Corbin Bleu, is an American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter. He performed in the ""High School Musical"" film series (2006–2008). Songs from the films also charted worldwide, with the song ""I Don't Dance"" peaking inside the Top 10 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. During this time, he also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie ""Jump In!"" (2007). His first lead role was in the film ""Catch That Kid"" (2004). He has since appeared in the Discovery Kids drama series ""Flight 29"
"Robert Knepper Robert Lyle Knepper (born July 8, 1959) is an American actor best known for his role as Theodore ""T-Bag"" Bagwell in the Fox drama series ""Prison Break"" (2005–2009, 2017), Samuel Sullivan in the final season of the NBC series ""Heroes"" (2009–2010), Angus McDonough in The CW series ""iZombie"" (2015–2018) and Rodney Mitchum in Showtime's revival of ""Twin Peaks"" (2017). He has also appeared in films such as ""Hitman"" (2007) and ""Transporter 3"" (2008). Knepper was born in Fremont, Ohio, and raised in Maumee, Ohio, the son of Pat Deck and Donald Knepper, a veterinarian. He was interested in"
"Zachary Quinto Zachary John Quinto (; born June 2, 1977) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for his roles as Sylar on the science fiction drama series ""Heroes"" (2006–2010), Spock in the reboot ""Star Trek"" (2009) and its sequels ""Star Trek Into Darkness"" (2013) and ""Star Trek Beyond"" (2016), as well as his Emmy nominated performance in """". His other film roles include ""Margin Call"", ""What's Your Number?"", """", ""Snowden"", and ""Hotel Artemis"". He also appeared in smaller roles on television series such as ""So NoTORIous"", ""The Slap"", and ""24"". Quinto was born in Pittsburgh,"
"""Zombieland"" and ""2012"" San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2009 The 14th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 15, 2009. Colin Firth – A Single Man Michelle Monaghan – Trucker Up The Road – Javier Aguirresarobe Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds The Cove (500) Days of Summer – Alan Edward Bell """"'Inglourious Basterds"" """"'Inglourious Basterds"" Il Divo • Italy Inglourious Basterds – David Wasco A Single Man – Abel Korzeniowski Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds Samantha Morton – The Messenger Woody Harrelson"
"drama ""The Prestige"" (2006). He found further popular and critical success with ""The Dark Knight Trilogy"" (2005–2012); ""Inception"" (2010), which received eight Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay; ""Interstellar"" (2014); and ""Dunkirk"" (2017), which earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Director. His ten films have grossed over US$4.7billion worldwide and garnered a total of 34 Oscar nominations and ten wins. Nolan has co-written several of his films with his brother Jonathan, and runs the production company Syncopy Inc. with his wife Emma Thomas. Nolan's films are typically rooted in epistemological and metaphysical"
"Corbin Bleu Corbin Bleu Reivers (; born February 21, 1989), known professionally as Corbin Bleu, is an American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter. He performed in the ""High School Musical"" film series (2006–2008). Songs from the films also charted worldwide, with the song ""I Don't Dance"" peaking inside the Top 10 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. During this time, he also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie ""Jump In!"" (2007). His first lead role was in the film ""Catch That Kid"" (2004). He has since appeared in the Discovery Kids drama series ""Flight 29 Down"" (2005–2007), as"
"Jerks"", ""Brainstorm"" (""Frank vs. Lutz"") — Jon Haller; 30 Rock New Media, www.nbc.com Writers Guild of America Awards 2010 The 63rd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2010. Winners were announced on February 5, 2011. ""Inception"" — written by Christopher Nolan; Warner Bros. ""The Social Network"" — screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; based on the book ""The Accidental Billionaires"" by Ben Mezrich; Sony Pictures ""Inside Job"" produced, written, and directed by Charles Ferguson; co-written by Chad Beck, Adam Bolt; Sony Pictures Classics ""Mad Men"" — Jonathan Abrahams, Lisa Albert, Keith Huff, Jonathan Igla,"
"Wonderland"" – Colleen Atwood ""Inception"" – Lee Smith Alice in Wonderland ""The Social Network"" – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross ""If I Rise"" – performed by Dido and A. R. Rahman; music by A. R. Rahman; lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong; from ""127 Hours"" Inception Inception Toy Story 3 Inception Easy A Waiting for ""Superman"" ""The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor)"" • Sweden The Pacific Quentin Tarantino Matt Damon Number of nominations (minimum 2) Number of awards (minimum 2) 16th Critics' Choice Awards The 16th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 14, 2011 at"
"added his handprints to a star outside of the Chinese Theater at MGM Studios, a park at Walt Disney World. This walk of fame is a replica of the famous Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. Instinct (film) Instinct is a 1999 American psychological thriller film, directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., George Dzundza, Donald Sutherland and Maura Tierney. It was very loosely inspired by ""Ishmael"", a novel by Daniel Quinn. In the United States, the film had the working title ""Ishmael"". In 2000, the film was nominated for and won a Genesis Award in"
"""Capote"" as Truman Capote 2006: Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" as Idi Amin 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""There Will Be Blood"" as Daniel Plainview 2008: Sean Penn – ""Milk"" as Harvey Milk 2009: George Clooney – ""Up in the Air"" as Ryan Bingham 2010: James Franco – ""127 Hours"" as Aron Ralston 2011: George Clooney – ""The Descendants"" as Matt King 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln 2013: Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas Buyers Club"" as Ron Woodroof 2014: Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" as Riggan Thomson 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio – ""The Revenant"" as Hugh Glass 2016:"
"co-star Lyndsy Fonseca since 2013. In February 2016 Fonseca announced their engagement, and they were married on October 2, 2016. On September 23, 2017 it was announced that Bean and Fonseca were expecting their first baby, a girl, who was born in February 2018. Noah Bean Noah Whipple Bean (born August 20, 1978) is an American actor best known for his roles as Ryan Fletcher on The CW action-thriller series ""Nikita"", as David Connor on the FX legal drama ""Damages"" and his leading performance in the independent film ""The Pill"". Prior to his role on ""Damages"", Bean had a number"
"Instinct (film) Instinct is a 1999 American psychological thriller film, directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., George Dzundza, Donald Sutherland and Maura Tierney. It was very loosely inspired by ""Ishmael"", a novel by Daniel Quinn. In the United States, the film had the working title ""Ishmael"". In 2000, the film was nominated for and won a Genesis Award in the category of feature film. This was the first film produced by Spyglass Entertainment. The film examines the mind of anthropologist Ethan Powell (Hopkins) who had been missing for a few years, living in the jungle"
"secure the film's $100 million in advertising expenditure. ""Inception""s première was held in London on July 8, 2010; it was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters beginning on July 16, 2010. ""Inception"" grossed over $828 million worldwide, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 2010. The home video market also had strong results, with $68 million in DVD and Blu-ray sales. ""Inception"" opened to acclaim from critics, who praised its screenplay, visual effects, score, and ensemble cast. It won four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects, and was nominated for four"
"the final shortlist of actors to audition for the role, and on April 13, 2016, Deadline Hollywood stated that he was the frontrunner, following a series of secret screen tests. Alden Ehrenreich Alden Caleb Ehrenreich (; born November 22, 1989) is an American actor. He made his feature-film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's ""Tetro"" in 2009, and also appeared in Coppola's subsequent film, ""Twixt"" (2011). In 2013, he appeared in Woody Allen's ""Blue Jasmine"" and Park Chan-wook's ""Stoker."" In 2016, Ehrenreich gained significant critical praise for his scene-stealing role as Hobie Doyle in the Coen brothers comedy ""Hail, Caesar!"" and"
"3"", ""Miss Undercover 2"", ""V-for Vendetta"", ""Aviator"", ""Alexander"", ""Ocean's Twelve"", ""Collateral"", ""Finding Nemo"", ""Lord of the Rings – Return of the King"", ""Troy"", ""Kill Bill 2"", ... etc. Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Sandra Bullock, Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Steven Spielberg, Michael Mann, Natalie Portman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Oliver Stone, Marylin Manson, Will Smith, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Jackson, Liv Tyler, Tom Hanks, ... etc. ""CeBIT"", ""AIDA"", ""GC – Games Convention"", ""Stanford Eagle"", ""Leaders Club Germany Award"", ""Minnie Driver CD Presentation"", ""Priscilla Presley CD Presentation"", ""The Sound"
"Peter Finch (""Network""), Victor Fleming (""The Wizard of Oz""), Janet Gaynor (""A Star Is Born""), Curtis Harrington (""Night Tide""), Zoltan Korda (""The Thief of Bagdad""), Darren McGavin (""The Man with the Golden Arm""), Adolphe Menjou (""Paths of Glory""), Paul Muni (""Scarface""), Dudley Nichols (""Stagecoach""), Maila Nurmi (""Plan 9 from Outer Space""), Nelson Riddle (""Lolita""), Vito Scotti (""The Godfather""), Ann Sheridan (""They Drive by Night""), Constance and Norma Talmadge (""Intolerance"", ""Camille""), Eddie Little (""Another Day in Paradise""), Eddie Bunker (""Straight Time""), Gregg Toland (""Citizen Kane""), Edgar G. Ulmer (""Detour""), Peter Lorre (""Casablanca""), Clifton Webb (""Laura""), William Hurlbut (""Bride of Frankenstein"") and"