"The Men Who Stare at Goats (film) The Men Who Stare at Goats is a 2009 British-American war parody film directed by Grant Heslov and starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey. It was produced by Clooney's and Heslov's production company Smoke House Pictures. The film is a fictionalized version of Jon Ronson's 2004 book of the same title of an investigation into attempts by the U.S. military to employ psychic powers as a weapon. The film premiered at the 66th Venice International Film Festival on September 8, 2009, and went on general release in the United"
"indie band Man From Delmonte. Ronson presented the late nineties talk show ""For The Love Of..."", in which each week he would interview a gathering of guests and experts on different phenomena and conspiracy theories.Ronson has also appeared as a guest on many shows, such as """". Ronson sold the film rights to ""The Men Who Stare at Goats"" and a movie of the same name was released in 2009 as a comedy war film directed by Grant Heslov and written by Peter Straughan. According to Ronson's DVD-commentary, the journalist-character Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) did experience some elements of Ronson's"
"in later years achieved a degree of cult status. In 1968, he directed ""Hells Chosen Few"". He also directed ""The Mighty Gorga"" and ""The Girls from Thunder Strip"", both of which featured Megan Timothy. In ""The Mighty Gorga"", he also played Gorga. He directed the Nazisploitation film ""The Tormentors"" which was released in 1971. In later years, he was a visual effects producer for ""The Quiet American"", ""Rabbit-Proof Fence"" and ""Inspector Gadget 2"". David L. Hewitt David L. Hewitt is a film director and producer. Among the films he has directed are ""The Wizard of Mars"" in 1965, ""Monsters Crash"
"Get"" (2016) by Rex Obano, and as Lord Byron in the BBC Radio 4 comedy ""Boswell's Life of Byron"" (2018) by Jon Canter. Freddie Fox (actor) Frederick Samson Robert Morice ""Freddie"" Fox (born 5 April 1989) is an English actor. His screen career highlights include roles as singer Marilyn in the BBC's Boy George biopic ""Worried About the Boy"" (2010), King Louis XIII in ""The Three Musketeers"" (2011), Edwin Drood in the BBC's ""The Mystery of Edwin Drood"" (2012), and Freddie Baxter in the two gay-themed television series ""Cucumber"" (2015) and ""Banana"" (2015). His many notable theatre credits include starring"
"(2009) Tony (premiered 8 September 2009 Venice International Film Festival) ""Echelon Conspiracy"" (2009) Charles ""Gallowwalker"" (2009) Apollo Jones ""Good"" (2009) Adolf Eichmann ""Trapped"" (2008) David Jackson ""He Said"" (2007) Karl ""Blackbeard"" (2006) Jack Spector """" (2005) Dorian ""Cold and Dark"" (2005) Mabbs ""The Defender"" (2004) Tech 1 ""Vanity Fair"" (2004) Curzon Street Footman ""Ten Minutes"" (2003) Paul ""Get Real"" (1998) Bob Television ""Endeavour (TV series)"" (2018) Barker ""Trauma"" (2017) Steve Becket ""George Gently"" (2017) Tommy Norton ""Vera (TV series)"" (2017) Steve Devonshire ""Rillington Place"" (2016) Mr Hodges ""Apple Tree Yard"" (2016) George ""Versailles"" (2015) Rebel Soldier ""Silent Witness"" (2015) Mark"
"a British stage and screen actor, best known for his roles in Fresh Meat, Dracula, Privates, Mr. Selfridge and his work opposite his father, James Fox, in Dear Lupin (UK Tour, West End). He made his screen debut in Channel 4’s Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant and has since starred in a number of projects including the Oscar nominated, BAFTA winning feature Theeb and most recently the Golden Globe nominated National Geographic Fox series Genius, opposite Geoffrey Rush and the features Johnny English starring Rowan Atkinson and Kids in Love opposite Cara Delevigne and Will Poulter. His stage performances"
"cannot run for office or attend membership meetings, according to the WGA's constitution. He next co-starred with Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey in the war parody comedy film ""The Men Who Stare at Goats"", which was directed by Heslov and released in November 2009. Also in November 2009, he voiced Mr. Fox in Wes Anderson's animated feature ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"". The same year, Clooney starred in the comedy-drama ""Up in the Air"", which was initially given limited release, and then wide-released on December 25, 2009. For his performance in the film, which was directed by Jason Reitman, he was nominated"
"the Charles Dickens contemporary adaptation ""Great expectations"" (1998), ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" (2004) and, highly acclaimed dystopian thriller ""Children of Men"" (2006). He also won the Academy Award for Best Director for his film ""Gravity"" (2013). His six feature films—""Amores perros"" (2000), ""21 Grams"" (2003), ""Babel"" (2006) (comprising the ""Death Trilogy""), ""Biutiful"" (2010), ""Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"" (2014), and ""The Revenant"" (2015)—have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades. Iñárritu won the Academy Award for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture for ""Birdman"". Film director Guillermo del Toro directed his film debut ""Cronos"""
"credits are many and varied. They include episodes of ""Joan of Arcadia"", ""The Guardian"", ""Twin Peaks"" and ""Faerie Tale Theatre"", and the movies ""Profoundly Normal"" (Kirstie Alley, Delroy Lindo), ""See You In My Dreams"" (Aidan Quinn, Marcia Gay Harden), ""Redeemer"" (Matthew Modine), ""Past Tense"" (Scott Glenn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Anthony LaPaglia) and Mario Puzo's ""The Last Don"" Parts I and II, an Emmy-nominated 10-hour mini-series (Danny Aiello, Joe Mantegna, Jason Gedrick, Daryl Hannah). As director: Graeme Clifford Graeme Clifford (born 1942) is an Australian film director, his directing credits include the Academy Award-nominated film ""Frances"", ""Gleaming the Cube"" and the"
"drama ""Fracture""; ""The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus"" and ""Tideland,"" both directed by Terry Gilliam; ""Lakeview Terrace,"" directed by Neil LaBute; a series of films for director Brett Morgen, including ""The Kid Stays in The Picture,"" ""Chicago 10,"" and, most recently, the Kurt Cobain biopic ""Montage of Heck""; ""Closing the Ring"" for director Richard Attenborough; and the cult classic ""The Boondock Saints,"" among others. Additionally, his collaborative Orchestral Celtic albums with his brother, composer Mychael Danna, have enjoyed worldwide success and placed in the Top Ten on the Billboard chart in the United States. For television, Jeff and Mychael Danna wrote"
"Fish, Saliva, Atreyu, Shinedown, and Avenged Sevenfold. 2009: Ladies and Gentlemen, Halestorm, After Midnight Project, Fall of Envy, Transmit Now, Metric, Say Anything, Dharmata, Manchester Orchestra, Sick Puppies, Anberlin, The Mission Veo, Our Lady Peace, Cage the Elephant, Atom Smash, Panic! at the Disco, Skindred, The Used, Matisyahu, Chevelle, and Thirty Seconds to Mars. 2010: Stellar Revival, D.V.N.O., Hollywood Love Scene, A Silent Film, American Bang, New Politics, Hawthorne Heights, A Day to Remember, Paper Tongues, Fall of Envy, Against Me!, Leading the Heroes, Sick Puppies, Anberlin, Atom Smash, Switchfoot, Pepper, The Dirty Heads (featuring Rome Ramirez), Chevelle, The Mighty"
"""Mr. Popper's Penguins""; ""Norbit"", the comedy starring Eddie Murphy for DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures; the blockbuster ""The Firm"", starring Tom Cruise; the two ""Dr. Dolittle"" films, starring Eddie Murphy; the ""Garfield"" franchise series for Fox; ""Waterworld"", starring Kevin Costner; the Eddie Murphy comedy ""Daddy Day Care""; ""Predator"", starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; the Jack Lemmon/Walter Matthau trilogy ""Out to Sea"", ""Grumpy Old Men"", and ""Grumpier Old Men""; ""Behind Enemy Lines"", starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman; ""Predator 2"", John Woo's ""Paycheck"", starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman, for Paramount Pictures; and ""Alien vs. Predator"", an action thriller combining the two iconic cinematic aliens, among"
"American/International premieres of Piercing I (Liu Jian, 2009), ""ГАДКИЙ УТЕНОК"" (The Ugly Duckling - Garri Bardin, 2010), ""Duga"" (The Rainbow - Joška Marušića, 2010), ""ՍԱՍՆԱ ԾՌԵՐ"" (Daredevils of Sasun -- Arman Manaryan, 2010), (Yasuko Kobayashi, 2010), ""仏陀再誕"" (The Rebirth of Buddha - Takaaki Ishiyama, 2009); also Redline (Takeshi Koike, 2010), Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then (Brent Green, 2010), Goodbye Mr. Christie (Phil Mulloy, 2010), ""NA PŮDĚ ANEB KDO MÁ DNESKA NAROZENINY?"" ( - Jiří Barta, 2011), ""夏日大作战"" (Summer Wars - Mamoru Hosoda, 2010), Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (Jan Švankmajer, 2010). Retrospective screenings: ""СМЕХ И ГОРЕ У БЕЛА МОРЯ"" (Laughter"
"Ash Fox in Wes Anderson's animated film, ""The Fantastic Mr. Fox"", which he described as, ""the best movie I’ve ever been a part of."" He starred in the HBO show ""Bored to Death"", in which he played a writer who moonlights as a private detective and puts himself up for hire on Craigslist. In 2009, he starred in ""The Marc Pease Experience"". In 2010, he played Gideon Graves in the film ""Scott Pilgrim vs. The World"", the movie adaptation of the comics by Bryan Lee O'Malley. In 2011, Schwartzman made a cameo appearance as Vincent van Gogh in the Beastie"
"""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"
"""The Ides of March"", which is based on Beau Willimon's play ""Farragut North"". Starring Ryan Gosling, Clooney and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this political drama takes place during a presidential primary, when an ambitious press secretary (Gosling) becomes embroiled in a political scandal. The film received positive reviews; one from ""The Guardian"" praised the direction and the performances of the cast. Three films were produced by Appian Way in 2013; the first was ""Runner Runner"", an ensemble crime thriller, which ""The Guardian""'s Xan Brooks described as ""a lazy, trashy film that barely goes through the motions"". The thriller ""Out of the"
"in six different categories: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. Clooney co-starred with Sandra Bullock in ""Gravity"" (2013), a space thriller directed by Alfonso Cuarón. He co-wrote, directed and starred in ""The Monuments Men"", an adaption of ""The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History"" by Robert M. Edsel. Clooney also produced """" (2013), an adaptation of . The film stars Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. His next film was ""Tomorrowland"" (2015), a science fiction adventure film in which he played Frank Walker, an"
"from the BFI National Archive. The 2009 Festival featured 15 world premieres including Wes Anderson’s first animated feature, ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"", Sam Taylor-Wood’s feature début ""Nowhere Boy"", about the formative years of John Lennon, as well as the Festival’s first ever Archive Gala, the BFI’s new restoration of Anthony Asquith’s ""Underground"", with live music accompaniment by the Prima Vista Social Club. European premieres in 2009 included Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s ""Micmacs"", Scott Hicks’ ""The Boys Are Back"" and Robert Connolly’s ""Balibo"", as well as Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s ""The Well"" and Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson’s ""Mugabe And The White African"". In 2009,"
"films, including ""E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"", ""Jaws"", ""Scrooged"", """", ""Coming to America"", ""Indiana Jones"", """", ""The Package"", ""The Karate Kid III"", ""The Little Mermaid"", ""Field of Dreams"", ""Glory"", ""The War of the Roses"", ""Always"", ""Hard to Kill"", ""Nightbreed"", ""Pretty Woman"", ""Hoffa"", ""The Edge"", ""Soldier"", ""Dick Tracy"", ""Home Alone"", ""Edward Scissorhands"", ""The Bonfire of the Vanities"", ""Misery"", ""Hook"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""Final Analysis"", ""The Rocketeer"", ""Sleepwalkers"", """", """", ""Jurassic Park"", ""Wyatt Earp"", ""Outbreak"", ""First Knight"", ""Small Soldiers"", ""Far and Away"", ""Dinosaur"", ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"", ""Batman Returns"", ""Batman Forever"", ""Peter Pan"", """", ""National Treasure"", ""Treasure Planet"", ""The Simpsons Movie"", ""Spaceballs"", """","
"included work on ""Fight Club"", ""Lake Placid"", and ""EDtv"", all released in 1999; ""I, Robot"" in 2004; """" in 2006; ""Eragon"" in 2006; ""Bridge to Terabithia"", """", ""30 Days of Night"", and ""The Water Horse"" all released in 2007; ""Jumper"", """" and ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"", all released in 2008; ""District 9"" and ""The Lovely Bones"" in 2009; ""The A-Team"" in 2010; ""Rise of the Planet of the Apes"" in 2011; and ""Prometheus"" in 2012. Most recently, Moran served as a co-producer for the 2012 Peter Jackson film, """". She was unable to attend the film's premiere on"
"Nelson Lowry – ""Fantastic Mr. Fox""<br> 2. Rick Carter – ""Avatar""<br> 3. Henry Selick – ""Coraline"" 1. ""Summer Hours"" (""L'Heure d'été"")<br> 2. ""Everlasting Moments"" (""Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick"")<br> 3. ""35 Shots of Rum"" (""35 rhums"")<br> 3. ""Police, Adjective"" (""Polițist, Adjectiv"") 1. ""The Beaches of Agnès"" (""Les plages d'Agnès"")<br> 2. ""Tyson""<br> 3. ""Anvil! The Story of Anvil"" 2009 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 44th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 2010, honored the best in film for 2009. 1. The Hurt Locker<br> 2. ""Summer Hours"" (""L'Heure d'été"")<br> 3. ""Inglourious Basterds"" 1. Kathryn Bigelow – ""The"
"Freddie Fox (actor) Frederick Samson Robert Morice ""Freddie"" Fox (born 5 April 1989) is an English actor. His screen career highlights include roles as singer Marilyn in the BBC's Boy George biopic ""Worried About the Boy"" (2010), King Louis XIII in ""The Three Musketeers"" (2011), Edwin Drood in the BBC's ""The Mystery of Edwin Drood"" (2012), and Freddie Baxter in the two gay-themed television series ""Cucumber"" (2015) and ""Banana"" (2015). His many notable theatre credits include starring as Oscar Wilde's young lover Lord Alfred ""Bosie"" Douglas in ""The Judas Kiss"" (2012–2013), opposite Rupert Everett, at London's Hampstead Theatre plus a"
"(2008), ""The Guard"" (2011), ""Calvary"" (2014), and ""Live by Night"" (2016). He won an Emmy Award in 2009 for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television film ""Into the Storm"". He is also the father of actors Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson. Gleeson was born in Dublin, the son of Pat and Frank Gleeson. Gleeson has described himself as having been an avid reader as a child. He received his second level education at St Joseph's CBS in Fairview, Dublin where he was a member of the school drama group. After training as an actor, he worked for several"
"""Y tu mamá también"" (2001), and ""Pan's Labyrinth"" (2006) have been successful in creating universal stories about contemporary subjects, and were internationally recognized, as in the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Mexican directors Alejandro González Iñárritu (""Amores perros"", ""Babel"", ""Birdman"", ""The Revenant""), Alfonso Cuarón (""Children of Men"", ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", ""Gravity""), Guillermo del Toro, Carlos Carrera (""The Crime of Father Amaro""), screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga and photographer Emmanuel Lubezki are some of the most known present-day film makers. Some Mexican actors have achieved recognition as Hollywood stars. These include Ramon Novarro, Dolores del Río, Lupe Vélez, Gilbert Roland,"
"Thin Man Films, Mike Leigh 2003 Feature Film, Aurelia Meresvale, ""Stage Beauty"", Richard Eyre 2003 Feature Film, Agatha, ""Bright Young Things"", Stephen Fry 2017 June, Inside No. 9, BBC, Graeme Harper, written by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton 2017 Lady Campbell, Quacks, BBC, Andy de Emmony 2017 Lady Repton, Harlots, ITV and Hulu, Coky Giedroyc 2016 and 2015 Alison, Home Fires Series 1 and 2, ITV, Robert Quinn 2015 Catiche, War and Peace, BBC 2012 Angela Hope, Spies of Warsaw, BBC, Coky Giedroyc 2010 Amelia Land, Case Histories, BBC, Marc Jobst 2009 Miss Whittaker, Poirot, ITV, Charlie Palmer 2008 Heidi,"
"as Bender on ""Futurama"", as well as playing such roles as Marcus Fenix in the ""Gears of War"" franchise, Dr. Drakken on ""Kim Possible"", Jake the Dog on ""Adventure Time"", and Niblet on ""Pound Puppies"" (2010). He is a former comedian, appearing on stage as part of a comic duo named ""Red Johnny and the Round Guy"" and has several on-screen credits, such as Steve Ballmer in ""Pirates of Silicon Valley"" (the docudrama about the history of Apple Computer and Microsoft) and as Dr. Sean Underhill, a recurring character on ""Chicago Hope"". In 2013, he was the executive producer/narrator of"
"Alone,"" ""National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation,"" ""Uncle Buck,"" ""She’s Having a Baby,"" ""Planes, Trains and Automobiles"", and ""Ferris Bueller’s Day Off"". Rob Marshall — ""Nine Nine (2009 live-action film)"" and ""Memoirs of a Geisha"". Wolfgang Petersen — ""Das Boot (American Director's Cut)"", ""The Perfect Storm"", ""Air Force One"", ""Outbreak"", ""In the Line of Fire"", ""Shattered"", ""Troy"", and ""Poseidon"". Herbert Ross — ""Steel Magnolias"", ""Footloose"", ""Protocol"", ""Secret of My Success"", and ""Dancers"". Oliver Stone — ""Snowden"", ""Savages"", ""The Untold History of the United States"", """", ""W."", ""World Trade Center"", ""Alexander"", ""Any Given Sunday"", ""Nixon"", ""Natural Born Killers"", ""Heaven & Earth"", ""JFK"", ""The"
"of ""The Sacredness of Questioning Everything"" (2008); David McFadzean, creator of ""Home Improvement"" and William Romanowski, author of ""Eyes Wide Open"" (2009); Darren Wilson, director of ""Furious Love"" and Gaye Williams Ortiz, author of ""Theology and Film"" (2010); David Nixon, producer/director of ""To Write Love on Her Arms"" and Jeffrey Overstreet, author of ""Through a Screen Darkly"" (2011); Brooks Douglass, writer of ""Heaven's Rain"" and Steve Taylor, producer/director of ""Blue Like Jazz"" (2012); Ralph Winter, producer of Star Trek and X-Men films and Dean Batali, writer for ""That '70s Show"" (2013); Ron Dean, actor in ""The Fugitive"" and ""The Dark"
"The Last"") and Harmony Korine (""Trash Humpers""), whilst also screening films from Manoel de Oliveira (""Eccentricities Of A Blonde-Haired Girl""), Jim Jarmusch (""The Limits Of Control""), Claire Denis (""White Material""), Ho-Yuhang (""At The End Of Daybreak""), Todd Solondz (""Life During Wartime""), and Joel and Ethan Coen (""A Serious Man""). On August 2016, American distributor A24's ""Free Fire"" was chosen to close the 2016 London Film Festival. The categories highlight both emerging and established talent. From 2009, a new standalone awards ceremony was launched which included the following awards: In 2009, a new annual standalone awards ceremony was launched to showcase"
"Clooney also directed and starred in ""Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"" (2002), ""Good Night, and Good Luck"" (2005), ""Leatherheads"" (2008) and ""The Ides of March (film)"" (2011). In 2011 Clooney starred in Alexander Payne's ""The Descendants"", earning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and an Academy Award nomination. In 2013, he co-starred opposite Sandra Bullock in the space thriller ""Gravity"". He directed, co-produced, co-wrote, and starred in ""The Monuments Men"", originally scheduled for release in 2013, but pushed back until 2014. He next starred in Brad Bird's science fiction film ""Tomorrowland"", released on May 22,"
"the visual effects supervisor in some of the most technically and artistically challenging projects, including, Christopher Nolan's ""The Dark Knight"" (2008), James Cameron's ""Avatar"" (2009), and Louis Leterrier's ""Clash of the Titans"" (2010). He was Warner Brothers’ VFX supervisor on Alfonso Cuarón's space epic, ""Gravity"" (2013), with the techniques involved in the film realized by Webber and the Framestore team, taking three years to complete. David Heyman, co-producer of ""Gravity"", hired Webber to oversee the film's visual effects work. For his work on ""Gravity"", he won both the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects at the 67th British Academy"
"Film highlights include ""Wild Horses"", written and directed by Robert Duvall, (Robert Duvall, James Franco and Josh Hartnett), ""Walking With the Enemy"" (Ben Kingsley), ""I.T."", directed by John Moore and starring Pierce Brosnan, ""The Mulberry Tree"" (Joe Morton), ""Red Sky"" (Rachel Leigh Cook and Bill Pullman), ""Debug"" (Jason Momoa), and ""Beyond All Boundaries"" (Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt). He has written additional music for and/or orchestrated/conducted over 60 films including ""Get Out"", ""Guardians of the Galaxy"", ""Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"", ""Hidden Figures"", ""It"",""Sucker Punch"", ""Watchmen"", ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"", and ""300"". For Disney and Universal, his live"
"nearly three hundred films, including the entire ""Star Wars"" saga, the ""Indiana Jones"" series, the ""Harry Potter"" series, the ""Jurassic Park"" series, the ""Back to the Future"" trilogy, many of the ""Star Trek"" films, ""Ghostbusters II"", ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"", the ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" series, the ""Terminator"" sequels, the ""Transformers"" films, the ""Men in Black"" series, ""Marvel Cinematic Universe"" films, ""Wild Wild West"", most of the """" films, ""E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"", ""Batteries Not Included"", ""The Abyss"", and ""Flubber"", and also provided work for ""Avatar"", alongside Weta Digital. In addition to their work for George Lucas, ILM also collaborates with"