In which 1995 'Oscar' nominated film did Anthony Hopkins play the part of a US President. Other parts were played by Ed Harris, E.G. Marshall, and David Hyde Pierce?
"Nixon (film) Nixon is a 1995 American epic historical drama film directed by Oliver Stone, produced by Clayton Townsend, Stone and Andrew G. Vajna. The film was written by Stone, Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen J. Rievele. The film tells the story of the political and personal life of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, played by Anthony Hopkins. The film portrays Nixon as a complex and, in many respects, admirable, though deeply flawed, person. ""Nixon"" begins with a disclaimer that the film is ""an attempt to understand the truth [...] based on numerous public sources and on an incomplete historical record."""
"Ed Harris Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. His performances in ""Apollo 13"" (1995), ""The Truman Show"" (1998), ""Pollock"" (2000) and ""The Hours"" (2002) earned him critical acclaim in addition to Academy Award nominations. Harris has appeared in several leading and supporting roles, such as in ""The Right Stuff"" (1983), ""The Abyss"" (1989), ""State of Grace"" (1990), ""Glengarry Glen Ross"" (1992), ""Nixon"" (1995), ""The Rock"" (1996), ""Stepmom"" (1998), ""A Beautiful Mind"" (2001), ""Enemy at the Gates"" (2001), ""A History of Violence"" (2005), ""Gone Baby Gone"" (2007), ""Snowpiercer"" (2013), and ""Mother!"" (2017)."
"The American President The American President is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin. The film stars Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, and Richard Dreyfuss. In the film, President Andrew Shepherd (Douglas) is a widower who pursues a relationship with environmental lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Bening) – who has just moved to Washington, D.C. – while at the same time attempting to win the passage of a crime control bill. Composer Marc Shaiman was nominated for the Original Musical or Comedy Score Oscar for ""The American President"". The"
"degree from Muhlenberg College on May 17, 2015. Harris is one of several actors who have been dubbed ""the thinking woman's sex symbol"" (others include Hugh Laurie and Denzel Washington). Ed Harris Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. His performances in ""Apollo 13"" (1995), ""The Truman Show"" (1998), ""Pollock"" (2000) and ""The Hours"" (2002) earned him critical acclaim in addition to Academy Award nominations. Harris has appeared in several leading and supporting roles, such as in ""The Right Stuff"" (1983), ""The Abyss"" (1989), ""State of Grace"" (1990), ""Glengarry Glen Ross"" (1992),"
"league,” referencing the speech President Shepherd made about the attacks on Sydney Ellen Wade. The film is recognized by the American Film Institute as #75 in its 2002 list of 100 Years...100 Passions. The American President The American President is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin. The film stars Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, and Richard Dreyfuss. In the film, President Andrew Shepherd (Douglas) is a widower who pursues a relationship with environmental lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Bening) – who has just moved to Washington, D.C. –"
"the film. He next appeared in the films ""The Firm"" (1993) and ""Needful Things"" (1993), before portraying the lead role of Kyle Bodine in the neo noir film ""China Moon"" (1994). In 1995, Harris portrayed Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopic ""Nixon"", and received his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance as NASA Mercury Mission Control Director Gene Kranz in ""Apollo 13"". In 1996, Harris starred in and executive produced the television adaptation of ""Riders of the Purple Sage"". That same year, he returned to Broadway as Major Steve Arnold in"
"Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his performance as Senator John McCain in the HBO made for television drama ""Game Change"". In 2013, he appeared in the western thriller ""Sweetwater"", and starred opposite Annette Bening in the romantic drama film ""The Face of Love"". Harris then voiced Mission Control in Alfonso Cuarón's space epic ""Gravity"" (2013), starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. In 2015, he portrayed the title character in the film version of the Shakespeare tragedy ""Cymbeline""."
"radical pro-Palestinian activists placing bombs in Germany and Italy, alleging that the film was Zionist propaganda. ""Victory at Entebbe"" was recognized at the 29th Primetime Emmy Awards, where screenwriter Ernest Kinoy received an Emmy Award nomination for his 'teleplay. Victory at Entebbe Victory at Entebbe is a 1976 American made-for-television action-drama film for broadcast on ABC, directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. The film starred Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Anthony Hopkins, Burt Lancaster, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Dreyfuss, and Kirk Douglas. Julius Harris portrayed Idi Amin, following the fatal heart attack suffered by the actor originally cast in the role, Godfrey Cambridge."
"In addition to directing ""Pollock"", Harris also directed the western ""Appaloosa"" (2008). In television, Harris is notable for his roles as Miles Roby in the miniseries ""Empire Falls"" (2005) and as United States Senator John McCain in the television movie ""Game Change"" (2012), the latter of which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. He currently stars as the Man in Black in the HBO science fiction-western series ""Westworld"" (2016–present), for which he earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Harris was"
"dramatized the confirmation hearing in the 2016 film ""Confirmation"" that stars Kerry Washington as Hill and Wendell Pierce as Thomas. The film aired on HBO on April 16, 2016. Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination On July 1, 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court of the United States to replace Thurgood Marshall, who had announced his retirement. The nomination proceedings were contentious from the start, especially over the issue of abortion, and many women's groups and civil rights groups opposed Thomas on the basis of his conservative political views, as they had also opposed"
"he claimed included being pepper sprayed by Ghent. In a September 2015 interview with ""Rolling Stone"", Howard admitted to hitting his first wife in 2001 saying, ""she was talking to me real strong, and I lost my mind and slapped her in front of the kids."" Terrence Howard Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor and singer. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films ""Dead Presidents"" and ""Mr. Holland's Opus"", Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated for the Academy Award"
"film was nominated for Golden Globes for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical for Michael Douglas, Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical for Annette Bening, and Best Comedy/Musical. The American Film Institute ranked ""The American President"" No. 75 on its list of America's Greatest Love Stories. Popular Democratic President Andrew Shepherd is preparing to run for re-election. The President and his staff, led by Chief of Staff and best friend A.J. MacInerney (Sheen), attempt to consolidate the administration's 63% approval rating by passing a moderate crime control bill. However, support for the bill in both parties is tepid:"
"""Hearts in Atlantis"", starring Anthony Hopkins as Ted Brautigan, Anton Yelchin as Bobby Garfield, Mika Boorem as Carol Gerber and Hope Davis as Liz Garfield. Major story elements are common to the film and the story, but many of the details were changed. In addition, all the references to the Dark Tower were removed and the final destinies of the characters, revealed in the latter stories of the original novel, are excluded. A further consequence of the changes is that the film's title is completely impenetrable to those unfamiliar with the novel, although a snatch of dialogue attempts to remedy"
"3. Debra Winger – ""The Sheltering Sky"" and ""Everybody Wins"" 1. Bruce Davison – ""Longtime Companion""<br> 2. Joe Pesci – ""Goodfellas""<br> 3. Al Pacino – ""Dick Tracy""<br> 3. John Turturro – ""Miller's Crossing"" 1. Annette Bening – ""The Grifters""<br> 2. Uma Thurman – ""Henry & June"" and ""Where the Heart Is""<br> 3. Dianne Wiest – ""Edward Scissorhands"" 1. Charles Burnett – ""To Sleep with Anger""<br> 2. Tom Stoppard – ""The Russia House""<br> 3. Donald E. Westlake – ""The Grifters"" 1. Peter Suschitzky – ""Where the Heart Is""<br> 2. Ian Baker – ""The Russia House""<br> 3. Philippe Rousselot – ""Henry &"
"King was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role in the TV movie ""The Hasty Heart"". That same year, he landed the role of Cody Allen on the series ""Riptide"". In 1993, he starred in the television adaptation of Sidney Sheldon's novel A Stranger in the Mirror, which is a roman à clef on Groucho Marx. In 1995, he portrayed the role of Hayley Armstrong on ""Melrose Place"". He also appeared as Richard Williams in the NBC TV series ""Titans"" with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000 and as the President of the United States in the 2004 film ""The"
"is president of the United States. In ABC's 2008 series ""Life on Mars"" (a remake of BBC's series of the same name), it is hinted that Malia Obama, the daughter of then-candidate Barack Obama, is the President in 2035. Actor Danny Glover played President Thomas Wilson in the 2009 movie ""2012."" NBC's 2010 series ""The Event"" features Blair Underwood in a starring role as Elias Martinez, an Afro-Cuban US President. Actor Jamie Foxx played President James William Sawyer in the 2013 movie ""White House Down"". Actor Samuel L. Jackson played William Alan Moore, the US President in the 2014 movie"
"Dead Presidents Dead Presidents is a 1995 American crime thriller film co-written by Michael Henry Brown and the Hughes brothers, Albert and Allen, who also produced and directed. It stars Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodriguez, N'Bushe Wright, and Bokeem Woodbine. The film chronicles the life of Anthony Curtis, focusing on his teenage years as a high school graduate and his experiences during the Vietnam War. As he returns to his hometown in The Bronx, Curtis finds himself struggling to support himself and his family, eventually turning to a life of crime. ""Dead Presidents"" is based partly on"
"at the box office after a slow start, earning over $205 million in worldwide gross, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of 1991 worldwide. ""JFK"" was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Stone and Best Supporting Actor for Jones and won two for Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing. It was the most successful of three films Stone made about American presidents, followed by ""Nixon"" with Anthony Hopkins in the title role and ""W."" with Josh Brolin as George W. Bush. The film opens with newsreel footage, including the farewell address in 1961 of outgoing"
"""Les Patterson Saves the World"", Joan Rivers plays the president of the United States. In the pilot to the 1992 TV series ""X-Men"", a female president of the United States is briefly shown. In the 1995 episode ""The Weaker Sex"" of the TV series ""Sliders"", Teresa Barnwell plays Hillary Clinton as president of the United States in an alternative universe where women are in charge. In the 1996 comedy science fiction film ""Mars Attacks!"", Natalie Portman plays the United States president's teenage daughter, who becomes the United States president herself after the government is destroyed by aliens. In the 1998"
"the box office. He executive produced the biographical survival thriller film ""Captain Phillips"" in 2013, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Spacey portrayed founder and president of the private military corporation Atlas Corporation, Jonathan Irons, in the 2014 video game """" through motion capture. Spacey starred as President Richard Nixon in the comedy-drama ""Elvis & Nixon"" (2016). The film is based on the meeting that took place between Nixon and singer Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) in December 1970 wherein Presley requested Nixon swear him in as an undercover agent in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous"
"""Days of Thunder"" (patterned on Big Bill France). Thompson went on to appear in many films and television shows. A 1994 ""New York Times"" profile wrote, ""When Hollywood directors need someone who can personify governmental power, they often turn to [Thompson]."" He portrayed a fictional President of the United States in ""Last Best Chance"", as well as two historical presidents: Ulysses S. Grant in ""Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"" (2007) and the voice of Andrew Jackson in ""Rachel and Andrew Jackson: A Love Story"" (both produced for TV). In the final months of his U.S. Senate term in 2002,"
"E. G. Marshall E. G. Marshall (born Everett Eugene Grunz, June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his television roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on ""The Defenders"" in the 1960s and as neurosurgeon David Craig on """" in the 1970s. Among his film roles he is perhaps best known as the unflappable, conscientious ""Juror #4"" in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama ""12 Angry Men"" (1957). He also played the President of the United States in ""Superman II"" (1980), """" (2006) and his photo (as The President) appears in the tv version of ""Superman"""
"Richard Griffiths as renewable fuel advocate Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer (as well as his evil double, Earl Hacker). Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mel Tormé and members of the Chicago Bears have cameo roles. David Zucker returns from the first entry as director and screenwriter of the film. Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker serve as executive producers for the film and receive writing credit due to their contributions to the and the ""Police Squad!"" television series. However, neither contributed to the screenplay for the film. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is honored at the White House, where President George H. W. Bush (John"
"Elvis & Nixon Elvis & Nixon is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by Liza Johnson and written by Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal, and Cary Elwes. The film stars Kevin Spacey as President Richard Nixon and Michael Shannon as singer Elvis Presley, and focuses on the December 21, 1970 meeting between the two men at the White House. The film also stars Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville, Colin Hanks, and Evan Peters. The film was released on April 22, 2016 by Amazon Studios and Bleecker Street. On the morning of December 21, 1970, actor-singer Elvis Presley shows up to the White"
"Virginia Hill in Barry Levinson's biopic ""Bugsy"", alongside Warren Beatty. Bening co-starred with Harrison Ford in ""Regarding Henry"". In 1994, Bening and Beatty starred together again, in ""Love Affair"". In 1995, Bening played the female lead in ""The American President"", with Michael Douglas, a role she followed with Tim Burton's sci-fi spoof ""Mars Attacks!"" (1996), and ""The Siege"" (1998), a thriller with Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis. Bening starred in Sam Mendes' directorial debut film ""American Beauty"" (1999). The film won five Academy Awards, including for Best Picture. For her performance, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best"
"won a Best Actor BAFTA in 1991 for his role as Urquhart, and Andrew Davies won an Emmy for outstanding writing in a miniseries. The series ranked 84th in the British Film Institute list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. The Urquhart trilogy has been adapted in the United States as ""House of Cards"". The show stars Kevin Spacey as Francis ""Frank"" Underwood, the Majority Whip of the Democratic Party, who schemes and murders his way to becoming President of the United States. It is produced by David Fincher and Spacey's Trigger Street Productions, with the initial episodes directed"
"one showing a crossword puzzle-playing Clinton phoning Vladimir Putin on the Moscow–Washington hotline (also known as the ""red phone"") to ask ""what's a five-letter word for 'tasty Russian pancake'?"" The film's production was financed by the Democratic Party. ""The Final Days"" starred Bill Clinton as himself, with cameo appearances by a number of journalists and U.S. government officials, including: Helen Thomas, Madeleine Albright, Sam Donaldson, and Al Gore. Kevin Spacey also makes a brief appearance, as himself, retrieving the Academy Award he won at that year's Oscars for Best Actor (in the film ""American Beauty"") from Clinton. Commercial actor Mike"
"of 6.8/10. It was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Anthony Hopkins), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Joan Allen), Best Music, Original Dramatic Score and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. ""Entertainment Weekly"" ranked ""Nixon"" #40 on their ""50 Best Biopics Ever"" list and one of the 25 ""Powerful Political Thrillers"". The theatrical cut of the film was released on DVD on June 15, 1999. A director's cut was released on DVD as part of an Oliver Stone boxset in 2001, running 212 mins and including 28 minutes of previously deleted scenes"
"Ashton Kutcher, Anna Faris, Danny McBride, Ed Helms, Jason Bateman, Lupita Nyong'o, Adam Sandler, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, Anthony Hopkins, Logan Lerman, Shaun White, Rosario Dawson, Willie Nelson, Blake Griffin, Taylor Swift, Martin Scorsese, James Franco, Paul Rudd, Aziz Ansari, Grumpy Cat, Carrie Brownstein, Fred Armisen, Skrillex, Demi Moore, Tracy Morgan, Tom Arnold, Simon Helberg, Melissa Rauch, Mayim Bialik, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kunal Nayyar, Kaley Cuoco, Mindy Kaling, Adam Scott, Ellen Page, Charles Barkley, Jack Nicholson, Katy Perry, and Jack White. The following films received multiple nominations: The following individuals received multiple nominations: The winners are in"
"Appaloosa (film) Appaloosa is a 2008 American Western film based on the 2005 novel ""Appaloosa"" by crime writer Robert B. Parker. Directed by Ed Harris and co-written by Harris and Robert Knott, ""Appaloosa"" stars Harris alongside Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger and Jeremy Irons. The film premiered at 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in selected cities on September 19, 2008, then expanded into wide-release on October 3, 2008. The film shares some narrative similarities with the 1959 Western ""Warlock"", directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn and Richard Widmark. There is also a 1966 Western"
"R. Haldeman, Ted Koppel, John McLaughlin, Annie Leibovitz, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Fidel Castro (portrayed by John Kobylka), Albert Einstein, Norman Rockwell, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy (portrayed by Brett Stimely and Carrie Genzel), Andy Warhol (portrayed by Greg Travis), Truman Capote (portrayed by Greg Armstrong-Morris), Elvis Presley, Mao Zedong, Larry King, David Bowie (portrayed by J.R. Killigrew), Mick Jagger (portrayed by Steven Stojkovic), Lee Iacocca, and the Village People. Snyder said he wanted younger actors because of the many flashback scenes, and it was easier to age actors with make-up rather than cast two actors in the"
"(which starred Don Murray); ""The Luck of Ginger Coffey"" (with Robert Shaw and Mary Ure); ""A Fine Madness"" (with Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, and Jean Seberg); ""The Flim-Flam Man"" (starring George C. Scott); ""Up the Sandbox"" (with Barbra Streisand); ""Loving"" (with George Segal and Eva Marie Saint); ""The Return of a Man Called Horse"" (starring Richard Harris); the critically acclaimed TV movie ""Raid on Entebbe"" (an intense true-life drama which was nominated for nine Emmys, including Best Direction); and the supernatural thriller ""Eyes of Laura Mars"" (starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones). Kershner was the son of Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants."
"Apollo 13 (film) Apollo 13 is a 1995 American space docudrama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris. The screenplay by William Broyles, Jr., and Al Reinert dramatizes the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission and is an adaptation of the book ""Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13"" by astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. The film depicts astronauts Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise aboard Apollo 13 for America's third Moon landing mission. En route, an on-board explosion deprives their spacecraft of most of its oxygen"