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Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2014
19th FFCC Awards December 19, 2014 ---- Best Picture: '' Birdman'' The 19th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards were given on December 19, 2014. The nominations were announced on December 16, 2014. Winners Best Picture '' Birdman'' * Runner-up: '' Boyhood'' ** ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' Best Director Richard Linklater – '' Boyhood'' * Runner-up: Alejandro G. Iñárritu – '' Birdman'' ** Wes Anderson – ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' Best Actor Michael Keaton – '' Birdman'' * Runner-up: Jake Gyllenhaal – '' Nightcrawler'' ** Eddie Redmayne – '' The Theory of Everything'' Best Actress Rosamund Pike – '' Gone Girl'' * Runner-up: Julianne Moore – ''Still Alice'' ** Reese Witherspoon – ''Wild'' Best Supporting Actor J. K. Simmons – ''Whiplash'' * Runner-up: Edward Norton – '' Birdman'' ** Mark Ruffalo – ''Foxcatcher'' Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette – '' Boyhood'' * Runner-up: Emma Stone &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birdman (film)
''Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'', or simply ''Birdman'', is a 2014 American black comedy -drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. It was written by Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó. The film stars Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson, a faded Hollywood actor best known for playing the superhero "Birdman", as he struggles to mount a Broadway adaptation of Raymond Carver's short story, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love". The film also features a supporting cast of Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts. The film covers the period of previews leading to the play's opening, and with a brief exception appears as if filmed in a single shot, an idea Iñárritu had from the film's conception. Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki believed that the recording time necessary for the long take approach taken in ''Birdman'' could not have been made with older technol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild (2014 Film)
''Wild'' is a 2014 American biographical adventure drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and starring Reese Witherspoon, with Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman, Gaby Hoffmann, Kevin Rankin, and W. Earl Brown appearing in supporting roles. The screenplay was adapted by Nick Hornby from Cheryl Strayed's 2012 memoir '' Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail'', which is about a solo backpacking trip Strayed undertook on the trail in 1995 after numerous personal issues had left her life in shambles. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2014 and was released theatrically in North America on December 5, 2014. It received positive reviews and was a box office hit, grossing $52.5 million against its $15 million budget. Witherspoon and Dern received nominations at the 87th Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Plot In June 1995, despite a lack of hiking experience, Cheryl Strayed leaves Minneapolis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Flynn
Gillian Schieber Flynn (; born February 24, 1971) is an American author, screenwriter, and producer. She is known for writing the thriller and mystery novels, '' Sharp Objects'' (2006), '' Dark Places'' (2009), and '' Gone Girl'' (2012), which are all critically acclaimed. Her books have been published in 40 languages and according to ''The Washington Post'', as of 2016 ''Gone Girl'' alone has sold more than 15 million copies. Flynn is the screenwriter of the 2014 film adaptation of ''Gone Girl'', directed by David Fincher. For the script, she won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, among others. The author also wrote and produced the HBO limited series adaptation of '' Sharp Objects''—for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Writers Guild of America Award—and co-wrote with director Steve McQueen t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Bó (screenwriter)
Armando Bó II (born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine screenwriter and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2014 film '' Birdman'' at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015, together with director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Bo's cousin Nicolás Giacobone. He also directed the Qualcomm-distributed short film ''Lifeline'' in 2016, which was also a Best of Branded Entertainment winner at the 2017 One Show Awards. His father is the actor Víctor Bó and his mother is Chia Sly. His paternal grandfather was film director Armando Bó. Filmography * ''Animal'' (2018) - screenwriter, director; with Guillermo Francella * '' Birdman'' (2014) - screenwriter; with Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts * '' The Last Elvis'' (2012) - screenwriter, director, producer, editor * '' Biutiful'' (2010) - screenwriter; with Javier Bardem Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (; born 1 March 1969) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Dinelaris Jr
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
