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Movie 43
''Movie 43'' is a 2013 American anthology comedy film conceived by producer Charles B. Wessler. The film features fourteen different storylines, each one by a different director, including Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, Will Graham, and Jonathan van Tulleken. It stars an ensemble cast that is led by Banks, Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Gerard Butler, Seth MacFarlane, Leslie Bibb, Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Anna Faris, Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Knoxville, Justin Long, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Chris Pratt, Liev Schreiber, Seann William Scott, Emma Stone, Jason Sudeikis, Uma Thurman, Naomi Watts and Kate Winslet. Julianne Moore, Tony Shalhoub, Odenkirk, Anton Yelchin and Shane Jacobson also appear in storylines not included in the film's theatrical release. The film took almost a decade to get into production as most studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Brill (director)
Steven Brill (born May 27, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, director, and screenwriter. He directed and co-wrote ''Little Nicky'' and directed ''Mr. Deeds'', ''Without a Paddle'', ''Heavyweights'', and ''Drillbit Taylor''. He has had cameo roles in all three ''Mighty Ducks'' movies, and appeared in ''The Wedding Singer'', ''Mr. Deeds'', and ''Knocked Up'', although his role in the latter has been miscredited to Judd Apatow. He also appeared as the Barfly in ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape''. As a director, Brill was one of the central players (alongside Harvey Weinstein) in the 2007/2008 '' Fanboys'' reshoot/editing controversy. Education Steven Brill attended high school (1976–1980) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Brill graduated from Boston University's Film School. There he studied with poet Derek Walcott and collaborated with Marc Maron on screenplays and standup comedy during a tumultuous formative period discussed on the 500th episode of ''WTF with Marc Maron '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry (; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Miss World 1986. Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy ''Boomerang'' (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in ''The Flintstones'' (1994) and ''Bulworth'' (1998) as well as the television film ''Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'' (1999), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Berry established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance of a struggling widow in the romantic drama '' Monster's Ball'' (2001), becoming both the only Black woman and the only woman of color to have won the award. She took on high-profile roles such as Storm in four installments of the ''X-Men'' film series (2000–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liev Schreiber
Isaac Liev Schreiber (; born October 4, 1967) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and narrator. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s after appearing in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the first three ''Scream'' horror films (1996-2000), ''Ransom'' (1996), '' Phantoms'' (1998), '' The Hurricane'' (1999), '' The Sum of All Fears'' (2002), ''The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), ''The Omen'' (2006), '' Defiance'' (2008), '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' (2009), ''Taking Woodstock'' (2009), ''Salt'' (2010), ''Goon'' (2011), ''Pawn Sacrifice'' (2014), and ''Spotlight'' (2015), '' The 5th Wave'' (2016), and ''The French Dispatch'' (2021). He has also lent his voice to animated films such as '' My Little Pony: The Movie'' (2017), ''Isle of Dogs'', and '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' (both 2018). Schreiber has also performed in several Broadway productions. In 2005, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloë Grace Moretz
Chloë Grace Moretz (; born February 10, 1997) is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including four MTV Movie & TV Awards, two People's Choice Awards, two Saturn Awards, and two Young Artist Awards. She began acting as a child, with early roles in the supernatural horror film ''The Amityville Horror'' (2005), the drama series ''Desperate Housewives'' (2006–07), the supernatural horror film '' The Eye'' (2008), the drama film ''The Poker House'' (2008), the drama series ''Dirty Sexy Money'' (2007–08), the romantic comedy film ''500 Days of Summer'' (2009) and the children's comedy film ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' (2010). Her breakthrough came in 2010 with her critically acclaimed performances as Hit-Girl in the superhero film '' Kick-Ass'' and as a child vampire in the horror film '' Let Me In''. Moretz starred in Martin Scorsese's historical adventure film ''Hugo'' (2011), Tim Burton's horror comedy film ''Dark Shadows'' (2012), the satirical sitco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Christopher Charles Mintz-Plasse (; born June 20, 1989) is an American actor and comedian. He has performed roles such as Fogell (McLovin) in '' Superbad'' (2007), Augie Farcques in '' Role Models'' (2008), and Chris D'Amico in '' Kick-Ass'' (2010) and its sequel '' Kick-Ass 2'' (2013). Mintz-Plasse provided voice acting for Fishlegs Ingerman in the ''How to Train Your Dragon'' franchise (2010–2019) and King Gristle Jr. in ''Trolls'' (2016). Early life Mintz-Plasse was born in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, where he attended El Camino Real High School, performing on its improv comedy team. He is the son of Ellen Mintz, a school counselor, and Ray Plasse, a postal worker. He is Jewish on his mother's side, whereas his father is from a Catholic family. Career When auditioning for the part of Fogell in his film debut '' Superbad'', he had no professional head shots and instead took one with his camera phone. Because he was 17 at the time and still a minor, his mother was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Long
Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. Long is known for his film roles, notably appearing in '' Jeepers Creepers'' (2001), ''Dodgeball'' (2004), ''Accepted'' (2006), ''Idiocracy'' (2006), '' Dreamland'' (2006), ''Live Free or Die Hard'' (2007), ''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' (2008), ''Drag Me to Hell'' (2009), ''Tusk'' (2014), '' The Wave'' (2019), and ''Barbarian'' (2022) as well as voicing Alvin Seville in the live-action '' Alvin and the Chipmunks'' film series. He is also known for his television appearances in '' Ed'' (2000-2004) and ''F is for Family'' (2015–2021). He appeared alongside John Hodgman in TV commercials for Apple's "Get a Mac" campaign, and as himself in Intel's "Go PC" campaign. Early life Long was born the middle of three boys in Fairfield, Connecticut, to father R. James Long, a philosophy and Latin professor at Fairfield University, and mother Wendy Lesniak, a former actress who has mostly ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Knoxville
Philip John Clapp (born March 11, 1971), best known professionally as Johnny Knoxville, is an American stunt performer, actor, writer, producer, and professional wrestler. He is best known as a co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show '' Jackass'', which aired for three seasons from 2000 to 2001. A year later, Knoxville and his co-stars returned for the first installment in the ''Jackass'' film series, with a second and third installment being released in 2006 and 2010, respectively. '' Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa'' (2013), the first film in the series with a storyline, saw him star as his ''Jackass'' character Irving Zisman. ''Jackass Forever'' was released in 2022, it is said to be his final installment of the Jackass franchise. Knoxville has had acting roles in films such as ''Men in Black II'' (2002), ''A Dirty Shame'' and '' Walking Tall'' (both 2004), ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', '' The Ringer'', and a cameo role as a sleazy corporate president of a skateboard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Jackman
Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, he landed his breakthrough role as James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine in the 20th Century Fox ''X-Men'' film series (2000–2017), a role that earned him the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel character", until his record was surpassed in 2021. Jackman has received various awards including two Tony Awards, a Grammy Award, a Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to performing arts and to the global community. During his career, Jackman has headlined films in various genres, including the romantic comedy ''Kate & Leopold'' (2001), the action-horror ''Van Helsing'' (2004), the drama ''The Prestige'' (2006), the period romance '' Australia'' (2008), the epic musical ''Les Misérables'' (2012), the thriller ''Prisoners'' (2013), the mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrence Howard
Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor. 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 for Best Actor for his role in ''Hustle & Flow''. Howard has had prominent roles in many other movies, including ''Winnie Mandela'', '' Ray'', ''Lackawanna Blues'', ''Crash'', '' Four Brothers'', ''Big Momma's House,'' ''Get Rich or Die Tryin''', '' Idlewild'', ''Biker Boyz'', ''August Rush'', '' The Brave One,'' and ''Prisoners''. Howard played James "Rhodey" Rhodes in the first ''Iron Man'' film. He starred as the lead character Lucious Lyon in the television series ''Empire''. His debut album, ''Shine Through It'', was released in September 2008. In September 2019, Howard announced that he had retired from acting, as he was "tired of pretending". However, in February 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere ( ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in '' Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (1977) and a starring role in ''Days of Heaven'' (1978). He came to prominence with his role in the film '' American Gigolo'' (1980), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He has starred in many films, including '' An Officer and a Gentleman'' (1982), '' The Cotton Club'' (1984), '' Pretty Woman'' (1990), ''Sommersby'' (1993), '' Primal Fear'' (1996), '' Runaway Bride'' (1999), ''I'm Not There'' (2007), ''Arbitrage'' (2012) and '' Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer'' (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn in the musical ''Chicago'' (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast. Early life Richard Tiffany Gere was born in Philadelphia on August 31, 1949, the eldest son and second child of housewife Doris Ann ( Tiffany; 19242016) and NMIC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Faris
Anna Kay Faris (; born November 29, 1976) is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her work in comedic roles, particularly the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the ''Scary Movie'' film series (2000–2006). She has appeared in a number of films, including ''The Hot Chick'' (2002), ''May'' (2002), '' Lost in Translation'' (2003), ''Brokeback Mountain'' (2005), ''Just Friends'' (2005), ''My Super Ex-Girlfriend'' (2006), ''Smiley Face'' (2007), ''The House Bunny'' (2008), ''What's Your Number?'' (2011), '' The Dictator'' (2012), and '' Overboard'' (2018). On television, Faris had a recurring role as Erica in the final season of the NBC sitcom ''Friends'' (2004) and starred as Christy Plunkett in the CBS sitcom '' Mom'' (2013–2020). She has also had voice-over roles in the film series ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' (2009–2013) and ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' (2009–2015), as well as ''The Emoji Movie'' (2017). In 2015, Faris launched '' Unqualified'', an advice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Duhamel
Joshua David Duhamel (; born November 14, 1972) is an American actor and former fashion model. After various modeling work, he made his acting debut as Leo du Pres on the ABC daytime soap opera ''All My Children'' and later starred as Danny McCoy on NBC's ''Las Vegas''. Duhamel has ventured into film, appearing as one of the main protagonists in four of the ''Transformers'' films, most recently in the fifth entry, '' Transformers: The Last Knight'' (2017). He has also appeared in '' When in Rome'' (2010), '' Life as We Know It'' (2010), ''New Year's Eve'' (2011), '' Safe Haven'' (2013), and ''You're Not You'' (2014). In 2015, Duhamel co-starred on the short-lived CBS crime drama ''Battle Creek''. He has also starred in several video games, most notably '' Call of Duty: WWII'' (2017). In 2018, he appeared in the romantic comedy-drama film '' Love, Simon''. In 2021, Duhamel starred in the role of Sheldon Sampson in the Netflix superhero series '' Jupiter's Legacy''. He also pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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