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Online Film Critics Society Awards 2006
10th Online Film Critics Society Awards January 8, 2007 ---- Best Picture: United 93 The 10th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were given on 8 January 2007. Winners and nominees Best Picture '' United 93'' *''Babel'' *''Children of Men'' *''The Departed'' *''Pan's Labyrinth'' Best Director Martin Scorsese – ''The Departed'' *Alfonso Cuarón – ''Children of Men'' *Guillermo del Toro – ''Pan's Labyrinth'' *Alejandro González Iñárritu – ''Babel'' *Paul Greengrass – '' United 93'' Best Actor Forest Whitaker – ''The Last King of Scotland'' *Sacha Baron Cohen – ''Borat'' * Leonardo DiCaprio – ''The Departed'' *Ryan Gosling – ''Half Nelson'' *Peter O'Toole – ''Venus'' Best Actress Helen Mirren – ''The Queen'' *Penélope Cruz – ''Volver'' *Judi Dench – ''Notes on a Scandal'' *Meryl Streep – '' The Devil Wears Prada'' *Kate Winslet – '' Little Children'' Best Supporting Actor Jackie Earle Haley – '' Little C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United 93 (film)
''United 93'' is a 2006 docudrama thriller film written and directed by Paul Greengrass. The film chronicles the events aboard United Airlines Flight 93,Barra, Allen"Historical Film: It's Time to See a Movie We Couldn't Bear to Go To" ''American Heritage'', November/December 2006. one of the four hijacked flights during the September 11 attacks and the only one not to hit its intended target due to the intervention of passengers and crew. The film attempts to recount the hijacking and subsequent events in the flight with as much veracity as possible (there is a disclaimer that some imagination had to be used) and in real time (from the flight's takeoff). The film was made with the cooperation of many of the passengers' families, though not all agreed to participate.Brooks, Xan (June 7, 2006)"United 93 'surrender monkey' defends role in film" ''The Guardian''. ''United 93'' premiered on April 26, 2006, at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, a festival founded to celebra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter O'Toole
Peter Seamus O'Toole (; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British stage and film actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company. In 1959 he made his West End debut in '' The Long and the Short and the Tall'', and played the title role in ''Hamlet'' in the National Theatre's first production in 1963. Excelling on the London stage, O'Toole was known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle off it. Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962) for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for this award another seven times – for playing King Henry II in both ''Becket'' (1964) and ''The Lion in Winter'' (1968), ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1969), '' The Ruling Class'' (1972), ''The Stunt Man'' (1980), ''My Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Arkin
Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor, director and screenwriter known for his performances on stage and screen. Throughout his career spanning over six decades, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award. Arkin started his career on the Broadway stage acting in '' Enter Laughing'' in 1963 for which he received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and the comedic play '' Luv'' (1964). He is also was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for ''The Sunshine Boys'' in 1973. He gained stardom acting in ''The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'' (1966), ''Wait Until Dark'' (1967), ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'' (1968), ''Popi'' (1969), ''Catch-22'' (1970), '' The In-Laws'' (1979), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), '' Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1992), ''Grosse Point Blank'' (1997), ''Thirteen Conversati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Earle Haley
Jack Earle Haley (born July 14, 1961) is an American actor and director. His earliest roles included Moocher in ''Breaking Away'' (1979) and Kelly Leak in ''The Bad News Bears'' (1976), ''The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training'' (1977) and ''The Bad News Bears Go to Japan'' (1978). After spending many years as a producer and director of television commercials, he revived his acting career with a supporting role in ''All the King's Men (2006 film), All the King's Men'' (2006). This was followed by his performance in ''Little Children (film), Little Children'' (2006), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His subsequent notable roles include the antihero Rorschach (comics), Rorschach in ''Watchmen (film), Watchmen'' (2009), horror icon Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film), the remake of ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2010), and Grewishka, a cyborg criminal in ''Alita: Battle Angel'' (2019). He played Odin Quincannon in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Children (film)
''Little Children'' is a 2006 American romantic psychological drama film directed by Todd Field. It is based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Tom Perrotta, who co-wrote the screenplay with Field. It follows Sarah Pierce (Kate Winslet), an unhappy housewife who has an affair with a married neighbour (Patrick Wilson). Also starring are Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmerich, Gregg Edelman, Phyllis Somerville and Will Lyman. ''Little Children'' premiered at the 44th New York Film Festival, and was released October 6, 2006 on 5 screens, earning $145,946, with a $29,189 per-screen average. However, during its 64 weeks in theaters, 32 screens were the most on which New Line Cinema ever exhibited the film, only briefly increasing that count to 109 in the few weeks leading up to the 79th Academy Awards. Consequently, few cinema-goers had access to it, significantly limiting its earnings. Despite this, it won numerous critics' group prizes and received Oscar nomination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Winslet
Kate Elizabeth Winslet (; born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas, and for her portrayals of headstrong and complicated women, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. ''Time'' magazine named Winslet one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009 and 2021. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012. Winslet studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre School. Her first screen appearance, at age 15, was in the British television series '' Dark Season'' (1991). She made her film debut playing a teenage murderess in ''Heavenly Creatures'' (1994), and went on to win a BAFTA Award for playing Marianne Dashwood in ''Sense and Sensibility'' (1995). Global stardom followed with her leading role in the epic romance ''Titanic'' (1997), which was the highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Wears Prada (film)
''The Devil Wears Prada'' is a 2006 American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel and produced by Wendy Finerman. The screenplay, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, is based on Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. The film adaptation stars Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, a powerful fashion magazine editor, and Anne Hathaway as Andrea "Andy" Sachs, a college graduate who goes to New York City and lands a job as Priestly's co-assistant. Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci co-star as co-assistant Emily Charlton and art director Nigel Kipling, respectively. Simon Baker and Adrian Grenier play pivotal supporting roles. In 2003, 20th Century Fox bought the rights to a film adaptation of Weisberger's novel before it was completed for publication; the project was not greenlit until Streep was cast in the lead role. Principal photography lasted 57 days, primarily taking place in New York City from October to December 2005. Additional filming was done in Paris. After premie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation", Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including a record 21 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and a record 32 Golden Globe Award nominations, winning eight. She has also received two British Academy Film Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and six Grammy Awards. Streep made her stage debut in 1975 '' Trelawny of the Wells'' and received a Tony Award nomination the following year for a double-bill production of '' 27 Wagons Full of Cotton'' and '' A Memory of Two Mondays''. In 1977, she made her film debut in '' Julia''. In 1978, she won her first Primetime Emmy Award for a leading role in the mini-series ''Holocaust'', and received her first Osc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notes On A Scandal (film)
''Notes on a Scandal'' is a 2006 British psychological thriller-drama film directed by Richard Eyre and produced by Robert Fox and Scott Rudin. Adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Zoë Heller, the screenplay was written by Patrick Marber. The film stars Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett and centres on a lonely veteran teacher who uncovers a fellow teacher's illicit affair with an underage student. It was nominated for four Academy Awards – Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score. Plot Barbara Covett is a history teacher at a comprehensive school in London. Having never married and nearing retirement, she has contempt for her students and fellow teachers. Her only comfort is her diary. When a new art teacher, Sheba Hart, joins the staff, Barbara is immediately attracted to her and they strike up a friendship. In Barbara, this friendship quickly turns into infatuation and obsession. Sheba is married to the much older Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia Dench (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Regarded as one of Britain's best actresses, she is noted for her versatile work in various films and television programmes encompassing several genres, as well as for her numerous roles on the stage. Dench has garnered various accolades throughout a career spanning over six decades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, six British Academy Film Awards and seven Olivier Awards. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years, she performed in several of Shakespeare's plays, in such roles as Ophelia in ''Hamlet'', Juliet in '' Romeo and Juliet'' and Lady Macbeth in '' Macbeth''. Although most of Dench's work during this period was in theatre, she also branched into film work and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer. In 1968, she drew excellent reviews for her leading role of Sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volver
''Volver'' (, meaning "to go back") is a 2006 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave. Revolving around an eccentric family of women from a wind-swept region south of Madrid, Cruz stars as Raimunda, a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula. To top off the family crisis, her mother Irene returns from the dead to tie up loose ends. The plot originates in Almodóvar's earlier film ''The Flower of My Secret'' (1995), where it features as a novel which is rejected for publication but is stolen to form the screenplay of a film named ''The Freezer''. Drawing inspiration from the Italian neorealism of the late 1940s to early 1950s and the work of pioneering directors such as Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, and Pier Paolo Pasolini, ''Volver'' addresses themes like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (; ; born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Known for her roles in films of several genres, particularly those in the Spanish language, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is the first and only Spanish actress to be nominated for and to win an Academy Award, as well as the first to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Signed by an agent at the age of 15, Cruz made her acting debut at 16 on television, and her feature film debut the following year in ''Jamón Jamón'' (1992). Her subsequent roles included '' Belle Époque'' (1992), '' Open Your Eyes'' (1997), ''Don Juan'' (1998), ''The Hi-Lo Country'' (1999), ''The Girl of Your Dreams'' (2000), and ''Woman on Top'' (2000). She is also known for her frequent collaborations with Spanish director Pedro Almodóv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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