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Alan J Pakula

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    Nov 1, 2006 |Story| Baltimoresun.com

  1. Made in Maryland

    <B>Absolute Power</B> (1997)
    Absolute Power (1997) Clint Eastwood stars as the sensitive thief who can save the entire American political system from complete corruption. Too bad he wasn't around during the Reagan administration. Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during...

    Tags: Jason Patric, Budgets and Budgeting, Kevin Pollak, Phillip Noyce, Lionel Barrymore

    2. Dec 22, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. The art of politics

    It may come as a surprise to learn only one film revolving around politics has ever won the Academy Award for best picture: 1949's &quot;All the King's Men." Based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren, the Robert Rossen-directed drama (unsuccessfully remade in 2006) followed the rise and fall of a Southern U.S. politician, said to have been inspired by 1930s Louisiana Gov. Huey P. Long. It also won that year's Oscars for lead actor (Broderick Crawford) and supporting actress (Mercedes McCambridge).
    It may come as a surprise to learn only one film revolving around politics has ever won the Academy Award for best picture: 1949's "All the King's Men." Based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren, the Robert Rossen-directed drama (unsuccessfully remade in...

    Tags: Broderick Crawford, Ides of March, Ron Howard, Kevin Costner, Jack Lemmon

    3. Jan 2, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  3. Berlinale fetes Meryl Streep: Thesp to receive honorary Golden Bear, homage

    Tribune Media Services
    BERLIN -- The Berlin Film Festival is honoring Meryl Streep this year with a homage and honorary Golden Bear. "We are delighted to be able to award the honorary Golden Bear to such a terrific artist and world star," said Berlinale topper Dieter Kosslick....

    Tags: Clint Eastwood, Movies, Julianne Moore, Robert Benton, Sydney Pollack

    4. Dec 28, 2010 |Story| WJW

  4. 'Empire Strikes Back,' 'Saturday Night Fever' Among Films to Be Preserved

    Darth Vader proclaiming he's Luke Skywalker's father, Tony Manero preening in his underwear and an early 20th-century deaf activist speaking in sign language are among the images that will be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry.
    Associated Press
    Darth Vader proclaiming he's Luke Skywalker's father, Tony Manero preening in his underwear and an early 20th-century deaf activist speaking in sign language are among the images that will be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National...

    Tags: Movies, William Friedkin, John Huston, Dining and Drinking, Grey Gardens (movie)

    5. Oct 7, 2010 |Story| Hola Hoy
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    Tags: Anthony Minghella, Mark Johnson, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Martin Scorsese

    6. Nov 6, 2010 |Story| Associated Press

  6. Jill Clayburgh dies at 66; Oscar-nominated actress

    Jill Clayburgh, whose Broadway and Hollywood <a href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001049/">acting career</a> was highlighted by her Oscar-nominated roles in the 1970s films "An Unmarried Woman" and "Starting Over," died Friday. She was 66.
    Jill Clayburgh, whose Broadway and Hollywood acting career was highlighted by her Oscar-nominated roles in the 1970s films "An Unmarried Woman" and "Starting Over," died Friday. She was 66. Her husband, Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe, said...

    Tags: Burt Reynolds, Music Theater, Jane Fonda, Howard Dean, Jean Arthur

    7. Dec 21, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Robert Mulligan dies at 83; directed 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

    Robert Mulligan, who was nominated for an Academy Award for directing the 1962 film classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," died Saturday at his home in Lyme, Conn. He was 83. Mulligan had heart disease, his nephew Robert Rosenthal said. The director began...

    Tags: NBC (tv network), Horton Foote, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Drama (genre), Awards and Prizes

    8. Feb 25, 2006 |Story| Zap2It

  8. 'All the President's Men' -- Two-Disc Special Edition

    Zap2It.com
    Of the wave of paranoid thrillers that hit theaters in the 1970s -- like "The Conversation" or "Three Days of the Condor" or "The Parallax View" -- "All the President's Men" was among the best. Every bit as breathless, pulse-pounding and twisted as its...

    Tags: Movies, Robert Redford, Freedom of the Press, DVDs and Movies, Hal Holbrook

    9. Aug 2, 2006 |Story| Zap2It

  9. Green Goes From Bond Babe to Good Witch

    Zap2It.com
    New Bond bombshell Eva Green will join the cast of New Line's big budget adaptation of "The Golden Compass." The adaptation of the first part of Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy is set to begin production in September with Chris Weitz at...

    Tags: Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Ridley Scott, Bernardo Bertolucci

    10. Jul 6, 1999 |Story| Metromix

  10. Pressing business

    CMB
    Why do the movies, old and new, have such a continuing fascination for newspaper offices? For wisecracking reporters, tantrum-throwing editors and the race to beat the last deadline? Ever since movies started to talk in the 1920s, newspapers have been a...

    Tags: Clint Eastwood, Rome (Italy), Australia (movie), Marcello Mastroianni, Barbara Stanwyck

    11. Mar 7, 2000 |Story| Metromix

  11. Top winners from 1962

    denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Burt Lancaster as Robert Stroud in BIRD MAN OF ALCATRAZ Harold Hecht Productions; UA Jack Lemmon as Joe Clay in DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES Martin Manulis-Jalem Productions; Warner Bros. Marcello...

    Tags: Patty Duke, Ed Begley, Marcello Mastroianni, Helen Keller, Roxbury

    12. Apr 19, 2001 |Story| Metromix

  12. 5 films starring Robert Redford

    1. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (George Roy Hill; 1969) 3 1/2 stars One western that nearly everyone likes is this affable, picaresque, elegiac tale of two charming outlaws on the run: Paul Newman's feisty Butch Cassidy and Robert Redford's...

    Tags: Scott Joplin, Max von Sydow, Robert Redford, Sting, Butch Cassidy

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