Showing posts with label Stephen Daldry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stephen Daldry. Show all posts

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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 (2011)
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Daldry
Writers: Eric Roth, Jonathan Safran Foer
Producers: Eli Bush, Celia D. Costas, Tarik Karam, Scott Rudin, Nora Skinner

Nominee

Synopsis: Oskar (Thomas Horn) is convinced that his father (Tom Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Sandra Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him. -- (Written by Warner Bros)

Cast:
  • Thomas Horn
  • Tom Hanks
  • Sandra Bullock
  • John Goodman
  • Viola Davis
  • Jeffrey Wright

Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Hours

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 (2002)
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Daldry
Writer: Michael Cunningham, David Hare

Synopsis: In 1951, Laura Brown, a pregnant housewife, is planning a party for her husband, but she can't stop reading the novel 'Mrs. Dalloway'. Clarissa Vaughn, a modern woman living in present times is throwing a party for her friend Richard, a famous author dying of AIDS. These two stories are simultaneously linked to the work and life of Virginia Woolf, who's writing the novel mentioned before. (Written by Jonas Reinartz)

Cast:
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Meryl Streep
  • Julianne Moore
  • Toni Collette
  • John C. Reilly
  • Ed Harris
  • Claire Danes