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Baltimore-born Barry Levinson is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker behind such movies as "Rain Man," "Wag the Dog," "Diner," "Good Morning, Vietnam," "Bugsy" and "Avalon." His television credits include "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Oz." Levinson's native city has often served as inspiration and settings for his films. A group of Baltimore friends trying to move into adulthood is the basis for the 1982 Levinson movie "Diner." It was shot in the Hollywood Diner under Jones Falls Expressway. Levinson followed that up in 1987 with "Tin Men," about the rivalry between two aluminum siding salesmen. The film was shot at locations around the city, including Mount Vernon and Enoch Pratt Fre...
Baltimore-born Barry Levinson is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker behind such movies as "Rain Man," "Wag the Dog," "Diner," "Good Morning, Vietnam," "Bugsy" and "Avalon." His television credits include "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Oz." Levinson's native city has often served as inspiration and settings for his films. A group of Baltimore friends trying to move into adulthood is the basis for the 1982 Levinson movie "Diner." It was shot in the Hollywood Diner under Jones Falls Expressway. Levinson followed that up in 1987 with "Tin Men," about the rivalry between two aluminum siding salesmen. The film was shot at locations around the city, including Mount Vernon and Enoch Pratt Free Library. "Avalon" chronicles the story of a Jewish family in Baltimore. The Baltimore City Court House and other sites are featured in the film. Levinson was born in 1942 and graduated from Forest Park High School and Baltimore Junior College and attended American University. He now lives in Connecticut with his wife, Diana. Levinson has been nominated for several Oscars, and in 1989 he was named best director for "Rain Man." The film also won best picture. He's also won Emmys and Golden Globes for "Homicide," "Bugsy" and "The Carol Burnett Show." He has worked with top names in the industry, including Mel Brooks, Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Cate Blanchett and Robert De Niro.
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'What Just Happened' pair happen to click
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFRENCH cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine has to admit that "deep down" it was intimidating to work with Oscar-winning actors Robert De Niro and Sean Penn in the Hollywood satire "What Just Happened," which opens Friday. "Every day you look into the...Tags: Bruce Willis, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Life, NBC, What Just Happened?
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opening next friday Before I Forget (Strand Releasing) Jacques Nolot directs and stars as a gay gigolo who fears ending up back on the streets after his benefactor dies. In French with English subtitles. Max Payne (20th Century Fox) A DEA agent and an...Tags: Bruce Willis, Walt Disney Co., Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci, The Secret Life of Bees
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Complete fall movie guide
South Florida Sun-SentinelNow playing Frozen River: Melissa Leo and Misty Upham play poor single moms living on the U.S.-Canadian border who consider smuggling as a means of making extra cash. Burn After Reading: George Clooney and Brad Pitt star in the Coen brothers' romp about...Tags: Annette Bening, Tom Cruise, Ralph Fiennes, Alicia Keys, Christmas
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Sturges' tours de farce trounce Coen brothers' stabs at madcap comedy
Sun Movie CriticThe Coen brothers are fabulously talented filmmakers, but for my money, they come a cropper whenever they veer into the crazy- or extreme-comedy territory of Preston Sturges. Movies like Intolerable Cruelty and today's premiere, Burn After Reading,...Tags: Swing Vote, Cartoons, Goofy, Texas, Bodies of Water
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Barry Levinson on 'What Just Happened?'
OSCAR-WINNING filmmaker Barry Levinson doesn't think his latest project -- the Hollywood satire "What Just Happened?" -- is too "inside baseball" for mass audiences.
"You can say until you're blue in the face it's not 'inside,' but no one will ever...Tags: Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Film Festivals, Movies, Sean Penn
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Melissa Leo is red hot
From the moment Melissa Leo's sharp features and mane of red hair slashed through the dull precinct light of Homicide: Life on the Street, she offered something new to movie and TV audiences: a woman who was just as smart and tough as any of the guys (the...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Migration, Ellen Burstyn, Police, Arts
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Looking for a little relief?
-------------------- FOR THE RECORD: In the Fall Sneaks issue of Sunday's Calendar section, a listing for the film "Battle in Seattle" stated that ThinkFilm is the distributor. The correct distributor is Redwood Palms Pictures. -------------------- ---...Tags: Annette Bening, Police, Gerard Butler, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson
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Movies of the fall
September
"Battle in Seattle": Actor Stuart Townsend wrote and directed this dramatization of the five volatile days of protest that rocked the Northwest city during the 2000 World Trade Organization summit. With Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Ray...Tags: Annette Bening, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Religulous, Charlize Theron
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Fall preview
action/adventure APPALOOSA (Warner Bros.) A Western about a new sheriff and his deputy squaring off against a powerful rancher. With Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger and Ed Harris. Opens Oct. 3. ASHES OF TIME REDUX ( Sony Pictures Classics) A broken-...Tags: Annette Bening, Star Wars, Ralph Fiennes, Alicia Keys, Gerard Butler
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Fall movie dream teams
Sun reporterStars like Will Smith may shine in hot-weather action comedies, cruising to box-office victory in souped-up vehicles with the top down. But the autumn movie season has always relied more on teamwork than on personal bests. The fall is when the major...Tags: Bruce Willis, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand
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NBC Finds Its 'Philanthropist'
Zap2It.comThree months after NBC announced its place on next season's schedule, "The Philanthropist" may finally have found its star. James Purefoy, who played Mark Antony on HBO's "Rome," is in negotiations to take the lead role on the series, according to The...Tags: NBC
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Peas, Coldplay delivers music with a message
Cause CÉlÈbreFOR YEARS musicians have taken a leading role in one of their industry's most important acts of public service -- turning people's hunger for a great song, well performed, into food that feeds the physical hunger of thousands. Live Aid for Africa is...Tags: Annette Bening, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Famines, Relief and Aid Organizations, Dana Delany
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