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A. O. Scott
Anthony Oliver Scott, known as A.O. Scott (born July 10, 1966), is an American journalist and critic. He is a chief film critic for The New York Times, along with Manohla Dargis.
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Amy Adams
Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress and singer. Adams began her performing career on stage in dinner theaters before making her screen debut in the 1999 black comedy film Drop Dead Gorgeous. After a series of television guest appearances and roles in B movies, she landed the role of Brenda Strong in 2002's Catch Me If You Can, but her breakthrough role was in the 2005 independent film Junebug, playing Ashley Johnsten, for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Barrington Pheloung
Barrington Somers Pheloung (born in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian composer, now living in England. He is one of the most prolific television and film composers in the UK, known for his wide range of compositional genres.
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Colbie Caillat
Colbie Marie Caillat () (born May 28, 1985) is an American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California. She debuted in 2007 with Coco, which included hit singles "Bubbly", "Realize", and "The Little Things". In 2008, she recorded a duet with Jason Mraz, "Lucky", which won a Grammy. Caillat released her second album, Breakthrough, in August 2009.
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Deborah Kaplan
Deborah Kaplan is an American screenwriter and film director.
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Gary Barber
Gary Barber is a film producer who is a co-founder and co-CEO of Spyglass Entertainment.
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Gwyneth Herbert
Gwyneth Herbert is a British singer-songwriter, initially known for her interpretation of jazz and swing standards, and now established as a writer of original compositions.
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Harry Elfont
Harry Elfont (born April 5, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director.
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Irish people
The Irish people (, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaedhil) are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years (according to archaeological studies, see Prehistoric Ireland), with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded have legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha Dé Danann and the Milesians the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic ancestry, and still serving as a term for the Irish race today. The main groups that interacted with the Irish in the Middle Ages include the Scottish people and the Vikings, with the Icelanders especially having some Irish descent. The Anglo-Norman invasion of the High Middle Ages, the English plantations and the subsequent English rule of the country introduced the Normans and Flemish into Ireland. Welsh, Picts, Bretons, and small parties of Gauls and even Anglo-Saxons are known in Ireland from much earlier times.
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Jonathan Glickman
Jonathan Glickman (born May 18, 1969) is an American film producer.
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Kaitlin Olson
Kaitlin Olson (born August 18, 1975) is an American actress best known for playing Deandra Reynolds on ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Becky on Curb Your Enthusiasm''.
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Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson rose to fame after winning the first season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later represent the United States in the World Idol competition in 2003.
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Lemon Jelly
Lemon Jelly is a British electronic music duo from London, formed in 1998. Since their inception, the band's line-up has included Fred Deakin and Nick Franglen. Lemon Jelly has been nominated for many awards, including Mercury Music Prizes and BRIT Awards.
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Newton Thomas Sigel
Newton Thomas Sigel (born 1960) is an American cinematographer who mainly works with Bryan Singer. His father, Irving Sigel, was a noted psychologist who worked for the Educational Testing Service.
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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman (born 24 February 1959) is an American film critic for Entertainment Weekly, a position he has held since the magazine's launch in 1990. From 1981–89, he worked at the Boston Phoenix.
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Richard Roeper
Richard E. Roeper (born October 17, 1959) is an American columnist and film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times and now a co-host on The Roe Conn Show on WLS-AM. He co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Roger Ebert from 2000–2008.
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Roger Birnbaum
Roger Birnbaum (born c. 1950) is an American film producer who owns the company Spyglass Entertainment.
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (; born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and screenwriter. Forbes has described him as "the most powerful pundit in America".
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Sharon Shannon
Sharon Shannon (born 12 November 1968 in Ruan, County Clare) is an Irish musician. She is best known for her work with the accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and melodeon. Her 1991 album Sharon Shannon is the best selling album of traditional Irish music ever released there. Beginning with Irish folk music, her work demonstrates a wide-ranging number of musical influences, including reggae, cajun music, Portuguese music, and French Canadian music. Her single What You Make It (da, da, da, da) featured hip hop music artists. She won the life time achievement award at the 2009 Meteor Awards.
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Cardiff
Cardiff (, {{lang-cy|) is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. According to recent estimates, the population of the unitary authority area is 324,800, while the wider metropolitan area has a population of nearly 1.1 million, more than a third of the total Welsh population. Cardiff is a significant tourism centre and the most popular visitor destination in Wales with 14.6 million visitors in 2009.
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Connemara
Connemara (in Irish: Conamara) is a district in the West of Ireland consisting of a broad peninsula between Killary Harbour and Kilkieran Bay in the west of County Galway.
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Cork (city)
Cork (, , from corcach, meaning "swamp") is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban areas contained in the county brings the total to 190,384. Metropolitan Cork has a population of approximately 274,000, while the Greater Cork area is about 380,000.
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County Galway
County Galway () is one of the twenty-six counties of the Republic of Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the province of Connacht. It was named after the city of Galway (). There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas (gaeltachts) in the west of the county. The population of the county is 231,670 according to the 2006 census.
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County Kerry
County Kerry () is one of the twenty-six counties of the Republic of Ireland, and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, situated within the province of Munster. Kerry is the 5th largest of Ireland’s 32 counties in area, and 14th largest in terms of population.
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County Mayo
County Mayo () is one of the twenty-six counties of the Republic of Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the province of Connacht. The county was named after the village of Mayo (), which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. The population of the county is 123,839 according to the 2006 census. The county's main towns are Castlebar and Ballina, respectively located in the centre and in the north east of the county.
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County Wicklow
County Wicklow () is one of the twenty-six counties of the Republic of Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster. It was named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. The population of the county is 126,194 according to the 2006 census. Wicklow is the 17th largest of Ireland’s 32 counties in area and 17th largest in terms of population. It is the fourth largest of Leinster’s 12 counties in size and fifth largest in terms of population.
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Dingle Peninsula
The Dingle Peninsula ( - anglicized as Corkaguiny, the name of the corresponding barony) is the northernmost of the major peninsulas in County Kerry. Its ends beyond the town of Dingle at Dunmore Head, the westernmost point of Ireland.
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Dublin
Dublin (; locally or ) is the primate and capital city of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath or Áth Cliath . The English name is derived from the Irish Dubh Linn (meaning "black pool"). The city has an urban population of over 1 million people and is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. Originally founded as a Viking settlement, it evolved into the Kingdom of Dublin and became the island's primary city following the Norman invasion. It is currently ranked 29th in the Global Financial Centres Index, has one of the fastest growing populations of any European capital city, and is listed by the GaWC as a global city (with a ranking of Alpha), placing Dublin among the top 30 cities in the world. It is a historical and contemporary cultural centre for the country, as well as a modern centre of education, the arts, administration, economy and industry.
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Ireland
Ireland (,; , ; Ulster Scots: Airlann) is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the northwest of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland is Great Britain, separated from it by the Irish Sea. The island is divided between the Republic of Ireland, which covers just under five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the remainder and is located in the northeast of the island. The population of Ireland is approximately 6.2 million people. Just under 4.5 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just under 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland.
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Temple Bar, Dublin
Temple Bar () is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. Unlike the areas surrounding it, Temple Bar has preserved its medieval street pattern, with many narrow cobbled streets. It is promoted as "Dublin's cultural quarter" and has a lively nightlife that is popular with tourists. Temple Bar is in the postcode Dublin 2 (D2), and has an estimated population of 3,000.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Wales
Wales ( ; pronounced ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has an estimated population of three million and is officially bilingual with the Welsh and English languages having equal status. The Welsh language is an important element of Welsh culture. Its decline has reversed over recent years, with Welsh speakers estimated to be around 20% of the population of Wales.
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Waterford
Waterford ( or "windy fjord"— meaning "Lárag's port") is the fifth largest city in Ireland, and the largest city in the South-East of the country. Founded in 914 AD by the Vikings, it is the country's oldest city. The population of the city in 2006 was 49,213; of which 45,748 lived within the city limits, and 3,465 lived in the suburbs in County Kilkenny. The city is situated at the head of Waterford Harbour (Irish: Loch Dá Chaoch or Cuan Phort Láirge). The city motto Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia ("Waterford remains the untaken city") was granted by King Henry VII of England in 1497 after Waterford refused to recognise the claims of the pretenders Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck to the English throne. Waterford was subjected to two sieges in 1649 and 1650, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. It withstood the first siege but surrendered during the second siege to Henry Ireton on 6 August 1650.
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Leap Year - Theatrical Trailer
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- Duration: 2:34
- Published: 18 Nov 2009
- Updated: 15 Mar 2012
- Author: UniversalPictures
In theaters January 8, 2010. Amy Adams and Matthew Goode star in Leap Year, a romantic comedy that follows one woman's determined quest to get married to the perfect guy - despite what fate has in store for her. Visit the Official Site at www.leapyearfilm.net
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Leap Year Movie Trailer
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- Duration: 3:22
- Published: 30 Dec 2009
- Updated: 15 Mar 2012
- Author: ClevverMovies
Leap Year Cast: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, Bill Nighy, Kaitlin Olson, John Lithgow Leap Year movie trailer courtesy Universal Pictures. Leap Year opens in US theaters January 8th, 2010. Leap Year is directed by Anand Tucker.
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Leap Year Official Trailer #1 - Adam Scott Movie (2010) HD
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- Duration: 2:33
- Published: 10 Jan 2012
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: oldhollywoodtrailers
Leap Year Trailer - Directed by Anand Tucker and starring John Burke, Annika Hammerton, Amy Adams, Martin Sherman, Adam Scott. A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country odyssey just might result in her getting engaged. Universal - 2010
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Amy Adams - Leap Year (2010)
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- Duration: 0:57
- Published: 12 Jun 2009
- Updated: 15 Jun 2011
- Author: DrewCookeDublin
Behind the scenes on the final day of shooting Leap Year, and we do the boat scene. Amy did the scene a couple of times, a true professional. This is the 1st take.
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Leap Year (2010) online free full movie part 1/11
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- Duration: 9:01
- Published: 19 Feb 2012
- Updated: 19 Feb 2012
- Author: hacardabbifig
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Leap Year #5 Movie CLIP - Runaway Car (2010) HD
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- Duration: 1:28
- Published: 07 Jun 2011
- Updated: 21 Mar 2012
- Author: movieclips
Leap Year Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp Anna (Amy Adams) accidentally sends Declan's (Matthew Goode) car careening down the hill. TM & © Universal (2012) Cast: Matthew Goode, Amy Adams Director: Anand Tucker MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook...
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Leap Year #7 Movie CLIP - Kiss the Girl (2010) HD
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- Duration: 1:32
- Published: 30 May 2011
- Updated: 24 Mar 2012
- Author: movieclips
Leap Year Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp The innkeeper forces Declan (Matthew Goode) to kiss Anna (Amy Adams). TM & © Universal (2012) Cast: Matthew Goode, Amy Adams Director: Anand Tucker MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow us...
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Leap Year #1 Movie CLIP - A Gift at Dinner (2010) HD
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- Duration: 1:05
- Published: 30 May 2011
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: movieclips
Leap Year Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp Jeremy (Adam Scott) gives Anna (Amy Adams) a gift at dinner. TM & © Universal (2012) Cast: Adam Scott, Amy Adams Director: Anand Tucker MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow us on Twitter:...
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Leap Year #2 Movie CLIP - A Flight for Leap Day (2010) HD
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- Duration: 0:58
- Published: 30 May 2011
- Updated: 21 Mar 2012
- Author: movieclips
Leap Year Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp Anna (Amy Adams) pushes the airline desk workers for a flight to Dublin. TM & © Universal (2012) Cast: Amy Adams Director: Anand Tucker MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow us on Twitter: j.mp Buy Movie: amzn.to Producer: Screenwriter: Film Description: A woman (Amy Adams) heads to Ireland in order to force her boyfriend (Adam Scott) to accept her wedding proposal by scheduling it on leap day, the only time when he couldn't refuse due to the country's tradition in this Spyglass Entertainment romantic comedy. Shopgirl's Anand Tucker directs from a script by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan. Matthew Goode co-stars as a handsome innkeeper who throws a wrench into the woman's plans. "leap year","leap year clip","leap year trailer","leap year part 1","leap year soundtrack","leap year movie part 1","leap year kiss","leap year full movie","leap year movie","leap year ending","leap year trailer 2011","leap year 1","amy adams","anand tucker","romantic comedies",comedy,"airport videos",anna,"movie clips",movieclipsdotcom,#AMG:V+++475983,/m/0b25vg
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Leap Year #4 Movie CLIP - He Got You a Suitcase? (2010) HD
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- Duration: 1:10
- Published: 30 May 2011
- Updated: 21 Mar 2012
- Author: movieclips
Leap Year Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp Declan (Matthew Goode) mistreats Anna's (Amy Adams) designer suitcase. TM & © Universal (2012) Cast: Matthew Goode, Amy Adams Director: Anand Tucker MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow...
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Leap Year #6 Movie CLIP - Coin Toss Deception (2010) HD
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- Duration: 1:06
- Published: 30 May 2011
- Updated: 20 Mar 2012
- Author: movieclips
Leap Year Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp Anna (Amy Adams) catches Declan's (Matthew Goode) lie about the coin toss. TM & © Universal (2012) Cast: Matthew Goode, Amy Adams Director: Anand Tucker MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow...
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Leap Year #3 Movie CLIP - I'll Take You (2010) HD
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- Duration: 1:14
- Published: 30 May 2011
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: movieclips
Leap Year Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp Declan (Matthew Goode) agrees to drive Anna (Amy Adams) to Dublin. TM & © Universal (2012) Cast: Matthew Goode, Amy Adams Director: Anand Tucker MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow us on...
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Leap Year - Official Movie Trailer
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Leap Year: Anna & Declan (Band Of Horses- Older)
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- Duration: 3:31
- Published: 15 Jul 2010
- Updated: 20 Mar 2012
- Author: IndigoPhoenix2
Music video/film montage of the movie 'leap year' (2010) starring amy adams and matthew goode with music by band of horses. No Copyright Infringement Intended.
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Leap Year Trailer HD
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- Duration: 2:33
- Published: 15 Dec 2009
- Updated: 11 Mar 2012
- Author: BraveNiteProduction
Leap Year Release Date: January 8, 2010 When yet another anniversary passes by without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna (Amy Adams) decides to take action. Aware of an Irish tradition that allows women to pop the question on February 29th, Anna plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with a handsome, but surly, Irishman named Declan -- who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
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Port O'Brien Leap Year Official Video
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- Duration: 2:44
- Published: 08 Mar 2010
- Updated: 26 Mar 2012
- Author: portobrien
Official Video for "Leap Year" off the album Threadbare available everywhere now. Directed by Aaron Brown and Ben Chappell (www.focuscreeps.com). Please check www.portobrien.com for tourdates.
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Randy Edelman - Leap year soundtrack (part 2)
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- Duration: 10:26
- Published: 10 Feb 2010
- Updated: 24 Mar 2012
- Author: sumiregusa23
Really adorable and warm music. I love this movie even if it is predictable. And Ireland is a paradise. 1. A Leap Year Promise, 2. Stoney Road to Dublin, 3. Crossroads, 4. Cozy Quartet.
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Randy Edelman - Leap year soundtrack (part 1)
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- Duration: 10:58
- Published: 10 Feb 2010
- Updated: 25 Mar 2012
- Author: sumiregusa23
Really adorable and warm music. I love this movie even if it is predictable. And Ireland is a paradise. 1. Anna's Theme, 2. Ballycarbery Castle, 3. Stirring the Pot, 4. An Early Sunrise.
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Leap Year reviewed by Mark Kermode
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- Duration: 7:28
- Published: 01 Mar 2010
- Updated: 20 Feb 2012
- Author: kermodeandmayo
Mark thinks you'll need a leap of faith to believe in this rom com
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Leap year - Randy Edelman - Cross bow
Leap year, the movie soundtrack by Randy Edelman
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Leap Year 2010 full movie HD part 1/12
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- Duration: 6:00
- Published: 04 Mar 2010
- Updated: 24 Sep 2011
- Author: tampissymricicca
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Leap Year- "You Got Me" Anna/Declan - Sorry about the watermark
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- Duration: 4:03
- Published: 01 Jul 2010
- Updated: 24 Mar 2012
- Author: doddlebugg154
I hate that HUGE watermark on this video. I am desperately trying to find a way to get the film with out it. One day I will replace this video with a clear one. I hope you all can attempt to look past it and watch the video, I know it's distracting. (If someone has a file of the movie, I would love it!) Anywho, I looooooooove this movie. Got it from Netflix a week ago...still haven't sent it back. Pretty much watch parts of it everyday. -You Got Me by Colbie Callait
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- Dessie O'Halloran
- Dingle Peninsula
- Donald Clarke
- Dublin
- DVD
- Empire (magazine)
- engagement party
- Entertainment Weekly
- Eulogies_(band)
- February 29
- fiancée
- Flogging Molly
- Gary Barber
- Georgian Dublin
- Gwyneth Herbert
- Harry Elfont
- Hilary & Jackie
- I'll Tell Me Ma
- IMDB
- Ireland
- Irish Film Board
- Irish people
- Irish pub
- John Lithgow
- Jonathan Glickman
- Just Say Yes (song)
- Kaitlin Olson
- Kelly Clarkson
- Lemon Jelly
- Leprechaun
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- Mahalo.com
- Matthew Goode
- Metacritic
- musical score
- Nat "King" Cole
- New York City
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| name | Leap Year |
| director | Anand Tucker |
| producer | |
| writer | |
| starring | |
| music | Randy Edelman |
| cinematography | Newton Thomas Sigel |
| editing | Nick Moore |
| studio | Spyglass Entertainment |
| distributor | |
| released | |
| runtime | 100 minutes |
| country | |
| language | English |
| budget | $19 million |
| gross | $32,607,316 }} |
Plot
Anna Brady (Amy Adams) plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland, to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) on February 29, leap day, because, according to Irish tradition, a man who receives a marriage proposal on a leap day must accept it. While mid-flight to Dublin, there is a storm and the plane diverts to Cardiff, Wales. Anna hires a boat to take her to Cork, but the severity of the storm forces her to be put ashore on the Dingle Peninsula. She enlists the help of a surly Irish innkeeper, Declan O'Callaghan (Matthew Goode), to taxi her across the country to Dublin to pull off the proposal in time, and begins to question her intentions with Jeremy when she makes a connection with Declan.At first, Declan refuses to drive Anna to Dublin, but after his pub is threatened with foreclosure the next morning, he agrees to drive her for €500. Before they leave, Declan gets frustrated at Anna's luggage and she snaps at him telling to be careful due to the fact that her boyfriend gave it to her and it is Louis Vuitton. The two set out in Declan's rickety car, but they quickly run into a herd of cows. Anna shoos them away but steps in cow dung, causing her to lean against the car, which wheels back into a lake. Angry at Declan, Anna walks away from him; she stops a car for a lift and after offering to take her bag they drive away with her luggage to the delight of Declan.
The two eventually reach a pub where they discover the men going through Anna's luggage. Declan punches them, and they are both kicked out by the landlord. They eventually reach a railway station by foot. While passing time waiting for the train at a nearby castle, Declan asks Anna what she would save if her apartment caught fire, and she is unable to answer. The train arrives early, and Anna misses it. The two go to a bed and breakfast, where they are forced to pretend that they are married so that their conservative hosts will allow them to stay. Asked their married name, they simultaneously answer 'Brady' and 'O'Callaghan', quickly amending that to 'O'Brady-Callaghan'. During dinner, Anna and Declan are forced to kiss, which causes some confusion for them. That night, they hesitantly sleep in the same bed. The next day, they take shelter from a hail storm in a church where a wedding is taking place.
The next day they arrive by bus in Dublin. On the way to the hotel, they stop by a park and Declan reveals that he was once engaged but that his ex-fiancée ran off with his best friend and his family ring to Dublin; Anna encourages him to get his ring back. When Anna reaches Jeremy's hotel, he proposes to her, and she accepts after a hesitation as Declan walks away. At their engagement party, Anna finds out that Jeremy proposed to her only in an effort to impress the manager of the expensive condominium the two were attempting to buy.
Dismayed, Anna pulls the fire alarm and watches as Jeremy grabs all the electronics before fleeing. Anna goes back to the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, where Declan is successfully running his inn. She proposes that they get together and 'not make plans', and Declan leaves the room. Anna interprets this as a rejection, so she rushes outside and ends up on a cliff overlooking the sea. Declan follows her and asks, 'Mrs. O'Brady-Callaghan, where the hell are you going?' and proposes to her with the ring he retrieved from his ex-fiancée while in Dublin. Some time later, the two are shown driving in Declan's car with a 'Just married' sign in the back window.
Cast
Production
On October 17, 2008, it was announced that Amy Adams was to star in the film. On November 23, Anand Tucker signed on to direct the film, with Simon Beaufoy, Harry Elfont, and Deborah Kaplan collaborating on the screenplay. On February 12, 2009, it was announced that Matthew Goode would be playing the role of the cynical innkeeper, Declan. On March 18, it was announced that Adam Scott was to play Adams' love interest in the film, and that Kaitlin Olson would play Anna's best friend, Libby.The film was shot in County Wicklow, Dublin, County Mayo and County Galway, with filming taking place in and around the Aran Islands, Connemara, Temple Bar, Georgian Dublin, Wicklow National Park and Olaf Street, Waterford. On October 19, it was announced that Randy Edelman had been chosen to compose the film's film score. The decision to choose Edelman came as a surprise, as Tucker had used Barrington Pheloung for two of his previous films, ''Hilary & Jackie'' and ''When Did You Last See Your Father?''
Reception
Critical
Upon its release, the film received mostly negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 20% of critics have given the film a positive review, with an average rating of 4.1 out of 10. Among Rotten Tomatoes' 'Top Critics', which consists of the most popular and notable critics from newspapers, websites, television and radio programs, the film holds an overall approval rating of 24%, based on a sample of 21 reviews. The site's general consensus is that 'Amy Adams is as appealing as ever, but her charms aren't enough to keep ''Leap Year'' from succumbing to an overabundance of clichés and an unfunny script'. Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean score out of 0–100 reviews from critics, has given the film a rating score of 33 based on 29 reviews. Roger Ebert of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' described ''Leap Year'' as a 'full-bore, PG-rated, sweet rom-com'. 'It sticks to the track, makes all the scheduled stops, and bears us triumphantly to the station'. Also, Owen Gleiberman of ''Entertainment Weekly'' gave the film a B- stating that the film could have used more 'pizazz'. When examining the more negative reviews, A. O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' saw it as 'so witless, charmless, and unimaginative, that it can be described as a movie only in a strictly technical sense'. Richard Roeper gave it a C-, stating that it had a 'Recycled plot, lame sight gags, Leprechaun-like stock Irish characters,' adding that 'The charms of Amy Adams rescue ''Leap Year'' from Truly Awful status'. Donald Clarke of ''The Irish Times'' gave the film one star out of five, and in a scathing review, described it as 'offensive, reactionary, patronising filth' and cited the film as evidence that 'Hollywood is incapable of seeing the Irish as anything but IRA men or twinkly rural imbeciles'. One of the film's stars, Matthew Goode, admitted 'I just know that there are a lot of people who will say it is the worst film of 2010' and revealed that the main reason he signed on to the project was so that he could remain close to home and be able to visit his girlfriend and newborn daughter.
Box office
The film opened at the American box office at number 6, with a modest $9,202,815, behind blockbusters ''Avatar'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', ''Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel'', as well as ''Daybreakers'' and ''It's Complicated''. The film's final gross of $25,918,920 in the United States meant that it was a minor success, as it was produced on a budget of $19,000,000. In addition to this, the film made $6,688,396 in foreign markets, for a final worldwide gross of $32,607,316 .
Soundtrack
An audio CD soundtrack for ''Leap Year'' was released on the Varèse Sarabande record label on January 12, 2010. However that soundtrack contains only the original score, composed and conducted by Randy Edelman. The musical selections that were used, and credited at the end of the film are not, as yet, available on CD. Those include:
Home media
''Leap Year'' was released on DVD in the United States on May 4, 2010. It debuted at number 4 on the American DVD rentals chart, with a first week rental index of 56.63.
References
External links
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| Coordinates | 52°24′″N16°55′″N |
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| name | Amy Adams |
| birthname | Amy Lou Adams |
| birth date | August 20, 1974 |
| birth place | Vicenza, Italy |
| occupation | ActressSinger |
| yearsactive | 1999–present |
| domesticpartner | Darren Le Gallo (2002–present; 1 child) }} |
Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress and singer. Adams began her performing career on stage in dinner theaters before making her screen debut in the 1999 black comedy film ''Drop Dead Gorgeous''. After a series of television guest appearances and roles in B movies, she landed the role of Brenda Strong in 2002's ''Catch Me If You Can'', but her breakthrough role was in the 2005 independent film ''Junebug'', playing Ashley Johnsten, for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Adams subsequently starred in Disney's 2007 film ''Enchanted'', a critical and commercial success, and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Princess Giselle. She received her second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations the following year for her role as a young nun, Sister James, in ''Doubt''. Though she has appeared in a range of dramatic and comedic roles, Adams has gained a reputation for playing characters with cheerful and sunny dispositions. Adams starred in ''Sunshine Cleaning'' with Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin, and the following year appeared as Amelia Earhart in ''Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian''. She appeared in ''Julie & Julia'' in 2009 portraying writer Julie Powell followed by ''Leap Year'' in 2010. Her recent role as Charlene Fleming in ''The Fighter'' earned Adams her third Academy Award nomination, her third Golden Globe Award, second BAFTA Award, and fifth Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Life and career
1974–1994: Early life
Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy, the fourth of seven children of American parents Kathryn (née Hicken) and Richard Adams. She has four brothers and two sisters. Her father, a US serviceman, was stationed at Caserma Ederle at the time of her birth, and took the family from base to base before settling in Castle Rock, Colorado, when she was eight or nine years old. Thereafter, her father sang professionally in restaurants, while her mother was a semi-professional bodybuilder. Adams was raised as a Mormon, although her family left the church after her parents' divorce when she was 11 years old. She said her religious upbringing "... instilled in me a value system I still hold true. The basic 'Do unto others...', that was what was hammered into me. And love."Throughout her years at Douglas County High School, she sang in the school choir and trained as an apprentice at a local dance company with ambitions of becoming a ballerina. Her parents had hoped that she would continue her athletic training, which she gave up to pursue dance, as it would have given her a chance to obtain a college scholarship. Adams later reflected on her decision not to go to college: "I wasn't one of those people who enjoyed being in school. I regret not getting an education, though." After graduating from high school, she moved to Atlanta with her mother. Deciding that she was not gifted enough to be a professional ballerina, she entered musical theater, which she found was "much better suited to [her] personality". She said that ballet was "too disciplined and too restrained and I was always told off in the chorus lines" and her body at the time was "just wrecked from dancing all these years." Upon turning 18, Adams supported herself by working as a greeter at a Gap store while performing in community theater. For a few weeks after graduating high school, she took her first full-time job as a hostess at Hooters, a fact that became her "entire press career" for a while. Adams left the job three weeks later after having saved enough money to buy her first car. She admitted: "... there was definitely an innocence to my interpretation of what Hooters was about. Though I did learn, quickly, that short shorts and beer don't mix!"
1995–2004: Career beginnings
She began working professionally as a dancer at Boulder's Dinner Theatre and Country Dinner Playhouse. There, she was spotted by a Minneapolis dinner theater director, Michael Brindisi, in 1995. Adams relocated to Chanhassen, Minnesota, and worked at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres for the next three years. While she was off work nursing a pulled muscle, she auditioned for the satirical 1999 comedy ''Drop Dead Gorgeous'', which was being filmed in Minnesota, and was cast in her first film role. Persuaded by her ''Drop Dead Gorgeous'' co-star Kirstie Alley, Adams moved to Los Angeles, California, in January 1999. Describing her first year there as her "dark year" and "bleak", she recalled that she would "pine for that time" at Chanhassen because she "really loved that security and schedule", and said, "The people I worked with there were also a great family to me." Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, she was cast in Fox Network's television series spin-off of ''Cruel Intentions'', ''Manchester Prep'', in the role of Kathryn Merteuil. The series did not live up to the network's expectations and following numerous script revisions and two production shutdowns, it was canceled. The filmed episodes were then re-edited to be released as the direct-to-video film, ''Cruel Intentions 2''.From 2000 to 2002, Adams appeared in a series of small films like ''Psycho Beach Party'' while guest-starring on television series such as ''That '70s Show'', ''Charmed'', ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Smallville'' and ''The West Wing''. She then appeared in Steven Spielberg's ''Catch Me If You Can'' as Brenda Strong, a candy-striper with whom Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) falls in love. It was, in Spielberg's words, "the part that should have launched her career" but she was unemployed for a year after that. However, Adams said, "It was the first time I knew I could act at that level with those people. To be believed in by Steven Spielberg... it was a huge confidence booster." In 2004, she starred in ''The Last Run'' as well as voicing characters on the animated television series ''King of the Hill''. She was also cast as a regular in the television series, ''Dr. Vegas'', in the role of Alice Doherty but was later fired after a contract dispute.
2005–2007: Critical success and breakthrough
Prior to leaving ''Dr. Vegas'', she had received the script for the low-budget independent film ''Junebug'' and auditioned for the role of Ashley Johnsten, a young, cheerful and talkative pregnant woman. Director Phil Morrison explains his decision to cast Adams: "Lots of people looked at Ashley and thought, 'What's the sorrow she's masking?' To me, the fact that Amy didn't approach it from the angle of 'What's she covering up?' was key." The film was shot in 21 days in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. During that time, Adams turned 30 and was worried about her film career: "I thought maybe I should move to New York, maybe I should do something else. It wasn't that I was quitting or making a dramatic statement. It was more like maybe this just wasn't a good fit." On the experience of making ''Junebug'', Adams said, "It was really empowering. At the end of the summer I was unemployed but I was happy and I was proud. I was like, you know what, I'm done with being pushed around." ''Junebug'' premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival with Adams winning a Special Jury Prize for her performance.After the theatrical release of ''The Wedding Date'', in which Adams appeared alongside Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, ''Junebug'' was released in theaters by Sony Pictures Classics. Adams earned critical accolades for her work in ''Junebug''; Carina Chocano of ''Los Angeles Times'' noted, "Adams' performance in a role that could have easily devolved into caricature is complex and nuanced." Joe Leydon of ''Variety'' commented, "Partly due to her character's generosity of spirit, but mostly due to her own charisma, Adams dominates pic with her appealing portrayal of a nonjudgmental optimist savvy enough to recognize the shortcomings of others, but sweet enough to offer encouragement, not condemnation". She received several awards for Best Supporting Actress including the National Society of Film Critics award and the Independent Spirit Award. She was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited Adams to become a member in 2006.
Although ''Junebug'' had a limited audience, Adams' critically acclaimed performance in the film helped to increase interest in her acting career. Adams went on to appear in films like ''Standing Still'' and ''Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby'', and played the recurring guest role of Katy on the television series ''The Office''. After providing the voice for Polly Purebred in Walt Disney Pictures' ''Underdog'', Adams starred in Disney's 2007 big-budget animated/live-action feature film, ''Enchanted''. The film, which co-stars Patrick Dempsey, Idina Menzel, Susan Sarandon and James Marsden, revolves around Giselle, who is forced from her 2D-animated world to real-life New York City. Adams was amongst 300 or so actresses who auditioned for the role of Giselle, but she stood out to director Kevin Lima because her "commitment to the character, her ability to escape into the character's being without ever judging the character was overwhelming".
''Enchanted'' was a commercial success, grossing more than $340 million worldwide. Her performance was well received by the critics, with Todd McCarthy of ''Variety'' describing ''Enchanted'' as a star-making vehicle for Adams the way ''Mary Poppins'' was for Julie Andrews. Roger Ebert of ''Chicago Sun-Times'' commented that Adams was "fresh and winning", while Wesley Morris of ''The Boston Globe'' stated that she "demonstrates a real performer's ingenuity for comic timing and physical eloquence". Adams garnered a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, a Critics' Choice Award nomination for Best Actress, and the Saturn Award for Best Actress. Three of the film's songs were nominated for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards. Adams performed one of the songs, "Happy Working Song", live on stage during the Oscar ceremony. "That's How You Know", originally performed by Adams in the film, was sung by Kristin Chenoweth at the ceremony. In an interview, Adams remarked that the song was "perfect" for Chenoweth since Chenoweth "was a huge inspiration for how [she] approached Giselle".
The success of ''Enchanted'' increased Adams' media exposure during the 2007–08 film awards season. As well as appearing on the covers of ''Interview'', ''Elle'' and the Hollywood issue of ''Vanity Fair'', which named her as one of the "10 fresh faces of 2008", Adams hosted the seventh episode of the 33rd season of ''Saturday Night Live'' in March 2008. In the episode, she played various characters, including Heidi Klum, as well as singing "What is this Feeling" from ''Wicked'' in a mock battle with ''SNL'' cast member Kristen Wiig during the opening monologue. Adams appeared in ''Charlie Wilson's War'', co-starring with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Adams portrayed Bonnie Bach, the title character's administrative assistant. On the experience of making the film, Adams said, "It was so much fun. Just to be on that set and learn from these people and get to watch Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tom Hanks do these amazing scenes together, directed by Mike Nichols, it was for me like going to school." Adams' next project was ''Sunshine Cleaning'' playing a single mother who starts her own crime scene clean-up business in order to make enough money to send her son to a private school. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and received mixed reviews. When it received a limited theatrical release in March 2009, it was generally well-received. Mick LaSalle of ''San Francisco Chronicle'' gave the film a positive review, saying: "The play of emotion on Amy Adams' face is the main reason to see ''Sunshine Cleaning''."
2008–present
Her first theatrically released film of 2008 was the 1939-set film ''Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day'', in which she plays Delysia Lafosse, an aspiring American actress living in London whose life is changed after meeting a governess named Miss Pettigrew, played by Frances McDormand. While the film received generally favorable reviews, Adams' role was noted to be similar to her joyful and naïve characters in ''Junebug'' and ''Enchanted''. Carina Chocano of ''Los Angeles Times'' stated that "Adams is amazingly adept at playing smart playing dumb". Similarly, Kirk Honeycutt of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote that "Adams more or less reprises her princess from ''Enchanted'', only with a beguiling touch of ditzy naughtiness". When asked whether she is in danger of being typecast, Adams responded, "Not at this point... Right now I'm just doing what I enjoy and I've done some different films, I've done some different types of roles. I've done drama this year, we had a film at Sundance (''Sunshine Cleaning''), but I enjoy playing upbeat characters, I really do because you take your characters home with you whether you intend to or not." In another interview, Adams said, "I think I just respond to those kinds of characters... They're so layered, and I love the fact that they've made this choice to be joyful... I really identify with that sense of hope." She also noted that before dyeing her naturally blonde hair red, she mostly played the role of "the bitchy girl".In late 2008, Adams starred in ''Doubt'', an adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's play of the same name, as the young and innocent Sister James alongside Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis. After being informed of the project by her ''Sunshine Cleaning'' co-star, Emily Blunt, Adams pursued the role of Sister James but was told that it had already been offered to another actor. Shanley eventually cast Adams in the role because "she's got this Ingrid Bergman thing going on, this luminosity. You see a good person struggling in this complicated world. She's fiercely intelligent but has this peculiar innocence about her. She has a beautiful face of light." On acting alongside Streep and Hoffman, Adams revealed that there was "a sense of uncertainty, a sense of doubt, a sense of wanting to please these amazing actors". The film was well-received by the critics, while Adams' role was noted to be the "least-showy" among the four major parts. Though her performance was criticized by Manohla Dargis of ''The New York Times'' as "unsteady", Todd McCarthy of ''Variety'' commented that "Adams does all anyone could with the role of a nice young nun." Mick LaSalle of ''San Francisco Chronicle'' wrote: "Adams provides one of the film's singular advantages. She takes the role of Sister James, which onstage seemed little more than a sounding board for Sister Aloysius, and turns the young nun into someone quite specific and lovely." Adams was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 81st Academy Awards, the 66th Golden Globe Awards, the 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the 62nd British Academy Film Awards.
Adams' next role was Amelia Earhart in ''Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian'', opposite Ben Stiller. The film premiered over the 2009 Memorial Day weekend and topped the U.S. box office with a gross of $15.3 million on its first day, beating ''Terminator Salvation''. Although the film received "mixed or average reviews", Adams' performance was praised by most critics. Among those to give it a positive review, Michael Phillips of the ''Chicago Tribune'' thought that the film "radically improves whenever Amy Adams pops up as aviatrix Amelia Earhart... she's terrific —a sparkling screen presence"; and Owen Gleiberman of ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote that "''Battle of the Smithsonian'' has plenty of life. But it's Adams who gives it zing." On the other hand, Ty Burr of ''The Boston Globe'' disliked the film, describing Adams' Earhart as "a flighty pill with no resemblance to the woman herself". While Lael Loewenstein of ''Variety'' thought Adams was "trying a bit too hard", Roger Ebert commented that she was the only actor who surpassed the material. The film's director, Shawn Levy, says of her: "I don't know that there's a better actress in her generation... I mean, there are other big female actors, but someone who can do ''Doubt'' and ''Julie & Julia'', and ''Night at the Museum 2'', all in the same year? Her range is almost unparalleled. It's a huge part of why we feel that this movie is even better than the first." That same year Adams starred in ''Julie & Julia'' alongside her ''Doubt'' co-star Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Adams as government secretary, Julie Powell, who decides to cook all of the recipes in Child's ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking''.
In 2010 Adams appeared in two films, the romantic comedy, ''Leap Year'', and as Charlene Fleming, the aggressive and gritty girlfriend of Irish Micky Ward, in ''The Fighter''. The Best Picture nominated-film received critical praise for its actors in which Adams starred alongside, Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. Adams received acclaim for her work and was praised for taking on such a volatile and aggressive character. This was noted to be Adams' definitive performance because of the rough edges and darkness mixed with authenticity that she brought to the role. For her role in ''The Fighter'', Adams was nominated for the BAFTA Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress losing the latter three awards to her co-star Leo.
Her upcoming projects include ''Daughter of the Queen of Sheba'', an adaptation of Adena Halpern's novel ''The Ten Best Days of My Life'', which she will also be producing, and in Disney's ''The Muppets'' alongside Jason Segel and The Muppets where she will be returning to singing. The film is set for release in Thanksgiving of 2011 and currently in production. Adams is also set to appear in the film ''On the Road'' opposite Viggo Mortensen. It was recently announced that Adams will portray Lois Lane opposite Henry Cavill as Superman in the upcoming comic book reboot film, Man of Steel. Produced by ''The Dark Knight'' director Christopher Nolan, director Zack Snyder said in statement, "We are excited to announce the casting of Amy Adams, one of the most versatile and respected actresses in films today. Amy has the talent to capture all of the qualities we love about Lois: smart, tough, funny, warm, ambitious and, of course, beautiful." She is also set to star in the upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson 2012 film, ''The Master'' as the wife of Philip Seymour Hoffman's character.
Personal life
As of April 2008, Adams is engaged to her boyfriend of six years, actor and artist Darren Le Gallo. She met Le Gallo in 2001 in an acting class. Since she was "really focused" in class, he initially thought that she was "like Tracy Flick in ''Election''." About a year after they met, Adams and Le Gallo acted together in a short film called ''Pennies'' over one weekend, during which they became better acquainted with each other. They started dating shortly thereafter. On May 15, 2010, Adams gave birth to the couple's first child, a girl named Aviana Olea Le Gallo.
Filmography
| + Television | |||
| ! Year | ! Title | ! Role | Notes |
| 2000 | ''That '70s Show'' | Kat Peterson | Episode ("Burning Down the House") |
| 2000 | ''Charmed'' | Maggie Murphy | Episode ("Murphy's Luck") |
| 2000 | ''Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane'' | Dinah | Episode ("Tall, Dark and Duncan's Boss") |
| 2000 | Rebecca 'Becka' Taylor | Episode ("The Good Doctor") | |
| 2000 | Beth Maclay | ||
| 2001 | Jodi Melville | Episode ("Craving") | |
| 2002 | '''' | Cathy | |
| 2004 | ''King of the Hill'' | Merilynn/Sunshine (voice) | Episode ("Cheer Factor") |
| 2004 | ''King of the Hill'' | Misty (voice) | Episode ("My Hair Lady") |
| 2004 | ''Dr. Vegas'' | Alice Doherty | Recurring |
| 2005 | '''' (US TV series) | Katy | Episodes ("Hot Girl", "The Fire" and "Booze Cruise") |
| 2008 | ''Saturday Night Live'' | Herself (Host) | Episode (8 March 2008) |
| + Music | |||
| ! Year | ! Song | ! Soundtrack | ! Label |
| 2007 | "True Love's Kiss" | Walt Disney Records | |
| 2007 | "Happy Working Song" | Walt Disney Records | |
| 2007 | "That's How You Know" | Walt Disney Records | |
| 2008 | "If I Didn't Care" | ''Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day'' | Varèse Sarabande |
References
External links
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| Coordinates | 52°24′″N16°55′″N |
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| name | Mark Kermode |
| birth name | Mark Fairey |
| birth place | Barnet, North London, England |
| birth date | July 02, 1963 |
| residence | Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire, England |
| nationality | British |
| citizenship | British |
| known for | ''Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews,'' ''The Culture Show,'' ''The Dodge Brothers'' |
| education | PhD (English) |
| alma mater | University of Manchester |
| employer | BBC, ''The Observer'', ''Sight and Sound'' |
| occupation | Film critic, presenter, musician }} |
Early life and education
Kermode, born Mark Fairey in Barnet, North London, England, attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, an independent boys' school in Elstree, a few years ahead of comedians Sacha Baron Cohen, Matt Lucas and David Baddiel and in the same year as actor Jason Isaacs. He was raised as a Methodist, and is now a member of the Church of England.Mark Fairey's parents divorced when he was in his early 20s and he subsequently changed his surname to his GP mother's maiden name by deed poll. (Neither of them is related to the literary critic Frank Kermode.)
He earned his PhD in English at the University of Manchester in 1991, writing a thesis on horror fiction. Kermode has stated that "I was a revolutionary communist affiliate in the 80s", but that "none of us had any respect for Stalin".
Personal life
Kermode lives in Brockenhurst with his wife, Linda Ruth Williams, a professor who lectures on film at the University of Southampton and has written ''The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema'' and co-edited ''Contemporary American Cinema''. In October to November 2004, they jointly curated a History of the Horror Film season and exhibition at the National Film Theatre in London. Kermode and Williams have two children. Kermode has been described as "a feminist, a near vegetarian (he eats fish), a churchgoer and a straight-arrow spouse who just happens to enjoy seeing people's heads explode across a cinema screen".
Career
Horror specialisation
Kermode is a visiting fellow at the University of Southampton, having gained a PhD at the University of Manchester in modern English and American horror fiction. This, he believes, makes him something of a horror film expert, together with his former contributions to ''Fangoria'' magazine, his authoring of the monograph ''The Exorcist (BFI Modern Classics)'', and his work on film-related documentaries like ''The Fear of God; 25 Years of the Exorcist'', ''Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of Ken Russell's The Devils'', and ''The Cult of The Wicker Man''. He calls ''The Exorcist'' (1973) "the best film ever made". He recommends ''The Witch Who Came From the Sea'' as one of the best video nasties of the 1970s.Kermode is sometimes critical of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), the censor for film in the UK, calling for horror films from abroad to be shown in their uncut versions. However, in recent years, he has stated on numerous occasions that the BBFC do a good job in an impossible situation, and expressed his approval of their decisions.
Print media
Kermode began his film career as a print journalist, writing for Manchester's ''City Life'', and then ''Time Out'' and the ''NME'' in London. He has also written for ''The Independent'', ''Vox'', ''Empire'', ''Flicks'', ''Fangoria'' and ''Neon''. Until September 2005, Kermode reviewed films each week for the ''New Statesman''. Since 2009 Kermode has written "Mark Kermode's DVD round-up" for ''The Observer'', a weekly review of the latest releases. He sometimes writes for the British Film Institute's ''Sight and Sound'' magazine.In February 2010, Random House released his autobiography, ''It's Only a Movie'', which he describes as being "inspired by real events". Its publication was accompanied by a UK tour. In September 2011 he released a follow-up book entitled ''The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex'', in which he puts forth his opinion on the good and bad of modern films, and vehemently criticizes the modern multiplex experience and the 3D film craze of the early 2000s.
Radio
Kermode began working at BBC Radio 1 in 1993, on a regular Thursday night slot called ''Cult Film Corner'' on Mark Radcliffe's ''Graveyard Shift'' session. He later moved to Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 1 morning show. He also hosted a movie review show with Mary Anne Hobbs on Radio 1 on Tuesday nights called ''Cling Film''. Between February 1992 and October 1993, he was the resident film reviewer on BBC Radio 5's ''Morning Edition'' with Danny Baker.Kermode also co-hosted an early 1990s afternoon magazine show on BBC Radio 5 called ''A Game of Two Halves'' alongside former Blue Peter presenter Caron Keating.
He currently reviews and debates new film releases each Friday afternoon with Simon Mayo on Mayo's ''BBC Radio 5 Live'' show, which is also available as a podcast. The programme won Gold in the Speech Award category at the 2009 Sony Radio Academy Awards on 11 May 2009. The judges' citation was:
The winner of the Gold Award made the judges laugh out loud. They found this programme witty and entertaining, cheeky and irreverent, and they admired the sustained passion and energy of its presenters who made listening an effortless and rollercoaster pleasure.
His derisive review of the Christopher Columbus film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief inspired the Australian comedy film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.
Television
Kermode is currently a regular presenter on BBC Two's ''The Culture Show''. He also appears regularly on ''Newsnight Review'' and ''Film 24'' on BBC News. It was during a 2006 interview with Kermode for ''The Culture Show'' in Los Angeles that Werner Herzog was shot by an air rifle. Herzog appeared unflustered, later stating "It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid". On 19 May 2007 he was featured on the show playing with his skiffle band, The Dodge Brothers, in which he plays the double bass.Kermode is also a film critic and presenter for Film4 and Channel 4, presenting the weekly ''Extreme Cinema'' strand. He also writes and presents documentaries for Channel 4. Once a week, he reviews films for ''BBC News at Five''.
Kermode rarely watches television, calling it "trivial" and stating that "I have been doing my best to avoid [TV] for the last 20 years." On being challenged by ''The Observer'' to watch TV, he admitted "if there's one thing I've learned from agreeing to take up the Observer's TV challenge this summer, it's that an awareness of what's going on in television is probably helpful to an understanding of movies. Worse, it may even be essential".
Kermode appeared in a cameo role as himself in the revival of the BBC's ''Absolutely Fabulous'' on January 1, 2012.
Other work
As of April 2008, Kermode has started a twice-weekly video blog hosted on the BBC website, where he posts clips of himself talking about films and telling anecdotes.Kermode has recorded DVD audio commentaries for ''Tommy'', ''The Ninth Configuration'', ''The Wicker Man'' and (with Peter O'Toole) ''Becket''. He also appears in the DVD extras of ''Lost in La Mancha'', interviewing Terry Gilliam. Kermode has written books, published by the BFI in its ''Modern Classics'' series, on ''The Exorcist'' and ''The Shawshank Redemption'' and his documentary for Channel 4, ''Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature'', is on the film's 10th anniversary special edition DVD.
| + Kermode's Top Ten films | |||
| Rank!! Film!! Year !! Director | |||
| 1. | The Exorcist (film)>The Exorcist'' | 1973 | |
| 2. | ''Brazil (film)Brazil''|| | 1985 | |
| 3. | ''Citizen Kane''| | 1941 | |
| 4. | ''The Devils (film)The Devils''|| | 1971 | |
| 5. | ''Don't Look Now''| | 1973 | |
| 6. | ''Eyes Without a Face''| | 1960 | |
| 7. | ''It's a Wonderful Life''| | 1946 | |
| 8. | ''Love and Death''| | 1975 | |
| 9. | ''Mary Poppins (film)Mary Poppins''|| | 1964 | |
| 10. | ''The Seventh Seal''| | 1957 |
Opinions
Kermode's appreciation of genre cinema is not always in line with popular taste. He dislikes all four ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films, all of the live action''Transformers'' films and the ''Star Wars'' films, which he regards as "a gross infantalisation of the dark hearted 'serious' sci-fi" that he grew up with. Kermode has also expressed his dislike of director Chris Columbus, labelling him an "accountant director" and producing a negative analysis of the first two ''Harry Potter'' films, which Columbus directed. However, Kermode says he has "grown into the ''Potter'' story" as the films have advanced in their mature themes and content. He has made no secret of his dislike for 3D films and is particularly disdainful of the trend for what he calls "retrofitting" 2D movies into 3D, and he also detests the Cannes Film Festival. Kermode's emphasis on genre cinema has also meant he often expresses a liking for films panned by other critics, such as ''Basic Instinct 2'' (2006) because it follows genre expectations. Kermode has been critical of documentary maker Michael Moore (despite praising ''Capitalism: A Love Story'' on his radio show), accusing him of "feeding his own ego".. However he expressed his admiration for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, directed by David Slade, a film dismissed by the majority of critics. Kermode has very strong views and is well known for his rants against certain blockbuster movies such as the Michael Bay films mentioned above, often citing the director as a bad example of filmmaking.
Music
Kermode played double-bass for a skiffle/rockabilly band called The Railtown Bottlers in the early 1990s. The Railtown Bottlers were also the house band on the BBC show ''Danny Baker After All'' for a series, starting in 1993, where he performed with Madness lead singer, Suggs. He currently plays bass in skiffle quartet The Dodge Brothers.
Awards and other recognition
| ! Year | ! Ceremony | ! Award | ! Result |
| 2010 | Sony Radio Academy Awards | Best Specialist Contributor of the Year | |
| 2009 | Sony Radio Academy Awards | Speech Award |
Kermode is 75th on ''The Guardian''s ''Film Power 100''; According to ''The Screen Directory'', Kermode is tenth in the list of the best film critics, in company that includes Alexander Walker, Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert, David Thomson, and James Agee.
Kermode is a patron of the Phoenix Cinema in North London.
References
External links
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