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Name	Open Range
Director	Kevin Costner
Producer	Kevin CostnerJake EbertsDavid Valdes
Writer	Craig StorperLauran Paine
Starring	Robert DuvallKevin CostnerAnnette BeningMichael GambonDiego LunaAbraham BenrubiMichael Jeter
Music by	Peter BoyerRobert ElhaiMichael Kamen
Cinematography	J. Michael Muro
Editing by	Miklos Wright
Studio	TIG Productions
Distributor	Touchstone PicturesBeacon Communications
Released	August 15, 2003
Runtime	139 min.
Country
Language	English
Budget	$22,000,000
Gross	$68,296,293 (worldwide)}}

''Open Range'' is a 2003 American Western film co-starring, co-produced, and directed by Kevin Costner, based on the novel ''The Open Range Men'' by Lauran Paine. Starring alongside Costner are Robert Duvall, Annette Bening, and Michael Gambon.

The film received mostly positive reviews, and was a modest success at the box office, making about $58 million in the U.S. alone.

Overview

Open Range is a contemporary Western set in Montana in 1882 (the year is seen on a new grave marker) though the movie was filmed entirely on location in Alberta, Canada.

The background of the movie concerns the "range wars" that occurred in the American West in the late 19th century. The "wars" pitted those that believed in the "Law of the Open Range" — free access to water and grass for everyone, against the "barbed wire" men — land barons, who used the new fencing to define their empire and block the free-range cattlemen from moving their herds.

Plot

"Boss" Spearman (Robert Duvall) is a free-range cattleman, who, with hired hands Charley Waite (Kevin Costner), Mose (Abraham Benrubi), Button (Diego Luna), and dog Tig are driving a herd cross country. Charley is a former soldier who fought in the Civil War and feels guilty over his past as a killer.

Boss sends Mose to the nearby town of Harmonville for supplies. The town is controlled by a ruthless Irish immigrant land baron, Denton Baxter (Michael Gambon), who hates free-rangers and treats the inhabitants like trash . Mose is badly beaten and then jailed by the town marshal, Poole (James Russo), whom Baxter "owns." Many townspeople accept that Baxter is all-powerful and corrupt while others harbor animosity towards him. The only friendly inhabitant they meet is Percy (Michael Jeter), a livery stable owner.

Boss and Charley become concerned when Mose doesn't return. They retrieve him from jail but not before getting a stern warning from Baxter about free-ranging on his land. Mose's injuries are so severe that Boss and Charley take him to Doc Barlow (Dean McDermott). There they meet Susan Barlow (Annette Bening). Charley is attracted immediately, but assumes that Susan is the doctor's wife.

It turns out that Baxter does not really want Boss to move on; he wants the herd. After catching masked riders scouting their cattle, Boss and Charley sneak up on their campfire in the dark of night. Baxter's henchmen are forced to strip and are sent back to town on foot. Another ambush, however, happening at the same time, results in the killing of Mose and the dog Tig. Button is badly injured and left for dead.

Charley and Boss vow to avenge this injustice. They leave Button at the doctor's house and go into town, where during a flash flood Charley saves a townsperson's dog. Boss and Charley are threatened by Poole but refuse to back down. Shortly thereafter, they lock Poole in his own jail. Boss knocks him out with chloroform he has stolen from the doctor's office. Other henchmen meet the same fate; they are locked up in Poole's cells and knocked out with the drug.

Charley and Boss psychologically prepare themselves for the upcoming battle. Charley learns that Sue is the doctor's sister, not his wife. Charley declares his feelings for her (at Boss's urging) and she gives him a locket for luck. In the town store, knowing that a bloody confrontation with Baxter is inevitable, Boss and Charley buy expensive cigars and chocolate, reasoning that they might be unable to enjoy these later. Charley leaves a note with Percy, the livery stable owner, in which he states that if he should die, money made from the sale of his saddle and gear are to be used to buy Sue a new tea set.

Outmanned in a gunfight, Boss and Charley are pitted against Baxter and his many henchmen. Charley doesn't wait to be drawn upon first, cold-bloody shooting Butler (Kim Coates), the gunman who shot Button and killed Mose. The gunfight erupts and Boss is wounded. Some of Baxter's men flee as Charley guns them down one by one — Charley even manages to shoot Baxter himself early in the fight.

Rallied by Percy, the townspeople begin to openly fight against Baxter. Even the wounded Button stumbles out of his recovery bed in the doctor's house to fight with his friends. Baxter endangers innocent women and children to save himself after an intense firefight outside the jailhouse his henchmen all dead Baxter ends up wounded and alone, trapped in the jailhouse. Boss rushes the jail, mortally wounding Baxter. Boss stops just short of killing Baxter, stating that he wouldn't waste a bullet to ease Baxter's pain.

With the battle over, Charley witnesses the casualties: dead bodies, shaken innocent bystanders, and destroyed property. He speaks to Sue in private, telling her he must leave all this behind. She counters that she has a "big idea" about their future together and that she would wait for him to return.

Charley does return, proposing marriage. They embrace and kiss. Charley and Boss decide to give up the cattle business and settle down in Harmonville, taking over the saloon, whose owner (Baxter) was killed in the gunfight.

Main characters

Robert Duvall as Bluebonnet "Boss" Spearman is an aging cowboy and trail boss. He is an experienced cattleman, hard and a staunch traditionalist on the outside, but in fact a very caring man. He once had a wife and a child, but they contracted typhus and died, causing him to abandon his old life. He is beginning to realize that free-ranging is coming to an end, and thinks he might like to someday live in town and run a saloon.

Kevin Costner as Charles Travis "Charley" Postlewaite was a soldier during the Civil War and later a gunslinger. Having killed a man who tried to rape his mother, he soon became accustomed to killing people. He went to work for Boss Spearman under the name Charley Waite for more than ten years. The terrible things he and others did in the past continue to haunt his dreams. When he arrives in Harmonville, his past catches up with him, but he finds a chance for love and a future.

Annette Bening as Susan "Sue" Barlow is the sister and assistant of Harmonville's physician, Doc Barlow, and lives with him in a house with a white-picket fence on the edge of the town. She falls in love with Charley Waite when the free-rangers arrive with a badly hurt Button. She is a strong and righteous woman, daring to speak up against the tyrant Baxter and putting herself in danger to protect her patients on more than one occasion.

Michael Gambon as Denton Baxter is an Irish-born land baron who considers Harmonville "his" town and the film's main antagonist. He uses his hired guns as well as the corrupt Marshall Poole to rule the town and keep off free-grazers. When he orders his men to ambush Boss Spearman's men, a brutal conflict begins, in which Baxter shows that he does not have a problem with putting women and children in the line of fire, finally turning most of Harmonville against him.

Michael Jeter as Percy runs Harmonville's livery stable. He warns Boss and Charley about Baxter's men and is the only townsman who stands with the free-rangers right from the beginning. ''Open Range'' would be Jeter's final onscreen role; the actor succumbed to an epileptic seizure on March 30, 2003.

Diego Luna as Button is Spearman's Mexican-born youngest hand and kind of a foster child to the other free-rangers who found him living on the streets years before. He is badly hurt by Baxter's men, but plays an important role in the final gunfight.

James Russo as Marshal Poole

Abraham Benrubi as Mose Harris is another of Spearman's hands, a large and peaceful man. He gets into a fight in Harmonville and is later killed by Baxter's henchman Butler. On the audio commentary for the ''Open Range'' DVD, Costner said that he cast Benrubi because he felt badly about having to cut the actor out of his previous film, ''The Postman,'' as he considered his to be one of the better performances in that film.

Dean McDermott as Doc Barlow

Kim Coates as Butler

Herb Kohler as Cafe Man

Peter MacNeill as Mack

Cliff Saunders as Ralph

Patricia Stutz as Ralph's Wife

Julian Richings as Wylie

Ian Tracey as Tom

Rod Wilson as Gus

Reception

The film received mostly positive reviews, receiving a "fresh" 79% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert gave it 3.5 stars out of 4, calling it "... an imperfect but deeply involving and beautifully made Western ..." Peter Bradshaw of the The Guardian gave the film 4 stars out of 5, writing, "Duvall gives his best performance in ages" in a "... tough, muscular, satisfying movie." The film won the 2004 Western Heritage Award, and was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award, an MTV Movie Award (Diego Luna), a Motion Picture Sound Editors Award as well as a Taurus Award for stunt artist Chad Camilleri. Open Range was selected 48th greatest western of all time by TimeOut London.

See also

The Johnson County War

References

External links

Official website

Rotten Tomatoes on ''Open Range''

Filming Locations

Category:2003 films Category:Touchstone Pictures films Category:Films based on Western novels Category:2000s Western films Category:English-language films Category:Films directed by Kevin Costner Category:Films shot in Alberta Category:Films set in Montana Category:American Western films

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name	Kevin Costner
birth name	Kevin Michael Costner
birth date	January 18, 1955
birth place	Lynwood, California, U.S.
occupation	Actor, producer, director; musician
years active	1974–present
spouse	Cindy Silva (1978-1994) Christine Baumgartner (2004–present) }}

Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and businessman. He has been nominated for three BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards, won two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Costner's roles include Lt. John J. Dunbar in the film ''Dances with Wolves'', Jim Garrison in ''JFK'', Ray Kinsella in ''Field of Dreams'', Robin Hood in ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'', Crash Davis in ''Bull Durham'', Robert "Butch" Haynes in ''A Perfect World'', Frank Farmer in ''The Bodyguard'' and Eliot Ness in ''The Untouchables''. Costner also founded the band Modern West, and has performed with the band since 2007.

Early life

Costner was born in Lynwood, California, the youngest of three sons (the middle of whom died at birth). His mother, Sharon Rae (née Tedrick), was a welfare worker, and his father, William Costner, was an electrician and later utilities executive at Southern California Edison. Costner's patrilineal ancestry originates with German immigrants to South Carolina in the 1700s; he also has English and Irish ancestry, and has said that one of his ancestors had "married a Cherokee woman". Costner was raised Baptist. He attended Cabrillo Middle School and Villa Park High School. Costner was not academically inclined. Rather, he enjoyed sports, took piano lessons, wrote poetry and sang in the First Baptist Choir. He has stated that a viewing of the film ''How the West Was Won'' at the age of seven had "formed" his childhood.

Spending his teenage years in various parts of California as his father's career progressed, Costner has described this as a period when he "lost a lot of confidence", having to make new friends often. Costner lived in Orange County, then in Visalia (Tulare County), attending Mt. Whitney High School, and then back to Ventura, graduating from Buena High School in 1973. He went on to earn a B.A. in marketing and finance from California State University, Fullerton, in 1978.

Post-graduation

Costner became interested in acting while in his last year of college, and on graduation married Cindy Silva. The couple honeymooned in Puerto Vallarta and on the return plane journey had a chance encounter with actor and fellow passenger Richard Burton, who had purchased all the seats around him for solitude. Burton agreed to speak to Costner after he finished his book. Costner, who had been taking acting classes, but had not told his wife about his desire to be an actor, watched Burton closely and approached when Burton gestured. Costner told Burton that he would prefer that his life was not filled with the type of drama that had followed Burton and asked if he would have to tolerate that if he became an actor. Burton replied, "You have green eyes. I have green eyes. I think you'll be fine." After landing, Burton's limousine pulled up to the curb where Costner and Cindy were waiting for a taxi, where Burton wished Costner luck. Costner would never see Burton again, but credits Burton with partially contributing to his career.

Having agreed to undertake a job as a marketing executive on return, Costner began taking acting lessons five nights a week, with the support of his wife. His marketing job lasted 30 days. He took work which allowed him to develop his acting skills via tuition, including working on fishing boats, as a truck driver, and giving tours of stars' Hollywood homes to support the couple while he also made the audition rounds.

Career

Acting

Costner allegedly made his film debut in the film ''Sizzle Beach, U.S.A.'' Although a biography claims it was actually filmed in the winter of 1978-1979, the film was not released until 1986.

Costner made a very brief cameo in the 1982 Ron Howard film ''Night Shift'', he is listed in the credits as 'Frat Boy #1' and appears at the climax of a frat-style, blow-out party in the New York City morgue, when the music is suddenly stopped by a frantic Henry Winkler, Costner can be seen holding a beer and looking surprised at the sudden halt of celebration.

He appeared in a commercial for the Apple Lisa and ''Table for Five'' in 1983, and, the same year, had a small role in the nuclear holocaust film ''Testament''. Later, he was cast in ''The Big Chill'' and filmed several scenes that were planned as flashbacks, but they were removed from the final cut. His role was that of Alex, the friend who committed suicide, the event that brings the rest of the cast together. All that is seen of him are his hair and his slashed wrists as the mortician dresses his corpse in the movie's opening scenes. Costner was a friend of director Lawrence Kasdan, who promised the actor a role in a future project. That became 1985's ''Silverado'' and a breakout role for Costner. He also starred that year in the smaller films ''Fandango'' and ''American Flyers''.

Full-blown movie star status for Costner arrived in 1987, when he starred as federal agent Eliot Ness in ''The Untouchables'' and in the leading role of the thriller ''No Way Out''. He solidified his A-list status in the baseball-themed films ''Bull Durham'' (1988) and ''Field of Dreams'' (1989).

Costner's next success came with the epic ''Dances with Wolves'' (1990). He directed and starred in the film and served as one of its producers. The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won seven, including two for him personally (Best Picture and Best Director). The same year saw the release of ''Revenge'', in which he starred along with Anthony Quinn and Madeleine Stowe, directed by Tony Scott (Costner had wanted to direct it himself).

He followed this with ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991), the Oliver Stone-directed ''JFK'' (1991), ''The Bodyguard'' (1992), and Clint Eastwood's ''A Perfect World'' (1993), all of which provided box office or critical acclaim.

He then took the title role in the biopic ''Wyatt Earp'' (1994), directed by Kasdan. It received bad reviews and flopped at the box office. The science fiction-post-apocalyptic epics ''Waterworld'' (1995) and ''The Postman'' (1997), the latter of which Costner also directed, were both commercial disappointments and both largely regarded by critics as artistic failures. However, ''The Postman'' results were worse than ''Waterworld'' and ended up "winning" five Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Director for Costner.

Costner then starred in the golf comedy ''Tin Cup'' (1996) for Ron Shelton, who had previously directed him in ''Bull Durham''. He developed the film ''Air Force One'' and was set to play the lead role of the President, but ultimately decided to concentrate on finishing ''The Postman'' instead. He personally offered the project to Harrison Ford.

His career revived somewhat in 2000 with ''Thirteen Days'', in which he portrayed a top adviser to John F. Kennedy. The western ''Open Range'', which he directed and starred in, received critical acclaim in 2003, and was a surprise success commercially. He received some of his best reviews for his supporting role as retired professional baseball player Denny Davies in ''The Upside of Anger'', for which he received a nomination from the Broadcast Film Critics Association and won the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor.

After that, Costner starred in ''The Guardian'' and in ''Mr. Brooks'', in which he portrayed a serial killer. In 2008, Costner starred in ''Swing Vote''. Costner was honored on September 6, 2006 when his hand and foot prints were set in concrete in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre alongside those of other celebrated actors and entertainers.

In 2010, ''The Company Men'' debuted on the Sundance Festival starring Costner with Ben Affleck. It had good reviews. It was released in cinemas worldwide in January 2011. The film was considered to be an Oscar contender, but did not get a nomination.

Costner announced that he would be returning to the director's chair for the first time in seven years in 2011 with ''A Little War of Our Own''. The film is about a local sheriff who must keep his town from erupting into violence during World War II. The other lead role is that of a German U-boat captain. The screenplay is by Dan Gordon, who co-wrote another sheriff movie for Costner, 1994's ''Wyatt Earp''. In January 2012 Costner had to admit funding did not come through, and that he still hopes to make it in 2013.

He was also about to team up again with director Kevin Reynolds in ''Learning Italian''. Costner would play a CIA agent stationed in a coastal Italian town in order to keep an eye on a KGB operative. However, the movie did not get past pre-production phase because they could not get the money together and it is currently not known if the movie will ever be made.

He also appears, as a special cameo, in ''Funny or Die'''s "Field of Dreams 2: Lockout".

Warner Bros. confirmed that Costner would portray Jonathan Kent in the upcoming rebooted Superman film, '' Man of Steel'', directed by Zack Snyder. In 2011, Costner confirmed his role in Quentin Tarantino's ''Django Unchained''. Later on, it was announced that Costner had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, most likely to be the tv-series directed by Kevin Reynolds called ''Hatfields & McCoys''.

Country music

Costner is the singer in Kevin Costner & Modern West, a country rock band which he founded with the encouragement of his wife Christine. They began a worldwide tour in October 2007, which included shows in Istanbul and Rome. The group also performed at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, NC.

The band released a country album, ''Untold Truths'', on November 11, 2008 on Universal South Records. The album peaked at #61 on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums and #35 on the Top Heatseekers chart. Three singles ("Superman 14", "Long Hot Night" and "Backyard") have been released to radio, although none have charted. The single "Superman 14" has been made into a live music video.

In 2009, they went on tour with opening act The Alternate Routes. In August, at the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, Alberta, Costner and the band were scheduled next on stage when a severe thunderstorm struck, collapsing the stage and stands on the main stage. One person was reported dead and forty injured. Later, an auction was held to raise money for the two young sons of the woman killed. A dinner with Costner was auctioned off for $41,000. Two guitars, one autographed by Costner, helped raise another $10,000 each.

A second Kevin Costner and Modern West album, ''Turn It On'', was released in February 2010 in Europe and was supported by a European tour.

Other ventures

Baseball

Several of Costner's films have included a baseball theme. They include ''Chasing Dreams'', ''Bull Durham'', ''Field of Dreams'', ''For Love of the Game'' and ''The Upside of Anger'', in which his character is a former pro baseball player.

He has a home in Austin, Texas and sometimes appears at University of Texas baseball practices and games. Costner is a close friend of Longhorns baseball coach Augie Garrido from Garrido's days coaching at Cal State Fullerton, the actor's alma mater. He cast Garrido to play the role of the Yankee manager in ''For Love of the Game''. He tries to attend every College World Series game that Cal State Fullerton plays in Omaha, Nebraska.

Costner is a partial owner of the Zion, Illinois-based Lake County Fielders independent baseball team team in the North American League. The Fielders name is an homage to ''Field of Dreams'', with the logo showing a ballplayer standing amid a field of corn.

Business interests

Costner owns 100% of the Midnight Star casino, in Deadwood, South Dakota. The casino, its sports bar Diamond Lil's, and its restaurant Jake's are named after characters and locations from the movie ''Silverado''. The facility contains posters, costumes, and other memorabilia from Costner's films.

In July 2004, Costner fired Francis and Carla Caneva, who managed the Midnight Star. A judge subsequently ordered Costner to pay a percentage of $6.1 million to buy out the Canevas as his business partners. In October 2006, Costner asked the South Dakota Supreme Court to re-examine the ruling, as an accountant hired by the actor had determined the market value of the casino to be $3.1 million.

In 1995, Costner began developing oil separation machines based on a patent he purchased from the US government. The machines developed by the company were of little commercial interest until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, when BP took six of the machines from a company in which Costner owned an interest, Ocean Therapy Solutions, for testing in late May 2010. On June 16, 2010 BP entered into a lease with Ocean Therapy Solutions for 32 of the oil-water separation devices.. Although Spyron Contoguris and Stephen Baldwin previously sold their interests in Ocean Therapy Solutions in mid-June to another investor in the company, they filed a lawsuit in Louisiana District Court claiming $10.64 million for securities fraud and misrepresentation. The suit claims that Costner kept a meeting with BP secret from them, and the secret meeting resulted in an $18 million down payment on a $52 million purchase and that after the down payment but before any announcement another investor used part of the downpayment to buy out their shares, thus excluding them from their share of the profits from the total sale. The suit claims that, despite public statements by Costner, Ocean Therapy Solutions, BP and others to the contrary, Baldwin and Contogouris were told that BP was still testing the machines and had not yet committed to lease the machines from Ocean Therapy Solutions and that the other investor in Ocean Therapy Solutions purchased their shares for $1.4 million to Baldwin and $500,000, to Contogouris..

In January 2009, Costner agreed to take part in a commercial that was aired outside of the US for Turkish Airlines. Costner had not flown with Turkish Airlines before, but said, "I have received commercial proposals before. What is important is to work with a company that gives importance to its clients. That is why I have chosen Turkish Airlines." Costner, who is not of Turkish descent, also said that working with Turkish Airlines "is a very important step in my life." (UTC)

Philanthropy

Costner serves on an honorary board for The National World War I Museum in Kansas City. In spring 2011, he recorded two radio spots for the museum that were aired on Kansas City Royals Radio Network.

NASCAR

Costner was named ceremonial Grand Marshal of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series' Auto Club 500 which took place on February 25, 2007, at the California Speedway. In 2008, he worked with the NASCAR Media Group and CMT Films to help produce the NASCAR Documentary, ''The Ride of Their Lives'' which would be released in 2009. Costner would be the narrator for that documentary. Also in 2009, he was named the spokesperson for NASCAR Day which took place on May 15. The next day, May 16, he and his country music band would perform in the infield of Lowe's Motor Speedway as well as participate as a judge in the 2nd annual Pennzoil Victory Challenge before the 25th Running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

Personal life

Relationships

While in college, Costner was a member of Delta Chi fraternity. He started dating fellow student Cindy Silva in March 1975, and their subsequent marriage three years later produced three children: Anne "Annie" Clayton (born April 15, 1984), Lily McCall (born August 4, 1986), and Joseph "Joe" Tedrick (born January 31, 1988). The couple divorced in 1994 after 16 years of marriage. He has a son, Liam (born in 1996), with Bridget Rooney, with whom he had a brief relationship following his divorce.

In 1996, he cohabited with supermodel Elle MacPherson.

On September 25, 2004, Costner married his girlfriend of four years, German-American model and handbag designer Christine Baumgartner, at his ranch in Aspen, Colorado. Costner took his new bride for a canoe ride on a lake following the ceremony. The couple honeymooned in Scotland. Their first child, Cayden Wyatt Costner, was born on May 6, 2007 at a Los Angeles hospital. Their second son, Hayes Logan, was born on February 12, 2009, and their third child, a daughter named Grace Avery, was born on June 2, 2010.

Sports

The actor plays regularly in celebrity golf tournaments, including the PGA Tour's annual pro-am at Pebble Beach, California and the BMW Pro-Am held each April in Greenville County, South Carolina. Costner is a member at Birnam Wood Golf Club in California.

Costner is a fan of the London football team Arsenal F.C. While filming ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'', he had the opportunity to attend a game and has followed the team ever since.

Political activism

Since 1992, Costner has financially supported a variety of Democratic Party politicians, including Al Gore and Tom Daschle, but also made contributions to the Republican Party's Phil Gramm as late as 1995. He said publicly in 2008 that he has no ambition to run for political office, adding "I've lived quite a colorful life."

In the final days before the 2008 election, Costner campaigned for Barack Obama, visiting various places in Colorado—a state in which he has a home. In his speech, Costner stated the need for young voters to get to the polls, early and with enthusiasm. "We were going to change the world and we haven't," Costner said at a Colorado State University rally. "My generation didn't get it done, and we need you to help us."

Filmography

+ List of film credits
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1981	''Malibu Hot Summer''	John Logan	''Sizzle Beach, U.S.A.'' (1986)
1982	''Chasing Dreams''	Ed
1982		Frat Boy #1
1982		Joe, Policeman #2
1982	''Frances''	Luther (Man in Alley)	qualified for Screen Actor's Guild card
1983	''Stacy's Knights''	Will Bonner
1983	''Table for Five''	Newlywed husband
1983	''''	Alex	scenes deleted
1983		Phil Pitkin
1984	''''	Ted
1985		Gardner Barnes, Groover
1985		Jake
1985		Marcus Sommers
1986	''Shadows Run Black''	Jimmy Scott
1987	''''	Eliot Ness
1987		Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
1988	''Bull Durham''	Crash Davis
1989	''Field of Dreams''
1990		Michael 'Jay' Cochran	also executive producer
1990	''Dances with Wolves''	Lieutenant John J. Dunbar	}}
1991	''Madonna: Truth or Dare''	Himself	documentary (uncredited role)
1991	''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves''	Robin Hood
1991		Jim Garrison	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1992	''Amazing Stories: Book One''	Captain	Episode: "The Mission", archive footage
1992	''Oliver Stone: Inside Out''	Himself	documentary
1992	''''	Frank Farmer	also producer
1993	''''	Robert 'Butch' Haynes
1994	''''	Himself	documentary
1994		Wyatt Earp	also producerRazzie Award for Worst ActorNominated—Academy Award for Best CinematographyNominated—Razzie Award for Worst Picture
1994	''''	Steven Simmons
1995	''Waterworld''	Mariner
1996	''Tin Cup''	Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1997	''Sean Connery, An Intimate Portrait''	Himself	documentary
1997	''''	The Postman
1999		Garret Blake	also producerNominated—Golden Raspberry Award
1999		Billy Chapel	Nominated—[[Golden Raspberry Award
1999	''[[Play It to the Bone''	Ringside Fan	Cameo
2000		Kenny O'Donnell	also producer
2001	''3000 Miles to Graceland''	Thomas J. Murphy
2001	''Road to Graceland''	Murphy (voice)	animated short
2002		Joe Darrow
2003	''Open Range''	Charlie Waite	also director and producer
2005	''''	Denny Davies	San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
2005	''Rumor Has It…''	Beau Burroughs
2006	''''	Ben Randall
2007	''Mr. Brooks''	Mr. Earl Brooks	also producer
2008		Bud Johnson
2009	''''	John James
2010	''''	Jack Dolan
2013

References

External links

AMC's Photo Gallery : Kevin Costner, Hollywood Icon

KevinCostner.com – Official website

JewReview.net interview with Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner – Biography, filmography and awards

Films They Would Rather Forget – Shadows Run Black

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birth name	Annette Carol Bening
birth date	May 29, 1958
birth place	Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
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Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. Bening is a four-time Oscar nominee for her roles in ''The Grifters'', ''American Beauty'', ''Being Julia'' and ''The Kids Are All Right'', winning Golden Globe Awards for the latter two films. Bening is married to actor Warren Beatty, with whom she has four children.

Early life

Bening was born in Topeka, Kansas, the youngest of four children. Her mother, Shirley (née Ashley), was a church singer and soloist, and her father, Arnett Grant Bening, was a sales training consultant and insurance salesman. Her parents, natives of Iowa, were practicing Episcopalians and conservative Republicans. Her sister and two brothers are Jane, Bradley, and Byron. The family moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1959, where she spent her early childhood. In 1965, her father took a job with a company in San Diego, California, and they moved there. She began acting in junior high school, playing the lead in ''The Sound of Music''. She graduated in 1975, from Patrick Henry High School where she studied drama.

She then spent a year working as a cook on a charter boat taking fishing parties out on the Pacific Ocean, and scuba diving for recreation. She attended San Diego Mesa College, then completed an academic degree in theatre arts at San Francisco State University. Bening joined the acting company at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while studying acting as part of the Advanced Theatre Training Program. During this time she established herself as a formidable acting talent in roles like Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth.

Bening moved to New York City, where she debuted off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre (McGinn-Cazale Theatre) in the role of 'Holly Dancer' in Tina Howe's widely acclaimed ''Coastal Disturbances'' (1986) opposite Tim Daly, and for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play. However, despite the praise and recognition, it took some time for that success to translate to her film career.

Career

After playing four brief parts on television, Bening made her film debut with a supporting role in ''The Great Outdoors'' (1988) opposite Dan Aykroyd and John Candy. Her next role was as the Marquise de Merteuil in ''Valmont'' (1989) opposite Colin Firth.

Bening received her first Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for performance opposite John Cusack in Stephen Frears's ''The Grifters'' (1990). In 1991, she co-starred with Harrison Ford in Mike Nichols's ''Regarding Henry''; and portrayed Virginia Hill in the Barry Levinson-directed biopic of ''Bugsy'', co-starring Bening's future husband Warren Beatty. This was followed by a three-year hiatus from acting, during which she turned down many film offers due to pregnancies, including the role of Catwoman in ''Batman Returns''. In 1994, she played opposite acting legend Katharine Hepburn in ''Love Affair''.

One of her most notable roles was in the 1995 romantic comedy ''The American President''. She was one of the many stars in Tim Burton's sci-fi spoof ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996). Bening was paid $3 million to star in ''The Siege'' (1998), co-starring Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis.

The biggest critical and commercial success of her career thus far was the 1999 film ''American Beauty'', which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and was directed by Sam Mendes. For her performance as an obsessive real-estate agent married to Kevin Spacey, Bening was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2005, she won a Golden Globe Award and received her third Academy Award nomination for her playing the title role in ''Being Julia''.

Bening starred in the 2003 western ''Open Range'' as Kevin Costner's love interest. She was originally set to star in the 2003 remake of ''Freaky Friday'', but dropped out and was replaced by Jamie Lee Curtis. Bening received an Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Jean Harris in the 2005 HBO film ''Mrs. Harris''. She replaced Julianne Moore to star in the film adaptation of ''Running with Scissors'' in 2006. In December of that year, Bening hosted ''Saturday Night Live'' with musical guests Gwen Stefani and Akon.

She was one of the lead actresses in the poorly received 2008 film '''', opposite Meg Ryan and Eva Mendes. The following year she received strong reviews for her performance in the independent film ''Mother and Child'' (2009). Her 2010 film, ''The Kids Are All Right'' was her most critically acclaimed performance since ''American Beauty'', with several reviewers noting that she "deserves an Oscar" for her "sublime" performance which garnered her a second Golden Globe, as well as Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations.

In February 2011, it was announced that Bening will star opposite Morgan Freeman in a new film directed by Rob Reiner titled ''The Third Act''.

Personal life

In 1985, Bening and her first husband, choreographer J. Steven White, moved to Denver, Colorado, to work at the Shakespeare Festival in Boulder, Colorado. They separated the following year.

Bening and actor Warren Beatty began a relationship during the filming of ''Bugsy'' (1991). Bening has said, "When Warren and I were first together and I was pregnant, we would get followed around by photographers. But it was nothing like what celebrities have to endure these days." They married on March 10, 1992, and have four children.

Bening is a supporter of the Democratic Party and was a political contributor to the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama in 2008. She is a student of Iyengar Yoga.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1988	''''	Kate Craig
1989		Merteuil
1990		Evelyn Ames	cameo
1990	''''	Myra Langtry
1991	''Guilty by Suspicion''	Ruth Merrill
1991	''Regarding Henry''	Sarah Turner
1991	''Bugsy''	Virginia Hill
1994		Terry McKay
1995
1995	''''	Sydney Ellen Wade
1996	''Mars Attacks!''	Barbara Land
1998	''''	Elise Kraft/Sharon Bridger
1999		Claire Cooper
1999		Carolyn Burnham
2000	''What Planet Are You From?''	Susan Anderson
2003	''Open Range''	Sue Barlow
2004	''Being Julia''	Julia Lambert
2005		Jean Harris
2006		Deirdre Burroughs
2008	''''	Sylvie Fowler
2009		Karen	Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Actress
2010	''''	Nic	|Irish Film and Television Award for Best International Actress|London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year|New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actress|Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Comedic Actress|Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress|Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Nominated — National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Nominated — Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role|Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Nominated — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Nominated — Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress|Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead|Nominated — Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress|Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress|Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress|Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress — Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Nominated — Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress}}
2012	''''		Filming begins in April 2011

References

External links

People in Film: Annette Bening – Focus Features

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