February 4, 2018, Lichun. That is, from this day on, it officially enters the Lunar Year of the Dog.
Looking at the world film world, there are many big names who belong to dogs, and the following 20 people and their 20 cattle films are representative of them.
2006 The Year of the Prophecy
Post-00s acting is no longer news, but there are only a few who can really perform good works. Child stars Jacob Tremblay and McKenna Grace, who are now less than 12 years old, are well-deserved talented teenagers in the film industry.
1 Jacob Tremblay: "Miracle Boy"
Jacob Tremblay was born on October 5, 2006 in Vancouver, Canada. In 2013, it debuted in the live-action animated comedy film The Smurfs 2. In 2014, partner Brie Larson starred in the film "Room", playing a 5-year-old boy who is imprisoned in a small room with his mother, for which he won the American Critics' Choice Award for Best Newcomer Actor.
In 2017, the movie "Miracle Boy" starring Jacob Tremblay was released in North America and became the tear-jerking masterpiece of the year. In order to play this special role, he had to go through more than 2 hours of makeup every day, wrapping his entire face in various mask-making materials.
"Miracle Boy" tells the story of a young boy with a natural deformity, Auggie, who has undergone 27 surgeries and still has unsatisfactory results, because of his "ugly", he has been subjected to a lot of strange eyes at school and even bullied in school, and finally became an incredible "miracle" in everyone's heart in the company of family and friends.
Douban 88,000 people participated, 8.6 points.
The movie "Miracle Boy" is adapted from the world's best-selling novel "Miracle", the original book has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide, and it is also a textbook in some parts of the United States. The film received rave reviews after its release, with a 8.1 rating on professional film review site IMDb and an 86% Freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with CinemaScore rating it as A+ of the Year.
2 McKenna Grace: The Gifted Girl
McKenna Grace was born on June 26, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. In 2017, she met with the audience with the film "Genius Girl" starring "Captain America", which immediately caused a sensation around the world.
"Genius Girl" is a drama film produced by fox searchlight company in the United States, which tells the story of a gifted little girl who is discovered to have a mathematical talent, and her uncle and grandmother have a disagreement over the education and upbringing of their children.
Director Mark Webb has said that the role of niece is the key to the success of the film, and they spent 8 months casting and finally found McKenna Grace, who was only 10 years old at the time. She was just learning nine-nine multiplication and was about to play a role that was already learning calculus, but soon she found her own way to recite it, and the director called her "another kind of genius." ”
After the movie "Genius Girl" was released in North America, word of mouth soared, and the Douban score was as high as 8.1 points.
Considered the hottest independent film of 2017, the film "Genius Girl" is even more thought-provoking in the reflections on love and education brought by this film.
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1994 was the most glorious year in the history of cinema, with many masterpieces all over the world, and countless film geniuses dedicated their great works in this year, so some people said: "God wants to see movies." ”
In this magical year that belongs to the movie, Silsa Ronan, a "genius actress after 90s", was also born.
3 Silsa Ronan: Miss Bird
Silsa Ronan was born on April 12, 1994 in New York, USA. At just 24 years old, she has already won the Golden Globe Award for Queen's Laureate for "Miss Bird". Silsa Ronan has previously starred in such well-known films as "Atonement", "Lovely Bones", "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "Brooklyn" and so on. In 2018, Silsa Ronan was nominated for the 90th Academy Award for Best Actress for Miss Bird.
The film Miss Bird tells the story of Christine, a girl who lives in the northern California city of Sacramento. Christine named herself Miss Bird and wanted to leave California to study in the East. However, the family, which was not rich, was aggravated by the fact that the father was unemployed. Miss Bird inherits her mother's tough character and clashes with her mother in all aspects of life, but the two are closely linked in their hearts.
The film "Miss Bird" swept various awards in North America in the late 2017 awards season, becoming a well-deserved dark horse of the year. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film maintained a 99% freshness rating for a long time, with the film scoring 7.8 on IMDb and 8.0 on Douban.
The film Miss Bird is set in Sacramento, california's state capital from 2002 to 2003, the hometown of director Greta Gerwig. Greta Gerwig also attended college in New York, so the film has a strong autobiographical nature.
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In 1982, a landmark masterpiece in the history of science fiction was born, that is, Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner". That same year, the more widely known science fiction film E.T. Alien, directed by Steven Spielberg, came out. It was also in this year that Anne Hathaway and Kerstin Dunst, two film actresses who would later win Oscars and Cannes Awards, were born.
4 Anne Hathaway: Les Misérables Anne Hathaway was born on November 12, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York. Anne Hathaway was named The Rising Star of 2001 by People magazine after starring in The Princess Diaries. Since then, he has starred in films such as "The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Marriage Contract", "Brokeback Mountain", and "The Queen Who Wears Prada". In 2008, Anne starred in Rachel's Wedding and was nominated for Best Actress at the 81st Academy Awards. In 2012, Anne Hathaway starred as Catwoman in Batman: The Dark Knight Rises. In 2013, Anne Hathaway won the Academy Award, Golden Globe and other awards for best supporting actress for her role in Fantine in "Les Misérables".
The film Les Misérables takes place in 19th-century France, where the poor peasant Jean Valjean was imprisoned for stealing bread for many years, but was finally released on parole but once again ignored the law and had to start fleeing. After being reformed by the bishop who took him in, Jean Valjean was determined to change his mind and start a new life. Ten years later he became a successful businessman and mayor, but was hunted down by the Iron Mask police officer Javier.
The film was preceded by the musical of the same name, based on the novel of the same name published by the French writer Victor Hugo in 1862. The film "Les Misérables" came out on the occasion of the 210th anniversary of the birth of the famous French writer Victor Hugo and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the novel "Les Misérables".
5 Kerstin Dunster: Interview with the Vampires of the Night
Kerstin Dunst was born on April 30, 1982 in New Jersey. She is a popular actress in Hollywood, from the child star's "Night Interview with Vampire" and "Little Women" to the famous "Spider-Man", Kerstin Dunst has created many impressive roles. In 2011, he won the 64th Cannes Film Festival for his role in the film "Melancholy" directed by Las von Trier.
The movie "Night Interview with a Vampire" tells the story of a man who has lost his wife and daughter and experienced vicissitudes after becoming a vampire. In the 18th century state of Louisiana, Louis, the owner of the manor who had lost his wife and daughter, met the vampire Lestat and was transformed into a vampire by his spell. In New Orleans, Louis can't resist the temptation to suck the blood of the little girl Claudia, while Lestatt turns Claudia into a vampire despite Louise's objections. Three people form a peculiar family.
Kstin Dunst was only 11 years old when she starred in "Interview with the Vampire of the Night", and she stood out from more than 5,000 candidates to play Claudia the little vampire in the film, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for this role.
The film "Night Interview with the Vampire", which has a luxurious cast, is one of the best vampire movies in film history.
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Compared with the post-80s and even younger generations, filmmakers born in 1970 have long become the mainstay of the film industry, including the best of their acting schools and the great directors who have been enshrined by fans.
6 Matt Damon: The Martian
Matt Damon was born on October 8, 1970 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1998, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the movie "Mindcatcher", and starred in "Saving Private Ryan" in the same year. Matt Damon's "Spy Movies" series of films is regarded as a classic by fans. In 2016, Matt Damon won the 73rd Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy category and the 88th Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for the film The Martian.
The movie "The Martian" tells the story of the manned spacecraft Ares 3 successfully arrived on Mars, encountered an extremely destructive storm and was forced to return urgently. During the evacuation, astronaut Mark Watney was hit by parts blown off the ship, and with little hope of survival, his teammates hurried back and announced to the world that he had died. Unexpectedly, Mark survived with a very low probability. He hid in the space base on Mars to heal his wounds, looking for a glimmer of life.
As a "protagonist film in a vacuum", Matt Damon has dedicated superb acting skills to the film. The film's creators injected different humanity into the astronaut character trapped on Mars — Watney was sometimes desperate and sometimes optimistic, and Matt Damon was able to present these two emotions very accurately, so he gained a good reputation.
The film is based on Andy Will's novel of the same name, and many of the scientific and technological achievements set in the film "Prometheus" are applied to this film, especially spacesuits. 7 Jennifer Connery: Once Upon a Time in America
Jennifer Connery was born on December 12, 1970 in Catskill, New York. In 1984, he participated in "Once Upon a Time in America" and entered the film world. Jennifer Connery graduated from Yale University and Stanford University, spoke fluent Italian and French, and was known as a "talented woman" in Hollywood. In 2000, he starred in the movie "Requiem for Dreams". In 2001, she performed in the biopic A Beautiful Mind, in which Jennifer Connery won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Set against the backdrop of New York's Jewish community, the film "Noodles" tells the story of the protagonist "Noodles" from an ignorant teenager to a gangster boss, and also shows the history of gangsters in the United States from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Jennifer Connery of Girls' Generation was portrayed by Italian director Sergio Leone, and in the crime thriller "Once Upon a Time in America" starring Robert De Nilo, she played the young girl Deborah, creating the classic goddess image in film history.
Critics believe that in the history of American cinema, there is only one genre film that can be compared with "The Godfather", and that is one of the "trilogies of the past" of Italian director Sergio Leone, "Once Upon a Time in America", which cost 40 million US dollars and took thirteen years to produce.
8 Christopher Nolan: Dunkirk
Christopher Nolan was born on 30 July 1970 in London, England. At the age of 7, he began to try to shoot with his father's small camera. In 2000, Nolan came to Hollywood to develop, and has completed "Memory Fragments", "Deadly Magic" and "Batman" Dark Knight trilogy and other works. In 2010, he directed the dream-themed science fiction film "Inception", which was a new attempt by Nolan in the commercial field, which won the Best Director and Best Screenplay award in the film category at the 37th Saturn Awards. In 2018, Nolan was nominated for the Oscar for Best Director for the first time with his new work "Dunkirk".
The movie "Dunkirk" is based on the famous World War II military event "Dunkirk Evacuation". At the beginning of World War II, 400,000 British and French allies were besieged by the enemy on the beaches of Dunkirk, and the situation was extremely critical in the face of the enemy's approaching desperate situation. The British government and navy mobilized a large number of crews and mobilized the people to rescue the army.
The film is Nolan's first world war-themed film, and he hopes that the film will provide an immersive experience for the audience to show the cruelty and horror of war, so the whole film is shot on an IMAX camera.
9 Uma Thurman: Pulp Fiction
Uma Thurman was born on April 29, 1970 in Boston, United States. In 1988, Uma Thurman debuted in the film Kiss Daddy Say Goodnight, and then began to emerge in The Ultimate General and Dangerous Relationship. In 1994, she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the thriller crime film Pulp Fiction. In 2003, Uma Thurman collaborated again with Quentin Tarantino for the Kill Bill series, where she was twice nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress.
The film Pulp Fiction is Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece, starring Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, John Travolta, Amanda Pramo, Tim Rose and others. The film is made up of 6 separate and closely connected stories, each telling a different event, but they all share a common dramatic attribute that binds them together.
Uma Thurman's character design is based on the actress Anna Karina from the film "Outlaws", which is director Quentin Tarandino's favorite film. Uma Thurman's drawings in the film were made into posters and became a classic of a generation.
According to director Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman starred barefoot most of the time in the film.
10 Ethan Hawke: Boyhood
Ethan Hawke, born November 6, 1970 in Austin, Texas, was married to Uma Thurman and has two children.
Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman
In 1985, Ethan Hawke made his debut film Rush to the Outer Heavens. In 1989, he participated in the feature film "Dead Poetry Society". Subsequently, Ethan Hawke starred in the trilogy of "Love Before Dawn Breaks", "Love at Sunset and Dusk", and "Love Before Midnight", and participated in the screenwriting of the latter two films, for which he was twice nominated for the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2014, he starred in the feature film "Boyhood", which was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 87th Academy Awards.
The film "Boyhood" tells the story of a boy's growth from the age of 6 to 18, and director Richard Linklater spent 12 years to complete the work. It carefully depicts the child's growth process and the changes in various aspects of its parents, allowing the audience to experience the traces of the passage of time in detail. In order not to disturb the normal life of the lead actor Ella Salmon, the filming was completed in a short time during his summer vacation.
Ethan Hawke won the 87th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Boyhood," but as was the case with Training Day 15 years ago, the literary god once again rubbed shoulders with the award.
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11 Wong Kar-wai: "Spring Breaks"
Born in Shanghai in July 1958, Wong Kar-wai moved to Hong Kong with his family at the age of 5. In 1988, Wong Kar-wai directed his first film "Carmen of Mong Kok", and in 1990, he directed his second film "The Legend of Ah Fei", which won the Best Director Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Best Director Award at the Golden Horse Awards. Later, he directed films such as "East Evil and West Poison", "Spring Break", "2046", "Generation Grandmaster" and so on. In 2001, he was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong Government. In 2006, he was awarded the Order of merit by the French government in Cannes, France, and in the same year he was president of the jury of the 59th Cannes International Film Festival.
Lai Yiu-fai and Ho Po Wing are a gay couple who left Hong Kong for Argentina with a beautiful dream in order to have a new start, but got lost in Buenos Aires. Li Yaohui wanted to settle down and live a life, but He Baorong indulged his life in the night song in order to find more stimulation, only when Li Yaohui was his harbor after being injured, the two had more and more differences and quarrels, and the distance between their hearts became farther and farther.
In 1997, he won won the Best Director Award at the 50th Cannes Film Festival for his film "Spring Breaks", and he was also the first Hong Kong director to win this award.
During the filming of "Spring Break", Wong Kar-wai withheld the crew members' passports because they were afraid that the crew members would steal back to Hong Kong in overseas water and soil, which is the same as Lai Yaohui's passport withheld ho Po Wing's passport in the movie. 12 Gary Oldman: The Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman was born on 21 March 1958 in London, England. In 1997, his film Do Not Eat, which was also a writer and director, won the 1998 BAFTA Award for Best Picture. He then played the godfather Sirius in the Harry Potter series and Sheriff Gordon in the Batman series. In 2011, Gary Oldman was nominated for the 84th Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film The Pot Maker, the Tailor, the Soldier, the Spy. In 2018, he won the Best Actor award in a drama film at the 75th Golden Globe Awards for the film "Darkest Hour" and was nominated for the 90th Academy Award for Best Actor.
The film "The Darkest Hour" tells the story of the most important trial facing British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during his time as prime minister: was he a prisoner of compromise with the Nazis, or was he uniting the people to revolt? Churchill will rally the whole nation to fight for freedom, trying to change the course of world history and survive the darkness before dawn.
In order to play Churchill well, Gary Oldman not only spent more than 200 hours of makeup, but also specially "gained weight" for the role, wearing a fattening outfit equivalent to half of his original weight. The moment he appeared, he was praised for "reproducing all the physiological characteristics of Churchill".
The film Darkest Hour received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.
13 Momoe Yamaguchi: The Dancing Girl of Izu
Momoe Yamaguchi was born on January 17, 1959 (a lunar dog) in Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. She debuted at the age of 13, swept Japan at the age of 15, became popular in Southeast Asia at the age of 20, and announced her retirement at the peak of the 21-year-old. In 1974, her first film, The Dancing Girl of Izu, was released. In 1984, the Japanese drama series "Blood Doubt" was broadcast in the mainland and caused a sensation, and Yamaguchi's name has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people ever since.
The movie "Izu's Dancing Girl" is based on Yasunari Kawabata's novel of the same name. The film tells the story of "I" because of the loneliness of life, traveling alone to Izu, on the way met a group of jianghu artists, I went with them, including a naïve, messy, cute little dancer, she made me have an infinitely beautiful romantic association, germination of a hazy love.
Although Yamaguchi was only 15 years old at the time, although she was debuting on the big screen, she succeeded in playing a wandering dancer in a pitiful way, and she and Miura Yuwa were also praised by the audience as golden children.
The film was the first time that Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura performed together, and on November 19, 1980, Yamaguchi and Miura Yukazu were married, after which Yamaguchi Quit the entertainment industry.
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14 Wu Yusen: The True Colors of Heroes Wu Yusen was born on September 22, 1946 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. In 1973, he directed his first film "Iron Man Tenderness". In 1983, he joined New Art City Film Company. In 1986, he directed the gunfight film "The True Colors of Heroes", which established its violent aesthetic film style and won the Best Picture Award at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1993, he went to Hollywood in the United States to develop, directing "Changing Face", "Disc in Disc 2" and other films. In 2010, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
The film "The True Colors of Heroes" is the most well-known work of Wu Yusen, and it is also a god work of the mainland video hall era. The film tells the story of the jianghu love between Song Zihao, Mark, and Song Zijie, as well as the frustrations, failures, repentances and revenge of the three protagonists.
Released in Hong Kong on August 2, 1986, the film was the box office winner of the year, and the film was re-released in the mainland in November 2017. 15 Takeshi Kitano: Kikujiro's Summer
Takeshi Kitano was born on January 18, 1947 (Lunar Dog) in Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan. A comedian who worked as a taxi driver, a strip show, and the soul of Japan's cross-talk boom in the 1980s. In 1989, he directed his debut film "Violent Man", which won the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Rookie Awards at the Japanese Film Awards that year. In 1997, he won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the Montreal Film Festival for his crime film "Hanabi".
The film "Kikujiro's Summer" is the most autobiographical and warmest work in Kitano's creative process. The film tells the story of a young boy Masao and his uncle Kikujiro next door who have a series of funny and tearful stories on their way to Tokyo.
The film completely excludes the taciturn and sudden sexual violence in Takeshi Kitano's previous works, and is a special work.
16 Stallone: Rocky
Stallone, full name Michael Sylvester Ngio Stallone, was born on July 6, 1946 in New York, United States. With series of action films such as "Rocky" and "First Blood", he laid a personal career and became a super idol in the eyes of the audience with a strong figure and a resolute expression. In 1984, it was named the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1992, he received the 17th Honorary César Award. In 2002, he was awarded the "Millennium Action Star Award".
The film Rocky tells the story of a lonely and unknown boxer Rocky who won the 49th Academy Award for Best Picture with heavyweight boxer Apollo.
The screenplay for the film Rocky was written by Stallone personally, for which stallone was nominated for both the Oscar for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
17 Steven Spielberg: Schindler's List
Steven Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. In his decades of film career, Spielberg has touched on a variety of themes and genres, from the Holocaust to slavery to war and terrorism. He won the Academy Award for Best Director twice, and three films (Jaws, E.T. Alien, and Jurassic Park) broke box office records and became the highest-grossing films of the time.
The film Schindler's List is based on Schindler's List by Australian novelist Thomas Kennelly. The film recreates the true historical events of German entrepreneur Oscar Schindler and his wife Emily Schindler who destroyed their families during World War II and protected more than 1,200 Jews from fascist murder.
The film won 7 awards at the 66th Academy Awards and 7 awards at the 51st Golden Globe Awards.
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18 Judy Dench: Shakespeare's Love Story, Judith Olivia Jodie", Sir Dench, born 9 December 1934 in Yorkshire, is a british actress. She has appeared seven times in the 007 series of films, and for her perfect performance on stage and on the big screen, she has won numerous international awards, including all the fields in which she has dabbled: stage, television and film. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1970, the British Empire Lady in 1988 and the Compan of Honour in 2005.
The film takes Shakespeare's creation of "Romeo and Juliet" as the lead, tells the anecdotes of a generation of literary heroes Shakespeare and his romantic love history, and points out the main reason and process of his creation of "Romeo and Juliet".
Judy Dench won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth in the film Shakespeare's Love Story, and was highly praised by the media of various countries.
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19 Stan Lee: Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Stan Lee, born on December 28, 1922 in New York, united States, is known as the "King of Marvel" and "Father of Spider-Man". Beginning in November 1961, with the help of his partner cartoonist Jack Kobe, he created comic book characters such as The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, X-Men, Doctor Strange, and Daredevil. In 1972, Stan Lee became the publisher and chairman of Marvel Comics. He has guest starred in a number of Marvel movies and is the deserved cameo king in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Based on a Marvel comic, Guardians of the Galaxy 2 tells the story of the members of the Guardians who travel through the universe and continue their adventures in outer space, where they must fight together, protect each other, and solve the mystery of Peter Quill's life.
Stan Lee is not only a hallmark of Marvel movies, but has also become the best supporting actor in the hearts of Marvel fans.
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20 Akira Kurosawa: Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa was born in 1910 in 1150, Ōi-cho, Ebara-gun, Tokyo, Japan. In 1936, he wrote his first screenplay, "The Germans in Dharma Temple", which entered the film circle. In 1943, he independently directed his debut film "Zi Sanshiro", which broke box office records after its release, and Kurosawa Akira received attention. In 1950, the suspense film Rashomon won the Golden Lion Award at the 16th Venice International Film Festival and the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 24th Academy Awards. In 1954, he directed the costume action film "Seven Samurai", which won the Silver Lion Award at the 19th Venice International Film Festival. In 1990, Akira Kurosawa received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 62nd Academy Awards.
The film "Seven Samurai" mainly depicts the story of the Japanese Sengoku period, the poor villagers joined forces with seven hired samurai to fight off the bandits in order to defend their homeland.
Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai occupies a very high position in the history of Japanese cinema, and was selected as the first "best work in history" by the Japanese "Movie Shunbun".