Archive for Biography

Invictus (2009)

Director : Clint Eastwood

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Genre : Biography, Drama

Cast : : , Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela , Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar , Tony Kgoroge as Jason Tshabalala , Patrick Mofokeng as Linga Moonsamy , Matt Stern as Hendrick Booyens , Julian Lewis Jones as Etienne Feyder , Adjoa Andoh as Brenda Mazibuko , Marguerite Wheatley as Nerine , Leleti Khumalo as Mary , Patrick Lyster as Mr. Pienaar , Penny Downie as Mrs. Pinnear , Bonnie Henna as Zindzi , Shakes Myeko as Minister of Sport , Louis Minnaar as Springbok Coach , Danny Keogh as Rugby President

Plot : Nelson Mandela, inside his originally stretch because the South African President, initiates a distinctive endeavor to join the apartheid-torn land: enlist the central rugby squad on a project to succeed the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

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Coco avant Chanel (2009)

Director : Anne Fontaine

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Genre : Biography, Drama

Cast : : , Audrey Tautou as Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel , Benoît Poelvoorde as Étienne Balsan , Alessandro Nivola as Arthur ‘Boy’ Capel , Marie Gillain as Adrienne Chanel , Emmanuelle Devos as Emilienne d’Alençon , Régis Royer as Alec, le jockey , Etienne Bartholomeus as Maître d’hôtel Balsan , Yan Duffas as Maurice de Nexon , Fabien Béhar as Patron boutique , Roch Leibovici as Jean, le palefrenier , Jean-Yves Chatelais as Directeur beuglant , Pierre Diot as Acteur théâtre , Vincent Nemeth as Gros homme théâtre , Bruno Abraham-Kremer as Tailleur Deauville , Lisa Cohen as Gabrielle Chanel, 10 ans

Plot : The account of Coco Chanel’s surfacing derive pleasure ambiguous beginnings to the heights of the craft world.

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Blow (2001)

Director : Ted Demme

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Genre : Biography, Crime, Drama

Cast : : , Johnny Depp as George Jung , Penélope Cruz as Mirtha Jung (as Penelope Cruz) , Franka Potente as Barbara Buckley , Rachel Griffiths as Ermine Jung , Paul Reubens as Derek Foreal , Jordi Mollà as Diego Delgado (as Jordi Molla) , Cliff Curtis as Pablo Escobar , Miguel Sandoval as Augusto Oliveras , Ethan Suplee as Tuna , Ray Liotta as Fred Jung , Kevin Gage as Leon Minghella , Max Perlich as Kevin Dulli , Jesse James as Young George , Miguel Pérez as Alessandro (as Miguel Perez) , Dan Ferro as Cesar Toban

Plot : The narrative of George Jung, the lady who conventional the American cocaine broadcast inside the 1970’s.

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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Director : Gabriele Muccino

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Genre : Biography, Drama

Cast : : , Will Smith as Chris Gardner , Jaden Smith as Christopher (as Jaden Christopher Syre Smith) , Thandie Newton as Linda , Brian Howe as Jay Twistle , James Karen as Martin Frohm , Dan Castellaneta as Alan Frakesh , Kurt Fuller as Walter Ribbon , Takayo Fischer as Mrs. Chu , Kevin West as World’s Greatest Dad , George Cheung as Chinese Maintenance Worker (as George K. Cheung) , David Michael Silverman as Doctor at First Hospital , Domenic Bove as Tim Ribbon , Geoff Callan as Ferrari Owner , Joyful Raven as Hippie Girl , Scott Klace as Tim Brophy

Plot : A harassed salesman removes custody of his teenager for he’s poised to take off a life-changing connoisseur endeavor.

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Bright Star (2009)

Director : Jane Campion

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Genre : Biography, Drama, Romance

Cast : : , Ben Whishaw as John Keats , Abbie Cornish as Frances ‘Fanny’ Brawne , Kerry Fox as Mrs. Brawne , Paul Schneider as Charles Armitage Brown , Edie Martin as Margaret ‘Toots’ Brawne , Thomas Sangster as Samuel Brawne , Gerard Monaco as Charles Dilke , Antonia Campbell-Hughes as Abigail O’Donaghue Brown , Samuel Roukin as John Reynolds , Amanda Hale as Reynolds’ Sister I , Lucinda Raikes as Reynolds’ Sister II , Samuel Barnett as Joseph Severn , Jonathan Aris as Leigh Hunt , Olly Alexander as Tom Keats , Theresa Watson as Charlotte

Plot : The drama proportional to the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats with Fanny Brawne, which was reduce by Keats’ untimely loss at episode 25. |

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The Damned United (2009)

Director : Tom Hooper

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Genre : Biography, Drama, Sport

Cast : : , Colm Meaney as Don Revie , Henry Goodman as Manny Cussins , David Roper as Sam Bolton , Jimmy Reddington as Keith Archer , Oliver Stokes as Nigel Clough , Ryan Day as Simon Clough , Michael Sheen as Brian Clough , Mark Bazeley as Austin Mitchell , Timothy Spall as Peter Taylor , Maurice Roëves as Jimmy Gordon , Stephen Graham as Billy Bremner , Peter McDonald as Johnny Giles , Mark Cameron as Norman Hunter , Frank Skillin as Younger Nigel Clough , Dylan Van Hoof as Younger Simon Clough

Plot : A consider Brian Clough’s 44-day reign for the inform of Leeds United.

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Genre : Documentary, Short, Biography

Cast : (Credited cast) , Allen Boesak as Himself rest of cast listed alphabetically: , James Earl Jones as Narrator

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Julie & Julia (2009)

Director : Nora Ephron

Release Date : 7 August 2009 (USA)

Genre : Biography, Drama

Cast : , Meryl Streep as Julia Child , Amy Adams as Julie Powell , Stanley Tucci as Paul Child , Chris Messina as Eric Powell , Linda Emond as Simone Beck , Helen Carey as Louisette Bertholle , Mary Lynn Rajskub as Sarah , Jane Lynch as Dorothy McWilliams , Joan Juliet Buck as Madame Brassart , Crystal Noelle as Ernestine , George Bartenieff as Chef Max Bugnard , Vanessa Ferlito as Cassie , Casey Wilson as Regina , Jillian Bach as Annabelle , Andrew Garman as John O’Brien

Plot : The film furthermore follows Julia in addition to Paul Child prepared Julia Child’s memoir, MY LIFE IN FRANCE, which she wrote as well as her breathtaking nephew Alex Prud’homme.

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Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)

Director : Abel Gance

Release Date : 9 May 1935 (France)

Genre : Biography, Drama

Cast : (Complete credited cast) , Albert Dieudonné as Napoleon Bonaparte, Gina Manès as Josephine de Beauharnais, Annabella as Violine Fleuri, Antonin Artaud as Marat, Abel Gance as Saint-Just, Alexandre Koubitzky as Danton, Edmond Van Daële as Robespierre rest of cast listed alphabetically: , Albert Alberty as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Paul Amiot as Antoine Quentin Fouqier de Tinville dit Fouquier-Tinville, Pierre Batcheff as Hoche, Henri Baudin as Santo Ricci, Alexandre Bernard as Dugommier, Suzanne Bianchetti as Marie-Antoinette, Roger Blum as Talma, Boudréau as La Fayette, Eugénie Buffet as Laetitia Bonaparte, Rivers Cadet, Mlle. Carvalho as Mlle. Lenormand, Cathelat, Sylvio Cavicchia as Lucien Bonaparte, Acho Chakatouny as Pozzo di Borgo, Damia as La ‘Marsellaise’, Noël Darzal as Desmoulins, Eddy Debray, Marcel Delaître as Capucine, Marguerite Gance as Charlotte Corday, Sylvie Gance as Marjolaine / Throigne de Mricourt (as Marjolaine), Philippe Hériat as Salicetti, Claude Ivane, Nicolas Koline as Tristan Fleuri, Harry Krimer as Rouget de l’Isle, Georges Lampin as Joseph Bonaparte, Armand Lurville, Jane Marken as Marie-Anne, Georges Mauloy as Crécy, Max Maxudian as Barras, Daniel Mendaille as Feron, Pierre Mindaist as Drapelin (as Mindaist), Pierre Morin as Branger, Georges Paulais as Vergniaud, Philippe Rolla as Massena, Jack Rye as Louis XVI, Joseph Squinquel as Stendhal, Gaby Triquet, Henri Valbel as Barrère (as Valbel), Suzy Vernon as Madame Récamier, Robert Vidalin as Camille Desmoulins

Plot : A re-edited version of Abel Gance’s passive masterpiece ‘Napoleon (1927 )’ , also capable of being trusted effects added… more |

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Director : John Glen

Release Date : 21 August 1992 (USA)

Genre : Adventure, Biography

Cast : Marlon Brando as Tomas de Torquemada, Tom Selleck as King Ferdinand, Georges Corraface as Christopher Columbus (as George Corraface), Rachel Ward as Queen Isabella, Robert Davi as Martin Pinzon, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Beatriz (as Catherine Zeta Jones), Oliver Cotton as Harana, Benicio Del Toro as Alvaro Harana (as Benicio del Toro), Mathieu Carrière as King John (as Mathieu Carriere), Manuel de Blas as Vicente Pinzon, Glyn Grain as De La Cosa, Peter Guinness as Fra Perez, Nigel Terry as Roldan, Nitzan Sharron as Benjamin, Steven Hartley as Terreros

Plot : Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus (George Corraface) has a daydream to make of an route direction to journey to the Indies… more |

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