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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises” is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar® winner Christian Bale (“The Fighter”) again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar® winner Marion Cotillard (“La Vie en Rose”), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake.
Returning to the main cast, Oscar® winner Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules”) plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman (“Million Dollar Baby”) reprises the role of Lucius Fox.
The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on “Batman Begins” and the record-breaking blockbuster “The Dark Knight.” The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. The film is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.
Behind the scenes, “The Dark Knight Rises” reunites the director with several of his longtime collaborators, all of whom worked together on the “The Dark Knight.” The creative team includes director of photography Wally Pfister, who recently won an Oscar® for his work on Nolan’s “Inception”; production designer Nathan Crowley; editor Lee Smith; and Oscar®-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming (“Topsy-Turvy”). In addition, Paul Franklin and Chris Corbould, who both won Oscars® for the effects in “Inception,” supervised the visual and special effects, respectively. The music is composed by Oscar® winner Hans Zimmer (“The Lion King”).
In helming the film, Christopher Nolan is utilizing IMAX® cameras even more extensively than he did on “The Dark Knight,” which had marked the first time ever that a major feature film was partially shot with IMAX cameras.
The locations span three continents and include the American cities of Pittsburgh, New York and Los Angeles, as well as sites in India, England and Scotland.
“The Dark Knight Rises” is a presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures, in association with Legendary Pictures. Slated for release beginning July 20, 2012, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
ABOUT THE CAST
CHRISTIAN BALE (Bruce Wayne/Batman) was born in Wales and grew up in England and the USA. He made his film debut in Steven Spielberg’s World War II epic “Empire of the Sun.”
Bale’s work to date includes “Henry V,” “The Portrait of a Lady,” “The Secret Agent,” “Metroland,” “Velvet Goldmine,” “All the Little Animals,” “American Psycho,” “Laurel Canyon,” “The Machinist,” “Batman Begins,” “The New World,” “The Prestige,” “Harsh Times,” “Rescue Dawn,” “3:10 to Yuma,” “I’m Not There,” “The Dark Knight,” “Public Enemies” and “The Fighter.”
Audiences will next see him in “13 Women of Nanjing.”
GARY OLDMAN (Commissioner Jim Gordon) Nearly 20 years as a worldwide presence in major motion pictures, he is also known to millions as Sirius Black (Harry Potter’s Godfather), Dracula, Beethoven, Lee Harvey Oswald, Joe Orton, Sid Vicious, and also the terrorist who hijacked Harrison Ford’s “Air Force One.” He also starred in Luc Besson’s “The Professional” and “The Fifth Element” and also as Dr. Zachary Smith in “Lost in Space.”
Highly regarded as one of the foremost actors of his generation, and an internationally known, iconic figure, he has the distinction of appearing in more successful films than any other artist spanning the past eighteen years, and additionally has appeared in more than one of the top ten highest grossing films in history including, not one, but BOTH of the most successful film franchises in history!
Oldman is the recipient of the 2011 Empire Icon Award, awarded for a lifetime of outstanding achievement.
He has appeared in the following “Harry Potter” films: “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II,” and also appeared in the following Batman films: “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight.”
Currently he is creating another iconic character in the upcoming film version of John Le Carre’s “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” in the role of master spy George Smiley.
Starring with Denzel Washington in the recent hit film “The Book of Eli,” his acting career began in 1979 where he worked exclusively in the theatre; in 1985 through 1989 working at London’s Royal Court. His early BBC films were Mike Leigh’s “Meantime” and “The Firm” by the late Alan Clark.
Feature films, which immediately followed were “Sid and Nancy”; “Prick up your Ears,” directed by Stephen Frears; “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” directed by Tom Stoppard; ‘state of Grace,”; “JFK,” directed by Oliver Stone; “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” directed by Francis Ford Coppola; “Romeo is Bleeding”; “True Romance,” directed by Tony Scott; “The Professional,” directed by Luc Besson; “Murder in the First”; “Immortal Beloved”; and “The Scarlet Letter,” directed by Roland Joffe.
In 1995, Oldman and manager/producing partner Douglas Urbanski formed a production company, which produced Mr. Oldman’s directorial debut, the highly acclaimed “Nil by Mouth.” The film won nine of seventeen major awards for which it was nominated. The film was selected to open the main competition for the 1997 50th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, for which Kathy Burke won Best Actress. The same year Oldman won the prestigious Channel Four Director’s Prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival in addition to winning the British Academy Award (shared with Douglas Urbanski) for Best Film and also the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay, written by Gary Oldman.
In 2000, Oldman, and Douglas Urbanski also produced the original film “The Contender,” which also starred Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater and Sam Elliott; the film received several Academy Award Nominations.
During the past eighteen years Oldman has appeared in a staggering ten films that have opened in the number one box office position; the films in which he has appeared have a cumulative gross in the billions and billions of dollars.
TOM HARDY (Bane) has quickly become one of Hollywood’s most sought after actors.
Hardy most recently appeared in the critically acclaimed film “Inception,” directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Ken Watanabe, Michael Caine Marion Cotillard and Ellen Page, the film centers around a corporate espionage thief who secretly extracts valuable information from the unconscious mind of his targets while they are dreaming. The film was released in July 2010 becoming the twenty-forth highest-grossing film of all time.
He will next be seen in the independent drama “Warrior,” with Nick Nolte and Jennifer Morrison which will be released on September 6, 2011.
He recently wrapped “This Means War,” directed by McG. The story centers on two CIA agents and best friends (Hardy and Chris Pine) who fight over the affections of Reese Witherspoon’s character. In addition, Hardy recently wrapped Cold War thriller “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” opposite Colin Firth and Gary Oldman.
Hardy is next set to start production on George Miller’s new post-apocalyptic Mad Max movie “Fury Road,” opposite Charlize Theron, as well as Red Wagon’s “The Wettest County,” opposite Shia LaBeouf and Jessica Chastain. The film will be directed by John Hillcoat and produced by Doug Wick.
In 2009, Hardy won a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor for his work in the title role of the 2008 thriller “Bronson.” His recent film credits also include Guy Ritchie’s action comedy “RocknRolla” with Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Idris Elba, Mark Strong and Tom Wilkinson; Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” and the crime thriller “Layer Cake” with Daniel Craig.
Hailing from England, Hardy began his screen career when he was plucked straight from London’s Drama Centre for a role in HBO’s award-winning World War II miniseries “Band of Brothers,” executive produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. He went on to appear in the features “Black Hawk Down,” directed by Ridley Scott; ‘star Trek: Nemesis,” in which he played the lead villain; Paul McGuigan’s “The Reckoning,” alongside Willem Dafoe and Paul Bettany; and “Dot the I,” from first-time writer/director Matthew Parkhill.
On television, Hardy earned a BAFTA TV nomination for Best Actor for his performance in the HBO movie “Stuart: A Life Backwards.” He also portrayed Heathcliff in the 2009 ITV production of “Wuthering Heights.” His small screen credits also include the telefilms “Oliver Twist,” “A for Andromeda,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Gideon’s Daughter” and “Colditz,” as well as the BBC miniseries “The Virgin Queen,” in which he starred as Queen Elizabeth’s lover, Robert Dudley.
Hardy has also starred in numerous plays in London’s West End, including “Blood” and “In Arabia We’d All Be Kings,” winning the Outstanding Newcomer Award at the 2003 Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his work in both productions. For the latter play, he was also nominated for a 2004 Olivier Award. In 2005, Hardy starred in the London premiere of Brett C. Leonard’s “Roger and Vanessa,” under the direction of Robert Delamere. He and Delamere also run a theatre workshop/gym called Shotgun at London’s Theatre 503.
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT (Blake) currently stars in the independent drama “Hesher,” with Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. He was recently seen starring in the Academy Award-nominated “Inception,” directed by Christopher Nolan and also starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard and Ellen Page. Among his other upcoming films are the Seth Rogen comedy “50/50,” also starring Anna Kendrick and Bryce Dallas Howard; and the action thriller “Premium Rush,” directed by David Koepp, who also co-wrote the script. He recently wrapped production on “Looper,” for which he reunited with his “Brick” director, Rian Johnson, and will star opposite Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt. Gordon-Levitt was also recently cast as Robert Todd Lincoln in the film “Lincoln,” alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Tommy Lee Jones, which will be directed by Steven Spielberg.
His broad range of film credits also include Marc Webb’s “(500) Days of Summer,” also starring Zooey Deschanel, for which he received Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Award and People’s Choice Award nominations; the global action hit “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” for director Stephen Sommers; Spike Lee’s World War II drama “Miracle at St. Anna”; the controversial drama ‘stop-Loss,” in which he starred with Ryan Phillippe under the direction of Kimberly Peirce; and the crime drama “The Lookout,” which marked Scott Frank’s directorial debut. In addition, Gordon-Levitt has received widespread praise for his performances in such independent features as John Madden’s “Killshot,” with Diane Lane and Mickey Rourke; Lee Daniels’ “Shadowboxer”; Rian Johnson’s award-winning debut film, “Brick”; “Mysterious Skin,” for writer/director Gregg Araki; and “Manic,” with Don Cheadle.
Early in his career, Gordon-Levitt won a Young Artist Award for his first major role, in Robert Redford’s drama “A River Runs Through It.” He went on to co-star in “Angels in the Outfield,” “The Juror,” “Halloween H20” and “10 Things I Hate About You.”
Gordon-Levitt is also well known to television audiences for his starring role on NBC’s award-winning comedy series “3rd Rock from the Sun.” During his six seasons on the show, he won two YoungStar Awards and also shared in three Screen Actors Guild Award® nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Comedy Series Ensemble. Following the series, Gordon-Levitt took a short break from acting to attend Columbia University.
Gordon-Levitt founded and directs an open collaborative production company called HITRECORD.ORG comprised of an online community of thousands of artists from all over the world. The company presented evenings of short film and live entertainment at Sundance 2010 and SXSW 2010, went on a tour of six top colleges last autumn, published the Tiny Book of Tiny Stories for the holidays, will launch another college tour this spring, and release a DVD/book/CD called RECollection volume 1 this fall. A budding writer/director in the more traditional sense as well, Gordon-Levitt adapted the Elmore Leonard short story ‘sparks” into a 24-minute short film that screened at Sundance 2009.
ANNE HATHAWAY (Selina Kyle/Catwoman) shot to stardom when she starred opposite Meryl Streep in the sleeper hit “The Devil Wears Prada.” In 2008, she secured her place among the highest echelon of actresses when she starred in Jonathan Demme’s critically acclaimed “Rachel Getting Married.” Her performance in the film garnered nominations for an Academy Award®, Golden Globe, Independent Spirit and SAG Award® in the Lead Actress category. She was awarded Best Actress by the National Board of Review, the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
Next up for Anne comes the August release of Focus Features” “One Day” opposite Jim Sturgess. The film is based on David Nicholls beautifully written novel whose beloved characters Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew captured the hearts of readers around the world.
Recent film credits include: Ed Zwick’s “Love and Other Drugs” for which Anne received a Golden Globe nomination; Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”; Gary Marshall’s “Valentine’s Day”; Gary Winick’s comedy “Bride Wars”; “Get Smart”; the Jane Austen biopic “Becoming Jane”; Rodrigo Garcia’s “Passengers”; Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain”; Garry Marshall’s “The Princess Diaries” and “The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement”; Barbara Kopple’s “Havoc”; Tommy O’Haver’s “Ella Enchanted”; Douglas McGrath’s screen rendition of Charles Dickens” “Nicholas Nickleby”; and Mitch Davis’ “The Other Side of Heaven.” Hathaway has also lent her voice to two highly successful animated features – Fox’s instant classic “Rio” as well as The Weinstein Company’s hit film “Hoodwinked.” Hathaway first gained Hollywood’s attention for her acclaimed turn in the series “Get Real” for which she was nominated for a 2000 Teen Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama.
Hathaway’s theatre credits include: Shakespeare in the Park’s 2009 production of “Twelfth Night”; The Lincoln Center Encore series presentation of “Carnival” for which she won the prestigious 57th Annual Clarence Derwent Award; Andrew Lloyd Webber’s workshop of “Woman in White”; and “Forever Your Child.” In 2004-2005, she also participated in the Encores Concert Gala as well as the Stephen Sondheim Birthday Gala.
The young actress has also lent a hand to several philanthropic initiatives around the world. She travelled to Cambodia in January 2005 on behalf of the documentary, “A Moment in the World,” organized by Angelina Jolie. The project placed roughly 25 participants in various locations on a specific day, each instructed to videotape their surroundings at the same specific moment in time. In addition, she has been involved with the Step Up Women’s Network, a foundation created to strengthen community resources for women and girls. Anne also serves on the advisory board for Lollipop Theater Network, an organization that screens movies in hospitals for paediatric patients suffering from chronic or life-threatening illness.
Hathaway studied acting at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey and at the award winning Barrow Group in New York City. In April 2005, she was honoured for her achievements by the Barrow Group. She was the first and only teen ever admitted to their intensive acting program. She also studied in the musical theatre programme with the Collaborative Arts Project, CAP 21, affiliated with New York University. Further illustrating her versatile talents, Anne is also an accomplished dancer who studied at the Broadway Dance Center in New York City. Additionally, she is a first soprano and has performed in two concerts at Carnegie Hall as a member of the All-Eastern US High School Honors Chorus.
MARION COTILLARD (Miranda) is an Academy Award® winning actress who is internationally renowned for her unbridled commitment to her art, challenging herself with each new role.
Cotillard can be seen in Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris,” starring opposite Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson. The film is a romantic comedy that explores the illusion people have that a life different from their own is better. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and was released May 20, 2011.
Prior to this, Cotillard recently co-starred in Christopher Nolan’s “Inception,” an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams. In the film, Cotillard stars opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, portraying his wife, Mal. The film’s cast also includes Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe and Tom Hardy.
Currently, in the UK, Cotillard can be seen co-starring in Guillaume Canet’s, “Little White Lies,” which he also co-wrote. The film follows a successful restaurant owner and his eco-friendly wife who stage a grand vacation for friends at their beach house. The vacation leads to a moment when the mood sobers as characters begin to confess their innermost concerns. The film was released in France October 2010 and was one of the country’s highest grossing films of all time.
This Fall, Cotillard will be seen in Steven Soderbergh’s “Contagion,” opposite Jude Law, Matt Damon and Kate Winslet. The action-drama is centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
In 2008, Cotillard became the second French actress to ever win an Oscar®, and the first to win an acting award for a performance in the French language. The praise came for her riveting portrayal of legendary French chanteuse, Edith Piaf, in the film “La Vie En Rose..” For her role, Cotillard also received a Best Actress BAFTA, Golden Globe and César Award as well as a Screen Actors Guild® and Critics Choice Award nomination. In addition, she was named Best Actress by critics organizations worldwide, including the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the London Film Critics Circle.
Cotillard’s credits include the successful French “Taxi” film series, written by Luc Besson; Yann Samuell’s “Love Me If You Dare”; and Tim Burton’s “Big Fish.” She garnered her first César Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her performance in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “A Very Long Engagement.” Following that, she went on to star in Ridley Scott’s “A Good Year”; Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” and Rob Marshall’s “Nine,” the screen adaptation of the hit musical. Her performance in the film brought her Golden Globe and Critics” Choice Award nominations, and she also shared in a SAG Award® nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture Cast Performance.
In 2010, Cotillard was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, for her contribution to the enrichment of French culture. Born in Paris, Cotillard studied drama at Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique in Orléans.
MORGAN FREEMAN (Lucius Fox) is an Academy Award®-winning actor and one of the most recognizable figures in American cinema. His works are among the most critically and commercially successful films of all time and Freeman himself ranks 10th among worldwide top-grossing actors of all time. His films have earned over $3 billion in cumulative ticket sales. Whether a role requires an air of gravitas; a playful smile, twinkle of the eye or a world-weary, yet insightful soul, Freeman’s ability to delve to the core of a character and infuse it with a quiet dignity has resulted in some of the most memorable portrayals ever recorded on film.
Freeman won the Academy Award® in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Million Dollar Baby.” In 1990, he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance in “Driving Miss Daisy.” Freeman also received an Academy Award nomination in 1987 for Best Supporting Actor for ‘street Smart” and in 1994 for Best Actor for “The Shawshank Redemption.”
In 2000, Freeman was honored with the Hollywood Actor Award from the Hollywood Film Festival. Eight years later he received the coveted Kennedy Center Honor for his distinguished acting.
In 2010, he received an Academy Award® nomination, a Golden Globe nomination and a Broadcast Critics Association nomination for his performance as Nelson Mandela in the acclaimed film “Invictus.” He also won the National Board of Review award for Best Actor and was the film’s executive producer. The picture was produced by Revelations Entertainment, the company he co-founded in 1996 with a mission to produce films that enlighten, express heart, and glorify the human experience. Other Revelations features include “Levity,” “Under Suspicion,” “Mutiny,” “Bopha!,” “Along Came a Spider,” “Feast of Love,” “10 Items or Less” and “Maiden Heist.”
Freeman’s most recent film credits include Summit Entertainment’s espionage thriller, “Red.” In addition, he narrated the Warner Bros. IMAX documentary “Born to be Wild 3D.”
Freeman’s credits include “Dolphin Tale,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Bucket List,” “Glory,” “Clean and Sober,” “Lean on Me,” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” “Unforgiven,” ‘se7en,” “Kiss the Girls,” “Amistad,” “Deep Impact,” “Nurse Betty,” “The Sum of All Fears,” “Bruce Almighty,” “Nurse Betty,” “Coriolanus,” “Attica,” “Brubaker,” “Eyewitness,” “Death of a Prophet” and “Along Came a Spider.” He also narrated two Academy Award documentaries “The Long Way Home” and “The March of The Penguins.”
After beginning his acting career on the off-Broadway stage productions of “The Niggerlovers” and the all- African-American production of “Hello Dolly,” Freeman segued into television. Many people grew up watching him on the long-running Children’s Television Workshop classic “The Electric Company,” where he played several recurring characters. Looking for his next challenge, he set his sights on both The Great White Way and silver screen simultaneously and quickly began to fill his resume with memorable performances.
In 1978 Freeman won a Drama Desk Award his role as Zeke in “The Mighty Gents.” He also received a Tony Nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor.
His stage work continued to earn him accolades and awards, including Obie Awards in 1980, 1984 and 1987 and a second Drama Desk Nomination in 1987 for the role of Hoke Colburn which he created for the Alfred Uhry play “Driving Miss Daisy” and reprised in the 1989 movie of the same name.
In his spare time, Freeman loves the freedom of both sea and sky; he is a long-time sailor and has earned a private pilot’s license. He also has a love for the blues and seeks to keep it in the forefront through his Ground Zero club in Clarksville, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues. In 1973 he co-founded the Frank Silvera Writers” Workshop, now in its 37th season. The workshop seeks to serve successful playwrights of the new millennium. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Earth Biofuels, a company whose mission is to promote the use of clean-burning fuels. He also supports Artists for a New South Africa and the Campaign for Female Education.
MICHAEL CAINE (Alfred) is one of the film industry’s most esteemed actors, with a career spanning over half a century and encompassing more than 100 films and a myriad of acting honours. A two-time Academy Award® winner, Caine won his first Oscar®, for Best Supporting Actor, for his work in Woody Allen’s “Hannah and Her Sisters,” for which he also received Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations. He took home his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for his role in Lasse Hallström’s “The Cider House Rules,” also winning a Screen Actors Guild Award® and earning Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations.
In addition, Caine has garnered four Oscar® nominations for Best Actor, the first coming in 1966 for the title role in “Alfie,” for which he also received a Golden Globe nomination and a New York Film Critics Award. He earned his second Oscar® nod, as well as a Golden Globe nomination and an Evening Standard Award, for the part of Milo Tindle in 1972’s ‘sleuth,” opposite Laurence Olivier. His role in “Educating Rita” brought him his third Oscar® nomination, as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. He gained his latest Oscar®, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for his work in 2002’s “The Quiet American,” for which he also won a London Film Critics Circle Award.
Caine previously won Golden Globe and London Film Critics Circle Awards and received a BAFTA Award nomination, all for Best Supporting Actor, for “Little Voice.” He won his latest London Film Critics Circle Award for his performance in Christopher Nolan’s period drama “The Prestige.” It was his second film for the director following their collaboration on the 2005 hit “Batman Begins,” in which Caine played Bruce Wayne’s butler and confidant, Alfred. In 2008, he reprised the role of Alfred in Nolan’s blockbuster “The Dark Knight.”
Caine was born Maurice Micklewhite in South London in 1933 and developed an interest in acting at an early age. Upon his discharge from the Queen’s Royal Regiment and Royal Fusiliers in 1953, he began pursuing his career. Taking his stage name from the title “The Caine Mutiny,” he toured Britain in a variety of plays, and began appearing in British films and television shows.
In 1964, Caine landed his first major film role as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead in “Zulu.” The following year, he starred in the hit thriller “The Ipcress File,” earning his first of 37 BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayal of secret agent Harry Palmer. However, it was his Oscar®-nominated performance in the seminal sixties film “Alfie” that catapulted Caine to international stardom. During the late 1960s, he went on to star in 11 films, including “The Ipcress File” sequels, “Funeral in Berlin” and “Billion Dollar Brain”; “Gambit,” earning a Golden Globe nomination; “Hurry Sundown”; “Woman Times Seven”; “Deadfall”; “The Magus”; “The Italian Job”; and “Battle of Britain.”
Over the next two decades, Caine starred in more than 40 films, including Robert Aldrich’s “Too Late the Hero”; “X, Y and Zee,” opposite Elizabeth Taylor; John Huston’s “The Man Who Would Be King”; “Harry and Walter Go to New York”; Richard Attenborough’s “A Bridge Too Far”; the Neil Simon comedy “California Suite”; Brian De Palma’s “Dressed to Kill”; John Huston’s “Victory”; Sidney Lumet’s “Deathtrap”; Stanley Donen’s “Blame It on Rio”; John Frankenheimer’s “The Holcroft Covenant”; Neil Jordan’s “Mona Lisa”; and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.
Since then, Caine has starred in such films as the ensemble comedy “Noises Off…”; “Blood and Wine”; “Quills”; “Miss Congeniality”; “Austin Powers: Goldmember”; and Lasse Hallström’s “Secondhand Lions.” His more recent film work includes Gore Verbinski’s “The Weather Man”; Alfonso Cuaron’s “Children of Men”; the 2007 remake of ‘sleuth”; the title role in the independent film “Harry Brown”; and reuniting with Christopher Nolan in 2010’s smash hit “Inception.” He will be seen in “Journey 2: Mysterious Island,” releasing January 2012.
Also an author, Caine wrote an autobiography entitled What’s It All About? as well as Acting on Film, a book based on a series of lectures he gave on BBC Television. His latest memoir, The Elephant to Hollywood, was published to much acclaim in 2010 by Henry Holt and Co. in the U.S.
In the 1992 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Caine was awarded the CBE, and eight years later received a knighthood.
MATTHEW MODINE (Foley) was recently in the HBO film “Too Big to Fail.” Earlier this year, Matthew completed the Independent features, “See If I Care,” with the talented Eva Mendez, and the Ed Zwick produced, “Family Weekend,” with Kristin Chenowith.
Modine also completed production of the new avant garde short film, “Jesus Was A Commie.” The purposely provocative title delivers a positive message of love and forgiveness, responsibility and hope in this challenging period of civilization.
His acclaimed, award winning, diary and photographic journal “Full Metal Jacket Diary” will soon be an APP. It is a revealing day-to-day account of working with Stanley Kubrick on what has been called the greatest war film ever made. Fine art prints form the book can be purchased on the FMJ Diary website. All prints (edition of only 9) are numbered, personally signed and dated.
Modine has worked with many of the most highly regarded directors in the film industry, including, Oliver Stone, Sir Alan Parker, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Alan J. Pakula, John Schlesinger, Tony Richardson, Robert Falls, Sir Peter Hall, Abel Ferrara, Spike Lee, Tom DiCillo, Mike Figgis, Jonathan Demme and John Sayles. A partial list of his films include “Birdy,” “Married to the Mob,” “Vision Quest,” “Gross Anatomy,” “The Browning Version,” “Pacific Heights,” “Any Given Sunday,” “Memphis Belle” and “Shortcuts.”
Modine is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup and Golden Lion. “Mary,” directed by Abel Ferrara, co-starring Juliette Binoche and Forest Whitaker, won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. “Birdy” won the Cannes Film Festival Gran Prix. “Equinox,” directed by Alan Rudolph, received four Independent Spirit Award nominations including Best Actor and Best Film.
For his work in television, Modine was part of the Emmy winning Showtime series “Weeds.” He has received Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for the longforms “What the Deaf Man Heard” and HBO’s Emmy winning “And the Band Played On.”
Modine has directed several distinguished short films. “When I was a Boy,” “Smoking” and “Ecce Pirate” all debuted at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. Each of his short films has played in film festivals worldwide including the prestigious Museum of Modern Art’s New Directors/New Films (NYC).
Modine wrote, directed and starred in his feature directorial debut “If….Dog…Rabbit (One Last Score), opposite John Hurt, Kevin J. O’Connor and Bruce Dern.
Modine’s most recent short films, “I Think I Thought,” “Cowboy” and “To Kill An American” are presently touring the festival circuits including Tribeca, Zurich, Palm Springs, AFI and the Capri Hollywood Film Festivals.
