Robert Duvall - Biography and Filmography

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Robert Duvall

05.01.1931

Birth name: Robert Selden Duvall

Actor and director Robert Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, California, the son of a career military officer who later became an admiral. Duvall majored in drama at Principia College (Elsah, Illinois), then served a two-year hitch in the army after graduating in 1953. He began attending The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre In New York City on the G.I. Bill in 1955, studying under Sanford Meisner along with Dustin Hoffman, with whom Duvall shared an apartment. Both were close to another struggling young actor named Gene Hackman. Meisner cast Duvall in the play "The Midnight Caller" by Horton Foote, a link that would prove critical to his career, as it was Foote who recommended Duvall to play the mentally disabled Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), his motion picture debut.

Duvall began making a name for himself as a stage actor in New York, winning an Obie Award in 1965 playing incest-minded longshoreman Eddie Carbone in the off-Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge," a production for which his old roommate Hoffman was assistant director. He found steady work in episodic TV and appeared as a modestly billed character actor in films, such as Arthur Penn's The Chase (1966) with Marlon Brando and in Robert Altman's Countdown (1968) and Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People (1969), in both of which he co-starred with James Caan.

He was also memorable as the heavy who is shot by John Wayne at the climax of True Grit (1969) and was the first Maj. Frank Burns, creating the character in Altman's Korean War comedy MASH (1970). He also appeared as the eponymous lead in George Lucas' directorial debut, THX 1138 (1971). It was Coppola, casting The Godfather (1972), who reunited Duvall with Brando and Caan and provided him with his career breakthrough as mob lawyer Tom Hagen. He received the first of his six Academy Award nominations for the role.

Thereafter, Duvall had steady work in featured roles in such films as The Godfather: Part II (1974), The Killer Elite (1975), Network (1976), The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Occassionally this actor's actor got the chance to assay a lead role, most notably in Tomorrow (1972), in which he was brilliant as William Faulkner's inarticulate backwoods farmer. He was less impressive as the lead in Badge 373 (1973), in which he played a character based on real-life NYC policeman Eddie Egan, the same man his old friend Gene Hackman had won an Oscar for playing, in fictionalized form, as Popeye Doyle in The French Connection (1971).

It was his appearance as Lt. Col. Kilgore in another Coppola picture, Apocalypse Now (1979), that solidified Duvall's reputation as a great actor. He won his second Academy Award nomination for the role, and was named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most versatile actor in the world! Duvall created one of the most memorable characters ever assayed on film, and gave the world the memorable phrase, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

Subsequently, Duvall proved one of the few established character actors to move from supporting to leading roles, with his Oscar-nominated turns in The Great Santini (1979) and Tender Mercies (1983), the latter of which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Now at the summit of his career, Duvall seemed to be afflicted with the fabled "Oscar curse" that had overwhelmed the careers of fellow Academy Award winners Luise Rainer, Rod Steiger and Cliff Robertson. He could not find work equal to his talents, either due to his post-Oscar salary demands or a lack of perception in the industry that he truly was leading man material. He did not appear in The Godfather: Part III (1990)m as the studio would not give in to his demands for a salary commensurate with that of Al Pacino, who was receiving $5 million to reprise Michael Corleone.

His greatest achievement in his immediate post-Oscar period was his acclaimed characterization of the grizzled Texas Ranger Gus McCrae in the TV mini-series "Lonesome Dove" (1989) (mini), for which he received an Emmy nomination. He received a second Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in Stalin (1992) (TV), and a third Emmy nomination playing Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) (TV).

The shakeout of his career doldrums was that Duvall eventually settled back into his status as one of the premier character actors in the industry, rivaled only by his old friend Gene Hackman. Duvall, unlike Hackman, also has directed pictures, including the documentary We're Not the Jet Set (1977), Angelo My Love (1983) and Assassination Tango (2002). As a writer-director, Duvall gave himself one of his most memorable roles, that of the preacher on the run from the law in The Apostle (1997), a brilliant performance for which he received his third Best Actor nomination and fifth Oscar nomination overall. The film brought Duvall back to the front ranks of great actors, and was followed by a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod for A Civil Action (1998).

Robert Duvall will long be remembered as one of the great naturalistic American screen actors in the mode of Spencer Tracy and his frequent co-star Marlon Brando. His performances as Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird," Jackson Fentry in "Tomorrow," Tom Hagen in the first two "Godfather" movies, Frank Hackett in Network (1976), Lt. Col. Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now," Bull Meechum in "The Great Santini," Mac Sledge in "Tender Mercies," Gus McCrae in "Lonesome Dove," and Sonny Dewey in "The Apostle" rank as some of the finest acting ever put on film. It's a body of work that few actors can equal, let alone surpass.

Filmography

# The Last Full Measure (2007) .... Frank Pitsenbarger

# A Night in Old Mexico (2008)

# We Own the Night (2007) .... Burt Grusinsky

# Lucky You (2007) .... L. C. Cheever

# The Godfather: Mob Wars (2006) (VG) (voice) .... Tom Hagen

# "Broken Trail" (2006) (mini) TV Series .... Prentice Ritter

# The Godfather: The Game (2006) (VG) (voice) .... Tom Hagen

# Thank You for Smoking (2005) .... Doak 'The Captain' Boykin

# Kicking & Screaming (2005) .... Buck Weston

# Secondhand Lions (2003) .... Hub

# Open Range (2003) .... Boss Spearman

# Gods and Generals (2003) .... Gen. Robert E. Lee

# Assassination Tango (2002) .... John J. Anderson

... aka Assassination Tango (Argentina)

# John Q (2002) .... Lt. Frank Grimes

... aka John Q. (USA: poster title)

# The 6th Day (2000) .... Dr. Griffin Weir

... aka Sixième jour, Le (Canada: French title)

# A Shot at Glory (2000) .... Gordon McLeod

# Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) .... Otto Halliwell

# A Civil Action (1998) .... Jerome Facher

# Deep Impact (1998) .... Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner

# "Saturday Night Live" .... Various (1 episode, 1998)

... aka SNL (USA: informal title)

... aka SNL 25 (USA)

- Episode #23.14 (1998) TV Episode .... Various

# The Gingerbread Man (1998) .... Dixon Doss

# The Apostle (1997) .... Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey - The Apostle E.F.

# The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) (TV) .... Adolf Eichmann

# Sling Blade (1996) .... Karl's Father

# Phenomenon (1996) .... Doc Brunder

# A Family Thing (1996) .... Earl Pilcher Jr.

# The Scarlet Letter (1995) .... Roger Chillingworth

# The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) .... Mr. Cox

# Something to Talk About (1995) .... Wyly King

... aka Grace Under Pressure

# The Paper (1994) .... Bernie White

# Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) .... Walter

# Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) .... Chief of Scouts Al Sieber

# Falling Down (1993) .... Detective Martin Prendergast

... aka Chute libre (France)

# Stalin (1992) (TV) .... Josef Stalin

... aka Sztálin (Hungary)

# Peste, La (1992) .... Joseph Grand

... aka The Plague (USA)

# Newsies (1992) .... Joseph Pulitzer

... aka Newsboys

# The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (V) .... Tom Hagen

... aka The Godfather Saga (USA)

... aka The Godfather Trilogy

# Convicts (1991) .... Soll

... aka Horton Foote's Convicts (USA: complete title)

# Rambling Rose (1991) .... Daddy Hilyer

# Days of Thunder (1990) .... Harry Hogge

# A Show of Force (1990) .... Howard

# The Handmaid's Tale (1990) .... Commander

# "Lonesome Dove" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Augustus 'Gus' McCrae

# Colors (1988) .... Officer Bob Hodges

# Hotel Colonial (1987) .... Roberto Carrasco (Luca Venieri)

# Apocalypse Pooh (1987) (TV) (voice) .... Gopher

# Let's Get Harry (1986) .... Norman Shrike

... aka The Rescue

# Belizaire the Cajun (1986) .... The Preacher

# The Lightship (1986) .... Calvin Caspary

... aka Killers at Sea (USA: TV title)

# Waylon Jennings: America (1986) (V) .... Doctor

# The Natural (1984) .... Max Mercy

# The Stone Boy (1984) .... Joe Hillerman

# The Terry Fox Story (1983) (TV) .... Bill Vigars

... aka Heart of a Champion (Philippines: English title: theatrical title)

# Tender Mercies (1983) .... Mac Sledge

# The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981) .... Gruen

... aka Pursuit

# True Confessions (1981) .... Thomas "Tom" Spellacy

# The Great Santini (1979) .... Lieutenant Colonel Bull Meechum

... aka The Ace

... aka The Gift of Fury

# Apocalypse Now (1979) .... Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

... aka Apocalypse Now Redux (International: English title: longer version)

# "Ike" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

# Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) (uncredited) .... Priest on swing

# The Betsy (1978) .... Loren Hardeman III

... aka Harold Robbins' The Betsy

# Ike: The War Years (1978) (TV) .... General Dwight D. Eisenhower

# "The Godfather Saga" (1977) (mini) TV Series .... Tom Hagen

# The Greatest (1977) .... Bill McDonald

# The Eagle Has Landed (1976) .... Col. Max Radl

# Network (1976) .... Frank Hackett

# The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) .... Dr. John H. Watson/Narrator

# The Killer Elite (1975) .... George Hansen

# Breakout (1975) .... Jay Wagner

# The Godfather: Part II (1974) .... Tom Hagen

... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part II (USA: complete title)

# The Conversation (1974) (uncredited) .... The Director

# The Outfit (1973) .... Earl Macklin

# Badge 373 (1973) .... Eddie Ryan

# Lady Ice (1973) .... Ford Pierce

# Joe Kidd (1972) .... Frank Harlan

# The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) .... Jesse James

# Tomorrow (1972) .... Jackson Fentry

# The Godfather (1972) .... Tom Hagen

... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather (USA: complete title)

# Lawman (1971) .... Vernon Adams

# THX 1138 (1971) .... THX 1138

# The Revolutionary (1970) .... Despard

# MASH (1970) .... Maj. 'Frank' Burns

# "The F.B.I." .... Ernie Milden / ... (6 episodes, 1965-1969)

- Nightmare Road (1969) TV Episode .... Gerald Wilson

- The Harvest (1968) TV Episode .... Joseph Troy

- The Executioners: Part 2 (1967) TV Episode .... Ernie Milden

- The Executioners: Part 1 (1967) TV Episode

- The Scourge (1966) TV Episode .... Johnny Albin

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# The Rain People (1969) .... Gordon

# True Grit (1969) .... Ned Pepper

# "The Mod Squad" .... Matt Jenkins (1 episode, 1969)

- Keep the Faith, Baby (1969) TV Episode .... Matt Jenkins

# Bullitt (1968) .... Weissberg

# The Detective (1968) .... Nestor

# "Judd for the Defense" .... Raymond Cane (1 episode, 1968)

- Square House (1968) TV Episode .... Raymond Cane

# Countdown (1968) .... Chiz

# "Run for Your Life" .... Richard Fletcher (1 episode, 1968)

- The Killing Scene (1968) TV Episode .... Richard Fletcher

# Flesh and Blood (1968) (TV) .... Howard

# "The Wild Wild West" .... Dr. Horace Humphries (1 episode, 1967)

- The Night of the Falcon (1967) TV Episode .... Dr. Horace Humphries

# "Cimarron Strip" .... Joe Wyman (1 episode, 1967)

- The Roarer (1967) TV Episode .... Joe Wyman

# Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI (1967) (TV) .... Ernie Milden

# "Combat!" .... Karl / ... (3 episodes, 1965-1967)

- The Partisan (1967) TV Episode .... Michel

- Cry for Help (1966) TV Episode .... Peter Halsman

- The Enemy (1965) TV Episode .... Karl

# "T.H.E. Cat" .... Laurent / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)

- The Long Chase (1967) TV Episode .... Laurent

- Crossing at Destino Bay (1966) TV Episode .... Scorpio

# "The Time Tunnel" .... Raul Nimon (1 episode, 1967)

- Chase Through Time (1967) TV Episode .... Raul Nimon

# Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966) (TV) .... Eddie Franchot

# "Shane" .... Tom Gary (1 episode, 1966)

- Poor Tom's A-Cold (1966) TV Episode .... Tom Gary

# "Felony Squad" .... Albie Froehlich (1 episode, 1966)

- Death of a Dream (1966) TV Episode .... Albie Froehlich

# "Hawk" .... Dick (1 episode, 1966)

- The Theory of the Innocent Bystander (1966) TV Episode .... Dick

# "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" .... Frank Reeser (1 episode, 1966)

... aka The Chrysler Theater

... aka Universal Star Time (syndication title)

- Guilty or Not Guilty (1966) TV Episode .... Frank Reeser

# The Chase (1966) .... Edwin Stewart

# "The Defenders" .... Al Rogart / ... (3 episodes, 1961-1965)

- Only a Child (1965) TV Episode .... Bill Andrews

- Metamorphosis (1963) TV Episode .... Luke Jackson

- Perjury (1961) TV Episode .... Al Rogart

# Nightmare in the Sun (1965) .... Motorcyclist

# "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" .... Zar (1 episode, 1965)

- The Invaders (1965) TV Episode (as Robert Duval) .... Zar

# "The Fugitive" .... Eric Christian / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1965)

- Brass Ring (1965) TV Episode .... Leslie Sessions

- Never Wave Goodbye: Part 2 (1963) TV Episode .... Eric Christian

- Never Wave Goodbye: Part 1 (1963) TV Episode .... Eric Christian

# "The Outer Limits" .... Adam Ballard / ... (3 episodes, 1964)

- The Inheritors: Part 2 (1964) TV Episode .... Adam Ballard

- The Inheritors: Part 1 (1964) TV Episode .... Adam Ballard

- The Chameleon (1964) TV Episode .... Louis Mace

# "Kraft Suspense Theatre" .... Harvey Farnsworth (1 episode, 1964)

- Portrait of an Unknown Man (1964) TV Episode .... Harvey Farnsworth

# Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) .... Capt. Paul Cabot Winston

# "Arrest and Trial" .... Morton Ware (1 episode, 1963)

- The Quality of Justice (1963) TV Episode .... Morton Ware

# "Stoney Burke" .... Joby Pierce (1 episode, 1963)

- Joby (1963) TV Episode .... Joby Pierce

# "The Virginian" .... Johnny Keel (1 episode, 1963)

... aka The Men from Shiloh (USA: new title)

- The Golden Door (1963) TV Episode .... Johnny Keel

# "The Twilight Zone" .... Charley Parkes (1 episode, 1963)

... aka Twilight Zone (USA: new title)

- Miniature (1963) TV Episode .... Charley Parkes

# "Route 66" .... Arnie / ... (3 episodes, 1961-1963)

- Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain (1963) TV Episode .... Lee Winters

- Birdcage on My Foot (1961) TV Episode .... Arnie

- The Newborn (1961) TV Episode .... Roman

# "The Untouchables" .... Eddie Moon (1 episode, 1963)

- Blues for a Gone Goose (1963) TV Episode .... Eddie Moon

# To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) .... Arthur 'Boo' Radley

# "Naked City" .... Barney Sonners / ... (4 episodes, 1961-1962)

- Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long (1962) TV Episode .... Barney Sonners

- Five Cranks for Winter...Ten Cranks for Spring (1962) TV Episode .... Johnny Meigi

- The One Marked Hot Gives Cold (1962) TV Episode .... Francis L. Childe

- A Hole in the City (1961) TV Episode .... Lewis Nunda

# "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Bart Collins (1 episode, 1962)

- Bad Actor (1962) TV Episode .... Bart Collins

# "Shannon" .... Joey Nolan (1 episode, 1961)

- The Big Fish (1961) TV Episode .... Joey Nolan

# "Cain's Hundred" .... Tom Nugent (1 episode, 1961)

- King of the Mountain (1961) TV Episode .... Tom Nugent

# "Great Ghost Tales" .... William Wilson (1 episode, 1961)

- William Wilson (1961) TV Episode .... William Wilson

# "Armstrong Circle Theatre" .... Berks (2 episodes, 1959-1960)

- Positive Identification (1960) TV Episode

- The Jailbreak (1959) TV Episode .... Berks

# "Playhouse 90" (1 episode, 1960)

- John Brown's Raid (1960) TV Episode

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	Knowing \| 2009
Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy, Drama, Adventure
In 1959, at William Dawes Elementary School in Lexington, Massachusetts, a time capsule containing the students’ drawings of their ideas of the future is buried and set to be ceremoniously opened 50 years later. A girl named Lucinda Embry contributes a page full of seemingly random digits. That night, Lucinda is found in a school closet, where her fingers are bloodied and she complains about hearing voices.In 2009, the time capsule is opened and the drawings are given to the current students. A boy named Caleb receives Lucinda’s envelope. His father John Koestler, a widower and professor of astrophysics at MIT takes interest in the paper, and he soon realizes that part of these digits form dates and death tolls of every major disaster over the past fifty years, and suggests three disasters yet to come. Meanwhile, Caleb begins receiving visits from mysterious figures in overcoats (listed in the credits as "The Strangers"), and during his encounters he hears their overlapping telepathic whispers.John witnesses a commercial plane crash on the date the paper next predicted a disaster would occur, and he discovers that the unexplained digits on the paper are in fact the geographic coordinates of the events. Speaking with Lucinda’s former teacher, John learns of Lucinda’s closet episode, and also that she had since died after an overdose. He then meets Lucinda’s daughter, Diana Wayland, but is rebuffed once he mentions Lucinda’s paper. However, after John uses the numbers to correctly predict another disaster—a Manhattan subway train derailment which John tries and fails to prevent—Diana seeks out John, and together they go to investigate Lucinda’s old remote mobile home. Having noticed that the last date on the paper is not accompanied by coordinates, further clues in Lucinda’s home lead John and Diana to realize that the ’33’ listed as the death toll for the final disaster is actually ’EE’ reversed, which Lucinda meant to represent ’Everyone Else’. In the woods outside the home, John confronts one of The Strangers, who disappears in a flash of light. It is revealed that Diana’s daughter Abby can hear The Strangers’ eerie whispers as well.John and a fellow professor forecast that a massive solar flare will soon reach Earth, and the final disaster on Lucinda’s paper will indeed be global in scale. John then examines the door of the closet in which Lucinda was found, and discovers it is where she had scratched another set of coordinates. They represent the location of Lucinda’s old mobile home, and John figures that it is somehow a refuge from the impending disaster. Diana insists they seek shelter in a system of underground caves instead, and she takes Abby and Caleb, without John’s knowledge, to go there. As panic erupts at a gas station after news of the flare is made public through an Emergency Alert System broadcast, The Strangers drive off in Diana’s car with Caleb and Abby still inside. Diana gives chase in another vehicle, and is killed when she is broadsided by a truck.At Lucinda’s mobile home, John finds the children with the four Strangers as a glowing vessel descends from the sky. The Strangers dispossess themselves of their human appearance, revealing themselves to be glowing, translucent figures surrounded by wisps of light. The Strangers invite only those who can hear their whispers to escape the destruction with them. John convinces an initially reluctant Caleb to go with The Strangers, and the vessel departs with the two children. From the vantage point of space, other ships are seen taking off from all around Earth. John travels to Boston to be with his sister and parents. While he had distanced himself from religion following his wife’s death, John reconciles with his previously estranged father, a Christian minister. John and his family embrace as the solar flare strikes Earth. The radiation vaporizes the atmosphere and destroys all life on Earth. Elsewhere, Caleb and Abby are dropped off in an otherworldly field, as other ships are visible along the horizon, dropping off others. The film ends as the two make their way towards a prominent solitary tree in the distance.

Knowing | 2009

Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy, Drama, Adventure

In 1959, at William Dawes Elementary School in Lexington, Massachusetts, a time capsule containing the students’ drawings of their ideas of the future is buried and set to be ceremoniously opened 50 years later. A girl named Lucinda Embry contributes a page full of seemingly random digits. That night, Lucinda is found in a school closet, where her fingers are bloodied and she complains about hearing voices.In 2009, the time capsule is opened and the drawings are given to the current students. A boy named Caleb receives Lucinda’s envelope. His father John Koestler, a widower and professor of astrophysics at MIT takes interest in the paper, and he soon realizes that part of these digits form dates and death tolls of every major disaster over the past fifty years, and suggests three disasters yet to come. Meanwhile, Caleb begins receiving visits from mysterious figures in overcoats (listed in the credits as "The Strangers"), and during his encounters he hears their overlapping telepathic whispers.John witnesses a commercial plane crash on the date the paper next predicted a disaster would occur, and he discovers that the unexplained digits on the paper are in fact the geographic coordinates of the events. Speaking with Lucinda’s former teacher, John learns of Lucinda’s closet episode, and also that she had since died after an overdose. He then meets Lucinda’s daughter, Diana Wayland, but is rebuffed once he mentions Lucinda’s paper. However, after John uses the numbers to correctly predict another disaster—a Manhattan subway train derailment which John tries and fails to prevent—Diana seeks out John, and together they go to investigate Lucinda’s old remote mobile home. Having noticed that the last date on the paper is not accompanied by coordinates, further clues in Lucinda’s home lead John and Diana to realize that the ’33’ listed as the death toll for the final disaster is actually ’EE’ reversed, which Lucinda meant to represent ’Everyone Else’. In the woods outside the home, John confronts one of The Strangers, who disappears in a flash of light. It is revealed that Diana’s daughter Abby can hear The Strangers’ eerie whispers as well.John and a fellow professor forecast that a massive solar flare will soon reach Earth, and the final disaster on Lucinda’s paper will indeed be global in scale. John then examines the door of the closet in which Lucinda was found, and discovers it is where she had scratched another set of coordinates. They represent the location of Lucinda’s old mobile home, and John figures that it is somehow a refuge from the impending disaster. Diana insists they seek shelter in a system of underground caves instead, and she takes Abby and Caleb, without John’s knowledge, to go there. As panic erupts at a gas station after news of the flare is made public through an Emergency Alert System broadcast, The Strangers drive off in Diana’s car with Caleb and Abby still inside. Diana gives chase in another vehicle, and is killed when she is broadsided by a truck.At Lucinda’s mobile home, John finds the children with the four Strangers as a glowing vessel descends from the sky. The Strangers dispossess themselves of their human appearance, revealing themselves to be glowing, translucent figures surrounded by wisps of light. The Strangers invite only those who can hear their whispers to escape the destruction with them. John convinces an initially reluctant Caleb to go with The Strangers, and the vessel departs with the two children. From the vantage point of space, other ships are seen taking off from all around Earth. John travels to Boston to be with his sister and parents. While he had distanced himself from religion following his wife’s death, John reconciles with his previously estranged father, a Christian minister. John and his family embrace as the solar flare strikes Earth. The radiation vaporizes the atmosphere and destroys all life on Earth. Elsewhere, Caleb and Abby are dropped off in an otherworldly field, as other ships are visible along the horizon, dropping off others. The film ends as the two make their way towards a prominent solitary tree in the distance.

	Angels & Demons \| 2009
Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Under the watchful eyes of Father Silvano Bentivoglio and Dr. Vittoria Vetra, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) initiates the Large Hadron Collider and captures three vials of antimatter. Immediately afterward, someone kills Father Silvano, uses his retina to infiltrate the containment chamber, and steals one vial.The Roman Catholic Church mourns the death of Pope Pius XVI in Rome. Vatican City prepares for the College of Cardinals' papal conclave, which will select the next Pope. Until that time, Camerlengo Patrick McKenna, a papal court official and former helicopter pilot, assumes temporary control of the Vatican. Reporters, nuns, priests, and other faithful members of the Church crowd into Saint Peter's Square, waiting for white smoke from the conclave. But the Illuminati, a 400-year old, underground secret society, kidnap the four most likely candidates before the conclave enters seclusion. The Illuminati threaten to kill one every hour, beginning at 8:00 pm, and then destroy the Vatican in a burst of light at midnight. A stolen security camera shows the missing antimatter vial, which will catastrophically explode when the vial's battery dies and the magnetic containment field fails.The Vatican summons symbologist Robert Langdon from Harvard University and Vittoria Vetra from CERN to help them solve the Illuminati's threat, save the four preferiti, and replace the vial's batteries. Langdon listens to the Illuminati message and deduces that the four cardinals will die at the four altars of the "Path of Illumination". However, no one knows where these altars are located. Vetra demands that Commander Richter, the commandant of the Swiss Guard, to bring Father Silvano's diaries from Switzerland, hoping that they contain the name of the person with whom Silvano discussed the antimatter experiment. Langdon also demands access to the Vatican Secret Archives (something he has requested for 10 years) to see the original copy of Galileo Galilei's banned book, which may contain the locations of the four "altars of science". Using the clues from this book, Langdon, Vetra, Inspector General Ernesto Olivetti, and Lieutenant Valenti of the Vatican Gendarmerie Corps race to the first church, only to find the first cardinal, Cardinal Ebner, dead, suffocated with dirt and branded with the word "Earth". They verify the second altar's location and arrive, only to witness the death of the second cardinal, Cardinal Lamassa, his lungs lacerated and his body branded with the word "Air". While Vetra studies Silvano's diaries, Langdon and the Vatican officers locate the third church(Santa Maria della Vittoria Basilica) and try to save the third cardinal, Cardinal Gudiera, from burning to death, but the assassin appears and kills everyone but Langdon. The cardinal succumbs to the flames, his body branded with the word "Fire."After escaping, Langdon convinces two police officers to race with him to the last church of the "Water" altar, but the assassin murders them and drops the fourth cardinal, Cardinal Baggia, into the Fountain of the Four Rivers. However, Langdon saves the cardinal, who tells him the location of the Illuminati's lair: Castel Sant'Angelo. When Langdon and Vetra arrive, they are confronted by the assassin, who spares their lives since they are not armed and he has not been paid to kill them. He reveals that his contractors were from the Catholic Church. The assassin escapes and finds a vehicle containing his payment, but is killed by a car bomb upon igniting the engine. Langdon and Vetra discover that the final victim of the plot will be Camerlengo McKenna. After arriving at the Vatican via a secret passage, they and some Swiss Guards enter the Camerlengo's office and find him in the floor branded with the Vatican's symbol on his chest and Commander Richter near him with a gun. The Guards promptly kill Richter to save the camerlengo. During the confusion, the dying commander gives Langdon a key to his office. Then the camerlengo, Langdon, Vetra, and the Swiss Guards discover the location of the stolen antimatter vial. By the time they find it, the battery is about to expire, the deadly explosion just minutes away. The camerlengo seizes the vial and uses a helicopter meant for escape from the Vatican to fly above the church. He then activates the autopilot and escapes with a parachute. After several seconds, the bomb explodes and the camerlengo lands, now considered a hero by the crowd and even as the best candidate to be the new Pope by the College of Cardinals. Meanwhile, Langdon and Vetra use Richter's key to watch a security video showing that the mastermind behind the murders of the original Pope and the preferiti and the antimatter robbery, in fact, is the camerlengo and not the Illuminati. While Richter tries to arrest McKenna, the priest brands himself with a seal that resembles Saint Peter's upside-down crucifixion and accuses the commander being a member of the Illuminati. Langdon shows the video to the College. After the camerlengo realizes his plot has been uncovered, he immolates himself with oil from one of the 99 holy lamps inside St. Peter's Basilica.The Vatican announces that the camerlengo died due to internal wounds suffered during his landing, while the public demands he be canonized. The College designate the Cardinal Baggia as the new Pope, and Cardinal Strauss as the new camerlengo. The new camerlengo thanks Robert Langdon for saving the Vatican and the new Pope, and as a mark of his gratitude loans Galileo's "Diagramma Veritas" to Langdon for his reference.When a murder of a physicist, Leonardo Vetra, finds a symbolist, Robert Langdon, and Mr. Vetra’s daughter, Vittoria, on an adventure for a secret brotherhood, The Illuminati. Clues lead them all around the Vatican, including the four alters of science, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. An Assassin, working for the Illuminati, has captured four cardinals, and murders each, painfully. Robert and Vittoria also are searching for a new very destructive weapon that could kill millions.The plot of the film is set around a group of Norwegian medical students who go away for a snowmobiling vacation. They come across a box of cursed gold in the cabin they are staying in. Unfortunately, the area they are staying in was used by the Nazis in the German occupation of Norway during World War II, and the gold belonged to them. As a result, Nazi zombies come back to reclaim their gold.

Angels & Demons | 2009

Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Under the watchful eyes of Father Silvano Bentivoglio and Dr. Vittoria Vetra, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) initiates the Large Hadron Collider and captures three vials of antimatter. Immediately afterward, someone kills Father Silvano, uses his retina to infiltrate the containment chamber, and steals one vial.The Roman Catholic Church mourns the death of Pope Pius XVI in Rome. Vatican City prepares for the College of Cardinals' papal conclave, which will select the next Pope. Until that time, Camerlengo Patrick McKenna, a papal court official and former helicopter pilot, assumes temporary control of the Vatican. Reporters, nuns, priests, and other faithful members of the Church crowd into Saint Peter's Square, waiting for white smoke from the conclave. But the Illuminati, a 400-year old, underground secret society, kidnap the four most likely candidates before the conclave enters seclusion. The Illuminati threaten to kill one every hour, beginning at 8:00 pm, and then destroy the Vatican in a burst of light at midnight. A stolen security camera shows the missing antimatter vial, which will catastrophically explode when the vial's battery dies and the magnetic containment field fails.The Vatican summons symbologist Robert Langdon from Harvard University and Vittoria Vetra from CERN to help them solve the Illuminati's threat, save the four preferiti, and replace the vial's batteries. Langdon listens to the Illuminati message and deduces that the four cardinals will die at the four altars of the "Path of Illumination". However, no one knows where these altars are located. Vetra demands that Commander Richter, the commandant of the Swiss Guard, to bring Father Silvano's diaries from Switzerland, hoping that they contain the name of the person with whom Silvano discussed the antimatter experiment. Langdon also demands access to the Vatican Secret Archives (something he has requested for 10 years) to see the original copy of Galileo Galilei's banned book, which may contain the locations of the four "altars of science". Using the clues from this book, Langdon, Vetra, Inspector General Ernesto Olivetti, and Lieutenant Valenti of the Vatican Gendarmerie Corps race to the first church, only to find the first cardinal, Cardinal Ebner, dead, suffocated with dirt and branded with the word "Earth". They verify the second altar's location and arrive, only to witness the death of the second cardinal, Cardinal Lamassa, his lungs lacerated and his body branded with the word "Air". While Vetra studies Silvano's diaries, Langdon and the Vatican officers locate the third church(Santa Maria della Vittoria Basilica) and try to save the third cardinal, Cardinal Gudiera, from burning to death, but the assassin appears and kills everyone but Langdon. The cardinal succumbs to the flames, his body branded with the word "Fire."After escaping, Langdon convinces two police officers to race with him to the last church of the "Water" altar, but the assassin murders them and drops the fourth cardinal, Cardinal Baggia, into the Fountain of the Four Rivers. However, Langdon saves the cardinal, who tells him the location of the Illuminati's lair: Castel Sant'Angelo. When Langdon and Vetra arrive, they are confronted by the assassin, who spares their lives since they are not armed and he has not been paid to kill them. He reveals that his contractors were from the Catholic Church. The assassin escapes and finds a vehicle containing his payment, but is killed by a car bomb upon igniting the engine. Langdon and Vetra discover that the final victim of the plot will be Camerlengo McKenna. After arriving at the Vatican via a secret passage, they and some Swiss Guards enter the Camerlengo's office and find him in the floor branded with the Vatican's symbol on his chest and Commander Richter near him with a gun. The Guards promptly kill Richter to save the camerlengo. During the confusion, the dying commander gives Langdon a key to his office. Then the camerlengo, Langdon, Vetra, and the Swiss Guards discover the location of the stolen antimatter vial. By the time they find it, the battery is about to expire, the deadly explosion just minutes away. The camerlengo seizes the vial and uses a helicopter meant for escape from the Vatican to fly above the church. He then activates the autopilot and escapes with a parachute. After several seconds, the bomb explodes and the camerlengo lands, now considered a hero by the crowd and even as the best candidate to be the new Pope by the College of Cardinals. Meanwhile, Langdon and Vetra use Richter's key to watch a security video showing that the mastermind behind the murders of the original Pope and the preferiti and the antimatter robbery, in fact, is the camerlengo and not the Illuminati. While Richter tries to arrest McKenna, the priest brands himself with a seal that resembles Saint Peter's upside-down crucifixion and accuses the commander being a member of the Illuminati. Langdon shows the video to the College. After the camerlengo realizes his plot has been uncovered, he immolates himself with oil from one of the 99 holy lamps inside St. Peter's Basilica.The Vatican announces that the camerlengo died due to internal wounds suffered during his landing, while the public demands he be canonized. The College designate the Cardinal Baggia as the new Pope, and Cardinal Strauss as the new camerlengo. The new camerlengo thanks Robert Langdon for saving the Vatican and the new Pope, and as a mark of his gratitude loans Galileo's "Diagramma Veritas" to Langdon for his reference.When a murder of a physicist, Leonardo Vetra, finds a symbolist, Robert Langdon, and Mr. Vetra’s daughter, Vittoria, on an adventure for a secret brotherhood, The Illuminati. Clues lead them all around the Vatican, including the four alters of science, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. An Assassin, working for the Illuminati, has captured four cardinals, and murders each, painfully. Robert and Vittoria also are searching for a new very destructive weapon that could kill millions.The plot of the film is set around a group of Norwegian medical students who go away for a snowmobiling vacation. They come across a box of cursed gold in the cabin they are staying in. Unfortunately, the area they are staying in was used by the Nazis in the German occupation of Norway during World War II, and the gold belonged to them. As a result, Nazi zombies come back to reclaim their gold.

	Watchmen \| 2009
Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, War
The film begins with a montage of historical scenes painting an alternate history from World War II through the 1980s. The montage includes historical events such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Vietnam War. Due to the success of the Vietnam war, Richard Nixon is shown to be elected to his third term as President. The story begins in 1985 (by which time masked vigilantes have been outlawed) in the apartment of Edward Blake. Blake fights an intruder and is thrown through a plate glass window, falling to his death. With the police having no leads, costumed vigilante Rorschach decides to probe further. Discovering that Blake was the U.S. employed costumed hero, The Comedian, Rorschach believes he has discovered a plot to eliminate costumed heroes. He then sets about warning three of his retired comrades, Dan Dreiberg (formerly the second Nite Owl), the super powered and emotionally detached Doctor Manhattan and his lover Laurie Juspeczyk (the second Silk Spectre), and Dan goes and speaks with Adrian Veidt (once the hero Ozymandias, and now a successful businessman) about the possible conspiracy.Appearing on a talk show to answer questions from the audience, Dr. Manhattan learns from a journalist that several of his former associates, including his former lover, Janey Slater, have died from or are dying of cancer. Believing that Manhattan’s godlike powers were the cause, other journalists press on with the story. Manhattan, who has increasingly grown more detached from humanity since the accident that gave him his powers, exiles himself to Mars. Unfortunately, as his presence allowed the U.S. to win the Vietnam War, and keep Soviet aggression in check, Manhattan’s exile gives the Russians the ability to invade Afghanistan.Having broken up with Manhattan, Laurie finds herself increasingly attached with Dan. After an unsuccessful attempt of having sex, they decide to come out of retirement after agreeing to become superheroes again. After they rescue a group of people from a burning building, they passionately make love in Dan’s Owlship. Meanwhile, Veidt survives an assassination attempt, and Rorschach is sent to prison after being framed for the murder of The Comedian’s former enemy, Moloch the Mystic. Because he is responsible for the detainment of more than 50% of his inmates according to the ironically named "Big Figure" (due to his growth impairment but high influence), Rorschach has a large bounty placed on his head. After a fellow inmate dies from being burned by Rorschach with cooking oil, a riot breaks out in prison. Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II arrive to spring out Rorschach, and the former two defuse the riot while Rorschach kills Big Figure and his henchmen one by one.Dr. Manhattan comes back to Earth and takes Laurie with him to Mars, telling her he no longer cares for the human race. Able to see the past and future, Manhattan informs Laurie that there will be a catastrophic event on Earth and denies her request to intervene. Manhattan uses his powers to bring up Laurie’s memories, during which they are surprised to learn that The Comedian, who had once tried to rape Laurie’s mother Sally, was also her father. This discovery re-sparks Manhattan’s interest in humanity, and he returns to Earth with Laurie.At the same time, Rorschach and Nite Owl II go to Veidt’s office and hack into his computer, discovering that Veidt himself may be the mastermind behind The Comedian’s death, Dr. Manhattan’s exile, and the framing of Rorschach. Rorschach leaves his journal denouncing Veidt’s conspiracy to be found. Nite Owl II and Rorschach travel to Antarctica to confront Veidt in his retreat. Veidt, dressed as Ozymandias, informs them that he was using Dr. Manhattan all along in order to replicate his special kind of energy. After an enduring physical battle, Veidt chides them for thinking him "a comic-book villain" and informs the two that he had executed his plan 35 minutes earlier. All across the world, energy explosions obliterate major cities, leaving 15 million dead. The Americans recognize the energy signatures as those of Dr. Manhattan as opposed to the nuclear weapons of the Soviet Union.Upon returning to Earth, Dr. Manhattan and Laurie end up in New York City, and experience the devastation in New York firsthand. Realizing that Veidt was responsible, they confront him in his residence. After Veidt shows the heroes that his plan succeeded in ending global hostilities, Dr. Manhattan decides to exile himself to another galaxy in order to create life rather than oppose Veidt. Rorschach, however, refuses to compromise and is quickly vaporized by Dr. Manhattan while leaving. Manhattan says his farewells to Laurie. Nite Owl, devastated and infuriated after witnessing Rorschach’s death, attacks Veidt in a fit of rage, but Veidt does not resist or show signs of pain, which calms Nite Owl down. After talking to Veidt, he reluctantly agrees with Laurie to keep silent about the plan or else the threat of nuclear war will continue.The film ends with the world together in a united front against all dangers, such as nuclear arms, thus ending the Cold War. Laurie and Dan have gotten together as an official couple as they are visited by Laurie’s mother, Sally Jupiter. The final scene shows a newspaper editor, annoyed at having nothing worthwhile to print, telling a young employee named Seymour to find a good article. This prompts Seymour to get out "The Crank File", a collection of crank letters, among which is Rorschach’s journal.

Watchmen | 2009

Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, War

The film begins with a montage of historical scenes painting an alternate history from World War II through the 1980s. The montage includes historical events such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Vietnam War. Due to the success of the Vietnam war, Richard Nixon is shown to be elected to his third term as President. The story begins in 1985 (by which time masked vigilantes have been outlawed) in the apartment of Edward Blake. Blake fights an intruder and is thrown through a plate glass window, falling to his death. With the police having no leads, costumed vigilante Rorschach decides to probe further. Discovering that Blake was the U.S. employed costumed hero, The Comedian, Rorschach believes he has discovered a plot to eliminate costumed heroes. He then sets about warning three of his retired comrades, Dan Dreiberg (formerly the second Nite Owl), the super powered and emotionally detached Doctor Manhattan and his lover Laurie Juspeczyk (the second Silk Spectre), and Dan goes and speaks with Adrian Veidt (once the hero Ozymandias, and now a successful businessman) about the possible conspiracy.Appearing on a talk show to answer questions from the audience, Dr. Manhattan learns from a journalist that several of his former associates, including his former lover, Janey Slater, have died from or are dying of cancer. Believing that Manhattan’s godlike powers were the cause, other journalists press on with the story. Manhattan, who has increasingly grown more detached from humanity since the accident that gave him his powers, exiles himself to Mars. Unfortunately, as his presence allowed the U.S. to win the Vietnam War, and keep Soviet aggression in check, Manhattan’s exile gives the Russians the ability to invade Afghanistan.Having broken up with Manhattan, Laurie finds herself increasingly attached with Dan. After an unsuccessful attempt of having sex, they decide to come out of retirement after agreeing to become superheroes again. After they rescue a group of people from a burning building, they passionately make love in Dan’s Owlship. Meanwhile, Veidt survives an assassination attempt, and Rorschach is sent to prison after being framed for the murder of The Comedian’s former enemy, Moloch the Mystic. Because he is responsible for the detainment of more than 50% of his inmates according to the ironically named "Big Figure" (due to his growth impairment but high influence), Rorschach has a large bounty placed on his head. After a fellow inmate dies from being burned by Rorschach with cooking oil, a riot breaks out in prison. Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II arrive to spring out Rorschach, and the former two defuse the riot while Rorschach kills Big Figure and his henchmen one by one.Dr. Manhattan comes back to Earth and takes Laurie with him to Mars, telling her he no longer cares for the human race. Able to see the past and future, Manhattan informs Laurie that there will be a catastrophic event on Earth and denies her request to intervene. Manhattan uses his powers to bring up Laurie’s memories, during which they are surprised to learn that The Comedian, who had once tried to rape Laurie’s mother Sally, was also her father. This discovery re-sparks Manhattan’s interest in humanity, and he returns to Earth with Laurie.At the same time, Rorschach and Nite Owl II go to Veidt’s office and hack into his computer, discovering that Veidt himself may be the mastermind behind The Comedian’s death, Dr. Manhattan’s exile, and the framing of Rorschach. Rorschach leaves his journal denouncing Veidt’s conspiracy to be found. Nite Owl II and Rorschach travel to Antarctica to confront Veidt in his retreat. Veidt, dressed as Ozymandias, informs them that he was using Dr. Manhattan all along in order to replicate his special kind of energy. After an enduring physical battle, Veidt chides them for thinking him "a comic-book villain" and informs the two that he had executed his plan 35 minutes earlier. All across the world, energy explosions obliterate major cities, leaving 15 million dead. The Americans recognize the energy signatures as those of Dr. Manhattan as opposed to the nuclear weapons of the Soviet Union.Upon returning to Earth, Dr. Manhattan and Laurie end up in New York City, and experience the devastation in New York firsthand. Realizing that Veidt was responsible, they confront him in his residence. After Veidt shows the heroes that his plan succeeded in ending global hostilities, Dr. Manhattan decides to exile himself to another galaxy in order to create life rather than oppose Veidt. Rorschach, however, refuses to compromise and is quickly vaporized by Dr. Manhattan while leaving. Manhattan says his farewells to Laurie. Nite Owl, devastated and infuriated after witnessing Rorschach’s death, attacks Veidt in a fit of rage, but Veidt does not resist or show signs of pain, which calms Nite Owl down. After talking to Veidt, he reluctantly agrees with Laurie to keep silent about the plan or else the threat of nuclear war will continue.The film ends with the world together in a united front against all dangers, such as nuclear arms, thus ending the Cold War. Laurie and Dan have gotten together as an official couple as they are visited by Laurie’s mother, Sally Jupiter. The final scene shows a newspaper editor, annoyed at having nothing worthwhile to print, telling a young employee named Seymour to find a good article. This prompts Seymour to get out "The Crank File", a collection of crank letters, among which is Rorschach’s journal.

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Closer

2004

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008

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