Jodie Foster could hardly hold back her feelings when announcing the Best Actor winner at the 1990 Oscars ceremony. Watch above as she swoons in saying the name of Daniel Day-Lewis for “My Left Foot,” his first ever victory at the Academy Awards.
In the 1980s, Day-Lewis was a young actor known mostly for British stage work and television, but he was building a reputation as an immersive method actor. He had received good notices for his performances in “A Room with a View,” as the wealthy suitor of Helena Bonham Carter, and as a romantic Czech doctor in “The Unbearable Lightness of Being.”
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In 1988 he was offered a screenplay based on the memoirs of Christy Brown, an Irish poet and painter born with cerebral palsy. When he read the opening scene where Christy puts on a record using only his left foot,...
In the 1980s, Day-Lewis was a young actor known mostly for British stage work and television, but he was building a reputation as an immersive method actor. He had received good notices for his performances in “A Room with a View,” as the wealthy suitor of Helena Bonham Carter, and as a romantic Czech doctor in “The Unbearable Lightness of Being.”
SEEDaniel Day-Lewis movies: Top 12 greatest films ranked from worst to best
In 1988 he was offered a screenplay based on the memoirs of Christy Brown, an Irish poet and painter born with cerebral palsy. When he read the opening scene where Christy puts on a record using only his left foot,...
- 2/10/2018
- by Jack Fields
- Gold Derby
Pre-eminent drama producer John Edwards will deliver the Hector Crawford memorial lecture next Wednesday at the Screen Forever conference in Melbourne.
Edwards' productions have won 39 AFI and Aacta Awards, four People.s Choice Awards, eight Astra Awards, 29 Logies, more than a dozen craft awards in Australia and international accolades including three New York Festival Awards and a Golden Globe nomination.
Now with Endemol Shine Australia, he has produced more than 600 hours of television drama including The Beautiful Lie, Offspring, Gallipoli, Love My Way, Paper Giants, The Secret Life of Us and Police Rescue.
Among his other credits are The Surgeon, Dangerous, Rush, Tangle, Puberty Blues, Party Tricks, the Golden Globe nominated mini-series On the Beach, Marking Time, which won seven AFI Awards, six telemovies in the Cody series, and Beaconsfield.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner said, .Edwards. contribution to Australian television drama is incomparable to any other contemporary figure in the country.
Edwards' productions have won 39 AFI and Aacta Awards, four People.s Choice Awards, eight Astra Awards, 29 Logies, more than a dozen craft awards in Australia and international accolades including three New York Festival Awards and a Golden Globe nomination.
Now with Endemol Shine Australia, he has produced more than 600 hours of television drama including The Beautiful Lie, Offspring, Gallipoli, Love My Way, Paper Giants, The Secret Life of Us and Police Rescue.
Among his other credits are The Surgeon, Dangerous, Rush, Tangle, Puberty Blues, Party Tricks, the Golden Globe nominated mini-series On the Beach, Marking Time, which won seven AFI Awards, six telemovies in the Cody series, and Beaconsfield.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner said, .Edwards. contribution to Australian television drama is incomparable to any other contemporary figure in the country.
- 11/12/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
The Secret Scripture
Director: Jim Sheridan// Writers: Johnny Ferguson, Jim Sheridan
In light of his recent titles, it’s hard to forget that Jim Sheridan started out with My Left Foot back in 1989, and went on to work with Daniel Day-Lewis in two more superb roles. In 2004, Sheridan saw a resurgence with the success of In America, but a string of intriguing choices afterwards all seemed to fail, including the 50 cent headlined Get Rich or Die Tryin’, an unwise remake of Susanne Bier’s Brothers, and a supernatural thriller that was subjected to studio interference, Dream House. We’re thinking The Secret Scripture, based on the novel by Sebastian Barry and set to film in Ireland, will be a comeback worth anticipating, as it features a strong cast led by Rooney Mara. The film’s focus is a woman and her diary during an extended stay at a mental hospital.
Director: Jim Sheridan// Writers: Johnny Ferguson, Jim Sheridan
In light of his recent titles, it’s hard to forget that Jim Sheridan started out with My Left Foot back in 1989, and went on to work with Daniel Day-Lewis in two more superb roles. In 2004, Sheridan saw a resurgence with the success of In America, but a string of intriguing choices afterwards all seemed to fail, including the 50 cent headlined Get Rich or Die Tryin’, an unwise remake of Susanne Bier’s Brothers, and a supernatural thriller that was subjected to studio interference, Dream House. We’re thinking The Secret Scripture, based on the novel by Sebastian Barry and set to film in Ireland, will be a comeback worth anticipating, as it features a strong cast led by Rooney Mara. The film’s focus is a woman and her diary during an extended stay at a mental hospital.
- 1/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: Relativity Studios has acquired Us rights from Ferndale Films and Jim Sheridan to The Secret Scripture, which Voltage Pictures has come on to sell internationally at Afm.
Sheridan will commence production in December on the film starring Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Eric Bana, Jack Reynor and Theo James.
The Secret Scripture centres on an Irishwoman wrongly branded a nymphomaniac who is sent to a mental hospital where she spends the rest of her life awaiting the arrival of the unborn son she was accused of killing.
Johnny Ferguson and Sheridan adapted the postwar story based on the novel of the same name by Sebastian Barry.
Noel Pearson of Ferndale Films is the producer. Ingenious Senior Film Fund, the Irish Film Board and European Media Fund are the joint financiers.
Sheridan will commence production in December on the film starring Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Eric Bana, Jack Reynor and Theo James.
The Secret Scripture centres on an Irishwoman wrongly branded a nymphomaniac who is sent to a mental hospital where she spends the rest of her life awaiting the arrival of the unborn son she was accused of killing.
Johnny Ferguson and Sheridan adapted the postwar story based on the novel of the same name by Sebastian Barry.
Noel Pearson of Ferndale Films is the producer. Ingenious Senior Film Fund, the Irish Film Board and European Media Fund are the joint financiers.
- 11/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Phillip Adams will deliver. the Hector Crawford Memorial Lecture at the Screen Forever conference at Melbourne.s Crown Conference Centre on Monday November 17..
For half a century Adams has been an imposing figure as a broadcaster, filmmaker, social commentator, satirist and author of more than 20 books.
Gough Whitlam once described him as Australia.s .most perceptive social critic... Some regard him as a godfather of the Australian film industry for his contributions to the renaissance of the industry in the 1970s and 80s.
His producing credits include The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, Don.s Party,. The Getting of Wisdom and Abra Cadabra, and he was Ep on Lonely Hearts and We of the Never Never.
Recognising Adams. 21 years as presenter of Radio National.s Late Night Live, Professor Robert Manne described him as .perhaps the most remarkable broadcaster in the history of this country..
Screen Producers Australia exec director Matt...
For half a century Adams has been an imposing figure as a broadcaster, filmmaker, social commentator, satirist and author of more than 20 books.
Gough Whitlam once described him as Australia.s .most perceptive social critic... Some regard him as a godfather of the Australian film industry for his contributions to the renaissance of the industry in the 1970s and 80s.
His producing credits include The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, Don.s Party,. The Getting of Wisdom and Abra Cadabra, and he was Ep on Lonely Hearts and We of the Never Never.
Recognising Adams. 21 years as presenter of Radio National.s Late Night Live, Professor Robert Manne described him as .perhaps the most remarkable broadcaster in the history of this country..
Screen Producers Australia exec director Matt...
- 10/29/2014
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
• Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to play the title role in The Black Phantom, replacing Jamie Foxx, who left the project due to scheduling conflicts. Jackson would join Kevin Hart in Screen Gems’ action comedy, which is being directed by Tim Story. The film follows a hit man (Hart) who strikes an unlikely partnership with the hit man hired to kill him, The Black Phantom. Dave Lease and Megan Hinds wrote the script. Will Packer and Will Gluck will produce. [Deadline]
• Lee Pace (Guardians of the Galaxy) will star in the sci-fi thriller Prisoners of War, replacing Alex Russell (Chronicle...
• Lee Pace (Guardians of the Galaxy) will star in the sci-fi thriller Prisoners of War, replacing Alex Russell (Chronicle...
- 8/7/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
Eric Bana, Theo James and Jack Reynor are said to be in talks to join The Secret Scripture.
The film, an adaptation of Sebastian Barry's novel about a woman's stay at a mental hospital, has already signed Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave and Jeremy Irons.
Variety reports that Bana will play a rebellious doctor responsible for viewing the case of Roseanne (Mara), while James stars as the local Catholic priest. Reynor will play Mara's love interest and a member of the British army.
The film is directed by Jim Sheridan and produced by Noel Pearson, with Johnny Ferguson writing the script.
The project has been through a number of crew changes, with Jessica Chastain originally attached to play Roseanne and Thaddeus O'Sullivan previously slated to direct.
The Secret Scripture is due for release in 2015.
The film, an adaptation of Sebastian Barry's novel about a woman's stay at a mental hospital, has already signed Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave and Jeremy Irons.
Variety reports that Bana will play a rebellious doctor responsible for viewing the case of Roseanne (Mara), while James stars as the local Catholic priest. Reynor will play Mara's love interest and a member of the British army.
The film is directed by Jim Sheridan and produced by Noel Pearson, with Johnny Ferguson writing the script.
The project has been through a number of crew changes, with Jessica Chastain originally attached to play Roseanne and Thaddeus O'Sullivan previously slated to direct.
The Secret Scripture is due for release in 2015.
- 8/6/2014
- Digital Spy
• Tommy Lee Jones is joining Kevin Costner and Gary Oldman in Criminal. Ariel Vromen is directing the thriller from Millenium Films, which tells the story of a prison inmate who is implanted with a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets, and skills with the hope that he will stop a diabolical plot. Jones will play a neuroscientist who transplants said intelligence. Douglas Cook and David Weisberg wrote the script. Chris Bender, J.C. Spink, and Matt O’Toole will produce. [THR]
• Rooney Mara is heading to The Secret Scripture, which will be directed by Jim Sheridan. The drama follows a 100-year-old woman,...
• Rooney Mara is heading to The Secret Scripture, which will be directed by Jim Sheridan. The drama follows a 100-year-old woman,...
- 7/24/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: After wrapping Joe Wright’s Pan picture in London, Rooney Mara will head for the Jim Sheridan-helmed The Secret Scripture. The drama, about a 100-year-old woman named Roseanne who recounts her life in mental institutions in a secret memoir, is gearing up for a September shoot in Ireland. Jessica Chastain was previously attached to star alongside Vanessa Redgrave, but now Mara will play the younger Roseanne, who survives a traumatic childhood only to see her life utterly changed by a vindictive Catholic priest. Pic reunites Sheridan with his My Left Foot producer Noel Pearson and is adapted by Johnny Ferguson […]...
- 7/23/2014
- Deadline
Exclusive: Irish Film Board to back productions including Jim Sheridan’s The Secret Scripture and Tomato Red.
The Irish Film Board is to back productions from Juanita Wilson, Jim Sheridan, Julien Temple and Aisling Walsh in its latest round of funding decisions.
Noel Pearson (My Left Foot) is producing The Secret Scripture, which was announced in Berlin, with Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave attached, being sold by Voltage Pictures.
It has received this round’s biggest commitment of €600,000 ($820,000). In The Name Of The Father and My Left Foot’s Sheridan is now lined up to direct.
Johnny Ferguson’s adaptation of Sebastian Barry’s novel centres on the relationship between a 100-year-old woman who has been in a mental hospital for half her life and the psychiatrist who tries to understand why she is there. Production is due to get underway later this year.
Octagon Films production Tomato Red from writer-director Wilson (As If I Am Not There) has received...
The Irish Film Board is to back productions from Juanita Wilson, Jim Sheridan, Julien Temple and Aisling Walsh in its latest round of funding decisions.
Noel Pearson (My Left Foot) is producing The Secret Scripture, which was announced in Berlin, with Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave attached, being sold by Voltage Pictures.
It has received this round’s biggest commitment of €600,000 ($820,000). In The Name Of The Father and My Left Foot’s Sheridan is now lined up to direct.
Johnny Ferguson’s adaptation of Sebastian Barry’s novel centres on the relationship between a 100-year-old woman who has been in a mental hospital for half her life and the psychiatrist who tries to understand why she is there. Production is due to get underway later this year.
Octagon Films production Tomato Red from writer-director Wilson (As If I Am Not There) has received...
- 5/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Fresh off his Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in a film that was his feature acting debut, Barkhad Abdi has booked what will be his follow-up role in a historical drama centered on famous South African marathon runner, Willie Mtolo. Titled The Place That Hits The Sun, the project hails from producer Noel Pearson (My Left Foot), with Jim O'Hanlon attached to direct. Abdi will play Mtolo, the South African running legend who was born in 1964, and has participated in more than 23 marathons in South Africa and around the world. He has won 9 marathons, including the J.S.E. Marathon (1985), S.A. Marathon (1988), Ford Marathon...
- 3/3/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
However Oscar night plays out this Sunday, Barkhad Abdi can’t really complain. The Somali-American actor, nominated for Best Supporting Actor for playing lead hijacker Abduwali Muse in Captain Phillips, came out of literally nowhere (he was working as a limo driver before answering a Minneapolis casting call) to steal Paul Greengrass’s thriller out from under Tom Hanks. Now, it appears that the extremely in-demand actor has finally locked down his next project, a marathon drama titled The Place That Hits The Sun.
The historical drama, which currently has Jim O’Hanlon (the 2009 Emma miniseries) attached to direct, will focus on Zulu warrior Willie Mtolo (Abdi), a famed South African marathoner who eventually competed in the 1992 New York Marathon. However, The Place That Hits The Sun will not be exclusively about Mtolo’s racing accomplishments. The film will primarily center on the unlikely friendship that forms between Mtolo and...
The historical drama, which currently has Jim O’Hanlon (the 2009 Emma miniseries) attached to direct, will focus on Zulu warrior Willie Mtolo (Abdi), a famed South African marathoner who eventually competed in the 1992 New York Marathon. However, The Place That Hits The Sun will not be exclusively about Mtolo’s racing accomplishments. The film will primarily center on the unlikely friendship that forms between Mtolo and...
- 2/28/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
It looks like Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi has found the follow-up to his feature film debut. The actor is in talks to star in the film The Place That Hits The Sun from producer Noel Pearson (My Left Foot) via his Ferndale Films. Jim O'Hanlon is attached to direct. Photos: On Board With 'Captain Phillips': Exclusive Portraits of Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi The historical drama follows famous South African marathoner Willie Mtolo, a Zulu warrior, who competed in the 1992 New York Marathon. The story centers on Mtolo and Ray de Vries, a Caucasian bar owner, whose unlikely
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- 2/24/2014
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sebastian Barry's novel The Secret Scripture has already had a spell of success and attention, winning awards and shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2008. Now it's set to return to the limelight with a film adaptation starring Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave. My Left Foot's Noel Pearson is producing, and after a few months of searching, the film now finally has a director in Thaddeus O'Sullivan.A cinematographer by original trade, O'Sullivan made his debut as a director with the 1991 drama December Bride. He's since made Nothing Personal, Ordinary Decent Criminal, The Heart Of Me and, most recently, 2011's Stella Days. He's also directed regularly for television, most notably with HBO's Emmy-winning 2009 TV-movie Into The Storm.The Secret Scripture sees Chastain playing the young Redgrave, since the novel concentrates on two separate points in the life of Roseanne McNulty. The set up is the occasion of Roseanne's (presumed) hundredth birthday,...
- 2/3/2014
- EmpireOnline
Thaddeus O’Sullivan has come aboard to direct The Secret Scripture, a drama which has Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave attached to star. Noel Pearson, who produced My Left Foot, is producing the adaptation of the award-wining Sebastian Barry novel. Photos: 35 of 2014's Most Anticipated Movies Voltage Pictures, which financed and sold the Oscar-nominated Dallas Buyers Club, is in final negotiations to come aboard as the sales agent for the project, which will be selling in Berlin. The Ireland-centric story centers on a 100-year old woman who has been in a mental hospital since World War
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- 2/1/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Thaddeus O'Sullivan ("Into the Storm"," "The Heart of Me") is set to direct an adaptation of the award-wining Sebastian Barry novel "The Secret Scripture" for Voltage Pictures.
Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave are attached to star in the Ireland-centric story about a 100-year old Presbyterian woman who has been in a mental hospital since World War Two.
With the facility closing, a psychiatrist tries to piece together why the woman is there, not knowing she has been hiding a diary under the floorboards detailing her harsh treatment both during Ireland's civil war and at the hands of an abusive priest.
Chastain and Redgrave will play older and younger versions of the woman. Noel Pearson will produce.
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Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave are attached to star in the Ireland-centric story about a 100-year old Presbyterian woman who has been in a mental hospital since World War Two.
With the facility closing, a psychiatrist tries to piece together why the woman is there, not knowing she has been hiding a diary under the floorboards detailing her harsh treatment both during Ireland's civil war and at the hands of an abusive priest.
Chastain and Redgrave will play older and younger versions of the woman. Noel Pearson will produce.
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- 1/31/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave have been cast in The Secret Scripture.
The actresses will star as older and younger versions of the same character in the adaptation of Sebastian Barry's novel, reports Iftn.
They will play Roseanne McNulty, a woman who, as a 100-year-old mental patient, sits down to write her biography.
The woman's account differs wildly from the facts surrounding her troubled life.
Zero Dark Thirty star Chastain will next be seen in The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: His and Hers, Liv Ullmann's Miss Julie and Christopher Nolan's Interstellar.
Redgrave was most recently seen in Lee Daniels' The Butler and will appear in Foxcatcher and the upcoming television drama The Black Box.
The Secret Scripture was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008.
My Left Foot's Noel Pearson will produce, with a director yet to be announced.
The Secret Scripture will begin shooting in Sligo and Wicklow next June.
The actresses will star as older and younger versions of the same character in the adaptation of Sebastian Barry's novel, reports Iftn.
They will play Roseanne McNulty, a woman who, as a 100-year-old mental patient, sits down to write her biography.
The woman's account differs wildly from the facts surrounding her troubled life.
Zero Dark Thirty star Chastain will next be seen in The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: His and Hers, Liv Ullmann's Miss Julie and Christopher Nolan's Interstellar.
Redgrave was most recently seen in Lee Daniels' The Butler and will appear in Foxcatcher and the upcoming television drama The Black Box.
The Secret Scripture was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008.
My Left Foot's Noel Pearson will produce, with a director yet to be announced.
The Secret Scripture will begin shooting in Sligo and Wicklow next June.
- 11/18/2013
- Digital Spy
Sebastian Barry's novel The Secret Scripture has already had a spell of success and attention, winning various awards and shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2008. Now it's set to return to the limelight with a film adaptation starring Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave, produced by My Left Foot's Noel Pearson.Chastain will be playing the young Redgrave, since the novel concentrates on two separate points in the life of Roseanne McNulty. The set up is the occassion of Roseanne's (possible) hundredth birthday, which she's sadly celebrating in the mental institution where she's lived for most of her life, but which is now facing closure. Investigating her case, trying to piece together how Roseanne ever came to be there, is sympathetic psychiatrist Dr Grene.The novel alternates between the journal entries of the doctor and Roseanne, who keeps her diary concealed in the floorboards of her room. Her narrative...
- 11/18/2013
- EmpireOnline
While we haven't seen much of Jessica Chastain on the big screen in 2013, she's been no less busy. She's already got the two picture "The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby His & Hers" in the bag, Liv Ullman's "Miss Julie" has wrapped and she's currently in the midst of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar." And continuing to mix up the projects she takes on, it looks like Chastain's next movie will be a drama that finds her returning to Ireland. Producer Noel Pearson ("My Left Foot," "Dancing at Lughnasa") has revealed that Chastain and legend Vanessa Redgrave will star in the adaptation of Sebastian Barry's award winning "The Secret Scripture." The late Johnny Ferguson ("Gangster No. 1") penned the story about a 100-year-old mental patient whose decision to investigate her past shakes loose some troubling memories. Chastain and Redgrave will play the younger and older version of the the lead character. Here's the...
- 11/16/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Screenwriter / director Jim Sheridan has had an amazing career – his films have been nominated for bunches of Oscars, and he’s worked with talents ranging from Jake Gyllenhaal to rapper 50 Cent – so it’s only fitting that the Irish Film Institute in Dublin is hosting a season marking Sheridan’s finest work. At a screening last week of perhaps his most famous film, My Left Foot, its Oscar winning star Daniel Day-Lewis (he won the first of his two Best Actor nods for his starring role as Christy Brown, the Irish writer/artist who was afflicted with cerebral palsy) reminisced about the 1989 masterpiece. "This film and working with Jim Sheridan changed my life. I doubt I will have a happier experience. Not just because the film had a kind of success that we certainly didn't expect, but more really because of the way we made the film,” Day-Lewis recalled.
- 2/10/2011
- IrishCentral
According to a report in The Sunday Tribune, Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron will be spending lots of time in Ireland next year, as she’s down to play the lead female role in the film version of the Sebastian Barry novel “The Secret Scripture.” The paper says that the prolific Irish producer Noel Pearson is on board for the project, and is trying to line up the British actor Alan Rickman for one of the other main characters. Theron will play Roseanne McNulty, a 100-year-old mental patient who decides to write an autobiography, and she’ll age back in time for the role. The Tribune didn’t say when filming will start, but Theron will likely be spending part of next summer in Australia shooting a sequel to the “Mad Max” franchise popularized by Irish-American actor Mel Gibson way back when. She’s pretty much confirmed to play the female lead in the film,...
- 11/20/2009
- IrishCentral
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