ruben guthrie is a 2015 australian romantic drama film starring patrick brammall as the title character , with alex dimitriades and abbey lee kershaw in supporting roles .

the film was written and directed by brendan cowell , based on his play of the same name .

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ruben guthrie first look review – a year of living soberly . . . in sydney
ruben guthrie ( patrick brammall ) has a raging thirst for alcohol - fuelled wild times .
ruben guthrie will premiere at the state theatre at 7 . 30 pm on wednesday 3 june 2015 .
perhaps ruben guthrie makes more sense if you watch it while drunk . being sober , i loathed it .
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: robyn nevin , alex dimitriades , jack thompson and patrick brammall in ruben guthrie .
the morning after : performing arts in australia : review : ruben guthrie by brendan cowell . red stitch actors theatre .
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abbey lee ( left ) and robyn nevin ( right ) as girlfriend and mother of ruben guthrie ( paddy brammall ) . photograph : mark rogers
ruben guthrie is the story of one man not only battling the bottle , but the city that won ' t let him put it down .
ruben guthrie producer kath shelper said , ‘sydney is such a stunning place to live , work and play . we were incredibly lucky to have the support of both destination nsw and screen nsw to get ruben guthrie off the stage and out into sydney’s streets to share with the world . ’
brendan cowell’s script —based on a somehow - acclaimed stage - play— imagines its titular cad as an anti - hero , but it gives us nothing by which he earns that status . he’s a charismatic drunk working in advertising , so perhaps the model was don draper . but cowell never shows his main character at work ; instead , he lazily has other characters tell us ruben guthrie’s a genius , ruben guthrie’s the greatest creative this firm has ever had , ruben guthrie’s won world advertising awards four years running . in fact , ruben guthrie says the latter out loud , himself , several times over . because , y’know , complete cockhole .
with a steady supply of sharp gags , ruben guthrie could easily have been a comic redemption tale - awful man loses woman , finds himself then wins her back .
as a writer and actor , cowell is obviously talented if erratic ; as a filmmaker he has a long way to go . ruben guthrie the movie has , essentially , two gears : lengthy montages modelled after ruben ' s ads , and even lengthier dialogue scenes presumably carried over from the play , often involving supporting characters tempting ruben to fall off the wagon .
‘ ruben guthrie is a bold story with sydney at its core and it’s fitting that this major australian film will have its world premiere and open this year’s sydney film festival , ’ mr ayres said .
virginia is introduced gazing winsomely at ruben across the floor of a support meeting . a hair’s breadth later , we’re treated to a shot — from behind — of her crotch as she propels herself through water . soon she’s moved in and morphed into an unhinged harridan who’s spending all ruben’s hard - earned money on organic produce . needless to say , ruben guthrie is not a film that aces the bechdel test . even ruben’s mother ( robyn nevin ) is there to enable him — mom goes from supporting ruben’s teetotalism to actively breaking his sobriety by holding his mouth open and pouring a glass of white down his gullet .
ruben guthrie is brendan cowell’s brutally honest comedy about work , family and excess . this is a special play which taps a deep vein of australian life and asks , is it unaustralian to refuse a drink ?
unless it was set on the harbour bridge , featured a suburban property developer fronting icac or starred the rabbitohs backline , there could hardly be a more sydney film than ruben guthrie to open the sydney film festival .
ruben’s point of view — simultaneously objectifying and self - pitying — is clearly meant to be the point , but tonally ruben guthrie is perched awkwardly between damning expose and redemption story . it ends on a more optimistic note than the play , with ruben off the grog but staring lustfully at a glass of champagne , torn between an instant salve and the unlikely love of a good woman . self - annihilation beckons — or so one can only hope .
guthrie finished with the game with 12 carries for 82 yards , but he had just three carries for 15 yards when the fourth quarter began . that ' s when guthrie started grinding the clock - and aubrey ' s defense .
life is good for ad man ruben guthrie - he leads a party boy lifestyle , has a model fiancée and lives in a house on the water . he ' s at the top of his game , until some drunken skylarking lands ruben at the bottom of his infinity pool , lucky to be alive . his mum hits the panic button , and then his fiancée leaves him , but not before issuing him one final challenge : if ruben can do one year without a drink , she ' ll give him another chance . . . ruben guthrie is the story of one man not only battling the bottle , but the city that won ' t let him put it down .
if you think ruben guthrie is a terrible name for a film , well , you wait until you see the actual film . in it , the name is intoned , again and again , and always in full ; as if the man who bears it borders on myth . hell , even ruben guthrie ( patrick brammall ) speaks about himself in the third person . if that makes him sound like a complete cockhole , well , so does every other thing that comes out of his mouth .
pilot point - one of mason guthrie ' s main jobs on friday nights is to punish opposing defenses with his running game .
‘featuring a stellar australian cast including patrick brammall in the title role and abbey lee , jack thompson and alex dimitriades , ruben guthrie was filmed exclusively in sydney and will showcase this wonderful city including the spectacular vivid sydney festival , to audiences across the world .
ruben ' s much younger czech model girlfriend zoya ( abbey lee ) is the only one who emerges with any dignity intact .
cowell attempts to create empathy for his titular character by comparative cockholeishness : surrounding ruben guthrie ( that name again : ruben guthrie ! ) with even - more - awful people , one - note caricatures saying even - more - offensive things . there’s jeremy sims as repellent boss , brenton thwaites as millennial cliché incarnate , jack thompson as boozehound dad , robyn nevin as neurotic mum , alex dimitriades as screaming queer ; all staggering around with drinks in their hands , all enablers daring to distract our hero from his noble quest .
ruben guthrie is the story of a highly successful creative director of a sydney advertising agency and his spectacular fall from grace . originally presented by belvoir street theatre in 2009 , the film marks the directorial debut of award - winning playwright , screenwriter and actor brendan cowell .
ruben’s a hotshot creative living in a waterfront mansion with his czech model girlfriend zoya , played by abbey lee , last seen as one of immortan joe’s unfortunate brides in mad max : fury road . as zoya informs us later , she was 16 when ruben “found her” and she moved in , a fact that’s relayed blithely . the film opens during an orgiastic bash at ruben’s pad worthy of jordan belfort , and culminates in ruben jumping off the roof into his pool , where he sinks to the bottom as assorted trendies look on coolly .
minister for trade , tourism and major events stuart ayres has welcomed the announcement that the world premiere of ruben guthrie , the screen adaptation of brendan cowell’s acclaimed stage play , filmed exclusively in sydney with support from the nsw government , will open the 62nd sydney film festival .
‘ vivid sydney , the world’s largest festival of light , music and ideas , provided the backdrop for one of the film’s scenes and i’m sure opening night audiences at the state theatre will be enthralled by the festival , with ruben guthrie premiering during this year’s vivid sydney .
lee is an australian supermodel - turned - actress who makes her film debut this year in ruben guthrie , brendan cowell’s adaptation of his own play . she’ll also be seen this summer in george miller’s mad max : fury road and next spring in alex proyas’ gods of egypt .
or at least that must have been the idea . ruben guthrie’s transition from stage to screen has tempered him , and some of the play’s more extreme lines — about ruben’s orgies with fifteen - year old soap stars in hotels , among other things — have been excised . but by humanizing ruben ( relatively speaking ) the film also asks us to sympathize with him , which hardly seemed the point of the more darkly satirical play — not to mention all but impossible , despite the best efforts of patrick brammall , who is convincingly frayed in the title role .
ruben guthrie is on fire . he’s 29 , he’s the creative director of a cutting - edge advertising agency , he’s engaged to a czech supermodel and sydney is his oyster . he pours himself a drink to celebrate , a drink to work , a drink to sleep and one spectacular night he drinks so much he thinks he can fly . ruben guthrie is brendan cowell’s brutally honest comedy about spiralling high , crashing hard and being taken to aa by your mum .
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ruben guthrie is on fire . he’s the creative director of a cutting - edge advertising agency , he’s engaged to a czech supermodel and sydney is his oyster . he pours himself a drink to celebrate , a drink to work , a drink to sleep and one spectacular night he drinks so much he thinks he can fly . a brutally honest comedy about work , family and excess , ruben guthrie taps a deep vein and asks – is it unaustralian to refuse a drink ? a funny and moving act of revelation about spiralling high , crashing hard and being taken to aa by your mum .
nor does cowell seem in full control of the many scenes in which ruben ' s associates treat him with admiration bordering on awe . the suggestion that ruben is a whiz at his job is never borne out by what we see of his ad campaigns ; on the available evidence , his success stems partly from his good looks and swagger , partly from the advantages that naturally fall to a straight white boy who comes from money . but none of this stops the other characters from repeating the name
ruben guthrie
over and over , as if it were the key to a magic spell .
there’s plenty of bacchanalian behavior , but ruben’s mostly a spectator to it . it’s a neat jumping - off point for an exploration of liquor as an enabler of intimacy between heterosexual men , and of the kind of leering entitlement of which the new entourage movie is the ne plus ultra . ruben guthrie at least gestures toward a more gimlet - eyed take on the debauched behavior of its protagonists . but the titular character is such a solipsistic misogynist that a couple of hours spent in his company is about as easy to stomach as the gallons of liquor ruben’s pals push toward him pretty much relentlessly .
ruben guthrie is not as simple as that , reluctant to suggest a sip of the sweet stuff is necessarily a ticket to doom and gloom . an initially archetypal trajectory ( boy loses girl ; boy goes on mission to get her back ) becomes something curlier and less conventional , with lashings of abrasive dialogue that recall its stage origins ( “you’re going to die in the fucking snow chewing on your own hips ! ” , guthrie shrieks when zoya leaves him ) .
the film has fun with the idea that ruben ' s work on ad campaigns for lexus , royal randwick and vivid gets them splashy mentions on screen .
ruben guthrie , the booze - guzzling protagonist of writer - director brendan cowell’s impressive sydney - set feature debut – the opening film of the 2015 sydney film festival – gets off comparatively lightly . the award - winning ad man’s wakeup call is a broken arm inflicted by jumping off the roof of his waterfront mansion .
brendan cowell ' s play ruben guthrie , about a hotshot sydney adman trying to go sober , was praised by intelligent reviewers when it opened a few years ago . watching this adaptation directed by cowell himself , it ' s easy to see why : the dialogue has an energy and bite rare in australian cinema .
agency boss ( jeremy sims ) , who flatters him with names like bradman , black caviar and kubrick , also figures ruben needs to drink to be creative .
when ruben goes to visit his dad peter , peter is informed by the server harry . harry is played by jack thompson ' s real life son billy .
quarterback j . p . price threw a strike to guthrie in the middle of the end zone to give the bearcats a 14 - 7 lead going into the break .
ruben guthrie is on fire . he’s 29 , he’s the creative director of a cutting - edge advertising agency , he’s engaged to a czech supermodel and sydney is his oyster . he pours himself a drink to celebrate , a drink to work , a drink to sleep and one spectacular night he drinks so much he thinks he can fly .
ruben guthrie is the tantalising new comedy from internationally celebrated playwright and actor brendan cowell presented by ironbark . he lines up the shots for us in a heady cocktail of fizzy humour and touching revelation . it ' s a sparkling play about spiralling high , crashing hard and going to aa with your mum . . . . read more > >
the latest incident in guthrie’s long history of irresponsible acts proves too much for his much younger fiancee , zoya ( abbey lee , impressive ) . a glamorous czech model who’s been with guthrie since she was a starstruck teenager , zoya announces she’s leaving him and will be returning home to live with her mother in prague after a photo shoot in brazil . most viewers will think zoya’s making the right move , but at the same time will probably agree with her that beneath all that selfish recklessness there’s still a glimmer of something lovable about ruben guthrie . the result is an ultimatum whereby she’ll return in a year and offer him a second chance , provided he hasn’t touched a drop of abooze .
guthrie ' s 10 - yard touchdown reception from j . p . price with 25 seconds left in the first half gave the bearcats a 14 - 7 lead going into halftime .
this is where cowell’s screenplay , a polished piece of work adapted from a play he wrote and premiered at belvoir st theatre in 2008 , finds its most interesting groove . in ruben guthrie , it’s clear why the protagonist has stopped drinking ; less clear is why the key players around him – mum , dad , best friend , boss – would prefer he not remain sober .
an entertaining coming - of - age dramedy about a man - boy pushing 40 , “ruben guthrie” centers on a boozy sydney advertising hotshot who swears to stay off the sauce for a year to win back his fed - up fiancee . adapting his highly successful stage play , writer - helmer brendan cowell neatly balances comic elements with sharp observations of how friendships between aussie males [ … ]
the bearcats ( 3 - 5 , 1 - 2 ) still had work to do after guthrie ' s long run , which officially went for 41 yards , but the penalty was almost crucial .
reacting to the pressure of friends and family gives guthrie a more domestic - feeling authenticity than someone like don birnam in the lost weekend , who freaked out at imaginary creepy crawlies running down the walls .
it helps that cowell has learned the playwright ' s trick of balancing perspectives and letting unsympathetic characters mount plausible arguments . virginia ( harriet dyer ) , the reformed addict who moves in with ruben , proves to be a piece of work , but there are moments when she speaks the truth , and the same can be said for damian ( alex dimitriades ) , ruben ' s bitchily camp best mate .
cowell wastes no time showing the hedonistic excesses of ruben guthrie ( patrick brammall ) . the opening scene has him screaming “let’s get smashed ! ” to a horde of hot - bodied party animals at his funky house in one of sydney’s ultra - expensive seaside suburbs . from there he clambers on the roof and , just for the hell of it , plunges into his pool , avoiding death by a matter of inches .
guthrie ( played by patrick brammall ) has the self - awareness to realise that liquor has got him licked , so signs up for aa , goes cold turkey and periodically calls his tetchy love interest in the hope she will start talking to him again . birnam’s lost weekend is a year of sobriety for guthrie , whose urge for drink takes a back seat in storytelling relevance to the urge of others to encourage him to return to the bottle .
brammall seems to be channelling cowell at times but makes ruben a brazen , larger - than - life , funny character . but one who is so self - absorbed that it is difficult to feel much empathy during emotional moments .
so after the penalty gave pilot point the ball at the aubrey 20 - yard line with 52 seconds left , junior kicker ruben martinez played the role he ' s played a few times in the playoffs - hero , at least temporarily .
those were both really huge ,
guthrie said .
they had taken the momentum from us both times . it was big . the whole team needed those . that first pick [ in the end zone ] was really huge .
ruben guthrie is on top of the world . he ' s the creative director of a cutting - edge advertising agency , he ' s engaged to a czech supermodel and the city of sydney is his oyster . he pours himself a drink to celebrate , a drink to work , a drink to sleep and one spectacular night he drinks so much he thinks he can fly . after his night of debauchery his fiancée leaves him , vowing only to return if he can go a year without drinking .
in the wash - up , zoya tells him she’s going back to prague . ruben’s reaction is typically charming : “you’re going to die in the fucking snow chewing on your own hips ! ” but ruben’s as fragile as his ego is large , and when zoya – mystifyingly – tells him to come find her after a year off the drink , he’s desperate to acquiesce . and so begins a year of sobriety , in which the australian drinking culture comes in for its most unforgiving close - up since
from his middle linebacker position , guthrie picked off two james wurster passes , one in the pilot point end zone with aubrey driving to tie the game and another with under four minutes to play . both interceptions came after pilot point penalties extended aubrey drives .
while the backdrops are spectacular - ruben has an aa meeting at tamarama surf club , his boozy father ( jack thompson ) runs a hatted waterside restaurant and he goes kayaking on middle harbour - there are signs of the film ' s theatre origins in the number of talky scenes .
alex dimitriades struts on to the scene as guthrie’s gay and decadently behaved best pal ; it’s another beautifully timed comedic performance from the actor , playing the polar opposite of the bogan javelin - throwing lug he mined for an equal amount of laughs in 2014’s screwy time travel romp the infinite man .
price finished the night with 71 rushing yards , including a 22 - yard touchdown run in the first quarter to get the bearcats on the scoreboard first . he also threw for 130 yards on an efficient 14 - of - 22 passing with no interceptions and the one touchdown toss to guthrie .
as cowell’s directorial debut , ruben guthrie doesn’t show much filmmaking promise , either . its tone is wildly uneven , its pace scattershot . there’s bad dream sequences , over - determined musical cues , and so many montages . at its nadir , when our anti - hero falls back off the wagon , cowell moves from montage to montage : first happily depicting a wild booze - up with blasts of brassy horns , then switching , the second go - round , to slow - motion shots set to a piano - ballad ; just to let you know that alcohol is bad and stuff .
belvoir associate artist wayne blair directed toby schmitz as ruben in the downstairs theatre in 2008 . the show sold out before it even opened . the following year brendan , toby and wayne – three of australia’s finest young theatre artists – joined forces once again to create a shining new production for belvoir in the upstairs theatre .
arrogant , self - absorbed and superior , ruben goes to his first aa meeting and starts the 12 steps to getting his life back on track , which gets more complicated when his over - the - top gay best friend ( alex dimitriades ) lands on his doorstep ready to party after failing to make it in new york .
receiving : a - collin scribner 3 - 36 , james reeves 1 - 2 , skyler craig 1 - 5 , kristian wiseman 2 - 14 , albert silva 1 - 16 . pp - austin balderas 7 - 73 , mason guthrie 1 - 10 , willie davis 1 - 5 , jacob lock 2 - 14 , ricky campbell 1 - 6 , conner camacho 2 - 22 .
the film ' s main weakness is the complacency underlying its satire , a quality that may have been less visible on stage . given the literalism of film , it ' s hard for cowell to avoid celebrating his hero ' s expensive lifestyle : ruben ' s waterfront mansion with its exposed concrete surfaces may symbolise his empty existence , but it ' s also a plainly desirable piece of real estate .
rushing : a - albert silva 18 - 89 , skyler craig 3 - 7 , dexter loza 1 - 2 , charlie radford 8 - 65 , kristian wiseman 2 - 4 , james wurster 4 - 16 , skyler starling 1 - 1 . pp - j . p . price 15 - 71 , mason guthrie 12 - 82 , austin trinklein 1 - ( - 2 ) , corbin sitzes 1 - 9 .
ruben bolling , pen name of ken fisher , is the author of the weekly comic strip “tom the dancing bug , ” distributed by andrews mcmeel syndication to many newspapers across north america it also appears on : boingboing . net , one of the most linked - to websites in the world ; dailykos . com , the u . s . ’s largest progressive blog ; and gocomics . com , the largest comic strip website .
film is a different ballgame , so telling a story about a struggling alcoholic who decides to keep enormous amounts of grog in his designer home at arms length – but periodically smashes glasses and bottles , as if rebelling against their very existence – borders on narrative implausibility . but theatre rules apply : we see the face of guthrie’s girlfriend and are reminded of her importance in the story ; we see the bar and understand the ongoing temptation .
ruben bolling was the finalist for the 2016 herblock award . he was the 2014 winner of the society of illustrators best cartoon award in its art annual . in 2011 , bolling won the sigma delta chi award from the society of professional journalists , for editorial cartooning . “tom the dancing bug” has been twice - nominated for the harvey award for best comic strip or panel , and has won the association of alternative newsweeklies award for best cartoon five times .
the presence in guthrie’s home of a wall - sized picture of his fiancée and a bar stuffed to the hilt with a disneyland - for - alcoholics array of bottles feel like leftovers from the stage production . in theatre , minimal sets take on longer - lasting , tone - setting significance . if a stage is lined with bottles , for example , and the play is about a person quitting alcohol , a director can trade off the friction between the physical backdrop and the dramatic objective .
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cowell tends to frame these exchanges in oppressive close - up , so that performances which might have seemed overscaled under any circumstances register as gross caricature . perhaps this is intentional , since the script paints almost all the characters as deeply unpleasant , including ruben himself as well as his parents ( robyn nevin and jack thompson ) ; his much younger girlfriend zoya ( abbey lee ) , a czech model who soon walks out on him , is the only one who emerges with any dignity intact .
sara duke ' s family , warren bernard , john kelly , mike rhode and his wife , martha kennedy and her husband , michael cavna , warren bernard , eric shansby , dan perkins ( tom tomorrow ) clarence and lisa page , tom toles , john lewis , eleanor clift , joe sutliff and ruben bolling , vincent schilling , marty two bulls sr . , matt wuerker , mike jenkins , jeffrey ballou ( president of the national press club ) , john kelly , and dana maier .
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cowell makes his feature film début as writer / director / producer , bringing it to the screen with patrick brammall in terrific , tormented form as our titular ' hero ' .
it might be a case of something essential getting lost in the translation , but first - time director brendan cowell ' s adaptation of his play about an alcoholic advertising man on the road to redemption is a well - intentioned mess .
as a writer and actor , cowell is obviously talented if erratic ; as a filmmaker he has a long way to go .
it ' s an entertaining trip , but one that ' s also thought provoking and appropriately sobering .
sails breezily along with terrific dialogue , great performances and an extremely relatable story . it ' s excellent contemporary entertainment , the kind of character and situation - based comedy the french do so well but australian cinema , not so much .
, one of cinema’s earliest serious depictions of alcoholism , ray milland plays don birnam , an off - the - wagon writer embarking on an epic five - day bender . he sheds all kinds of moral scruples and ends up like a character in an edgar allen poe story – in hospital screaming in terror at hallucinations caused by delirium tremens .
or rather , it’s a wake - up call for his czech model fiancée zoya ( abbey lee – currently on screens as one of immortan joe’s brides in mad max : fury road ) who decides that enough is enough . she tells him to sober up for a year , then check back in .
there’s a cynicism here that can only come from a thoughtful place , because none of these characters are presented as evil temptors nor products of a society incapable of thinking thoughtfully or critically of others .
director robert zemeckis’ 2012 drama flight , featuring denzel washington as one of the most convincing alcoholics to have ever stumbled on to the screen , has a terrific scene in a hotel room with a bar fridge that takes the protagonist’s temptation and cranks the dial to 11 . there’s to be a big legal hearing the next day and the tension is almost unbearable : if he reaches for the bottle it’s all over red rover .
cowell observes the prevalence of alcohol in australian society but doesn’t seem to be saying it is bad per se , or even that responsibility is the key ; the message is more about how , at different points in different lives , moderation may not be a realistic option .
patrick brammall begins the film shaking champagne bottles , popping corks and lapping up liver and sinus damage , but the slick ad man aura evens out into a more broadly accessible character , less jordan belfort , more bloke next door ( albeit in a bigger and fancier house , and prone to nasty outbursts ) . it is a fine performance that finds an endearing middle ground between impressionable chump and spoiled brat .
here , zoya mocks australia for being a land of alcoholics . perhaps this is so , but for a country littered with beer bellies and winos , conspicuously few of our feature films have revolved around thoughtfully written multifaceted principal characters who are alcoholics – usually the heavy drinkers are relegated to the ranting goofballs or sad schleps on the side .
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one of the purest expressions of sydney hedonism yet brought to the screen , this is a bumpy but watchable movie , with patrick brammall from offspring bringing the right kind of superficial charm to the lead – though it ' s a mystery why cowell didn ' t just cast himself , since brammall has virtually the same blokey good looks , she ' ll - be - right drawl and little - boy pout .
this unpleasantness is not in itself a flaw . on the contrary , cowell ' s willingness to acknowledge the nastier side of human nature gives the film a substance missing from an outwardly similar recent australian comedy , the asinine any questions for ben ?
jake wilson was born in london and grew up in melbourne . he got his start reviewing movies for various websites and has been writing for the age since 2006 .
actor brendan cowell makes his debut as writer - director with a black comedy about going teetotal starring patrick brammall , alex dimitriades and abbey lee .
the dark side of aussie drinking culture is examined in helmer brendan cowell ' s entertaining adaptation of his hit play .
patrick brammall , alex dimitriades , abbey lee , harriet dyer , jeremy sims , aaron bertram , brenton thwaites , robyn nevin , jack thompson .
sydney’s stunning natural beauty , chintzy glamour and illicit substance - fueled urban underbelly are memorably captured by d . p . simon harding . visuals are at once a tourist advertisement and a cautionary commentary on the most brash , exciting and superficial australian city . production design by robert cousins gets the vibe of hipster lifestyles and cringingly “groovy” creative industry work spaces just right . all other technical contributions are on the money .
reviewed at sydney film festival ( opener ) , june 3 , 2015 . running time : 94 min .
production : ( australia ) a madman entertainment release of a scarlett pictures production in association with screen nsw . ( international sales : arclight films , sydney . ) produced by kath shelper . executive producers , jonathan duncan , paul wiegard , nick batzias , david gross , brendan cowell , andrea denholm , laura waters .
crew : directed , written by brendan cowell , based on the stage play by cowell . camera ( color , hd ) , simon harding ; editor , peter crombie ; music , sarah blasko ; music supervisor , kim green ; production designer , robert cousins ; art director , tim webb ; costume designer , xanthe heubel ; sound ( dolby digital ) , robert sullivan ; visual effects , soren dyne ; stunt coordinator , dean gould ; line producer , belinda mravicic ; assistant director , scott lovelock ; casting , kirsty mcgregor .
with : patrick brammall , alex dimitriades , abbey lee , harriet dyer , jeremy sims , aaron bertram , brenton thwaites , robyn nevin , jack thompson .
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our complete cockhole is set on a journey towards self - discovery , when he hits a drunken - low and his cut - out - caricature czech - supermodel fiancée ( played with a terrible accent by abbey lee ) walks out on him . if he can stay sober for a year , she’ll see about coming back . it’s at this point , you realise that cowell expects you to care whether this complete cockhole —a born - into - privilege , ultra - wealthy , ultra - white , private - school - educated , egotistical , entitled , judgmental , self - centred , macho male— can get his life together , and get the girl .
making films about rich cockholes is one thing entirely ; but nothing here scans as social commentary , satire , or incisive writing . just because the film’s named after him , the audience is expected to care whether a man who gets whatever he wants gets whatever he wants . at times , this seems accidentally audacious , but , mostly , it plays as utterly clueless .
with a soundtrack blasting hot indie jams ( vampire weekend ! son lux ! war on drugs ! twin shadow ! haim ! holy fuck is that robin pecknold singing joanna newsom ? ! ) and all your favourite teen - movie clichés in tow ( house parties ! prom ! road - trips ! a literature teacher reading from a classic novel whose themes reflect the story ! that classic scene overlooking the shitty town you’re desperate to leave behind ! ) , paper towns is the latest film to be adapted from john green’s burgeoning ya empire .
it gives us nat wolff as the uptight geek who stays on the straight - and - narrow out of adolescent fear , dutifully working towards that imagined future —30 , a doctor , wife - and - two - kids— that will bring him the happiness high - school doesn’t . what does such an uptight white male need to shake him out of the doldrums ? why , it’s cara delevingne’s manic pixie dream girl , set to blow through his world in a best - night - of - his - life storm of impulsive whimsy and wa - hey ! craziness , only to vanish the next day .
from that very - generic set - up , the story —written for screen by scott neustadter and michael h . weber , who also adapted the fault in our stars , not to mention tim tharp’s the spectacular now — moves from an unconvincing mystery into a far - more - interesting portrait of runamok fantasy and romantic projection . at times , there’s even echoes of the virgin suicides in the way the unknowable , vanished girl is made myth by the absence of facts and the presence of male hormones , her blank canvas leading to gathering obsession .
ultimately , wolff learns his lesson ( “what a treacherous thing to believe a person is more than a person , ” he intones , with attendant teenage dramatics ) , and comes - of - age ; he and his nerdlinger pals ( austin abrams , justice smith ) losing their innocence , sobriety , and virginity , as they prepare to grow up and go their separate ways . it’s run - of - the - mill teen - movie stuff puffed up with a genuine sense of romance and wonder , though lacking any of the subversive qualities that mark the true classics of the genre .
has a fine idea for a film : the sleuth in winter , where the greatest ( fictional ) detective that ever was , sherlock holmes , finds himself in his 90s , battling with senility ; his once magnificent mind now marked by lapses in memory . holmes is played , with gravity , tragedy , and gentle humour by ian mckellan . the actor is reunited with director bill condon ( returning to historical character drama after his still - strange stint with the twilight saga finales ) , with whom he made gods & monsters , another portrait of a great man railing against the indignity of his dying days .
french director david oelhoffen mounts far from men , effectively , as a war - time western . shooting in morocco , his camera situates mortensen and kateb as tiny figures in a vast landscape of red dirt and looming mountains . though buffeted by the elements ( including a memorable rainstorm sequence ) , what they’re really caught in are the winds of change . the duo —one french , one algerian— head cross - country through the crossfire between occupiers and rebels , their status as hostages or allies flip - flopping depending on who points a gun at them .
finds zhang yimou reunited with his old muse gong li , and recapturing the filmmaking form that , in the early - ’90s , marked him as the standout director from china’s fifth generation . his 18th film is a tragic romance loaded with symbolism . it begins amongst the drab , industrial greys of the cultural revolution ; where chen daoming has escaped from the labour camp he was sent to for being ‘over - educated’ , and , on - the - lam , seeks to return home to ex - wife gong . but his daughter , a ballet prodigy ( zhang huiwen ) , has been raised , in his absence , by communist ideology , and is ready to rat out this ‘enemy of the party’ if he shows his face .
after a fabulously - mounted , deftly edited showdown between husband , wife , daughter , and police at a train station , zhang jumps three years forward . the cultural revolution has suddenly ended , and chen is out of prison , again , this time as a free man . but when he comes face - to - face with the wife he hasn’t seen for 20 years , she is now —with dramatic convenience and symbolic richness— suffering from psychogenic amnesia , and can’t reconcile the man before her with the husband of her memory . zhang uses this to turn the film into a weighty parable : her amnesia china ’s cultural amnesia , this drama embodying the way state - sanctioned horrors are repressed , but never quite forgotten .
screened as a world premiere , brendan cowell ' s comic drama starts with an advertising golden boy - his fourth consecutive best ad win in france was for vivid sydney no less - screaming
let ' s get smashed
as he celebrates with a party full of women in bikinis at his waterside mansion .
but when he gets injured throwing himself off the roof into the pool at the party , his czech model girlfriend ( the excellent abbey lee ) heads for the airport and says he can only come for her if he stays off the booze for a year .
but adapting his own play , cowell heads into more complex and substantial territory with a study of how alcohol is at the centre of every family , friend and work relationship , a medium for celebrating and commiserating , in what his ex describes as an alcoholic country .
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nicolas winding refn ‘s female - led horror film the neon demon has found a new star in abbey lee , who’ll join previously cast lead elle fanning . that’s the pretty good news . the really great news is that with her comes a host of new details about the mysterious project . to sum up , this film sounds bonkers in a good way .
deadline got the scoop on lee’s casting , and they also got to reveal some verrrry interesting details about her character sarah . since it’s unclear how exactly these plot points fit into the movie , it’s also unclear if they’re big spoilers or just minor details . consider yourself warned .
in neon demon , she plays a cool ringleader that other girls want to follow . envious , emotionally unstable and a tad delusional , she shows her true maniacal colors in the end . after first creeping jesse out by sucking the blood out of her wound , she ends up killing and later eating jesse to absorb her virginal youth and beauty .
fanning will be playing “an aspiring model who is caught in a world of beauty and demise . ” her character’s name was not given , and we don’t know if she’s jesse .
refn scripted neon demon with mary laws . he’s been rather vague about the plot so far , but here’s what he had to say about it last year :
one morning i woke and realized i was both surrounded and dominated by women . strangely , a sudden urge was planted in me to make a horror film about vicious beauty . after making drive and falling madly in love with the electricity of los angeles , i knew i had to return to tell the story of the neon demon . this movie is a manifestation of the strong ties between us and will lead to many more adventures .
now we have a much better idea of what exactly he means by “vicious beauty . ”
refn is coming off of the indie drama only god forgives , which reunited him with drive star ryan gosling . the neon demon shoots this spring in los angeles . no release date has been set .
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audiences took a good hard look at sydney with this hilarious and moving act of revelation about spiralling high , crashing hard and being taken to aa by your mum .
harry joy , an ad agency exec , dies from a heart attack in his backyard while having dinner with his family .
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while novels have been a longstanding staple of screen material , this year sees an unprecedented number of stage plays translated to film by some of the most established names in theatre .
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written by brendan cowell directed by peter blackburn scenic designer john iacovelli costume designer kate bergh sound designer cricket s . myers lighting designer jared a . sayeg assistant director jackie diamond stage manager rebecca eisenberg assistant stage manager quinn pickering production photography suzanne strong poster photography adrian wlodarczyk publicist lucy pollak cast shane connor , nick hardcastle , david ross paterson , vivienne powell , nathan sapsford , olivia simone , sasha yegorova understudies damian sommerlad & maria volk
with a sterling cast of seasoned performers , director peter blackburn has crafted a very entertaining evening of theatre , with crisp action and powerful emotions and no little amount humor .
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as such , it fits nicely into silo theatre ' s line - up of comic dramas about young urban scenesters for young urban audiences . and happily , for the most part , australian playwright brendan cowell takes the advice of his own characters : if you want to be a writer , you can ' t afford to be earnest . [
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henry jaynes fonda ( may 16 , 1905 – august 12 , 1982 ) was an american film and stage actor with a career spanning five decades .

fonda made his mark early as a broadway actor .

he also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in white plains , new york , with joan tompkins .

he made his hollywood debut in 1935 , and his career gained momentum after his academy award-nominated performance as tom joad in the grapes of wrath , a 1940 adaptation of john steinbeck 's novel about an oklahoma family who moved west during the dust bowl .

throughout five decades in hollywood , fonda cultivated a strong , appealing screen image in such classics as the ox-bow incident , mister roberts , and 12 angry men .

later , fonda moved both toward darker epics such as sergio leone 's once upon a time in the west and lighter roles in family comedies such as yours , mine and ours with lucille ball , winning the academy award for best actor at the 54th academy awards for the movie on golden pond , his final film role .

fonda was the patriarch of a family of famous actors , including daughter jane fonda , son peter fonda , granddaughter bridget fonda , and grandson troy garity .

his family and close friends called him " hank " .

in 1999 , he was named the sixth-greatest male star of all time by the american film institute .

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henry fonda and james stewart ' s lifelong friendship .
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henry fonda played the president in the suspenseful cold war drama fail - safe .
- doris goes to hollywood ( 1971 ) . . . henry fonda ( uncredited )
- henry fonda : hollywood ' s quiet hero ( 1997 ) . . . himself
goldstein , norm , henry fonda : his life and work , london , 1982 .
thomas , tony . the complete films of henry fonda . citadel press , 1983 .
sweeney , kevin ( 1992 ) . henry fonda : a biobibliography , greenwood press .
thomas , tony ( 1990 ) . the films of henry fonda , citadel press .
despite henry’s early republican experience , fonda hastened to add , “he changed parties . ”
henry fonda in “ young mr . lincoln” ( 1938 ) photo : 20th century fox
108 . ibm presents clarence darrow starring henry fonda ( 1974 ) as clarence darrow .
fonda on his screen persona
i ' m not really henry fonda . nobody could have that much integrity .
jane fonda also reported feeling detached from her father , especially during her early acting career . henry fonda introduced her to
thomas , tony , the films of henry fonda , secaucus , new jersey , 1983 .
sweeney , kevin , henry fonda : a bio - bibliography , new york , 1992 .
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henry fonda ,
in new yorker , 28 october 1961 .
fonda , henry and howard teichmann . fonda : my life . new york : new american library , 1981 . isbn 9780453004022
directed by richard fleischer . starring henry fonda , hurd hatfield , george . . . more info
henry fonda theater is located at 6126 hollywood blvd . , hollywood , los angeles , california .
fonda , henry & howard teichmann , fonda : my life , new york , new american library , 1981 , pp . 2021
henry fonda’s two children , jane and peter fonda , both became successful actors , the profession of their father . in terms of receiving academy awards jane fonda actually outperformed her father significantly . through his son peter and daughter jane henry had four grandchildren , bridget fonda , justin fonda , troy garrity fonda and vanessa vadim .
simon : henry fonda referred to method acting as a crutch . with the advantage of hindsight , could there have been more method to henry fonda than he either knew or was ready to acknowledge ?
with the headline : henry fonda dies on coast at 77 ; played 100 stage and screen roles .
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i thought you might like to see a memorial for henry fonda i found on findagrave . com .
henry fonda ( centre ) in the grapes of wrath ( 1940 ) , directed by john ford .
list of the best henry fonda movies , ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available . henry fonda ' s highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years , earning millions upon millions around the world . the order of these top henry fonda movies is decided by how many votes they receive , so only highly rated henry fonda movies will be at the top of the list . henry fonda has been in a lot of films , so people often debate each other over what the greatest henry fonda movie of all time is . if you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining henry fonda films to end the squabble once and for all .
academy award winner henry fonda stars in director alfred hitchcock ' s real - life . . . more info
simon : we , of course , are going to play a clip of henry fonda as tom joad .
henry fonda made 45 years of movies . you should consider these picks just a sampler of his work .
to see a young henry fonda we suggest jezebel . this movie has been called gwtw without color ( it ' s black and white ) , a big budget or yankees . henry fonda is bette davis ' beau .
henry fonda pictured ( left ) in mister roberts this tribute is not officially endorsed or authorized by henry fonda . unauthorized use of this material is strictly prohibited . © 2001 - 2011 destination hollywood . all rights reserved .
roberts , allen , and max goldstein , henry fonda : a biography , jefferson , north carolina , 1984 .
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in films in review ( new york ) , november 1960 .
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roberts , allen and max goldstein ( 1984 ) . henry fonda : a biography , mcfarland & co . .
two hollywood greats , james “jimmy” stewart and henry “hank” fonda , offer a valuable lesson for today’s polarized america .
a retelling of the shootout at the ok corral . . henry fonda plays wyatt earp in my darling clementine .
one hundred years of henry fonda stage and screen actor henry fonda was born 100 years ago this month . the oregonian newspaper ' s film critic , shawn levy , has written about fonda ' s life . he offers perspective on a diverse and utterly american film icon .
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international dictionary of films and filmmakers . . retrieved july 09 , 2018 from urltoken urltoken
henry jaynes fonda ( born on may 16 , 1905 ) was a higly - acclaimed , academy - award winning actor , whose career spanned nearly six decades . for more information about henry fonda , please see his biography in wikipedia .
welcome to the henry fonda theatre academy , the educational wing of the omaha community playhouse . teaching life skills through stage skills , the henry fonda theatre academy offers something for everyone , enhancing quality of life by cultivating creativity and personal growth .
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notable directors that worked with henry fonda include names like alfred hitchcock , fritz lang and john ford . if you ' re a fan of henry fonda , then check out our lists of the best gregory peck and rod steiger movies as well .
i declare that i am married to shirlee adams fonda , and that we have no issue . i further declare that i have three children by previous marriages : my daughter jane fonda hayden and amy fonda fishman , and my son peter henry fonda .
thomas , tony . the films of henry fonda . secaucus , n . j . : citadel press , 1983 . isbn 9780806508689
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in films in review ( new york ) , april 1981 .
the village of fonda will fly a flag at the municipal building at half - mast for 30 days in honor of the actor henry fonda whose ancestors founded the village . the actor ' s death yesterday once again has focused attention on the village of fonda ' s legacy and its connection with members of the famous fonda acting family . though jane fonda visited the community in 1980 , henry fonda never made a similar journey .
general family history voyage to america abraham a . fonda ( 1803 - 1871 ) adam douw fonda ( 1736 - 1808 ) albert ( douw ) fonda ( 1844 - 1928 ) anthony phillip fonda ( 1878 - 1935 ) cornelius c . fonda ( 1809 - 1897 ) david bartholomew fonda ( 1834 - 1903 ) dee virgil fondy ( 1924 - 1999 ) douglas cadwallader fonda ( 1896 - 1977 ) douw jellis fonda ( 1700 - 1780 ) george farrell fonda ( 1859 - 1943 ) henry adam fonda ( 1820 - 1896 )
springer , john , the fondas : the films and careers of henry , jane , and peter fonda , new york , 1970 .
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henry fonda was born on may 16 , 1905 in grand island , nebraska , to william brace fonda , and his wife , elma herberta ( née jaynes ) . his father was an advertising - printing jobber . henry often worked at his father’s plant after school .
henry jaynes fonda ( may 16 , 1905 – august 12 , 1982 ) was an american film and stage actor . [ 1 ]
this article uses material from the article henry fonda from the free encyclopedia wikipedia and it is licensed under the gnu free documentation license .
jesse james is a western film directed by henry king and starring tyrone power , henry fonda , nancy kelly and randolph scott . written by nunnally johnson , the film is loosely based on the life of . . . more
on golden pond is a treasure for many reasons . it is henry fond ' s last movie . it brought henry fonda an academy award at last . and it brought him together in a movie with his daughter jane .
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henry fonda : ( as william russell ) don ' t you understand if i start to fight like cantwell , i lose all meaning .
fonda on fonda ,
in films and filming ( london ) , february 1963 .
fonda’s cement block will be placed right next to hand and footprints of her father henry fonda , the legendary silver screen actor who earned his spot on the walk of fame in 1942 .
if you think the best henry fonda role isn ' t at the top , then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one . the greatest henry fonda performances didn ' t necessarily come from the best movies , but in most cases they go hand in hand .
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actress , writer , model , producer , activist , fitness guru ; born in new york city , daughter of legendary screen star henry fonda and new york socialite frances seymour brokaw ; sister of peter fonda , aunt of bridget fonda .
the return of frank james is a 1940 western film directed by fritz lang and starring henry fonda and gene tierney . it is a sequel to henry king ' s 1939 film jesse james . written by sam hellman , . . . more
official twitter feed for peter henry fonda - actor / filmmaker / author / activist . visit my website for latest blog and facebook page link .
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myrna loy for the first time . this is the last film on which henry fonda worked , and work began on it following the release of
jane fonda is an american actress best known for her acting career , political activism and aerobic - exercise videos . the daughter of acclaimed actor henry fonda , the actress has won two oscars .
frances was the daughter of an american industrialist whose family claimed ancestry from henry viii’s third wife jane seymour – a fact that was reflected in jane fonda’s full name being lady jayne seymour fonda .
roberts , allen and max goldstein . henry fonda : a biography . jefferson , n . c . : mcfarland & co , 1984 . isbn 9780899501147
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henry fonda was born in grand island , nebraska , to advertising - printing jobber william brace fonda , and his wife , elma herberta ( née jaynes ) , in the second year of their marriage .
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the rounders is a lighthearted 1965 film starring glenn ford and henry fonda . the comedy was based on the novel of the same name by max evans .
in all , fonda was married five times . he had three children : actors jane and peter fonda , and a second daughter , amy fonda . he is also the grandfather of actress bridget fonda .
henry returned her letters with her grammatical errors highlighted in red ink , refusing ever to discuss the suicide .
henry vii was a 13th century german king and son of frederick ii , who was holy roman emperor .
he was the patriarch of a family of famous actors , including daughter jane fonda , son peter fonda , granddaughter bridget fonda , and grandson troy garity .
simon : that film also marked the beginning of his long working relationship with the director john ford . how did that affect henry fonda ' s working career ?
henry fonda closed the door to his wife’s room . he stood there not knowing what he might hear : a gasp , a sob . he heard nothing .
henry fonda , seen here in his oscar - nominated role as tom joad in the 1940 film version of the john steinbeck novel the grapes of wrath . fonda was the patriarch of a family of famous actors , including daughter jane fonda , son peter fonda , grand - daughter bridget fonda and grandson troy garity . he died onaugust 12 , 1982 , aged 77 .
despite approaching his seventies , henry fonda continued to work in both television and film through the 1970s . in 1970 , fonda appeared in three films , the most successful of these ventures being the cheyenne social club .
henry jaynes fonda was born in grand island , nebraska , on may 16 , 1905 , to william brace fonda and herberta krueger jaynes . he was the eldest of three children . when henry was a small child , his family moved to omaha , where his father opened a printing shop . henry was a boy scout , and liked to write stories ; he won a short - story contest when he was 10 years old .
meanwhile , henry was failing once more at marriage . “i was ashamed to go through another divorce , ” he says . “but there was no way to avoid the break . ” afdera and henry were divorced in 1962 and fonda was certain he would never marry again .
amy fonda 1953 - fonda . org , january 16 , 2005 . retrieved on january 11 , 2007 .
this is the filmography of american actor henry fonda ( may 16 , 1905 – august 12 , 1982 ) , including his performances between 1935 and 1981 . fonda appeared in more than 100 films , including tv movies .
vietnam war - what part did jane fonda play ? . . . soldiers were fighting and dying in the vietnam war , jane fonda , the daughter of henry fonda , was using her money and influence at colleges and universities to gather support to advocate communism and encourage rebellion and anarchy henry fonda , was using her money and influence at colleges and universities to gather support to advocate communism and encourage rebellion and anarchy against . . . urltoken
henry fonda was an award - winning american actor best known for him film roles in the grapes of wrath ( 1940 ) and on golden pond ( 1981 ) .
henry fonda was a well - known american film and stage actor . check out this biography to know about his childhood , life , achievements , works & timeline .
legendary stage / screen actor henry fonda hosted and narrated the 100th aitf episode , the retrospective
the best of
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in season 5 .
young mr . lincoln was the first collaboration of director john ford and henry fonda . the movie follows abe lincoln is his early days as a small town lawyer .
fonda , henry ( 1905 - 1982 ) .
st . james encyclopedia of popular culture . . encyclopedia . com . ( july 9 , 2018 ) . urltoken
i , henry j . fonda , a resident of los angeles county , california , declare this to be my last will and revoke all former wills and codicils thereto .
john steinbeck wrote the book . henry fonda starred in the movie . a classic realistic portrayal of southwest america in the 1930 ' s depression . the grapes of wrath .
the western that henry fonda made with john wayne is one of his best . they star as ex civil war calvary men who find themselves fighting indians at fort apache .
henry fonda recreated his broadway role in mister roberts . he is a navy officer trapped on a cargo ship who desperately wants to get into the action in world war ii
this site is not officially endorsed or authorized by henry fonda ' s estate . unauthorized use of this material is strictly prohibited . © 2007 by meredy , all rights reserved .
henry fonda ( 1905 - 1982 ) was an american film and stage actor with a career spanning more then five decades . this is a list of his all feature movies .
jane fonda is tipped for a tony in her broadway role in 33 variations by moises kaufman . the daughter of henry fonda , she was also nominated for a tony in her debut in there was a little girl , in 1960 .
armed with irrefutable proof , fonda casually mentioned his dad’s first party affiliation in a conversation with his sister jane fonda .
henry fonda next returned to broadway to star in ‘mister roberts’ , which opened at the alvin theatre on february 18 , 1948 and ran for 1 , 157 performances over three years ; fonda received ‘tony award’ for his performance in the play .
stage and screen actor henry fonda was born 100 years ago this month . the oregonian newspaper ' s film critic , shawn levy , has written about fonda ' s life . he offers perspective on a diverse and utterly american film icon .
sweeney , kevin . henry fonda : a bio - bibliography . bio - bibliographies in the performing arts , no . 25 . new york : greenwood press , 1992 . isbn 9780313265716
madigan is a 1968 american dramatic thriller film directed by don siegel and starring richard widmark and henry fonda . the screenplay—originally titled friday , saturday , sunday—was adapted by . . . more
on august 13 , 1982 , the day after henry fonda passed away , an upstate new york local newspaper , the leader - herald , reported that the village of fonda , new york would lower the flag in honor of henry fonda . not many people outside of the albany , new york area are aware of the fact that the fonda acting family traces their dutch - american roots back to the little village of fonda in upstate new york . the earliest known fonda ancestor arrived in beverwyck , what is now albany , new york , in 1654 , from amsterdam , the netherlands . his name was jellis douwe fonda , and his offspring to this day live in the greater hudson - mohawk region of upstate new york . the village of fonda was the original residence of the fonda families .
by now you should now that the words directed by preston sturges and screwball comedy mean you will get an entertaining movie . in the lady eve henry fonda shows he can do comedy .
fonda on fonda ,
interview with r . nogueira , in sight and sound ( london ) , spring 1973 .
“she did remarkably well , ” says henry . “she surprised the hell out of me by bursting into tears on cue . ”
for your consideration , here are five reasons the jimmy stewart / henry fonda friendship is a total life - ruiner and will make you want to cry into a kleenex and hug a kitten .
henry fonda – who died 30 years ago on aug . 12 , 1982 – was one of hollywood ' s great actors , with a career that stayed strong for almost half a century .
everyone knows that henry fonda made westerns but the ox - bow incident is often overlooked . a story about justice and mob violence in the old west . it was nominated for best picture .
henry jaynes fonda ( may 16 , 1905  august 12 , 1982 ) was a highly acclaimed american film , stage and television actor , best known for his roles as plain - speaking idealists . fonda ' s subtle , naturalistic acting style preceded by many years the popularization of method acting . he was the patriarch of a family of famous actors , including son peter fonda , daughter jane fonda , granddaughter bridget fonda and grandson troy garity .
henry was the patriarch of a family of famous actors , including daughter jane fonda , son peter fonda , granddaughter bridget fonda , and grandson troy garity . his family and close friends called him
hank
. in 1999 , he was named the sixth - greatest male star of all time by the american film institute .
goldstein , norm , and the associated press . henry fonda : a celebration of the life and work of one of america ' s most beloved actors . holt , rhinehart and winston , 1982 .
simon : what significance do we draw from the fact that henry fonda and marlon brando both came from the same area of nebraska and at least superficially seemed to be totally different kinds of actors .
despite approaching his seventies , henry fonda continued to work in both television and film throughout the 1970s . 1970 found fonda in three films , the most successful of these ventures being the cheyenne social club . the other two films were too late the hero , which did not feature henry fonda in a very important role , and there was a crooked man , about paris pitman , jr . ( played by kirk douglas ) trying to escape from an arizona prison .
his ancestors came from genoa , italy , and fled to the netherlands around 1400 . among the early dutch settlers in america , they established a still - thriving small town in upstate new york , fonda , named after patriarch douw fonda in the early 1600s . henry fonda ' s paternal grandparents moved to nebraska in the 1800s .
peter fonda still remembers the day he discovered that his legendary dad henry - an outspoken liberal who lived and breathed the populist themes of his classic film the grapes of wrath - had been a republican .
on september 13 , 1833 , douw henry fonda was appointed a sergeant , under the command of daniel moore , in the 34th regiment , 11th brigade , 14th division of the new york state militia . as such he served seven years . he was exempted from military duty on november 10 , 1840 ; his certification was signed by his older brother , brigadier - general peter henry fonda ( 1802 - ) .
tantalisingly , one of the only other references to the film i have found comes from the website of henry fonda’s daughter , jane . in the comments to the republication of a tweet which jane fonda made on 22 october , 2010 , a lady calling herself ‘leslie’ writes :
unperturbed , henry fonda performed on broadway that night as usual . he didn’t even give their two children the farewell letters their mother had written them , and insisted that she had died of a heart attack .
mister roberts is a 1955 american cinemascope comedy - drama film directed by john ford and mervyn leroy , and starring henry fonda as mister roberts , james cagney as captain morton , william powell . . . more
young mr . lincoln is a 1939 partly fictionalized biopic about the early life of president abraham lincoln , directed by john ford and starring henry fonda . ford and producer darryl f . zanuck . . . more
jezebel is a 1938 american romantic drama film released and directed by william wyler . it stars bette davis and henry fonda , supported by george brent , margaret lindsay , donald crisp , richard . . . more
henry fonda received the nomination for best picture for 12 angry men because he was one of the films producers . he also reprises his broadway role as juror # 8 in this great jury room deliberation movie .
fonda was married for a fourth time to countess afdera franchetti , on march 10 , 1957 . they divorced in 1962 . henry married shirlee adams in 1965 ; she would be his fifth and final wife .
contrary to popular belief , fonda did approve of his daughter jane ' s anti - war activism during vietnam and at afi life achievement award : a tribute to henry fonda ( 1978 ) told her critics to
shut up
, because
she ' s perfect
.
in 1959 , steve allen – the first host of the tonight show – held a meeting which inaugurated hollywood sane . members included marlon brando , marilyn monroe , arthur miller , harry belafonte , and henry fonda .
once upon a time in the west is a 1968 italian / american epic spaghetti western film directed by sergio leone for paramount pictures . it stars henry fonda cast against type as the villain , . . . more
the lady eve is a 1941 american screwball comedy film written and directed by preston sturges which stars barbara stanwyck and henry fonda . the film is based on a story by monckton hoffe about a . . . more
firecreek is a 1968 western movie directed by vincent mceveety and starring james stewart and henry fonda in his second role as an antagonist that year . the film is similar to high noon in that . . . more
miss fonda ' s 1980 visit coincided with the 200th anniversary of the killing and scalping of douw fonda , her seventh great - grandfather and founder of the village . accompanied by her two children and several cousins , she visited the department of history and archives displays and viewed a facsimile rubbing of the tombstone of henry c . fonda , a distant descendant .
one of hollywood & apos ; s most beloved actors , henry jaynes fonda was born may 16 , 1905 , in grand island , nebraska . after graduating from omaha central high school , fonda enrolled at the university of minnesota , where he intended to study journalism but eventually flunked out .
19 . 0 19 . 1 united states postal service . henry fonda joins u . s . postal service legends of hollywood stamp series . press release , may 20 , 2005 , retrieved on january 11 , 2007 .
on golden pond is a 1981 american drama film directed by mark rydell . the screenplay by ernest thompson was adapted from his 1979 play of the same title . henry fonda won the academy award for . . . more
fort apache is a 1948 american western film directed by john ford and starring john wayne and henry fonda . the film was the first of the director ' s
cavalry trilogy
and was followed . . . more
henry jaynes fonda ( may 16 , 1905 – august 12 , 1982 ) was the host / narrator of
the best of
all in the family
in season 5 . henry , a legendary stage and hollywood film actor , won the academy award for best actor in his very last film role in the 1981 film on golden pond . [ 1 ]
henry jaynes fonda was born in grand island , nebraska , to elma herberta ( jaynes ) and william brace fonda , who worked in advertising and printing . his recent ancestry included dutch , english , and scottish . fonda started his acting debut with the omaha community playhouse , a local amateur theater troupe directed by dorothy brando . he moved to the . . .
henry fonda married five times . he first married margaret sullavan in 1931 ; it ended in a divorce in 1933 . next in 1936 , he married frances ford seymour brokaw , with whom he had two children , jane and peter fonda . both the children grew up to be renowned actors .
henry fonda , who exemplified for nearly half a century a man of honesty and decency in more than 100 film and stage roles , died early yesterday of chronic heart disease in los angeles . he was 77 years old .
my darling clementine , a 1946 film , regarded as one of the best western movies made by director john ford , stars henry fonda as wyatt earp during the period leading up to gunfight at the ok . . . more
the ox - bow incident is a 1943 american western film directed by william a . wellman and starring henry fonda , dana andrews and mary beth hughes , and featuring anthony quinn , william eythe , harry . . . more
the tin star was first a short story then a 1957 american western film directed by anthony mann and starring henry fonda and anthony perkins , in one of perkins ' first roles . the film became one . . . more
battle of the bulge is an american widescreen epic war film produced in spain that was released in 1965 . it was directed by ken annakin . it starred henry fonda , robert shaw , telly savalas , . . . more
you only live once is a 1937 crime drama film starring sylvia sidney and henry fonda . considered an early film noir , the film was the second directed by fritz lang in america . at least 15 . . . more
yours , mine and ours is a 1968 film , directed by melville shavelson and starring lucille ball , henry fonda and van johnson . before its release , it had three other working titles : the beardsley . . . more
daisy kenyon is a 20th century fox feature film starring joan crawford , henry fonda , and dana andrews in a story about a post - world war ii romantic triangle . the screenplay by david hertz was . . . more
sometimes a great notion is a 1971 american drama film directed by paul newman and starring newman , henry fonda and lee remick . the screenplay by john gay is based on the 1964 novel of the same . . . more
the male animal is a warner brothers film starring henry fonda , olivia de havilland and joan leslie . the film was based on a hit 1940 broadway play of the same name written by james thurber and . . . more
henry fonda died at his los angeles home on august 12 , 1982 , at the age of 77 after suffering from heart failure . his wife shirlee , and daughter jane , were at his side when he passed away .
screen legend henry fonda is seen performing on a new york stage in 1970 . the oscar - winning actor and father of actors jane fonda and peter fonda had five wives including actress margaret sullivan , his first wife . second wife frances ford seymour brokaw was the mother of his two natural children ; he also adopted a daughter with third wife susan blanchard . fonda was married to fifth wife , shirlee mae adams , when he died in 1982 .
apparently , dorothy brando had been correct . henry fonda had acting talent and in 1929 he got a part in a broadway play , “the game of life and death” . for the next several years he remained a broadway actor appearing in such plays as , “i loved you wednesday” , “new faces” , and “the farmer takes a wife” . in 1935 henry fonda made his screen debut in the film version of “the farmer takes a wife” playing opposite janet gaynor .
in 1981 , henry fonda received the academy awards in the best actor category for his role in ‘on golden pond’ . in 1982 , he received golden globe award in best motion picture actor – drama category for the same work .
henry fonda died of heart failure on august 12 , 1982 , in los angeles . he was an exceptionally talented actor , who never appeared to be acting . he was one of the greats of hollywood ' s golden age .
in june 1955 , fonda agreed to star in clifford odets’ the country girl at the omaha community playhouse , the hometown theater where he had got his start in 1925 . henry’s sister , harriet , suggested jane play the ingenue .
a comedy about marriage and everything relating to it . new york novelist henry fonda meets up with an actress , margaret sullavan , and the two date and later marry , though neither knows of . . . see full summary »
the fugitive is a 1947 drama film starring henry fonda and directed by john ford , based on the novel the power and the glory by graham greene . the film was shot on location in mexico , and . . . more
the best man is a 1964 political drama film directed by franklin j . schaffner with a screenplay by gore vidal based on his play of the same title . starring henry fonda , cliff robertson , and lee . . . more
the cheyenne social club is a 1970 western comedy , written by james lee barrett , directed and produced by gene kelly , and starring james stewart , henry fonda and shirley jones . it ' s the story . . . more
sex and the single girl is a 1964 american comedy film directed by richard quine and starring tony curtis , natalie wood , henry fonda , lauren bacall , and mel ferrer . the film was inspired by the . . . more
fonda returned to new york and did a bit of modeling for a time . before long , she decided to follow in her father & apos ; s footsteps . in 1954 she co - starred with her father , henry fonda , in a production of the country girl . fonda began to study her craft with lee strasberg at the famed actors studio a few years later .
stewart was a conservative republican , so much so that he would come to blows over his political views from time to time . one story goes that , during a political debate with liberal democrat henry fonda , stewart and fonda got into a fistfight–which fonda apparently won . the two were lifelong friends , however , and simply decided to never speak of politics after the incident . 6
after the war adam returned and built a house which is still standing in the village of fonda . older brother jellis became a judge in tryon county and was serving in the legislature when he died . adam ' s son henry who served as a captain in the war of 1812 had twin sons called henry douw and douw henry . douw henry , the father of albert fonda whose son is the present owner , built the farm home between 1842 - 50 . now ( when this was written ) on this farm is the ninth generation of the family in america ; the seventh on these historic acres . ( century farms of new york state - 1947 ) . the farm was sold in the late 1960 ' s but the house and barn are still occupied to this day .
this month marks the centennial of henry fonda . the film legend was born in grand island , nebraska , in 1905 . he was a stage actor before he ever went to hollywood , but it was his work in front of the camera that we tend to remember the most . shawn levy is film critic for the oregonian newspaper in portland . he ' s written about henry fonda ' s career and joins us from the studios of oregon public broadcasting in portland .
there was a crooked man . . . is a 1970 western starring kirk douglas and henry fonda and directed by joseph l . mankiewicz . it was written by david newman and robert benton , their first script to . . . more
he was born in grand island , nebraska to william brace fonda and herberta krueger jaynes , observant christian scientists . the fonda family had emigrated westward from new york in the 1800s , and can trace its ancestry from genoa , italy , to the netherlands in the 1500s , and then to the united states of america in the 1600s , where they founded a still - extant town called fonda , new york . in henry fonda ' s autobiography , he wrote :
fonda ' s father did not approve of his son ' s new career choice . he made fonda take a job as a clerk in a credit company to support himself . still , fonda was cast in the lead role of
henry jaynes fonda ( may 16 , 1905 – august 12 , 1982 ) was a highly acclaimed , academy award - winning american film and stage actor , best known for his roles as plain - speaking idealists . fonda ' s subtle , naturalistic acting style preceded by many years the popularization of method acting . throughout six decades in hollywood , fonda cultivated a strong , appealing screen image .
. ) and in celebration of the birthday boy ( it’s his 107th ) , we decided to not focus on his glittering film career but instead on a wonderful aspect of his personal life : his lifelong bromance with best friend henry fonda .
the wrong man is a 1956 docu - drama by alfred hitchcock which stars henry fonda and vera miles . the film was drawn from the true story of an innocent man charged with a crime , as described in the . . . more
on may 27 , 1780 , occurred the raid which rendered sir john johnson infamous when he led a raiding party of indians and tories against his former neighbors . the 80 - year old douw fonda was one of the victims , tomahawked by a mohawk whom he had once befriended but who wanted the $ 8 bounty the british paid for a scalp . adam fonda was also seized and taken to canada with 5 fonda slaves and his house was burned . after the war adam returned and built a house which is still standing in the village of fonda . jellis became a judge in tryon county and was serving in the legislature when he died . adam ' s son henry who served as a captain in the war of 1812 had twin sons called henry douw and douw henry . douw henry , the father of albert fonda whose son is the present owner , built the farm home between 1842 - 50 . now on this farm is the ninth generation of the family in america ; the seventh on these historic acres . ( issued january 22 , 1947 )
henry graduated from omaha central high school in 1923 . he entered the university of minnesota to study journalism , immediately after graduating from high school . henry had two jobs while attending the university , which may have contributed to his dropping out two years later . he returned to omaha to look for a job in journalism in 1925 .
henry fonda ended his thirteen year old marriage with frances in 1949 . the following year he married twenty - one year old susan blanchard . together they adopted a child , amy fishman . this marriage too ended in a divorce within three years .
henry fonda was a rising star in 1936 when he met frances on the set of a british film , wings of the morning , which he was making in denham , buckinghamshire . after a whirlwind romance , she chivvied him into getting married .
spencer ' s mountain is a 1963 film written , directed , and produced by delmer daves from a novel by earl hamner , jr . the film starred henry fonda , maureen o ' hara and in early appearances , james . . . more
fonda did not reveal who raped or sexually abused her during the candid interview .
technicolor movie filmed outdoors . fonda also got the nod for the lead role in
fonda was the patriarch of a family of famous actors , including daughter jane fonda , son peter fonda , granddaughter bridget fonda , and grandson troy garity ; his family and close friends called him
hank
. in 1999 , he was named the sixth greatest male star of all time by the american film institute .
fonda , jane ( 2005 ) . my life so far , random house .
fonda , peter ( 1998 ) . don ' t tell dad , hyperion .
george fonda - pioneer of boulder county , colorado ; born in augusta , illinois , son of henry dockstader fonda , a hollander ; mother , catharine farrell of pennsylvania dutch . he moved to solomon city , kansas in 1874 , then at the age of 15 on to denver on the kansas pacific railway as a peanut boy .
stage - actress on broadway in
pride and prejudice
,
my sister eileen
and many other plays . early in her career , in 1938 , she played opposite henry fonda in a run of plays in white plains , new york .
was born henry jaynes fonda in grand island , nebraska , in 1905 . his family were christian scientists and he was brought up in a strict but loving environment . his father ran a small printing company in omaha and the family were comfortably off .
should fonda go on to demonstrate the power of her age and experience by winning the tony this year , as critics are predicting , she will be accomplishing something her father , henry fonda , never achieved during his illustrious career : she will have attained the acting hat - trick of winning an oscar , an emmy and a tony .
henry fonda began his acting career in 1925 at omaha community hall , nebraska at the behest of dorothy brando . at that time he did not take it as a career option . three years later , he made up his mind to be an actor .
welcome to hard times is a 1967 western film based upon a novel by e . l . doctorow . the movie was directed by burt kennedy . it stars henry fonda as the leader of a dying town who is too weak to . . . more
during a harold lloyd master seminar talk at the afi conservatory on november 18 , 1976 , actor henry fonda talks about his very first acting job . subscribe to this channel for more exclusive videos from the afi archive : urltoken follow afi : urltoken urltoken urltoken urltoken
henry jaynes fonda was born may 16 , 1905 , in grand island , neb . , to the former herberta jaynes and william brace fonda , owner of a small printing company in omaha . the youth was brought up there and in the suburb of dundee and graduated from the omaha central high school in 1923 . prodded by brando ' s mother
henry fonda was an american actor born on may 16 , 1905 in grand island , nebraska . in the 1920s and & apos ; 30s , fonda appeared on stage and film , best known for his role in the movie the grapes of wrath ( 1940 ) , which earned him a best actor academy award nomination . during world war ii , fonda served in the navy and was honored with a bronze star and presidential citation award . fonda starred with his daughter , jane , in on golden pond ( 1981 ) which garnered him a best actor award . fonda died on august 12 , 1982 .
two sons of adam were twins , douw henry and henry douw ; prior to henry douw ' s death in 1891 at age 81 , they had the distinction of being the oldest male twins in the country . douw henry fonda ( 1809 - 95 ) owned 233 acres ; he married ann veeder , ( 1810 - 90 ) daughter of albert veeder , son of col . abraham veeder . soon after their marriage , they took up residence in the small stone house then standing on the farm willed to him by his father , becoming the third successive owner since his patentee great grandfather , douw
the patriot
fonda , to whom it had been granted in 1748 . his family grew rapidly , the stone house became the foundation of the second home , a frame structure which douw and ann began to replace by a still larger one in 1848 , completed in 1856 .
la fonda theater * girl ' s night in hollywood with dengue fever and tinariwen .
academy award nominations ( he won for the latter ) . fonda made his mark in
i hope you won ' t be disappointed . you see i am not a very interesting person . i haven ' t ever done anything except be other people . i ain ' t really henry fonda ! nobody could be . nobody could have that much integrity .
henry fonda was a top american actor who appeared in film , on stage , and on television . he left a legacy of many classic performances over a long career , most of which are considered to be sterling examples of the
golden age of hollywood .
how the west was won is a 1962 western film written by james r . webb and john gay and directed by john ford , henry hathaway , george marshall and richard thorpe .
mr . fonda married , on january 1 , 1862 , miss caroline louisa brown , daughter of isaac brown , a prominent merchant of milton . his only child , a son , lawrence b . fonda , who was educated at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia , has recently joined the sons of the revolution through that patriotic record which has been so faithfully won by his ancestors . mr . fonda ' s grandfather ( henry fonda ) served as a captain in the war of 1812 , and his great - grandfather ( adam fonda ) was lieutenant - colonel under general herkimer at the oriskany battle . adam fonda was a son of douw fonda , who was slain by the tories during sir john johnson ' s raid in 1780 . what a debt our country owes to this ancient patriotism !
though a democrat for most of his life , fonda was once a registered republican , according to his son peter fonda in his autobiography don ' t tell dad : a memoir ( 1999 ) . peter believes that henry ' s liberalism caused him to be gray - listed during the early 1950s , when he experienced a six - year layoff from films .
i appoint shirlee adams fonda , peter henry fonda and richard m . rosenthal as executors of this will , and should any one or more thereof be dead or unable or unwilling so to act , or should any one or more of them fail to complete the administration of my estate , then i appoint the remaining persons or person as executors > or executor .
simon : mm - hmm . i want to ask you about
on golden pond ,
which , of course , was the film he made very famously with katharine hepburn and his daughter , jane fonda . he plays an aging , decent man , who ' s angry about the end of his life being at hand . henry fonda with katharine hepburn .
henry was married five times and had three children , one of them adopted . his marriage to margaret sullavan in 1931 soon ended in separation , which was finalized in a 1933 divorce .
i hope you won ' t be disappointed . you see i am not a very interesting person . i haven ' t ever done anything except be other people . i ain ' t really henry fonda ! nobody could be . nobody could have that much integrity .
fonda was raised in a family “where there was not a lot of laughter . a long line of depressed people” . henry was undemonstrative , plagued with self - doubt ; her mother , frances , slit her throat with a razor in a mental institution when jane was 12 .
jane fonda also reported feeling detached from her father , especially during her early acting career . henry fonda introduced her to lee strasberg , who became her acting teacher , and as she developed as an actress using the techniques of
the method ,
she found herself frustrated and unable to understand her father ' s effortless acting style . in the late 1950s , when she asked him how he prepared before going on stage , he baffled her by answering ,
i don´t know , i stand there , i think about my wife , afdera , i don ' t know .
writer al aronowitz , while working on a profile of jane fonda for the saturday evening post in the 1960s , asked henry fonda about method acting :