The Don
The Don may refer to:
The Don Juans
The Don Juans( also known as" Skirt Chasers") is a 2013 Czech comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel.
The film was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Originally Agnieszka Holland's mini-series" Burning Bush" had been selected to represent the Czech Republic.
However AMPAS disqualified the film, citing regulations that the film must not have initially appeared on television.
The mini- series aired on Czech TV eight months prior to the re-edited version that appeared in cinemas.
" The Don Juans" was a controversial pick as members of the Czech Film Academy did not see the film before it was chosen and because the film was poorly received by Czech critics.
Don Republic
The Don Republic( later known as the Almighty Don Host, or," Vsevelikoe Voisko Donskoe"), was an independent self- proclaimed anti-Bolshevik republic formed by the Armed Forces of South Russia on the territory of Don Cossacks against another self- proclaimed Don Soviet Republic.
The Don Republic existed during the Russian Civil War after the collapse of the Russian Empire from 1918 to 1920.
The assembly of the Don Cossacks — the" Krug" — proclaimed the independence of the Don Republic on May 18, 1918.
This occurred after the liquidation of the Bolshevik- controlled Don Soviet Republic in the territory of the Don Host Oblast on May 10, 1918.
The Don Republic claimed the territory of the Don region with the city of Novocherkassk as its capital.
Administratively, the Don Republic was divided into ten okrugs, covering an area located in the Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts of RSFSR and in the Lugansk and Donetsk Oblasts of the neighboring Donetsk – Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic.
The Don Republic ceased to exist after the Don Cossacks, who formed an essential part of the White Army, were defeated by the Red Army in the Russian Civil War.
Many of the Russian Cossacks on Don were subjected to a genocide via the Decossackization in 1919 – 1921, during the Soviet famine of 1932– 33 and because of the repatriation of Cossacks after the Second World War by the United Kingdom to the Soviet Union, resulting in the eventual disappearance of the Don Cossacks' movement of resistance to the Soviet Union.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
Jiří Menzel
Jiří Menzel( born 23 February 1938, Prague) is a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter.
His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography.
Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav Vančura.
Menzel, a member of the Czech New Wave, became internationally famous in 1967, when his first feature film," Closely Watched Trains", won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
His controversial film" Larks on a String" was filmed in 1969, but was initially banned by the Czechoslovakian government.
It was finally released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime.
The film won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.
Menzel was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film again in 1986 with his dark comedy" My Sweet Little Village".
In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1989 he was a member of the jury at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival.
In 1995 he was a member of the jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.
He was awarded a IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2013.
Don, Tasmania
Don( sometimes known as the Don) is a small village, located just outside Devonport Tasmania, situated on the Don River.
It is home to the Don River Railway and the Don Village Market.
Don also has a Presbyterian church.
The local Don Hall was used regularly to host ballroom dancing.
List of Don Army Units in the Civil War
Don Republic provided the following units to the Don Army and Volunteer Army during the Russian Civil War.
After the revolution and the collapse of the front most Don officers and Cossack's returned to their lands of the Don.
Most of the Cossacks were outspoken opponents of the Bolsheviks.
At the first opportunity, they formed a partisan detachment.
In its first stages, the Don Army was under the leadership of the Don Ataman Full General Alexey Kaledin who led the Don Cossack" Whites" before he died on January 29, 1918 at Novocherkassk
The Don Juans (band)
The Don Juans is an American folk and country music duo comprising Don Henry and Jon Vezner.
They accompanied Tom Paxton on his 2018 and 2019 UK tours.
The pair won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Country Song for their" Where've You Been".
Downsizing (film)
Downsizing is a 2017 American science fiction comedy film directed by Alexander Payne, written by Payne and Jim Taylor and starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, and Kristen Wiig.
It tells the story of Paul and Audrey Safranek, a couple who decide to undertake a newly invented procedure to shrink their bodies so they can start a new life in an experimental community.
Audrey refuses the procedure at the last minute and Paul has to reassess his life choices after befriending an impoverished activist.
Principal photography on the film began in Ontario, Canada, on April 1, 2016.
" Downsizing" premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on December 22, 2017.
The film was a box office bomb, grossing only$ 55 million against a production budget between$ 68–76 million.
It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its cast and premise, but criticized its execution and failure to deliver on its potentially profound subject matter.
Nevertheless, it was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2017, while Chau earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.
Alexander Payne
Constantine Alexander Payne( born February 10, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, known for the films" Election"( 1999)," About Schmidt"( 2002)," Sideways"( 2004)," The Descendants"( 2011)," Nebraska"( 2013), and" Downsizing"( 2017).
His films are noted for their dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society.
Payne is a two- time winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and a three- time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director.

Question: Do both directors of films The Don Juans and Downsizing (film) have the same nationality?
Answer: no