Orfeu
Orfeu is a 1999 Brazilian drama film directed by Carlos Diegues, based on the play" Orfeu da Conceição" by Vinicius de Moraes.
It retells the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival.
Toni Garrido stars as Orfeu, Patrícia França as Eurídice and Murilo Benício as Lucinho.
Mostly shot in scenographic" favela" in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, it included scenes from the 1998 Carnival celebration in which Garrido paraded with the samba school Viradouro.
Against All Odds (1924 film)
Against All Odds is a lost 1924 silent film western directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Buck Jones.
It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.
Body Armour (film)
Body Armour is a 2007 action film directed by Gerry Lively with Chazz Palminteri and Til Schweiger.
It is about a killer and a bodyguard who against all odds eventually become friends.
Taylor Hackford
Taylor Edwin Hackford( born December 31, 1944) is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America.
He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for" Teenage Father"( 1979).
Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, most notably" An Officer and a Gentleman"( 1982) and" Ray"( 2004), the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture.
Against All Odds (1984 film)
Against All Odds is a 1984 American romantic neo- noir thriller film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges and James Woods alongside Jane Greer, Alex Karras, Richard Widmark and Dorian Harewood.
A remake of" Out of the Past"( 1947), the film's plot is about an aging American football star who is hired by a mobster to find his girlfriend.
The film's soundtrack, nominated for a Grammy Award, featured songs from Big Country, Kid Creole& the Coconuts, Stevie Nicks and Genesis breakout stars Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins; the latter performed the title song, which was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Original Song and for a Golden Globe Award as Best Original Song, being one of the top- selling singles of 1984.
Carlos Diegues
Carlos Diegues, also known as Cacá Diegues( born May 19, 1940), is a Brazilian film director.
He was born in Maceió, Alagoas, and is best known as a member of the Cinema Novo movement.
He is popularly known for his unconventional, yet intriguing film techniques among other film producers of the Cinema Novo movement.
Diegues is also widely known for his dynamic use visuals, ideas, plots, themes, and other cinematic techniques.
He incorporated many musical acts in his film as he favored musical pieces to be complementary of his ideas.
Diegues remains very popular and is regarded one the most cinematic producers of his generation.
Of the Cinema Novo directors, he would go on to produce films, plays, musicals and other forms of entertainment in Brazil.
Diegues' contributions to Brazilian cinema developed the film industry.
He would pioneer expensive film projects that domestic filmmakers had ever seen.
Films such as" Bye Bye Brazil" were two million dollar projects and later on films such as" God is Brazilian" would be over 10 million dollars.
This was a new era in Brazil as domestic directors had yet to produce any films with that kind of financial support.
He admits to using Brazilians in his films as much as he can.
Diegues would use extras, film technicians, painters, sculptors and other essential personnel of Brazilian backgrounds even if they were inexperienced.
Diegues attempted to consistently represent the underrepresented people of Brazil in his films.
He suggests that history is written by the winners and the afro-Brazilian communities were not among those who were given a chance to write their own history.
He also proposed the idea that up until this movement, cinema in Brazil only provided the white Brazilian experience despite the growing masses of black Brazilians all over the country.
He is known for distinguished publications that uplift the Afro-Brazilian spirit and bodies.
In 2018, Diegues was elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Rick Smolan
Rick Smolan( born November 5, 1949) is a former" TIMELIFE", and" National Geographic" photographer best known as the co-creator of the" Day in the Life" book series.
He is currently CEO of Against All Odds Productions, a cross-media organization.
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek( born July 2, 1948) is a German- born Canadian character actor, director, playwright, and producer of television, theatre, and film.
He has had roles in notable films including" Against All Odds"( 1984)," Wall Street"( 1987)," The Bonfire of the Vanities"( 1990)," True Romance"( 1993), and" Unforgiven"( 1992).
Rubinek is also known for his role as Artie Nielsen in the Syfy series" Warehouse 13" and Louis B. Mayer in" The Last Tycoon," and has had recurring roles on" Frasier, A Nero Wolfe Mystery," and" Leverage.
He" is a five- time Genie Award nominee, winning Best Supporting Actor for" Ticket to Heaven"( 1981), and a two- time Gemini Award nominee.
His first play," Terrible Advice" premiered in September 2011.
Jon St. Elwood
Jon St. Elwood( born October 24, 1952) is an actor whose film and television career began in the late 1970s and carried on until around the late 1980s.
He is familiar to soap opera fans as tough guy Jazz Jackson in the day time soap opera" The Young and the Restless", a role he played for a couple of years in the mid-1980s.
He also acted in the films," The Child Stealer" in 1979," They Call Me Bruce?" in 1982 and" Against All Odds" in 1984.
Pat Corley
Pat Corley( June 1, 1930 – September 11, 2006) was an American actor.
He was known for his role as bar owner Phil on the CBS sitcom" Murphy Brown" from 1988 – 96.
He also had a recurring role as Chief Coroner Wally Nydorf on the television drama" Hill Street Blues"( 1981–1987).
Additionally, he had supporting roles in a number of films, including" Night Shift"( 1982)," Against All Odds"( 1984), and" Mr. Destiny"( 1990).

Question: Do both films: Orfeu and Against All Odds (1984 Film) have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no