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Spanish Circuit

Posted: November 29, 2009

SPAIN

Incognito prison guard Alberto Ammann (L) befriends riot leader Luis Tosar

• Alberto Ammann … Juan Oliver
• Luis Tosar … Malamadre (Best Actor recipient - Goya award)
• Carlos Bardem … Apache
• Marta Etura … Elena (2-time Best Actress nominee - Goya award)
• Daniel Monzon (Best New Director recipient - Goya award)
  

Celda 211 (Cell 211)

Accidentally knocked unconscious and left in cell 211 at the outbreak of a prison riot, new guard Alberto Ammann must pose as an inmate, develop raport with riot leader Luis Tosar and quell a spreading nationwide Basque separatist riot in order to get back home to his pregnant wife Marta Etura.

Sandra Bullock — Courage at the Top

Sandra Bullock in 'The Blind Side'

Bullock with Ryan Reynolds in 'The Proposal'

At a career stage when most lead actresses fade from the limelight, Sandra Bullock emerged this year with her two personal best box office openers: The Proposal and The Blind Side.  Moreover, with her all-time top opener The Blind Side, she did it on her own … as the sole marquee anchor … in a marketplace crowded with new event pictures … by delivering a charismatic Oscar-worthy performance … like nothing she has done before … in a genre different from her usual chick-flick comedies, phone-it-in romances  and thrillers buoyed by a popular male co-star.  Bullock ought to garner great respect within industry circles for creating this compassionate in-your-face mother character as well as for her bold choice in selecting this project.

Certainly, Bullock knew that if The Blind Side did not work with audiences, studio chiefs might well have regarded it as a decline in her stardom.  Instead Bullock signals that her best is yet to come.

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Turkish Circuit

Posted: November 4, 2009