Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 13732342 times)

Offline Fran

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"W" is Whishaw
« Reply #16520 on: February 11, 2008, 03:25:38 am »
In the movie I'm Not There, six actors -- Marcus Carl Franklin, Ben Whishaw, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Christian Bale, and Heath Ledger -- played characters based on iconic singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.


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"X" is xperiential
« Reply #16521 on: February 11, 2008, 10:16:37 am »
Heath's acting career followed an xperiential path.  His roles weren't limited by type, location or era.

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Round 647 !!!
« Reply #16522 on: February 11, 2008, 11:01:36 pm »
Round 647


Three Cheers for Heath

Award Winning Actor !!
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"A" is AFI
« Reply #16523 on: February 12, 2008, 12:06:33 am »
Heath was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Lead Actor for Candy in 2006.

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Great round announcement.

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"B" is Barbara
« Reply #16524 on: February 12, 2008, 10:06:28 am »
In 2006, Heath won the "Breakthrough Performance of the Year" award for BBM at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

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"C" is category
« Reply #16525 on: February 12, 2008, 01:44:29 pm »
In 2006, Heath received an Oscar nomination in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Ennis del Mar in Brokeback Mountain.


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"D" is Dogtown
« Reply #16526 on: February 12, 2008, 02:42:17 pm »


In 2006, Heath won the COFCA* Actor of the Year Award
for his performance
(as Skip Engblom who was one of the co-founders of the Jeff Ho/Zephyr Surf Shop in Santa Monica, California)
in Lords of Dogtown.

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"E" is endeared
« Reply #16527 on: February 12, 2008, 04:38:12 pm »
The Australian Film Institute honored Heath with the 2006 International Award for Best Actor for his performance as Ennis del Mar, a role that endeared him to movie-goers all over the world.
Ich bin ein Brokie...

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"F" is Franklin
« Reply #16528 on: February 12, 2008, 05:52:01 pm »
At the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards, Heath shared the Robert Altman Award with his fellow members of I'm Not There: 

Todd Haynes (director)
Laura Rosenthal (casting director)
Cate Blanchett
Christian Bale
Richard Gere
Ben Whishaw
Marcus Carl Franklin
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Bruce Greenwood

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"G" is Gere
« Reply #16529 on: February 12, 2008, 06:31:09 pm »
At the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards, Heath shared the Robert Altman Award with his fellow members of I'm Not There: 

Todd Haynes (director)
Laura Rosenthal (casting director)
Cate Blanchett
Christian Bale
Richard Gere
Ben Whishaw
Marcus Carl Franklin
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Bruce Greenwood