ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!

[BelAir]

She won a best supporting actress Oscar in 1957 for Sayonara, and she was apparently the first Asian actress to win an Academy Award.

[MaineWriter]

==comment==

Star of Midnight Cowboy (1969) with Dustin Hoffman

[Ellemeno]

Star of Passion Fish (1992) with Mary McDonnell, directed by one of my favorite directors, John Sayles.

[Fran]

Adrien Brody was awarded a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Wladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianist (2002).

[dot-matrix]

Steven Yaffee is a young character actor who plays in a 2007 independent comedy from the Canadian Film Centre called
 
Song of Slomon
directed by Emmanuel Shirinian
written by Amy Cameron

Song of Slomon is the story of an conservative-orthodox Rabbi.  The soul of the Rabbi is invaded by a catchy, ubiquitous pop tune, which threatens to send him scrambling to the dance floor on the Sabbath or back to the safety of the Torah.

[Ellemeno]

Starred in Memoirs of a Geisha and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

(Anyone remember that priceless Brokeback Geisha thread at IMDb?)

[MaineWriter]

That special round was fun....

Now back to our regularly scheduled game

Round 1954!

[MaineWriter]

==comment==

Filmed in Southern California, not the deserts of Arabia. Apparently it has a catchy title tune sung by Nat King Cole.

[southendmd]

[memento]