Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 7970219 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