Woody Allen faz 84 anos hoje, em plena atividade. São  dele alguns dos filmes mais extraordinários que já vi. Ave Mestre!

Woody Allen is 82 years old today. He made some of the most extraordinary movies I ever seen. Ave Mestre!

Robert Redford faz 81 anos hoje.

Já foi Sundance Kid(BUTCH CASSIDY), Bob Woodward(TODOS OS HOMENS DO PRESIDENTE), Johnny Hooker (GOLPE DE MESTRE), Paul Bratter (DESCALÇOS NO PARQUE), Jay Gatsby (O GRANDE GATSBY) e muitos outros personagens.

Como diretor ganhou o Oscar em GENTE COMO A GENTE.

Fundou o Sundance Institute que faz um dos eventos mais importantes do cinema mundial.

É o cara.

Robert Redford is 81 years old.

He was Sundance Kid (BUTCH CASSIDY), Bob Woodward(ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN), Johnny Hooker (THE STING), Paul Bratter (BAREFOOT IN THE PARK), Jay Gatsby (THE GREAT GATSBY) e so many other characters.

He founded the Sundance Institute which makes one of the most important events of cinema in the world.

He is the guy!

Harrison Ford está fazendo 75 anos hoje. John William Ford, um ator nascido em Chicago tem em seu notável currículo uma série de filmes admiráveis, desde LOUCURAS DE VERÃO, de George Lucas, A CONVERSAÇÃO, de Francis Coppola e uma participação não creditada em ZABRIESKY POINT, de Michelangelo Antonioni.

Mas foi como o mercenário Han Solo, em GUERRA NAS ESTRELAS, de George Lucas, que Harrison Ford alçou vôo para o hiperespaço.

A partir daí, vieram, A TESTEMUNHA, de Peter Weir, BLADE RUNNER, de Ridley Scott, CAÇADORES DA ARCA PERDIDA, de Steven Spielberg, só para citar três monstros sagrados.

Apesar de ter feito algumas loucuras ultimamente, tomara que Mr. Ford siga conosco fazendo filmes por muito tempo.

Harrison Ford is 75 years old today. John William Ford, an actor born in Chicago has in his notable cv a long list of memorable films, like AMERICAN GRAFITTI, by George Lucas, THE CONVERSATION, by Francis Coppola, and an uncredited participation in ZABRIESKY POINT, by Michelangelo Antonioni.

But the carachter of Han Solo, in STAR WARS, by George Lucas, send him to hiperspace.

From this on, Ford made THE WITNESS, by Peter Weir, BLADE RUNNER, by Ridley Scott, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, by Steven Spielberg, only to nominate three great movies.

Although he made some crazy things we wish that Mr. Ford still make several films for a long time.

A Empresa BLITZWAY acaba de lançar uma estatueta com a figura da personagem Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), em INSTINTO SELVAGEM, filme de Paul Verhoeven. A cena recriada é a famosa do interrogatório.

O brinquedo de 30 cm de altura vai ser enviado em fevereiro de 2018, mas é impressionantemente perfeito.

The Company BLITZWAY released a toy with the figure of the carachter Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), in BASIC INSTINCT, by Paul Verhoeven. The scene is the one of the interrogation.

The toy, with 30cm high, will be send in February, 2018, and is amazingly perfect.

O Cineasta Edgar Wright (BABY DRIVER) escolheu as 10 melhores perseguições de carro do cinema para ele:

• OPERAÇÃO FRANÇA – THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971), de William Friedkin
• BULLITT – BULLITT (1968), de Peter Yates
• OS IRMÃOS CARA DE PAU – THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980), de John Landis
• AGARRA-ME SE PUDERES – SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (1977), de  Hal Needham
• CORRIDA CONTRA O DESTINO – VANISHING POINT (1971), de Richard Serafian
• FUGA ALUCINADA – DIRTY MARY, CRAZY LARRY (1974), de John Hough
• UM GOLPE À ITALIANA – THE ITALIAN JOB (1969), de Peter Collinson
• VIVER E MORRER EM LOS ANGELES – TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985), de William Friedkin
• DUAS OVELHAS NEGRAS – FREEBIE AND THE BEAN (1974), de Richard Rush
• CAÇADA DE MORTE – THE DRIVER (1978), de Walter Hill

The movie director Edgar Wright (BABY DRIVER) choose the 10 best car chases of movie history in his opinion:

• THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971), by William Friedkin
• BULLITT (1968), by Peter Yates
• THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980), by John Landis
• SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (1977), by Hal Needham
• VANISHING POINT (1971), by Richard Serafian
• DIRTY MARY, CRAZY LARRY (1974), by John Hough
• THE ITALIAN JOB (1969), by Peter Collinson
• TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985), by William Friedkin
• FREEBIE AND THE BEAN (1974), by Richard Rush
• THE DRIVER (1978), by Walter Hill

Legítimo inglês de Oxford, Hugh Laurie nasceu em 11 de junho de 1959.

Claro que ele se imortalizou como o Dr. Gregory House, ao longo das oito temporadas de HOUSE, uma das séries de TV mais inteligentes e bem sucedidads da história.

Embora tenha feito outros grandes papéis (a série CHANCE da HULU e o vilão de THE NIGHT MANAGER,da BBC), acho que Hugh laurie ainda vai fazer seu grande papel no cinema.

Trata-se de um artista de primeira linha.

Legitimate Brittish from Oxford, Hugh Laurie was born on June, 11th, 1959.

Of course, he was immortalized as Dr. Gregory House, in eight seasond of the tv series HOUSE, one of the most brilliant and weel succeded.

Although he also have made two other great works as actor (The HULU series CHANCE and the villain of THE NIGHT MANAGER of BBC), I think that Hugh Laurie is still waiting for his greatest role in cinema.

He is an artist of first grade.

Clint Eastwood nasceu como um ator mudo (mas muito expressivo) nos spaghetti western.

Hoje é um diretor de cinema genial e cada vez mais produtivo.

Faz 87 anos hoje.

Que bom que não quis se aposentar aos 60 anos!

Clint Eastwood was born a mute actor (although very expressive) in several spaghetti western movies.

Today he is a great movie director each day more productive.

He is 87 years old today.

Lucky that he does not intend to retire at 60 years old.

Hoje 22 de maio se comemora o Dia Internacional de Sherlock Holmes. É o dia de aniversário de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Embora não seja o personagem de ficção que mais gerou filmes (226 contra 239 do Conde Drácula), Holmes segue fascinando apaixonados no mundo inteiro.

E o cinema combina muito bem com a imortal criação de Conan Doyle.

Today, May, 22nd, we comemmorate the Internacional Day of Sherlock Holmes. Its Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Birthday.

Although Sherlock does not be the character with most films (226 against 239 of Count Dracula), he continues to fascinate people all over the World.

And the movies loves the immortal creation of Conan Doyle.

Alfredo James Pacino faz 77 anos hoje. São tantos papéis em filmes maravilhosos, personagens inesquecíveis, que fica quase impossível selecionar os melhores.

Pelo menos vale a pena dizer que Al Pacino inscreveu seu nome na lsita dos maiores atores da história do cinema.

Olhe a foto e identifique os filmes.

Alfred James Pacino is 77 years old today. He has so many wonderful carachters in extraordinary movies, that it is almos impossible to select the best ones.

At least it worth a while to say that Al Pacino wrote his name in the list of the biggest actors of movie history.

Lokk in the pictures and identify the movies.

Até hoje apenas 29 filmes chegaram à marca de um bilhão de dólares de faturamento nas bilheterias mundiais.

A BELA E A FERA (2017), de Bill Condon acaba de entrar para este Clube.

São eles:

1. Avatar Fox $2,788.
2. Titanic Par. $2,186.8
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens BV $2,068.2
4. Jurassic World Uni. $1,670.4
5. Marvel’s The Avengers BV $1,518.8
6. Furious 7 Uni. $1,516.0
7. Avengers: Age of Ultron BV $1,405.4
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 WB $1,341.5
9. Frozen BV $1,276.5
10. Iron Man 3 BV $1,214.8
11. Minions Uni. $1,159.4
12. Captain America: Civil War BV $1,153.3
13. Transformers: Dark of the Moon P/DW $1,123.8
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $1,119.9
15. Skyfall Sony $1,108.6
16. Transformers: Age of Extinction Par. $1,104.1
17. The Dark Knight Rises WB $1,084.9
18. Toy Story 3 BV $1,067.0
19. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest BV $1,066.2
20. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story BV $1,055.7
21. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides BV $1,045.7
22. Jurassic Park Uni. $1,029.2
23. Finding Dory BV $1,028.6
24. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Fox $1,027.0
25. Alice in Wonderland (2010) BV $1,025.5
26. Zootopia BV $1,023.8
27. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey WB (NL) $1,021.1
28. The Dark Knight WB $1,004.6
29. Beauty and the Beast (2017) BV

To date, only 29 films have reached a billion dollar mark at the world box office.

Bill Condon’s BELA E A FERA (2017) has just joined this club.

Are they:

Avatar Fox $2,788.
Titanic Par. $2,186.8
Star Wars: The Force Awakens BV $2,068.2
Jurassic World Uni. $1,670.4
Marvel’s The Avengers BV $1,518.8
Furious 7 Uni. $1,516.0
Avengers: Age of Ultron BV $1,405.4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 WB $1,341.5
Frozen BV $1,276.5
Iron Man 3 BV $1,214.8
Minions Uni. $1,159.4
Captain America: Civil War BV $1,153.3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon P/DW $1,123.8
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $1,119.9
Skyfall Sony $1,108.6
Transformers: Age of Extinction Par. $1,104.1
The Dark Knight Rises WB $1,084.9
Toy Story 3 BV $1,067.0
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest BV $1,066.2
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story BV $1,055.7
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides BV $1,045.7
Jurassic Park Uni. $1,029.2
Finding Dory BV $1,028.6
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Fox $1,027.0
Alice in Wonderland (2010) BV $1,025.5
Zootopia BV $1,023.8
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey WB (NL) $1,021.1
The Dark Knight WB $1,004.6
Beauty and the Beast (2017) BV