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© REUTERS / Henry Romero Relatives of the disappeared demonstrate in Mexico City on September 26, 2018, with the portrait Christian Alfonso Rodriguez Telumbre, whose remains have been identified by a Austrian laboratory, in this month of July 2020. Thunderbolt in the sinister affair of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa, missing in 2014 in the south of the country.
Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón has come on board festival bound feature The Disciple as an executive producer. Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple will be the first Indian film in almost 20 years chosen to play in main competition at Vivek Gomber produced the movie under his Zoo Entertainment banner.
Now, 4-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón is set as Executive Producer on The Disciple , the movie written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane and produced by Vivek Gomber of Zoo Entertainment Pvt.
© Bang Showbiz Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón will executive produce 'The Disciple'.
The Oscar-winning director has joined the team behind Chaitanya Tamhane's eagerly anticipated movie, which is the first Indian film in almost 20 years chosen to screen at the main European Film Festivals; Berlin, Cannes and Venice.
Speaking about the Venice bound movie, Alfonso said: "I met Chaitanya through a mentorship program where I had the opportunity to watch his very superb debut film, 'Court'. I was immediately impressed by his sense of cinema and fearless confidence to tell stories.
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The filmmaker, an executive producer on the Indian festival-winner " The Disciple ," explains why he's keen on supporting new As a Mexican filmmaker who makes movies with Hollywood money, Alfonso Cuarón is no stranger to conversations about diversity.
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing.
"He was part of most of Roma's process and I jumped to the opportunity to be part of the process of his second film 'The Disciple'. I believe Chaitanya is one of the most important new voices of contemporary cinema."
The movie, which will also screen at the Toronto International Film Festival, tells the story of Sharad Nerulkar, who has devoted his life to becoming an Indian classical music vocalist but starts to have doubts about his strive for perfection.
The movie is set in modern-day Mumbai.
Meanwhile, Netflix boss Ted Sarandos recently claimed Cuarón's 'Roma' paved the way for the success of Bong-Joon Ho's 'Parasite' at the 2020 Oscars.
He said: "I think 'Roma' had a lot to do with that for 'Parasite' this year.
"I think the idea that a foreign-language film had 10 Oscar nominations and won three, and the crossover awards categories for foreign-language film, I think really opened the door for 'Parasite' to be as successful as it was."
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Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron is executive producing the Chaitanya Tamhane directorial, The Disciple , which features in the competition section of the upcoming Venice Film Festival. Writer-director Tamhane's Marathi film, The Disciple
' The Disciple ' has Alfonso Cuarón onboard as executive producer , whom Tamhane had met through a mentorship program by Rolex after finishing his debut film, Court. ' The Disciple ' has picked up many awards at Venice and Toronto and is set to screen at the
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Happy Birthday, Harrison Ford!
Happy Birthday, Harrison Ford! The American actor turned 78 on July 13 and he is beloved by film fans for playing Hans Solo in the 'Star Wars' sci-fi series and whip-cracking archaeologist Indiana Jones in the adventure franchise of the same name.His six decade spanning career has had numerous highlights, here are Ford's most memorable movie roles...
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Star Wars
Ford made his first appearance as intergalactic smuggler Han Solo in 1977's 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope'. Since then he has reprised the role on four occasions, most recently in 2019 franchise conclusion 'Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker'. Ford has always been surprised by the enormous popularity of the George Lucas' franchise, previously saying: "But what was, and is, still shocking and interesting to me was that these films hit notes that make it useful, in people’s minds, to pass it on from generation to generation.”
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Indiana Jones
As well as Han Solo, Ford is best known for his titular role in the 'Indiana Jones' movies. The franchise centres around the fictional professor of archaeology, Dr Henry Walton ‘Indiana’ Jones, Jr. who is a daredevil adventurer. The first in the series ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, released in 1981 has since been followed by three sequels in 1984, 1989 and 2008, whilst a fifth film is in development.
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Blade Runner
In Sir Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi flick ‘Blade Runner’, Ford plays former cop Rick Deckard who is tasked with hunting down rogue replicants, bioengineered humans. Although the movie didn't connect with cinema goers, 'Blade Runner' - which is loosely based on Philip K. Dick's novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' - found an audience on home release and is now considered a classic of the genre. Ford reprised his role in the 2017 sequel ‘Blade Runner 2049’, directed by Denis Villeneuve.
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Witness
‘Witness’ earned Ford an Oscar nomination for Best Actor following his emotive performance in the thriller. In the 1985 movie, Ford’s character, John Book, is a detective who must protect Amish boy Samuel Lapp - played by a young Lukas Haas - after he witnesses the murder of an undercover police officer in Philadelphia. Although Ford did not win the Academy Award, Peter Weir's movie did win two of the eight Oscars it was nominated for, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.
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The Mosquito Coast
‘The Mosquito Coast’ is an adaptation of Paul Theroux’s novel of the same name. Ford plays inventor Allie Fox who escapes to build a utopian society. He was nominated for his second Oscar for Best Actor, but the movie was “the only film he had done that hadn’t made its money back".
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Frantic
The neo-noir thriller ‘Frantic’ was directed by Roman Polanski and featured Ford playing Dr Richard Walker, whose wife disappears whilst the couple are in Paris.
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Working Girl
In 'Working Girl', Ford played the supporting role of Jack Trainer, the love interest of Melanie Griffith's Tess McGill. The film was a huge success at the box office and won four Golden Globes.
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Presumed Innocent
‘Presumed Innocent’ stars Ford as Rusty Sabich, a prosecutor accused of murdering his wife. The courtroom thriller was based on a book of the same name written by Scott Turow in 1987.
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The Fugitive
In ‘The Fugitive’, Ford plays a man on the run, after being falsely accused of murdering his wife. The film was a major success and was nominated for seven Oscars. Ford himself was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1994 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture but he did not take home the prize.
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42
In 2013 biographical sports film '42' Ford played baseball boss Branch Rickey. The biopic focused on the first professional African American baseball player Jackie Robinson, who wore the number 42 jersey throughout his career.
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Mary Berry tries her hand at cheesemaking in Countryfile appearance .
The former Great British Bake Off presenter, 85, makes a guest appearance on Sunday's episode of Countryfile as she rediscovers her country roots and tries traditional cheesemaking.And now Mary Berry is set to grace TV screens again as she joins Matt Baker and his Countryfile co-stars on Sunday's upcoming show.