Who is Heath Ledger - Hollywood Legend
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* Heath Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 ? January 22, 2008) was an Academy Award-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe-, and SAG Award-nominated Australian film and television actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a movie career, appearing in nearly 20 films. He starred in both critical and box-office successes, including 10 Things I Hate About You, The Patriot, Monsters Ball, A Knight's Tale, and Brokeback Mountain. For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, Ledger was nominated for a 2005 Oscar for "Best Actor in a Leading Role" and also was nominated and won "Best Actor" awards for that role from BAFTA and the Australian Film Institute and the New York Film Critics Circle, respectively, as well as won an MTV Movie Award with Jake Gyllenhaal for their "best kiss" in the film.
He completed filming his role as the Joker in the forthcoming movie The Dark Knight, shortly before dying, on January 22, 2008, from an accidental prescription drug overdose at age 28. His final film performance, uncompleted at the time of his death, is the role of Tony in Terry Gilliams forthcoming film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Posthumously, on February 23, 2008, he shared the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award with the cast and crew of the film Im Not There'', in which he portrayed a character named "Robbie Clark", based on a stage in the life of Bob Dylan.
In addition to his work as an actor and as a producer and director of music videos, he also aspired to be a film director.
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- 'Dark Knight Rises' Star Tom Hardy Not Looking to Top Heath Ledger as Batman's ...
- Tom Hardy recently discussed his role as Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises" which often gets compared to Heath Ledger's critically acclaimed performance as The Joker in 2008's "The Dark Knight". Praising Ledger as "brilliant," Hardy admitted that he never ...
- Heath Ledger was brilliant in `The Dark Knight`: Tom Hardy
- London: Actor Tom Hardy says his villainous role as Bane in the new Batman film shouldn`t be compared to Heath Ledger`s critically acclaimed performance as The Joker in 2008`s 'The Dark Knight'. Praising Ledger as "brilliant," Hardy said that he never ...
- 'The Dark Knight Rises' Director Christopher Nolan Comments on The Joker
- The most recent Batman film, The Dark Knight, rode to tremendous commercial and critical success due in large part to Heath Ledger's Academy Award-winning reinvention of Bob Kane, Fill Finger and Jerry Robinson's iconic DC Comics villain, The Joker.
- Hutcherson Buys Heath Ledger's Hollywood <del>Home</del> Tree House
- Josh Hutcherson reportedly bought Heath Ledger's Hollywood Hills home this week. The asking price of late actor's acre casa recently dropped down to a shade under $3 million but we aren't sure whether Josh ponied up the full amount.
2005 "Brokeback Mountain" DVD (starring Heath Ledger)
Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition)
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A sad, melancholy ache pervades Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's haunting, moving film that, like his other movies, explores societal constraints and the passions that lurk underneath. This time, however, instead of taking on ancient China, 19th-century England, or '70s suburbia, Lee uses the tableau of the American West in the early '60s to show how two lovers are bound by their expected roles, how they rebel against them, and the repercussions for each of doing so--but the romance here is between two men. Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are two itinerant ranchers looking for work in Wyoming when they meet and embark on a summer sheepherding job in the shadow of titular Brokeback Mountain. The taciturn Ennis, uncommunicative in the extreme, finds himself opening up around the gregarious Jack, and the two form a bond that surprisingly catches fire one cold night out in the wilderness. Separating at the end of the summer, each goes on to marry and have children, but a reunion years later proves that, if anything, their passion for each other has grown significantly. And while Jack harbors dreams of a life together, the tight-lipped Ennis is unable to bring himself to even consider something so revolutionary.
Its open, unforced depiction of love between two men made Brokeback an instant cultural touchstone, for both good and bad, as it was tagged derisively as the "gay cowboy movie," but also heralded as a breakthrough for mainstream cinema. Amidst all the hoopla of various agendas, though, was a quiet, heartbreaking love story that was both of its time and universal--it was the quintessential tale of star-crossed lovers, but grounded in an ever-changing America that promised both hope and despair. Adapted by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana from Annie Proulx's short story, the movie echoes the sparse bleakness of McMurtry's The Last Picture Show with its fading of the once-glorious West; but with Lee at the helm, it also resembles The Ice Storm, as it showed the ripple effects of a singular event over a number of people. As always, Lee's work with actors is unparalleled, as he elicits graceful, nuanced performances from Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway as the wives affected overtly and subliminally by their husbands' affair, and Gyllenhaal brings surprising dimensions to a character that could have easily just been a puppy dog of a boy. It's Ledger, however, who's the breakthrough in the film, and his portrait of an emotionally repressed man both undone and liberated by his feelings is mesmerizing and devastating. Spare in style but rich with emotion, Brokeback Mountain earns its place as a classic modern love story. --Mark Englehart
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2005 "Casanova" DVD (starring Heath Ledger)
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Heath Ledger stars as the legendary Casanova the world s most notorious seducer a master of disguise and wit. It was said no woman could resist his amorous charms. But Casanova has finally met his match in the fiery intelligent beauty Francesca portrayed by Sienna Miller. Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons also stars in this scandalously fun adventure from the director of Chocolat. Set in the stunning city of Venice Larry King raves Casanova is what movies are all about; an absolute delight!
Bonus Features: Creating An Adventure, Dressing In Style, Extended Sequence, Hidden In Plain Sight, Audio Commentary, Visions of Venice
Running Time: 111 Mins.
Genre: Drama
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