ANTECIPAÇÃO: THE LAST SAMURAI

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É com muita satisfação que dedico este post a um dos filmes que ,pela sua magnitude e pela estrela de cartaz (nada mais nada menos que o milionário Tom Cruise), mais burburinho tem causado na imprensa mundial e público cinéfilo - The Last Samurai, épico histórico dirigido por Edward Zwick (Glory (1989)) e oriundo dos estúdios Warner Bros. Nos E.U.A estreia a 5 de Dezeembro deste ano ; já a comunidade cinéfila portuguesa ainda vai ter de esperar até o mês de Janeiro do próximo ano para assitir o filme nos cinemas...

- The Last Samurai












Realizador: Edward Zwick
Elenco: Tom Cruise, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Shin Koyamada, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koyukim, Shichinosuke Nakamura, Seizo Fukumoto, Shun Sugata, Masato Harada.
Argumento: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, John Logan.
Duração: 144 minutos
Género: Drama / Guerra / Acção
País de Origem: E.U.A

Sinopse: Captain Nathan Algren (TOM CRUISE) is a man adrift. The battles he once fought now seem distant and futile. Once he risked his life for honor and country, but, in the years since the Civil War, the world has changed. Pragmatism has replaced courage, self-interest has taken the place of sacrifice and honor is nowhere to be found - especially out West where his role in the Indian Campaigns ended in disillusionment and sorrow.

Somewhere on the unforgiving plains near the banks of the Washita River, Algren lost his soul.

A universe away, another soldier sees his way of life about to disintegrate. He is Katsumoto (KEN WATANABE), the last leader of an ancient line of warriors, the venerated Samurai, who dedicated their lives to serving emperor and country. Just as the modern way encroached upon the American West, cornering and condemning the Native American, it also engulfed traditional Japan. The telegraph lines and railroads that brought progress now threaten those values and codes by which the Samurai have lived and died for centuries.

But Katsumoto will not go without a fight.

The paths of these two warriors converge when the young Emperor of Japan, wooed by American interests who covet the growing Japanese market, hires Algren to train Japan's first modern, conscript army. But as the Emperor's advisors attempt to eradicate the Samurai in preparation for a more Westernized and trade-friendly government, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai. Their powerful convictions remind him of the man he once was.

Thrust now into harsh and unfamiliar territory, with his life and perhaps more important, his soul, in the balance, the troubled American soldier finds himself at the center of a violent and epic struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his sense of honor to guide him.


Classificações:

Rotten: 100%; 8.5/10
IMDB: 8.3/10

Comentários:

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- "An intelligent action film."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER

- "Epic filmmaking at its absolute finest."
-- Joshua Tyler, FILM HOBBIT

- "Director Zwick has raised the effectiveness of combat scenes by tempering them with respectful homage to the sensitive side of Japan's unique history and culture."
-- Jules Brenner (FC), VARIAGATE.COM

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Elenco:

- Tom Cruise (Captain Nathan Algren / Producer) :



Tom Cruise made his film debut in 1981 with the critically acclaimed film Taps and has subsequently experienced a distinguished and distinctive career. He last starred as "pre-cog" specialist John Anderton in Steven Spielberg's futuristic thriller Minority Report, the latest of his many intriguing, ground-breaking and diverse films. He has collaborated with some of the film industry's most respected directors and actors, including Barry Levinson and co-star Dustin Hoffman in the Academy Award-winning Rain Man; Martin Scorsese in The Color of Money, opposite Paul Newman; Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July; Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire and Vanilla Sky; Ron Howard's Far and Away; Sydney Pollack's The Firm; and Neil Jordan's Interview with the Vampire, to name just a few.

In 1983, Cruise won widespread acclaim for his bravura performance in Risky Business, which earned him his first Golden Globe nomination. He went on to create one of the most memorable characters of all time, flying ace Maverick, in the highest-grossing film of 1986, Top Gun. In 1989, Cruise received his first Oscar nomination and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Oliver Stone's searing tale of Viet Nam veteran Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July. More accolades and a Golden Globe nomination followed in 1992 with Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men, also starring Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore. In 1996 he received an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Jerry Maguire. In 1999, Cruise dazzled audiences and critics alike with his work in P.T. Anderson's ensemble drama Magnolia. His powerful performance earned him his third Academy nomination and his third Golden Globe Award, this time for Best Supporting Actor. That same year he starred in what would be Stanley Kubrick's final film, the psychological thriller, Eyes Wide Shut.

Cruise is currently filming Collateral, directed by Michael Mann.

A testament to his critical and popular success, Cruise has received numerous awards, tributes and nominations, including The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, the BAFTA Awards, The Chicago Film Critics Association, The Golden Satellite Awards, The National Board of Review, The People's Choice Awards, The Screen Actors Guild Awards and The Kids Choice Awards. In 1987, the ShoWest Convention acknowledged Cruise as the Boxoffice Star of the Year and, in 1990, the American Cinema presented him with its Distinguished Achievement Award. He earned Harvard's Hasting Pudding Man of the Year Award in 1994 and the prestigious American Cinematheque Award in 1996. In 1998, the Artists Rights Foundation recognized Cruise with the John Huston Award, an honor bestowed upon those known for safeguarding the integrity of the artistic process.

Cruise is also a successful producer. In 1993, he teamed with Paula Wagner to form Cruise/Wagner Productions, which quickly grew to become one of the industry's leading production companies, known for its commitment to supporting new talent. The first film released under the Cruise/Wagner banner was the 1996 worldwide blockbuster Mission: Impossible. That same year, Cruise/Wagner collaborated with Cameron Crowe on the award-winning Jerry Maguire. In 1997, the Producers Guild of America celebrated Cruise/Wagner with the Nova Award for the Most Promising Producers in Theatrical Motion Pictures. The following year, Cruise/Wagner produced the critically acclaimed film about runner Steve Prefontaine, Without Limits, written by Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown.

In Cruise/Wagner's 2000 hit sequel Mission: Impossible 2, Cruise reprised his roles both as Agent Ethan Hunt and as a producer. Mission: Impossible 2 gave Cruise/Wagner one of the most successful film franchises in history, grossing over one billion dollars. The company also produced the successful thriller The Others, which marked Cruise's first collaboration, as executive producer, with director Alejandro Amenabar. Amenabar came to Cruise's attention after Cruise saw Amenabar's Spanish romantic thriller, Abre Los Ojos. Cruise/Wagner optioned the project and it eventually became the basis of Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky, for which Cruise also starred and produced. He recently served as executive producer on the Billy Ray feature drama Shattered Glass, which screened at the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals and premiered at the Hollywood Film Festival.

Cruise/Wagner is currently in pre-production on the third Mission Impossible installment, to be directed by Joe Carnahan, in addition to Cameron Crowe's upcoming drama Elizabethtown.

- Timothy Spall (Simon Graham) :



Timpothy Spall recently appeared in Douglas McGrath's film retelling of the Charles Dickens classic Nicholas Nickleby. Frequently featured in Mike Leigh's films, Spall made his sixth appearance in the director's most recent offering, All or Nothing. Other collaborations with Mike Leigh include the play Smelling Like A Rat; the BBC film Home Sweet Home; Secrets and Lies, for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination and a London Film Critics nomination; and the critically acclaimed story of Gilbert %26 Sullivan, Topsy Turvy.

He will next star in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azbakan, currently in production and set for a 2004 release.

Spall's extensive film credits include Kenneth Branagh's musical adaptation of Love's Labours Lost and Branagh's Hamlet; Franc Roddam's Quadrophenia, Clint Eastwood's White Hunter, Black Heart, Bernardo Bertolucci's The Sheltering Sky, Roland Joffe's Vatel, Stephen Herek's Rock Star, Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (Spall's first association with Tom Cruise), and Brian Gibson's tale of a 1970s band reunion, Still Crazy, which also starred his Last Samurai colleague Billy Connolly. He also lent his voice to the animated feature Chicken Run.

For his role as Mr. Venus in the highly acclaimed BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Our Mutual Friend, Spall received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor. His UK television credits include the role of Barry in the popular series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Outside Edge. Recent TV credits include Stephen Poliakoff's Shooting the Past, Danny Boyle's Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise, for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination, and the revival of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

Spall has performed extensively on stage for The Royal Shakespeare Company, in productions of The Merry Wives of Windsor, Nicholas Nickleby and Knight and the Burning Pestle. Royal National Theatre productions include St. Joan, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Robert LePage's production of A Midsummer's Night Dream.

- Ken Watanabe (Katsumoto)



Ken Watanabe began his career on stage, with the Tokyo-based theater troupe, Madoka. While working with Madoka, he was selected to portray the role of hero in the play Shimodani Mannen-cho Monogatari, directed by Yukio Ninagawa. His performance attracted critical and popular notice.

In 1982, Watanabe made his television debut in Michinaru Hanran (Unknown Rebellion). In 1987, he displayed a regal bearing and powerful presence in NHK's successful Samurai drama series, Dokuganryu Masamune, and went on to earn acclaim in such historical dramas as the TV shows Oda Nobunaga, Chushingura, and the movie Bakumatsu Junjyo Den.

Additionally, Watanabe's consummate skills have contributed to such projects as Ikebukuro West Gate Park, Anata ga Hoshii (I Want You) for television and the movies Space Travelers, Oboreru Sakana (Drowning Fish) and The Sun Rises Again.

In February 2003, Watanabe was seen in Shin Jinginaki Tatakai/Bosatsu (Fight Without Loyalty/Murder) an updated version of the popular Yakuza movie series.

He will also appear in the upcoming film T.R.Y.

Realizador:

- Edward Zwick



Edward Zick (Director / Producer / Screenplay ) began directing and acting in high school and trained as an apprentice at the Academy Festival in Lake Forest, Illinois. While studying literature at Harvard, he continued writing and directing for the theatre. Upon graduation, he was awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship to study in Europe with some of the major innovative theatre companies.

Zwick was accepted as a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute in 1975. Timothy and the Angel, Zwick's AFI short film, won first place in the student film competition at the 1976 Chicago Film Festival and caught the attention of the producers of the television series, Family. He served as story editor on Family and subsequently became a director and producer.

For his work on the television movie Special Bulletin (as director, producer and co-writer), Zwick received two Emmy Awards. This also marked the beginning of his collaboration with Marshall Herskovitz, with whom he then created the Emmy Award-winning television series thirtysomething. Together Herskovitz and Zwick created The Bedford Falls Company as their home for film and television projects, including the critically acclaimed television series My So-Called Life, Relativity and the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning series Once and Again.

Zwick began his feature film career directing About Last Night. He went on to direct the Academy Award winning-films Glory and Legends of the Fall, as well as Leaving Normal and Courage Under Fire. Zwick's most recent film was The Siege, starring Denzel Washington and Annette Bening. Zwick and Herskovitz produced Traffic, winner of two Golden Globes and four Academy Awards, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Under the Bedford Falls banner, they also produced I Am Sam.

Zwick has been honored with three Emmy Awards, the Humanitas Prize, the Writer's Guild of America Award, two Peabody Awards, a Director's Guild of America Award, and the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Award from the American Film Institute. He received his first Academy Award as a producer for 1999's Best Picture Shakespeare in Love.

Curiosidade:

- Tom Cruise took no "up front" salary for this film.

(fontes: Rotten; IMDB e Site Oficial)

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