What film was directed by Bill Condon and featured the actor who played Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings"?
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Ian McKellen, roles and awards Ian McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English stage and screen actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Academy Award nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. McKellen's work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. His notable film roles include Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies, Magneto in the "X-Men" films, Sir Leigh Teabing in "The Da Vinci Code" (2006), Sherlock Holmes in "Mr. Holmes" (2015) and Cogsworth in "Beauty and the Beast" (2017).
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Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 American musical romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay written by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos, and co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films. The film is based on Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name, itself an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's eighteenth-century fairy tale. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the titular characters with Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, and Emma Thompson in supporting roles.
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Christopher Benjamin Christopher Benjamin (born December 27, 1934) is an English actor, well known for portraying Henry Gordon Jago in "Doctor Who". He also provided the voice of Rowf in the animated film "The Plague Dogs" (1982).
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William Franklyn William Leo Franklyn (22 September 1925 – 31 October 2006) was a British actor, perhaps best known for voicing the "Schhh... You Know Who" adverts for Schweppes from 1965 to 1973. He also performed on stage, film, television and radio, taking over from Peter Jones as "The Book" (the narrator) in the third, fourth and fifth radio series of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". He is also known for his portrayal of Sexton Blake for BBC Radio 4 in 1967.
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The Hobbit (1985 film) The Hobbit (full name The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit, Across the Wild Land, Through the Dark Forest, Beyond the Misty Mountains. There and Back Again, Russian: Сказочное путешествие мистера Бильбо Беггинса, Хоббита, через дикий край, чёрный лес, за туманные горы. Туда и обратно , "Skazochnoye puteshestviye mistera Bilbo Begginsa, Hobbita, cherez diky kray, chorny les, za tumannyye gory. Tuda i obratno") was a 1985 Soviet film adaption of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 book "The Hobbit" by Vladimir Latyshev.
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Oh, God! Oh, God! is a 1977 American Technicolor comedy film starring George Burns and John Denver. Based on a novel of the same name by Avery Corman, the film was directed by Carl Reiner from a screenplay written by Larry Gelbart. The story centres on unassuming supermarket manager Jerry Landers (Denver), chosen by God (Burns) to spread his message despite the skepticism of the media, religious authorities, and Landers' own wife (Teri Garr).
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David Bowie filmography The late English musician and actor David Bowie (1947-2016) held leading roles in several feature films, including "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976) (for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor), "Just a Gigolo" (1978), "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" (1983), "The Hunger" (1983), "Labyrinth" (1986), and The Linguini Incident (1991).
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John Alderson (actor) John Alderson (10 April 1916 – 4 August 2006) was an English actor noted for playing the lead in the 1957-58 syndicated western television series, "Boots and Saddles", which ran for thirty-eight episodes in a single season, and many supporting roles in films in a career spanning almost forty years, from 1951 to 1990, including "Don't Go Near the Water" (1957), "No Name on the Bullet" (1959), "Romanoff and Juliet" (1961), "My Fair Lady(1964)," 'The War Lord" (1965), "I Deal in Danger" (1966), "Double Trouble" (1967), "Hellfighters" (1968), "The Molly Maguires" (1970), "Top of the Heap" (1972), "The Klansman" (1974), "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox" (1976), "Candleshoe" (1977), "The Cat from Outer Space" (1978), "The Wild Geese" (1978) and "The American Way" (1986). He also appeared uncredited as the gum-chewing bandit shot by antagonist Hedley Lamarr in "Blazing Saddles" (1974).
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Don Henderson Donald Francis Henderson (10 November 1931 – 22 June 1997) was an English actor of stage, television and screen. Henderson was known for playing both "tough guy" roles and authority figures, and is remembered for his portrayal of detective George Bulman between 1976 and 1987 in the popular Granada Television police drama series "The XYY Man", "Strangers", and "Bulman", as priest Frank Kane in BBC drama "The Paradise Club" (1989–90), and as General Tagge in the first "Star Wars" film (1977). This last role also brought him attention from science fiction fans, and he later appeared in cult science fiction television series "Red Dwarf" and "Doctor Who".
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Aníron "Aníron" is a song in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy soundtrack. It is the theme for Aragorn and Arwen Evenstar. "Aníron" means "I desire" in the constructed Elvish language of Sindarin. It is featured as part of the track "The Council of Elrond" on the soundtrack album "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring". This song does not appear in Tolkien's writings; it was composed and sung by Enya, and the lyrics were written by Roma Ryan. The song was conducted by Howard Shore and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with Enya.
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The Long Ships (film) The Long Ships is a 1964 Anglo-Yugoslav adventure film shot in Technirama directed by Jack Cardiff and stars Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier and Russ Tamblyn.
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Daddy and Them Daddy and Them is a 2001 American film written, directed by, and starring Billy Bob Thornton. In addition to Thornton, it stars Laura Dern, Andy Griffith, Ben Affleck, Kelly Preston, Diane Ladd, Brenda Blethyn, Tuesday Knight, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jim Varney. This was Jim Varney's last live-action film; he died a year before the movie's release. It was also his penultimate movie.
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Bill Weston Bill Weston (29 May 1941 - 25 March 2012) was a British stunt performer and actor, whose 40-year career includes credits for "Saving Private Ryan", "Titanic", "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Batman Begins".
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Black Irish (film) Black Irish is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Brad Gann.
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Craig Heaney Craig Heaney (born August 1973), is a British screen, stage and radio actor. He may be best known as Private Roy W. Cobb in the award-winning ten-part mini-series "Band of Brothers" (2001). He played Phil in Danny Cannon's 2005 football movie "Goal!" and its 2009 sequel, "". He also appeared in the 2008 Christopher Nolan film "The Dark Knight" as a ferry passenger.
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Bruce Dern Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an American actor, often playing supporting villainous characters of unstable nature. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Coming Home" (1978) and the Academy Award for Best Actor for "Nebraska" (2013). His other film appearances include "The Cowboys" (1972), "Black Sunday" (1977), "Monster" (2003), and "The Hateful Eight" (2015).
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The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game (a.k.a. LOTR TCG) is a collectible card game produced by Decipher, Inc. Released November 2001, it is based on Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy and the J. R. R. Tolkien novel on which the films were based. Decipher also had the rights to "The Hobbit" novel but did not release any cards based on it. In addition to images taken from the films, in 2004 Weta Workshop produced artwork depicting characters and items from the novel absent from the films for use on cards.
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Billy Boyle Billy Boyle is an Irish actor on British film, television and stage. He is a veteran of the West End stage having played leading roles in over 15 hit shows. In his first West End musical "Maggie May" he was nominated as best newcomer. Gower Champion then chose him to play Barnaby in "Hello Dolly" at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane. He appeared in "Canterbury Tales" at the Phoenix Theatre as The Clerk of Oxford. Harold Hobson, The Times critic said, "He was a breath of fresh air in the West-End". He then went on to play leading roles in "No Sex Please, We're British", "Billy", "What's a Nice Country", "The Rivals", "Love, Lust, & Marriage", "Some Like it Hot", Disney's "Beauty and the Beast", and in the original cast of "Dirty Dancing. Lately he has appeared as Grandpa George" and Grandpa Joe in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory at Drury Lane. In 2016 he was Major Bouvier and Norman Vincent Peale in the smash hit Grey Gardens. He followed this playing Arvide in Guys and Dolls at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End.He has had his own very successful television series in Ireland "It's Billy Boyle" as well as leading roles in "Trail of Guilt", the award-winning "The Grass Arena", "The Bretts", as well as many guest appearances in EastEnders, The Professionals, Coronation Street, Father Ted etc. In the late 1970s, Boyle was cast as 'Ronald McDonald' in the European TV commercials and in all print media for the fast food chain McDonald's. He was the last 'straight man' to Basil Brush on BBC1's "The Basil Brush Show" and later presented a programme, Dance Crazy for ITV, on the history of dance with Lesley Judd. Lately he has been seen in Dirk Gently, for BBC Four and Lead Balloon. His many films include Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon", "Groupie Girl", "Side by Side", "Shergar", "Wild Geese II", "The Scarlet and the Black", "Round Ireland with a Fridge" and A United Kingdom.
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John Callen John Callen (born November 4, 1946) is an English-born New Zealand character actor, voiceover artist and director. He is best known for portraying Óin, brother of Glóin in the 2012-2014 "The Hobbit" film trilogy.
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Peter Jackson Sir Peter Robert Jackson {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001–03) and "The Hobbit" trilogy (2012–14), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other notable films include the critically lauded drama "Heavenly Creatures" (1994), the mockumentary "Forgotten Silver" (1995), the horror comedy "The Frighteners" (1996), the epic monster remake film "King Kong" (2005), and the supernatural drama film "The Lovely Bones" (2009). He also produced "District 9" (2009), "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" (2011), and the documentary "West of Memphis" (2012).
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Dean O'Gorman Dean Lance O'Gorman (born 1 December 1976) is an actor, artist, and photographer from New Zealand. He is known internationally for playing the dwarf Fíli in the "Hobbit" trilogy and for playing Norse God Anders in fantasy series "The Almighty Johnsons".
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The Lord of the Rings (pinball) The Lord of the Rings is a 2003 pinball game designed by George Gomez and distributed by Stern Pinball. It is based on the The Lord of the Rings (film series), which was first released in 2001. It features the highest possible score multiplier in pinball to date: During a combined "Two Towers" and "Gollum" Multiball it is possible to achieve a 84x Jackpot (when scoring seven subsequent combo Jackpot shots, having the 2x scoring Elf gift and the Sméagol phase of Gollum Multiball running at once).