Legal Eagles is a 1986 American legal romantic comedy thriller film directed by Ivan Reitman , written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. from a story by Reitman and the screenwriters, and starring Robert Redford , Debra Winger , and Daryl Hannah .
87-585: Daryl Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American actress and environmental activist. She made her film debut in Brian De Palma 's supernatural horror film The Fury (1978). She has starred in various films across the years, including as Pris Stratton in Ridley Scott 's science fiction thriller Blade Runner (1982) and as Cathy Featherstone in Randal Kleiser's romantic comedy Summer Lovers (1982), as
174-453: A Democracy Now! phone interview on June 24, 2009, Hannah spoke briefly on why she went to West Virginia and risked arrest. Hannah was arrested on August 30, 2011, in front of the White House as part of a sit-in to protest against the proposed Keystone oil pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast . In a Huffington Post piece co-authored with Phil Radford , Hannah explained that
261-561: A Razzie Award . Hannah starred in the title role of Fred Schepisi 's film Roxanne (1987), a modern retelling of Edmond Rostand 's play Cyrano de Bergerac . Her performance was described as "sweet" and "gentle" by film critic Roger Ebert . She also starred in High Spirits (1988) opposite Peter O'Toole and ended the decade with Woody Allen 's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Steel Magnolias featuring Sally Field , Shirley MacLaine and Julia Roberts (1989). Hannah played
348-472: A physics student, De Palma became enraptured with the filmmaking process after viewing Citizen Kane and Vertigo . After receiving his undergraduate degree in 1962, De Palma enrolled at the newly coed Sarah Lawrence College as a graduate student in their theater department, earning an M.A. in the discipline in 1964 and becoming one of the first male students among a female population. Once there, influences as various as drama teacher Wilford Leach ,
435-499: A $ 5 million budget. De Palma's output has slowed since the release of Redacted , with subsequent projects often falling into development hell , due mostly to creative differences. In 2012, his film Passion starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival but received mixed reviews and was financially unsuccessful. De Palma's next project
522-504: A 1966 movie about The Responsive Eye op-art exhibit curated by William Seitz for MOMA in 1965. In an interview with Joseph Gelmis from 1969, De Palma described the film as "very good and very successful. It's distributed by Pathe Contemporary and makes lots of money. I shot it in four hours, with synched sound. I had two other guys shooting people's reactions to the paintings, and the paintings themselves." Dionysus in '69 (1969)
609-437: A CAA client, and was written as a buddy movie. Murray pulled out. Ivan Reitman met with Robert Redford , another CAA client, about another project, and mentioned Legal Eagles . Redford expressed interest in doing a romantic comedy, so Reitman decided to rework it as a Spencer Tracy - Katharine Hepburn -type movie. Redford agreed to make it. "It was easier getting Redford than it was getting Bill Murray," said Reitman. The film
696-466: A background person/object in focus. Slow-motion is frequently used in his films to increase suspense. De Palma has been married and divorced three times, to actress Nancy Allen (1979–1983), producer Gale Anne Hurd (1991–1993), and Darnell Gregorio (1995–1997). He has one daughter from his marriage to Hurd, and one daughter from his marriage to Gregorio. He resides in Manhattan , New York . De Palma
783-513: A defamation dispute with Fox Television which issued a retraction. Hannah began a relationship with musician Neil Young in 2014, and they married in 2018. Hannah was among the numerous women who brought sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein . In a part of Ronan Farrow 's 2017 exposé, Hannah claimed that Weinstein sexually harassed her multiple times during the production of Kill Bill and that he once tried to break into her hotel room. Fearing that he intended to rape her, she fled
870-567: A different time." In the same interview, he said he was "glad" that the film had become a "a favorite of the gay community". David Thomson wrote in his entry for De Palma, "There is a self-conscious cunning in De Palma's work, ready to control everything except his own cruelty and indifference." Matt Zoller Seitz objected to this characterisation, writing that there are films from the director which can be seen as "straightforwardly empathetic and/or moralistic". His life and career in his own words
957-467: A few failures along the way ( Snake Eyes , Mission to Mars , The Bonfire of the Vanities ), but look at the range here, and reflect that these movies contain treasure for those who admire the craft as well as the story, who sense the glee with which De Palma manipulates images and characters for the simple joy of being good at it. It's not just that he sometimes works in the style of Hitchcock, but that he has
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#17328849290571044-448: A judge for Treehugger.com 's "Convenient Truths" contest. On December 4, 2008, Hannah joined Sea Shepherd Conservation Society 's crew aboard the MY ; Steve Irwin as part of Operation Musashi . On June 13, 2006, Hannah was arrested, along with actor Taran Noah Smith , for her involvement with over 350 farmers, their families and supporters, confronting authorities trying to bulldoze
1131-399: A large hollow sculpture where Sebastian Deardon's missing canvases, now estimated to be worth $ 20 million, are hidden. Brock takes the canvases, then sets the gallery on fire to escape during the evacuation. Logan arrives and struggles with Brock, who falls to his death. Logan finds Kelly and Chelsea, grabs the paintings, and the three exit the burning gallery. Outside, Chelsea tearfully reveals
1218-429: A larger budget than Carrie , though the consensus view at the time was that De Palma was repeating himself, with diminishing returns. As a film, it retains De Palma's considerable visual flair, but points more toward his work in mainstream entertainments such as Mission: Impossible , the thematic complex thriller for which he is now better known. The 1980s were marked by some of De Palma's best known films including
1305-636: A march by the "Cowboy and Indian Alliance" group against the Obama administration to reject the proposed Keystone Pipeline. Hannah endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president in the 2016 U.S. presidential election . She is a member of the World Future Council . Hannah had long-term relationships with John F. Kennedy Jr. and musician Jackson Browne . She and Browne began dating in 1983 and broke up in 1992 amid unsubstantiated rumors that Browne had been physically abusive to her. Browne later prevailed in
1392-408: A new film of his opens, everything he has done before seems to have been preparation for it." In his review of Femme Fatale , Roger Ebert wrote about the director: "De Palma deserves more honor as a director. Consider also these titles: Sisters , Blow Out , The Fury , Dressed to Kill , Carrie , Scarface , Wise Guys , Casualties of War , Carlito's Way , Mission: Impossible . Yes, there are
1479-550: A painting from millionaire Robert Forrester ( John McMartin ), Chelsea claims that her artist father, Sebastian Deardon (James Hurdle), gave her the painting eighteen years earlier for her 8th birthday. That same day, her father and most of his paintings were lost in a mysterious fire. At a formal dinner to publicly launch Logan's candidacy for District Attorney, Kelly unexpectedly arrives with Chelsea and holds an impromptu press conference to coerce Logan's cooperation. Soon after, Forrester drops all charges against Chelsea after swapping
1566-428: A poor relationship with his father, and would secretly follow him to record his adulterous behavior; this would eventually inspire the teenage character played by Keith Gordon in De Palma's 1980 film Dressed to Kill . When he was in high school, he built computers. He won a regional science-fair prize for a project titled "An Analog Computer to Solve Differential Equations ". Enrolled at Columbia University as
1653-588: A reassessment and found acclaim. De Palma directed the music video for Bruce Springsteen 's single " Dancing in the Dark " the same year. In 1987, De Palma directed the crime film The Untouchables loosely based on the book of the same name , adapted by David Mamet . The film stars Kevin Costner , Andy Garcia , Robert De Niro , and Sean Connery , the latter of whom won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for
1740-403: A screenplay by Oliver Stone . The film received mixed reviews with its negative depictions of ethnic stereotypes, as well as its violence and profanity. It has since been re-evaluated and became a cult classic . The following year he made another neo-noir erotic thriller, Body Double (1984), starring Craig Wasson and Melanie Griffith . The film also received mixed reviews but has since had
1827-602: A series on Netflix from the Wachowskis . The series ran for two seasons, with a final episode released on June 8, 2018. Also in 2018, Hannah released Paradox , for which she served as writer and producer; the film featured musician Neil Young . In 2020, Hannah starred in The Now , a comedy series for The Roku Channel opposite Dave Franco . In 2023 she was nominated for a Grammy Award for best Music film for Neil Young & Crazy Horse's "A Band A Brotherhood A Barn". Hannah
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#17328849290571914-422: A successful franchise . De Palma's work after Mission: Impossible has been less well received. His ensuing films Snake Eyes (1998), Mission to Mars (2000), and Femme Fatale (2002) all failed at the box office and received generally poor reviews, though Femme Fatale has since been revived in the eyes of many film critics and became a cult classic . His 2006 adaptation of The Black Dahlia
2001-453: A third man, Joseph Brock. Taft locks them inside the warehouse, then quickly escapes. The two barely escape unharmed as the building explodes, apparently triggered by Taft to destroy evidence. A distraught Chelsea arrives at Logan's apartment, revealing she went to Taft's residence and threatened him at gunpoint for information. She claims Taft took the gun away and hit her. Chelsea spends the night with Logan. The next morning, police burst into
2088-430: A two week break. Redford's fee was a reported $ 4 million and the budget more than $ 30 million. "Redford takes screen better than anyone I've ever seen," said Reitman during the shoot. "To go up against him on the screen, you need someone of great substance. You need another star. And the films where you don't have someone with the strength of women like Streisand and Fonda or men like Hoffman and Newman, they get wiped off
2175-415: A way to capture it on film. I came up with the idea of split-screen, to be able to show the actual audience involvement, to trace the life of the audience and that of the play as they merge in and out of each other." De Palma's most significant features from this decade are Greetings (1968) and Hi, Mom! (1970). Both films star Robert De Niro and espouse a leftist revolutionary viewpoint common to
2262-589: Is also an accomplished theater actress, reprising Marilyn Monroe's starring role in The Seven Year Itch in 2000 in London's West End . Reviews of the play commended Hannah's performance, with Lizzie Loveridge of Curtain Up! saying that the play was the "perfect vehicle" for Hannah to "show her talents as a comedienne." Hannah wrote, directed and produced a short film titled The Last Supper . She directed, produced, and
2349-554: Is going to happen to them?" His films have also been interpreted as feminist and examined for their perceived queer affinities. In Film Comment 's "Queer and Now and Then" column on Femme Fatale , film critic Michael Koresky writes that "De Palma's films radiate an undeniable queer energy" and notes the "intense appeal" De Palma's films have for gay critics. In her book The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema , Linda Ruth Williams writes that "De Palma understood
2436-573: Is often cited as a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors, a distinct pedigree who either emerged from film schools or are overtly cine-literate. His contemporaries include Martin Scorsese , Paul Schrader , John Milius , George Lucas , Francis Ford Coppola , Steven Spielberg , John Carpenter , and Ridley Scott . His artistry in directing and use of cinematography and suspense in several of his films has often been compared to
2523-774: Is one of his all-time favorite films, and that after watching Scarface he knew how to make his own film. John Travolta 's performance as Jack Terry in Blow Out even resulted in Tarantino casting him as Vincent Vega in his 1994 film Pulp Fiction , which would go on to reinvigorate Travolta's then-declining career. Tarantino also placed Carrie at number eight in a list of his favorite films. Critics who frequently admire De Palma's work include Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert . Kael wrote in her review of Blow Out , "At forty, Brian De Palma has more than twenty years of moviemaking behind him, and he has been growing better and better. Each time
2610-631: The Greenwich Village filmmaking scene. De Niro was unknown at the time; the credits mistakenly display his name as "Robert Denero". The film is noteworthy for its invocation of silent film techniques and an insistence on the jump-cut for effect. De Palma followed this style with various small films for the NAACP and the Treasury Department . During the 1960s, De Palma began making a living producing documentary films, notably The Responsive Eye ,
2697-590: The Maysles brothers , Michelangelo Antonioni , Jean-Luc Godard , Andy Warhol , and Alfred Hitchcock impressed upon De Palma the many styles and themes that would shape his own cinema in the coming decades. An early association with a young Robert De Niro resulted in The Wedding Party . The film, which was co-directed with Leach and producer Cynthia Munroe, had been shot in 1963 but remained unreleased until 1969, when De Palma's star had risen sufficiently within
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2784-633: The Netflix series Sense8 as Angelica Turing. Hannah was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Susan Jeanne Metzger, a producer and former schoolteacher, and Donald Christian Hannah, a tugboat and barge company owner. Her parents divorced, and her mother subsequently married businessman Jerrold Wexler , brother of cinematographer Haskell Wexler . Hannah grew up with siblings Don and Page Hannah and her maternal half-sister, Tanya Wexler , in Long Grove, Illinois . She
2871-567: The TransCanada Keystone XL oil sands pipeline by attempting to block heavy construction equipment. Although they were charged with trespassing, they were in fact protesting on Fairchild's land. On February 13, 2013, Hannah was arrested at the White House along with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Conor Kennedy during a climate change protest against the proposed Keystone Pipeline. On April 26, 2014, in Washington , Hannah and Neil Young led
2958-679: The mermaid Madison in Ron Howard 's fantasy-romantic comedy Splash (1984), Roxanne Kowalski in the romantic comedy Roxanne (1987), Darien Taylor in Oliver Stone 's drama Wall Street (1987), and Annelle Dupuy Desoto in the comedy-drama Steel Magnolias (1989). In 2005, Hannah won a Saturn Award for her role as one-eyed assassin Elle Driver in Quentin Tarantino 's martial arts action film Kill Bill: Vol. 2 . In 2015, she appeared in
3045-401: The suspense , crime and psychological thriller genres. De Palma was a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors. His films include mainstream box office hits such as Carrie (1976), Dressed to Kill (1980), Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987), and Mission: Impossible (1996), as well as cult favorites such as Sisters (1972), Phantom of
3132-466: The "To Chelsea" inscription on the back of her father's painting. After all charges against Chelsea are dropped, Logan's former boss, exploiting Logan's publicity, offers him his old job. Logan chooses to continue working with Kelly, with whom he is now romantically involved. The script was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps who were represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA), based on a story by Cash, Epps and Ivan Reitman from an idea by Reitman, who
3219-714: The 1983 horror film The Final Terror . The film was shot in 1981, but was released in 1983. Hannah played the acrobatic and violent replicant Pris in Ridley Scott 's science fiction classic Blade Runner (1982), in which she performed some of her own gymnastic stunts. That same year, she appeared in the summer hit release Summer Lovers . Her role as a mermaid in Ron Howard 's hit fantasy/comedy Splash (1984), opposite Tom Hanks brought her much recognition. Also in 1984, she appeared in The Pope of Greenwich Village , co-starring with Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts . In 1985, Hannah appeared in and provided backing vocals in
3306-778: The 2010s, Hannah appeared in several films, including A Closed Book and Eldorado . Robert Koehler of Variety wrote of A Closed Book that it allows curious fans to see what Hannah has been up to lately. In 2013, she starred in Zombie Night , a Syfy original film by The Asylum as well as in TV movie Social Nightmare (a.k.a. Mother: She'll Keep You Safe ), a thriller by The Asylum about internet bullying. In 2013, she joined Skin Traffik , and, in 2014, she signed on to Signs of Death . Beginning in 2015, Hannah portrayed Angelica Turing in Sense8 ,
3393-683: The Blue Iguana (2000), A Walk to Remember (2002), Northfork (2003), Casa de los Babys (2003) and Silver City (2004), have been described by some reviewers as a comeback. After Kill Bill , she appeared in several TV films and miniseries, including the Syfy original film Shark Swarm , Final Days of Planet Earth for the Hallmark Channel , and Kung Fu Killer for Spike . She also appeared in Shannon's Rainbow and The Cycle in 2009. In
3480-619: The Deardon fire, provides Kelly with proof that the supposedly lost paintings still exist and says that Chelsea's father was murdered. Late one night, Chelsea arrives at Logan's apartment claiming a man has been following her. She insists that the painting Taft showed Logan and Kelly was not the one that belongs to her. Logan escorts Chelsea home, but as he leaves her building, someone shoots at him then runs off. Logan and Kelly later follow Taft to his warehouse and sneak in, finding evidence of an insurance fraud scheme between partners Taft, Forrester, and
3567-408: The Deardon painting for a Picasso with art gallery curator Victor Taft ( Terence Stamp ). Both Taft and Forrester were Sebastian Deardon's associates and do not want Chelsea prosecuted. Taft later shows Logan and Kelly the swapped Deardon painting, which does not have an inscription to Chelsea written on the back as she claims. Shortly after, police detective Cavanaugh ( Brian Dennehy ), who investigated
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3654-549: The Paradise (1974), Blow Out (1981), Body Double (1984), Casualties of War (1989), and Carlito's Way (1993). His direction often makes use of quotations from other films or cinematic styles, and bears the influence of filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock , Jean-Luc Godard , and Michelangelo Antonioni . His work has been criticized for its violence and sexual content but has also been championed by American critics such as Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael . De Palma
3741-401: The Paradise (1974), and Obsession (1976). In November 1976, De Palma released a film adaptation of the 1974 novel Carrie by Stephen King . Though some see the psychic thriller as De Palma's bid for a blockbuster, the project was in fact small, underfunded by United Artists , and well under the cultural radar during the early months of production, as the source novel had yet to climb
3828-527: The bedroom and arrest Chelsea for Taft's murder. The resulting scandal ends Logan's career in the D.A.'s office, and he reluctantly teams up with Kelly. During her murder trial, Chelsea experiences a flashback memory and openly accuses Forrester of being involved in her father's death. When an assassin attempts to run down Logan and Kelly, the man is fatally hit by a taxi. Logan retrieves the assassin's wallet and finds Forrester's business card. Logan and Kelly discover Forrester's dead body and find Chelsea hiding at
3915-495: The bestseller list. De Palma gravitated toward the project and changed crucial plot elements based upon his own predilections, not the saleability of the novel. The cast was mostly young and relatively new, though Sissy Spacek and John Travolta had gained attention for previous work in, respectively, film and episodic sitcoms . Carrie became De Palma's first genuine box-office success, garnering Spacek and Piper Laurie Oscar nominations for their performances. Pre-production for
4002-509: The change in environment would help her daughter. Hannah later attended the progressive Francis W. Parker School in Chicago before enrolling at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where she studied ballet and acting. Hannah made her film debut at age 17 in 1978 with an appearance in Brian De Palma 's horror film The Fury . She had an early role along with Rachel Ward in
4089-525: The cinematic potency of dangerous fucking, perhaps earlier than his feminist detractors". Robin Wood considered Sisters an overtly feminist film, writing that "one can define the monster of Sisters as women's liberation; adding only that the film follows the time-honored horror film tradition of making the monster emerge as the most sympathetic character and its emotional center." Pauline Kael's review of Casualties of War , "A Wounded Apparition", describes
4176-508: The co-lead to Christopher Reeve in the made-for-television film remake Rear Window . That same year she also starred in the direct-to-video film Addams Family Reunion playing Morticia Addams . Hannah played Elle Driver, a one-eyed assassin, in Kill Bill (2003), directed by Quentin Tarantino . Her performance in this film and her appearances in Speedway Junky (1999), Dancing at
4263-555: The construction of the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, that would transport oil sands from Montana to Texas . Other signatories included climate scientist James Hansen and actors Sheryl Lee , Mariel Hemingway , and Ed Begley Jr. On October 4, 2012, Hannah was arrested and jailed in Wood County, Texas , for criminal trespassing. She and a local landowner, 78-year-old Eleanor Fairchild, were arrested while protesting against
4350-617: The daughter of Jack Lemmon 's character in both of the Grumpy Old Men comedies. That same year, she played Nancy Archer in the HBO comedy remake of Attack Of The Fifty-Foot Woman . In 1995, Hannah was chosen by Empire magazine as No. 96 of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History." That year she appeared as homicidal sociopath Leann Netherwood in The Tie That Binds . In 1998 she played
4437-486: The director writing, "De Palma has sprung to the place that Robert Altman achieved with films such as McCabe & Mrs. Miller and Nashville and that Francis Ford Coppola reached with The Godfather films—that is, to the place where genre is transcended and what we're moved by is an artist's vision...it's a great movie. Travolta and Allen are radiant performers". De Palma then directed crime film Scarface (1983) starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer with
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#17328849290574524-400: The dramatic impact of a certain scene De Palma has employed a 360-degree camera pan . Slow sweeping, panning and tracking shots are often used throughout his films, often through precisely-choreographed long takes lasting for minutes without cutting. Split focus shots, often referred to as "di-opt", are used by De Palma to emphasize the foreground person/object while simultaneously keeping
4611-472: The era in which they were released. Greetings was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival , where it won a Silver Bear award. His other major film from this period is the slasher comedy Murder a la Mod . Each of these films experiments with narrative and intertextuality , reflecting De Palma's stated intention to become the "American Godard " while integrating several of
4698-495: The erotic psychological thriller Dressed to Kill (1980) starring Michael Caine , and Angie Dickinson . Although the film received critical admiration, it also received criticism and controversy for its negative depiction of the transgender community. The following year he directed the neo-noir mystery thriller Blow Out (1981) starring John Travolta , Nancy Allen , and John Lithgow . The film received critical acclaim. The New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael praised
4785-454: The farmers to build a warehouse. He had asked for $ 16 million to sell it but turned down the offer when the activists raised that amount after the established deadline. Hannah was interviewed via cell phone shortly before she was arrested, along with 44 other protesters, and said that she and the others are doing the "morally right thing". She spent some time in jail. Hannah has also worked to help end sexual slavery and has traveled around
4872-431: The fears that women were expressing in relation to the film". De Palma has also expressed contrition for the depiction of a transgender murderer in the film, saying in a 2016 interview "I don't know what the transgender community would think [of the film now]... Obviously I realize that it's not good for their image to be transgender and also be a psychopathic murderer. But I think that [perception] passes with time. We're in
4959-441: The film as "feminist" and notes that "De Palma was always involved in examining (and sometimes satirizing) victimization, but he was often accused of being a victimizer". Helen Grace , in a piece for Lola , writes that upon seeing Dressed to Kill amidst calls for a boycott from feminist groups Women Against Violence Against Women and Women Against Pornography , that the film "seemed to say more about masculine anxiety than about
5046-419: The film had coincided with the casting process for George Lucas 's Star Wars , and many of the actors cast in De Palma's film had been earmarked as contenders for Lucas's movie, and vice versa. The "shock ending" finale is effective even while it upholds horror-film convention, its suspense sequences are buttressed by teen comedy tropes, and its use of split-screen , split-diopter and slow motion shots tell
5133-458: The film. It received critical acclaim and box-office success. De Palma's Vietnam War film Casualties of War (1989) won critical praise but performed poorly in theatres and The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) was a notorious failure with both critics and audiences. De Palma then had subsequent successes with Raising Cain (1992) and Carlito's Way (1993) with Mission: Impossible (1996) becoming his highest-grossing film and starting
5220-565: The largest urban farm in the U.S., located in South Central Los Angeles . She chained herself to a walnut tree at the South Central Farm for three weeks to protest against the farmers' eviction by the property's new owner, Ralph Horowitz. The farm had been established in the wake of the 1992 L.A. riots to allow people in the city to grow food for themselves. However, Horowitz, who had paid $ 5 million for it, sought to evict
5307-524: The late 1950s and appealed to his background in mathematics and avant-garde storytelling. Its unconventional unfolding of plot (exemplified in its mathematical layout of dialogue) and its stress on perception have analogs in De Palma's filmmaking. He sought to adapt it numerous times, though the project would carry a substantial price tag, and has yet to appear on-screen ( Steven Spielberg 's 2002 adaptation of Philip K. Dick 's Minority Report bears striking similarities to De Palma's visual style and some of
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#17328849290575394-479: The latter on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2005. Hannah, an active environmentalist, created her own weekly video blog called DHLoveLife on sustainable solutions. She is often the sound recordist, camera person and on-screen host for the blog. As of 2006, her home—which was built with green materials—ran on solar power , and she drove a car that ran on biodiesel . She has been vegetarian since age 11, and later became vegan . In late 2006, she volunteered to act as
5481-558: The music video "You're a Friend of Mine", performed by Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne . She also appeared in the music video for Browne's " Tender Is the Night ". Hannah's other roles during the 1980s included the film version of the best seller The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986) and Legal Eagles (1986) starring Robert Redford and Debra Winger . She appeared in the Academy Award winning Wall Street (1987), for which she received
5568-663: The nerve to." The influential French film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma has placed five of De Palma's films ( Carlito's Way , Mission: Impossible , Snake Eyes , Mission to Mars , and Redacted ) on their annual top ten list, with Redacted placing first on the 2008 list. The magazine also listed Carlito's Way as the greatest film of the 1990s. Julie Salamon has written that critics have accused De Palma of being "a perverse misogynist", to which De Palma has responded with, "I'm always attacked for having an erotic, sexist approach – chopping up women, putting women in peril. I'm making suspense movies! What else
5655-528: The other before going on to direct a different genre, but would always return to his familiar territory. Because of the subject matter and graphic violence of some of De Palma's films, such as Dressed to Kill , Scarface and Body Double , they are often at the center of controversy with the Motion Picture Association of America , film critics and the viewing public. De Palma frequently quotes and references other directors' work. His early work
5742-785: The purpose of her action was to "shine the light" on the President's decision on the pipeline for "millions of voters" to see. In October 2011, Hannah and other pipeline opponents rode horses and bicycles and walked from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to the Rosebud Reservation to protest the project. Hannah was the executive producer of Greedy Lying Bastards , a 2012 documentary against climate change denial . In September 2012, Hannah signed environmental activist Tom Weis' open letter calling on President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney to withdraw their support for
5829-471: The room through a fire escape. Hannah later expressed belief that Weinstein sabotaged her career in retaliation for refusing his advances, as she struggled to find work after appearing in Kill Bill . Brian De Palma Brian Russell De Palma ( [de ˈpalma] ; born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and screenwriter. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for work in
5916-529: The scene, though she proclaims her innocence. Logan goes to the police department to find Cavanaugh while Kelly and Chelsea head to Taft's gallery where his memorial service is in progress. Detective Cavanaugh is actually Joe Brock, Taft and Forrester's former business partner they framed for the fraud scheme, resulting in Brock being sentenced to prison. At the Taft Gallery, Brock forces Kelly and Chelsea to break open
6003-624: The screen. I think Debra Winger has that kind of stuff. I'm counting on that. It seems to be in the footage that we've shot so far." The film's score was composed and conducted by Elmer Bernstein , his final collaboration with Ivan Reitman. The soundtrack album was released by MCA Records , featuring selections from the score re-recorded in England under the composer's baton, and the songs " Good Lovin' " by The Rascals , " Magic Carpet Ride " by Steppenwolf , and Daryl Hannah 's "Put Out The Fire" (which she performs onscreen). Rod Stewart 's " Love Touch "
6090-422: The story visually rather than through dialogue. As for Lucas's project, De Palma complained in an early viewing of Star Wars that the opening text crawl was poorly written and volunteered to help edit the text to a more concise and engaging form. The financial and critical success of Carrie allowed De Palma to pursue more personal material. The Demolished Man was a novel that had fascinated De Palma since
6177-435: The themes of The Demolished Man ). The result of his experience with adapting The Demolished Man was the 1978 science fiction psychic thriller film The Fury , starring Kirk Douglas , Carrie Snodgress , John Cassavetes and Amy Irving . The film was admired by Jean-Luc Godard , who featured a clip in his mammoth Histoire(s) du cinéma , and Pauline Kael , who championed both The Fury and De Palma. The film boasted
6264-431: The themes which permeated Hitchcock's work. In 1970, De Palma left New York for Hollywood at age thirty to make Get to Know Your Rabbit ( 1972), starring Orson Welles and Tommy Smothers . Making the film was a crushing experience for De Palma, as Smothers did not like many of De Palma's ideas. Here he made several small, studio and independently released films that included stand-outs Sisters (1972), Phantom of
6351-672: The work of Alfred Hitchcock . Psychologists have been intrigued by De Palma's fascination with pathology, by the aberrant behavior aroused in characters who find themselves manipulated by others. De Palma has encouraged and fostered the filmmaking careers of directors such as Mark Romanek and Keith Gordon , the latter of whom collaborated with him twice as an actor, both in 1979's Home Movies and 1980's Dressed to Kill . Filmmakers influenced by De Palma include Terrence Malick , Quentin Tarantino , Ronny Yu , Don Mancini , Nacho Vigalondo , and Jack Thomas Smith . During an interview with De Palma, Quentin Tarantino said that Blow Out
6438-501: The world to make a documentary. Hannah was among 31 people arrested on June 23, 2009, in a protest against mountaintop removal in southern West Virginia , part of a wider campaign to stop the practice in the region. The protesters, who also included NASA climate scientist James E. Hansen , were charged with obstructing officers and impeding traffic after they sat in the middle of State Route 3 outside Massey Energy 's Goals Coal preparation plant, The Charleston Gazette reported. In
6525-559: Was De Palma's other major documentary from this period. The film records the Performance Group 's performance of Euripides' The Bacchae , starring, amongst others, De Palma regular William Finley . The play is noted for breaking traditional barriers between performers and audience. The film's most striking quality is its extensive use of the split-screen . De Palma recalls that he was "floored" by this performance upon first sight, and in 1973 recounts how he "began to try and figure out
6612-459: Was also represented by CAA. Reitman had long been interested in doing something set in the art world, with lawyers as protagonists "because they are our contemporary hired guns, involved in every aspect of modern life. I thought the interaction of the two worlds would make for good comedy as well as drama." The film was originally meant to be a vehicle for Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray , the latter
6699-514: Was also the basis for Obsession . Dressed to Kill was a note-for-note homage to Hitchcock's Psycho , including such moments as the surprise death of the lead actress and the exposition scene by the psychiatrist at the end. Film critics have often noted De Palma's penchant for unusual camera angles and compositions. He often frames characters against the background using a canted angle shot . Split-screen techniques have been used to show two separate events happening simultaneously. To emphasize
6786-604: Was also unsuccessful and is currently the last movie De Palma has directed with backing from Hollywood. A political controversy erupted over the portrayal of US soldiers in De Palma's 2007 film Redacted . Loosely based on the 2006 Mahmudiyah killings by American soldiers in Iraq, the film echoes themes that appeared in Casualties of War . Redacted received a limited release in the United States and grossed less than $ 1 million against
6873-556: Was born on September 11, 1940, in Newark, New Jersey , the youngest of three boys. His Italian-American parents were Vivienne DePalma (née Muti), and Anthony F. DePalma , an orthopedic surgeon who was the son of immigrants from Alberona , Province of Foggia . He was raised in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and New Hampshire , and attended various Protestant and Quaker schools, eventually graduating from Friends' Central School . He had
6960-606: Was cinematographer for the documentary Strip Notes , which was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK and on HBO and documented the research Hannah did for her role as a stripper in Dancing at the Blue Iguana . In 2002, Hannah appeared in Robbie Williams ' video for the song " Feel " portraying Williams' love interest. Hannah and actress Hilary Shepard Turner created two board games, Love It or Hate It and LIEbrary , with Hannah previewing
7047-486: Was featured in the movie, but being a Warner Bros. Records exclusive it does not appear on the album. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 41% based on reviews from 17 critics. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A to F. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2.5 out of 4, and wrote: "The movie has so much stuff in it, it's top-heavy. The wonder
7134-581: Was inspired by the films of Jean-Luc Godard . Michelangelo Antonioni 's Blowup and Francis Ford Coppola 's The Conversation plots were used for the basis of Blow Out . The Untouchables ' finale shoot out in the train station is a clear borrowing from the Odessa Steps sequence in Sergei Eisenstein 's The Battleship Potemkin . The main plot from Rear Window was used for Body Double , while it also used elements of Vertigo . Vertigo
7221-555: Was published in the U.S. in 2020. De Palma and Lehman also wrote a second book, currently unpublished, called Terry , based on one of De Palma's passion projects about a French film production making an adaptation of Thérèse Raquin . De Palma's films can fall into two categories, his thriller films ( Sisters , Body Double , Obsession , Dressed to Kill , Blow Out , Raising Cain ) and his mainly commercial films ( Scarface , The Untouchables , Carlito's Way , and Mission: Impossible ). He has often produced "De Palma" films one after
7308-456: Was raised Roman Catholic . Hannah became interested in movies at a young age, partly due to insomnia . She has said that she was very shy growing up. As a young child, Hannah was emotionally isolated and struggled in school. She was subsequently diagnosed with autism , and medical professionals urged her parents to have her institutionalized and medicated. Instead, her mother decided to relocate with Hannah temporarily to Jamaica , in hopes that
7395-468: Was set up at Universal, run by CAA client Frank Price . Tom Mankiewicz was called in to rewrite the script. In October 1985 it was announced that Reitman would direct, and Redford, Winger and Hannah would star. "I love the sophisticated comedies of the late 40's, and I see this as that kind of film," said Reitman. "For years I've felt like parafin has been poured over me," said Redford. "I wanted to do something lighter." The shoot took six weeks with
7482-547: Was the subject of the 2015 documentary De Palma , directed by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow . Legal Eagles Tom Logan ( Robert Redford ), an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office , has his sights set on being the next District Attorney . Laura Kelly ( Debra Winger ), an attorney representing performance artist Chelsea Deardon ( Daryl Hannah ), seeks out Logan to discuss her client's case. Accused of attempting to steal
7569-618: Was the thriller Domino (2019), released two years after the film began production. It received generally negative reviews and was released direct-to-VOD in the United States, grossing less than half a million dollars internationally. De Palma has also expressed dissatisfaction with both the production of the film and the final result; "I never experienced such a horrible movie set." In 2018, De Palma published his debut novel in France, Les serpents sont-ils nécessaires? (English translation: Are Snakes Necessary? ), co-written with Susan Lehman. It
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