Far From Heaven

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Julianne Moore Director: Todd Haynes Original UK Premiere: 2003 Dvd Release: 20th October, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Far from Heaven is a 2002 film which tells the story of a 1950s housewife who finds her husband kissing another man & develops her own relationship with an African American man. The movie was written & directed by Todd Haynes & stars Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert & Patricia Clarkson. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Original Score & Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. The movie is said to have been influenced by director Douglas Sirk. Far from Heaven   at the Internet Movie Database.

Far from Heaven is a uniquely beautiful film from one of the smartest & most idiosyncratic of contemporary directors, Todd Haynes . It takes the lush 1950s visual style of so-called womens pictures to tell a story that mixes both sexual & racial prejudice. Julianne Moore, portraying an amazing fusion of vulnerability & will power, plays a housewife whose husband has a secret gay life. When she finds solace in the company of a black gardener , rumours & peer pressure destroy any chance she has at happiness. Its astonishing how a movie with such a stylised veneer can be so emotionally compelling; the cast & filmmakers have such an impeccable command of the look & feel of the genre that every moment is simultaneously artificial & deeply felt. Far from Heaven is ingenious & completely engrossing.

Dennis William Quaid is an American actor. Quaid studied drama at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas & later in college. He dropped out of college before graduating & moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. Dennis initially had trouble finding work but began to gain notice when he appeared in Breaking Away & earned good reviews for his role in The Right Stuff. Aside from acting, Quaid is also a musician & plays with his band the Sharks. Randy Quaid, Dennis older brother, is also an actor. Quaid was married to actress Meg Ryan from 1991 to 2001. They have one child together, Jack Henry. In 2004, he married real estate agent Kimberly Buffington. His first marriage, from 1978 to 1983, was to actress P J Soles. Quaid works with the charity International Hospital for Children in New Orleans. He makes trips to Central America to help build medical clinics & transport sick children back to the United States for treatment they cannot get locally. Quaid is an avid golfer & lends his name to the annual Jiffy Lube/Dennis Quaid Charity Classic in Austin, Texas. Posters Of Dennis Quaid

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Julianne Moore is an American actress who first came to fame playing the Daytime Emmy Award -winning roles of Frannie & Sabrina Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns. She played the twins from 1985 to 1988. Bart Freundlich 2 children ; John Gould Rubin ; Sundar Chakravarthy However, most know her today as a film actress. for Best Actress & for Best Supporting Actress. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award & a SAG award for her performances in Far From Heaven in 2003. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1999 for The End of the Affair & was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1997 for Boogie Nights. Posters Of Julianne Moore

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Maverick, onetime New Queer Cinema director Todd Haynes has had a controversial, if short, career. The Karen Carpenter Story, caused Richard Carpenter to sue him & was removed from distribution. His 1991 debut, Poison, based on the writings of Jean Genet & partly funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, was targeted by the American Family Association s Reverend Donald Wildmon as inappropriately federally funded filth. His sophomore effort, 1995s Safe, confirmed him as a maverick director capable of dealing with more issues than his new queer cinema tag might indicate. He also directed the glam inspired Velvet Goldmine & the Douglas Sirk inspired Far From Heaven. Haynes is a semiotics graduate of Brown University & received an MFA from Bard College.

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