Sonny

Starring: Brenda Blethyn, James Franco Director: Nicolas Cage Original UK Premiere: 2002 Dvd Release: 16th February, 2004 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Brenda Blethyn is a British actress & an OBE. After studying at the Guildford School of Acting, she went on the London stage, where she won the London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1980 for Steaming. She had a reputation as a Shakespearean actress on stage by the time she won two key roles in the BBC s complete works of Shakespeare during the early 1980s, playing Cordelia in King Lear & Joan of Arc in the Henry VI cycle. She did a great deal of British television, including several episodes of Alas Smith & Jones & several series of the sitcom, Chance in a Million, before debuting in films in The Witches in 1990. But it was her performance in Secrets & Lies which garnered her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 1998 she was again Oscar nominated, this time for Best Supporting Actress for Little Voice. Blethyn has also appeared in A River Runs Through It & has done voice actor work in The Wild Thornberrys Movie. Posters Of Little Voice

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James Edward Franco is an American actor. He was born & raised in Palo Alto, California & graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1997. He enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles as an English major, but dropped out after his freshman year to pursue acting. After studying with Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West, Franco got his first break in 1999 when he landed a leading role on the short-lived but highly praised TV series Freaks & Geeks. Francos reputation grew after playing James Dean in the TNT networks 2001 made-for-television movie titled simply James Dean ; he won both the Golden Globe Award & the Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance. For the film of Spider-Man, Franco was originally considered for the lead role of Peter Parker. Eventually passed over in favor of Tobey Maguire, Franco was cast in the role of Harry Osborne, the son of the villainous Green Goblin. The huge successes of Spider-Man & Spider-Man 2 have elevated Franco to a new level of recognition with movie audiences around the world. Posters Of James Franco

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Nicolas Cage is an American actor. He was born Nicholas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of August & Joy Coppola. In 1976, Cages parents divorced & he moved to Beverly Hills with his father. He is the nephew of both Francis Ford Coppola & Talia Shire. Cage changed his name early in order to try to make his own way in acting without benefiting from his uncles reputation. He chose the name Cage after the Marvel comic book hero Luke Cage, Power Man. He had a small role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, most of which ended on the cutting room floor. His next notable roles were in the 1983 movies Rumble Fish & Valley Girl, which was his breakout role. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas. He has developed a reputation for alternating roles in action movies with more serious character-driven dramas & an occasional black comedy. He has a son, Weston Coppola Cage, with model Kristina Fulton. On April 8, 1995, he married actress Patricia Arquette. They divorced in 2001. Posters Of Nicolas Cage

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