Showing posts with label Glenn Close. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glenn Close. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Glenn Close wins first SAG Award for "Lion in Winter" 2005


The incomparable Glenn Close won her first Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Femal Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, for her portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine in Showtime's presentation of The Lion in Winter, the annual ceremony held February 5, 2005. She had been nominated twice before.  To date she was won two SAG awards out of ten nominations.

I've seen this version of The Lion in Winter and Close deserved every award for her work.  I'm shocked that Patrick Stewart was not even nominated for his performance as Henry II.  The movie didn't receive any other nominations.  Tragic.  This version is awesome with powerful performances from all cast and crew.

Saturday, August 1, 2020

"Guardians of the Galaxy" released 2014



Another Marvel comic burst onto the big screen, Guardians of the Galaxy, released August 1, 2014.  A gang of intergalactic criminals band together to protect a powerful orb, stolen by Peter Quill (played by Chris Pratt), from a villain bent on using it to destroy the universe.

It also starred Zoe Saldana (Uhura from the Star Trek movies), Dave Bautista, John C. Reilly and Glenn Close.  Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel provided voices for Rocket and Groot, respectively.

After its release, it became the third highest-grossing film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and garnered mainly positive reviews.

It was nominated for two Oscars and a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for its Awesome Mix Vol. 1, which reached #1 on the Billboard 200, the first soundtrack without original music to do so.