John Hurt

...about an anonymous hit man (expressionless Isaach De Bankole) making his way across Spain one character actor (Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Gael Garcia Bernal, Bill Murray) at a time is the most abstract entry on Jarmusch's resume.

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...no good reason to be seen. It does have great actors slumming as vague philosophical notions, though. Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt and Gael Garcia Bernal pass in front of Jarmusch's camera and say weird things. A lone man in a...

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...instructions, and, in most cases, exit stage left. The strangers are played by Oscar winner Tilda Swinton, Gael Garcia Bernal, John Hurt, Murray and others. Each of their cameos is a gem that begs for more consideration, but Jarmusch just...

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...there are the talkative - and just as striking - contacts with whom he exchanges information, played by an enviable cast, including John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Gael Garcia Bernal and Paz de la Huerta. Bill Murray makes a cameo at the end to...

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...not playing real, illustrious figures. He recently completed the Disney sci-fi extravaganza Tron Legacy with Jeff Bridges, John Hurt and House's Olivia Wilde, has made three Underworld films in which he plays a werewolf and is now, thanks to...

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Few television dramas in recent years have been more talked about than An Englishman in New York. John Hurt: More than 18 months after it was completed, it has, however, still to be screened. Photo: GETTY It would have seen John Hurt...

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...Jarvis Cocker, also gave a special mention to The Road, John Hillcoat's film version of Cormac McCarthy's apocalyptic novel. Actor John Hurt was made a fellow of the British Film Institute (BFI) at the awards, held at London's Inner...

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...first-feature award for their jointly directed "Ajami," set in a mixed Jewish-Arab district of Jaffa. </p><p>Veteran British actor John Hurt and Malian director Souleymane Cisse received lifetime achievement awards known as British Film...

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Two British Film Institute Fellowships were also handed out at an awards ceremony in London. One went to British actor John Hurt, best known for his roles in "The Elephant Man," for which he was nominated for an Oscar, and "1984,"...

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...and David Scinto, who scripted "Sexy Beast" in 2000, it stars that film's Ray Winstone and Ian McShane along with Tom Wilkinson, John Hurt, Stephen Dillane and Joanne Whalley in another offbeat take on the crime thriller. The first-rate...

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