Fly Away Home

...Award on Feb. 27. This five-time Oscar nominee could not be more deserving. His Oscar noms came for "The Right Stuff," "The Natural," "Fly Away Home," "The Patriot" and "The Passion Of The Christ," For my money he should have won the...

In this article: Oscar, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, Ricky Gervais, Jeff Bridges, Henry Selick, Colin Firth, Lymelife, and Bruce Cohen

...Of the 16 birds that participated in the migration, 13 of them returned the following year entirely on their own. At the beginning of the film, while riding in a car with her mother, 13-year-old Amy Alden (Paquin) is in an accident which...

In this article: Bill Lishman, Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels, Lake Ontario, United States, and Canada geese

...directorial debut, "The Escape Artist," in 1982. Deschanel received Oscar nominations for his work on "The Right Stuff," "The Natural," Fly Away Home," "The Patriot" and "The Passion of the Christ"; his most recent efforts include "National...

In this article: Caleb Deschanel, American Society of Cinematographers, Oscar, Zeitgeist, Stanley Cortez, Vittorio Storaro, Gordon Willis, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

...Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City. Deschanel has earned Oscar nominations for his work on "The Right Stuff," "The Natural," "Fly Away Home," "The Patriot" and "The Passion of the Christ." He most recently worked on Nick...

In this article: Caleb Deschanel, Oscar, The Natural, Nick Cassavetes, The Passion of the Christ, and The Patriot

...with the underrated "You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown" and "It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown" for the first time on DVD. (Not rated) Fly Away Home: Bay Area filmmaker Carroll Ballard has made some excellent live-action children's films ("The...

In this article: DVD, Carroll Ballard, Easter, Caleb Deschanel, and Anna Paquin

...signed up to star in new thriller 'Open House', written and directed by Paquin's brother Andrew. Child star of films like 'The Piano' and 'Fly Away Home', Paquin started dating Moyer after meeting him on the set of the hit vampire TV drama...

In this article: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, True Blood, and The Piano

...it's very different 'cause it's expanded and translated into the world of a motion picture." Rodat also penned the screenplays for Fly Away Home (1996) and The Patriot (2000). First announced at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment...

In this article: Sam Raimi, Warcraft, Saving Private Ryan, Robert Rodat, World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Oscar, and Legendary Pictures

...Park geese begin drifting from the lakes to graze on surrounding lawns to store grass calories for autumn flying, I think of "Fly Away Home" and its winning love affair with migration. This beautifully shot and well- plotted family...

In this article: Caleb Deschanel, Anna Paquin, Francis Ford Coppola, Jeff Daniels, Carroll Ballard, George Lucas, and Duma

...by Norman Jewison, one of our own town's most revered screen veterans. In 1996, Carroll Ballard's Fly Away Home was the opener, acceptable because it concerned geese with Canadian passports. Fast forward to 2009. TIFF execs had a few...

In this article: Toronto International Film Festival, Parochialism, Recession, and Oscar

...stealing an Oscar for The Piano is the harmless family movie Fly Away Home. Following in the footsteps of countless family movies before it, Fly Away Home tries too hard to appeal to both children and their parents and ultimately loses much of...

In this article: Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels, New Zealand, Oscar, Dana Delany, and The Piano