The Mission

...film that deals with the Catholic organization. British director Roland Joffe, renowned for Oscar-nominated "The Killing Fields" and "The Mission," is making "There Be Dragons," a film set during the Spanish Civil War that focuses in part on...

In this article: Opus Dei, Roland Joffe, Jose Maria Escriva, The Da Vinci Code, Catholicism, Coercion, God, Oscar, and Spanish Civil War

...28, 2009 06:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time LIVE Phone Press Conference with Academy-Award Nominated Director Roland Joffe (The Mission) and 007 Girl Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) About the Controversial Upcoming Film There Be Dragons

In this article: Academy Awards, Olga Kurylenko, Roland Joffe, Quantum of Solace, St. Josemaria Escriva, The Killing Fields, Spanish Civil War, and Opus Dei

...and five Academy Award nominations for very diverse projects (those being for Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven, Roland Joffe's The Mission, De Palma's The Untouchables, Barry Levinson's Bugsy and Giuseppe Tornatore's Malena). For each...

In this article: Ennio Morricone, Oscar, Sergio Leone, Giuseppe Tornatore, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Mario Bava, Clint Eastwood, Malena, Inglourious Basterds, and World War II

...Philharmonic in a series of film-music concerts labeled "Music From the City of Angels." Next Sunday, Italian maestro Ennio Morricone ("The Mission," "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly") will make his West Coast debut conducting his own scores...

In this article: Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Williams, Hollywood Bowl, Pacific Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Ennio Morricone, Disney, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and The Nun's Story

...castle in Disneyworld - one of Stephen's favourite destinations. A recording of Gabriel's Oboe from the 1980s Robert De Niro movie The Mission was the only music played. Stephen's family had asked for donations to be made to the Caudwell...

In this article: Stephen Gately, Ronan Keating, Boyzone, Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, God, and David Furnish

..."playing a girl that he meets when he takes refuge in a hospital. But working with Roland Joffe [who directed The Killing Fields and The Mission] was an amazing experience. "The first film I did, St. Trinians, was more a piece of fun,...

In this article: Lily Cole, Heath Ledger, Terry Gilliam, Tom Waits, Roland Joffe, Christopher Plummer, and The Dark Knight

By Behind The Scenes TV on Sep 24, 2009 in Classic Movies In 1986, a movie called 'The Mission' won the Palme D'Or at Cannes, and created a stir about religion and society. A story of a disgraced mercenary (Robert DeNiro) seeking...

In this article: Robert De Niro, Francis Ford Coppola, Direct TV, Al Pacino, DVD, Academy Award, 50 Cent, and Ennio Morricone

...as a cabal of self-flagellating conspirators in The Da Vinci Code. Joffe, 63, who earned Oscar nominations for The Killing Fields and The Mission, is shooting There Be Dragons in Argentina with an array of talent, including Derek Jacobi,...

In this article: Opus Dei, Roland Joffe, Josemaria Escriva, Francisco Franco, Oscar, Spanish Civil War, and Roman Catholic

...is not the first time for Joffe either to shoot a film in Argentina or to tackle religious themes: more than 20 years ago he filmed The Mission in the northern Argentine province of Misiones, and the story of Jesuits starring Robert De Niro...

In this article: Roland Joffe, Opus Dei, The Da Vinci Code, Buenos Aires, All rights reserved, Ideology, Climate change, Oscar, and Spanish Civil War

...before Escriva was canonized as a saint by Pope John Paul II. Joffe has twice been nominated for Oscars, including for "The Mission," which dealt with leftist Jesuit priests. Now he is exploring the church's most conservative...

In this article: Opus Dei, Roland Joffe, Roman Catholic Church, Argentina, The Da Vinci Code, Oscars, Spanish Civil War, and Pope John Paul II