Post by Ripley on Jan 17, 2017 12:25:41 GMT -5
dark sister, I started this so the other topics were not taken over by this film, which has gottne terrific reviews and remains # 1 with multiple female leads for years. I know booksrbetter has seen and liked the film. I am excited and can't wait to see it too.
"...Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly. The film stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine G. Johnson, the African American mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon. The film also features Octavia Spencer as Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as Mary Jackson, as well as Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell, and Mahershala Ali.
Principal photography began in March 2016 in Atlanta and was wrapped up in May 2016. Hidden Figures was released on December 25, 2016 by 20th Century Fox. It received strongly positive reviews from critics and has grossed $60 million. It was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2016[4] and has been nominated for numerous awards, including Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress for Spencer and Best Original Score..."
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"‘Hidden Figures’ Is The First Movie With Multiple Female Leads To Remain No. 1 Since 2011"
"...So, yes, we have to go all the way back to “The Help” ― the story of Mississippi maids and their racist employers ― to find an original film in which women earn superior billing and find lasting box-office success. Interest among moviegoers is obviously there. It’s the stories getting the greenlight outside the indie market that are lacking. There’s always a male-driven endeavor on deck. (Next weekend, for example, “Hidden Figures” will battle “Split” and “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage.”)...
...“I love [Ted],” Monáe said. “Ted is an Italian, actually, and if you know his story, he grew up poor. He had humble beginnings. The thing that I loved most about working with Ted was that he trusted his actors. He trusted me, Taraji and Octavia as black women to tell our own stories. It wasn’t him coming in every day and saying, ‘Hey, this is what it meant to be a black woman who worked at NASA trying to win the Space Race.’ He always wanted to know what we think, period. ... He used his superpowers, and he stayed in his lane, which was making sure the story came together. I’m so thankful that he started to work on the script and help it come to fruition....
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"...Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly. The film stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine G. Johnson, the African American mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon. The film also features Octavia Spencer as Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as Mary Jackson, as well as Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell, and Mahershala Ali.
Principal photography began in March 2016 in Atlanta and was wrapped up in May 2016. Hidden Figures was released on December 25, 2016 by 20th Century Fox. It received strongly positive reviews from critics and has grossed $60 million. It was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2016[4] and has been nominated for numerous awards, including Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress for Spencer and Best Original Score..."
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"‘Hidden Figures’ Is The First Movie With Multiple Female Leads To Remain No. 1 Since 2011"
"...So, yes, we have to go all the way back to “The Help” ― the story of Mississippi maids and their racist employers ― to find an original film in which women earn superior billing and find lasting box-office success. Interest among moviegoers is obviously there. It’s the stories getting the greenlight outside the indie market that are lacking. There’s always a male-driven endeavor on deck. (Next weekend, for example, “Hidden Figures” will battle “Split” and “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage.”)...
...“I love [Ted],” Monáe said. “Ted is an Italian, actually, and if you know his story, he grew up poor. He had humble beginnings. The thing that I loved most about working with Ted was that he trusted his actors. He trusted me, Taraji and Octavia as black women to tell our own stories. It wasn’t him coming in every day and saying, ‘Hey, this is what it meant to be a black woman who worked at NASA trying to win the Space Race.’ He always wanted to know what we think, period. ... He used his superpowers, and he stayed in his lane, which was making sure the story came together. I’m so thankful that he started to work on the script and help it come to fruition....
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