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Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956) [3] is an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the fantasy comedy-drama film Pleasantville (1998), the sports drama film Seabiscuit (2003), the sci-fi action film The Hunger Games (2012), and the heist comedy film Ocean's 8 (2018). [2] Ross has been nominated for four Academy Awards .
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The Hunger Games is a 2012 American dystopian action film directed by Gary Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay with Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Collins. It is the first installment in The Hunger Games film series. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson ...
- $694.4 million
- James Newton Howard
- $78 million
Gary Ross. Position: Pitcher. Bats: Right • Throws: Right. 6-1 , 185lb (185cm, 83kg) Born: September 16, 1947 in McKeesport, PA. Draft: Drafted by the in the of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from and the in the (7th) of the 1967 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase. High School:
- September 16, 1947
Jun 23, 2016 · Gary Ross: It was brought to me when I was at Universal by Leonard Hartman, who wrote a treatment and gave it to Universal, seeing if anybody was interested, and they showed it me. It was the bare ...
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While their mother is away, high-schoolers David and his sister Jennifer fight over the television, breaking the remote control. A TV repairman arrives and, impressed by David's knowledge and love of Pleasantville, a black-and-white 1950s sitcom about the idyllic Parker family, gives him an unusual remote control before departing. When they use it,...
This was the first time that a new feature film was created by scanning and digitizing recorded film footage for the purpose of removing or manipulating colors. The black-and-white-meets-color world portrayed in the movie was filmed entirely in color; in all, approximately 163,000 frames of 35 mm footage were scanned, in order to selectively desatu...
Director Gary Ross stated, "This movie is about the fact that personal repression gives rise to larger political oppression...That when we're afraid of certain things in ourselves or we're afraid of change, we project those fears on to other things, and a lot of very ugly social situations can develop." Robert Beuka says in his book SuburbiaNation,...
Box office
Pleasantvilleearned $8.9 million during its opening weekend. It would ultimately earn a total of $40.8 million against a $60 million budget making it a box office flop, despite the critical success.
Critical reception
Pleasantville received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an 86% rating from 97 reviews, an average rating of 7.7/10, with the critical consensus: "Filled with lighthearted humor, timely social commentary, and dazzling visuals, Pleasantville is an artful blend of subversive satire and well-executed Hollywood formula." Metacriticassigned a score of 71 based on 32 reviews. Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four, calling it "one of the best and mos...
The soundtrack features music from the 1950s and 1960s such as "Be-Bop-A-Lula" by Gene Vincent, "Take Five" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, "So What" by Miles Davis and "At Last" by Etta James. The main score was composed by Randy Newman; he received an Oscar nomination in the original music category. A score release is also in distribution, although ...
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- October 23, 1998
- $60 million
- Randy Newman
Mar 21, 2022 · March 21, 2022 6:15am. Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in 'The Hunger Games.'. Lionsgate/Courtesy Everett Collection. While reading Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games books, director Gary ...
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Jun 28, 2016 · The 1950s were a simpler time, he points out, as long as you were white and male. David is still idealistic at the end of “Pleasantville,” but it’s an earned idealism, and such characters populate Ross’ next three films. “Seabiscuit” was an unabashed love letter to American resilience at a time when the country needed it most.