Archive for August, 2007

Movies mistakes starring Frances McDormand

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Something’s Gotta Give [Frances McDormand = Zoe Barry]:

  • Revealing: Right before Jack Nicholson sees Diane Keaton naked, there are shots of Keaton getting undressed. There is a close up of swollen feet that you can see are obviously not Diane Keaton’s. The far shot shows her with smaller feet and legs.
  • Continuity: When Erica and Harry are walking on the beach you can see a shadow behind them several times.
  • Continuity: In the scene where Jack confronts Diane in the Paris restaurant, his scarf is knotted at the neck. Next scene, it is unknotted. Then, knotted again for the rest of the scene.
  • Continuity: In the scene where Jack confronts Diane in the Paris restaurant, his scarf is knotted at the neck. Next scene, it is unknotted. Then, knotted again for the rest of the scene.
  • Continuity: In the scene of the freeze, where Erica and Harry first meet, see Marin’s hair on her forehead change several times during close-ups.

Frances McDormand gossip & trivia, part 1

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Frances McDormand fun facts:

  • Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at Academy Awards for MISSISSIPPI BURNING (1989)
  • Insists she doesn’t need awards to fuel her ego or her self-esteem, because she’s already proud of her achievements. (2001)
  • Sometimes credited as Francis McDorman or Fran McDormand.
  • Both of her parents were born in Canada. Her father, Vernon McDormand, was a Disciples of Christ minister and her mother, Noreen McDormand, a housewife.
  • Has one adopted son, Pedro McDormand Coen. (1999)
  • Believes most female-oriented movies rely on girly cliches, and they should be better written. (2003)
  • Her Oscar-winning role, as Marge Gunderson from her 1996 film FARGO (1996), was ranked #33 in the American Film Institute’s Heroes list in their 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.
  • Was jury president of Berlin film festival 2004.
  • Nickname: Fran
  • Nominated for Broadway’s 1988 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire.
  • Sister-in-law of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke.
  • Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at Academy Awards for ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Raised in Monessen, Pennsylvania.
  • Was the third and youngest child adopted by her minister father Vernon and his wife, Noreen.
  • Once lived in an apartment with Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel and Holly Hunter

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Thursday, August 16th, 2007

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