149-464: The Motion Picture & Television Fund ( MPTF ) is a charitable organization that offers assistance and care to those in the motion picture and television industries and their families with limited or no resources, including services such as temporary financial assistance, case management, and residential living. Mary Pickford conceived the idea of a fund to help those in the motion picture industry who were out of work and struggling and, in 1921,
298-1246: A British Academy Film Award and four Golden Globe Awards . His honors include the Cecil B. DeMille Award , the Honorary César , the AFI Life Achievement Award , and the Kennedy Center Honor . Clooney started acting in television in the late 1970s, and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER (1994–1999), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He expanded to leading roles in films, with his breakthrough role in From Dusk till Dawn (1996) followed by Batman & Robin (1997), Out of Sight (1998), Three Kings (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). Greater stardom came from his starring role in Soderbergh's Ocean ' s film series from 2001 to 2007. Clooney won
447-422: A movie , is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally accompanied by sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema" is a shortening of the word " cinematography " and is used to refer to either filmmaking , the film industry , the overall art form, or
596-432: A movie theater . The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera , by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation , or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects . Before the introduction of digital production, a series of still images were recorded on
745-582: A 186-unit retirement community on The Wasserman Campus in Woodland Hills providing independent and assisted living, and a free-standing child care facility. The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation is the single largest donor in the foundation's 93-year history, with the family's total contributions to the MPTF upwards of $ 55 million. On October 1, 2016, MPTF commemorated its 95th anniversary with a live entertainment event on its campus hosted by Hugh Jackman . Among
894-489: A Film would probably be about the aesthetics or theory of film, while a book entitled Let's Go to the Movies would probably be about the history of entertaining movies and blockbusters . George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for his work in both blockbuster and independent films , he has received numerous accolades , including two Academy Awards ,
1043-611: A coin-operated peep-box Electrotachyscope model were manufactured by Siemens & Halske in Berlin and sold internationally. Nearly 34,000 people paid to see it at the Berlin Exhibition Park in the summer of 1892. Others saw it in London or at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair . On 25 November 1894, Anschütz introduced a Electrotachyscope projector with a 6x8 meter screening in Berlin. Between 22 February and 30 March 1895,
1192-474: A contract that called for an annual salary of one million dollars. From 1931 to 1956, film was also the only image storage and playback system for television programming until the introduction of videotape recorders . In the United States, much of the film industry is centered around Hollywood, California . Other regional centers exist in many parts of the world, such as Mumbai -centered Bollywood ,
1341-544: A critical failure (with Clooney himself calling the film "a waste of money"). In 1998, he co-starred in the crime-comedy Out of Sight opposite Jennifer Lopez , marking the first of his many collaborations with director Steven Soderbergh . He also starred in Three Kings during the last weeks of his contract with ER . After leaving ER , Clooney starred in commercially successful films including Wolfgang Petersen 's disaster film The Perfect Storm (2000) which
1490-421: A day or two to formulate their opinions. Despite this, critics have an important impact on the audience response and attendance at films, especially those of certain genres . Mass marketed action , horror , and comedy films tend not to be greatly affected by a critic's overall judgment of a film. The plot summary and description of a film and the assessment of the director's and screenwriters' work that makes up
1639-485: A detective, on an episode of The Golden Girls . His first prominent role was a semi-regular supporting role in the sitcom Roseanne , playing Roseanne Barr 's supervisor Booker Brooks, followed by the role of a construction worker on Baby Talk , a co-starring role on the CBS drama Bodies of Evidence as Detective Ryan Walker, and then a year-long turn as Det. James Falconer on Sisters . In 1988, Clooney played one of
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#17327915312651788-526: A docuseries about the Ohio State University abuse scandal , and that the series would be based on an October 2020 Sports Illustrated article by Jon Wertheim . HBO announced in June 2022 that the documentary had started production, with a planned debut on HBO and HBO MAX . In 2022, he reunited with Julia Roberts for a romantic comedy film Ticket to Paradise directed by Ol Parker . It
1937-540: A few decades before it was successfully combined with a method to record series of sequential images in real-time. In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge eventually managed to take a series of photographs of a running horse with a battery of cameras in a line along the track and published the results as The Horse in Motion on cabinet cards . Muybridge, as well as Étienne-Jules Marey , Ottomar Anschütz and many others, would create many more chronophotography studies. Muybridge had
2086-604: A film he also directed and produced, based upon the Lily Brooks-Dalton debut novel Good Morning, Midnight for Netflix . He co-starred opposite Felicity Jones and David Oyelowo . The film received mixed reviews and was a financial flop. It went on to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects . He also directed The Tender Bar , based upon the memoir of the same name by J. R. Moehringer , for Amazon Studios with Ben Affleck in
2235-470: A film. Josh Brolin co-starred as fixer Eddie Mannix . Clooney reunited with Julia Roberts for the Jodie Foster -directed thriller Money Monster (2016), playing the host of a television show that investigates conspiracies on commerce and Wall Street , who is taken hostage by a bankrupt viewer given a bad tip. In October 2017, his directorial project Suburbicon a 1950s-set crime comedy
2384-775: A five-year on-again, off-again relationship with her. Clooney dated Renée Zellweger (2001), Jennifer Siebel Newsom (2002) Krista Allen (2002–2008), and Linda Thompson (2006). In June 2007, he started dating reality personality Sarah Larson, but the couple broke up in May 2008. In July 2009, Clooney was in a relationship with Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis until they split in June 2011. In July 2011, Clooney started dating former WWE personnel Stacy Keibler , and they ended their relationship in July 2013. Clooney became engaged to British-Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin on April 28, 2014. He subsequently said they forged
2533-551: A flashing soda can during a screening). These fields may further create derivative fields, such as a movie review section in a newspaper or a television guide. Sub-industries can spin off from film, such as popcorn makers, and film-related toys (e.g., Star Wars figures ). Sub-industries of pre-existing industries may deal specifically with film, such as product placement and other advertising within films. The terminology used for describing motion pictures varies considerably between British and American English . In British usage,
2682-491: A hospital, is located at 23388 Mulholland Drive in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles , California . Scores of movie notables have spent their last years here, as have far less famous people from behind the scenes of the industry. Those with money paid their own way, while those who had no money paid nothing. Fees are based solely on the "ability to pay". Individuals in movies, TV, and other aspects of
2831-486: A leading film star. It is Clooney's most successful film with him in the lead role, earning $ 451 million worldwide (he appeared, but did not star, in Gravity , which has a $ 723 million worldwide box office). Ocean's Eleven inspired two sequels starring Clooney, Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Thirteen in 2007. In 2001, Clooney and Soderbergh co-founded Section Eight Productions , for which Grant Heslov
2980-764: A more dynamic and engaging experience for the viewer. The development of scene construction through mise-en-scène , editing, and special effects led to more sophisticated techniques that can be compared to those utilized in opera and ballet. The French New Wave movement of the late 1950s and 1960s also embraced the montage technique, with filmmakers such as Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut using montage to create distinctive and innovative films. This approach continues to be influential in contemporary cinema, with directors employing montage to create memorable sequences in their films. In contemporary cinema, montage continues to play an essential role in shaping narratives and creating emotional resonance. Filmmakers have adapted
3129-425: A new section or sequence within a film. This technique can be used to convey a narrative or to create an emotional or intellectual effect by juxtaposing different shots, often for the purpose of condensing time, space, or information. Montage can involve flashbacks , parallel action, or the interplay of various visual elements to enhance the storytelling or create symbolic meaning . The concept of montage emerged in
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#17327915312653278-494: A population of 162 residents) and nine of the facility's 400 employees had tested positive for COVID-19. Including Breier, at least five residents had died from COVID-19 by April 22, 2020. In January 2021, MPTF began a campus-wide program to vaccinate all residents. The Fund has a board of directors and a Board of governors. The members include: Members are: The members include: † Died in residence (dates are birth to death). Motion picture A film , also known as
3427-546: A portion of the film exclusively reserved for it, and was not projected. Contemporary films are usually fully digital through the entire process of production, distribution, and exhibition. The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in
3576-466: A projection before 1882. He then further developed the device into the Théâtre Optique which could project longer sequences with separate backgrounds, patented in 1888. He created several movies for the machine by painting images on hundreds of gelatin plates that were mounted into cardboard frames and attached to a cloth band. From 28 October 1892 to March 1900 Reynaud gave over 12,800 shows to
3725-562: A relationship between the content in the separate shots in the minds of the viewer. It is this relationship that makes all film storytelling possible. In a simple example, if a person is shown looking out a window, whatever the next shot shows, it will be regarded as the view the person was seeing.) Each scene was a single stationary shot with the action occurring before it. The scenes were later broken up into multiple shots photographed from different distances and angles. Other techniques such as camera movement were developed as effective ways to tell
3874-526: A source of profit almost as soon as the process was invented. Upon seeing how successful their new invention, and its product, was in their native France, the Lumières quickly set about touring the Continent to exhibit the first films privately to royalty and publicly to the masses. In each country, they would normally add new, local scenes to their catalogue and, quickly enough, found local entrepreneurs in
4023-723: A space thriller directed by Alfonso Cuarón . In 2013, Clooney co-founded Casamigos Tequila with Rande Gerber and Michael Meldman . It was sold to Diageo for $ 700 million in June 2017, with an additional $ 300 million possible depending on the company's performance over the next ten years. According to the Forbes annual ranking, he was the world's highest-paid actor for 2017–2018, earning $ 239 million between June 1, 2017, and June 1, 2018. In 2014, Clooney co-wrote, directed and starred in The Monuments Men , an adaptation of The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and
4172-415: A story with film. Until sound film became commercially practical in the late 1920s, motion pictures were a purely visual art , but these innovative silent films had gained a hold on the public imagination. Rather than leave audiences with only the noise of the projector as an accompaniment, theater owners hired a pianist or organist or, in large urban theaters, a full orchestra to play music that fit
4321-403: A strip of chemically sensitized celluloid ( photographic film stock ), usually at a rate of 24 frames per second. The images are transmitted through a movie projector at the same rate as they were recorded, with a Geneva drive ensuring that each frame remains still during its short projection time. A rotating shutter causes stroboscopic intervals of darkness, but the viewer does not notice
4470-576: A strong bond because of their interest in campaigning work, and particularly over the issue of the Elgin Marbles , when she was acting for the government of Greece in support of their return from the British Museum and he, while promoting his film The Monuments Men , had argued for this and been criticised by the Mayor of London , Boris Johnson . In July 2014, Clooney publicly mocked
4619-487: A taste for challenge." That same year Clooney made his directorial debut in the 2002 film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind , based on the autobiography of TV producer Chuck Barris . The film premiered out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim. Though the film did not do well at the box office, critics stated that Clooney's directing showed promise. In 2003, Clooney reunited with
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4768-687: A time through "peep show" devices such as the Electrotachyscope , Kinetoscope and the Mutoscope . Not much later, exhibitors managed to project films on large screens for theatre audiences. The first public screenings of films at which admission was charged were made in 1895 by the American Woodville Latham and his sons, using films produced by their Eidoloscope company, by the Skladanowsky brothers and by
4917-531: A total of circa 7,000 paying customers came to view a 1.5-hour show of some 40 scenes at a 300-seat hall in the old Reichstag building in Berlin. Émile Reynaud already mentioned the possibility of projecting the images of the Praxinoscope in his 1877 patent application. He presented a praxinoscope projection device at the Société française de photographie on 4 June 1880, but did not market his praxinoscope
5066-516: A total of over 500,000 visitors at the Musée Grévin in Paris. By the end of the 1880s, the introduction of lengths of celluloid photographic film and the invention of motion picture cameras , which could photograph a rapid sequence of images using only one lens, allowed action to be captured and stored on a single compact reel of film. Movies were initially shown publicly to one person at
5215-474: A valid fine art . André Bazin reacted against this theory by arguing that film's artistic essence lay in its ability to mechanically reproduce reality, not in its differences from reality, and this gave rise to realist theory . More recent analysis spurred by Jacques Lacan 's psychoanalysis and Ferdinand de Saussure 's semiotics among other things has given rise to psychoanalytic film theory , structuralist film theory , feminist film theory , and others. On
5364-489: A variety of programs that are geared toward improving the lives of the entertainment industry seniors throughout southern California. A new and emerging need to address quality-of-life issues for older adults in their own homes was identified and led to the creation of such MPTF programs and initiatives as Palliative Care, Elder Connection, Rebuilding Together, and the MPTF Age Well Program. In 2014, MPTF opened
5513-411: A variety of shows and activities. MPTF's memory care facility, Harry's Haven (named after Kirk Douglas' father, Herschel "Harry" Danielovitch), was relocated from its original standalone building to the second floor of the hospital in 2019 after an extensive remodel and upgrade. Also in 2019, the long-term care unit in the hospital was dedicated as Mary Pickford House, which contains 40 beds. Adjoining it
5662-659: Is Hersholt Place (named after Jean Hersholt ) with an additional 10 beds. On January 14, 2021, MPTF was announced as the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award , to be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the 93rd Oscars ceremony on April 25. This marked the first time in Academy history that an organization was chosen for the award, which was also presented that year to Tyler Perry . The award also coincided with
5811-648: Is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations . He is married to human rights lawyer Amal Clooney . Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky . His mother, Nina Bruce ( née Warren), was a beauty queen and city councilwoman . His father, Nick Clooney , is a former anchorman and television host, including five years on the AMC network. Clooney is of Irish , German , and English ancestry. His maternal fourth great-grandmother, Mary Ann Sparrow,
5960-411: Is having a shot that zooms in on the forehead of an actor with an expression of silent reflection that cuts to a shot of a younger actor who vaguely resembles the first actor, indicating that the first person is remembering a past self, an edit of compositions that causes a time transition. Montage is a film editing technique in which separate pieces of film are selected, edited, and assembled to create
6109-726: Is in the village of Laglio , on Lake Como , near the former residence of Italian author Ada Negri . Clooney also owns a home in Los Cabos , Mexico, that is next door to the home of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber . In 2014, Clooney and his wife Amal Alamuddin bought the Grade II listed Mill House on an island in the River Thames at Sonning Eye in Oxfordshire , England at a cost of around £10 million. In May 2021, The Economic Times reported Clooney plans to buy
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6258-630: Is represented by Bryan Lourd , co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA). In 2011, Clooney starred in The Descendants as a husband whose wife has an accident that leaves her in a coma. He earned critical praise for his work, and won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama . Also, he was nominated for
6407-593: Is that when it comes to the atrocities in Darfur ... those people are not better off now than they were years ago." On January 18, 2008, the United Nations announced Clooney's appointment as a UN messenger of peace, effective January 31. Clooney conceived of and, with John Prendergast —human rights activist, co-founder of the Enough Project , and Strategic Advisor for Not on Our Watch Project—initiated
6556-446: Is the greatest director , the one who invented a new language , true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream." An example of the language is a sequence of back and forth images of one speaking actor's left profile, followed by another speaking actor's right profile, then a repetition of this, which is a language understood by the audience to indicate a conversation. This describes another theory of film,
6705-460: The 180-degree rule , as a visual story-telling device with an ability to place a viewer in a context of being psychologically present through the use of visual composition and editing. The " Hollywood style " includes this narrative theory, due to the overwhelming practice of the rule by movie studios based in Hollywood, California, during film's classical era. Another example of cinematic language
6854-501: The 2016 presidential election . Clooney endorsed Joe Biden for the 2020 presidential election , and he hosted a virtual fundraiser for Biden together with Obama in July 2020. In a July 2024 op-ed for The New York Times , Clooney called for Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election weeks after he hosted another fundraiser for Biden. Clooney has also made humorous statements against Republican Party figures. In 2006, Clooney sarcastically thanked Jack Abramoff at
7003-756: The 63rd Golden Globe Awards before concluding with "Who would name their kid 'Jack' with 'off' at the end? No wonder the guy's screwed up". Clooney has also described Republican donor Steve Wynn as an "asshole" and a "jackass", after the two had a heated disagreement over the Affordable Care Act . Clooney is involved with Not On Our Watch Project , an organization that focuses global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities, along with Brad Pitt , Matt Damon , Don Cheadle , David Pressman and Jerry Weintraub . In February 2009, he visited Goz Beida, Chad, with New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof . In January 2010, he organized
7152-565: The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the thriller Syriana (2005), and earned Best Actor nominations for the legal thriller Michael Clayton (2007), and the comedy-dramas Up in the Air (2009) and The Descendants (2011). He has also starred in Burn After Reading (2008), The American (2010), Gravity (2013), Hail, Caesar! (2016) and Ticket to Paradise (2022). Clooney made his directorial debut with
7301-545: The American Foundation for Equal Rights . In September 2012, Clooney offered to take an auction winner out to lunch to benefit the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network ( GLSEN ). GLSEN works to create a safe space in schools for children who are or may be perceived to be gay , lesbian , bisexual or transgender . On August 7, 2020, George and Amal Clooney donated $ 100,000 to three Lebanese charities after
7450-585: The Cincinnati Reds in 1977, but he did not pass the first round of player cuts and was not offered a contract. He attended Northern Kentucky University from 1979 to 1981, majoring in broadcast journalism, and very briefly attended the University of Cincinnati , but did not graduate from either. He earned money selling women's shoes, selling insurance door to door, stocking shelves, working in construction, and cutting tobacco. Clooney's first role
7599-647: The Coen brothers in the romantic comedy Intolerable Cruelty opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones . Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times praised their chemistry and the casting of Clooney in the role writing, "the good work comes from George Clooney, who happens to have the Art Deco profile fit for a 1930s comedy. He scores with his willingness to mock his above-average charisma level and the chiseled chin, cover-guy good looks". In 2005, Clooney starred in Syriana , which
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#17327915312657748-545: The French New Wave , New German Cinema wave, Indian New Wave , Japanese New Wave , New Hollywood , and Egyptian New Wave ) and the rise of film-school-educated independent filmmakers contributed to the changes the medium experienced in the latter half of the 20th century. Digital technology has been the driving force for change throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s. Digital 3D projection largely replaced earlier problem-prone 3D film systems and has become popular in
7897-486: The Great Depression . He plays escaped convict Ulysses Everett McGill. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination for his performance. Variety critic Todd McCarthy compared Clooney to Clark Gable , writing: "Not for the first time recalling Clark Gable in his looks and line delivery, Clooney clearly delights in embellishing Everett's vanity and in delivering
8046-450: The Hulu historical miniseries Catch-22 , based upon the novel of the same name by Joseph Heller . Clooney was initially cast in a main role in the series; however, he opted to take a smaller supporting role instead. The series premiered on May 31, 2019, to critical acclaim. After a four-year absence from acting in film, Clooney starred in the science fiction film, The Midnight Sky
8195-802: The Indian film industry's Hindi cinema which produces the largest number of films in the world. Though the expense involved in making films has led cinema production to concentrate under the auspices of movie studios , recent advances in affordable film making equipment have allowed independent film productions to flourish. Profit is a key force in the industry, due to the costly and risky nature of filmmaking; many films have large cost overruns , an example being Kevin Costner 's Waterworld . Yet many filmmakers strive to create works of lasting social significance. The Academy Awards (also known as "the Oscars") are
8344-530: The International Criminal Court for genocide , is escalating bombing and food aid obstruction in Darfur, and he now threatens the entire north-south peace process ... the evidence shows that incentives alone are insufficient to change Khartoum 's calculations. International support should be sought immediately for denying debt relief , expanding the ICC indictments, diplomatically isolating
8493-601: The Michael Douglas and Friends Golf Tournament, The Night Before and The Evening Before, the Heartbeat of Hollywood golf tournament and its Heartbeat Lite companion event, and Reel Stories, Real Lives. In 2004, filmmaker Barry Avrich directed and produced, Glitter Palace the first documentary on the Motion Picture Country Home that was narrated by Brian Linehan. The film featured many of
8642-593: The Motion Picture Relief Fund was founded with Joseph Schenck as president, Pickford as vice-president and the Reverend Neal Dodd as administrator. During the 1930s, the untimely deaths of several former Hollywood stars who ended up destitute shook the community. These included Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle , John Bowers , Karl Dane , Florence Lawrence , Marie Prevost and Lou Tellegen . In 1940, Jean Hersholt , then president of
8791-574: The Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP), after an October 2010 trip to South Sudan . SSP aims to monitor armed activity for signs of renewed civil war between Sudan and South Sudan, and to detect and deter mass atrocities along the border regions there. Clooney and Prendergast co-wrote a Washington Post op-ed piece in May 2011, titled "Dancing with a dictator in Sudan", arguing that: President Omar al-Bashir has been indicted by
8940-625: The Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor , the BAFTA Award for Best Actor , and the Academy Award for Best Actor . He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the political drama The Ides of March . In 2013, Clooney won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama , the BAFTA Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Argo . The following year, Clooney co-starred with Sandra Bullock in Gravity (2013),
9089-807: The Venice International Film Festival to positive reviews. Also in November 2009, he voiced the title character opposite Meryl Streep as Mrs. Fox in Wes Anderson 's animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox . The same year, Clooney starred in the Jason Reitman directed comedy-drama Up in the Air , which was initially given limited release, and then a wide release on December 25, 2009. Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter praised Clooney's performance, writing: "Boasting one of George Clooney's strongest performances,
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#17327915312659238-462: The Writers Guild of America over a dispute concerning Leatherheads . Clooney, who is the director, producer and star of the film, claimed that he had contributed in writing "all but two scenes" of it, and requested a writing credit alongside Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly , who had worked on the screenplay for 17 years. Clooney lost an arbitration vote 2–1, and withdrew from the union over
9387-651: The 100th anniversary of MPTF's founding. The hospital experienced an outbreak amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, resulting in the deaths of at least seven residents. All of the infected residents were transferred to the former acute care unit, J-Wing, which was set up as the dedicated COVID-19 unit of the hospital. The first fatalities at the retirement community were John Breier, a long-term care resident who died on April 7, 2020, and actor Allen Garfield , who also died on April 7. By April 22, 2020, 14 residents (out of
9536-438: The 1840s and commercial success since the early 1850s, raised interest in completing the photographic medium with the addition of means to capture colour and motion. In 1849, Joseph Plateau published about the idea to combine his invention of the phénakisticope with the stereoscope, as suggested to him by stereoscope inventor Charles Wheatstone , and to use photographs of plaster sculptures in different positions to be animated in
9685-427: The 1890s. Photography was introduced in 1839, but initially photographic emulsions needed such long exposures that the recording of moving subjects seemed impossible. At least as early as 1844, photographic series of subjects posed in different positions were created to either suggest a motion sequence or document a range of different viewing angles. The advent of stereoscopic photography, with early experiments in
9834-432: The 1920s, with pioneering Soviet filmmakers such as Sergei Eisenstein and Lev Kuleshov developing the theory of montage. Eisenstein's film Battleship Potemkin (1925) is a prime example of the innovative use of montage, where he employed complex juxtapositions of images to create a visceral impact on the audience. As the art of montage evolved, filmmakers began incorporating musical and visual counterpoint to create
9983-686: The 2000s is so intense, well-coordinated and well financed that reviewers cannot prevent a poorly written or filmed blockbuster from attaining market success. However, the cataclysmic failure of some heavily promoted films which were harshly reviewed, as well as the unexpected success of critically praised independent films indicates that extreme critical reactions can have considerable influence. Other observers note that positive film reviews have been shown to spark interest in little-known films. Conversely, there have been several films in which film companies have so little confidence that they refuse to give reviewers an advanced viewing to avoid widespread panning of
10132-571: The 2006 Academy Awards, Clooney was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck , as well as Best Supporting Actor for Syriana . He won the Oscar for his role in Syriana . Clooney next appeared in The Good German (2006), a film noir directed by Soderbergh that is set in post-World War II Germany. In August 2006, Clooney and Heslov started
10281-564: The British tabloid newspaper Daily Mail after it claimed his fiancée's mother opposes their marriage on religious grounds. When the tabloid apologized for its false story, Clooney refused to accept the apology. He called the paper "the worst kind of tabloid. One that makes up its facts to the detriment of its readers." On August 7, 2014, Clooney and Alamuddin obtained marriage licenses at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea of
10430-411: The Coens' carefully calibrated, high-toned dialogue". The following year In 2001, Clooney reunited with Soderbergh for the heist comedy Ocean's Eleven , a remake of the 1960s Rat Pack film of the same name , with Clooney playing Danny Ocean , originally portrayed by Frank Sinatra . The film starred Clooney, Brad Pitt , Julia Roberts , Matt Damon and Andy Garcia . The film cemented Clooney as
10579-456: The Dolby A noise reduction system, which became a standard in the recording industry and eliminated the hissing sound associated with earlier standardization efforts. Dolby Stereo , a revolutionary surround sound system, followed and allowed cinema designers to take acoustics into consideration when designing theaters. This innovation enabled audiences in smaller venues to enjoy comparable audio experiences to those in larger city theaters. Today,
10728-582: The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel . The film starred an ensemble cast of A-list stars including Matt Damon , Cate Blanchett , Bill Murray , John Goodman and Bob Balaban , as well as European stars Hugh Bonneville and Jean Dujardin . The film was a critical misfire and a box office failure. Many historians were critical of the film for its historical inaccuracies. The Guardian film critic Andrew Pulver, panned
10877-686: The Motion Picture Relief Fund, found 48 acres (19 ha) of walnut and orange groves in the southwest end of the San Fernando Valley which were selling for US$ 850 an acre ($ 0.21/m) ($ 40,800). The fund's board purchased the parcel that same year to build the Motion Picture Country House . To offset the costs for the first buildings, which were designed by architect William Pereira , 7 acres (2.8 ha) were sold. Pickford and Hersholt broke
11026-489: The Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Center for Behavioral Health, specializing in adults over 55 with acute mental health needs. There was a turbulent period starting in early 2009 when the MPTF announced that rising costs amid the recession would force it to shutter its long-term care unit, which had 136 patients at the time, as well as its acute-care hospital. That decision created a barrage of criticism, with some questioning
11175-671: The TV special A Journey to Darfur reflecting the situation of Darfur's refugees, and advocated for action. The documentary was broadcast on American cable TV as well as in the UK and France. In 2008, it was released on DVD, with the sale proceeds being donated to the International Rescue Committee . In September of the same year, he spoke to the UN Security Council with Nobel Prize-winner Elie Wiesel to ask
11324-580: The UN to find a solution to the conflict and to help the people of Darfur. In December, he visited China and Egypt with Don Cheadle and two Olympic winners to ask both governments to pressure Sudan's government. On March 25, 2007, he sent an open letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel , calling on the European Union to take "decisive action" in the region given the failure of Sudan President Omar al-Bashir to respond to UN resolutions. He narrated and
11473-562: The United Kingdom. Alamuddin and Clooney were officially married on September 27, 2014, at Ca' Farsetti . They were married by Clooney's friend Walter Veltroni , the former mayor of Rome. In 2015, Clooney and Alamuddin adopted a rescue dog, a Basset Hound named Millie, from the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society. On February 9, 2017, it was reported by the CBS talk show, The Talk , that Amal
11622-458: The United States is "movie", while in Europe , "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. Common terms for the field, in general, include "the big screen", "the movies", "the silver screen", and "cinema";
11771-626: The United States' recognition of the Armenian Genocide. He also visited Armenia to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the event in April 2016. In May 2015, Clooney told the BBC that the Syrian conflict was too complicated politically to get involved in and he wanted to focus on helping the refugees . In March 2016, he and his wife Amal met with Syrian refugees living in Berlin to mark
11920-402: The United States, movie is the predominant term for the medium. Although the words film and movie are sometimes used interchangeably, film is more often used when considering artistic , theoretical , or technical aspects. The term movies more often refers to entertainment or commercial aspects, as where to go for fun evening on a date. For example, a book titled How to Understand
12069-423: The annual "Night Before the Oscars" launched in 2003 and remains one of the main MPTF fundraising events. The 14th annual "Night Before" party, held February 27, 2016, raised a total of $ 5.2 million to benefit the MPTF. More than $ 70 million has been raised since the event was launched. Through June 1, 2014, the MPTF's operations include a 250-bed multilevel care hospital, seven primary care health centers,
12218-493: The boycott of the Sultan of Brunei 's hotels over a new law that came into force on April 3, 2019, that punishes homosexual sex and adultery with death by stoning . Clooney lists nine hotels including The Dorchester , 45 Park Lane, Coworth Park , The Beverly Hills Hotel , Hotel Bel-Air , Le Meurice , Hotel Plaza Athenee , Hotel Eden and Hotel Principe di Savoia and asks readers to consider how "we are putting money directly into
12367-657: The capital, Beirut, was left devastated by a deadly explosion. They donated money to the Lebanese Red Cross , Impact Lebanon, and Baytna Baytak. The blast claimed the lives of at least 145 people and injured more than 5,000. Clooney has advocated a resolution of the Darfur conflict . He spoke at a 2006 Save Darfur rally in Washington, D.C. In April 2006, he spent ten days in Chad and Sudan with his father to make
12516-479: The chronophotography works of Muybridge and Étienne-Jules Marey . In 1886, Anschütz developed the Electrotachyscope , an early device that displayed short motion picture loops with 24 glass plate photographs on a 1.5 meter wide rotating wheel that was hand-cranked to a speed of circa 30 frames per second. Different versions were shown at many international exhibitions, fairs, conventions, and arcades from 1887 until at least 1894. Starting in 1891, some 152 examples of
12665-552: The combined device. In 1852, Jules Duboscq patented such an instrument as the "Stéréoscope-fantascope, ou Bïoscope", but he only marketed it very briefly, without success. One Bïoscope disc with stereoscopic photographs of a machine is in the Plateau collection of Ghent University, but no instruments or other discs have yet been found. By the late 1850s the first examples of instantaneous photography came about and provided hope that motion photography would soon be possible, but it took
12814-465: The condition: "It's probably a great thing that it happened to me because it forced me to engage in a series of making fun of myself. And I think that's an important part of being famous. The practical jokes have to be aimed at you." After his parents moved to Augusta, Kentucky , Clooney attended Augusta High School . He has stated that he earned all As and a B in school, and played baseball and basketball. He tried out to play professional baseball with
12963-403: The contours of dozens of his chronophotographic series traced onto glass discs and projected them with his zoopraxiscope in his lectures from 1880 to 1895. Anschütz made his first instantaneous photographs in 1881. He developed a portable camera that allowed shutter speeds as short as 1/1000 of a second in 1882. The quality of his pictures was generally regarded as much higher than that of
13112-553: The decision. He became a " financial core status" non-member, meaning he no longer has voting rights, and cannot run for office or attend membership meetings, according to the Writers Guild of America's constitution. In 2009, he starred in the war comedy The Men Who Stare at Goats alongside Ewan McGregor , Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey . The film was directed by Heslov and released in November 2009. The film premiered at
13261-593: The early 2010s. " Film theory " seeks to develop concise and systematic concepts that apply to the study of film as art . The concept of film as an art-form began in 1911 with Ricciotto Canudo 's manifest The Birth of the Sixth Art . The Moscow Film School , the oldest film school in the world, was founded in 1919, in order to teach about and research film theory. Formalist film theory , led by Rudolf Arnheim , Béla Balázs , and Siegfried Kracauer , emphasized how film differed from reality and thus could be considered
13410-595: The fifth anniversary of the conflict, before meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel to thank her for Germany's open-door policy. In 2018, following the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting , the Clooneys pledged $ 500,000 to the March for Our Lives and said they would be in attendance. Clooney is a supporter of LGBT rights . On March 28, 2019, Clooney wrote an open letter calling for
13559-458: The film seems like a surefire awards contender". For his performance in the film he was nominated for a Golden Globe , a Screen Actors Guild Award , BAFTA and an Academy Award . The following year, Clooney produced and starred in the dark crime drama The American (2010), based on the novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth and directed by Anton Corbijn . As of 2011 , Clooney
13708-479: The film writing, that the film was "filled with unearned patriotic sentiment, sketchy to the point of inanity, and interrupted every few minutes with neurotic self-justification". That same year, Clooney produced August: Osage County (2013), an adaptation of the play of the same name . The film stars Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts . His next film was Tomorrowland (2015), a science fiction adventure film in which he played Frank Walker, an inventor. Later in
13857-792: The film. However, this usually backfires, as reviewers are wise to the tactic and warn the public that the film may not be worth seeing and the films often do poorly as a result. Journalist film critics are sometimes called film reviewers. Critics who take a more academic approach to films, through publishing in film journals and writing books about films using film theory or film studies approaches, study how film and filming techniques work, and what effect they have on people. Rather than having their reviews published in newspapers or appearing on television, their articles are published in scholarly journals or up-market magazines. They also tend to be affiliated with colleges or universities as professors or instructors. The making and showing of motion pictures became
14006-501: The first ground. The dedication was on September 27, 1942. The Motion Picture Hospital was dedicated on the grounds of the Country House in 1948. In attendance were Buddy Rogers and Loretta Young , among other stars . Services were later extended to those working in the television industry as well, and the name was altered to reflect the change. The retirement community , with individual cottages, administrative offices, and
14155-581: The fund have said. In 1993, the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation was established with Jeffrey Katzenberg as Founding Chairman. The Foundation, as it was formerly known, existed as the conduit to fulfill the vision of its donors and their philanthropy to the growing human needs of the entertainment community it serves. The MPTF Foundation puts on annual events that help raise millions of dollars in funds to continue to assist those entertainment industry members in need. These events include
14304-1163: The fund's commitment to its stated goal of "taking care of our own." The MPTF restructured, brought in Bob Beitcher in 2010, and launched an aggressive $ 350 million fundraising campaign in 2012 headed by Jeffrey Katzenberg and George Clooney . Beitcher said the fundraising push was to provide a safety net for the 75,000 baby boomers who would be retiring from the industry over the next 20 years. At that point, $ 238 million had already been raised with key contributions from Clooney, Steve Bing , Tom Cruise, Barry Diller , Fox Entertainment Group, David Geffen , Michael Lewis, Jerry Perenchio , Joe Roth , Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg, Todd Phillips , Patrick Soon-shiong, Thomas Tull and John Wells, among others. As of 2014, $ 325 million has been raised for this campaign. For its health care centers, MPTF partnered with UCLA Health, which today operates five MPTF health care centers in Los Angeles. These health centers are still exclusive to entertainment industry members. The brainchild of Jeffrey Katzenberg,
14453-410: The future of sound in film remains uncertain, with potential influences from artificial intelligence , remastered audio, and personal viewing experiences shaping its development. However, it is clear that the evolution of sound in cinema has been marked by continuous innovation and a desire to create more immersive and engaging experiences for audiences. A significant technological advancement in film
14602-522: The future of the cinema industry, and Hollywood employment has become less reliable, particularly for medium and low-budget films. Derivative academic fields of study may both interact with and develop independently of filmmaking, as in film theory and analysis. Fields of academic study have been created that are derivative or dependent on the existence of film, such as film criticism , film history , divisions of film propaganda in authoritarian governments, or psychological on subliminal effects (e.g., of
14751-459: The highlights were live musical performances by resident Helen Reddy , Derek Hough , Jane Lynch , Johnny Mathis , and Norm Lewis, with speakers including Chris Pine , Loretta Devine , Bryan Cranston , and Matt Bomer . A 100th birthday cake was presented to actor Kirk Douglas , who was in attendance with wife Anne and son Michael Douglas. In 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, MPTF
14900-443: The industry, such as actors, artists, backlot men, cameramen, directors, extras, producers, and security guards are accepted. To qualify for a cottage, applicants (or their spouses) must have reached a minimum age of 70 and must have worked steadily for at least 20 years in entertainment industry production. The waiting time is usually a few months, with no preference given to celebrities or those who can pay their own way, officials of
15049-493: The innovative work of D. W. Griffith in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). However, in the 1920s, European filmmakers such as Eisenstein , F. W. Murnau and Fritz Lang , in many ways inspired by the meteoric wartime progress of film through Griffith, along with the contributions of Charles Chaplin , Buster Keaton and others, quickly caught up with American film-making and continued to further advance
15198-432: The interruptions due to flicker fusion . The apparent motion on the screen is the result of the fact that the visual sense cannot discern the individual images at high speeds, so the impressions of the images blend with the dark intervals and are thus linked together to produce the illusion of one moving image. An analogous optical soundtrack (a graphic recording of the spoken words, music, and other sounds ) runs along
15347-452: The last of these is commonly used, as an overarching term, in scholarly texts and critical essays. In the early years, the word "sheet" was sometimes used instead of "screen". The art of film has drawn on several earlier traditions in fields such as oral storytelling , literature , theatre and visual arts . Forms of art and entertainment that had already featured moving or projected images include: The stroboscopic animation principle
15496-590: The lead roles in the comedy-horror film Return of the Killer Tomatoes . In 1990, he starred in the short-lived ABC police drama Sunset Beat . During this period, Clooney was a student at the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school for five years. Clooney rose to fame when he played Dr. Doug Ross , alongside Anthony Edwards , Julianna Margulies , and Noah Wyle , on the hit NBC medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999. After leaving
15645-478: The lead. The coming-of-age film had its nationwide premiere on December 22, 2021, and began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on January 7, 2022. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film earned Affleck Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In February 2021, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Clooney's Smokehouse Pictures would be teaming with Sports Illustrated Studios and 101 Studios to produce
15794-431: The longest relationship he had ever had. Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to 1993. He also had a relationship with actress Ginger Lynn Allen . In 1995, Clooney dated Cameron Diaz and Frances Fisher . Clooney dated French reality TV personality Céline Balitran (1996–1999). In 2000, he was linked to Charlize Theron and Lucy Liu . After meeting British model Lisa Snowdon in 2000, he had
15943-461: The majority of most film reviews can still have an important impact on whether people decide to see a film. For prestige films such as most dramas and art films , the influence of reviews is important. Poor reviews from leading critics at major papers and magazines will often reduce audience interest and attendance. The impact of a reviewer on a given film's box office performance is a matter of debate. Some observers claim that movie marketing in
16092-405: The medium. In the 1920s, the development of electronic sound recording technologies made it practical to incorporate a soundtrack of speech, music and sound effects synchronized with the action on the screen. The resulting sound films were initially distinguished from the usual silent "moving pictures" or "movies" by calling them "talking pictures" or "talkies." The revolution they wrought
16241-401: The mood of the film at any given moment. By the early 1920s, most films came with a prepared list of sheet music to be used for this purpose, and complete film scores were composed for major productions. The rise of European cinema was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I , while the film industry in the United States flourished with the rise of Hollywood , typified most prominently by
16390-440: The most prominent film awards in the United States, providing recognition each year to films, based on their artistic merits. There is also a large industry for educational and instructional films made in lieu of or in addition to lectures and texts. Revenue in the industry is sometimes volatile due to the reliance on blockbuster films released in movie theaters . The rise of alternative home entertainment has raised questions about
16539-568: The most strident critics of Omar al-Bashir. Clooney supports recognition of the Armenian genocide . He is one of the chief associates of the 100 Lives Initiative, a project which aims to remember the lives lost during the event. As part of the initiative, Clooney launched the Aurora Prize , which awards to those who risk their lives to prevent genocides and atrocities. Clooney had also urged various American government officials to support
16688-477: The name of the medium is film . The word movie is understood but seldom used. Additionally, the pictures (plural) is used somewhat frequently to refer to the place where movies are exhibited; in American English this may be called the movies , but that term is becoming outdated. In other countries, the place where movies are exhibited may be called a cinema or movie theatre . By contrast, in
16837-436: The number of films made in color gradually increased year after year. In the early 1950s, the proliferation of black-and-white television started seriously depressing North American theater attendance. In an attempt to lure audiences back into theaters, bigger screens were installed, widescreen processes, polarized 3D projection , and stereophonic sound were introduced, and more films were made in color, which soon became
16986-454: The other hand, critics from the analytical philosophy tradition, influenced by Wittgenstein , try to clarify misconceptions used in theoretical studies and produce analysis of a film's vocabulary and its link to a form of life . Film is considered to have its own language . James Monaco wrote a classic text on film theory, titled "How to Read a Film," that addresses this. Director Ingmar Bergman famously said, " Andrei Tarkovsky for me
17135-416: The pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to death their own citizens for being gay or accused of adultery." Clooney dated actress Kelly Preston (1987–1989). During this relationship, he purchased a Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig named Max as a gift for Preston, but when their relationship ended, Clooney kept the pig for an additional 18 years until Max died in 2006. He has jokingly referred to Max as
17284-535: The political thriller Argo (2012). As of 2023, he is one of four people to have been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories. Clooney was included on Time 's annual Time 100 list, which identifies the most influential people in the world, every year from 2006 to 2009. He is also noted for his political and economic activism , and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since 2008. Clooney
17433-702: The production company Smokehouse Pictures . In October 2006, Clooney received the American Cinematheque Award , which honors someone in the entertainment industry who has made "a significant contribution to the art of motion pictures". On January 22, 2008, Clooney was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for Michael Clayton (2007) losing to Daniel Day-Lewis who won for Paul Thomas Anderson 's drama There Will Be Blood (2007). Later that year, he directed his third film, Leatherheads , in which he also starred. On April 4, 2008, Variety reported that Clooney had quietly resigned from
17582-592: The regime, suspending all non-humanitarian aid, obstructing state-controlled bank transactions and freezing accounts holding oil wealth diverted by senior regime officials. On March 16, 2012, Clooney was arrested outside the Sudanese Embassy for civil disobedience . He intended to be arrested when he planned the protest. Several other prominent participants were also arrested, including Martin Luther King III . Clooney has been described as one of
17731-563: The residents living at MPTF. In 2006, the groundbreaking for the Saban Center for Health and Wellness featuring the Jodie Foster Aquatic Pavilion was held on The Wasserman Campus. The center was named after donors Haim Saban and his wife, Dr. Cheryl Saban. It opened its doors on July 18, 2007, and features aquatic and land-based therapies as well as MPTF's Center on Aging, a best-practice model which provides
17880-523: The rule rather than the exception. Some important mainstream Hollywood films were still being made in black-and-white as late as the mid-1960s, but they marked the end of an era. Color television receivers had been available in the US since the mid-1950s, but at first, they were very expensive and few broadcasts were in color. During the 1960s, prices gradually came down, color broadcasts became common, and sales boomed. The overwhelming public verdict in favor of color
18029-492: The same dreams and hurts, then it deserves to be called great. — Roger Ebert (1986) Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. In general, these works can be divided into two categories: academic criticism by film scholars and journalistic film criticism that appears regularly in newspapers and other media. Film critics working for newspapers, magazines , and broadcast media mainly review new releases. Normally they only see any given film once and have only
18178-527: The series in 1999, he made a cameo appearance in the 6th season and returned for a guest spot in the show's final season. For his work on the series, Clooney received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1995 and 1996. He also earned three Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1995, 1996, and 1997 (losing to co-star Anthony Edwards ). Clooney began appearing in films while working on ER . His first major Hollywood role
18327-469: The spy drama Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), and has since directed the historical drama Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), the political drama The Ides of March (2011), the war film The Monuments Men (2014), the science fiction film The Midnight Sky (2020) and the biographical sports drama The Boys in the Boat (2023). He received the Academy Award for Best Picture for co-producing
18476-510: The street, and the view from the front of a trolley as it traveled a city's Main Street. According to legend, when a film showed a locomotive at high speed approaching the audience, the audience panicked and ran from the theater. Around the turn of the 20th century, films started stringing several scenes together to tell a story. (The filmmakers who first put several shots or scenes discovered that, when one shot follows another, that act establishes
18625-651: The telethon Hope for Haiti Now , which collected donations for the 2010 Haiti earthquake victims. In March 2012, Clooney starred with Martin Sheen and Brad Pitt in a performance of Dustin Lance Black 's play 8 —a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage—as attorney David Boies . The production was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for
18774-445: The television threat emerged in the 1940s and 1950s, the film industry needed to innovate to attract audiences. In terms of sound technology, this meant the development of surround sound and more sophisticated audio systems, such as Cinerama's seven-channel system. However, these advances required a large number of personnel to operate the equipment and maintain the sound experience in theaters. In 1966, Dolby Laboratories introduced
18923-451: The traditional montage technique to suit the evolving aesthetics and storytelling styles of modern cinema. As the medium of film continues to evolve, montage remains an integral aspect of visual storytelling, with filmmakers finding new and innovative ways to employ this powerful technique. If a movie can illuminate the lives of other people who share this planet with us and show us not only how different they are but, how even so, they share
19072-564: The various countries of Europe to buy their equipment and photograph, export, import, and screen additional product commercially. The Oberammergau Passion Play of 1898 was the first commercial motion picture ever produced. Other pictures soon followed, and motion pictures became a separate industry that overshadowed the vaudeville world. Dedicated theaters and companies formed specifically to produce and distribute films, while motion picture actors became major celebrities and commanded huge fees for their performances. By 1917 Charlie Chaplin had
19221-583: The year, he was featured as himself in the Netflix Christmas musical comedy A Very Murray Christmas , starring Bill Murray . The following year, he starred in Hail, Caesar! , a comedy from the Coen brothers set in the Hollywood film industry in the 1950s, which premiered in February 2016. Clooney portrayed Baird Whitlock, a Robert Taylor -type film star who is kidnapped during the production of
19370-420: The – arguably better known – French brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière with ten of their own productions. Private screenings had preceded these by several months, with Latham's slightly predating the otherss'. The earliest films were simply one static shot that showed an event or action with no editing or other cinematic techniques . Typical films showed employees leaving a factory gate, people walking in
19519-520: Was a box office success. The same year he starred in the Coen brothers adventure comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) alongside John Turturro , Tim Blake Nelson and John Goodman . The film, a modern satire, is loosely based on Homer 's epic Greek poem the Odyssey and the Preston Sturges 1941 classic film Sullivan's Travels . This film is set in 1937 rural Mississippi during
19668-498: Was as an extra in the television miniseries Centennial in 1978, which was based on the novel of the same name by James A. Michener and was partly filmed in Clooney's hometown of Augusta, Kentucky. Clooney's first major role came in 1984 in the short-lived CBS sitcom E/R (not to be confused with ER , the long-running medical drama). He played a handyman on the series The Facts of Life and appeared as Bobby Hopkins,
19817-566: Was based loosely on former Central Intelligence Agency agent Robert Baer 's memoirs of his service in the Middle East. Clooney suffered an accident on the set of Syriana , which caused a brain injury with complications from a punctured dura . The same year he directed, produced, and starred in Good Night, and Good Luck , a film about 1950s television journalist Edward R. Murrow 's famous war of words with Senator Joseph McCarthy . At
19966-598: Was based on the book of the same name by Daniel James Brown . Clooney re-teamed with Brad Pitt for the 2024 thriller film Wolfs written and directed by Jon Watts . In 2024, he was cast in the lead role in Noah Baumbach 's untitled film for Netflix . In 2025, Clooney is set to make his Broadway debut as an actor and playwright in a stage adaption of his film Good Night, and Good Luck . Clooney supported both of Barack Obama 's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns . Clooney endorsed Hillary Clinton for
20115-488: Was clear. After the final flurry of black-and-white films had been released in mid-decade, all Hollywood studio productions were filmed in color, with the usual exceptions made only at the insistence of "star" filmmakers such as Peter Bogdanovich and Martin Scorsese . The decades following the decline of the studio system in the 1960s saw changes in the production and style of film. Various New Wave movements (including
20264-689: Was co-executive producer of the 2007 documentary Sand and Sorrow . Clooney also appeared in the documentary film Darfur Now , a call-to-action film released in November 2007 for people all over the world to help stop the Darfur crisis. In December 2007, Clooney and fellow actor Don Cheadle received the Summit Peace Award from the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. In his acceptance speech, Clooney said that "Don and I ... stand here before you as failures. The simple truth
20413-475: Was in the horror comedy-crime thriller From Dusk till Dawn , directed by Robert Rodriguez and co-starring Harvey Keitel . He followed its success with the romantic comedy One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer , and the action-thriller The Peacemaker with Nicole Kidman . Clooney was then cast as Batman in Joel Schumacher 's Batman & Robin , which was a modest box office performer, but
20562-479: Was initially set to release in theatres on September 30, 2022, but was pushed by a month to October 21, 2022. In 2023, Clooney reprised the role of Bruce Wayne / Batman in a cameo in The Flash . Clooney next film as a director was the biographical sports drama The Boys in the Boat which was released on December 25, 2023. The film starred Callum Turner and Joel Edgerton and received mixed reviews. The film
20711-549: Was introduced in 1833 with the stroboscopic disc (better known as the phénakisticope ) and later applied in the zoetrope (since 1866), the flip book (since 1868), and the praxinoscope (since 1877), before it became the basic principle for cinematography. Experiments with early phénakisticope-based animation projectors were made at least as early as 1843 and publicly screened in 1847. Jules Duboscq marketed phénakisticope projection systems in France from c. 1853 until
20860-430: Was midway through the seventh grade. In middle school, Clooney developed Bell's palsy , a medical condition that partially paralyzes the face. The malady went away within a year. In an interview with Larry King , he stated that "yes, it goes away. It takes about nine months to go away. It was the first year of high school, which was a bad time for having half your face paralyzed." He also described one positive outcome of
21009-603: Was pregnant, and that they were expecting twins. On June 6, 2017, Amal gave birth to a daughter, Ella, and a son, Alexander. In 2020, Clooney revealed to Jimmy Kimmel and Graham Norton in their respective talk shows that the twins can speak Italian fluently, despite both Clooney and Alamuddin not speaking the language. Clooney has property in Los Angeles . He purchased the 7,354-square-foot (683.2 m ) house in 1995 through his George Guilfoyle Trust. His home in Italy
21158-484: Was president of television. The following year he would work with Soderbergh yet again in the science fiction drama Solaris (2002) an adaptation of the acclaimed 1972 film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky . Roger Ebert praised the film and Clooney, writing: "Clooney has successfully survived being named People magazine's sexiest man alive by deliberately choosing projects that ignore that image. His alliance with Soderbergh, both as an actor and co-producer, shows
21307-892: Was raised a strict Roman Catholic but said in 1998 that he did not know if he believed "in Heaven or even God." He has said, "Yes, we were Catholic, big-time, whole family, whole group." He began his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky . He attended St. Michael's School in Worthington, Ohio ; then Western Row Elementary School (a public school) in Mason, Ohio , from 1968 to 1974; and St. Susanna School in Mason, where he served as an altar boy. The Clooneys moved back to Kentucky when George
21456-607: Was released. It stars Matt Damon , Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac , from a script written by the Coen brothers in the 1980s, that they had originally intended to direct themselves. He received the 2018 AFI Life Achievement Award on June 7, 2018. The award was presented to him by Shirley MacLaine , and was honored by Julianna Margulies , Cate Blanchett , Bill Murray , Anna Kendrick , Jimmy Kimmel , Jennifer Aniston , Courteney Cox and his wife Amal Clooney . In 2019, Clooney returned to television, starring, directing and producing
21605-947: Was swift. By 1930, silent film was practically extinct in the US and already being referred to as "the old medium." The evolution of sound in cinema began with the idea of combining moving images with existing phonograph sound technology. Early sound-film systems, such as Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope and the Vitaphone used by Warner Bros ., laid the groundwork for synchronized sound in film. The Vitaphone system, produced alongside Bell Telephone Company and Western Electric , faced initial resistance due to expensive equipping costs, but sound in cinema gained acceptance with movies like Don Juan (1926) and The Jazz Singer (1927). American film studios, while Europe standardized on Tobis-Klangfilm and Tri-Ergon systems. This new technology allowed for greater fluidity in film, giving rise to more complex and epic movies like King Kong (1933). As
21754-562: Was the administrator or co-administrator for multiple relief funds including the DGA, IATSE , ViacomCBS , Cast & Crew, the cast and crew of Westworld , and The Comedy Store , as well as its own dedicated COVID-19 relief fund for industry members at large. During the pandemic, MPTF Studios (the on-campus video production facility) began broadcasting live programming from its recently remodeled campus theater several days per week with residents and supporters video conferencing in to participate in
21903-423: Was the half-sister of Nancy Lincoln , mother of President Abraham Lincoln , making Clooney and President Lincoln half-first cousins five times removed. Clooney has an older sister named Adelia (known as Ada). Cabaret singer and actress Rosemary Clooney was an aunt. Through Rosemary, his cousins include actors Miguel Ferrer , Rafael Ferrer, and Gabriel Ferrer, who is married to singer Debby Boone . Clooney
22052-458: Was the introduction of "natural color," where color was captured directly from nature through photography, as opposed to being manually added to black-and-white prints using techniques like hand-coloring or stencil-coloring. Early color processes often produced colors that appeared far from "natural". Unlike the rapid transition from silent films to sound films, color's replacement of black-and-white happened more gradually. The crucial innovation
22201-485: Was the three-strip version of the Technicolor process, first used in animated cartoons in 1932. The process was later applied to live-action short films, specific sequences in feature films, and finally, for an entire feature film, Becky Sharp, in 1935. Although the process was expensive, the positive public response, as evidenced by increased box office revenue, generally justified the additional cost. Consequently,
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