Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda Quick Links

News Pictures Film Quotes RSS

Jane Fonda Is “Film Royalty” With AFI Lifetime Achievement Award


Jane Fonda Henry Fonda

Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Jane Fonda will be honoured with the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, recognising her contribution to film in a career that has spanned six decades. The 75 year-old actress will presented with her award at a gala ceremony in Los Angeles next year, reports BBC News.

Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda Honoured For Her Long & Illustrious Career.

Her latest award will see the actress and fitness guru follow in the footsteps of her late father, Henry Fonda, who was presented with the same AFI highest honour in 1978. The pair will be the first father and daughter to enjoy the unique accolade.

Continue reading: Jane Fonda Is “Film Royalty” With AFI Lifetime Achievement Award

Aimee Garcia, Henry Fonda and The Music Sunday 26th September 2010 The 2010 'Ultimate Slam PaddleJam' Celebrity Ping Pong Tournament held at The Music Box Henry Fonda Theatre Hollywood, California

Aimee Garcia, Henry Fonda and The Music

Battle Of The Bulge Review


Good
This is the kind of a film around which rumors of a 212-minute print swirl, on the net, in chat rooms, and message boards. Only films that have garnered either cult or classic appeal can claim "hype" like that. No one talks about footage missing from the domestic release cut of Battlefield Earth, no one gripes about a supposed 245-minute version of The Cat in the Hat. But a quick Internet search will reveal endless web pages devoted to the missing scenes in Blade Runner, the 5-hour print of Apocalypse Now, and apparently the 212-minute cut of Battle of the Bulge. That tells you something. This 1965 war "classic" is a war film buff's The Third Man, Casablanca, or Some Like It Hot. It might not be the best WWII epic ever made (that honor, according to the same fans, is allotted to either The Longest Day, Patton, or Cross of Iron) but it is one of the most popular. Well, now we have a 170-minute cut of the film, and it's been heralded with a gorgeous DVD transfer. And you've got to wonder why.

Sure, there's a star-studded cast. Let's see, we've got: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Dana Andrews, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, and Charles Bronson. And it is an epic. We're talking a cast of thousands with battle scene recreations that make modern warfare flicks pale in comparison. But when all the dust settles, Battle of the Bulge is a really long, really talky movie. And that's fine for history buffs, WWII film fans, and their ilk, but for the casual Friday night viewer it's a cure for insomnia.

Continue reading: Battle Of The Bulge Review

Advise And Consent Review


Extraordinary
Everybody loves Henry Fonda -- but what if he was a freakin' commie!?

Otto Preminger turned his eyes from the legal system (Anatomy of a Murder) to American politics in the underseen and tragically underappreciated Advise and Consent.

Continue reading: Advise And Consent Review

Once Upon A Time In The West Review


Very Good
Long on looks and short on sense, Sergio Leone's celebrated spaghetti western Once Upon a Time in the West is a remarkable achievement of cinematography but comes across today as a more muddled story than ever.

Conceived and roughed together by Italian directors Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Leone, the guts of West are some of the least likely of his films. The story concerns a woman (Claudia Cardinale, who spends the entire movie clenching her teeth) whose husband and family are murdered, leaving her with a valuable plot of land. This land has the eye of one Frank (Henry Fonda in his biggest villain role ever), and he's determined to be rid of the woman in order to get it. A half-Mexican named Cheyenne (Jason Robards) ends up accused of the murders, and a nameless bounty hunter (sound familiar?) who's known due to his harmonica playing by the name Harmonica (Charles Bronson) inserts himself into the mix. The film culminates with Harmonica turning in Cheyenne for the reward money, then using that money to outbid Frank at the public auction of the land... and then of course there's a showdown to be had.

Continue reading: Once Upon A Time In The West Review

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda Quick Links

News Pictures Film Quotes RSS
Artists
Actors
    Filmmakers
      Artists
      Bands
        Musicians
          Artists
          Celebrities
             
              Artists
              Interviews