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House of Sand and Fog

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Depressing as all get-out, but Sir Ben (Kingsley) is the man. It's easy to see why he was nominated for Best Actor. Likewise, the woman who played his wife -- some new Iranian actress -- was amazing (also nominated for best supporting).

Basically, it tells the story of a depressive woman who wrongly loses her house to the state (failure to pay a non-existent tax bill) and an Iranian family headed by Sir Ben who purchases said house on auction. The rest is a heated battle over possession of and who has a moral right to the house.

Depressing, tragic, and gripping.
 

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Keeper said:
Depressing as all get-out, but Sir Ben (Kingsley) is the man. It's easy to see why he was nominated for Best Actor. Likewise, the woman who played his wife -- some new Iranian actress -- was amazing (also nominated for best supporting).

Basically, it tells the story of a depressive woman who wrongly loses her house to the state (failure to pay a non-existent tax bill) and an Iranian family headed by Sir Ben who purchases said house on auction. The rest is a heated battle over possession of and who has a moral right to the house.

Depressing, tragic, and gripping.

This movie is so well made, so well directed. so well acted, but oh so tragic. I agree with Keeper, Kingsley is a master of his trade. Great movie but not for everyone.
 

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If you want another Kingsley classic, try "Sexy Beast". He has another film due out soon. Saw the trailer, which looks to be a cracker.
 

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Yes, I heard the same. I've had trouble finding it available at the local shop, but I heard he has arguably the most violent and obscene dialogue ever written for film and presents it better than anyone possibly could.

True?
 

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Ol' Ben does a very convincing nutter. More convincing then Hollywood's anointed gangster, Vinnie Jones, could ever hope to be. And he's as hard as RF's mid-section.
 

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Kingsley's performance in Sexy Beast was downright epic. He seems nuttier than squirrel shite (courtesy of Jinky) without reverting to the standard Cuckoo's Nest list of psychotic antics. The Oscar-calibre equivalent of a Cokcney squeege-kid trying to sooth his tourette's with repeated hits of smack and meth.

Perhaps the performance of a lifetime.

So can anybody explain to me what the hell he's doing starring in Thunderbirds?

Anybody?

Anybody?
 

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