Monica film center santa monica monica film center santa monica. Strong performances from the cast earning ryan gosling an. Although ryan flecks raw, edgy drama half nelson could use a little trimming, it is nevertheless a compelling drama rooted on ryan goslings mesmerizing performance as dan dunne, a crackaddicted, innercity highschool history teacher who resorts to drugs in spite of or perhaps because of his desire to change the world for the better. Apr 19, 2007 gosling and epps also flesh out their roles with consummate ease the latter graduating from the same role in flecks preparatory short film. Gosling was nominated for the academy award for best actor for his performance. So if you still have not had the chance to catch half nelson, go watch it now. Shareeka epps and ryan goslings performances are excellent as are those of all the supporting cast. The film covers ground somewhat like what weve seen in to sir, with love, dangerous minds, the blackboard jungle and other innercity school dramas. The film starts in an almost found footage style almost as if you are beginning to watch a documentary about inner city schools in the us this soon changes and slowly a very uninspiring story emerges and you soon find yourself urging the thing to move on and for something to actually happen. Not bad for a canadian guy who got his start on the mickey mouse club with britney spears, justin. Dinner scene from the great 2006 indie, half nelson from ryan fleck and anna boden, starring ryan gosling and shareeka epps. The film stars ryan gosling, shareeka epps and anthony mackie. If the strength of the medium of film is to relay meaning which cannot be expressed in.
Ryan goslings half nelson is a wellmade comingofage film. Ryan gosling is breathtaking in half nelson the indian express. Hollywood rewind ryan gosling is breathtaking in half nelson. Its a wise, unsentimental portrait of lonely people at the crossroads.
The late late show with james corden recommended for you. He states the kids keep him grounded, and i believe him. Half nelson has a very good story with some great performances, especially from the alwaysincredible ryan gosling. Ryan flecks directorial debut is an absorbing tale of demons and dreams, and the film compels us to consider role models in the real world, and who we look up to in the unlikeliest of friendships. Jul 12, 2006 half nelson was retitled gownaus, brooklyn, after the industrial brooklyn neighborhood they were living in at the time. Sanders at an event for half nelson 2006 deborah rush at an event for half. Half nelson features powerful performances from ryan gosling and shareeka. With a generous use of close ups and the haunting broken social scene soundtrack, half nelson delivers with a stark intimacy and emotion that you wouldnt expect from a film of its stature. The short was an impressive debut, which won the grand jury prize at the 2004 sundance film festival. The power of second chances in half nelson ryan gosling was nominated for an oscar, but both gosling and shareeka epps deliver strong performances in a very important indie film alex bauer.
Half nelson 2006 trailer ryan gosling anthony mackie. Half nelson film, a 2006 film starring ryan gosling and shareeka epps. Ryan gosling is the perfect portrait of a good person who got lost. Featuring an oscarnominated performance by ryan gosling drive, half nelson is a moving story of redemption in an unforgiving world. Its about a schoolteacher who teaches poor kids in a city slum, and the teacher. As far as our male lead is concerned, half nelson is considered ryan gosling s breakout performance for which he was even nominated for an oscar in the best actor category. Gosling and epps also flesh out their roles with consummate ease the latter graduating from the same role in flecks preparatory short film. The power of second chances in half nelson cinenation. Halfnelson thinkfilm has a lot going for it, but it may be remembered as the movie that finally made ryan gosling the movie star he deserves to.
The versatile, chameleonlike canadian actor ryan gosling has consistently been drawn to dark, emotionally troubling roles. Half nelson is a spare, original story with exquisitely natural and fresh performances delivered by ryan gosling, shareeka epps and anthony mackie. Gosling gained wider recognition in 2004 with a leading role in the commercially successful romance the notebook. May 08, 2007 if you missed gosling s standout performance in the gritty indie half nelson at the box office last year and it was easy to do in the middle of a crowded oscar season, the dvd release is a good. Ryan gosling me zas a opet dostal, to je typek, ktery dokaze ozivit i jinak prumerny film vzorec pro vrazdu. Ryan gosling is one heck of an actorand one of the most watchable young movie stars around. Sep 22, 2006 ryan gosling made happen what happens only once every so often. Half nelson a terrific performance by ryan gosling is the chief but hardly sole reason to embrace half nelson. From mormon to mickey mouse mouthpiece actor ryan gosling is not your average film star.
He tells tom dawson some halftruths about his new film half nelson. Half nelson is a 2006 american drama film directed by ryan fleck and written by fleck and anna boden. Half nelson is one of the most exciting american independent films in years. Half nelson 2006 trailer ryan gosling anthony mackie youtube. Even if you have not experienced addiction in your life, the story is worthwhile and the photography stellar. Aug 11, 2006 half nelson turns standard plotline insideout the movie half nelson, starring ryan gosling as a crackaddicted schoolteacher, turned heads at the sundance film festival. It was scored by canadian band broken social scene. Its a small film with a long view, and its story hinges on an unusually. Ryan gosling, shareeka epps, anthony mackie half nelson movie director.
Halfnelson was nominated for the grand jury prize at the 2007 sundance film festival, and ryan gosling was nominated for the academy award for best actor. Half nelson is a small cinematic miracle a film of such honesty that it challenges the boundaries of narrative film and cinema verite. Strong performances from the cast earning ryan gosling an oscar nomination for. For example, the sun goes up and then it goes down. In the movies, and unfortunately in life, we tend to accept the easy falsehood that someone who behaves badly in one respect must be bad in others, even if theyre totally unrelated. The plot is simple, meandering, but never going too far off tangent. Ryan gosling gives an amazing performance as dan, a crackaddicted teacher in an inner city school in nyc. With ryan gosling, anthony mackie, shareeka epps, jeff lima. Ryan gosling is amazing as dan, a charismatic but drug addicted teacher an academy award level performance.
Jan 23, 2016 dinner scene from the great 2006 indie, half nelson from ryan fleck and anna boden, starring ryan gosling and shareeka epps. Sep 14, 2006 in half nelson, dan dunne ryan gosling, a junior high teacher with problems, tries to do right by drey shareeka epps, left. Half nelson features powerful performances from ryan gosling and shareeka epps. Smart, moving and politically engaged half nelson is one of the most exciting american independent films in years.
Aug 11, 2006 half nelson is that rarest of marvels an american fiction film that wears its political heart on its sleeve. For playing a drugaddicted teacher in half nelson 2006, he was nominated for an academy award for best actor, and he next played a socially inept loner in lars and the real girl 2007. But his personal disappointments and disillusionment have led to a serious drug habit. Ofsted would certainly have something to complain about if they ever stumbled across a teacher like dan dunne, the one ryan gosling plays in. Jan 22, 2017 the power of second chances in half nelson ryan gosling was nominated for an oscar, but both gosling and shareeka epps deliver strong performances in a very important indie film alex bauer. Aug 11, 2006 half nelson thinkfilm has a lot going for it, but it may be remembered as the movie that finally made ryan gosling the movie star he deserves to. Half nelson, a composition by miles davis from workin with the miles davis quintet.
A powerful, awardwinning film about an innercity junior high school teacher ryan gosling, the notebook with a drug habit who forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students shareeka epps after she discovers his secret. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Aug 04, 2006 here is the official half nelson trailer. The film was based on the short, gowanus, brooklyn, which won an award at the 2004 sundance film festival. Sep 22, 2006 it is not about the reasons leading to addiction or the recovery, rather it is about the experience of the addiction in its raw reality. The film comes out august 11th in nyc at the angelika and lncoln plaza. If you missed goslings standout performance in the gritty indie half nelson at the box office last year and it was easy to do in the middle of a crowded oscar season, the dvd release is.
Complex and moving, it challenges the viewer to confront easy stereotypes. The harshest burns from the roast of justin bieber duration. In half nelson, dans ryan gosling take on history as concept and series of events has as much to do with his personal past as any ideological leanings. In half nelson, dan dunne ryan gosling, a junior high teacher with problems, tries to do right by drey shareeka epps, left. Dan dunne gosling is a dynamic and inspirational inner city high school teacher. Made me look at what i seen before under a new magnifying light. Half nelson is that rarest of marvels an american fiction film that.
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