Miloš Forman
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Jan Tomáš Forman (ˈjan ˈtomaːʃ ˈforman; born February 18, 1932), better known as Miloš Forman (ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman, lang), is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from Czechoslovakia
. Two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
and Amadeus
, are among the most celebrated in the history of film
, both gaining him the Academy Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for the same award for The People vs. Larry Flynt
. He also won Golden Globe, Cannes
, Berlinale, BAFTA, Cesar
, David di Donatello
, European Film Academy
, and Czech Lion
awards.
, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic), the son of Anna (née Švábová), who ran a summer hotel, and Rudolf Forman, a professor. His parents were Protestants. During the Nazi occupation
a member of the anti-Nazi Underground named Forman's father as a member of the Underground while being interrogated by the Gestapo. His father was arrested for distributing banned books and died in Buchenwald in 1944. His mother died in Auschwitz in 1943.Forman has stated that he did not fully understand what had happened to his parents until he saw footage of the concentration camps when he was 16.
Forman lived with relatives during World War II
and later discovered that his biological father was a Jewish architect, Otto Kohn. He has a brother Pavel Forman, 12 years older, Czech painter who also emigrated after 1968 invasion - to Australia. In his youth he wanted to become a theatrical producer, bypassing theater.
After the war, Forman attended King George College public school in the spa town Poděbrady
, where his fellow students included Václav Havel
, the Mašín brothers
and future film-makers Ivan Passer
and Jerzy Skolimowski
. He later studied screenwriting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
. During the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
in summer 1968, he left Europe for the United States.
Forman's first wife was Czech movie star Jana Brejchová
. They met during the making of the movie Štěňata (1957). They divorced in 1962. Forman has twin sons with his second wife, Czech actress Věra Křesadlová-Formanová. Both sons, Petr Forman and Matěj Forman, born 1964, live for the theatre. That marriage lasted for thirty-five years, spanning 1964 to 1999. Then Forman married Martina Zbořilová on November 28, 1999. They also have twin sons, Jim and Andy (born 1999, named for comics Jim Carrey
and Andy Kaufman
), and reside in Connecticut.
In 2006, he received the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award
presented by the Prague Society for International Cooperation.
He is a professor emeritus at Columbia University
.
The asteroid 11333 Forman
was named after Forman.
In 2009 a documentary film about Forman directed by Miloš Šmídmajer emerged – Milos Forman: Co te nezabije....
He has written poems and published an autobiography called My Two Worlds.
Miroslav Ondříček
and many years friend with school – Ivan Passer
Forman has wound mute document Semafor about theater. Forman's first important achievement is the documentary Audition whose subject was competing singers. He directed several Czech
comedies in Czechoslovakia
. However, during the Prague Spring
and the ensuing 1968 invasion, he was in Paris negotiating the production of his first American film. His employer, a Czech studio, fired him, claiming that he had been out of the country illegally. He moved to New York, where he later became a professor of film at Columbia University
and co-chair (with his former teacher František Daniel) of Columbia's film department. One of his protégés was future director James Mangold
, whom Forman had advised about scriptwriting.
In 1977, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
In 1985 he headed the Cannes
film festival and in 2000 did the same for the Venice
festival. He presided over a ceremony of Ceasar in 1988.
In 1997, he received the Crystal Globe
award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
. Forman co-starred alongside actor Edward Norton
in the actor's directorial debut, Keeping the Faith
(2000), as the wise friend to Norton's conflicted priest.
In April 2007 the jazz
opera Dobře placená procházka
premiered at the National Theatre
, directed by Forman's son, Petr Forman.
Forman received an honorary degree in 2009 from Emerson College
in Boston.
He regularly collaborates with cinematographer
Miroslav Ondříček
.
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde is one of best–known movies of Czechoslovak New Wave
and has been rewarded on the Venice
and Locarno
film festivals. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
in 1967.
The Firemen's Ball
A 1967 Czechoslovak
-Italian
co-production, this was Forman's first color film. It is one of the best–known movies of Czechoslovak New Wave
. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
Taking Off
The first movie Forman realized in United States, Taking Off was rewarded at Cannes Film Festival
. The film starred Lynn Carlin and Buck Henry
.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
In spite of initial difficulties, he started directing in the United States, and achieved success in 1975 with the adaptation
of Ken Kesey
's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
starring Jack Nicholson
and Louise Fletcher
. The film won five Oscars, winning (as one of only three in history, with It Happened One Night
and The Silence of the Lambs) in the five most important categories: Best Director, Best Actor
, Best Actress
, Best Picture
and Best Adapted Screenplay, which firmly established Forman's reputation.
Hair
The success of One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest allowed Forman to direct the long-planned film Hair
a (rock opera
) in 1979, based on the Broadway musical by James Rado and Gerome Ragni
and Galt MacDermot
. The film starred Treat Williams
, John Savage
and Beverly D'Angelo
.
Amadeus
Forman's next important achievement was the adaption of Peter Shaffer
's Amadeus
in 1984—retelling the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
and Antonio Salieri
. The film starred Tom Hulce
, Elizabeth Berridge
and (for this role rewarded Oscar
) F. Murray Abraham
. This brought him his second Oscar for Best Director and numerous other awards. The movie won eight Oscars, including Best Picture
. Forman and Shaffer call their movie fantasy inspired life and magical death of Mozart.
Valmont
Adaptation
of novel Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
– Les Liaisons dangereuses
had its premiere on November 17, 1989. Another film adaptation by Stephen Frears
had been released the previous year and received much acclaim. The film starred Colin Firth
, Meg Tilly and Annette Bening
. It did not earn favorable reviews.
The People vs. Larry Flynt
The 1996 biopic of pornographic publisher Larry Flynt
brought Forman another Oscar nomination. The film starred Woody Harrelson
, Courtney Love
and Edward Norton
.
(in this role rewarded Golden Globe Jim Carrey
) had premiere on December 22, 1999. The film starred Jim Carrey
, Danny DeVito
, Courtney Love
and Paul Giamatti
.
Goya's Ghosts
This free biography of Spanish painter Francisco Goya
(American-Spain co-production) premiered on November 8, 2006. The film starred Natalie Portman
, Javier Bardem
, Stellan Skarsgård
and Randy Quaid
.
. There will be a female protagonist, an investigative journalist who, thirty years after the conference, sets out to locate Édouard Daladier
, the former French Council president.
, associated with petty theft in the film, has been used to describe the large-scale asset stripping
that occurred in the country during the 1990s.
Golden Globe
Cannes
Berlinale
BAFTA
César Award
David di Donatello
European Film Academy
Czech Lion
List of Greatest Czechs
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
. Two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey....
and Amadeus
Amadeus (film)
Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the...
, are among the most celebrated in the history of film
History of film
The history of film is the historical development of the medium known variously as cinema, motion pictures, film, or the movies.The history of film spans over 100 years, from the latter part of the 19th century to the present day...
, both gaining him the Academy Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for the same award for The People vs. Larry Flynt
The People vs. Larry Flynt
The People vs. Larry Flynt is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman about the rise of pornographic magazine publisher and editor Larry Flynt, and his subsequent clash with the law. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton.The film was written by...
. He also won Golden Globe, Cannes
Cannes
Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
, Berlinale, BAFTA, Cesar
Cesar
Cesar or César is a form of the name Caesar, and may refer to:-People:* César, an alias for Gerardo Aguilar Ramírez, a Colombian guerrillero...
, David di Donatello
David di Donatello
David di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, is a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. There are 24 categories as of 2006.- History :The...
, European Film Academy
European Film Academy
The European Film Academy is an initiative of a group of European filmmakers who came together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988.- European Film Academy :...
, and Czech Lion
Czech Lion
The Czech Lion awards are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic...
awards.
Personal life
Forman was born in ČáslavCáslav
Čáslav is a town in eastern part of Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.- History :History of Čáslav begins after year 800 with founding of citadel and settlement called Hrádek. Near Hrádek, new town with huge square was founded by king Přemysl Otakar II in 1250...
, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic), the son of Anna (née Švábová), who ran a summer hotel, and Rudolf Forman, a professor. His parents were Protestants. During the Nazi occupation
German occupation of Czechoslovakia
German occupation of Czechoslovakia began with the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's pretext for this effort was the alleged privations suffered by...
a member of the anti-Nazi Underground named Forman's father as a member of the Underground while being interrogated by the Gestapo. His father was arrested for distributing banned books and died in Buchenwald in 1944. His mother died in Auschwitz in 1943.Forman has stated that he did not fully understand what had happened to his parents until he saw footage of the concentration camps when he was 16.
Forman lived with relatives during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and later discovered that his biological father was a Jewish architect, Otto Kohn. He has a brother Pavel Forman, 12 years older, Czech painter who also emigrated after 1968 invasion - to Australia. In his youth he wanted to become a theatrical producer, bypassing theater.
After the war, Forman attended King George College public school in the spa town Poděbrady
Podebrady
Poděbrady is a historical spa town in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It lies on the river Labe 50 km east of Prague on the D11 highway. A historic milestone in the life of the town was the year 1905, when it was visited by the German estate owner Prince von Bülow...
, where his fellow students included Václav Havel
Václav Havel
Václav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...
, the Mašín brothers
Mašín
Mašín is a Czech family name, most often associated with Josef Mašín and his sons, Ctirad Mašín and Josef Mašín jr.The former was a hero of Czech anti-Nazi resistance, the latter - often called the Mašín-Brothers - started armed anti-Communist resistance after the war...
and future film-makers Ivan Passer
Ivan Passer
Ivan Passer is a Czech-born film director and screenwriter.A significant figure in the Czech New Wave of the mid-1960s, Passer worked closely with Miloš Forman on many of his films, and directed his first feature in 1965...
and Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début Oko wykol...
. He later studied screenwriting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague is a university level school of music, dance, drama, film, TV and multi-media studies.- Faculties :*Film and TV School - FAMU*Music Faculty - HAMU*Theatre Faculty - DAMU-Notable alumni:...
. During the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
On the night of 20–21 August 1968, the Soviet Union and her main satellite states in the Warsaw Pact – Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic , Hungary and Poland – invaded the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in order to halt Alexander Dubček's Prague Spring political liberalization...
in summer 1968, he left Europe for the United States.
Forman's first wife was Czech movie star Jana Brejchová
Jana Brejchová
Jana Brejchová is a Czech film actress. She has appeared in over 70 films since 1953. She was married to actor Vlastimil Brodský.-Selected filmography:* Desire * Suburban Romance...
. They met during the making of the movie Štěňata (1957). They divorced in 1962. Forman has twin sons with his second wife, Czech actress Věra Křesadlová-Formanová. Both sons, Petr Forman and Matěj Forman, born 1964, live for the theatre. That marriage lasted for thirty-five years, spanning 1964 to 1999. Then Forman married Martina Zbořilová on November 28, 1999. They also have twin sons, Jim and Andy (born 1999, named for comics Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario...
and Andy Kaufman
Andy Kaufman
Andrew Geoffrey "Andy" Kaufman was an American entertainer, actor and performance artist. While often referred to as a comedian, Kaufman did not consider himself one...
), and reside in Connecticut.
In 2006, he received the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award
Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award
The Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award is given annually to people who have dedicated their lives to public service. It was established in 2000 by the Prague Society for International Cooperation and the Global Panel Foundation and is named in honor of the Prague Society's President Marc S....
presented by the Prague Society for International Cooperation.
He is a professor emeritus at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.
The asteroid 11333 Forman
11333 Forman
11333 Forman is a minor planet that was discovered on April 20, 1996 by Petr Pravec and Lenka Šarounová at Ondřejov Observatory. It is named after the Czech film director Miloš Forman.-External links:*http://www.astro.cz/planetky/detail.phtml?number=11333...
was named after Forman.
In 2009 a documentary film about Forman directed by Miloš Šmídmajer emerged – Milos Forman: Co te nezabije....
He has written poems and published an autobiography called My Two Worlds.
Career
Along with future favorite cinematographerCinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
Miroslav Ondříček
Miroslav Ondrícek
Miroslav Ondříček is a Czech cinematographer with a body of work spanning over 40 films, including Amadeus, Ragtime and If.....-Life and career:...
and many years friend with school – Ivan Passer
Ivan Passer
Ivan Passer is a Czech-born film director and screenwriter.A significant figure in the Czech New Wave of the mid-1960s, Passer worked closely with Miloš Forman on many of his films, and directed his first feature in 1965...
Forman has wound mute document Semafor about theater. Forman's first important achievement is the documentary Audition whose subject was competing singers. He directed several Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
comedies in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
. However, during the Prague Spring
Prague Spring
The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II...
and the ensuing 1968 invasion, he was in Paris negotiating the production of his first American film. His employer, a Czech studio, fired him, claiming that he had been out of the country illegally. He moved to New York, where he later became a professor of film at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and co-chair (with his former teacher František Daniel) of Columbia's film department. One of his protégés was future director James Mangold
James Mangold
James Allen Mangold is an American film director and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for Walk the Line which he co-wrote and directed.-Life and career:...
, whom Forman had advised about scriptwriting.
In 1977, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
In 1985 he headed the Cannes
Cannes
Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
film festival and in 2000 did the same for the Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
festival. He presided over a ceremony of Ceasar in 1988.
In 1997, he received the Crystal Globe
Crystal Globe
Crystal Globe is the main award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, first given in the city of Karlovy Vary of the Czech Republic, in 1948.In the international competition of films, IFFKV presents the following awards:...
award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....
. Forman co-starred alongside actor Edward Norton
Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Norton is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. In 1996, his supporting role in the courtroom drama Primal Fear garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor...
in the actor's directorial debut, Keeping the Faith
Keeping the Faith
Keeping the Faith is a 2000 American romantic comedy film, written by Stuart Blumberg and directed by Edward Norton. This film was released by Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment, in association with Triple Threat Talent on April 14, 2000....
(2000), as the wise friend to Norton's conflicted priest.
In April 2007 the jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
opera Dobře placená procházka
Dobře placená procházka
Dobře placená procházka is a Czech musical and film.- Story :This "jazz opera" was written by Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr. The play was directed by Ján Roháč, and had its premiere on June 15, 1965 at the Semafor Theatre. It was also performed at various theater throughout Europe - Finland, Belgium,...
premiered at the National Theatre
National Theatre (Prague)
The National Theatre in Prague is known as the Alma Mater of Czech opera, and as the national monument of Czech history and art.The National Theatre belongs to the most important Czech cultural institutions, with a rich artistic tradition which was created and maintained by the most distinguished...
, directed by Forman's son, Petr Forman.
Forman received an honorary degree in 2009 from Emerson College
Emerson College
Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...
in Boston.
He regularly collaborates with cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
Miroslav Ondříček
Miroslav Ondrícek
Miroslav Ondříček is a Czech cinematographer with a body of work spanning over 40 films, including Amadeus, Ragtime and If.....-Life and career:...
.
Loves of a BlondeLoves of a BlondeLoves of a Blonde is a 1965 Czechoslovakian film directed by Miloš Forman. It is also known under the alternate title of A Blonde in Love.-Plot:...
Loves of a Blonde is one of best–known movies of Czechoslovak New WaveCzechoslovak New Wave
The Czechoslovak New Wave is a term used for the early films of 1960s Czech directors Miloš Forman, Věra Chytilová, Ivan Passer, Jaroslav Papoušek, Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Jaromil Jireš, Vojtěch Jasný, Evald Schorm and Slovak directors Juraj Herz, Juraj Jakubisko, Štefan Uher, Ján Kádár, Elo...
and has been rewarded on the Venice
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
and Locarno
Locarno International Film Festival
The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history...
film festivals. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
in 1967.
The Firemen's BallThe Firemen's Ball-External links:*...
A 1967 CzechoslovakCzechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
-Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
co-production, this was Forman's first color film. It is one of the best–known movies of Czechoslovak New Wave
Czechoslovak New Wave
The Czechoslovak New Wave is a term used for the early films of 1960s Czech directors Miloš Forman, Věra Chytilová, Ivan Passer, Jaroslav Papoušek, Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Jaromil Jireš, Vojtěch Jasný, Evald Schorm and Slovak directors Juraj Herz, Juraj Jakubisko, Štefan Uher, Ján Kádár, Elo...
. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
Taking OffTaking Off (film)Taking Off is a 1971 film comedy. It was Czech director Milos Forman's first American film. It tells the story of a group of parents whose children have run away from home...
The first movie Forman realized in United States, Taking Off was rewarded at Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
. The film starred Lynn Carlin and Buck Henry
Buck Henry
Henry Zuckerman, better known as Buck Henry , is an American actor, writer, film director, and television director.-Early life:...
.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey....
In spite of initial difficulties, he started directing in the United States, and achieved success in 1975 with the adaptationOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey....
of Ken Kesey
Ken Kesey
Kenneth Elton "Ken" Kesey was an American author, best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , and as a counter-cultural figure who considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. "I was too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a...
's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon asylum, the narrative serves as a study of the institutional process and the human mind, as well as a critique of Behaviorism and a celebration of humanistic principles. Written in 1959, the novel was adapted into a...
starring Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been nominated for an Academy Award twelve times, and has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice: for One Flew Over the...
and Louise Fletcher
Louise Fletcher
Louise Fletcher is an American actress best known for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and as Kai Winn Adami in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She also guest starred on the science fiction television series Heroes...
. The film won five Oscars, winning (as one of only three in history, with It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night is a 1934 American romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite tries to get out from under her father's thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter . The plot was based on the story Night Bus by Samuel...
and The Silence of the Lambs) in the five most important categories: Best Director, Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Actor
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
, Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
, Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best Picture category is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible not only...
and Best Adapted Screenplay, which firmly established Forman's reputation.
HairHair (film)Hair is a 1979 American film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same name about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center...
Hair (film)
Hair is a 1979 American film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same name about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center...
a (rock opera
Rock opera
A rock opera is a work of rock music that presents a storyline told over multiple parts, songs or sections in the manner of opera. A rock opera differs from a conventional rock album, which usually includes songs that are not unified by a common theme or narrative. More recent developments include...
) in 1979, based on the Broadway musical by James Rado and Gerome Ragni
Gerome Ragni
Gerome Bernard Ragni was an American actor, singer and songwriter, best known as the co-author of the groundbreaking 1960s Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical.-Early life:...
and Galt MacDermot
Galt MacDermot
Galt MacDermot is a Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre. He won a Grammy Award for the song African Waltz in 1960. His most successful musicals have been Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona...
. The film starred Treat Williams
Treat Williams
Richard Treat Williams is a Screen Actors Guild Award–nominated American actor and children's book author who has appeared on film, stage and television...
, John Savage
John Savage
John Savage may refer to:* John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers * John F. Savage Hall, the basketball arena for the University of Toledo* John Savage , actor* John Savage , baseball head coach...
and Beverly D'Angelo
Beverly D'Angelo
Beverly Heather D'Angelo is an American actress and singer.-Early life:D'Angelo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Priscilla , a violinist, and Gene D'Angelo, a bass player and television station manager. She is of part Italian ancestry...
.
AmadeusAmadeus (film)Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the...
Forman's next important achievement was the adaption of Peter ShafferPeter Shaffer
Sir Peter Levin Shaffer is an English dramatist and playwright, screenwriter and author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed.-Early life:...
's Amadeus
Amadeus
Amadeus is a play by Peter Shaffer.It is based on the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, highly fictionalized.Amadeus was first performed in 1979...
in 1984—retelling the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
and Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy....
. The film starred Tom Hulce
Tom Hulce
Thomas Edward "Tom" Hulce is an American actor and theater producer. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his Oscar-nominated portrayal of Mozart in the movie Amadeus and his role as "Pinto" in National Lampoon's Animal House. Additional acting awards included a total of four Golden Globe...
, Elizabeth Berridge
Elizabeth Berridge
Elizabeth Berridge is an American film and theatre actress. She is best known for playing Constanze Mozart in the Academy Award winning 1984 film Amadeus....
and (for this role rewarded Oscar
Academy Award for Best Actor
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
) F. Murray Abraham
F. Murray Abraham
Fahrid Murray Abraham is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus. He has appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films such as All the President's Men and Scarface...
. This brought him his second Oscar for Best Director and numerous other awards. The movie won eight Oscars, including Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best Picture category is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible not only...
. Forman and Shaffer call their movie fantasy inspired life and magical death of Mozart.
ValmontValmont (film)Valmont is a 1989 drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos. It was adapted for the screen with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière...
AdaptationAdaptation
An adaptation in biology is a trait with a current functional role in the life history of an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection. An adaptation refers to both the current state of being adapted and to the dynamic evolutionary process that leads to the adaptation....
of novel Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos was a French novelist, official and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses ....
– Les Liaisons dangereuses
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Les Liaisons dangereuses is a French epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782....
had its premiere on November 17, 1989. Another film adaptation by Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears
Stephen Arthur Frears is an English film director.-Early life:Frears was born in Leicester, England to Ruth M., a social worker, and Dr Russell E. Frears, a general practitioner and accountant. He did not find out that his mother was Jewish until he was in his late 20s...
had been released the previous year and received much acclaim. The film starred Colin Firth
Colin Firth
SirColin Andrew Firth, CBE is a British film, television, and theatre actor. Firth gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice...
, Meg Tilly and Annette Bening
Annette Bening
Annette Carol Bening is an American actress. Bening is a four-time Oscar nominee for her roles in The Grifters, American Beauty, Being Julia and The Kids Are All Right, winning Golden Globe Awards for the latter two films...
. It did not earn favorable reviews.
The People vs. Larry FlyntThe People vs. Larry FlyntThe People vs. Larry Flynt is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman about the rise of pornographic magazine publisher and editor Larry Flynt, and his subsequent clash with the law. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton.The film was written by...
The 1996 biopic of pornographic publisher Larry FlyntLarry Flynt
Larry Claxton Flynt, Jr. is an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications . In 2003, Arena magazine listed him as the number one on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list....
brought Forman another Oscar nomination. The film starred Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an American actor.Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the television sitcom Cheers as bartender Woody Boyd...
, Courtney Love
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...
and Edward Norton
Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Norton is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. In 1996, his supporting role in the courtroom drama Primal Fear garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor...
.
Man on the Moon
The biography of famous actor and comic Andy KaufmanAndy Kaufman
Andrew Geoffrey "Andy" Kaufman was an American entertainer, actor and performance artist. While often referred to as a comedian, Kaufman did not consider himself one...
(in this role rewarded Golden Globe Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario...
) had premiere on December 22, 1999. The film starred Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario...
, Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito
Daniel Michael DeVito, Jr. , better known as Danny DeVito, is an American actor, comedian, director and producer. He first gained prominence for his portrayal of Louie De Palma on the ABC and NBC television series Taxi , for which he won a Golden Globe and an Emmy.DeVito and his wife, Rhea Perlman,...
, Courtney Love
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...
and Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor. Giamatti began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, The Negotiator, and Man on the Moon, before earning lead roles in several projects in the...
.
Goya's GhostsGoya's GhostsGoya's Ghosts is a 2006 Spanish/American film directed by Miloš Forman, and produced by Xuxa Producciones and by Saul Zaentz, and written by Miloš Forman and Jean-Claude Carrière. The film stars Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem, and Stellan Skarsgård, and was filmed on location in Spain during late...
This free biography of Spanish painter Francisco GoyaFrancisco Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown, and through his works was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era...
(American-Spain co-production) premiered on November 8, 2006. The film starred Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman
Natalie Hershlag , better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film Léon, but major success came when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel...
, Javier Bardem
Javier Bardem
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem is a Spanish actor. In 2007 he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as sociopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men, and has also garnered critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne trémula, Boca a boca, Los...
, Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist,...
and Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid
Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid is an American actor perhaps best known for his role as Cousin Eddie in the National Lampoon's Vacation movies, as well as his numerous supporting roles in films, including his Oscar nominated performance in The Last Detail, Independence Day, Kingpin and Brokeback Mountain...
.
The Ghost of Munich
Premiere of Forman's newest historical drama in France based on the novel by Georges-Marc Benamou and written by Forman and Georges-Marc Benamou is expected in 2012. The central topic is the Munich AgreementMunich Agreement
The Munich Pact was an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The Sudetenland were areas along Czech borders, mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without...
. There will be a female protagonist, an investigative journalist who, thirty years after the conference, sets out to locate Édouard Daladier
Édouard Daladier
Édouard Daladier was a French Radical politician and the Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War.-Career:Daladier was born in Carpentras, Vaucluse. Later, he would become known to many as "the bull of Vaucluse" because of his thick neck and large shoulders and determined...
, the former French Council president.
Influence on the Czech language
Forman's early films are popular among Czechs. Many situations and phrases from his movies have passed into common use. For example, the Czech term zhasnout (to switch lights off) from The Firemen's BallThe Firemen's Ball
-External links:*...
, associated with petty theft in the film, has been used to describe the large-scale asset stripping
Asset stripping
Asset stripping involves selling the assets of a business individually at a profit. The term is generally used in a pejorative sense as such activity is not considered productive to the economy. Asset stripping is considered to be a problem in economies such as Russia or China that are making a...
that occurred in the country during the 1990s.
Style
Forman has made his own personal style of comedy. His heroes are outsiders leading unconventional lives. His movies are often closely rooted in reality and possess a "para-documentary" quality. His movies typically involve an amateur cast of actors, or actors that are not typically well known.Filmography
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| Year | Film | Oscar nominations | Oscar wins | Film director | Screenwriter Writer A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images.... |
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| 1954 | Stříbrný vítr Stříbrný vítr (film) Stříbrný vítr is a Czech drama film. It was released in 1954.... (Silver wind) |
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| 1955 | Nechte to na mně Leave It to Me (1955 film) -Cast:* Oldrich Nový as Patocka* Theodor Pištěk as Rokos* Frantisek Kreuzmann as Kalousek* Vladimír Repa as Pinc* Bela Jurdová as Anci* Zdenka Baldová* Vladimír Klemens* Cestmír Studna... (Leave it to me) |
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| 1958 | Štěňata (Puppies) | ||||||
| 1960 | Laterna magika II | ||||||
| 1963 | Kdyby ty muziky nebyly | ||||||
| 1963 | Audition (Konkurs) | ||||||
| 1964 | Black Peter Black Peter (film) Black Peter is a 1964 film directed by Miloš Forman.It won the Golden Sail award at the Locarno International Film Festival.... (Černý Petr) |
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| 1964 | Loves of a Blonde Loves of a Blonde Loves of a Blonde is a 1965 Czechoslovakian film directed by Miloš Forman. It is also known under the alternate title of A Blonde in Love.-Plot:... (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) |
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| 1966 | Dobře placená procházka (A well paid walk) | ||||||
| 1967 | The Firemen's Ball The Firemen's Ball -External links:*... (Hoří, má panenko) |
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| 1971 | Taking Off Taking Off (film) Taking Off is a 1971 film comedy. It was Czech director Milos Forman's first American film. It tells the story of a group of parents whose children have run away from home... |
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| 1971 | I Miss Sonia Henie (Short Film) | ||||||
| 1973 | Visions of Eight Visions of Eight Visions of Eight is a 1973 documentary film offering a stylized look at the 1972 Summer Olympics, directed by eight different directors. It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.... |
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| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey.... |
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| 1979 | Hair Hair (film) Hair is a 1979 American film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same name about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center... |
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| 1981 | Ragtime Ragtime (film) Ragtime is a 1981 American film based on the historical novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow. The action takes place in and around New York City, New Rochelle, and Atlantic City in the first decade of the 1900s, and includes fictionalized references to actual people and events of the time. The film was... |
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| 1984 | Amadeus Amadeus (film) Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the... |
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| 1986 | Heartbum | Dmitri | |||||
| 1989 | Valmont Valmont (film) Valmont is a 1989 drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos. It was adapted for the screen with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière... |
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| 1989 | New Years Day | Lazlo | |||||
| 1996 | The People vs. Larry Flynt The People vs. Larry Flynt The People vs. Larry Flynt is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman about the rise of pornographic magazine publisher and editor Larry Flynt, and his subsequent clash with the law. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton.The film was written by... |
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| 1999 | Man on the Moon | ||||||
| 2000 | Keeping the Faith Keeping the Faith Keeping the Faith is a 2000 American romantic comedy film, written by Stuart Blumberg and directed by Edward Norton. This film was released by Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment, in association with Triple Threat Talent on April 14, 2000.... |
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| 2006 | Goya's Ghosts Goya's Ghosts Goya's Ghosts is a 2006 Spanish/American film directed by Miloš Forman, and produced by Xuxa Producciones and by Saul Zaentz, and written by Miloš Forman and Jean-Claude Carrière. The film stars Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem, and Stellan Skarsgård, and was filmed on location in Spain during late... |
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| 2008 | Chelsea on the Rocks Chelsea on the Rocks Chelsea on the Rocks is a documentary film directed by Abel Ferrara about the Hotel Chelsea. It premiered out of competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. The film features Ferrara interviewing people who have and had lived at the hotel and intercutting that dramatized footage of some famous... |
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| 2009 | Peklo s princeznou (Hell with a Princess) | ||||||
| 2011 | The Ghost of Munich The Ghost of Munich (film) The Ghost of Munich is an upcoming historical drama film directed by Miloš Forman based on the novel by Georges-Marc Benamou and written by Miloš Forman and Georges-Marc Benamou, with a soundtrack by the fast rising English composer Roman Bloodworth.... |
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| 2011 | The Beloved The Beloved (2011 film) The Beloved is a 2011 French film written and directed by Christophe Honoré, starring Catherine Deneuve, Milos Forman, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Paul Schneider, Michel Delpech and Chiara Mastroianni. The story will be set in the 1960s and 1990s in Paris, Prague and London.-Production:The... (Les Bien-aimés) |
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Awards, nominations and honours
Academy Awards- 197548th Academy AwardsThe 48th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1976 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, and Gene Kelly...
: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey....
(won) - 198457th Academy AwardsThe 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Jack Lemmon.This ceremony is best-remembered for perhaps the most quoted and famous Academy Award acceptance speech ever...
: AmadeusAmadeus (film)Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the...
(won) - 199669th Academy AwardsThe 69th Academy Awards were dominated by movies produced by independent studios, financed outside of mainstream Hollywood, leading to 1996 being dubbed "The Year of the Independents". All but one of the nominees for Best Picture were low-budget independent movies The 69th Academy Awards were...
: The People vs. Larry FlyntThe People vs. Larry FlyntThe People vs. Larry Flynt is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman about the rise of pornographic magazine publisher and editor Larry Flynt, and his subsequent clash with the law. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton.The film was written by...
(nomination)
Golden Globe
- 197533rd Golden Globe AwardsThe 33rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1975, were held on January 24, 1976.-Best Actor - Drama: Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*Gene Hackman - French Connection II...
: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey....
(won) - 198442nd Golden Globe AwardsThe 42nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1984, were held on January 27, 1985.-Best Actor - Drama: F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus*Jeff Bridges - Starman*Albert Finney - Under the Volcano...
: AmadeusAmadeus (film)Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the...
(won) - 198139th Golden Globe Awards----Film - Drama: On Golden Pond ----Film - Musical or Comedy: Arthur The 39th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1981, were held on January 30, 1982.-Best Actor - Drama: Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond...
: RagtimeRagtimeRagtime is an original musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918. Its main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged," rhythm. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of American cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans years before being published...
(nomination) - 199654th Golden Globe AwardsThe 54th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1996, were held on 19 January 1997.-Best Actor – Drama: Geoffrey Rush – Shine* Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient* Mel Gibson – Ransom...
: The People vs. Larry FlyntThe People vs. Larry FlyntThe People vs. Larry Flynt is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman about the rise of pornographic magazine publisher and editor Larry Flynt, and his subsequent clash with the law. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton.The film was written by...
(won)
Cannes
- 19711971 Cannes Film Festival- Jury :*Michèle Morgan *Pierre Billard *Michael Birkett *Anselmo Duarte *István Gaál *Sergio Leone *Aleksandar Petrović *Maurice Rheims *Erich Segal...
: Taking OffTaking Off (film)Taking Off is a 1971 film comedy. It was Czech director Milos Forman's first American film. It tells the story of a group of parents whose children have run away from home...
(Won) - 19681968 Cannes Film FestivalThe 21st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 10 - 24, 1968, before being cancelled due to the turmoil of May 1968 in France.Peter Lennon's documentary Rocky Road To Dublin was to be the final film screened at the festival...
: The Firemen's BallThe Firemen's Ball-External links:*...
(nomination)
Berlinale
- 1999: Man on the Moon (won)
- 1996: The People vs. Larry FlyntThe People vs. Larry FlyntThe People vs. Larry Flynt is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman about the rise of pornographic magazine publisher and editor Larry Flynt, and his subsequent clash with the law. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton.The film was written by...
(won)
BAFTA
- 197530th British Academy Film Awards1977----Best Film: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest The 30th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1977, honoured the best films of 1976.- Best Film : One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ...
: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey....
(won) - 198439th British Academy Film AwardsThe 39th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1986, honoured the best films of 1985.-Best Film: The Purple Rose of Cairo *Amadeus*Back to the Future*A Passage to India*Witness...
: AmadeusAmadeus (film)Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the...
(nomination) - 197126th British Academy Film AwardsThe 26th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1973, honoured the best films of 1972.-Best Film: Cabaret *A Clockwork Orange*The Last Picture Show*The French Connection-Best Actor:...
: Taking OffTaking Off (film)Taking Off is a 1971 film comedy. It was Czech director Milos Forman's first American film. It tells the story of a group of parents whose children have run away from home...
(nomination – Best Film) - 197126th British Academy Film AwardsThe 26th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1973, honoured the best films of 1972.-Best Film: Cabaret *A Clockwork Orange*The Last Picture Show*The French Connection-Best Actor:...
: Taking OffTaking Off (film)Taking Off is a 1971 film comedy. It was Czech director Milos Forman's first American film. It tells the story of a group of parents whose children have run away from home...
(nomination – Best Screenplay)
César Award
- 1984César Awards 1985The 1985 César Awards were hosted by Simone Signoret. The winners were:*Best Film:Les Ripoux, directed by Claude ZidiL'amour à mort, directed by Alain ResnaisCarmen, directed by Francesco RosiLes Nuits de la pleine lune, directed by Éric RohmerUn dimanche à la campagne, directed by Bertrand...
: AmadeusAmadeus (film)Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the...
(won) - 1975César Awards 1976These are the winners of the César Awards in its first year, 1976:* Best Film :Le Vieux Fusil, directed by Robert EnricoCousin, cousine, directed by Jean Charles TacchellaQue la fête commence, directed by Bertrand TavernierSept morts sur ordonnance, directed by Jacques Rouffio* Best Foreign Film...
: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey....
(nomination) - 1979César Awards 1980The 1980 César Awards were hosted by Jean Marais. The winners were:*Best Film:Tess, directed by Roman PolanskiClair de Femme directed by Costa GavrasDon Giovanni, directed by Joseph LoseyI.....
: HairHair (film)Hair is a 1979 American film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same name about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center...
(nomination) - 1989César Awards 1990The 1990 César Awards were hosted by Kirk Douglas. The winners and nominees were:*Best Film:Trop belle pour toi, directed by Bertrand BlierMonsieur Hire, directed by Patrice LeconteNocturne indien, directed by Alain CorneauUn monde sans pitié, directed by Eric RochantLa Vie et rien d'autre,...
: ValmontValmont (film)Valmont is a 1989 drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos. It was adapted for the screen with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière...
(nomination)
David di Donatello
- 1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey....
(won) - 1984: AmadeusAmadeus (film)Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the...
(won – Best Film) - 1984: AmadeusAmadeus (film)Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the...
(won – Best Screenplay) - 1979: HairHair (film)Hair is a 1979 American film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same name about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center...
(won)
European Film Academy
- 1996: The People vs. Larry FlyntThe People vs. Larry FlyntThe People vs. Larry Flynt is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed by Miloš Forman about the rise of pornographic magazine publisher and editor Larry Flynt, and his subsequent clash with the law. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton.The film was written by...
– Award for European contribution to world cinema – screen Prix International (won)
Czech Lion
- 1997: Contribution to Czech cinemaCinema of the Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic was a seedbed for many acclaimed film directors.Three Czech/Czechoslovak movies that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film were The Shop on Main Street by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos in 1965, Closely Watched Trains by Jiří Menzel in 1967 and...
(won)
List of Greatest Czechs
- Největší ČechNejvetší CechNejvětší Čech is the Czech spin-off of the BBC Greatest Britons show; a television poll of the populace to name the greatest Czech in history. The series was broadcast by the national public-service broadcaster, Česká televize...
: # 30 place
- 1995: Medal of MeritMedal of Merit (Czech Republic)The Medal of Merit is an award of the Czech Republic which comes in three grades, the First Grade being the highest. It awards people for service to the Republic in a number of different public arenas, including: "the economy, science, technology, culture, arts, sports, enlightenment and...
External links
- Bibliography of books and articles about Forman via UC Berkeley Media Resources Center
- Milos Forman, BBC News of March 2001
- Interview with Milos Forman: Defender of the Artist and the Common Man
- Miloš Forman profile