Man Of A Thousand Faces

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Jim plays a divorcee father of two, Tommy Popper, a highly successful real estate developer in Manhattan whose life suddenly changes when he inherits six penguins from his world-traveling father. His kids fall in love with the Arctic animals and Popper tries to maintain life with the penguins while closing a business deal just to connect with his kids.

Carla Guigino plays Mr. Popper’s ex-wife Amanda and Angela Lansbury plays Mrs. Van Gundy the client Mr. Popper seeks to make a business deal with while joggling six penguins. Lansbury, who has been performing more in Broadway musicals, said taking the part in Mr. Popper’s Penguins was an “unexpected adventure in my life. It coincided with my career (break from Broadway)… It’s been 6 years since my last movie.”

Mr. Popper’s Penguins is based on a novel published in 1938 which producer John Davis fell in love with. Davis enlisted Mark Waters to director the family oriented movie.

Jim Carrey said he really enjoyed working with the penguins, though some scenes used CG (electronic) penguins most of the time, he inform me that real penguins were used.

When I asked what would the cast (director and producer also) do if they inherited six penguins Jim Carrey was the first to speak out saying, “I’d eat them,” but of course laughter rang out and mine was the loudest because I wasn’t expecting that reply!

“I’d make a sequel,” producer John Davis quickly added seriously.

Director Mark Waters followed up with a smile, “I’d sign them up… for merchandising rights!”

I think John and Mark are thinking big and Jim may have been a little hungry, but what is for sure is that Mr. Popper’s Penguins will bring big summertime laughter, big family fun and big emphasis on the theme of the movie, discovering the importance of family.

Carrey talked of his own family when discussing where his talent came from, such as his funny faces. “My face has a life of its own,” Jim laughed. Also a painter, Carrey credits his father for having a major influence on his comedic talents he boasted that his father is even funnier than he is.

Mr., Popper’s Penguins starring Jim Carrey is sure to be a summertime favorite movie to see with the entire family. Rated PG, Mr. Popper’s Penguins hits theaters June 17 .

Alec Guinness: Britain's Man of a Thousand Faces | MovieFanFare

Roundly acknowledged as one of the British stage's most versatile and skilled performers of the 20th century, this onetime copywriter left behind one of cinema's most diverse galleries of nuanced and memorable characterizations.  Born to poverty in London in 1914, Alec Guinness' boarding school education was subsidized by the biological father that he would never meet. It was there that he got his first taste of stagecraft with a small part in a school production of "Macbeth." Obtaining a job in advertising upon graduation, he spent what he could on theater tickets while squirreling away tuition for the Fay Compton Studio of Dramatic Art.

His 1934 final exam was graded by John Gielgud, who was sufficiently impressed to cast Alec as Osric in his upcoming production of "Hamlet." Within four years, he would be playing the title role for the Old Vic. Although his stage career burgeoned, Guinness enlisted in the Royal Navy with the onset of World War II, where he would serve as a landing craft operator. Though he appeared as an extra in 1934's Evensong, Guinness' film career did not begin in earnest until after the war's end. Many years later, Guinness would remark, "I gave my best performances during the war, trying to be an officer and a gentleman."

While he never made any secret of his distaste for the role, his percentage deal on the blockbuster netted him significant financial security. Of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Guinness said, "Apart from the money, I regret having embarked on the film. I like them well enough, but it's not an acting job, the dialogue - which is lamentable - keeps being changed and only slightly improved, and I find myself old and out of touch with the young." It's been reported that he claimed he disliked that role so much, that he refused to answer or even open any fan mail related to Star Wars. However, his Star Wars co-stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, as well as director George Lucas , all spoke highly of Guinness, commending his professionalism... so the question arises -- did he really dislike the Star Wars movies, or did he just have a distaste for the fans?

By the 1980s, Alec's health was in decline and his output lessened accordingly. His noteworthy latter efforts include his portrayal of veteran secret agent George Smiley in the 1980 TV miniseries Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy , based on the superlative John Le Carré novel; A Passage to India , a visually stunning epic examinination of prejudice in British-ruled India of the 1920s that was his final collaboration with Lean;  and another Dickens adaptation, Little Dorrit, which brought the actor his fourth and final acting Oscar nomination. As for Oscar nominees and winners, Guinness has the distinction of holding the record for having appeared in the most movies nominated for Academy Awards and which did win -- a total of 35 films.

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