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10 unusual facts about William Hurt


Anne Tyler

Her tenth novel, The Accidental Tourist, was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1985, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 and was made into a 1988 movie starring William Hurt and Geena Davis.

Division Films

The company then co-produced the two-film project, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, which stars Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and William Hurt, which will be shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

Farah Abushwesha

She has made three award-winning short films, and her film production works includes Wasteland, The Comedian and Late Bloomers, with William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini.

Héctor Babenco

He has directed some of the most respected American actors in cinema, including: William Hurt, John Lithgow, Raul Julia, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates, and others.

Ian Adams

Hunt for Justice, (GalaFilms) starring William Hurt, John Corbett, and Wendy Crewson, The second original screen play, The Clark Todd Story, (ImagiNation Films and Box Films, UK) is scheduled for filming to begin early in 2006.

John Penney

In 2004, after gaining a certain degree of fame for his work on the Return of the Living Dead III and the William Hurt film Contaminated Man, Penny signed a production deal with Leo Grillo and began working on a film titled Zyzzyx Road.

Scott Bartlett

His science fiction epic feature "Innerseed" was in pre-production for many years, having completed a pre-visualization version starring a then unknown William Hurt.

Shaun Dingwall

Dingwall’s film career began with a small role in Second Best playing the same character as William Hurt.

Shill

Some plants are in reality inmates or prisoners of war who have been promised better treatment and conditions in return for helping with the interrogation; the character played by William Hurt in the film Kiss of the Spider Woman is an example of this.

Walter Sparrow

Subsequent films, interspersed between countless TV appearances, included the 1969 sex fantasy Zeta One, Young Sherlock Holmes, and the acclaimed 1988 film The Accidental Tourist starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Geena Davis.


Artists Repertory Theatre

The production features a stellar cast including Academy-Award winning actor William Hurt, Australian star of stage and screen Robyn Nevin, Artists Rep Company Member Todd Van Voris, and Sydney Theatre Company Members Luke Mullins and Emily Russell.

Édgar Ramírez

In this high-budgeted Sony Pictures political thriller, Ramírez joined an all-star international cast including Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, William Hurt, Forrest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega, and Ayelet Zurer.

Michael Ontkean

Ontkean was not the director's first choice for the film: Arthur Hiller had previously approached Tom Berenger, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, William Hurt and Peter Strauss to play the lead, before finally approaching Ontkean.

Paula Taylor

Taylor made her Hollywood debut starring opposite William Hurt and Cary Elwes in the 2010 film Shadows.

The Accidental Tourist

The novel was adapted into a 1988 award-winning film starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis, for which Davis won an Academy Award.