'2012 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action'
By CARRIE RICKEY
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Where feature films conform to the three-act structure of drama, movie short subjects are more like short stories.
"The Shore," the best among this year's Oscar nominees for live-action shorts, has the surprise twist of an O. Henry tale. Written and directed by Terry George, the Northern Irish filmmaker behind "Hotel Rwanda" and "In the Name of the Father," this vignette set in Belfast stars Ciaran Hinds as an accidental activist who left for the United States to avoid arrest during The Troubles, and Conleth Hill as his estranged friend left behind. When Hinds' daughter, nicely played by Kerry Condon, tries to reunite the men, she doesn't know whether they will come to blows or come together.
Read further: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2632395/2012-oscar-nominated-short-films.html
"The Shore," the best among this year's Oscar nominees for live-action shorts, has the surprise twist of an O. Henry tale. Written and directed by Terry George, the Northern Irish filmmaker behind "Hotel Rwanda" and "In the Name of the Father," this vignette set in Belfast stars Ciaran Hinds as an accidental activist who left for the United States to avoid arrest during The Troubles, and Conleth Hill as his estranged friend left behind. When Hinds' daughter, nicely played by Kerry Condon, tries to reunite the men, she doesn't know whether they will come to blows or come together.
Read further: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/09/2632395/2012-oscar-nominated-short-films.html
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