![]() In “Living Out Loud,” Hunter and Danny DeVito star as one of the most unexpected pairings in American movie history. Filled with bravura performances and scenes that are achingly difficult to watch, “Moonlight Mile” is that rare film to deal with grief in an honest and unpredictable way. Hunter plays Mona Camp, a lawyer handling the case against the young woman’s killer. Set in 1973, the story centers on a young man ( Jake Gyllenhaal) who befriends his fiancee’s parents ( Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon) after she is killed in a restaurant shooting. It’s perhaps most notable for being the last screen appearance by the legendary Audrey Hepburn as Dreyfuss’s guardian angel.īrad Silberling is said to have based “Moonlight Mile” on the 1989 murder of his girlfriend, actress Rebecca Schaeffer, by an obsessed fan, and that’s perhaps why every moment of the film drips with authenticity. Many disregarded “Always” as a sentimental misfire from the usually first-rate craftsman, but the film has found a second life almost 30 years after its release as a touching ode to lost love and sacrifice. ![]() As an adult, he remade it with Richard Dreyfuss as a forrest fire fighter, Brad Johnson as a young airman, and Hunter as the dead man’s girl. SEE Holly Hunter (‘The Big Sick’) on telling off racists and subverting the ‘overbearing mother’ stereotype Īs a child, Steven Spielberg fell in love with “A Guy Named Joe” – the 1944 romantic drama about a deceased WWII bomber ( Spencer Tracy) forced to become the guardian angel to a younger pilot ( Van Johnson) who’s falling in love with his former girlfriend ( Irene Dunne). Aside from “The Big Sick,” what other films should she have competed at the Oscars for? ![]() Take a tour through our gallery of Hunter’s greatest films. Wade” in 1989 and has had five more Primetime Emmy noms over the course of her career: Best Movie/Mini Actress for “Harlan County War” in 2000 and “When Billie Beat Bobby” in 2001, Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actress for “Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her” in 2001, and Best Drama Actress for “Saving Grace” in 20. She had also previously won that category for “Roe vs. The same year she snagged the Oscar Hunter won an Emmy as Best Movie/Mini Actress for “The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom” in 1993. Those dual bids in 1993 made Hunter one of only 11 actors in Oscar history to earn two nominations in one year. She won Best Actress for “The Piano” (1993) and competed three more times: Best Actress for “Broadcast News” (1987) and Best Supporting Actress for “The Firm” (1993) and “Thirteen” (2003). Hunter's most outstanding television series was for the drama series Saving Grace (TV series), for which she won the Grace Allen Award, and was nominated for seven other awards.Despite her recent snub, Hunter has been popular at the Oscars. They include Copycat, Living Out Loud, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Home for the Holidays, The Incredibles, Thirteen, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Hunter was also nominated for Oscars for her roles in Broadcast News, The Firm, and Thirteen. Hunter starred in The Piano for which she won the Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award. Holly Hunter (born 20 March 1958) is an American actress. Holly Hinter (center )holding the trophy at the 41st Emmy Awards, 1989
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