- Holding Sundance Award for ”Frozen River”
- Director Courtney Hunt and Actor Melissa Leo
Lots and lots of buzz abounds, about the film “Frozen River”…and the acting of Melissa Leo. Especially with Oscar season approaching…
I love this thing that Variety’s doing:
Actors talk about great performances of fellow actors…
(I ran one of these before: Natalie Portman “champions” Sean Penn, for his acting performance in “Milk”–[click for trailer].)
Here’s Dustin Hoffman talking about (probable Oscar nominee) Melissa Leo:
“It’s funny. When you’re in the business, you can tell something in the first minutes of watching, particularly in terms of the actors. Just at the start of “Frozen River,” the first thing I saw I went, “Oh! oh!” I don’t even know the director (Courtney Hunt), but there was such a documentary feel to that performance by Melissa Leo. I don’t know Melissa Leo, but that’s an extraordinary piece of work. There’s not a false moment. I felt she knew it and lived that life.”
To watch the a large size movie trailer, for “Frozen River”, click here.
To download the “Frozen River” Press kit in PDF, click here.
I’ll be posting, some more, about Melissa Leo, over the next week…
Best,
;Dana
