Chicago – With the passing of actor Sidney Poitier at the age of 94 on January 6th, 2022, another lion of the cinema – who represented succinctly an era of the movies – has left the mortal coil. HollywoodChicago.com presents the following appreciation through three film essays in retrospect by Patrick McDonald, Spike Walters and Jon Lennon Espino.
Although Poitier represented American blacks in his early career, often cast as the dignified presence among the bigotry floating around him, his early life was in the Bahamas. He moved to Miami at age 15 (he was born in Miami while his Bahamian parents sold produce there) and after serving in the Army during World War II, he joined the American Negro Theater in New York City.
Poster Art: ‘Lilies of the Field’ (1963), Featuring Oscar Best Actor Sidney Poitier
Photo credit: HBO Max (VOD)
After working in theater, he made his major film debut in 1950 with the incendiary “No Way Out.
Although Poitier represented American blacks in his early career, often cast as the dignified presence among the bigotry floating around him, his early life was in the Bahamas. He moved to Miami at age 15 (he was born in Miami while his Bahamian parents sold produce there) and after serving in the Army during World War II, he joined the American Negro Theater in New York City.
Poster Art: ‘Lilies of the Field’ (1963), Featuring Oscar Best Actor Sidney Poitier
Photo credit: HBO Max (VOD)
After working in theater, he made his major film debut in 1950 with the incendiary “No Way Out.
- 1/10/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Sir Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, has died at age 94.
Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell confirmed the actor’s passing, saying, “We’ve lost a great a Bahamian and I’ve lost a personal friend.” (A native of Cat Island in the Bahamas, Poitier at one time served as a Bahamian ambassador to Japan and Unesco.)...
Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell confirmed the actor’s passing, saying, “We’ve lost a great a Bahamian and I’ve lost a personal friend.” (A native of Cat Island in the Bahamas, Poitier at one time served as a Bahamian ambassador to Japan and Unesco.)...
- 1/7/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Here are the new MPAA ratings from Bulletin No: 2129.
2 Million Stupid Women Rated R For sexual content and pervasive language. All American Orgy Rated R For strong sexual content including graphic dialogue throughout, language and drug use. Answer This Rated PG-13 For sexual content, language and smoking. Bangkok Adrenaline Rated R For some violence and brief language. Cairo Time Rated PG For mild thematic elements and smoking. Release Date: August 6, 2010 The Concert Rated PG-13 For brief strong language and some sexual content. Release Date: July 30, 2010 DC Showcase Delivery Rated PG-13 For violence and some sexual content. Expecting Mary Rated PG For thematic elements involving teen pregnancy, and some language. The Hitmen Diaries: Charlie Valentine Rated R For bloody violence, sexual content and pervasive language. I Am Comic Rated R For language, sexual content and some drug material. King Of Paper Chasin' Rated R For pervasive language, violence and sexuality. The Last Brickmaker In America...
2 Million Stupid Women Rated R For sexual content and pervasive language. All American Orgy Rated R For strong sexual content including graphic dialogue throughout, language and drug use. Answer This Rated PG-13 For sexual content, language and smoking. Bangkok Adrenaline Rated R For some violence and brief language. Cairo Time Rated PG For mild thematic elements and smoking. Release Date: August 6, 2010 The Concert Rated PG-13 For brief strong language and some sexual content. Release Date: July 30, 2010 DC Showcase Delivery Rated PG-13 For violence and some sexual content. Expecting Mary Rated PG For thematic elements involving teen pregnancy, and some language. The Hitmen Diaries: Charlie Valentine Rated R For bloody violence, sexual content and pervasive language. I Am Comic Rated R For language, sexual content and some drug material. King Of Paper Chasin' Rated R For pervasive language, violence and sexuality. The Last Brickmaker In America...
- 7/14/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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