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Harrison Ford: the filmography of the actor. The best films by Harrison Ford
Help of the famous director
The famous director remembered Harrison when he was in the film "A Trip to Shiloh". After all the scenes in which Ford participated were cut from the picture "Zabriski Point", and the young actor left Hollywood, Lucas lost sight of him. And then one day, after a few years, the director and actor happened to meet on one of the streets of Los Angeles. This happened on the eve of the filming of the next film by George Lucas, the comedy "American Graffiti." The picture had a scanty budget of 700 thousand dollars, so pay to eminent actors for their participation would be nothing. The director offered one of the roles to Harrison. He did not try to save (although this was the case), the main reason was that Lucas saw the potential of the actor, and his eye was well-trained.
Success
The main film projects of Harrison Ford
George Lucas's "Star Wars" saga consists of seven separate paintings that were shot in different years. In parallel, the director shot on the same scheme adventure serial film "Indiana Jones". In the last Harrison Ford, the filmography Which already included two significant film works, played directly to Indiana Jones. But between the shootings of "Indiana Jones" pictures there were also breaks in several years. Poem, the man had the opportunity to appear in film projects with other directors. And since no one considered him an unsuccessful actor, there was no shortage of proposals, and Harrison Ford's photos were already available in all the casting agencies.
"President airplane"
In 1997, the film studio "Columbia Pictures" was shot thriller-thriller called "President's plane" with Harrison in the title role. He played James Marshall, the US president. The film was directed by director Wolfgang Petersen in the script Andrew Marlowey. In the center of the plot are the events on the presidential plane seized by terrorists. The president himself takes an active part in the fight against the invaders, who threaten to blow up the plane. In accordance with the protocol of saving the first persons of the state in conditions of mortal danger, the president had to be in a special capsule, which left the liner, but ... He stayed. Thus, all the ways to save the first person of the state were cut off.
The Heroic James Marshall
However, James Marshall does not think to give up, he in every way counteracts the bloated terrorists. In the meantime, their accomplices on the ground seize the wife and daughter of the protagonist and threaten to severely deal with them if the conditions put forward are not met. James Marshall is forced to obey, he contacts Moscow, as a result of which the leader of Radek's political organization is released from prison. At this time, the president enters into a short battle with the criminals on the plane, and destroys them one by one. Having learned about the aggravation of the situation on board the aircraft, Moscow agents shoot Radek, staging his attempt to escape. Here is such a film.
Harrison Ford and Sidney Pollack
In 1999, "Columbia Pictures" was filmed another film with Harrison Ford in the title role. It was a picture of the director Sidney Pollack "Web of lies", which he put on the plot of the novel by Warren Adler. This time, Ford played the police officer Dat Van den Broek, whose wife Peyton is killed in a plane crash. Her landing on the ill-fated flight was preceded by strange circumstances. She did not have to fly anywhere, the experienced Dutcha concludes that his wife was cheating on him, and the flight was planned in advance by the lover. Which turned out to be the husband of a good friend of Datch, Kay Chandler, a prominent politician.
Another major role
The main role of the famous surgeon Richard Kimbla Harrison Ford performed in the film "Fugitive" in 1993. The film was shot by the director Andrew Davis in the genre of an action-packed detective thriller. Kimbl's wife is brutally murdered, and Richard is accused of her death. He is tried, and an innocent surgeon is sentenced to death. When transporting prisoners in a prison bus, one of the prisoners commits an escape. Kimble decides to follow his example. Naturally, they try to catch him, but luck is on Richard's side. Subsequently, he manages to do a lot in order to prove his innocence. The film received a number of nominations, including Oscar and Golden Globe. Harrison Ford, whose filmography is now regularly updated with new paintings, is not going to stop there.
Personal life
In 1982, actor Ford Harrison married for the second time. His wife was the writer Melissa Matheson. She gave birth to Harrison two more children, daughter Georgia and son Malcolm. This marriage lasted 17 years. The divorce was registered in 1999.
Over the next three years, Ford tirelessly had fun with his friends, among whom were the Englishwoman Minnie Driver and Lara Flynn Boyle. This continued until 2002, until Harrison met Calista Flockhart, an actress from the TV series "Ellie Macbil." The feelings were mutual, and soon Calista moved to him. For eight years the couple lived in a civil marriage and only in 2010 legalized their relationship.
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