Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie in "Donnie Darko" (2001). Jake Gyllenhaal as Holden Worther in "The Good Girl" (2002). Zooey Deschanel as Cheryl in "The Good Girl" (2002). Joseph Gordon-Levitt during "Brick"´s shooting (2005). Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Neil McCormick in "Mysterious Skin" (2004). Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Chris Pratt in "The Lookout" (2007). Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby in "Memento" (2000). Edward Norton as "The Narrator" in "Fight Club" (1999). Robert de Niro as Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver" (1976). Parker Posey as Libby Mae Brown in "Waiting for Guffman" (1996). Jennifer Jason Leigh as Allegra Geller in "eXistenZ" (1999). Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho" (2000). Selma Blair as Shawn Holloway in "Kill me later" (2001). Jennifer Connelly as Kathy Nicolo in "House of Sand and Fog" (2003).Jennifer Connelly as Marion Silver in "Requiem for a Dream" (2000). Reese Witherspoon as Vanessa Lutz in "Freeway" (1996). Kirsten Dunst as Lux Lisbon in "The Virgin Suicides" (1999). Kirsten Dunst as Claire Colburn in "Elizabethtown" (2005). Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham in "American Beauty" (1999). Kevin Spacey as Prot in "K-PAX" (2001). Kevin Spacey as Albert T. Fitzgerald in "The United States of Leland" (2003). Clive Owen as Larry in "Closer" (2004). Patrick Fugit as Zia in "Wristcutters: a love story" (2006). Ryan Gosling as Leland P. Fitzgerald in "The United States of Leland" (2003). Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lee Holloway in "Secretary" (2002).
Jennifer Aniston as Snow White in a wax figure. Elizabeth MacGovern in "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1984). Dita Von Teese wearing a sorta Snow White outfit. Anne Hathaway as a princess in "Ella Enchanted" (2004). Michelle Trachtenberg as Snow White in Halloween. Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella. Shalom Harlow posing as an erotic Snow White. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Secretary" beats you black and blue in all the right places, and leaves you grinning from ear to ear with its unexpected fairytale resolution.
In their adaptation of Mary Gaitskill's short story, screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson and director Steven Shainberg wisely scrap the author's lumbering "pity me" posturing in favor of something more lighthearted and colorful -- a giddy bruise, if such a thing is possible. After a stint in the mental hospital, Lee signs up for vocational school, where she discovers a hidden talent as a hunt-and-peck typist. She answers an ad for a secretary, and when this frazzled wreck arrives at the baroque law offices of E. Edward Grey during a raging storm wearing a plastic mackintosh, she's Little Red Riding Hood. Her boss (James Spader), with his menacing whisper and low growl, is the Big Bad Wolf. (Okay, we get it, she's Snow White in search of Prince Charming.) But Shainberg coaxes marvelous performances out of Gyllenhaal and Spader, whose cat-and-mouse courtship and sparkling chemistry is the main reason why "Secretary" grows on you. Some people won't buy a doe-eyed love story sown from the seeds of sadomasochism that ends in giddiness, but there's an exhilaration in Gyllenhaal and Spader finding each other in the dark." Source: www.Indiewire.com
"This movie was by far my favorite of 2006. In my undignified opinion it was perfectly executed. It brought a fascinating part of history to life in a medium that was accessible and understandable to a wide audience. I have always been fascinated by the extraordinary life of Marie Antoinette and I was so pleased to see Sophia Coppola bring this movie to life. Kirsten Dunst did a fantastic job, and the costumes were gorgeous (It won the Oscar!) I am actually such a fan of this movie that I befriended it on MySpace! This is a must buy." Source: http://dandybeauty.com
Jake Gyllenhaal as Holden, in the deleted scene "You can do it, Holden" from "The Good Girl" (2002). Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Sam, in the final segment of "Havoc" (2005).
"The residents of the city’s Bay Area live in a permanent state of panic, as a serial killer prowls the streets. For 10 months the murderer – who calls himself the Zodiac – effortlessly manipulates the police force and the media by writing sinister letters featuring bizarre drawings that reveal snippets of his personality, his influences and his obsessions. As the body count stacks up, an atmosphere of fear and fascination sweeps the area.
Although it may sound like the premise for a Hollywood noir, Zodiac is actually one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. There were five known victims between December 1968 and October 1969, with many more thought to have died at his hands. But what makes this story so particularly compelling is that the killer’s identity remains unknown to this day, and this is undoubtedly why the case has inspired many movies over the years, from 1971’s The Zodiac Killer to murderers seen in the likes of "Dirty Harry" (1971) "and The Exorcist III" (1990). One of its stars is Jake Gyllenhaal, who takes on the role of Graysmith, a cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle at the height of Zodiac’s murderous campaign, and the actor is in no doubt as to why the events remain so intriguing three decades later. “The Zodiac was never caught, at least not to everyone’s satisfaction,” he says. “Because he was never caught and because the Zodiac left behind so many mysteries, in terms of the ciphers and the cryptograms, he’s become a myth, a ghost. Look at the BTK Killer [who murdered at least 10 people in Kansas between 1974 and 1991]. He was the same thing, until they caught him and you saw that he looked like your next door neighbour.” Gyllenhaal reveals that it was director Fincher’s own memories of the case that led him to make the film. “David Fincher grew up in the Bay Area, in the early 1970s when the story was happening, and he said that the Zodiac was the ultimate boogeyman. He terrorized San Francisco. He wrote a letter where he said that he was going to attack a school, and so every kid thought that the Zodiac was coming to their school.” Thanks to his involvement in the case, and his expertise that proved invaluable to the investigation, Graysmith has emerged as one of the leading experts on the Zodiac killer and Gyllenhaal is obviously very proud to have taken on this role. “He’s a cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle, and he’s very mild-mannered and shy,” the actor says of Graysmith. “He likes working on puzzles in his spare time. He gets involved with the case when the Zodiac starts mailing ciphers, and Graysmith takes them apart. At the start of the film, he’s not involved with the case at all but then he makes himself a part of the case and it becomes his lifelong obsession.” -by Adrienne Curtis. Read the full exclusive interview and more on Zodiac in Film Review (May). Source: www.visimag.com/filmreview
"I thought Heath had broken my nose while we were filming that scene,” says Gyllenhaal. “Both Michelle and Ang kept insisting the kiss had to be more fierce, more intense, more passionate so Heath pushed me against the wall and came in really hard for the kiss.” Source: http://calgarysun.canoe.ca
Michael J. Lee: "Can psychological problems be as great an enemy as gunfire to a solider?"
Jake G: "I think a soldier's mind is as great of an enemy in the field as bombs or bullets. I think that's probably what I feel like the movie is about--that when you use these techniques and you teach someone and you harness a period of time or an instinct in them, and then they're not allowed to express that, the mind is confused by that." Source: http://movies.radiofree.com "In an interview in the March/April issue of Anthem magazine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is asked how he reacts to those who believe that the preponderance of gay roles (Sweet Jane, That 70's Show, Mysterious Skin) in his resume might cast some light on the actor's own sexuality: "This is kind of embarrassing, but I recently put my name into a search engine and someone posted, is Joseph Gordon-Levitt gay? and the answer posted was: Is he an alien? because I played [one on 3rd Rock]. Right now I'm in Toronto playing a psychopathic murderer. And recently I played someone who was in the U.S. army in Iraq. So it's like, what's harder? Kissing a dude or killing people? I would hope that I can feel at least a bit of the horror of what it must be like, when I was playing a soldier, how hard it must be, the hell they go through. So, kissing Topher Grace is like, whatever." Source: www.towleroad.com
Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie in "Donnie Darko" (2001).
Jake Gyllenhaal as Holden Worther in "The Good Girl" (2002).
Zooey Deschanel as Cheryl in "The Good Girl" (2002).
Joseph Gordon-Levitt during "Brick"´s shooting (2005).
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Neil McCormick in "Mysterious Skin" (2004).
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Chris Pratt in "The Lookout" (2007).
Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby in "Memento" (2000).
Edward Norton as "The Narrator" in "Fight Club" (1999).
Robert de Niro as Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver" (1976).
Parker Posey as Libby Mae Brown in "Waiting for Guffman" (1996).
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Allegra Geller in "eXistenZ" (1999).
Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho" (2000).
Selma Blair as Shawn Holloway in "Kill me later" (2001).
Jennifer Connelly as Kathy Nicolo in "House of Sand and Fog" (2003).
Jennifer Connelly as Marion Silver in "Requiem for a Dream" (2000).
Reese Witherspoon as Vanessa Lutz in "Freeway" (1996).
Kirsten Dunst as Claire Colburn in "Elizabethtown" (2005).
Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham in "American Beauty" (1999).
Kevin Spacey as Prot in "K-PAX" (2001).
Kevin Spacey as Albert T. Fitzgerald in "The United States of Leland" (2003).
Clive Owen as Larry in "Closer" (2004).
Patrick Fugit as Zia in "Wristcutters: a love story" (2006).
Ryan Gosling as Leland P. Fitzgerald in "The United States of Leland" (2003).
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lee Holloway in "Secretary" (2002).
