The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)
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| - | {{Template}}'''Vilmos Zsigmond''' (born [[June 16]], [[1930]]) is a [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-[[United States|American]] [[cinematographer]]. | + | {{Template}} |
| - | He was born in [[Szeged]], [[Hungary]], and studied [[film|cinema]] at the State Academy of Theatre and Film Art in [[Budapest]]. Together with his friend and fellow student [[László Kovács (cinematographer)|László Kovács]], he filmed the events of the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|1956 Hungarian Revolution]] in [[Budapest]] and then smuggled the film out of the country shortly afterwards. | + | '''''The Bonfire of the Vanities''''' is a [[1990 in film|1990]] film adaptation of a novel by [[Tom Wolfe]], also called ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities]]''. The film was directed by [[Brian De Palma]] and stars [[Tom Hanks]] as Sherman McCoy, [[Bruce Willis]] as Peter Fallow, [[Melanie Griffith]] as Maria Ruskin, and [[Kim Cattrall]] as Judy McCoy, Sherman's wife. The screenplay was written by [[Michael Cristofer]], and the original music score was composed by [[Dave Grusin]]. The film was marketed with the tagline "An outrageous story of greed, lust and vanity in America." |
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| - | In 1962 he became a [[naturalized]] citizen of the United States. He settled in [[Los Angeles]] and worked in photo labs as a technician and photographer. During the [[1960s]], he worked on many low-budget independent films and educational films, as he attempted to break into the film industry. Some of the films that he worked on during this period credited him as "William Zsigmond," including the classic horror B-Film, ''[[The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies]]''. The first film he worked on in the United States was "The Sadist," starring [[Arch Hall, Jr.]] | + | |
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| - | He gained prominence during the [[1970s]] working on [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[McCabe & Mrs. Miller]]'' and ''[[The Long Goodbye (film)|The Long Goodbye]]'' and [[Steven Spielberg]]'s [[1977]] film ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', the latter of which won him the [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]]. Zsigmond has worked with [[Brian De Palma]] on ''[[Obsession (film)|Obsession]]'', ''[[Blow Out]]'', ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)|The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'', and ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]'', and with [[Michael Cimino]] on ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' and ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]''. | + | |
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| - | He received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 from the [[American Society of Cinematographers]]. | + | |
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| - | Has been a longtime user and endorser of [[Tiffen]] filters. | + | |
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| - | Alongside his [[Academy Award|Oscar]] win for ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', Zsigmond has been nominated for an [[Academy Award]] on three other occasions: in [[1978]] for ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'', in [[1984]] for [[Mark Rydell]]'s ''[[The River (1984 film)|The River]]'' and in [[2006]] for ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]''. | + | |
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The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1990 film adaptation of a novel by Tom Wolfe, also called The Bonfire of the Vanities. The film was directed by Brian De Palma and stars Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy, Bruce Willis as Peter Fallow, Melanie Griffith as Maria Ruskin, and Kim Cattrall as Judy McCoy, Sherman's wife. The screenplay was written by Michael Cristofer, and the original music score was composed by Dave Grusin. The film was marketed with the tagline "An outrageous story of greed, lust and vanity in America."
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