following the inspiration from the Wondersphere i'm posting what I am hoping will become the definitive list of architects in film
the architect as a lead or supporting role
the Black Cat (1934) - Boris Karloff
Mrs Miniver (1942) - Walter Pidgeon
The Fountainhead (1949) - Gary Cooper
Strangers when we meet (1960) - Kirk Douglas
The World of Suzie Wong (1960) - William Holden
Two for the Road (1967) - Albert Finney
Don't Look Now (1973) - Donald Sutherland
Death Wish (1974) - Charles Bronson
The Towering Inferno (1974) - Paul Newman
Falling in Love Again (1980) - Elliot Gould
Three Men & a Baby (1987) - Tom Selleck
The Belly of an Architect (1987) - Brian Dennehey
Jungle Fever (1991) - Wesley Snipes
Housesitter (1992) - Steven Martin
Indecent Proposal (1993) - Woody Harrelson
Fearless (1993) - Jeff Bidges
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) - Tom Hanks
Intersection (1994) - Richard Gere
Cable Guy (1996) - Matthew Broderick
One Fine Day (1996) - Michelle Pfeiffer
There's Something About Mary (1998) - Lee Evans (pretends to be an architect/lecturer)
Heaven (1998) - Martin Donovan
Three to Tango (1999) - Matthew Perry & Oliver Platt
My Life as a House (2001) - Kevin Kline (sort of, his job was a model-maker)
In the Bedroom (2001) - Nick Stahl (architecture student)
Town & Country (2001) - Warren Beatty
Love Actually (2003) - Liam Neeson
Just Like Heaven (2005) - Mark Ruffalo (landscape architect)
The Quiet (2005) - Martin Donovan
White Noise (2005) - Michael Keaton
The Namesake (2006) - Kal Penn
The Lake House (2006)- Keanu Reeves
The Architect (2006) - Anthony LaPlaglia
Firewall (2006) - Virginia Madsen
The Last Kiss (2006) - Zach Braff
Breaking & Entering (2006) - Jude Law (landscape architect)
The Shaggy Dog (2006) - Kristin Davis
Something's New (2006) - Simon Baker (landscape architect)
You, Me and Dupree (2006) - Matt Dillon
My Super Ex-girlfriend (2006) - Luke Wilson
Click (2006) - Adam Sandler and David Hasselhoff
Why did I get Married (2007) - Malik Yoba
the Orphan (2009) - Peter Sarsgaard
500 Days of Summer (2009) - Joseph Gordon-Leavitt
It's Complicated (2009) - Steve Martin
Valentine's Day (2010) - Hector Elizondo
Inception (2010) - Ellen Page
Steve Martin and Martin Donovan are the only two actors to have played architects more than once.
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20 comments:
You left out Twelve Angry Men
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/
GREAT LIST! But don't forget the 1992 movie "Housesitter" starring Steve Martin (as Architect Newton Davis) and Goldie Hawn.
Regards,
Paul
Surprised you mention none of Michelangelo Antonioni. Here are 4 I've seen and architecture figures prominently in them.
L'avventura (1960)
La notte (1961)
Blowup (1966)
Professione: reporter (1975)
the last kiss - zach braff and some other dude
THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT . . . .Peter Greenway.
In this movie architecture was the protagonist ( the architecture of Boullee ).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFKM7xg6TQU&feature=related
father of the bride -dunno the actress, but it was the bride
Don't forget Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever"
Enough(j los abuser husband was an architect)- Bill Campbell
"Town and Country" (2000) has Warren Beatty playing an architect. He's one of the main characters. One of the people (Goldie Hawn, I think) lives in Eric Owen Moss's Lawson/Westen House.
Well played, my friend. You know I'm going to copy this list and paste it in my own blog, right? (I started it! :oP)
emKem I really hope you do!
Sam Waterston in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters, as well.
For more architects in films look at www.cinearquitecturaciudad.blogspot.com or in the book "La imagen supuesta, Arquitectos en el cine".
If you make an updated list, be sure to add ... 'It's Complicated' with Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin ... Steve Martin plays an architect.
The Frighteners 1996 Michael J Fox as Frank Bannister
Great list. 'Due Date' Robert Downy Jr.
Intersection with Richard Gere.
Christopher Lloyd in "Suburban Commando" - a Hulk Hogan film
Richard Dryfuss in Posedion (2006)
Great list! interesting to see them all
Jim | http://www.allgreenlandscape.ca/en/landscape.html
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