August 17, 2009

architects + film

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:

  1. Greg10:50 AM

    You left out Twelve Angry Men

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/

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  2. Anonymous12:04 PM

    GREAT LIST! But don't forget the 1992 movie "Housesitter" starring Steve Martin (as Architect Newton Davis) and Goldie Hawn.
    Regards,
    Paul

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  3. Ogier12:10 PM

    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)

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  4. krissybooks7:00 PM

    the last kiss - zach braff and some other dude

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  5. Marcos Barinas Uribe5:34 PM

    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

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  6. Anonymous8:59 PM

    father of the bride -dunno the actress, but it was the bride

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  7. Anonymous5:48 PM

    Don't forget Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever"

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  8. Robert Thompson6:27 AM

    Enough(j los abuser husband was an architect)- Bill Campbell

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  9. John Hill3:30 PM

    "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.

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  10. emKem5:37 PM

    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)

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  11. mad architect12:18 PM

    emKem I really hope you do!

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  12. mark7:20 AM

    Sam Waterston in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters, as well.

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  13. Jorge Gorostiza3:49 AM

    For more architects in films look at www.cinearquitecturaciudad.blogspot.com or in the book "La imagen supuesta, Arquitectos en el cine".

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  14. Anonymous10:47 PM

    If you make an updated list, be sure to add ... 'It's Complicated' with Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin ... Steve Martin plays an architect.

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  15. Anonymous2:48 PM

    The Frighteners 1996 Michael J Fox as Frank Bannister

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  16. Anonymous4:04 AM

    Great list. 'Due Date' Robert Downy Jr.

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  17. Anonymous7:58 PM

    Intersection with Richard Gere.

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  18. Anonymous11:45 AM

    Christopher Lloyd in "Suburban Commando" - a Hulk Hogan film

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  19. Anonymous8:48 AM

    Richard Dryfuss in Posedion (2006)

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  20. Unknown3:19 PM

    Great list! interesting to see them all

    Jim | http://www.allgreenlandscape.ca/en/landscape.html

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