Monday, February 26, 2007

More Oscar talk: You know Mr. 'Happy Feet'

His face might not have run any bells last night, but the name - George Miller - should. The creator-director of the Academy Award-winning animated feature, "Happy Feet," is well known.
One of the Australian new wave directors (with the likes of Peter Weir), he honed such excellent works as "The Witches of Eastwick," "Dead Calm" (Nicole Kidman's debut), "Lorenzo's Oil," and "Babe-Pig in the City" (he wrote the screenplay for the original).
BUT ... George Miller will always be known as the man behind the trilogy Mad Max movies - "Mad Max," "The Road Warrior" and "Beyond Thunderdome." If there is a more exciting action movie than "Road Warrior," I haven't seen it.
From Mel Gibson to pigs to penguins and now an Oscar.

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