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The Lighthouse is a 2019 film directed and produced by Robert Eggers, from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Max Eggers.It stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as nineteenth-century lighthouse keepers in turmoil after being marooned at a remote New England outpost by a wild storm.
Willem Dafoe works constantly—'Motherless Brooklyn' and 'The Lighthouse' hit theaters this autumn—but he is happiest when making ‘contact.' Willem Dafoe on The Lighthouse, Inspired Directors ...
Robert Eggers’ measured follow-up to The Witch is an arresting assembly of aesthetics.Film Review: The Lighthouse Shines Bright with Wild Performances by Dafoe and Pattinson Michael Roffman
William James "Willem" Dafoe (/ d ə ˈ f oʊ / də-FOH; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor.Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for four Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and four Golden Globe Awards.
Dafoe made his film debut in Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (1980) before earning his first Academy Award nomination for Oliver Stone's war film Platoon (1986). In 1988 he starred as Jesus Christ in Martin Scorsese 's religious epic The Last Temptation of Christ and as an FBI Agent Alan Parker 's racial drama Mississippi Burning .
Dafoe brought gravitas to one of the first and best 21st century superhero movies, playing the ambitious scientist Norman Osborn and his villainous alter ego, the Green Goblin.
“Willem has a lot of technique, but his ability to just be in the moment is pretty remarkable,” says Eggers, who cast Dafoe as a drunk seaman in The Lighthouse, a Viking jester in The Northman ...
Willem Dafoe is an American actor known for his work in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Platoon (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Flight of the Intruder (1991), Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), The Boondock Saints (1999), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Spider-Man (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Manderlay (2005), Antichrist (2009), The Florida ...