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Waterland is a 1992 British-American mystery drama film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, and starring Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack and Ethan Hawke. It is based on Graham Swift's 1983 novel of the same name. The film moved the contemporary location of the novel from England to Pittsburgh and eliminated many of the extensive historical asides.
Waterland is a 1983 novel by Graham Swift published by William Heinemann. It is set in The Fens of eastern England. It won the Guardian Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. [1] In 1992, it was adapted into a film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, starring Jeremy Irons. [2]
She made her film debut in the 1992 mystery drama Waterland. After appearing in a series of supporting parts throughout the 1990s, she went on to find fame for lead performances in big-budget films such as the fantasy film The Brothers Grimm (2005) and the action film 300 (2007), portraying Gorgo, Queen of Sparta , a role she yet again played ...
Lena Kathren Headey (/ ˈ l iː n ə ˈ h iː d i / LEE-nə HEE-dee; born 3 October 1973) is an English actress.She gained international recognition and acclaim for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister on the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination.
Some of Swift's books have been filmed, including Waterland (1992), Shuttlecock (1993), Last Orders (1996) and Mothering Sunday (2021). His novel Last Orders was joint-winner of the 1996 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and a controversial winner of the 1996 Booker Prize, owing to the many similarities in plot and structure to William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.
Margalit Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal [a] (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ l ə n h ɔː l / JIL-ən-hawl, [1] Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker.Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
Waterworld is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy.It was based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who also produced it with Charles Gordon and John Davis.
Daniel Day-Lewis is an English actor. His major acting awards include three Academy Award wins from six nominations and four BAFTA Award wins from seven nominations. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performances in Jim Sheridan's My Left Foot (1989), Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood (2007), and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012).