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Todd Phillips' 2019 film Joker provided an alternative origin story for the character, and starred Joaquin Phoenix as aspiring stand-up comedian Arthur Fleck. Although the film was controversial for its violence and portrayal of mental illness, Phoenix's performance received widespread acclaim.
The film stars Joaquin Phoenix and is based on DC Comics characters, including the Joker. It follows Arthur Fleck, a failed clown and aspiring stand-up comedian whose descent into mental illness and nihilism culminates with the emergence of an alter-ego known as "Joker" and inspires a violent countercultural revolution against the wealthy in a ...
Starring Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck a.k.a. Joker and directed by Todd Phillips, the two films draw inspiration from DC Comics characters, rather than provide a canonical (or extended ...
Phoenix won Best Actor at the 2020 Oscars for his role as the Joker (real name Arthur Fleck). “I’ve been a scoundrel in my life,” he said in his acceptance speech. “I’ve been selfish, I ...
In the final scene, Fleck is told he has a visitor. As he follows the guard down the corridor, another inmate (played by Connor Storrie) approaches him and asks to tell him a joke. He then stabs ...
Phoenix received the Academy Award for Best Actor his role as Arthur Fleck / Arthur in the psychological thriller Joker (2019). He was Oscar-nominated for playing a corrupt Roman Emperor in the epic historical action-drama Gladiator (2000), country music star Johnny Cash in the biographical musical drama Walk the Line (2005), and a traumatized ...
The murder trial at the center of “Joker: Folie à Deux” ends in explosive fashion: A bomb goes off and destroys the courtroom after Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) decides to defend himself ...
Joker: Folie à Deux [a] is a 2024 American jukebox musical [10] psychological thriller film directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay he co-wrote with Scott Silver.Based on DC Comics characters, it is the sequel to Joker (2019) and stars Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as Arthur Fleck / Joker, alongside Lady Gaga as Harley "Lee" Quinzel.