Forman, Milos
3 titles, 49th in points with 14,737
Forman was born in 1932 in Czechoslavakia; his parents died at Auschwitz. He first made small but successful films in Czechoslovakia before coming to the U.S. and making some huge pictures especially in terms of Oscars.
These are all the films of Forman’s that made the top 1000 in our 2011 update of the Top Ranked 1000 Films on the Net , all polls.
1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) #44 [AA]
2. Amadeus (1984) #70 [AA]
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Milos Forman had proven his talent for astute social comedy in such earlier Czech films as Loves of a Blonde (1965) and The Firemen's Ball (1967), and his adept treatment of Cuckoo's Nest 's metaphorically loaded conflict fulfilled the promise of an immigrant observer of American culture indicated in his first U.S. feature, Taking Off (1971). Shot on location at the Oregon State Hospital, and visually imprisoning the characters in tightly framed compositions, Haskell Wexler 's and...Read Full Story
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As the original holder of the film rights to Ken Kesey's Cuckoo's Nest , the first time that Kirk Douglas sent Hair director Milos Forman a copy of the novel, it was seized by Czechoslovakian customs officers in his communist run native country who deemed the book too politically dangerous to read.
Eventually, the rights were transferred to Kirk's son Michael Douglas who wanted to give himself a greater challenge than his TV work acting on The Streets of San...Read Full Story
At 77, two-time Oscar-winning director Milos Forman is abuzz with projects and still making movies, but says cash is hard to come by thanks to the credit crunch. The "Amadeus" and "One Flew Over A Cuckoo's Nest" director began work last year with friend and former Czech president Vaclav Havel on a geo-political movie of sorts revolving around the 1938 Munich agreement that helped shape World War II. But Forman, briefly in France for a festival in his honour before flying to Italy to head this...Read Full Story
Oscar-winning Hollywood director Milos Forman made an impassioned plea on Wednesday for greater copyright protection for film-makers, musicians and other artists, saying digital pirates were not "Robin Hoods" but "thieves." "The Internet today is functioning as a dreamlike supermarket where you can go and take anything your heart desires without paying for it," the director told delegates here at the 2nd World Copyright Summit. "It is so easy with a flip of the button at any time anywhere in...Read Full Story
David Shariatmadari continues our writers' favourite film series with Milos Forman's opulent tale of Mozart and his rivalDid this review hit the right note? Write your own review here or get composing in the comments belowThere are films that take your breath away before they've even begun. The first four minutes of Milos Forman's Amadeus – the credits, in fact – contain more drama and pathos than many directors manage in 120. The scene is...
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- DGA President Michael Apted today announced the host and presenters for the seventh Directors Guild of America Honors, to be held at the DGA Theater in New York City on Thursday, October 16, 2008 and followed by an ...
Overview. Date of Birth: 18 February 1932, Cáslav, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] more. Mini Biography: Because his parents died in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz ...
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