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Director(s):
BRUNET DEBAINES (Marie)
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Producer(s):
ELLIS FILMS
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2027
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Language(s):
English, French
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
Over the past four decades, he has portrayed nearly every outsider and villain in cinema. From the relentless gangster to the ruthless criminal, from the unscrupulous businessman to the deadly creature, Christopher Walken has left a lasting impression on entire generations of viewers with his dark and spectacular characters.
Yet nothing suggested that this child of the theater—who had worked in
television and trained on the Broadway stage—would become one of the giants of New Hollywood. First noticed in a musical, the young man who had imagined making a living as a dancer was called upon to perform in theater before the film industry took notice of him. With The Deer Hunter, Michael Cimino gave him the opportunity to step into the spotlight by casting him as a tormented veteran—a role that would earn him an Oscar.
His early career was marked by intensity and violence, during which Christopher Walken took on increasingly tough and unsettling roles. From
Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone to Max Zorin in A View to a Kill, Frank White in King of New York, Max Schreck in Batman Returns, Vincenzo Coccotti in True Romance, and the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow, the actor masterfully established himself as the undisputed embodiment of evil.