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Heath Ledger News Archives

Heath Ledger News Archives for October 2009

Oct 29, 2009 | Hampshire Chronicle

Ledger's last rap video goes online

The last video directed by Heath Ledger before his death has been made available online.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Brokeback Mountain, The Dark Knight, Australia, World News,

Oct 29, 2009 | The Age

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Heath Ledger and Lily Cole in The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus . Photo: Supplied Latest related coverage The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus trailer Watch the film trailer to The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

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Related Topix: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Comedy, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Entertainment, Television, Terry Gilliam

Wed Oct 28, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

A review of Heath Ledger's last film.

Reviewed by Paul Byrnes WELCOME to the imaginarium of Terry Gilliam. It's many things: a Baroque morality play with Dickensian and Gothic overtones, a little bit of Heath Robinson madness and, as you will have heard, the final performance of Heath Ledger.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Brokeback Mountain, The Dark Knight, Comedy Movies, Brazil, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Terry Gilliam

Midwood Paper

May 6: Iss. 18

Smartmom loved Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain." In fact, the scene in the tent with Jake really got her juices going.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Brokeback Mountain

Mon Oct 26, 2009

BBC

Up stays afloat at top of chart

Disney Pixar's latest animation, Up, has held on to the top spot at the UK box office chart in its second week.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

NewsBlaze

Abbie Cornish Studied Addicts

Abbie Cornish and Heath Ledger spent a week befriending drug addicts. The Australian star - who starred alongside the late actor in the drug-fuelled romantic drama 'Candy' - decided the pair should take a proactive approach to the 2006 film and so spent seven days on the streets talking to heroin users.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Candy, Abbie Cornish

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Herald

The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus

Demetrios Matheou gives his verdict on Heath Ledgera TMs last movie. It's likely that The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus will always be remembered as Heath Ledger's last film, which he was still making when he died in 2008.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Brazil, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies, The Fisher King, Family, Time Bandits, Adventure, Terry Gilliam

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Cinema Blend News

Brendan Gleeson And Don Cheadle Head To Ireland

Brendan Gleeson is Irish. Don Cheadle is not. But that's not stopping the two of them from heading off to Ireland together to make The Guard , a comedy-thriller that, according to Production Weekly , will be directed by John Michael McDonagh, who previously wrote the screenplay for the Heath Ledger vehicle Ned Kelly .

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Related Topix: Hotel for Dogs, Crime Movies, Western, Ned Kelly, Biography Movies, Action Movies

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Canada.com

NY coroner

Actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of six prescription drugs, with a mix of painkillers, tranquilizers and sleeping aids found in his system, officials said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Brokeback Mountain, Crime Movies, The Patriot, War Movies, Monster's Ball, Action Movies, The Dark Knight, Thriller

Sun Oct 18, 2009

The Herald

Lily Cole cuts an incongruous figure as she picks her way across the...

Lily Cole cuts an incongruous figure as she picks her way across the rubble-strewn wasteland that skirts Londona s crumbling Battersea Power Station.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

The Independent

The Imaginarium of Doctor Panassus, Terry Gilliam, 122 mins

There are moments in the new Terry Gilliam movie when his florid animations burst out of nowhere, reminding you of those giant trompe l'oeils he famously conjured for Monty Python.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Adventure, Brazil, Tideland, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Terry Gilliam, Science / Technology, Inventions

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Canada.com

Brokeback phenomenon

Call it the Brokeback phenomenon. Not only did last year's Oscar nominee for Best Picture catapult Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal to superstardom, it thrust Alberta onto the stage as a scenic must-see for travellers.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Drama Movies, Brokeback Mountain, Jake Gyllenhaal, Travel, Canada Travel, Alberta, Canada Travel

Tue Oct 13, 2009

UTV

How good was Heath Ledger?

How would the late actor's career have developed after The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus? Wednesday, 14 October 2009 Heath Ledger, in his final role as the mysterious outsider Tony in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, will probably be kept from strict considerations of acting genius by the traditional frolic and froth of a Terry Gilliam ...

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Related Topix: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Thriller, Crime Movies, Action Movies, The Dark Knight, Drama Movies, Brokeback Mountain, East of Eden, James Dean

Mon Oct 12, 2009

This Is London

Amy Gilliam: Why we had to make Heath Ledger's final film

Critics' Choice Fay Maschler The downstairs bar will become a hangout. Mark my words Hix Terry Gilliam's latest film is a triumph.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Adventure, Weather

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Canada.com

Johnny Depp and Jude Law set sights on Vancouver

Star actors Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law are reportedly coming to Vancouver to take the place of Heath Ledger in the film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus .

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Related Topix: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Drama Movies, Brokeback Mountain

Fri Oct 09, 2009

ABC News

Michelle Williams: Life After Heath Ledger

Michelle Williams these days divides her time between her house in Brooklyn and a house in upstate New York.

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Related Topix: Wendy and Lucy, Drama Movies, Brokeback Mountain, Horror Movies, Thriller, Action Movies, Species, Science Fiction Movies, Dawson's Creek, Soap Opera, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Michelle Williams, Black Entertainment

Thu Oct 08, 2009

The Wharf

Review: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Heath Ledger's last film is not just a fond memory of the actor, but a tribute to the imagination of the director that allowed it to reach the screen REVIEW The patchwork carriage clatters headlong past the iconic landmarks of London to Blackfriars Bridge, bumbling forward like a Punch and Judy stage stuffed into a wheeled trouser-press. Then the ...

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Related Topix: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Thriller, Crime Movies, Action Movies, The Dark Knight, Drama Movies, Brokeback Mountain, Comedy Movies, Brazil, Family, Time Bandits, Adventure, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies

Inside Film

Scholarship looks for broke Aussie actors

Scholarship looks for broke Aussie actors [Thu 08/10/2009 05:29:51] Press release from Australians in Film Ambassador Heath Ledger scholarship The Australians in Film Ambassador Heath Ledger scholarship 2010 has been established to capture Heath's generous spirit and serve our mission to help and celebrate Australian actors.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

Shockya.com

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Foreign Trailer

Check out this brand new international movie trailer for the upcoming film " The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus " by director Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law and the late Heath Ledger from "The Dark Knight". Click Here for more photos, news and videos from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

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Related Topix: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Adventure, Johnny Depp, Thriller, Action Movies, The Dark Knight

Tue Oct 06, 2009

International Herald Tribune

Now Reading | Ben Watts, Up Close and Personable

The cover of the new book features Watts's friend Heath Ledger. Lickshot , a new scrapbook by the photographer Ben Watts, arrived in bookstores today.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Western, Ned Kelly, Biography Movies, Action Movies

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Hollywood.com

Shannyn Sossamon

A striking brunette who got her big break after being spotted DJing at a Gwyneth Paltrow birthday bash, Shannyn Sossamon made her feature debut in the modernized period piece "A Knight's Tale" , playing a medieval.... A striking brunette who got her big break after being spotted DJing at a Gwyneth Paltrow birthday bash, Shannyn Sossamon made her ...

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, A Knight's Tale, Action Movies, Adventure, Shannyn Sossamon, California, Entertainment

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