March 9, 2012 by Nostra - 29 Comments

The Many Faces of… Edward Norton

An overview of the roles of Edward Norton

It’s Friday and you know what that means, a new installment of “The Many Faces of…” This week I’ve chosen for Edward Norton. He was born in 1969 in Columbia, Maryland. His father was a lawyer and his mother an English teacher. He studied at Yale University and acted in university plays and was also part of the rowing team. He graduated in 1991 (Bachelor of Arts in History) and worked in Japan for his grandfather’s company. His acting career started in New York in theater. Only in America in 1994 was the first movie he appeared in, but it really kicked off in 1996 with Primal Fear starring Richard Gere. He has since appeared in a total of 28 movies. Continue reading →

February 1, 2011 by Nostra - 0 comments

Stone (2010)

Through the years Robert De Niro has lost most of the shine he had when he was younger. There was a time that you couldn’t wait to see his next movie and thought he was the best around. Somewhere around 2000 his movie choices were getting worse and his roles forgettable. I haven’t seen a lot of his movies since then, not even Righteous Kill with Al Pacino. Because I’m a big fan of Edward Norton, I decided to watch this movie, but if he wasn’t in there I probably would have given this movie a chance. Continue reading →

April 11, 2010 by Nostra - 0 comments

Pride and glory (2008)

In the police drama Pride and Glory, starring Edward Norton and Collin Farrel, we see the lives of various police officers in New York. Some of these are corrupt and knowing that the officers are on both sides of the law and family makes matters a bit more complicated. Continue reading →

April 4, 2010 by Nostra - 0 comments

Leaves of grass (2009)

In this comedy Edward Norton plays two roles, twins to be exact. He’s not the first actor who does this, example are Nicholas Cage in Adaptation, Jean-Claude van Damme in Double Impact or Arnorld Schwarzenegger in Twi…forget about that last one. Norton manages to show two very different characters with different accents.
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