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2018 D. Smith-Rowsey, Blockbuster Performances, Palgrave Studies In INDEX1 A Alien (1979), 29, 134, 163 Abrams, J.J., 5, 163, 179, 180, 183 Aliens (1986), 1, 10, 25, 163–171 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts Allison, Tanine, 55 and Sciences (AMPAS), 6, 86 Amadeus (1984), 26 Academy Awards/Oscars, 6, 17, 27, American Beauty (1999), 120 37n1, 93, 116, 120, 172, 190 American Graffiti (1973), 135, Action (genre), 1–3, 28, 31, 54, 56, 157n3, 158n3 57, 64, 98, 103, 109, 134, 142, American Psycho (2000), 79 151, 161–184, 189, 191, 192 Anachronisms, 3, 68n9 The African Queen (1951), 143 Andrews, Julie, 5 Agora (2009), 27 Animal House (1978), 52 Air America (1990), 89 Animation, 41, 166, 192–194 Air Force One (1997), 37n4, 114 Anthony, Peter, 105, 112 Aladdin (1992), 67n1 Armageddon (1998), 58 Alcoholism, 117 Army of Darkness (1992), 151 Alex P. Keaton (character), 145 Astaire, Fred, 161 Alfie (1966), 78 Astin, Sean, 49 Alfie (character), 78 The Astronaut’s Wife (1999), 61 Alice in Wonderland book/franchise Athenian blockbusters, 26, 161, 170, Alice in Wonderland (1951), 42 190 Alice in Wonderland (2012), 42 Atherton, William, 109 1 Note: Page numbers followed by ‘n’ refer to notes. © The Author(s) 2018 195 D. Smith-Rowsey, Blockbuster Performances, Palgrave Studies in Screen Industries and Performance, https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51879-8 196 INDEX Audiences, 3, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 20–22, “Bad ass babes,” 161, 162 29, 31, 37, 37n6, 41, 43–45, 49, Baker, Kenny, 136 51–55, 57, 58, 61, 63–67, 67n4, Bale, Christian, 26, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 77, 80, 81, 83–86, 88, 90, 82–85, 97 94–99, 103, 104, 106–112, 114, Banks, Elizabeth, 172 115, 117, 118, 120, 121, Barbossa (character), 58, 60, 61, 123–125, 127, 127n5, 132, 139, 68n8, 110 141, 143–152, 155, 157, Bardem, Javier, 117–120 158n11, 161, 162, 168, 169, Barker, Martin, 168 173, 178, 182, 183, 189, 191, Baron, Cynthia, 76, 77, 108, 184 193 Barrymore, Drew, 171 Austen, Jane, 15 Basinger, Kim, 30 Austin, Thomas, 2, 115 The Basketball Diaries (1995), 19, 20 Auteurs, 193 Bates, Kathy, 19 Authorship, 8, 143 Batman franchise Avatar franchise, 131 Alfred (character), 74, 76–78, 80 Avatar (2009), 5, 185n3, 193 Batman/Bruce Wayne (character), Avengers franchise 76, 77, 80, 83 Captain America (character), 87, Commissioner Gordon (character), 99 74, 76, 80, 81, 85 The Hulk (character), 192 Harvey Dent (character), 74, 76, Obadiah Stane (character), 93–96, 80–82, 84, 85 98 The Joker (character), 1, 71, 74, Pepper Potts (character), 91, 94–97 76–86 Rhodey (character), 90–93, 97 Rachel (character), 72, 74, 76 Tony Stark/Iron Man (character), The Dark Knight Returns (1986 5, 67n3, 73, 87–92, 94, 97–99 comic book mini-series), 75 Iron Man (2008), 9, 72, 73, 86–99 Batman (1989), 71, 75, 85 Iron Man 2 (2010), 101n13 Batman and Robin (1997), 9, 26, The Avengers (2012), 5, 88, 99 37n2, 37n6, 71, 75, 76 Iron Man 3 (2013), 101n13 Batman Begins (2005), 75, 76, Avengers: Age of Ultron (2014), 5 115 Avengers: Infinity War (2018), 5 The Dark Knight (2008), 1, 9, Away We Go (2009), 120 72–86, 103, 125, 172 Axel Foley (character), 107 BBC, 15, 30 Bean, Sean, 44, 54 Beatty, Warren, 6, 86 B A Beautiful Mind (2001), 46 Backdraft (1991), 86 Bedelia, Bonnie, 110 Back to the Future (1985), 10, 132, Beefcake, 46, 106 138, 142–152, 157, 158n8, 189, Bender, Lawrence, 2 192, 193 Ben-Hur (1959), 5, 13, 30, 37 INDEX 197 Ben-Hur (character), 14, 31, 33, 137, Boyega, John, 181–183 191 “The Boy From Oz” (play), 59 Benny, Jack, 149 Bracco, Lorraine, 20 Berry, Halle, 116 Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), 152 Beverly Hills Cop (1984), 192 Brando, Marlon, 104, 105, 132 The Bible: In the Beginning… (1966), Braveheart (1995), 28 15, 29 Brazil (1985), 134 Biblical-era films, 15 Breaking the fourth wall, 104 Biff Tannen (character), 144, 146 Brewster, Jordana, 124 Big-budget films, 1, 2, 10, 26, 29, 75, Bridesmaids (2011), 192 161, 164, 184, 189 Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), 16 The Big Lebowski (1998), 101n14 Bridges, Chris “Ludacris,” 122 The Big Sleep (1946), 112 Bridges, Jeff, 93–98 Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991), Britain, 13 151 Broccoli, Albert R., 105 Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure Brokeback Mountain (2005), 78 (1989), 151 Bronson, Charles, 114 Bingham, Dennis, 10, 162 Brooker, Will, 75, 76 Bio-pic (genre), 194 Brosnan, Pierce, 115, 116 Bishop (character), 166 Bruce Almighty (2003), 41 Black Swan (2010), 7, 185n8 Bruckheimer, Jerry, 55–58, 68n14 Black, Shane, 89 Brynner, Yul, 5, 33, 36 Blade (1998), 100n1 Buena Vista (studio), 59 Blade Runner (1982), 29, 134 Bulletproof style, 113 Blanchett, Cate, 44, 45, 53, 54, 67n4, Bullitt (1968), 106 79 Burke (character), 1, 165, 166, 185n1 Bloom, Orlando, 16, 47, 57, 60, Burstyn, Ellen, 5 62–65, 67, 68n12 Burton, Richard, 105 B-movies, 105, 133, 135 Burton, Tim, 62 Bob Dylan (character), 79 Bochner, Hart, 109 Bode, Lisa, 4 C Body horror, 185n2 Caine, Michael, 74, 76–78, 80 Body language, 64, 81, 85, 120, Cal Hockley (character), 25 147 Cal Trask (character), 25, 120 Bogart, Humphrey, 87, 141 Camerawork, 27 Bordwell, David, 2, 73, 74, 80, 82, Cameron, James, 8, 16, 17, 21–23, 87, 93 25, 26, 29, 37n6, 131, 164–166, Boseman, Chadwick, 5 168, 169, 185n3 Bourdieu, Pierre, 4 Campbell, Joseph, 5, 6, 132, 133, Bourne franchise, 46, 122 161 Boxofficemojo.com, 75 Canada, 158n12 198 INDEX Captain James Kirk (character), 55, A Clockwork Orange (1971), 78, 135 137, 157n1 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Carnicke, Sharon Marie, 8 (1977), 143 Carpenter, Russell, 18 Clover, Carol J., 163, 164 Carrey, Jim, 57, 193 Cold War, 31, 106 Carroll, Lewis, 154 Collins, Suzanne, 173–175, 177 Carter, Helena Bonham, 5 Colosseum of Rome, 29 Cartmell, Deborah, 44 Comedy (genre), 55, 60, 86, 115, Cartoonish acting, 37n6 139, 146, 148, 150, 161, 162, Casablanca (1943), 140 177, 191, 192, 194 Catwoman (2004), 170 Commodus (character), 28, 31–36, Centurion (2010), 27 38n8 Chain Reaction (1996), 153 Commutation test, 46, 115, 142 Chandler, Raymond, 101n13 Computer-generated images (CGI), Chan, Jackie, 7 96, 97, 124 Chaplin, Charlie, 192 See also Digital cinema Character acting, 66, 67 Con Air (1997), 58 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Conan the Barbarian (1982), 6, 44 (2005), 42 Confidence, 1, 9, 18, 30, 60, 67n4, Charlie’s Angels (2000), 170, 171 79, 85, 94, 104, 112, 154, 168, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003), 170, 181, 183 170 Connery, Sean, 105, 107, 108, 115, Chestburster scene, 185n2 116, 119 Chief Executive Officer, 93 Coogan’s Bluff (1968), 106 Chinese/Hapa/Hawaiian ancestry, Cope, Jason, 193 158n15 Cork, John, 105 Chong, Marcus, 157 Cornea, Christine, 3, 10, 131, 134, Christensen, Hayden, 179, 185n8 161 Christie, Julie, 5 Corrigan, Timothy, 2, 5 Christmas, 90, 112 The Country Bears (2002), 56 A Christmas Carol (2009), 193 Craig, Daniel, 104, 115–120, 122 The Chronicles of Narnia franchise, 44 Crank (2006), 173 Cinderella (1950), 42 Crazy Heart (2009), 98 Cinderella (2015), 42 Crime action (genre), 9, 103–127, Cinephilia, 10 135, 191 Clarice Starling (character), 166 Crimefighters, 103, 106, 114, 115 Clarke, James, 16, 25 The Crimson Pirate (1952), 57 Clark, Spencer Treat, 33 Crocodile Dundee II (1988), 112 Clash of the Titans (1981), 6 Crowe, Russell, 28–31, 33–35, 45, 46, Clear and Present Danger (1994), 190 114 Cruz, Penélope, 60 Cleopatra (1963), 15, 27 Crying, 77, 103, 116, 165 INDEX 199 Cumberbatch, Benedict, 121, 193 Directorial choices, 7, 30, 193, 194 Cushing, Peter, 135, 142 Dirty Harry (1971), 106 Cyrino, Monica, 27–31, 33, 36 Dirty Harry Callahan, character, 106, 107, 110 Disneyland, 56, 59 D Disney (studio), 55–64, 68n14, 89, Dafoe, Willem, 71, 93 143, 145, 146, 179, 190 Dallas Buyers Club (2013), 68n10 District 9 (2009), 193 Dalton, Timothy, 115 Divergent franchise, 178, 183 Damon, Matt, 46, 115–117, 122 Doc Brown (character), 132, 138, Daniels, Anthony, 136 146–151 Daredevil (2003), 88 Doctor Zhivago (1965), 5, 16, 17, 26, Dargis, Manohla, 172 139, 190 Dave Bowman (character), 137 Dogma (1999), 158n15 David Addison (character), 109 Don Juan DeMarco (1994), 62 David Helfgott (character), 60 Donalson, Melvin, 104, 110 David, sculpture by Michelangelo, 38n9 Donnie Brasco (1997), 62 Davies, Máire Messenger, 131 Donovan, Barna William, 103, 104, Day-Lewis, Daniel, 6, 108 127 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), The Door in the Floor (2004), 94 134 Double-entendre, 91, 95 DC Comics, 72, 192 Douglas, Edward, 87, 88, 93 Dead Man (1995), 61, 62, 64 Douglas, Michael, 143 Deakin, Peter, 46 Downey, Jr., Robert, 5, 67n3, 73, Death Wish (1974), 106 87–93, 96–99 DeCordova, Richard, 3 DreamWorks (studio), 27, 28, 96 Dench, Judi, 116, 120, 121 Dressler, Marie, 162 DeNiro, Robert, 6, 86, 135, 138, 142, Driver, Adam, 183 144 Dr. Zaius (character), 137 Devil’s Advocate (1997), 153 Dubai, 122 Diaz, Cameron, 162, 171 Dungeons and Dragons, 41 DiCaprio, Leonardo, 5, 17, 19–24, Dunst, Kirsten, 71 27, 29, 37n5, 37, 37n6, 46 Duvall, Robert, 140, 142, 167 Dick Tracy (1990), 86 Dwayne Robinson (character), 109 dictionary.com, 42 Dyer, Richard, 191 Die Hard (1988), 9, 25, 104, Dystopia, 137, 173, 178 106–115, 118, 120, 157, 169, 170 Diesel, Vin, 104, 122–126, 127n5 E Digital cinema, 28 The Eagle (2011), 27 See also Computer-generated images East of Eden (1955), 120 (CGI) Eastwood, Clint, 98, 114 200 INDEX Eckhart, Aaron, 74, 76 Family Matters (1989–1998), 109 Editing, 1, 8, 22, 27, 57, 72, 120, Family Ties (1982–1989), 144, 145, 125, 152, 154 158n8 Edward Scissorhands (1990), 62 Fantasy (genre), 3, 6, 8, 9, 41–67, 72, Ed Wood (1994), 62 99, 162, 169, 172, 179, 184, 194 Eisner, Michael, 21, 56, 57, 59, 61, Fast and Furious franchise 62, 68n7 Brian O’Conner (character), Elaborating
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