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The Many Faces of… Sharon Stone

Overview of roles and movies of Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone was born on March 10, 1958 in Meadville, Pennsylvania. She has a degree in creative writing and fine arts. As she was growing up she did modeling and became Miss Crawford County. In 1977 she moved to New Jersey and started working for the Ford Modeling Agency in New York. She wanted to become an actress and had her first role in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories as an extra. She appeared in various B-movies and had her big break in Total Recall as the wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character. Her real breakthrough came when she played Catherine Tramell in Paul Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct. She has since appeared in a big number of movies including Sliver, The Specialist, The Quick and the Dead, Antz, Casino, Catwoman, Broken Flowers, Alpha Dog and many others. Her performance in Casino got her an Oscar nomination. Continue reading →

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$5 a Day (2008)

Ritchie Flynn Parker (Alessandro Nivola)is living a normal life. He does health inspections for a living and seem like there’s nothing strange going on in his life. It’s been years since he had contact with his father, but when his girlfriend tells him that his father will be dying soon he decides to go visit him. His father(Christopher Walken) is an experienced conman who has managed to live of his skills for years. When Ritchie meets him he is not sure whether his father is really dying. They hit the road to finish some business. During this journey Ritchie learns a lot about his father and himself. Continue reading →