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Bloody awful ?Repo Men? is better off dead

MSNBC - Found 9 hours ago
Schreiber's salesman says, referring to the customers deliberating in his "showroom."Remy's wife (Carice van Houten, "Black Book") wants him...
Review: Repo Men's Parts Feel Transplanted From Other Films - EOnline.com
A Hands-On Approach to Health Care Reform - New York Times
Movie Review | 'Repo Men': Jude Law?s Hands-On Approach to Health ... - New York Times
'Repo Men'? Creepo Men is more like it - USA Today
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South Bend Tribune

Posted on March 19, 2010, 6:55 am

Movie review: 'Repo Men'

Los Angeles Times - Found Mar. 18, 2010
When Remy, estranged from his wife (a scowling Carice Van Houten) and kid, gets hurt on the job and wakes up sporting his own pricey Union...
New releases target 'Alice in Wonderland' - Variety
'Repo Men': Heartless job drives anything-goes sci-fi thriller - Seattle Times
'Repo Men': Organic Living, With Strings Attached - NPR
Forest Whitaker says the message hooked him to 'Repo Men' - Los Angeles Times
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Seattle Times

Posted on March 18, 2010, 5:25 am

The Projector: Movies opening Friday, March 19

Boise Weekly - Found 18 hours ago
Lemy and his wife (Carice Van Houten) go on the run, fighting the Union and fighting for the right to survive.

Posted on March 19, 2010, 10:36 am

New movies for March 19

St. Petersburg Times - Found Mar. 18, 2010
Don't give insurance companies ideas, guys. R Starring: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, RZA, Alice Braga and Carice van Houten.
Pretty stars can?t carry ?Bounty Hunter? - MSNBC
Butler and Aniston 'faked engagement' to fool mum - Hollywood
Demi Moore Shows Off Her Undies - People
WATCH: Truly Shocking Game Show - ABC News
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Posted on March 18, 2010, 3:22 am

Review: Squishy 'Repo Men' Sticks Shiv in Organ-Extraction Action

Wired - Found Mar. 18, 2010
... wife Carol (Carice Van Houten). For the sake of their son, Carol wants Remy to find a more wholesome day job. In the thankless role, Van Houten...

Posted on March 18, 2010, 6:00 am

Interview: Jude Law And Forest Whitaker Are Repo Men

Cinema Blend - Found Mar. 17, 2010
Jude Law: You?ll have to ask them. Oh, yeah, I remember one note. I wanted people to like Carol [his wife, played by Carice van Houten].
Review: ''Repo Men'' - Miami Herald
Unorthodox 'Repo Men' campaign features contest - The Independent
Mr. Beaks Discusses The Fine Art Of Organ Extraction With REPO MEN ... - Ain't It Cool News
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Cinema Blend

Posted on March 17, 2010, 12:43 pm

Exclusive: Repo Men Director Miguel Sapochnik

Coming Soon! - Found Mar. 12, 2010
Sapochnik about Repo Men, the action-thriller starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, RZA, Alice Braga and Carice van Houten.
Film trailer: Jude Law and Forest Whitaker in 'Repo Men' - The Independent
Whitaker thinks less for 'Repo Men' role - Toronto Sun
Repo Men an odd mix of humour, organ reclaiming - Belleville Intelligencer
Repo Men an odd mix of humour, organ reclaiming - Welland Tribune
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Toronto Sun

Posted on March 12, 2010, 10:25 am

New Restricted Director's Cut Trailer for Repo Men

Coming Soon! - Found Mar. 9, 2010
... by Miguel Sapochnik, the futuristic action-thriller stars Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, RZA, Alice Braga and Carice van Houten.
New Red-Band - Hollywood
7 gnarly clips from Repo Men, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker - JoBlo Movie Emporium
Latest trailer for Repo Men is for restricted audiences only - JoBlo Movie Emporium
Repo Men Clips Make It Look Like This Year's Surrogates - Cinema Blend
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JoBlo Movie Emporium

Posted on March 9, 2010, 10:17 am

Movie Review | Repo Men: Gore-fest could use a bit of heart

Columbus Dispatch - Found 2 hours ago
Forest Whitaker...................Jake Alice Braga .......................Beth Carice van Houten ............Carol MPAA rating: R (for bloody...

Posted on March 20, 2010, 2:48 am

Bloody, awful vision of future disappoints in 'Repo Men'

Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Found 1 hour ago
... s salesman says, referring to the customers deliberating in his 'showroom.' Remy's wife (Carice van Houten, 'Black Book') wants him to find a...

Posted on March 20, 2010, 3:06 am

Carice van Houten Biography

Carice van Houten
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Carice van Houten

Carice van Houten in 2008
Born Carice Anouk van Houten
September 5, 1976 (1976-09-05) (age 33)
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Occupation Actress
Years active 1997–present
Domestic partner(s) Sebastian Koch
Official website
Van Houten at the premiere of Dorothy

Carice Anouk van Houten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaris ˈanuk fɑn ˈhʌutɛn]; born September 5, 1976) is a Dutch stage and film actress. She won three Golden Calves for her roles in Suzy Q (1999), Undercover Kitty (2001), and Black Book (2006). Her role in Black Book launched her international career. She acted in the American films Valkyrie (2008), and Repo Men (2010).

Contents

Life and career

Early life

Van Houten was born on September 5, 1976 in Leiderdorp, the Netherlands. Her mother Margje Stasse is on the board of Dutch educational TV and her father Theodore van Houten is a writer and broadcaster. She has a younger sister, Jelka van Houten, who is also an actress. She went to the St. Bonifatiuscollege (high school) in Utrecht, where she played the leading role in Hugo Claus' Tijl Uilenspieghel, directed by Ad Migchielsen. Van Houten studied at the Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam.1

Acting career

Carice van Houten played her first leading role in Martin Koolhoven's TV film Suzy Q. Van Houten won a Golden Calf for her part as Suzy. She also won the Pisuisse Award and the Top Naeff Award for her stage acting and another Golden Calf for her part as the kitten that becomes a girl in Undercover Kitty (2001). The first time she could be seen in cinemas in the USA was when Martin Koolhoven's AmnesiA (2001) got a small theatrical release.

Van Houten won a Golden Calf for her performance as Rachel Stein in the 2006 film Black Book2 at the Netherlands Film Festival. Black Book's director Paul Verhoeven says about her in a television interview: "Never in my life I have worked with an actress this talented." and when he is asked to compare her with Sharon Stone he says: "Carice can really act".3 The international press is also enthusiastic about her role in Black Book.4 Dick Schümer writes in his review of the film in the Frankfurter Allgemeine that Carice van Houten is "not only more beautiful, but also a better actress than Scarlett Johansson".5

In December 2006, Van Houten withdrew from a theatre production of Alex van Warmerdam due to personal reasons. According to a theatre spokesman it was because of a work overload.6

Carice's first English spoken movie was Dorothy from French director Agnès Merlet.

Her performance in Black Book led to roles opposite Tom Cruise in Valkyrie and Jude Law and Forest Whitaker in Repossession Mambo. She has acted in three movies directed by Dutch director Martin Koolhoven.

In 2008, she starred in the non-commercial short movie Zingen in het Donker, a drama on domestic violence. In January 2008, Van Houten was named Woman of the Year by New York Magazine.7 She appeared in the magazine Vanity Fair in the issue for March 2008, photographed by Wayne Maser.8

On October 4, 2008 filming began on From Time To Time, directed by Julian Fellowes. It is based on the children’s literature classic The Chimneys of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston. Van Houten is attached to star as Maria Oldknow.

In April 2009 it was announced that Van Houten would star in Black Death by UK director Christopher Smith and in the highly anticipated Dutch film Love Life (Komt een vrouw bij de dokter), based on the celebrated novel of the same name by Ray Kluun. She stared also in the Science-Fiction thriller Repo Men.9

Personal life

She was in a relationship with actor Sebastian Koch, her co-star in Black Book.10 The couple announced they were separating in August 2009.

Carice has stated that Hollywood makes her unhappy: "I have seen Hollywood, and although I have nothing against it, it's not my kind of life. My agent is shocked that I want to stay in Europe", she says. "If Hollywood offers me a great part, of course I'll take it, but I just don't want to live there."11

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1997 3 ronden Emily
1998 Ivory Guardians unknown
1999 Suzy Q Suzy Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama
2001 Storm In Mijn Hoofd Erwtenbloesem/Titania
AmnesiA Sandra
Undercover Kitty Minoes Golden Calf for Best Actress
2002 The Wild Boar Pandora
2003 Father's Affair Monika
2005 Black Swans Marleen Nominated — Golden Calf for Best Actress
Lepel Juffrouw Broer
Knetter Lis
2006 Ik Omhels Je Met 1000 Armen Samarinde
Black Book Rachel Stein/Ellis De Vries Golden Calf for Best Actress
Rembrandt Award for Best Actress
Nominated — European Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
Nominated — German Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
2007 Alles is Liefde Kiki Jollema
2008 Dorothy Mills Jane Van Dopp
Valkyrie Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2009 Komt een vrouw bij de dokter Carmen
From Time to Time Maria Oldknow
2010 Repo Men Carol12
Smoke and Ochre Ingrid Jonker
De Gelukkige Huisvrouw Lea
Black Death Langiva
Vivaldi Julietta
Alice in Wonderland Alice Dutch Voice
Satisfaction pre-production

Discography

Awards

Film Awards
Theatre Awards
  • Pisuisse Prize (1999)
  • Top Naeff Prize (2000)
Other Awards
  • ELLE Personal Style Award 2006

References

  1. ^ Biography for Carice van Houten; retrieved November 25, 2006
  2. ^ Winnaars Gouden Kalveren 2006, October 6, 2006; accessed October 7, 2006
  3. ^ De Wereld Draait Door, September 7, 2006
  4. ^ Carice van Houten slaat in als een bom, September 4, 2006; accessed October 7, 2006
  5. ^ Basisinstinkt: Paul Verhoevens „Schwarzbuch“ in Venedig in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 1, 2006; accessed October 7, 2006
  6. ^ ANP (2006-12-06). "Carice van Houten trekt zich terug uit voorstelling" (in Dutch). nu.nl. http://www.nu.nl/news/909259/61/Carice_van_Houten_trekt_zich_terug_uit_voorstelling.html. Retrieved 2006-12-17. 
  7. ^ "Women of the Year" (2008-01-07) in the magazine New York. Retrieved on 2008-12-13.
  8. ^ Van Houten (February 2008) in the magazine Vanity Fair. Retrieved on 2008-12-13.
  9. ^ Repo Men Madness! Six Interviews, Seven Clips, Plus B-Roll
  10. ^ Carice valt voor tegenspeler uit 'Zwartboek' August 22, 2006; retrieved November 25, 2006
  11. ^ ANP (2007-07-05). "Carice van Houten wordt ongelukkig van Hollywood" (in Dutch). nu.nl. http://www.nu.nl/news/1208156/61/Carice_van_Houten_wordt_ongelukkig_van_Hollywood.html. Retrieved 2007-07-05. 
  12. ^ "Carice is de vrouw van Leonardo en Jude???". MovieReporter.nl. 2007-09-28. http://www.moviereporter.nl/bekijken.php?type=nieuws&id=198=. Retrieved 2007-09-28. 

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