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Number of Discs: - MovieWeb


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MovieWeb
As a vicious gang war heats up that will determine Brooklyn's future, a romance develops between Bobby and Annie (Fairuza Balk), the leader of a girl gang. ...

Posted on March 2, 2010, 10:18 am

Maynard James Keenan returns to film! - Consequence of Sound


Consequence of Sound

Maynard James Keenan returns to film!
Consequence of Sound
Fairuza Balk is also reportedly being approached for a supporting role in the movie ? which commences filming May 3rd ? and an unnamed (for contractual ...

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Posted on February 22, 2010, 11:31 am

Connie Francis: Where The (Gay Porn) Boys Are - Just Out (blog)


Connie Francis: Where The (Gay Porn) Boys Are
Just Out (blog)
Specifically, I think of the Connie Francis-filled jukebox that Grace purchases after Nancy (Fairuza Balk) kills her stepfather using witchcraft. ...

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Posted on February 11, 2010, 5:25 pm

'American Idol' Hollywood finale (part 1): Magnificent seven? (SPOILERS ahead!) - Entertainment Weekly


'American Idol' Hollywood finale (part 1): Magnificent seven? (SPOILERS ahead!)
Entertainment Weekly
She reminded me more of Fairuza Balk's character on the The Craft. Especially the part at the end where she starts going nuts. I think that he is talented, ...

Posted on February 16, 2010, 9:26 pm

Retrato de un hombre corrupto - El Día (Argentina) (Comunicado de prensa)


Retrato de un hombre corrupto
El Día (Argentina) (Comunicado de prensa)
El elenco de este policial lo completan Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Brad Dourif, Michael Shannon, Shawn Hatosy, Denzel Whitaker y Shea ...

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Posted on March 3, 2010, 9:25 pm

Tim Burton recrea el famoso viaje de Alicia al País de las Maravillas - Radio FMQ


Radio FMQ

Tim Burton recrea el famoso viaje de Alicia al País de las Maravillas
Radio FMQ
... Abel Ferrara y Zoe Lund (1992) - Con Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner, Shawn Hatosy - Distribuye Distribution ...

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Posted on March 2, 2010, 3:01 pm

Sueños con iguanas y serpientes - Lanacion.com (Argentina)


Sueños con iguanas y serpientes
Lanacion.com (Argentina)
En Un maldito policía en Nueva Orleáns también participaron Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk y el adolescente Denzel Whitaker. Entre los productores asociados ...

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Posted on February 28, 2010, 10:45 pm

DVD ? ?Il cattivo tenente ? Ultima chiamata a New Orleans?, di Werner Herzog - Sentieri Selvaggi


Sentieri Selvaggi

DVD ? ?Il cattivo tenente ? Ultima chiamata a New Orleans?, di Werner Herzog
Sentieri Selvaggi
Non convince del tutto, invece, l'esiguo spazio dedicato all'approfondimento Cast: Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, ...

Posted on February 17, 2010, 5:08 pm

"Blogas policininkas" - geras filmas apie blog? "ment?" - Klaip?da


Klaip?da

"Blogas policininkas" - geras filmas apie blog? "ment?"
Klaip?da
Kriminalin? drama. JAV, 2009 m. Re?. W.Herzogas. Vaidina N.Cage'as, Valas Kilmeris, Eva Mendes, Bradas Dourifas, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge.

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Posted on February 28, 2010, 3:28 am

Ritmo de normalidade no final de semana em Santos - Agora MS


Agora MS

Ritmo de normalidade no final de semana em Santos
Agora MS
Dirigido por Werner Herzog, tem no elenco Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge. Endereço: Posto 4, próximo ao Canal 3. ...

Posted on February 25, 2010, 2:35 pm

Fairuza Balk Biography

Fairuza Balk
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Fairuza Balk

Fairuza Balk, January 2006
Born Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse
May 21, 1974 (1974-05-21) (age 35)
Point Reyes, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1983–present

Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress. She made her theatrical film debut as Dorothy Gale in Disney's Return to Oz. She has also appeared in The Craft, American History X and The Waterboy.

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Her early life

Balk was born as Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse in Point Reyes, California.1 Her mother, Cathryn Balk, is of Dutch descent and worked as a belly dancer and teacher of Middle Eastern and Flamenco dancing.2 Her father, Solomon Feldthouse, one of the founding members of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Kaleidoscope and also a traveling folk musician,3 was born in Pingree, Idaho and moved to Turkey at age 10, where he lived for six years and learned Greek, Turkish and Persian music.4 Fairuza's personal name translates from the Persian as "turquoise;" she was so named for the turquoise-blue color of her eyes.

Fairuza's father took her several times to the Oregon Country Fair, where she would do Flamenco dancing on stage and her father played his Middle Eastern music. Soon after her parents divorced, Balk and her mother became world travelers. She was raised for the first part of her life in San Francisco on a commune-type ranch. They then moved to Vancouver when she was nine. When she was 11, they moved to London, where she attended various prestigious ballet and acting schools.

Her known career

It was during the time Fairuza was spending in London that she was selected by Walt Disney Productions to star as Dorothy Gale in Return to Oz, the loose sequel to MGM's 1939 musical The Wizard of Oz. It was not her debut role; that role had been in a television movie titled The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, produced in 1983. However, it was the one that brought her attention as an actress. The role led to other minor roles, including that of Mildred Hubble in the comedy The Worst Witch, and in 1988 she moved to Paris to do more work as an actress. By 1989 she was back in Vancouver, where she attended high school. However, she soon decided to take correspondence courses instead and went back to Hollywood, where she gained increasing notice as an actress. In 1992 she was awarded an Independent Spirit Award as best actress for her performance in the Allison Anders film Gas Food Lodging.

In 1996, she appeared in a lead role in The Craft, in which her character formed a teenage coven with characters portrayed by Neve Campbell, Rachel True and Robin Tunney.

Balk has continued to find roles. She co-starred in The Island of Dr Moreau in 1996, gave a performance as a neo-Nazi opposite Edward Norton in American History X in 1998, and was featured in The Waterboy, alongside Adam Sandler, in 1998. Since 2000, she has appeared in over half a dozen movies. She has also done voice work for animated films and video games, including Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Her known personal life

Balk lives in Hollywood, California, and has an apartment in New York City. Outside her career, her interests include writing poetry and fiction, playing guitar and violin, singing, and dancing. Over the years, she has been romantically involved with a number of well-known men, including British actor David Thewlis, who appeared with her in The Island of Dr. Moreau in 1996 and in American Perfekt in 1997, as well as C. M. Talkington, the director and writer of the cult classic, Love and a .45.citation needed

Fairuza was a well-known neopagan even before she shot 1996's The Craft, and served as an uncredited technical advisor to the film. She provided some witchcraft information on set and helped design many of the sets to match real pagan rituals. From 1995 to 2001, she owned Panpipes Magickal Marketplace, billed as the nation's largest occult store, in Hollywood, California.5

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1983 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Beth Bradley TV
1985 Return to Oz Dorothy Gale
1986 Deceptions Penny Roberts TV
The Worst Witch Mildred Hubble TV
Discovery Molly
1987 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story Barbara Hutton at the age of 12 years TV
1988 The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Celia Brzjinski
1989 Valmont Cecile
1991 Deadly Intentions... Again? Stacey TV
1992 Gas Food Lodging Shade Winner, Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress
Shame Lizzie Curtis TV
The Danger of Love Lisa TV (concerning the story of Carolyn Warmus)
1993 Murder in the Heartland Caril Ann Fugate TV
1994 Imaginary Crimes Sonya Weiler
Tollbooth Doris
1995 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Lucinda
Shadow of a Doubt Angel Harwell TV
1996 The Craft Nancy Downs Also an uncredited technical advisor
The Island of Dr. Moreau Aissa
1997 The Maker Bella Sotto
American Perfekt Alice Thomas
1998 There's no Fish Food in Heaven Mona
American History X Stacey
The Waterboy Vicky Valencourt
2000 Red Letters Gretchen Van Buren
Almost Famous Sapphire
2002 Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Paula
Deuces Wild Annie
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Mercedes Cortez video game; voice
2003 Justice League Penny 1 episode
2005 What Is It? Snail voice
Don't Come Knocking Amber
A Year and a Day Lola
2006 Wild Tigers I Have Known Logan's Mom
Masters of Horror Stacia TV episode "Pick Me Up"
2008 Grindstone Road Hannah Sloan
Humboldt County Bogart
2009 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Heidi
Awards and achievements
Independent Spirit Award
Preceded by
Judy Davis
for Impromptu
Best Leading Actress
1993
for Gas Food Lodging
Succeeded by
Ashley Judd
for Ruby in Paradise

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