Colin farrell biography tigerland
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Colin Farrell’s Breakout Role Came in a Vietnam War Movie Unlike Any Other
Coming out of relative obscurity with little training and experience, in , Irish actor Colin Farrell heard director Joel Schumacher was holding auditions in London for Tigerland, a film about a Louisiana army training camp for soldiers bound for the Vietnam War in Knowing nothing about the film at first, Farrell earned a callback at his first audition for his irreverent charm alone. Cast as a rebellious and ingenious draftee, Roland Bozz, Farrell gives a performance of broad emotional range and intensity. The film would prove to be Farrell’s breakthrough role and was unique among Vietnam War movies in that the action is confined to training stateside and never sets foot in Vietnam itself.
The Tigerlandscreenplay was based on the true experiences of co-screenwriter Ross Klavan (with Michael McGruther), who enlisted in the Army Reserves and did his Advanced Infantry Training (A.I.T.) at Tige
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Tigerland
film directed by Joel Schumacher
Tigerland is a American wardrama film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Colin Farrell. It takes place in a training camp for soldiers to be sent to the Vietnam War.
Tigerland was the name of a U.S. Army training camp during the mids to early s, located at Fort Polk, Louisiana as part of the U.S. Army Advanced Infantry Training Center. As often the last stop for new infantrymen on their way to Vietnam, Tigerland was established in humid and muggy Fort Polk in order to closely mimic the environmental conditions of South Vietnam. Although the film's setting is loosely based on Fort Polk, the film was actually filmed at Camp Blanding in Florida.[2] The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.[3] Despite receiving generally positive reviews for its story, direction, Farrell's performance, screenplay, and emotional weight, the film was a box-office bomb, grossing only $, worldwide. It was
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Colin Farrell
Irish actor (born )
For other people named Colin Farrell, see Colin Farrell (disambiguation).
Colin James Farrell (; born 31 May [1]) is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the s, he has received various accolades, including three Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. The Irish Times named him Ireland's fifth-greatest rulle actor in , and Time magazine named him one of the most influential people in the world in [2][3]
Farrell began acting in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel () and made his rulle debut in the teaterpjäs The War Zone (). His first lead bio role was in the war teaterpjäs Tigerland (), and he made his breakthrough in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Minority Report (). He took on high-profile roles such as Bullseye in Daredevil () and as Alexander the Great in Alexander (), with further starring roles in Michael Mann's Miami Vice () and Woody