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American Hustle (2013 film)

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American Hustle
American Hustle 2013 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by David O. Russell
Produced by
Written by Eric Warren Singer
David O. Russell
Starring
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography Linus Sandgren
Editing by
Studio Atlas Entertainment
Annapurna Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates
  • December 12, 2013 (Australia)
  • December 20, 2013 (United States)
Running time 138 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $40 million[2][3]
Box office $131,531,191[3]
American Hustle is a 2013 American crime comedy-drama film directed by David O. Russell, from a screenplay written by Eric Warren Singer and Russell, loosely based on the FBI ABSCAM operation of the late 1970s and early 1980s.[4] It stars Christian Bale and Amy Adams as two con artists who are forced by an FBI agent (played by Bradley Cooper) to set up an elaborate sting operation on corrupt politicians, including the mayor of Camden, New Jersey (played by Jeremy Renner). Jennifer Lawrence supports the cast as the unpredictable wife of Bale's character.
Principal photography on American Hustle began on March 8, 2013 in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, and New York City. The film had its nationwide release in the United States on December 20, 2013.[5] The film received positive reviews and was a box office success. It received ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay,[6] and became the second film since 1981 to be nominated in the four acting categories, the first being Silver Linings Playbook, which was also directed by David O. Russell and also starred Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. American Hustle also won three Golden Globe Awards and ten BAFTA Awards, among other achievements.

Plot

In 1978, con artists Irving Rosenfeld and Sydney Prosser have met, started a relationship, and are working together. Sydney has improved Irving’s scams, posing as British aristocrat "Lady Edith Greensley". They are a well-matched couple, but Irving refuses to leave his adopted son with wife Rosalyn, who will not divorce him.
FBI agent Richie Di Maso catches Irving and Sydney in a loan scam, but offers to release them if Irving can line up four additional arrests. Sydney opposes the agreement. Richie believes Sydney is British, but has proof that her claim of aristocracy is fraudulent. Sydney tells Irving she will manipulate Richie, distancing herself from Irving.
Irving has a friend pretending to be a wealthy Arab Sheikh looking for potential investments in America. An associate of Irving's suggests that the Sheikh do business with Mayor Polito of Camden, New Jersey. The popular mayor is campaigning to revitalize gambling in Atlantic City but has struggled to raise the necessary funds. Richie devises a plan to entrap Polito despite the objections of his boss Stoddard Thorsen and Irving. Sydney helps Richie manipulate an FBI secretary into making an unauthorized wire transfer of $2 million. When Thorsen's boss, Anthony Amado, hears of the operation, he praises Richie's initiative, pressuring Thorsen to continue the operation.
Richie's over-eagerness to catch Polito causes the mayor to leave their meeting. Irving convinces Polito that the Sheikh is legitimate, expresses his dislike of Richie, and the two become friends. Richie arranges for Polito to meet the Sheikh at an airfield, forcing Thorsen into further expenses. Without consulting the others, Richie has a Mexican-American FBI agent play the part of the Sheikh.
Polito brings the Sheikh to a casino party, telling him that mobsters are there and it is a necessary part of doing business. Irving is surprised to see that the violent Mafia overlord Victor Tellegio, second-in-command to Meyer Lansky, is there, and wants to meet the Sheikh. Tellegio explains the business will need the Sheikh to become an American citizen, and Polito will need to expedite the process, bribing officials if necessary. Tellegio also requires a $10 million wire transfer, to prove the Sheikh's legitimacy. Richie agrees, eager to bring down Tellegio, convincing Irving the operation is out of control.
Richie tells Sydney he loves her, but becomes confused and aggressive when she admits to being American. Irving intercedes to protect Sydney, and attempts to call off their deal with Richie. Richie says that if they back out, Tellegio will learn of the scam and murder Irving, Sydney, Rosalyn and Rosalyn's son.
Rosalyn starts an affair with Pete Musane, a mobster she met at the party. She mentions her belief that Irving is possibly working with the IRS, so Musane threatens Irving, who promises to prove the Sheikh's investment is real. Irving later confronts Rosalyn, who admits she told Musane because she feels unloved. Rosalyn agrees to keep quiet about the plan, but now wants a divorce.
With Polito's help, Richie and Irving entrap members of Congress into receiving bribes on videotape. Richie goes over Thorsen, convincing Amado that $10 million is needed to entrap Tellegio, but only gets $2 million. A meeting is arranged at the offices of Tellegio's lawyer, but Tellegio does not show up. The operation continues and Richie records an admission of criminal activities when the lawyer accepts the transfer.
Irving visits Polito's house and admits to the scam. Polito blames Irving, saying he only wanted to improve New Jersey. The money is missing, but an anonymous source offers to return it in exchange for immunity for Irving and Sydney and a reduced sentence for Polito. Amado is willing to make the deal but Richie objects. Irving suggests Richie either has the money or is incompetent for losing it. Irving actually had a friend pose as Tellegio's lawyer to con Richie, to give him leverage and keep them away from the mob. Amado accepts the deal and removes Richie from the case.
Irving and Sydney get married and open an art gallery, while Rosalyn marries Musane and shares custody of her son with Irving. The mob accepts that Irving deflected attention from them, and they let him get on with his life.

Cast

Several of the characters are fictional versions of specific real-life counterparts:[7][8]

Production

Development

The film began its life as a screenplay titled American Bullshit, by Eric Warren Singer. The screenplay was listed at #8 on the 2010 Black List of unproduced screenplays. The film was set up at Columbia Pictures with Charles Roven and Richard Suckle producing through Atlas Entertainment, who initially considered Ben Affleck to direct before David O. Russell ultimately signed on to helm the film.[9] Russell re-wrote Singer's screenplay, replacing the characters with caricatures of their respective real-life figures.

Production

Principal photography started on March 8, 2013 and wrapped in May 2013.[10][11] The film was shot using locations in and around Boston, Massachusetts (such as in Worcester) and New York.[12][13] Filming had to be put on hold in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings with the city in lockdown. After lockdown was lifted, the film wrapped its Boston shoot and spent its final few days of production in New York City.[14]
Christian Bale revealed in an interview that the majority of his character interactions were improvised in multiple takes in which he questioned David O. Russell about the plot. Russell responded that what he had wanted to focus on were the characters, rather than the plot.[citation needed] To prepare for the role, Christian Bale gained 50 pounds.

Release

Director David O. Russell released the teaser trailer for the film on July 31, 2013,[15] and a theatrical trailer was released on October 9, 2013.[16] In the United States, the film made its wide release on December 20, 2013.[17]

Critical response

American Hustle received critical acclaim upon its release. The cast received praise for their performances, notably Adams and Lawrence. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 93% rating, based on reviews from 233 critics with an average score of 8.2/10. The site's consensus reads, "Riotously funny and impeccably cast, American Hustle compensates for its flaws with unbridled energy and some of David O. Russell's most irrepressibly vibrant direction."[18] Metacritic gives a score of 90/100, indicating "universal acclaim", based on reviews from 47 critics.[19]
Christy Lemire awarded the film four out of four stars, praising David O. Russell's directing and the relationship between Irving and Sydney, as well as Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal of Rosalyn. She writes: "For all its brashness and big personality, American Hustle is a character study at its core—an exploration of dissatisfaction and drive, and the lengths to which we're willing to go for that elusive thing known as a better life."[20] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film an A+, especially complimenting Bradley Cooper's performance and stating that American Hustle was "the best time I've had at the movies all year." He later named it the year's best film.[21] Time magazine's Richard Corliss wrote, "American Hustle is an urban eruption of flat-out fun — the sharpest, most exhilarating comedy in years. Anyone who says otherwise must be conning you."[22]
Peter Debruge of Variety was critical of the film, calling it "a sloppy sprawl of a movie" and complaining that the improvisational performances overwhelm instead of adding to a coherent plot.[23]

Accolades

Main article: List of accolades received by American Hustle (2013 film)
American Hustle received seven Golden Globe Award nominations; it won for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, with Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence winning Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture respectively. The film has also been nominated for ten British Academy Film Awards and ten Academy Awards. On Thursday, January 16, 2014, it was announced that American Hustle had been nominated for a total of 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor for Christian Bale, Best Actress for Amy Adams, Best Supporting Actor for Bradley Cooper, Best Supporting Actress for Jennifer Lawrence, Best Director for David O. Russell and Best Original Screenplay for David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer. This is the second consecutive year in which a film by David O. Russell has received nominations in all four acting categories (after Silver Linings Playbook).

Differences from reality

American Hustle makes no great attempt at directly documenting the Abscam storyline: the names are changed, and the film begins with the unusual on-screen message, "Some of this actually happened".[8] Major differences from reality include:
  • In the film, Irving Rosenfeld begins a life of criminality when he smashes storefront windows as a child in order to provide more work for his father's glass-installation business. In real life, Melvin Weinberg began working for his father only as an adult. He did smash windows at that point, and according to one article after Abscam was revealed, it was indeed done to shore up business for Weinberg's father.[24] A later report, however, states that it was done at the behest of the local union, to punish businesses who used non-union glaziers.[25]
  • In the film, Camden mayor Carmine Polito is shown as a selfless politician who gets involved in the scam only to provide jobs to his constituents; Irving feels so bad for Carmine that he engineers a reduced sentence for him. In reality, though Camden mayor Angelo Errichetti was widely praised for caring about the people of Camden, he also had a reputation for criminality, and during the Abscam operation offered to get the fake sheik into illegal businesses such as money counterfeiting and drug smuggling. Though Weinberg developed a fondness for Errichetti as a man who "didn't beat around the bush", he made no attempt to protect Errichetti from prosecution.[25]
  • Evelyn Knight, Weinberg's mistress on whom the character of Sydney Prosser is based, was involved in Weinberg's scams, though to a lesser extent than shown in the film; and she was not involved in Abscam. She was also English, not an American impersonating an Englishwoman as shown in the film.[8]
  • Weinberg's wife Cynthia Marie Weinberg, the basis for Rosalyn Rosenfeld, is not known to have had an affair with someone from the mafia, nor did she nearly blow Weinberg's cover.[26]
  • The character of Richie DiMaso is based to some extent on federal agent Tony Amoroso, although in real life Amoroso was just one of a number of agents involved in setting up and executing the scam.[26]
  • In the film, the sheik is played by a Mexican-American FBI agent with very limited Arabic. In real life, the sheik was played by two different agents: first briefly by an American, Mike Denehy, who spoke no Arabic, then by a Lebanese-American.[25][26]
Though some of the film's changes have the effect of increasing the sense of moral ambiguity around Abscam, it was indeed a controversial operation, with some critics calling it entrapment, and others decrying the operation's cost, the fact that it was headed by a convicted criminal, and its effect of reducing public trust in the government only a few years after the Watergate scandal.[25]

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Suchitra Sen

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Suchitra Sen
Suchitra Sen as Paro in Bimpal Roy's, Devdas (1955).jpg
Suchitra Sen as Paro in Bimal Roy's Devdas (1955)
Born Rama Dasgupta
6 April 1931
Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now in Bangladesh)
Died 17 January 2014 (aged 82)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Bengali
Years active 1952–79
Notable work(s) Saat Pake Badha
Sharey Chuattor
Saptapadi
Shaapmochan
Harano Sur
Deep Jele Jai
Aandhi
Religion Hinduism
Spouse(s) Dibanath Sen (1947-1970 till his death)
Children Moon Moon Sen
Awards Padma Shri, Banga Bibhushan
Signature Suchitra Sen English signature.jpg
Suchitra Sen (Bengali pronunciation: [ʃuːtʃiːraː ʃeːn] About this sound listen (help·info)), born Rama Dasgupta (About this sound listen (help·info); 6 April 1931 – 17 January 2014), was an Indian actress who acted in several Bengali and a few Hindi films. The movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali Cinema.[1]
Suchitra Sen was the first Indian actress to receive an award at an international film festival when, at the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, she won the Silver Prize for Best Actress for Saat Paake Bandha.[2] [3] In 1972, she was awarded the Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards in India.[4] From 1979 on, she retreated from public life and shunned all forms of public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo.[5][6] In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest cinematic award in India, in order to stay out of the public eye.[7] In 2012, she was conferred the West Bengal Government's highest honor: Banga Bibhushan.[8]

Personal life and education

Suchitra Sen was born in Pabna, in the present-day Pabna District of Bangladesh, on 6 April 1931.[9][10] Her father Late Karunamoy Dasgupta was the headmaster of the local school, and her mother Indira Devi was a homemaker. She was their fifth child and third daughter. She received her formal education in Pabna.
Suchitra Sen married Dibanath Sen, son of wealthy Bengali industrialist Adinath Sen, in 1947[11] and had one daughter, Moon Moon Sen, who is a former actress. Her father-in-law Adinath Sen was supportive of her acting in films after her marriage.[12]Her industrialist husband initially invested a lot in her career and gave her all possible support.[13]
Suchitra Sen made a successful entry into Bengali films in 1952, and then a less successful transition to the Bollywood film industry. According to persistent but unconfirmed reports in the Bengali press, her marriage was strained by her success in the film industry.[14]

Career

Suchitra Sen made her debut in films with Shesh Kothaay in 1952, but it was never released.[15] The following year saw her act opposite Uttam Kumar in Sharey Chuattor, a film by Nirmal Dey. It was a box-office hit and is remembered for launching Uttam-Suchitra as a leading pair. They went on to become the icons for Bengali dramas for more than 20 years, becoming almost a genre unto themselves.[16]
She received a Best Actress Award for the film Devdas (1955), which was her first Hindi movie. Her Bengali melodramas and romances, especially with Uttam Kumar, made her the most famous Bengali actress ever.[17] Her films ran through the 1960s and '70s. She continued to act in films even after her husband died, such as in the Hindi film Aandhi (1974). Aandhi was inspired by India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi[18]. Sen received a Filmfare Award nomination as Best Actress, while Sanjeev Kumar, who essayed the role of her husband, won the Filmfare as Best Actor.[19]
One of her best known performances was in Deep Jwele Jaai (1959). She played Radha, a hospital nurse employed by a progressive psychiatrist, Pahadi Sanyal, who is expected to develop a personal relationship with male patients as part of their therapy. Sanyal diagnoses the hero, Basanta Choudhury, as having an unresolved Oedipal dilemma. He orders Radha to play the role though she is hesitant as in a similar case she had fallen in love with the patient. She finally agrees and bears up to Choudhury's violence, impersonates his mother, sings his poetic compositions and in the process falls in love again. In the end, even as she brings about his cure, she suffers a nervous breakdown. The film is noted for its partly-lit close ups of Sen, which set the tone of the film.[20] Asit Sen remade the film in Hindi as Khamoshi (1969) with Waheeda Rehman in the Suchitra Sen role.[21]
Suchitra Sen's other landmark film with Asit Sen was Uttar Falguni (1963). She plays the dual role of a courtesan, Pannabai, and her daughter Suparna, a lawyer. Critics note that she brought a great deal of poise, grace and dignity to the role of a fallen woman determined to see her daughter grow up in a good, clean environment.[22][23][24]
Suchitra Sen's international success came in 1963, when she won the best actress award at the Moscow International Film Festival for the movie Saat Paake Bandha, becoming the first Indian actress to receive an international film award.[25]
A film critic summed up Suchitra Sen's career and continuing legacy as "one half of one of Indian cinema's most popular and abiding screen pairs, Suchitra Sen redefined stardom in a way that few actors have done, combining understated sensuality, feminine charm and emotive force and a no-nonsense gravitas to carve out a persona that has never been matched, let alone surpassed in Indian cinema"[26]

In retirement

Suchitra Sen refused Satyajit Ray's offer due to a date problem; as a result Ray never made the film Devi Chaudhurani. She also refused Raj Kapoor's offer for a film under the RK banner.[27] Sen continued to act after her husband's death in 1970, but called it a day when "Pronoy Pasha" flopped,[28] and retired from the screen in 1978 after a career of over 25 years to a life of quiet seclusion. She was to do a film project 'Nati Binodini', also starring Rajesh Khanna,[29] but the film was shelved mid-way after shooting when she decided to quit acting. She assiduously avoided the public gaze after her retirement and devoted her time to the Ramakrishna Mission.[9] Suchitra Sen was a contender for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2005, provided she was ready to accept it in person. Her refusal to go to New Delhi and personally accept it from the President of India deprived her of the award.[30]

Death

Suchitra Sen was admitted to the hospital on 24 December 2013 and was diagnosed with a lung infection. She was reported to have been recovering well in the first week of January.[31] She died at 8.25 am on 17 January 2014, due to a heart attack.[32][33]
Suchitra Sen's death has been condoled by many leaders, including the President of India Dr. Pranab Mukherjee, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, and BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.[34] A gun salute was given before her cremation, as ordered by Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal.[35]

Selected Filmography

Year Title Role Language Director Co-star Notes
1952 Shesh Kothay
Bengali

Unreleased
1953 Saat Number Kayedi
Bengali


1953 Bhagaban Srikrishna Chaitanya Bishnupriya Bengali Debaki Bose Basanta Choudhury
1953 Sharey Chuattor Romola Bengali Nirmal Dey Uttam Kumar The first film to pair Uttam and Suchitra, in the film their story formed a sub-plot
1953 Kajori
Bengali Niren Lahiri, Satu Roy

1954 Sadanander Mela Sheela Bengali Sukumar Dasgupta Uttam Kumar
1954 Ora Thaake Odhare
Bengali Sukumar Dasgupta Uttam Kumar
1954 Grihaprabesh
Bengali Ajoy Kar Uttam Kumar
1954 Atom Bomb



Suchitra Sen appeared as a background performer or an 'extra' in the film. Shot around 1951, the film released in 1954
1954 Dhuli Minati Bengali Pinaki Bhushan Mukherji Prashanta Kumar
1954 Maraner Parey Tanima Bengali Satish Dasgupta Uttam Kumar
1954 Balaygras Manimala Bengali Pinaki Bhushan Mukherji

1954 Annapurnar Mandir
Bengali Naresh Mitra Uttam Kumar
1954 Agnipariksha
Bengali Agradoot Uttam Kumar First film where Uttam Suchitra pair got the main billing and the duo's first hit.
1954 Sanjher Pradip
Bengali Ajoy Kar

1955 Devdas Parvati(Paro) Hindi Bimal Roy Dilip Kumar First Hindi film. The film and her role is considered to be one of the classics of Indian cinema
1955 Shapmochan Madhuri Bengali Sudhir Mukherjee Uttam Kumar
1955 Sabar Uparey
Bengali Agradoot Uttam Kumar
1955 Snaajhghar




1955 Snaajher Pradeep
Bengali


1955 Mejo Bou
Bengali


1955 Bhalabaasa
Bengali Debaki Bose

1956 Sagarika Sagarika Bengali Agragami Uttam Kumar
1956 Trijama Swarupa Bengali Agradoot Uttam Kumar
1956 Amar Bou
Bengali


1956 Shilpi Anjana Bengali Agragami Uttam Kumar
1956 Ekti Raat Swantana Bengali Chitta Bose Uttam Kumar
1956 Subharaatri
Bengali
Basanta Chowdhury
1957 Harano Sur Dr. Roma Banerjee Bengali Ajoy Kar Uttam Kumar
1957 Pathe Holo Deri Mallika Bengali Agradoot Uttam Kumar
1957 Jeeban Trishna




1957 Chandranath Saraju Bengali Kartick Chattopadhyay Uttam Kumar
1957 Musafir Shakuntala Verma Hindi Hrishikesh Mukherjee Dilip Kumar
1957 Champakali
Hindi Nandlal Jaswantlal

1958 Rajlakshmi O Srikanta Rajlakshmi Bengali Haridas Bhattacharya Uttam Kumar
1958 Surya Toran Aunita Chatarjee Bengali Agradoot Uttam Kumar
1958 Indrani Indrani Bengali Niren Lahiri Uttam Kumar
1959 Deep Jwele Jaai Radha Bengali Asit Sen Ajit Chatterjee, Anil Chatterjee
1959 Chaaowa Pawoa
Bengali Tarun Majumdar, Dilip Mukherjee and Sachin Mukherjee Uttam Kumar
1960 Hospital Sarbari Bengali Sushil Majumdar Ashok Kumar
1960 Smriti Tuku Thaak Shobha Bengali Tarun Majumdar, Dilip Mukherjee and Sachin Mukherjee Asitbaran
1960 Bombai Ka Baboo Maya Hindi Raj Khosla Dev Anand
1960 Sarhad
Hindi Shankar Mukherjee Dev Anand
1961 Saptapadi Rina Brown Bengali Ajoy Kar Uttam Kumar
1961 Saathihara




1962 Bipasha




1963 Saat Paake Badha Archana Bengali Ajoy Kar Soumitra Chatterjee
1963 Uttar Fhalguni Debjani / Pannabai / Suparna Bengali Asit Sen Bikash Roy
1964 Sandhya Deeper Sikha Jayanti Bannerjee Bengali Haridas Bhattacharya Anil Chatterjee, Dilip Mukherjee
1966 Mamta Devyani / Pannabai / Suparna Hindi Asit Sen Ashok Kumar Dharmendra
1967 Grihadaha Achala Bengali Subodh Mitra Uttam Kumar
1969 Kamallata Kamallata Bengali Harisadhan Dasgupta Uttam Kumar
1970 Megh Kalo Dr. Nirmalya Roy Bengali


1971 Fariyaad
Bengali Bijoy Bose Utpal Dutt
1971 Nabaraag




1972 Alo Amaar Alo Atashi Bengali Pinaki Bhushan Mukherji Uttam Kumar
1972 Haar Maana Haar
Bengali Salil Sen Uttam Kumar
1974 Devi Chaudhurani Prafullamukhi Bengali Dinen Gupta Ranjit Mallik In the 1960s Satyajit Ray decided to film the famous Bengali novel 'Devi Chaudhurani' he had first approached Suchitra for the role. However Satyajit Ray wanted her to block her dates and sign an exclusivity clause during the shooting. This condition was not acceptable to the actress after which Ray altogether dropped the idea.
1974 Srabana Sandhya
Bengali Bireshwar Basu

1975 Priyo Bandhabi
Bengali
Uttam Kumar
1975 Aandhi Aarti Devi Hindi Gulzar Sanjeev Kumar
1976 Datta Bijoya Bengali Ajoy Kar

1978 Pranoy Pasha
Bengali

Last Film

Awards

Year Award Notes Film
1963 3rd Moscow International Film Festival – Best Actress Award Awarded Saat Paake Bandha
1963 Filmfare Best Actress Award Nominated Mamta
1972 Padma Shri Awarded For notable contribution in Arts
1976 Filmfare Best Actress Award Nominated Aandhi
2012 Banga Bibhushan Awarded Lifetime Achievement in Film acting

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