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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Update: More P&P '05 stars co-starring in other non-P&P films

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Here are 3 5 6 more new films (as well as a stage play and a short film) to add to the many films and other projects that P&P cast/actors has worked with other than their P&P movie.

Updated 10/16/09

  • Carey Mulligan + Rosamund Pike in An Education (2009 film)




Also, looking at 2 of Carey Mulligan's 4 upcoming films this year (2009)...she seems to be co-starring with 2 of the bigger actors that both Keira Knightley and Rosamund Pike have co-starred with in their previous films (as well as other P&P co-stars, Matthew Macfadyen, Jena Malone, Talulah Riley, Judi Dench, Tom Hollander and Kelly Reilly) such as...
  • Johnny Depp (co-starred with Keira on Pirates movies now in Public Enemies with Carey Mulligan)
  • Pierce Brosnan (co-starred with Rosamund in one of the Bond films, Die Another Day and now with Carey Mulligan in The Greatest)
  • Dominic Cooper (co-starred with Keira Knightley in The Duchess now co-stars with both Carey and Rosamund in An Education)
  • Emma Thompson (co-starred with Keira in Love Actually now co-stars with Carey and Rosamund in An Education and co-stars with Talulah Riley in Pirate Radio aka The Boat That Rocked)
  • Colin Firth (co-starred with Keira in Love Actually also co-starred with Carey Mulligan in And When Did You Last See Father and Talulah Riley in St. Trinians and St. Trianian's II)
  • Bill Nighy (co-starred with Keira in Love Actually now co-stars with Talulah Riley in The Boat That Rocked)
  • Jack Davenport (co-starred with Keira in Pirates movies now co-stars with Talulah Riley in The Boat That Rocked)
  • Juliet Stevenson (co-starred with Keira in Bend it Like Beckham now co-stars with Kelly Reilly in Triage)
  • Colin Farrell (co-starring with Keira Knightley in her upcoming film London Boulevard and also co-starring with Kelly Reilly in Triage)
  • Ewan McGregor (co-voice star with Rosamund Pike in the animated Jackboots on Whitehall now co-stars with Matthew Macfadyen in Incendiary)
  • Marion Cottilard (co-stars with Carey Mulligan in the upcoming film, Public Enemies also co-stars with Judi Dench in her upcoming film, Nine)
  • Robert Downey, Jr. (co-stars with Tom Hollander and directed by P&P director Joe Wright in The Soloist is also co-starring with Kelly Reilly in her upcoming film, Sherlock Holmes)
  • Susan Sarandon (played Jena Malone's mother in Stepmom is now co-starring with Carey Mulligan in The Greatest)
Previous related post:

P&P '05 Cast: appeared together in other non-P&P Films

P&P '05 stars co-starring in other non-P&P films:

  • Keira Knightley + Brenda Blethyn + Joe Wright (P&P '05 director) in Atonement (2007)
  • Donald Sutherland + Kelly Reilly in Puffball (2007)
  • Tom Hollander + Keira Knightly in POTC: Dead Man's Chest 2 (2006) and POTC: At World's End 3 (2007).
  • Rosamund Pike + Tom Hollander + Kelly Reilly + Rupert Friend in The Libertine (2004)
  • Judi Dench + Kelly Reilly in Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
  • Rosamund Pike + Judi Dench in Die Another Day (Bond movie) (2002)
  • Judi Dench + Simon Woods + Claudie Blakley in Cranford Cronicles (2007 TV mini-series)
  • Tom Hollander + Claudie Blakley in Gosford Park (2001)
  • Rosamund Pike + Tom Hollander + Penelope Wilton (Mrs. Gardiner in P&P '05) in Wives and Daughters (1999 TV mini-series)   
  • Matthew Macfadyen + Tom Hollander in Maybe Baby (2000) and Enigma (2001)
  • Matthew Macfadyen + Kelly Reilly + Tom Hollander in Maybe Baby (2000)

Rosamund Pike's airhead attraction in 'An Education'

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From Press Association:


Rosamund Pike loved playing an airhead in her latest film.


The former Bond girl stars alongside Emma Thompson, Dominic Cooper, Peter Sarsgaard and Sally Hawkins in An Education, based on the novel by Nick Hornby.


Rosamund said: "The film that I am part of is set in the 1960s, set in 1962 written by Nick Hornby. We had a wonderful time making it and it's just become this hit at Sundance. It's amazing - I mean it couldn't have happened to a nicer film. I love Nick's work, he really makes me laugh.


"It was great because I get to play someone who is sort of a total airhead, I mean she is a really loveable ditz and it was just a lot of fun to do a comedy. I think it's one of those films that's hit the zeitgeist I think amongst a whole lot of rather ponderous films, it's just something that people can sort of think "oh I really enjoyed that, that's just what I want a bit of escapism."


Rosamund was speaking at the Costa Book Awards, where she was on the judging panel.


She said: "It is very hard, it's very hard to pit something you know that is so ambitious as the Sebastian Barry book against something so finely crafted and small you know like Adam Fall's poetry which is beautiful."


Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Breakout Star: With two Sundance films, Carey Mulligan reveals herself to be the next Winona -- or maybe Audrey

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Here's the latest and a very nice Carey Mulligan article and interview from The Salt Lake Tribune:

When you see Carey Mulligan's pixie haircut and easy smile in the Sundance Film Festival entry "The Greatest," you think you're seeing the next Winona Ryder.


But when you hear Mulligan speaking in her normal British accent -- in person or in her other Sundance drama, "An Education" -- you think you're seeing the next Audrey Hepburn.


Either way, the 23-year-old Mulligan is emerging as the breakout star of this year's Sundance.


Even without Sundance, Mulligan's career is taking off. In 2009, she will appear in Michael Mann's gangster drama "Public Enemies," starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Eliot Ness -- and she has a supporting role

in "Brothers," Jim Sheridan's remake of the acclaimed Danish drama about siblings torn apart by the Iraq War.

"She's just starting to happen with the press due to the wow reception to ['An Education']," Jeffrey Wells wrote on his movie-industry blog Hollywood Elsewhere. "But the talent community has been on to her for a while now."


"The Greatest" centers on a married couple, played by Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon, grieving over their teen son's death -- and dealing with the son's pregnant girlfriend, played by Mulligan. In "An Education," Mulligan plays a London teen in the '60s who is intrigued by a much older man, played by Peter Sarsgaard.


Mulligan took her first look at Shana Feste's script for "The Greatest" after finishing her work on "Public Enemies." "I was just reading a bunch of scripts, and I got this one through, and they said they were having a hard time finding the girl," Mulligan said after a screening of "The Greatest." "It was the biggest American part that I had auditioned for, and it was a little bit nerve-wracking."


Feste gave Mulligan the part and gave the cast plenty of rehearsal time. Mulligan said the time allowed her to "get over the terror of working with people like Susan and Pierce."


Another challenge for Mulligan was the American accent. "I think it's just a case of relaxing," she said of the American accent. "A lot of time it's just your inhibition about sounding silly. If you let go of that, and you're around people you're comfortable with, the inhibition goes and the accent sort of flows a lot easier. And there were an awful lot of Americans to copy."



More Carey Mulligan related articles below:



Also, Carey, The Greatest...



Meeting 'The Greatest' cast: Sarandon, Brosnan, Mulligan and more...


How do you have fun in the midst of a film about losing a beloved son? Cast Johnny Simmons.

Previously seen in "Evan Almighty" and the new film "Hotel for Dogs," Simmons shows great range and laugh-out-loud comedic timing in first-time writer/director Shana Feste's film about a family coping with the sudden death of their eldest son Bennett (Aaron Johnson).

Playing opposite Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan may seem daunting to young actors, but both Simmons and British television star Carey Mulligan (who appears to be 2009's indie film queen) handle it with grace, humor and heartbreaking emotion.


Read full article here.



Variety.com Review:
The Greatest


A Barbarian Film Group presentation of a Silverwood Films/Irish Dreamtime production. Produced by Lynette Howell, Beau St. Clair. Executive producers, Pierce Brosnan, Aaron Kaufman, Doug Dey, Ron Hartenbaum, Douglas Kuber, Myles Nestel, Anthony Callie. Co-producers, Amanda J. Scarano, Katie Mustard. Directed, written by Shana Feste.

Allen Brewer - Pierce Brosnan
Grace Brewer - Susan Sarandon
Rose - Carey Mulligan
Ryan - Johnny Simmons
Bennett - Aaron Johnson
Ashley - Zoe Kravitz
Joan - Jennifer Ehle
Lydia - Amy Morton
Jordan Walker - Michael Shannon


Far from a remake of the Muhammad Ali biopic, "The Greatest" is a well-observed study of an affluent family's grief and rebirth after a tragic accident. Writer-director Shana Feste displays impressive control over all aspects of her feature debut, which deals in a nuanced manner with the different ways those affected by the loss deal with it. As demonstrated by the recent "Revolutionary Road," this sort of grim material with agonized characters emits serious noncommercial vibes, suggesting a hard road ahead in a marketplace in which solid reviews will have to help the star names in selling it.

Feste was inspired by the psychological insight into family disruptions of "Ordinary People" in making her film, and one critical result of this influence was her recruitment of that picture's cinematographer, John Bailey, whose work here is superlative; the compositions are bold and strong, the lighting exquisite, making "The Greatest" a visual pleasure.


Opening sequence comes out of nowhere to slug you in the gut. A young couple tenderly makes love, then are seen in the fellow's Karmann Ghia, which he impulsively stops in the middle of the empty road at night to say something important --and Wham!, the car is smashed by a speeding truck.


The teenage boy's funeral is followed by a minutes'-long take that bluntly observes the mother, Grace Brewer (Susan Sarandon), father Allen (Pierce Brosnan) and remaining teen son Ryan (Johnny Simmons) mourning in their own ways in silence in the back of the limousine.


Outwardly taking things hardest is Grace, who begins bawling the moment she awakes in the morning and soon develops an obsession for knowing what her son Bennett (Aaron Johnson) might have felt, thought or said during the 17 minutes he remained alive after the accident.


Allen, an advanced mathematics professor, holds it all in, although he does tell his gorgeous mistress (Jennifer Ehle) at school not to expect to see him, since he must do everything he can to support his wife.


The wild card is Rose (Carey Mulligan), the woman who was in the car with Bennett. Shesuffered only mild injuries and is, lo and behold, pregnant. As disclosed in short flashbacks, Rose and Bennett were longtime classmates who had slept together just the one time. Without resources or family to support her, the attractive, strong-minded young lady intends to keep the baby, a decision Allen supports but surprisingly does not please Grace, who maintains a resentful distance from Rose even after she moves into the Brewer's lovely rambling house (the pic was shot in and around Nyack, N.Y.).


These initial positions undergo tectonic shifts through the nine months of the story, as Allen's grief eventually bursts out, Ryan finds a way to articulate how he feels and Grace at long last can speak with the rough character (Michael Shannon) who rammed into her son. It's all done with intelligence, sensitivity and credibility, even if the emotional trauma of parents losing a child is not the sort of thing most people, especially other parents, want to spend much time grappling with.


Thesps do admirable, potent work, with Brosnan coping well with the sort of heavy dramatic lifting he only occasionally undertakes; Sarandon channeling a mother's distressed obsession with complete conviction; and Mulligan, a British newcomer who proves a revelation in another Sundance entry, "An Education," bringing a bracing resilience to a teenager for whom one night changed the rest of her life. Simmons comes into his own impressively when given the opportunity in the latter going.


Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Happy Birthday Rosamund Pike!

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Today, January 27th is Rosamund Pike's 30th birthday.


Happy Birthday Rosamund!!!


Here are Rosamund Pike's upcoming Film Projects for 2009... (according to imdb.com)

  1. Jackboots on Whitehall (2009) (in production) (voice) .... Daisy
  2. Mrs. Darwin (2009) (pre-production) (rumored) .... Emma Darwin
  3. Surrogates (2009) (post-production) .... Maggie Greer
  4. Burning Palms (2009) (post-production) .... Dedra Davenport
  5. An Education (2009) .... Helen
  6. Devil You Know (2009) .... Zoe Hughes

Speaking of the gorgeous birthday girl, she attended the Costa Book Awards 2009.


Check out new pics of RP in the following links:


*Updated 1/28/09*


Here's a bigger pic of Rosamund Pike from the Costa Book Awards held yesterday (on her birthday), which she was on the judging panel ...

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The 2009 Costa Book Awards held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Hamilton Place, London. UK.
(Photo by Photo Agency)


Keira Knightley @ Chanel: Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture S/S 2009

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According Just Jared, Keira Knightley shows off a bangin’ new do at the Chanel fashion show during Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2009 on Tuesday (January 27) in Paris, France.

The 23-year-old actress wore a Chanel skirt, a sweater and studded shoes from the Paris/Moscow collection.


Keira was at the event on the invitation of designer Karl Lagerfeld, the man who cast her as the current face of Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle perfume.



View several KK pics with Karl Lagerfeld @ JustJared.com's Gallery here.


Plus some HQ pics of Keira at Chanel Fashion Show below...


Chanel: Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture S/S 2009
January 27, 2009 - Pavillon Cambon Capucines
Paris, France


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[source: celebutupia | fashion Spot]


Also, another Keira/Chanel related article...


From Fashion Week Daily:


Dames aux Camellias

Front-row starlets enjoy a white spring at Chanel's couture show


(PARIS) Couture collections day two--and still no sign of Madame Carla (Bruni, bien sûr!). Thanks to Karl Lagerfeld, though, there were cocktail tables strewn with gorgeous paper roses, daisies, petals and leaves--and there was Keira Knightley. "To come to Paris and see this is amazing, especially a show like this where the art form is so apparent," said the actress and Chanel ambassador. And Knightley's relationship with Chanel is far from fini; the actress recently shot another ad campaign for the brand. "I haven't even seen the pictures yet," she laughed.

Read full article here.



Sunday, January 25, 2009

New An Education Stills featuring Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike

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Fresh from winning 2 Sundance Film Festival prizes Saturday night (Jan. 24th) including a World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic (An Education wins 2 Sundance Film Festival Awards), An Education has been getting rave reviews at Sundance too and I found 5 new stills at AceShobiz.com, which was just recently released by Sony Pictures Classics (FYI: Sony Pictures Classics just bought the rights to “An Education,” a British coming-of-age drama set in the ’60s, for a reported $3 million, according to New York Times)


Here are 5 new stills featuring 1 [new] still of [former] P&P co-stars Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike.



An Education Stills

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[source: ace showbiz | An Education Stills - Copyright © Sony Pictures Classics. All Rights Reserved]



Previous Related An Education Posts:

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An Education stars British actress Carey Mulligan as an early '60s teenager caught between marrying an older man (Peter Sarsgaard) and chasing a riskier life of creativity and independence. The movie was acquired by Sony Classics — and won the international drama audience award.


Mulligan, 23, was poised for a Sundance starmaking moment with two films. In the other, The Greatest, she's a teenager who tells her deceased boyfriend's family she is carrying his baby. By the time she turns up this summer as Johnny Depp's lover in the 1930s gangster movie Public Enemies, Mulligan may already have broken through.


As the festival began, she was cautiously hopeful about mercurial "festival buzz."


"As a young actress, when you haven't done big films, you come up against the name thing time and time again, where you're not enough of a name and studios don't want you," she said. "If there's anything that comes out of Sundance, it might make it slightly easier for me to get seen."


Rosamund Pike receives an ambassadors certificate @ a charity event

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Rosamund Pike attends the tour of the Barnardo’s village, including the Dr. Barnardo museum and Children’s Church on January 22, 2009 in Ilford, England and was presented an ambassadors certificate by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.


Check out new pics of Rosamund below!



Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Visiting Barnardo's Village


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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (L) presents actress Rosamund Pike with an ambassadors certificate during a tour of the Barnardo’s village, including the Dr. Barnardo museum and Children’s Church on January 22, 2009 in Ilford, England. During the tour the Duchess met staff and ambassadors, presented ambassador certificates and attended a reception for supporters of the charity.

(source: Photo by Arthur Edwards - Pool/Getty Images | zimbio.com)


An Education wins 2 Sundance Film Festival Awards

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An Education won the 2009 Sundance Film Festival's prizes from the following categories below:

World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic
AN EDUCATION


World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic

John de Borman, AN EDUCATION


Read the full list of winners @
Sundance Channel.


Previously posted An Education/Sundance related Posts:

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Frost/Nixon nominated for 5 Oscars and The Duchess with 2 nods

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The Oscar Nominations was announced very early this morning and Frost/Nixon scored 5 Oscar Nominations, while The Duchess gets 2 Noms. No Keira nor Matthew nominations, but at least their films got nominated. Congrats to Frost/Nixon cast and crew and The Duchess crew for their Oscar Nominations! Good luck on Oscar night to all the nominees involved!


Here are the categories that Frost/Nixon was nominated for...


Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
  • Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
  • Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
  • Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
  • Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Achievement in film editing

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
  • The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
  • Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
  • Milk” (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
  • Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

Adapted screenplay

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
  • Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
  • Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
  • The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
  • Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy


Best motion picture of the year












  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
  • Frost/Nixon(Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
  • Milk” (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
  • The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
  • Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer

Achievement in directing

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
  • Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard
  • Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
  • The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
  • Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle


Meanwhile, Keira Knightley's The Duchess earned 2 Oscar Nominations for the following categories. Unfortunately, Keira has been ignored (much like at the recent Golden Globe Awards) in the acting category...

Achievement in costume design














  • Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
  • The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor
  • Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
  • Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Achievement in art direction

  • Changeling” (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
  • The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
  • The Duchess (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
  • Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt




Brad Pitt's “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” leads the Oscar Nominees with 13 Nominations, followed by the underdog and Golden Globe winner “Slumdog Millionaire” with 10 Nods. "The Dark Night" and "Milk" both received 8 Noms and "Frost/Nixon" with 5 Nominations.


Plus Anne Hathaway gets her first Oscar Nomination for...


Performance by an actress in a leading role







  • Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
  • Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
  • Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

Congrats Anne Hathaway!!!!



More Oscar Nominations breakdown here: And the Oscar nominees are...

Or read the complete Oscar Nominations here.


The 81st Academy Awards will air on ABC, Sunday, February 22 and will take place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.



Movie News: Keira Knightley signs to play reclusive actress in 'London Boulevard' film

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According to UK’s Daily Mail, signed on to star in a film loosely based on the Hollywood classic Sunset Boulevard.

The 23-year-old Oscar-nominated actress will play a reclusive movie star who hides from the world in a Holland Park mansion.


Keira's leading man will be Colin Farrell. He will play a south London criminal, recently released from prison, who befriends the young actress.


Filming on London Boulevard, as the film is known, will start in late May, or early June, on locations across London and the Home Counties.



Read full article @ UK's Daily Mail.


Meanwhile, Keira Knightley Insults Paparazzi Via Text Message.


Also, go to Keira Knightley Fan site and check out gorgeous outtakes from the Glamour UK Photoshoot that Keira did (see pic on top left of this post/entry for one of them from KKF site).


More Carey Mulligan Photos: "An Education" - 2009 Sundance Portrait Session

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More Carey Mulligan Photos from the 2009 Sundance Film Festival (as she attended the screening of 2 of her 4 new movies: An Education, The Greatest , Brothers and Public Enemies for 2009)...including a Portrait Session for "An Education" and Carey strolling around Park City with "The Greatest" co-star Zoey Kravitz.


Carey Mulligan
of the film "An Education" poses for a portrait session at the Film Lounge Media Center during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2009 in Park City, Utah.



Check out more CM photos below!


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"An Education" - 2009 Sundance Portrait Session

Actress Carey Mulligan of the film "An Education" poses for a portrait at the Film Lounge Media Center during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2009 in Park City, Utah. (Source: zimbio.com | Photo by Matt Carr/Getty Images)




(L-R) Actor Dominic Cooper, actress Carey Mulligan, writer Nick Hornby and director Lone Scherfig of the film "An Education" pose for a portrait at the Film Lounge Media Center during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2009 in Park City, Utah. (Source: zimbio.com | Photo by Matt Carr/Getty Images)






Around Park City - 2009 Sundance Film Festival Day 4


(L-R) Actresses Zoe Kravitz and Carey Mulligan attends the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2009 in Park City, Utah. (Source: zimbio.com | Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)





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