Released in 1997 and starring as a soulless attorney who becomes caught up in the sinister, machinations of the titular scheme, the work boasted almost as much feel-bad cynicism as , but failed to resonate with audiences or critics who found it hopelessly convoluted and shallow | Please report examples to be edited or not to be displayed |
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When he finally returned in 2007, it was with , a period thriller that resembled, at least on the surface, his salad days | Fresh off the success of The Social Network, Fincher went on to direct the adaptation of novelist Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011 , a powerful thriller that finds an unlikely pair investigating the disappearance of a woman whose uncle suspects foul play |
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When that film finally hit theaters, during the awards season of 2008, it rung up strong box office receipts, and garnered 13 Oscar nominations, more than any other film that year | Relentlessly grim and oozing with rancid cynicism, this A-budget feature strayed so far from the escapist fare that typically primes a film for mainstream box-office success that many insiders anticipated limited appeal, but 's stylistic panache and inhibition-defying gutsiness turned into a runaway smash, on both commercial and critical fronts |
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In addition to Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay nods, the Academy handed his first nomination for Best Director | Because the acclaim surrounding made the relatively unknown one of Hollywood's hottest young directors, considerable anticipation and buzz surrounded his follow-up, |
The film was nominated for Best Picture by The Producers Guild of America and The National Board of Review, and for Outstanding Directorial Achievement by the Directors Guild of America.
13A noirish, grimly atmospheric crime thriller starring and as detectives following the gruesome trail of a serial killer , innumerable critics hailed the picture as one of the most innovative and unsettling of the decade, and duly established its director as one of Hollywood's most exciting and unusual new talents | Fincher is slated to direct The Black Hole in 2014 |
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Like one of his predecessors, the infamous , he stepped behind a camera at the tender age of eight and, particularly inspired by the work of , reeled in his first major industry job ten years later at ' own Industrial Light and Magic | Rude or colloquial translations are usually marked in red or orange |
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