Cinema that is passed down from generation to generation, hereditary acting talent, first models, first sources of inspiration; Over the years, the film industry has seen several pairs of parents and children acting togetherdisplay thisthe innate complicity of those who made acting and cinephilia a genealogical matter: artistic families who discovered themselves as such thanks to the inclination of their children to their own point of reference, their own horizons. We follow in the footsteps of those who raised usEntering the world that we have always felt part of is a thought that comes to mind for the vast majority of people, regardless of profession, with a respectful desire to imitate those who came before usto reach that peak with the intention of overcoming it. How Charlie Sheen he tried to get every influence from his father Martinduring filming Wall Street: Money Never Sleepswe’ll see how he behaves in the fall Maya Hawke next to the cult mother, Uma ThurmanV Murder room. So let’s find out which 12 parent-child pairs acted next to each other.
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1. Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke (Murder room)
It will be released in the US starting September 29 and is also expected to hit Italian cinemas in the fall. Murder roomdirector Nicol Paone (Disaster Dinner Invitation), this is the first full-length film he watches Uma Thurman acts together with his daughter Maya Hawke (born from a relationship with actor and director Ethan Hawke). The 1970-born actress plays a gallery owner who works with a hitman and his boss to launder mafia money in a bizarre meeting of the art world and the underworld. In addition to Hawke, the film also features two main characters: Joe Manganiello AND Samuel L. Jacksonwho returns to collaborate with Uma Thurman almost 20 years later. pulp Fiction.
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2. Martin Sheen and Charlie Sheen
Feature films that have a place on the screen Martin Sheen in the company of his son Charlie there are many of them, but they are remembered above all Men in stepin which Charlie plays a soldier transferred to a military prison and forced to face Sergeant Major Otis McKinney, played by Martin himself, who also directed the film, and Wall Streetfamous director’s work Oliver StoneWith Michael Douglas the main character, in which they both play father and son (Carl and Bud Fox). In 2010, a sequel to the work was released with the same director and the same main character; on his side Shia LaBeouf.
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3. Also Will Smith and Jaden Smith are among the parents and children who starred together.
Also Will and Jaden Smith twice they embodied their parental relationship in films: in 2006, young Jaden made his film debut when he was only 8 years old, under the direction of Gabriele MuccinoWith Pursuit of happinessThe heartwarming story of a father and son desperately searching for the economic security that will allow them to live and breathe. Then the two return with After Earth From M. Night Shyamalanin which General Cypher and his son Kitai find themselves on planet Earth, now abandoned and hostile to man.
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4. Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda (On the golden lake)
Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda AND Jane Fondaand these three titles would already be enough to understand how much film history it is capable of releasing On the golden lake1981 film dir. Mark Rydell. The blockbuster marks the first and only collaboration between Henry Fonda and his daughter, and the final film of his career, which earned him his first Oscar.
5. Parents and children who starred together: Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas and Cameron Douglas (Family vice)
IN Family vicedirector 2003 Fred Schepisi, the parental connection becomes threefold and unites the next generation. Families Douglasactually together with Kirk and Michael the latter has a firstborn, Cameron; the three accurately interpret different generations of the Gromberg family, with Kirk Douglas playing the role of the elderly Mitchell, who, like the actor, suffered a stroke in 1996. Michael, the film’s producer, insisted that his mother also be cast in the role. Diana Dilland so he received.
6. Jon Voight and Angelina Jolie
The one in between Angelina Jolie and Jon Voight This is perhaps the most difficult parental relationship in modern cinema. After her parents separated, Angelina had almost no relationship with her father, even to the point of collaborating with Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Simon West, 2001), which, instead of reconciling them, drove them further apart due to some of Voight’s statements during the interview. However, father and daughter had already acted together when she was only 7 years old, in I’m trying to get outdirector Hal Ashby in 1982.
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7. Ryan O’Neal and Tatum O’Neal (Paper Moon – Paper Moon)
Based on the novel Eddie Pray From Joe David Brownin 1973 his sixth directorial film was released. Petr Bogdanovichand also the producer of the work: Paper Moon – Paper Moon. The main characters of the feature film, which received a sensational response, are Ryan O’Neal and his daughter Tatumthe first as conman Moses Pray, and the second as orphan Eddie Loggins.
8. Diane Ladd and her daughter Laura Dern were also among the parents and children filmed together.
Times that Laura Dern he acted together with his mother, Diane Laddthere are countless of them; McCluskey, half man, half hate (Joseph Sargent1973), Wild Heart (David Lynch1990), Ruth’s Story – American (Alexander Payne1996), Dad and them (Billy Bob Thornton2001) e Enlightened – new me (Laura Dern and Mark White, 2011) are all movie titles that depict the maternal bond between Diana Ladd and her offspring. Proof Wild Heartas well as those from Alice doesn’t live here anymore (Martin Scorsese1974) and Rosa Scompiglio and her lovers (Martha Coolidge1991), in which she again performed in the company of her daughter, brought her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
9. Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri (Two explosive friends)
Director and screenwriter Bob Dolman (Hot fried worms) in 2002, he chose another duet that brought their filial and maternal bond back to the big screen: Susan Sarandon and daughter Eva Amurri, held with Italian director Franco Amurri. The main characters of the film are Sarandon and Goldie Hawnnominated for an award Golden Globein the role of two old friends, former fans of the most famous rock bands of the 60s. Apart from the three actresses mentioned, the film also boasts the presence of Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean, King’s Speech).
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10. Lloyd Bridges and Jeff Bridges (Blown Away – Explosive Madness)
In the director’s film Stephen Hopkins (Under suspicion, Signs of Evil) in 1994, Blown Away – Explosive Madnessfather and son Lloyd Bridges AND Jeff BridgesChange your blood connection as Boston Bomb Squad agent Jimmy Dove and his uncle Max O’Bannon team up in the hunt for dangerous terrorist played by Ryan Garity Tommy Lee Jones and who the character dressed as young Bridges worked with in times long gone.
11. Tom Hanks and Colin Hanks
Again father and son, and again parental relationships that they strive to preserve and even use on a dramatic level. IN 2007 Colin Hanks plays writer Troy Gable, an assistant along with Emily Blunt mentalist Buck Howard, played by John Malkovichin the director’s film Sean McGinley (Correspond, Silver Lake), The Great Buck Howard. He is called upon to take on the role of Mr. Gable, Troy’s father. Tom Hankswith whom the son had already collaborated in 1996 thanks to a small participation in Music Graffitifilm written, directed and starring his father Tom.
12. One of the latest parent-child collaborations is the collaboration between Andie MacDowell and Margaret Qualley.
In conclusion, what’s in between Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood, Sanctuary – He makes the game. She makes the rules) and his mother Andie MacDowell is one of the latest joint projects between mother and daughter. Mini-series 2021, Maidmade Molly Smith Metzler and inspired by Stephanie Land’s memoirs, Maid: Hard work, low pay and a mother’s will to survivesees the two as mother and daughter who in turn find themselves in a desperate situation, forced to care for their own daughter after distancing themselves from their abusive partner.
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