Geoffrey Rush News

Helena Bonham Carter will play the future Queen Mother in "The King's Speech." Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush star in the period drama, which recently began shooting in England.

CLASSIC 94 min PG Roadshow FIFTEEN years after its phenomenal theatrical run, writer-director Scott Hicks' biopic about psychologically damaged pianist David Helfgott still stands up as an enthralling story of triumph over adversity.

"The Boys Are Back," a sun-and-sorrow drenched story of love, loss and "free range" fatherhood starring Clive Owen, is an affectionate but sometimes terrifying tale of primal parenting in the hands of a Peter Pan of a dad.

The story: A divorced sportswriter struggles to deal with single parenthood when tragedy strikes.

After the success of "Shine" - the 1998 Down Under drama about a piano prodigy with a personality disorder - its director, Scott Hicks, was dispatched to Hollywood and went off on a busy run that kept him far afield for long stretches of time.

Someone wise - I believe it was the feminist writer Gloria Steinem - once observed pithily that the surest way to be alone is to get married.

J. Kelly Nestruck Last updated on Thursday, Sep. 24, 2009 10:39AM EDT W ho's the next big-name actor to take a seat in The Drowsy Chaperone 's chair of honour? Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush.

Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush will return to the Sydney stage next year in a tribute to his old friend, director Neil Armfield.

Neil Armfield has opted for emerging talents and an old friend and collaborator for his final Company B season, writes Bryce Hallett.

NEIL Armfield was never going to exit Belvoir St Theatre without a bang. So his satisfaction is obvious when he announces that his final production as artistic director of Company B Belvoir will be a restaging of Diary of a Madman with Geoffrey Rush in December next year.

Many people got to know him through the Oscar-winning film "Shine." Garnering a best actor statue for Geoffrey Rush, the film depicted the story of a musician educated under the rule of a despotic father and overcoming mental illness as well.

Scott Hicks will receive the Australian Directors Guild Outstanding Achievement Award at the Guild's annual awards dinner next week, organizers said Tuesday.

Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth are set to star in The King's Speech , which was just picked up for distribution by the Weinstein Company.

ADG achievement award winners announced [Tue 01/09/2009 11:31:17] Press release from the ADG The Australian Directors Guild today announced the recipients of its four Achievement Awards to be presented next week.

SHINE director Scott Hicks is to receive an outstanding achievement award at the Australian Directors Guild Awards next week.

Geoffrey Rush receives AFI award [Mon 03/08/2009 09:47:42] At a gala dinner at the Melbourne Convention Centre on Saturday night, Australian actor and international star Geoffrey Rush was awarded with the industry's highest honour for his outstanding contribution to our screen environment and culture.

Geoffrey Rush receives the AFI Raymond Longford Award at the 2009 AFI Outstanding Achievement Dinner in Melbourne.

Actor Geoffrey Rush says Australia has become too obsessed with commercial success, celebrities and red carpet glitz and should instead celebrate creative, independent filmmaking.

Geoffrey Rush has been honoured with the AFI's highest honour. Picture: David Crosling August 2, 2009 Actor Geoffrey Rush has been awarded the AFI's highest honour - recognising his contribution to Australian screen culture through films such as Shine, Lantana and Candy.

SYDNEY Aboriginal films in Oz have an image problem but its one that's about to be overturned.