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    JasonIsaacsonline.com is an UNOFFICIAL fansite dedicated to the work of the delightful actor Jason Isaacs.  This site is accompanied by an active and well-monitored message board; while there is sometimes some delay between the appearance of news relating to Jason Isaacs and its posting on this welcome page, Mr. Isaacs has fans around the world who are delighted to exchange information there.  If you're just getting acquainted with Mr. Isaacs, please click on the buttons at left to visit pages devoted to the life of Jason Isaacs, in his own words (the Biography); the work of Jason Isaacs (so far!); fan reviews of selected movies (the Movies); and a small assortment of images of the man, in character and out (the Gallery).

Jason Isaacs in Elektra

 
    This site is brought to you by a consortium of enthusiastic admirers with a cumulative 30+ years of following Jason Isaacs' career—which when you think about it is longer than Mr. Isaacs has been pursuing his career.  So if you find some discrepancy between something Mr. Isaacs says and something you read here, I guess you'll know whom to believe.

    We hope to provide you with some helpful background on Mr. Isaacs as well as some entirely subjective opinions on the man and his work.  In deference to fans relying on dial-up connections as well as those simply seeking brief confirmation of something, we have kept most of these pages fairly basic, but they usually contain links to more in-depth material—most of our images of Mr. Isaacs are found in the Gallery.  Click on the buttons at left to check the "Biography" page for information on himself.  We pride ourselves on maintaining the most complete and up-to-date listing of projects Jason Isaacs has been involved with on "The Work" page.  "The Movies" currently offers our reviews of a few of Mr. Isaacs' films (for professional opinions of recent releases, please check the message boards, where we've got lots of links and transcriptions!).  We'll try and keep the updates below absolutely current, and you are urged to double-check the message board as well.   If you find any gaping holes, or you’ve got a hot tip, we hope you’ll share!

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     The Lost Girls

 


HEADS UP!!
     Jason Isaacs is scheduled to attend a screening of the UK premiere of the award-winning film La Forteresse on the 16th June at the BFI Southbank, London.

"For the first time, a camera looks into the hidden world of a Swiss reception centre for asylum seekers and immerses us in the daily sorting process of human diaspora. Awarding it the Golden Leopard, the Locarno International Film Festival jury cited ‘a remarkably sensitive film exhibiting profound human intelligence. Discreetly and masterfully realised, but never voyeuristic and with a message that is directly and evocatively conveyed’. This fascinating documentary feature grants unprecedented access to the asylum process and the system of accommodating people seeking sanctuary in Europe.

The screening is at 6.30pm and will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by the Channel 4 news reporter Emily Reuben and featuring the author and Guardian columnist Chris Cleave (The Other Hand, Incendiary), the actor Jason Isaacs (Good, Harry Potter, The Patriot) and refugee speakers from Refugee Action.

Where:  British Film Institute Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT
When:  6.30pm, Tuesday June 16th 2009
To book tickets for the film premiere: T: 020 7928 3232 W:  www.bfi.org.uk. Tickets cost £5-£6.40 (prices vary according to mode of booking and payment).

The film is being screened as part of the Simple Acts campaign action of 'watch a movie about exile'. See www.simpleacts.org.uk for more information."


      The Lost Girls are delighted to present their most recent charity auction:  One of Char's gorgeous, full-colour calendars autographed by Mr. Isaacs on 2 May, after he and Brian O'Byrne presented a staged reading of The Dumb Waiter at a PEN tribute to Harold Pinter.  Check out the auction on eBay:  item number 320373201201. All proceeds go to Oxfam!
 
     Though Good, which features Jason Isaacs as a Jewish psychoanalyst in prewar Germany opposite Viggo Mortensen as a morally flexible professor, was generally well-received at the numerous festivals at which it was screened in North America, it failed to win wide release.  Its fortunes may be different in Europe; Empire gives a premiere date of 17 April for London, but there have been some other previous showings.  Check your local cinema adverts!  

     Jason Isaacs appeared on BBC One television on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 3 April, 2009, at 10:35 p.m.  We'll take him where we can get him.

     According to a video interview with The Evening Standard, Mr. Isaacs' next project will be a live-action film of The Great Ghost Rescue, though he also plans to squeeze in a performance in a theatrical version of Scenes from a Marriage.

    Thanks to an interview posted 25 June on ComingSoon.net, we'd been keeping an eye out for Jason Isaacs' appearance in the HBO series Entourage.  Titled "Gotta Look Up to Get Down", it premiered Sunday, 19 October, 2008.  Check your schedule for multiple rebroadcasts!

    We're also awaiting the release of the international production La Conjura de El Escorial (The El Escorial Conspiracy) set in the 15th-century Spanish court of Philip II, with Jason Isaacs playing Antonio Pérez.  It's apparently scheduled to premiere 5 September 2008, probably in Spain; we'll share more information as we get it!
 
    Empire magazine's got a brief article about Green Zone, directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon as well as Jason Isaacs.  We're told Mr. Isaacs will be playing an American Special Forces officer (with a porntache).  Though it's currently months from release, it's already being mentioned in lists of likely Oscar nominees.
 
    Jason Isaacs played Harry H. Corbett opposite Phil Davis as Wilfrid Brambell in The Curse of Steptoe, a docudrama that examines the relationship between the actors in the long-running sitcom Steptoe and Son and how appearing in the series affected their lives.  It was initially broadcast at 9:00 p.m., 19 March, 2008, on BBC4, and Mr. Isaacs has been nominated for a BAFTA for his performance!  The awards will be presented on 26 April, 2009, at Royal Festival Hall.
 
    Jason Isaacs was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category "Best performance by an actor in a [television] mini-series" for his performance as Sir Mark Brydon in the BBC/BBCAmerica production The State Within, which also received a nomination for best miniseries!  

     Mr. Isaacs, who can be heard talking about his roles in The State Within as well as Brotherhood on this segment of Simon Mayo's show on BBC Radio's Five Live, returned to exchange barbs with Mark Kermode on 1 February 2008.  Sign up for the Friday podcast and have Jason on your iPod!

  

        From time to time, the Lost Girls conduct eBay auctions of Jason Isaacs-related items.  Proceeds (totalling roughly $3,800 so far!) are donated to charitable organizations providing services to children, such as Oxfam and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a leading pediatric cancer research hospital.  Look for our auctions under the eBay seller ID jasonisaacsonline.  Stop by and check 'em out!

 

 

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