Thursday, March 24, 2011

Steve Martin Movies

By Steve Jones


Steve Martin is an award winning, multi-talented actor that has played in many movies that were released both in the US and world wide. For more than 3 decades, he has starred in many films that have garnered numerous awards for his performances. He's not only an actor but also a stand up comedian, a writer, producer and a musician.

Started as a stand-up comedian as a young lad, he later found out that he has some good chances in the movie industry. With Steve's almost natural ability to make people laugh, his movies are definitely something to look for if you're looking for some feel-good funny movies.

He made his silver screen debut in 1956 in a movie entitled Disneyland Dream. He got in twenty minutes into the movie as a child working at Disneyland. You would see some good old shots of the Southern Carolina in this movie. For that same reason, the US National Filming Registry selected this movie for preservation for its cultural and historical significance.

It was not until 1977 that Steve started to become popular in the entertainment world. In the movie The Absent-Minded Waiter, he played the role of a poor waiter who did nothing but annoy his customers. This movie was nominated into the Academy Awards and propelled Steve Martin's acting career to stardom.

Steve was challenge in 1989 to play a serious role in Pennies from the Heaven. Knowing that he had only done comedy movies up until then, he took the role and played it well. He had to learn some new things. Not only did he need to that, he also had to learn how to tap dance, something that he was able to do and showcased well in the movie. On that same year, Steve Martin won the Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor, which definitely was the pinnacle of his career at that point.

Since then, he has been into numerous movies playing different roles and showcasing his fantastic acting ability.

It was just a year ago that one of his most popular movie, The Pink Panther 2, was released. He played a detective, a very clever and fashionable one, who teams up with other detectives around the world to bring in The Cat Burglar, the movies own rendition of a cat woman type of villain. The Pink Panther 2 is a follow up success to its predecessor, The Pink Panther 1, which was shown a couple of years before, in 2006.

Another movie of Steve Martin in 2009 is entitled It's Complicated. If you're asking what the movie is all about, well, it's complicated. The movie is all about Jane, a middle age woman who got separated from her husband. As the story goes, her husband is living with another woman but Jane is still having as affair with him. So now, she is "the other woman" in this very complicated relationship. Steve plays the guy who's in love with Jane, and finds out her affair with her ex-husband through a webcam. Maybe that's the reason why the movie's title is It's Complicated.

It's been heard that Steve will be taking part in another Disney movie this 2010. It's an animated movie, or so we heard, and Steve will do a voice over for a character. With his first movie role as a kid who works for Disney, it seems that he's becoming a favorite of the guys in Disney.

These are just some of the many Steve Martin Movies out there and for sure there are still some to come in the near future. In today's very busy lifestyle, it couldn't hurt once in a while to sit back, relax and enjoy some good-feel movies, and definitely, Steve Martin movies should be on the list.




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