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K-19 Liam Neeson video interview

Academy Award-nominee LIAM NEESON (Captain Mikhail Polenin), made his feature film debut in 1980 in Martin Boorman’s Arthurian legend “Excalibur.” Since then, he has appeared in more than 30 films, including the box-office phenomenon, “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” Dino De Laurentis’ epic remake of “The Bounty,” the critically acclaimed “Lamb,” Andrei Konchalovsky’s “Duet for One,” “A Prayer for the Dying,” “The Mission,” “Suspect,” “The Good Mother,” Sam Raimi’s fantasy-thriller “Darkman,” David Leland’s gritty contemporary drama “Crossing the Line,” the erotic thriller “Under Suspicion,” Woody Allen’s controversial “Husbands and Wives,” Michael Canton-Jones’ “Rob Roy,” Neil Jordan’s “Michael Collins,” for which he garnered a Golden Globe nomination and the Venice Film Festival, Best Actor Award, and Steven Spielberg’s highly acclaimed “Schindler’s List,” for which he was nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA.

Originally seeking a career in teaching, the Irish-born Neeson attended Queens University in Belfast. In 1976 he joined the Lyric Players Theater and made his stage debut in Joseph Plunkett’s “The Risen People.” He later joined Ireland’s prestigious Abbey Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in 1993, in the Roundabout Theater’s revival of Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie,” for which he garnered a Tony Award nomination. In 1998 starred on Broadway again as Oscar Wilde in David Hare’s “The Judas Kiss,” and in March of 2002, he began a run on Broadway in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” at The Virginia Theater. When that play goes dark, Neeson has signed on to star in the yet untitled prequel to “The Exorcist,” for director John Frankenheimer.

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K-19 Harrison Ford video interview

HARRISON FORD (Captain Alexei Vostrikov) has established himself as the cinema’s quintessential American hero. “K-19: The Widowmaker” is his 36th motion picture in a remarkable career that has spotlighted him in seven of the biggest blockbusters ever made.

Making his film debut in 1966 with a brief appearance as a bellhop in “Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round,” the Chicago native moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career after attending Ripon College in Wisconsin. In 1973, he was cast in the popular “American Graffiti,” followed by a key supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation” and the television production of “Judgment: The Court Martial Of Lieutenant William Calley.”

In 1977, Ford’s portrayal of Han Solo in “Star Wars” instantly established him as a major movie star. Since that time, his work has ranged from the “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” trilogies to such films as “Hanover Street,” “The Frisco Kid” and “Apocalypse Now,” as well as “Witness,” for which he received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.

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