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Matt damon and jessica chastain talk about their upcoming scifi adventure movie the martian. My only criticism is the extended version loses some of the pace, some scenes are drawn out too long and the additional 16 minutes dont add anything to the story, just labour some points a little too long. Absolutely superb film, one of my most favourite films of all time. Matthew paige damon was born on october 8, 1970, in boston, massachusetts, to kent damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer, and nancy carlssonpaige, an early childhood education professor at lesley university. Occupation actor, filmmaker, producer with pearl street films, screenwriter years active 1987present spouses luciana bozan barroso m. The best time matt damons ever had on a talk show the monuments men stars matt damon, bill murray, and hugh bonneville go crazy over paloma faith and the red chair. He ensured he looked the part in ridley scotts the martian as well in which he plays astronaut mark watney, who gets. During an interview on the graham norton show, the hollywood actor, who was promoting his new movie the martian, revealed the response. Oct 02, 2015 people have described the martian, a big screen adaptation of andy weirs bestselling novel, as a cross between apollo and cast away because, in short, thats exactly what it is. The star of the martian talks oscars, ridley scott, and. Damon s second film in 1998, steven spielbergs saving private ryan, brought him even greater recognition.
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