The Karlovy Vary festival will present the films The King’s Speech, Quills – Perem marquis de Sade and Záře in honor of Geoffre Rush.
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Geoffrey Rush arrived in Karlovy Vary.
Photo: Milan Malíček, Law
He will present himself to the audience on the red carpet at the Thermal Hotel on Wednesday shortly before two in the afternoon, when he will give the King’s speech in the Great Hall.
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Geoffrey Rush arrived in Karlovy Vary.
Photo: Milan Malíček, Law
Welcome in front of Pupp
After arriving in Vary, Rush moved to the Pupp Hotel, where festival stars are traditionally accommodated.
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Geoffrey Rush in front of Karlovy Vary’s Pupp with KV IFF president Jiří Bartoška.
Photo: Jan Handrejch, Law
Jiří Bartoška, the president of the KV IFF, was waiting for him in front of the entrance.
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A dizzying career
An Oscar for Best Actor and three other Oscar nominations, two Golden Globes and four other nominations for this award, an Emmy Award, a theater Tony Award – this is just a short list of the dozens of awards that the film and stage actor Geoffrey Rush received during his career .
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Geoffrey Rush in front of Karlovy Vary Pupp.
Photo: Jan Handrejch, Law
He connected this first with the theatre, from the beginnings at the Queensland Theater Company, through studies in London and Paris, his own author’s shows to the position of director and head of the Belvoir Street Theater Company, where he helped discover a number of acting talents, and leading Australian and foreign theater scenes, where performed.
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Geoffrey Rush, an Australian actor, will be one of the biggest stars of the 56th KV IFF.
Photo: Jan Handrejch, Law
A significant turning point in his film work was the year 1996, when he shone in the role of composer and pianist David Helfgott, who is torn between genius and madness in Scott Hicks’ film Shine.
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Geoffrey Rush
Photo: Milan Malíček, Law
His unique acting performance was rightly awarded with an Oscar, a Golden Globe or a BAFTA award.
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Geoffrey Rush with his family in Vary.
Photo: Jan Handrejch, Law
Another award will be added to his collection at the 56th KV IFF.
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At the festival, he will receive the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema. And that on Saturday, at the end of it.
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