Scene from Brave One (2007)
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Actresses in this Scene
Birth Name: Alicia Christian Foster
Birth Date: 1962-11-19
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Details
Alternate Names: Jody Foster, Alicia Christian Foster, Jodi Foster, 乔迪·福斯特, جودی فاستر
Physical Characteristics: N/A
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Full Biography
Alicia Christian 'Jodie' Foster is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. For her work as a producer and director, she has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She has also earned numerous honors such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013, was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016 and received the Cannes Film Festival's Honorary Palme d'Or in 2021.
Foster began her professional career as a child model and later as a teen idol in various Disney films including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), Freaky Friday (1976) and Candleshoe (1977). She acted in Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and reunited with him in Taxi Driver (1976) in a role for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Other early films include Tom Sawyer (1973), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Carny (1980) and Foxes (1980).
After attending Yale University, Foster transitioned into mature leading roles earning two Academy Awards for playing a rape victim in The Accused (1988), and Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). She also received a nomination for Nell (1994). Her other notable films include Sommersby (1993), Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Anna and the King (1999), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007), Nim's Island (2008), Carnage (2011), Elysium (2013), Hotel Artemis (2018), and The Mauritanian (2021).
Foster made her directorial film debut with Little Man Tate (1991) and has since directed films such as Home for the Holidays (1995), The Beaver (2011) and Money Monster (2016). She founded her own production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. She earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for producing The Baby Dance (1999), and directing the Orange Is the New Black episode "Lesbian Request Denied" in 2014. She has also directed episodes for Tales from the Darkside, House of Cards, Black Mirror, and Tales from the Loop.
About the Movie: Brave One (2007)
Release Year: 2007
Nation: United States
Alternative Title: L'épreuve du courage, Il buio nell'anima, Die Fremde in dir, Stranger in You, The Stranger Inside
Director: Neil Jordan
Writer: Bruce A. Taylor, Cynthia Mort, Roderick Taylor
Production & Genre
Producer(s): Producer: Joel Silver, Susan Downey
Co-Producer: David Gambino
Executive Producer: Bruce Berman, Dana Goldberg, Herb Gains, Jodie Foster
Companies: Silver Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
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Keywords
Keywords: bravery, loss of loved one, metropolis, new york city, radio show host, rape and revenge, revenge, urban life, vigilante
Story
Erica Bain, a happy radio host in New York City, suffers a brutal attack in Central Park that leaves her fiancé dead and herself in a coma for three weeks. After recovering, Erica buys a gun to feel safer but becomes increasingly reckless with it as she struggles to adjust to her new reality. She begins to encounter people who frighten her, leading her to use the gun in self-defense. The city starts buzzing about a vigilante, and Erica finds herself embroiled in this reputation on her radio show.
Summary
Directed by Neil Jordan, 'Brave One' (2007) is a drama-thriller that follows Erica Bain (Jodie Foster), a radio host whose life is irrevocably changed after a traumatic attack. The film explores themes of loss, revenge, and the struggle for personal safety in an urban environment like New York City. It's notable for its depiction of Erica's transformation from a carefree woman into a vigilante seeking justice.