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January 17, 2005: Headlines: COS - Bolivia: Movies: Music: Hollywood: Bayou Buzz: Golden Globe Win for Ray: This is a great achievement for Jamie Foxx and a testament to Taylor Hackford´s visionary direction
Golden Globe Win for Ray: This is a great achievement for Jamie Foxx and a testament to Taylor Hackford´s visionary direction
Golden Globe Win for Ray: This is a great achievement for Jamie Foxx and a testament to Taylor Hackford´s visionary direction
Jamie Foxx´s Ray Golden Globe Achievement Is Right Note
La. Film and Movie Industry
Author: Steve Sabludowsky |
1/17/2005
Jamie Foxx´s Ray Golden Globe Achievement Is Right Note
With Jamie Foxx winning a best actor award in Sunday’s Golden Globe for his greater-than-life performance of Ray Charles, he’s not the only person exuberant about the prestigious award. Down in Louisiana where the cotton is pickin and the sugar is high-- the engines of the New South are humming. In this case the cinemas are reeling with one successful venture after another and perhaps even more thanks to Jamie Foxx.
Ray was filmed and produced in Louisiana and was the first movie to take advantage of the very attractive tax incentives for movies. As a result, the man in charge of the Louisiana movie industry, Alex Schott (Director of The Governor’s Movie and Television Cluster for Louisiana Economic Development) feels that Jamie Foxx’s award winning performance should be recognized as a team effort.
"This is a great achievement for Jamie Foxx and a testament to Taylor Hackford´s visionary direction and the individual talents behind the movie, RAY, as they were able to create such an unforgettable piece of work. Louisiana is very proud it could be a part of something that will forever be remembered as a outstanding film and a truly unforgettable performance", said Schott.
Louisiana is currently undergoing a movie boom with feature films such as "All The King’s Men" starring features an all-star cast including Oscar winner Sean Penn (Mystic River), Jude Law (Closer), Kate Winslet (Finding Neverland), James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Mark Ruffalo (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Patricia Clarkson (Pieces of April) and Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs).
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