The Alicia Witt Handbook - Everything you need to know about Alicia Witt

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Alicia Roanne Witt (born August 21, 1975) is an American film, stage, television actress and singer.

This book is your ultimate resource for Alicia Witt. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Alicia Witt's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Alicia Witt, 88 Minutes, Alia Atreides, American Girl (film), Bending the Rules, Blue Smoke, Bongwater (film), Caitlin Fairchild, Citizen Ruth, Cybill, D-Girl (The Sopranos), Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King, Dune (film), Four Rooms, Fun (film), Gen.. (film), Hotel Room, Last Holiday (2006 film), Liebestraum (film), Megan Wheeler, Mr. Holland's Opus, Nola Falacci, Peep World, Playing Mona Lisa, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Ten Tiny Love Stories, The Mentalist (season 1), The Mentalist (season 4), The Reef (1999 film), Two and a Half Men, Urban Legend (film), Vanilla Sky, Wainy Days…and more pages!

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 22 février 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486474141
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Alicia Witt 88 Minutes Alia Atreides

American Girl (film) Bending the Rules Blue Smoke Bongwater (film) Caitlin Fairchild Citizen Ruth Cybill D-Girl (The Sopranos) Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King Dune (film) Four Rooms Fun (film) Gen¹³ (film) Hotel Room Last Holiday (2006 film) Liebestraum (film) Megan Wheeler Mr. Holland's Opus Nola Falacci Peep World Playing Mona Lisa Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Ten Tiny Love Stories The Mentalist (season 1) The Mentalist (season 4) The Reef (1999 film) Two and a Half Men Urban Legend (film) Vanilla Sky Wainy Days

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References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Alicia Witt

Alicia Witt

Born

Occupation

Years active

Alicia Witt Alicia Roanne Witt August 21, 1975 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.

actress / singer / model

1984–present

Alicia Roanne Witt(born August 21, 1975) is an American film, stage, television actress and singer.

Early life Witt was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her mother, Diane (n e Pietro), is a junior high school reading teacher, [1][2][3] and her father, Robert Witt, is a science teacher and photographer. She has a brother, Ian. A child prodigy, [4] "Alicia, possibly started reading at the age of six-and-a-half, seven months". At two years, she was reading college [5] text books. Witt was discovered by David Lynch when she appeared on the television showThat's Incredible!in 1980 where she had recited Shakespeare'sRomeo and Juliet. He cast her in the movieDune(1984), where she [6] played Paul Atreides' young sister Alia. She turned eight during filming. Afterwards, she left Hollywood to concentrate on her studies and music. She was home schooled by her parents. She won several national and international classical piano competitions, including the "Bartok-Kabalevsky International Piano Competition". At age 14, Witt earned her high school diploma. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Hollywood with her mother to [7] pursue a career as a full-time actress. In September 1990, she competed onWheel of Fortune. Soon, Lynch, who she refers to as her mentor, created the role of Gersten Hayward especially for her in his successful seriesTwin Peaks. He cast her again inBlackout, a segment in his short-lived HBO seriesHotel Room.

Career During this time, Witt supported herself by playing piano at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. She went on to play small parts in Mike Figgis'Liebestraum(in which her brother Ian also appears), the Gen-X dramaBodies, Rest & Motionand the TV movieThe Disappearance of Vonnie. In 1994, the red-haired Witt landed her first lead role in a film, playing a disturbed teenager inFun. She received theSpecial Jury RecognitionAward at the Sundance Festival and was nominated for Best Actress at theIndependent Spirit Awards. This performance inspired Madonna to recommend Witt to be cast as her daughter in the first segment, "The Missing Ingredient" ofFour Rooms. Witt was introduced to a larger audience playing the role of Zoey Woodbine, daughter of actress Cybill Shepherd's character in the sitcomCybillfrom 1995 to 1998. Between seasons she starred in films:Mr. Holland's Opus, Alexander Payne's abortion comedyCitizen Ruth,Passion's WayandBongwater. AfterCybillwas cancelled, Witt received a leading role in the horror filmUrban Legendand the animated featureGen¹³which was never released because the studio stopped funding before the completion of the movie. In 2000, Witt had starring roles on the television showsAlly McBealandThe Sopranos; the lead role in the comedy Playing Mona Lisa, a supporting part in John Waters'Cecil B. Demented, and her stage debut in Robbie Fox's musicalThe Giftat the now-closed Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles, in which she played a high-priced stripper with a disease. In the years following, Witt's acting career slowed. She had a small part in Cameron Crowe'sVanilla Sky, which was intended as a reference to her roles inDuneandLiebestraum. She also played a college graduate who discussed losing her virginity in the experimentalTen Tiny Love Storiesand the trailer-trash "Barbie" inAmerican Girl, which

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Janine

1994

Kiva

Natalie Simon

Amy Safir

Zoey Woodbine

Sophy Viner

Cheryl Stoney

Gertrude Lang

Serena

credited as Alicia Roanne Witt

Alia Atreides

Dune

Filmography

1984

Beside her work as an actress, she is working on her music career. Her self-titled EP with four songs was released on iTunes in July 2009.

The Disappearance of Vonnie

TV movie

Episode: "D-Girl"

1990

1993

Episode: "Blackout"

1991

1994

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Bonnie

Diane

Alicia Witt

was released to video in 2005.

2000

The Sopranos

Urban Legend

1995–1998Cybill

1995

Mr. Holland's Opus

1999

The Reef

Bongwater

1997

1995

Four Rooms

1996

1998

Citizen Ruth

Witt currently resides in Los Angeles and New York.

She appeared in the 2002 romantic comedyTwo Weeks Noticestarring Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock. In 2003-2004, she lived primarily in the United Kingdom, filmingThe Upside of Angeropposite Kevin Costner; and she starred as Evelyn in a stage-production of Neil LaBute'sThe Shape of Things. Between these two projects, she went to South Africa to shoot the German TV movieKingdom in Twilightwhich also goes by the namesThe Sword of Xanten,The Ring of the Nibelungsand was released in the United States asDark Kingdom: The Dragon King. Witt played Kriemhild in this film interpretation of the epic poemDas Nibelungenlied. On June 14, 2004, Witt modeled what is believed to be the most expensive hat ever made, for Christie's auction house in London. The [8] Chapeau d'AmourIn, designed by Louis Mariette, is valued at $2.7 million (US) and is encrusted in diamonds. September 2006 she returned to the London stage, portraying the piano-playing Abigail, a role in which she [9][10] demonstrated herself an "outstanding pianist" of "formidable skill", inPiano/Forteat the Royal Court Theatre.

GijanInternationalFilmFestivalAwardforBestActress (shared with Renee Humphrey) Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Recognition Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance

Notes

Title

Witt joined the cast ofLaw & Order: Criminal Intentfor the 2007-08 season as Detective Nola Falacci, a character who was a temporary replacement for Megan Wheeler (played by Julianne Nicholson, who was away on maternity [11] leave). She was a recurring character inFriday Night Lightsfor the 2009-10 season. In May 2011, Witt was in talks withLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitproducers to possibly reprise herCriminal Intentrole as Falacci after current female lead Mariska Hargitay left the series, however Hargitay chose to stay. In March 2012, Witt retweeted a link on her official Twitter page in the hopes of gettingLaw & Order: Criminal Intentback for an 11th season on [12] NBC.

Role

Segment: "The Missing Ingredient"

Fun

Liebestraum

Year

Hotel Room

Twin Peaks

Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor

Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Episode: "2.1"

Gersten Hayward

Girl in Dream

The Upside of Anger

Miss Pasternak / Desiree Bush, lap dancer

Det. Nola Falacci

Michelle Baldwin

Lily

Cheryl

Two

Joint Body

I Do

Person of Interest

Ms. Burns

TV movie

Libby

Barbie

Mya Edwards

Liz

Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King

Short film

TV movie

U.S. Comedy Arts Festival - Film Discovery Jury Award for Best Actor

2002

2001

2001

Episode: "The Executions of Grady Finch"

Episode: "A Jock Strap in Hell"

Ten Tiny Love Stories

3

Laura

Claire

Vanilla Sky

American Girl

2000

Kriemhild

Two Weeks Notice

2002

Gen¹³

Cecil B. Demented

June Carver

Hadley Wolfmeyer

Episode: "Hope and Glory" Episode: "Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost"

Caitlin Fairchild (voice)

2011

CSI: Miami

Cowgirls n' Angels

Bending the Rules

Video

5 episodes

2010

The Boarding House

2007

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Friday Night Lights

2008

2009–2011

2008

Puppy Love

Two and a Half Men

Wainy Days

2008

2009

The Mentalist

2004

2004

Girls' Lunch

2005

88 Minutes

2007

2005

Conflict

The Twilight Zone

2006

2003

Blue Smoke

2007

Last Holiday

9+ episodes

Post-production

Episode: "The High Road"

TV movie

Episode: "Blood Lust"

Post-production

TV series short

Episode: "Shelly II"

2010

Claire Goldstein

Backyard Wedding

Peep World

Sandra

Amy

Shelly

Kim Tyler

2010

2010

2011

2010

Cherish

Hope Mercey

2000

The Pond

The Flight of the Swan

Edgar Floats

Elaine Clayton

Michelle Page

TV movie

2000

2000

Alicia Witt

Roslyn Wohl

Connie Wyler

2012

2012

2012

2012

2011

Short film

Episode: "Red John's Footsteps" Episode: "Little Red Book" Episode: "Red Is the New Black"

Rosalind Harker

Reena Hale

Kim Cummings

Silky Sanders

Playing Mona Lisa

Ally McBeal

Alicia Witt

References

Year

2001

2004

2006

2007

Title

The Gift

Theatre

The Shape of Things

Piano/Forte

Dissonance

Theatre

Tiffany Theatre

New Ambassadors Theatre

Royal Court Theatre

Williamstown Theatre Festival

[1] Alicia Witt Biography (1975-) (http:/ /www.filmreference.com/film/19/Alicia-Witt.html) [2] Lavallee, Wendy (1980-09-17). "Little Girl's Big Intellect Amazes Parents, Doctors" (http:/ /news.google.com/ newspapers?id=MUMcAAAAIBAJ& sjid=6VwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5096,358959&dq=little-girl's-big-intellect-amazes-parents-doctors& hl=en). Pittsburgh Press. . Retrieved 2010-09-11. [3] "Genius wants to grow up" (http:/ /news.google.com/newspapers?id=idBHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0v8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4586,1868500). Meriden, Conn.: PRecord-Journal. 1980-09-15. . Retrieved 2012-11-24. [4] Wendy Jeffries.That's incredible, vol. 4: based on the television series created by Alan Landsburg, pg. 23. ISBN 0-441-17271-7. [5]Jeffries,page 25 [6] Dune (1984) - Box office / business (http:/ /www.imdb.com/title/tt0087182/business) [7] "TANYA HART HEADS FOR NATIONAL JOB ON COAST" (http:/ /nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WO& p_theme=wo&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADE7CE760465C5& p_field_direct-0=document_id& p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM).Worcester Telegram & Gazette. 24 August 1990. . Retrieved 5 August 2011. "Alicia Witt, 14, of Worcester will take her chances during Wheel of Fortune's Teen Week beginning Sept 3." [8] Brain Fertilizer: Why Is This Girl Smiling? (http:/ /brain.mu.nu/archives/043086.php) [9] Bassett, Kate (2006-09-24). "Piano Forte, Royal Court, London" (http:/ /www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/reviews/ piano-forte-royal-court-londonbrtom-and-viv-almeida-londonbrfabulation-tricycle-londonbramadeus-wiltons-Bassettmusic-hall-london-417356. html).The Independent. . Retrieved 2008-10-16. [10] Billington, Michael (2006-09-21). "Piano/Forte" (http:/ /arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1877425,00.html).The Guardian. [11] She has since left the show. Actress Plays Noth's New Partner as Series Moves to USA Network (http:/ /www.multichannel.com/index. asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA6460395) [12] "Twitter / @aliciawitty: RT @CassieStackSVU: ms. wi ..." (http:/ /twitter.com/aliciawitty/status/179308433256890368). Alicia Witt/Twitter. . Retrieved March 24, 2012.

External links Official website (http://www.aliciawittmusic.com) Alicia Witt (http://www.myspace.com/aliciawittmusic) on Myspace Alicia Witt (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1860/) at the Internet Movie Database Alicia Witt (http://www.allrovi.com/name/p77096) at AllRovi

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88 Minutes

88 Minutes

88 Minutes Theatrical release poster Directed byJon Avnet

Produced by

Written by

Starring

Music by

Cinematography

Editing by

Studio

Distributed by

Release date(s)

Running time

Country

Language

Budget

Box office

Jon Avnet Randall Emmett Michael P. Flannigan George Furla Avi Lerner Gary Scott Thompson

Gary Scott Thompson

Al Pacino Alicia Witt Leelee Sobieski Deborah Kara Unger Amy Brenneman Neal McDonough Benjamin McKenzie

Edward Shearmur

Denis Lenoir

Peter Berger

Millennium Films

TriStar Pictures (United States) Warner Bros.(United Kingdom)

Marchc2,c2007 Aprilc18,c2008

111 minutes

United States

English

$30 million

[1] $32,573,503

(Israel) (United States)

88 Minutesis a 2007 American thriller film directed by Jon Avnet starring Al Pacino, Benjamin McKenzie, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, and Neal McDonough. Filming began in the Vancouver area on October 8, 2005 and wrapped up in December 2005. In 2007 the film was released in various [2] European countries. In May 2007, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group paid $6 million to acquire North American and select [3][4] international distribution rights of88 Minutesgroup released this film in the United States theatrically on. The April 18, 2008 through TriStar Pictures.

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Plot Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) testifies at the trial of suspected serial murderer Jon Forster (Neal McDonough), dubbed "The Seattle Slayer" by police. Gramm's testimony and expert psychiatric opinion are crucial to help convict Forster of the murder of Joanie Coates, who was drugged with halothane, hung upside down, and raped and tortured after the killer broke into her home. After receiving his conviction by the jury, Forster taunts Gramm, saying "Tick- tock, Doc." Nine years later, as Forster's execution date approaches, several similar torture murders with very similar modus operandi occur. Gramm is questioned by a lawyer from the Attorney General's office as well as FBI Special Agent Frank Parks (William Forsythe) about his connection to the latest victim, Dale Morris, a former psychology student of Gramm's with whom he was at a party the night before, just hours before her death. On the way to his class, Gramm receives a phone call from someone using software to distort their voice, threatening he has 88 minutes to live. He later reports the call to his secretary Shelly (Amy Brenneman) and has her put together a risk assessment profile of potential perpetrators. Gramm receives another threatening phone call while teaching and becomes suspicious of his students, particularly Mike Stempt (Benjamin McKenzie). The Dean of students, Carol Johnson (Deborah Kara Unger), interrupts the class to evacuate the building due to a bomb threat called in. As he evacuates the lecture hall, Gramm finds a written threat on the overhead projector in the classroom as well as on his car, which has been vandalized in the parking garage. Gramm then is met by his teaching assistant Kim Cummings (Alicia Witt) who offers to help him find the person that's been targeting him. In the stairwell of the parking garage, Gramm comes upon one of his students, Lauren Douglas (Leelee Sobieski), attacked by an unknown assailant and reports the assault to Campus Security. Gramm and Kim go to his condo where a package has been delivered. Lauren Douglas drops by with the risk assessment of people who may want to kill him that he had asked Shelly to fax to his home. The package contains an old audio tape of his kid-sister, Katie, begging for her life and her subsequent murder. Gramm later explains she was killed several years ago when he left her alone in his apartment while he attended an important meeting; the crime took exactly 88 minutes. As Gramm determines someone had accessed his secure files area to obtain the audio tape, suddenly Kim's ex-husband, Guy LaForge (Stephen Moyer), shows up with a gun but is shot and killed from behind by an unknown person wearing a motorcycle helmet and leather protective gear. The shooter flees through the crowd outside after a fire alarm is triggered in the building. Next, Gramm and Kim visit Sara Pollard (Leah Cairns), the woman Gramm was with the night before, but find her murdered in her apartment with evidence incriminating Gramm. Carol calls Gramm and makes comments suggesting that she is the killer and demands Gramm meet her at his office. Shelly arrives at Sara's apartment and advises Gramm she suspects Lauren was the one who stole the audio tape of Gramm's sister's death. Kim disappears from the apartment and later calls Gramm with a threat similar to Carol's, also demanding he meet her at the office. Through prison visitation records, Gramm deduces that Forster's appeals attorney, "Lydia Doherty" is actually Lauren using a pseudonym, and surmises she set up the frame on orders from Forster from jail. Kim calls again instructing Gramm to come to another nearby location on campus where he finds Carol has been hung over a seventh floor balcony and Kim is tied up and gagged, held at gun point by Lauren. Lauren threatens Gramm and forces him to "confess" on tape that he gave false testimony at Forster's trial. Special Agent Parks arrives and shoots Lauren, causing both Carol and Lauren to fall from the balcony. Gramm saves Carol, but Lauren comes loose and plummets to her death. When Forster calls asking to speak with Lauren, Gramm informs him Lauren is dead, the set up is over. He then quips "Tick tock, tick tock, you got 12 hours to live." He then hurls the phone into the atrium, where it strikes the ground floor and shatters.

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Cast b Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Gramm b Alicia Witt as Kim Cummings b Leelee Sobieski as Lauren Douglas/Lydia Doherty b Amy Brenneman as Shelly Barnes b William Forsythe as Special Agent Frank Parks b Deborah Kara Unger as Carol Johnson b Benjamin McKenzie as Mike Stempt b Neal McDonough as Jon Forster b Leah Cairns as Sara Pollard b Stephen Moyer as Guy LaForge bChristopher Redman as Jeremy Guber b Brendan Fletcher as Johnny d'Franco b Michael Eklund as J.T. Rycker bKristina Copeland as Dale Morris bTammy Hui as Janie Cates b Vicky Huang as Joanie Cates bVictoria Tennant II as Kate b Michal Yannai as Leeza Pearson b Paul Campbell as Albert Jackson b Shia LaBeouf as Student (Uncredited)

Production Jon Avnet replaced James Foley as director. Shero Rauf was the digital effects artist for the film.

Filming locations The university scenes in the film were shot at the University of British Columbia (UBC) near Vancouver, which stood in for a fictional Northwest Washington University. It attracted much attention on campus (mainly due to Pacino's presence in the film) and filming was interrupted repeatedly because of it. This also could have been because many integral scenes were filmed in the busiest areas of campus during peak class hours. It was common for students to exit buildings after class only to walk into a shooting location. The Canadian location is much in evidence when Pacino enters a cab early in the film, with a Shoppers Drug Mart store and a Canada Post mailbox in the background. The cab passes a "licenced" establishment. In the middle of the movie there's a scene with a Roots Canada store in the background.

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