Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican actress, director, and television and film producer. Around 2000, Hayek founded film production company Ventanarosa, through which she produces film and television projects. Her first feature as a producer was 1999’s El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba, Mexico’s official selection for submission for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars. Frida, co-produced by Hayek, was released in 2002. Starring Hayek as Frida Kahlo, and Alfred Molina as her unfaithful husband, Diego Rivera, the film was directed by Julie Taymor and featured an entourage of stars in supporting and minor roles (Valeria Golino, Ashley Judd, Edward Norton, Geoffrey Rush) and cameos (Antonio Banderas). She earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her performance. This made Hayek, along with Katy Jurado and Adriana Barraza, one of only three Mexican actresses to have been nominated for an Academy Award. The film earned two Oscars. “In the Time of the Butterflies,” is a 2001 feature film based on the Julia Álvarez book of the same name, covering the lives of the Mirabal sisters. In the movie, Salma Hayek plays one of the sisters, Minerva, and Edward James Olmos plays the Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo whom the sisters opposed. Marc Anthony plays a brief role as Minerva’s first love, and as the motivation for her later revolutionary activities. In 2003, Hayek produced and directed the The Maldonado Miracle, a Showtime movie …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Disney’s trailer for the Studio Ghibli film, Spirited Away, that came out during the 2002 American release. UPDATE: Many people are confused either by my description or the trailer (or both). Let me clear some things up: This IS a Studio Ghibli film. Walt Disney Studios, a production company, only purchased the rights to dub the film nto English and distribute it in North America. This is the trailer Walt Disney Studios made for the 2002 North American theatrical release of the film.