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Sir Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an British-American actor and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, he is known for his versatility and intense acting style. He received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three British Academy Film Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors to date. Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut in Remembrance (1982). He continued to follow a stage career in London's Royal Court. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with credits including Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Saved, The Country Wife and Hamlet. He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), while also attracting attention as the leader of a gang of football hooligans in the television film The Firm (1989). Regarded as a member of the "Brit Pack", he achieved greater recognition as a New York gangster in State of Grace (1990), Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Oldman portrayed the villains in films such as True Romance (1993), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997) and The Contender (2000); corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield, whom he played in Léon: The Professional (1994), was called one of cinema's best villains. He also played Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved (1994). He later appeared in franchise roles such as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series, James Gordon in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012) and a human leader, Dreyfus in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017). He was nominated for his portrayals of George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) and Herman J. Mankiewicz in Mank (2020). Oldman was executive producer of films like The Contender, Plunkett & Macleane (1999) and Nil by Mouth (1997), the latter of which he also wrote and directed. He featured in television shows such as Fallen Angels, Tracey Takes On... and Friends, voiced Ignitius and Viktor Reznov, respectively, in The Legend of Spyro and Call of Duty video games and appeared in music videos for David Bowie, Guns N' Roses and Annie Lennox.
She was born with a voice that could alter reality. She spent her life hiding it. The world ending was the only thing that made hiding impossible. A fantasy musical drama set in a near-future world where specific vocal frequencies can reshape physical reality — a science that emerged thirty years ago and immediately created a class system: those whose voices carry the world-altering frequency (Resonants) and those who don't. Elena Callas, 28, is a Resonant of the highest classification who has spent her life performing as a non-Resonant, terrified of what using her full voice would mean. She works as a conservatory teacher, coaching young Resonants in controlled, precise use of gifts she refuses to use herself. When a geological catastrophe threatens a major city and the only solution requires a Resonant of her specific frequency to hold a specific harmonic for eleven minutes, Elena must choose between the life she has built on concealment and the use of everything she actually is. The film has five major musical sequences, all original songs. Its central love story is with Dario, a non-Resonant composer who wrote music for her voice before he knew what her voice actually was. Act One — The Conservatory Elena teaching what she refuses to use. Dario arriving with a commission. The catastrophe's first tremor. Act Two — The Choice The authorities identifying Elena's classification. Her refusal. The city beginning to fall. Act Three — The Aria Elena holding the harmonic for eleven minutes. Dario in the control room listening to the full voice for the first time. The aftermath.
