* Frank Herbert, critically acclaimed, science fiction author of the best-selling science fiction novel of all time: Dune

After the war, the critically acclaimed Drunken Angel ( 1948 ), in which Kurosawa cast then-unknown actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan.

" Aside from Roger Ackroyd, the most critically acclaimed Poirot novels appeared from 1932 to 1942, including such acknowledged classics as Murder on the Orient Express, The ABC Murders ( 1935 ), Cards on the Table ( 1936 ), and Death on the Nile ( 1937 ).

In 2001, The Kinsey Sicks, produced and starred in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway hit, " DRAGAPELLA!

This critically acclaimed production transferred to the Garrick Theatre in the West End for a limited season, opening on March 28, 2009 running until July 25, 2009.

Other productions in the United States include one in 1902 starring Minnie Maddern Fiske and a 1997 production starring Janet McTeer ( in a critically acclaimed performance ) at the Belasco Theater, which received three Tony Awards and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play.

In 1963, she starred in Jean-Luc Godard's critically acclaimed film Le Mépris.

Campbell made a critically acclaimed dramatic guest role as a grief-stricken detective seeking revenge for his father's murder in a two-part episode of the fourth season of Homicide: Life on the Street.

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Then being employed by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, he proceeded to make two films: the science-fiction epic Dune ( 1984 ), which proved to be a critical and commercial failure, and then a neo-noir crime film, Blue Velvet ( 1986 ), which was critically acclaimed.

He has said that the decision to direct it was influenced by his having had to defer some of his salary on the low-budgeted Spider, but it is one of his most critically acclaimed films to date, along with Eastern Promises ( 2007 ) a film about the struggle of one man to gain power in the Russian Mafia.

Some of the most critically acclaimed drama films in Asian cinema were produced during the 1950s, including Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Story ( 1953 ), Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu ( 1954 ), Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy ( 1955 – 1959 ), Guru Dutt's Pyaasa ( 1957 ), and the Akira Kurosawa films Rashomon ( 1950 ), Ikiru ( 1952 ) and Seven Samurai ( 1954 ).

Despite the drop on popularity of the romantic dramas, some of them have enjoyed big box office and critical success, as the controversial, groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) for example, that won several awards and Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), a critically acclaimed romantic-drama that has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, and went on to win eight of them, including Best Picture.

The volume was critically acclaimed and won a contest run by the Sunday Referee, netting him new admirers from the London poetry world, including Edith Sitwell and Edwin Muir.

McLean's first concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Albert Hall in London in 1972 were critically acclaimed.

To this day, The Thin Blue Line is one of the most critically acclaimed documentaries ever made.

He next directed Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ), notorious for its overlong and strenuous production, but critically acclaimed for its vivid and stark depiction of the Vietnam War, winning the Palme d ' Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.

While not as critically acclaimed as the first two films, it was still a box office success, earning a revenue of $ 136 million against a budget of $ 54 million.

Many of the most critically acclaimed Asian films of all time were produced during this decade, including Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Story ( 1953 ), Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy ( 1955 – 1959 ) and The Music Room ( 1958 ), Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu ( 1954 ) and Sansho the Bailiff ( 1954 ), Raj Kapoor's Awaara ( 1951 ), Mikio Naruse's Floating Clouds ( 1955 ), Guru Dutt's Pyaasa ( 1957 ) and Kaagaz Ke Phool ( 1959 ), and the Akira Kurosawa films Rashomon ( 1950 ), Ikiru ( 1952 ), Seven Samurai ( 1954 ) and Throne of Blood ( 1957 ).

One of the most famous was The Apu Trilogy ( 1955 – 1959 ) from critically acclaimed Bengali film director Satyajit Ray, whose films had a profound influence on world cinema, with directors such as Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, James Ivory, Abbas Kiarostami, Elia Kazan, François Truffaut, Steven Spielberg ,< ref name = unmaderay >

The British directors Alfred Hitchcock and David Lean are among the most critically acclaimed of all-time, with other important directors including Charlie Chaplin, Michael Powell, Carol Reed and Ridley Scott.

The show was critically acclaimed, receiving multiple BAFTA awards.

It was one of the most successful spin-off series in television history, as well as one of the most critically acclaimed comedy series.

Chaosium later published other games in the setting, including the critically acclaimed RuneQuest.

The musical score of Xena: Warrior Princess was critically well received and garnered seven Emmy nominations for LoDuca, who won the Emmy award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series ( Dramatic Underscore ) for the Season 5 episode Fallen Angel in 2000.

While Christensen's critically acclaimed portrayal of a misunderstood teenager in Life as a House ( 2001 ) earned him Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations as well as the National Board of Review's award for Breakthrough Performance of the Year, the performance did not receive widespread public notice.

Morley is one of the main settings for the critically acclaimed and award winning David Peace's Red Riding Quartet novel and 2009 television series which explore West Yorkshire police corruption during the 1970s and 1980s.

She is one of the most critically acclaimed Broadway performers, having received nominations for seven Tony Awards, winning two ( plus an honorary award ), and nine Drama Desk Awards, winning three.

The film was critically lauded and commercially successful, winning six National Film Awards, Filmfare Award for Best Direction in Tamil, In the Spirit of Freedom Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival and an award at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.

Good first began to gain recognition for her performance as troubled teen Cisely Batiste in Kasi Lemmons ' critically acclaimed 1997 film Eve's Bayou, which earned Good two award nominations, including her first NAACP Image Award nomination.

In 1989, Codrescu's coverage of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 for National Public Radio and ABC News ’ Nightline, was critically acclaimed, and his renewed interest in Romanian language and literature led to new work written in Romanian, including “ Miracle and Catastrophe ”, a book-length interview conducted by the theologian Robert Lazu, and “ The Forgiven Submarine ”, an epic poem written in collaboration with poet Ruxandra Cesereanu, which won the 2008 Romania Radio Cultural award.

She is best known for portraying Denny Blood in the award winning and critically acclaimed prison drama series Bad Girls.

In 2000, he produced the critically acclaimed and Drama Desk Award-winning play The Syringa Tree Off-Broadway, which also claimed the Village Voice / Obie award for " Best Play of the Year " in 2001.

The film was critically acclaimed as well, winning major awards in all categories including the Best Film award at the 44th Annual Filmfare Awards, Lux Zee Cine Awards, Sansui Viewers ' Choice Awards, Bollywood Movie Awards and the National Film Awards.

The album was critically acclaimed and won a Swedish grammy award for best hiphop / soul in 2004.

The soundtrack includes the critically acclaimed song " Old Habits Die Hard ", which won a Golden Globe award for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture.

The many critically acclaimed and award winning productions include.

Ladies and Gentlemen went on to win the NME album of the year award at the end of 1997, beating Radiohead's critically acclaimed OK Computer and The Verve's Urban Hymns.

) The album was both critically and commercially successful and was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Comedy Recording of the year.

Lombardo ’ s critically acclaimed first season at San Jose Rep garnered a total of 25 Bay Area Theatre Critic Circle award nominations for The Kite Runner, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, As You Like It and Groundswell.

Marr has published several books including a critically acclaimed biography of Australian writer Patrick White, which won The Age Book of the Year award and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction.

She managed earn the prestigious Kalaimamani award, with her brilliance and dedication in acting. Even though she has done only a few kannada movies, all of them were commercially and critically successful.

She was instrumental in taking the record label to television with a host of critically acclaimed and highly rated specials, including the multiple award winning Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever produced while she was President of Motown Productions.

The destruction of " one of the least-loved and critically savaged games of all time " was seen an appropriate symbol for an award for excellence in gaming.

She later rose to fame starring in the successful films, Saamy ( 2003 ) and Ghilli ( 2004 ) in Tamil cinema and Varsham ( 2004 ) in Telugu cinema, for which she secured her first South Filmfare Best Actress Award before getting the same award 2 more times for her critically acclaimed blockbusters Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana ( 2005 ) and Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule ( 2007 ).

he Won Nigar award for Best acting movie was critically and commercially successful, he produced movie Aadil In the same year 1966 he did Historical movie Jaag utha Insan, Aag ( 1967 ),

In 2008, it was a filming location for the international, award winning and critically acclaimed television drama series East West 101.

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, a critically and commercially successful film, was directed by his protégé, writer Abrar Alvi, which won him the Filmfare Best Director's award.