![]() It topped the US box office on its opening weekend and grossed $67,659,560 domestically and $122,200,000 internationally. The virus has evolved and becomes airborne.Īmazing storyline and superb acting by the cast, especially Morgan Freeman. However, this virus resurfaces 27 years later in America abroad a monkey. This movie is set in 1967 when there is a deadly outbreak of the Motaba virus, and as a result, the River Valley has to be destroyed in order to stop the virus from spreading. ![]() ![]() This movie grossed $351.7 million worldwide and its sequel, Now You See Me 2 was released in 2016 and performed well at the box office. It’s also refreshing to see Morgan in a negative role. Freeman and Harrelson clearly steal the show with their superb performances. Freeman once said on an interview with 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace: "I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.Even though, somewhat predictable, this movie is a great source of entertainment. Black history is American history." He says the only way to end racism is to stop talking about it, and he notes that there is no "white history month". Freeman has publicly criticized the celebration of Black History Month and does not participate in any related events, saying, "I don't want a black history month. He officially opened his second Ground Zero in Memphis, Tennessee on April 24, 2008. He has a private pilot's license, which he earned at age 65, and co-owns and operates Madidi, a fine dining restaurant, and Ground Zero, a blues club, both located in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Freeman lives in Charleston, Mississippi, and New York City. He adopted his first wife's daughter and the couple also had a fourth child. He has two sons from previous relationships. Freeman's attorney and business partner, Bill Luckett, announced in August 2008 that Freeman and his wife are in the process of divorce. He married Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, 1984. Freeman was married to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw from October 22, 1967, until 1979. He made his off-Broadway debut in 1967, opposite Viveca Lindfors in The Nigger Lovers (about the civil rights era "Freedom Riders"), before debuting on Broadway in 1968's all-black version of Hello, Dolly!, which also starred Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway. Freeman acted in a touring company version of The Royal Hunt of the Sun, and also appeared as an extra in the 1965 film The Pawnbroker. During this period, he also lived in New York City, working as a dancer at the 1964 World's Fair, and in San Francisco, where he was a member of the Opera Ring music group. Freeman moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s and worked as a transcript clerk at Los Angeles Community College. In 1955, he graduated from Broad Street High School, but turned down a partial drama scholarship from Jackson State University, opting instead to work as a mechanic in the United States Air Force. ![]() At age 12, he won a statewide drama competition, and while still at Broad Street High School, he performed in a radio show based in Nashville, Tennessee. He then attended Broad Street High School, currently Threadgill Elementary School, in Mississippi. Freeman made his acting debut at age 9, playing the lead role in a school play. Freeman's family moved frequently during his childhood, living in Greenwood, Mississippi Gary, Indiana and finally Chicago, Illinois. Freeman was sent as an infant to his paternal grandmother in Charleston, Mississippi. Morgan Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Mayme Edna (née Revere) and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, Sr., a barber who died in 1961 from liver cirrhosis. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. is an American actor, film director, and narrator.
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