Harrison Ford, an American film actor, a first-rate Hollywood star, was born July 13, 1942 in Chicago. After leaving school - in 1960 - Harrison enrolled at Ripon College in the humanities department. Having received a diploma in 1964, he immediately left for Los Angeles, as he had long dreamed of a career as a film actor. However, Ford was disappointed: despite the fact that he managed to conclude a contract with the movie studio Columbia Pictures, his career did not work out. Roles were not given to Harrison, and he soon joined the ranks of loser actors. Having lost hope of becoming a movie star, Harrison Ford, whose filmography at that time remained without a single picture, got a job as a carpenter. Before that, he managed to get acquainted with the filmmaker George Lucas, and this acquaintance subsequently dramatically changed his whole life.
Help of the famous director
The famous director remembered Harrison when he starred in the movie "A Trip to Shiloh." After all the episodes in which Ford participated and the young actor left Hollywood were cut out of the Zabriskie Point picture, Lucas lost sight of him. And then one day, after several years, the director and actor accidentally met on one of the streets of Los Angeles. This happened on the eve of the filming of the next film by George Lucas, the comedy "American Graffiti." The picture had a meager budget of 700 thousand dollars, so there would be nothing to pay eminent actors for their participation. The director suggested one of the roles to Harrison. He did not try to save money (although this was the case), the main reason was that Lucas discerned the potential opportunities of the actor, and his eye was set.
Success
The film was a success, this was the merit of the entire crew. Last but not least, our hero, who played Bob Fulf. The youth comedy received five Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe Award in the Best Film category. Since then, Harrison Ford has become a regular contributor to George Lucas film projects, most notably Star Wars and Indiana Jones. In the first, Ford played the pilot of the Millennium Falcon spaceship, Han Solo. The adventures of the characters in all the movie episodes are exciting, the dynamics of the development of the plot rolls over. It is not surprising that each of the films covered the funds spent on its production 15-20 times.
The box office was approaching five hundred million on each tape, all episodes together brought together a truly cosmic sum, and films featuring Harrison Ford began to enjoy unprecedented popularity.
Harrison Ford's main film projects
The George Lucas saga "Star Wars" consists of seven separate films, which were shot in different years. At the same time, the director shot the adventure serial film "Indiana Jones" in the same way . The Last Harrison Ford, filmography which already included two significant film works, played directly to Indiana Jones. But there were several years breaks between filming Indiana Jones paintings. The poem, the man had the opportunity to act in film projects with other directors. And since no one considered him a loser actor, there was no shortage of offers, and Harrison Ford's photos were already available in all actor selection agencies.
"President's plane"
In 1997, at the Columbia Pictures film studio, a thriller action movie called The President’s Airplane was filmed with Harrison in the title role. He played James Marshall, President of the United States. The film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen, directed by Andrew Marlowey. The plot focuses on events on a presidential plane seized by terrorists. The president himself is actively involved in the fight against invaders who threaten to blow up the plane. In accordance with the protocol for saving the first persons of the state in conditions of mortal danger, the president was supposed to be in a special capsule, which left the side of the liner, but ... He stayed. Thus, all the ways to save the first person of the state were cut off.
Heroic James Marshall
However, James Marshall does not think of giving up, he is in every possible way opposing presumptuous terrorists. Meanwhile, their accomplices on earth capture the wife and daughter of the protagonist and threaten to brutally crack down on them if the conditions are not met. James Marshall is forced to obey, he contacts Moscow, as a result of which the leader of the political organization Radek is released from prison. At this time, the president engages in a short battle with the criminals on the plane and destroys them one by one. Having learned about the aggravation of the situation on board the aircraft, Moscow agents shot Radek, staging his attempt to escape. Here is such a movie.
Harrison Ford and Sidney Pollack
In 1999, another movie starring Harrison Ford was shot at Columbia Pictures. It was a picture of director Sidney Pollack's "Web of lies", which he put on the plot of the novel by Warren Adler. This time, Ford played police officer Dutch Van den Brook, whose wife Peyton dies in a plane crash. Her landing on the ill-fated flight was preceded by strange circumstances. She didn’t have to fly anywhere at all, experienced Dutch, by inference, concludes that his wife was cheating on him, and that the flight was planned in advance by her lover. Which turned out to be the husband of a good friend of Dutch, Kay Chandler, a prominent politician.
Another major role
Harrison Ford played the lead role of renowned surgeon Richard Kimble in the 1993 film The Fugitive. The film was directed by Andrew Davis in the genre of action-packed detective thriller. Kimble's wife is brutally murdered, and Richard himself is accused of her death. He is tried, and an innocent surgeon is sentenced to death. When transporting prisoners in a prison bus, one of the convicts escapes. Kimble decides to follow suit. Naturally, they try to catch him, but luck is on Richard's side. Subsequently, he manages to do a lot in order to prove his innocence. The film received a number of nominations, including an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Harrison Ford, whose filmography is now regularly updated with new paintings, is not going to stop there.
Personal life
The personal life of Harrison Ford resembles the ocean waves: no fuss, everything is thorough. The first wife is Mary Markuardt, the object of school actor love. They got married in 1964. Mary has a soft, friendly character, she supported her husband when he was known as a Hollywood loser, then shared with him the joy of his first successes and praised his films in every possible way. Harrison Ford was grateful to her, but after living together for 15 years, the couple divorced. Two children stayed with their mother.
In 1982, actor Ford Harrison married a second time. Screenwriter Melissa Matheson became his wife. She gave birth to Harrison with two more children, daughter Georgia and son Malcolm. This marriage lasted 17 years. The divorce was filed in 1999.
Over the next three years, Ford tirelessly entertained with girlfriends, among whom were Englishwoman Minnie Driver and Lara Flynn Boyle. This continued until 2002, when Harrison met Calista Flockhart, an actress from the TV series "Ellie McBeal." The feelings were mutual, and soon Kalista moved to him. For eight years, the couple lived in a civil marriage and only in 2010 legalized their relationship.