FrameThrower · Actors · Timothy Bottoms
Timothy Bottoms
2 films · 128 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1971–1986
Born 30 August 1951 · Santa Barbara, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Timothy James Bottoms is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in Johnny Got His Gun; Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show; The Paper Chase; and for playing President George W. Bush multiple times, including on the sitcom That's My Bush!; in the comedy film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and the docudrama DC 9/11: Time of Crisis.
Bottoms made his film debut in 1971 as Joe Bonham in Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun. The same year, he appeared alongside his brother Sam in The Last Picture Show. (He portrayed the same character in the 1990 sequel Texasville).…
How their films are shot
Measured across 128 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Timothy takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 67% of their frames are night, 59% low key — the look of the work Timothy takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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