"Actor's Watch" focuses on watches worn by actors in movies, television, etc.
For the 52nd installment, we will be looking at "Sam Rockwell's watch."
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Sam Rockwell is known for his outstanding performances playing outlaws and eccentric characters, such as the brutal murderer Wild Bill in the Stephen King-based fantasy film "The Green Mile" ( 1996), and Zaphod Beeblebrox III, the President of the Galactic Empire in the black humor sci-fi masterpiece "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ginza" (2005).
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He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" (2017), and his acting skills have only improved. Let's take a closer look at his skills.
Man Trapped on the Moon
MOON (2009)
Sam (Sam Rockwell) has been on a business trip to the moon alone for three years to mine nuclear fuel energy on the moon. With only regular messages from his wife and daughter back on Earth and conversations with the artificial intelligence "Guardian" to support his lonely days, he is caught up in a cave-in at the mining site with only two weeks left.
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The twisted sci-fi mystery " Moon ," directed by David Bowie 's son Duncan Jones , is a low-budget film with only one main character, Sam Rockwell. However, he shows a variety of expressions and reactions, so even though it's mostly a one-man show, it's not boring at all. Also, if you search for this movie on the Internet, you'll inevitably find spoilers, so we recommend watching it without knowing anything in advance.
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What watch does Sam Rockwell wear in this movie? DIESEL DZ7076 . A stylish digital watch from Italian apparel brand Diesel. In a story set in a world where the protagonist is alone on the moon, it would be unnatural for him to wear a mechanical watch that he cannot repair if it breaks down, so it is inevitable that he wears a quartz watch, which allows for easy battery replacement or replacement if it breaks down. At first glance, the solid digital watch looks like a bracelet, creating a futuristic sci-fi feel.
Iron Man 2
IRON MAN 2 (2010)
When Tony Stark announces that he is Iron Man, he is confronted by Vanko, the son of a scientist who once worked with Stark on the development of the Arc Reactor. Vanko creates the Arc Reactor in place of his father, who died an untimely death. He teams up with Hammer Industries, a merchant of death that sees Stark as a rival, and pursues Iron Man.
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The second installment of Marvel's popular superhero movie, in which Tony Stark , president of the huge military industry "Stark Industries," wears a powered suit he developed himself and fights evil as "Iron Man." Sam Rockwell plays Justin Hammer , CEO of "Hammer Industries," which considers Stark a rival, and a "merchant of death" who makes a profit by providing weapons to criminals.
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In this movie, Sam Rockwell wears a tonneau-shaped watch that at first glance looks like a Franck Muller . In fact, this is a filming prop, a fictional watch with a conquistador -style case featuring a double bezel and a tonneau curvex -style bracelet. It may have been chosen with consideration for the brand image, as the watch is worn by the "merchant of death" who sells weapons to criminals.
Three Billboards
THREE BILLBORDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (2017)
Mildred, a mother whose daughter was brutally murdered, puts up three billboards along the road where the murder took place: "My daughter was raped and burned to death," "The culprit has still not been caught," and "Why? Chief Willoughby?" The townspeople are confused by the billboards that criticize Willoughby, the respected local police chief, and the police officers express their anger toward Mildred...
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The characters' anger, which shows strong conflicts, gradually dissipates through small acts of kindness and generosity, and a series of coincidences, leading to a powerful finale in this human drama. At the 90th Academy Awards, Frances McDormand , who plays the mother Mildred, won the Best Actress award, and Sam Rockwell, who plays the racist and quick-tempered Sheriff Dixon, won the Best Supporting Actor award.
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In this movie, Sheriff Dixon, played by Sam Rockwell, wears a Casio MRW-200H-1BVEF . With a list price of around 3,000 yen, it is in the category of watches commonly known as "cheap Casios." Among them, this is a watch that leaves a strong impression. The sheriff lives with his elderly mother in a corner of a rural town. What if his mother, who lives on a pension, bought this watch for her son, wanting him to "be more manly"? This is just my own imagination (fantasy), but if that is the case, the choice of this watch is nothing short of exquisite.
90th Academy Awards Ceremony
ACADEMY AWARDS 2018
Sam Rockwell, who won the 90th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," was wearing a black bezel Rolex GMT-Master II (Ref. 16710) at the Oscars ceremony, where he looked sexy in a tuxedo.
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In fact, this GMT Master II is familiar to fans as the watch that Rockwell always wears in interviews and off-shots. Rockwell often plays eccentric characters and outlaws, but his true personality is probably a very earnest and serious person (laughs).
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The Academy Awards that year were very memorable because they were won by two actors I personally like : Gary Oldman from "Winston Churchill: The Man Who Saved the World from Hitler" for Best Actor, and Sam Rockwell from "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" for Best Supporting Actor. These two have a very similar aura.
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While many Hollywood celebrities love the most expensive watches from Richard Mille and Patek Philippe, or Rolex's gold and jeweled models, Sam Rockwell always wears watches that are life -sized and feel familiar to him, both in his movies and in his private life. This lineup of watches gives us an insight into the basis of his acting, which makes him seem somehow familiar, even when he plays an outlaw or eccentric character.
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It is no exaggeration to say that the Academy Awards is the biggest stage for Hollywood stars. From the GMT Master II he wore there, we can see that he considers the watch his "lifelong companion." As such a devoted man, Sam Rockwell's watches are sure to be one to watch in the future.
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