The Oscar-nominated actor is best known for his starring roles in the Star Wars film The Phantom Menace, Schindler's List and Michael Collins.

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The Oscar-nominated actor is best known for starring roles in the Star Wars film The Phantom Menace, Schindler's List, Taken and Michael Collins.

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The first film (in story order), The Phantom Menace, should hit theaters next year.

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While the studio 20th Century Fox is involved as a distributor, "The Phantom Menace" now stands as an example of indie film achievement.

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In the 1964 Bond film Goldfinger, the villain had AU 1 on his 1937 Rolls Royce Phantom III Sedanca de Ville.

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But come the end of the year, as film critics and moviegoers totted up their best of the year lists, The Phantom Menace was appearing in the year's great turkeys, not triumphs.

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