Many of his films (The Grifters, Bullets over Broadway, Being John Malkovich) have been rather big hits with the Academy, but Cusack's neurotic protagonists never quite charge to the front.

他的很多电影（如：《致命骗局》，《子弹横飞百老汇》，《傀儡人生》）都是奥斯卡大热，但是库萨克所饰演的这位有点神经质的主角并没有很出彩。

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From director Stephen Frears, who has given us everything from The Grifters to High Fidelity, Helen Mirren stars as the modern Queen Elizabeth trying to deal with the tragic death of Princess Diana back in 1997.

NPR: Summary Judgment: 'The Departed,' 'Employee of the Month,' 'The Queen'

Sometimes, though, I think that we have become a nation of grifters and that standardized tests are part of the reason why.

FORBES: Grifters and the Cult of Savviness