Robert Fox (producer) production of "The Boy from Oz" starring Hugh Jackman which also recently finished a record-breaking tour of arenas in Australia; and "The Pillowman" by Martin McDonagh starring Billy Crudup and Jeff Goldblum. Fox is currently co-producing two new plays: on Broadway, "The Vertical Hour" by David Hare starring Julianne Moore and Bill Nighy, and in the West End, "Frost/Nixon" by Peter Morgan with Frank Langella and Michael Sheen at the Gielgud Theatre. Fox executive-produced the film of "Closer" (Columbia TriStar) directed by Mike Nichols and starring Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman. Before that he produced "The
Michael Sheen 2007 film "Music Within" as a political activist with cerebral palsy. He spoke of having a "responsibility" to accurately portray the condition. "Variety" said his performance was "remarkable.. utterly convincing", "USA Today" found him "outstanding" while the "Los Angeles Times" felt he was "reminiscent of Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot", bringing a vibrancy and wit to the role". Also that year, Sheen starred in the short film "Airlock, or How To Say Goodbye in Space" with Derek Jacobi and was invited to join the actors' branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Sheen reprised the role