andrew nicholson（入门经济学和管理学的书籍 !）

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• 入门经济学和管理学的书籍 !
• nicolas cage

入门经济学和管理学的书籍 !

一、入门教材：人大版《经济科学译丛系列》 1、曼昆《经济学原理》上下册，88元。梁小民教授翻译。曼昆为哈佛高才生，天才横溢，属新古典凯恩斯主义学派，研究范围偏重宏观经济分析。 该书为大学一年级学生而写，主要特点是行文简单、说理浅显、语言有趣。界面相当友好，引用大量的案例和报刊文摘，与生活极其贴近，诸如美联储为何存在，如何运作，Greenspan 如何降息以应付经济低迷等措施背后的经济学道理。该书几乎没有用到数学，而且自创归纳出“经济学10大原理”，为初学者解说，极其便利完全没有接触过经济学的人阅读。学此书，可了解经济学的基本思维，常用的基本原理，用于看待生活中的经济现象。可知经济学之功用及有趣，远超一般想象之外。推荐入门首选阅读。目前国内已经有某些教授依据此书编著《西方经济学》教材，在书中出现“经济学10大原理”一词，一眼便可看出是抄袭而来。2、 萨缪尔森《经济学》(Economics)　萨缪尔森，新古典综合学派的代表人物，1970年成为第一个荣获诺贝尔经济学奖的美国人。研究范围横跨经济学、统计学和数学多个领域，对政治经济学、部门经济学和技术经济学有独到的见解。目前经济学各种教科书，所使用的分析框架及分析方法，多采用由他1947年的《微观经济分析》发展糅合凯恩斯主义和传统微观经济学而成的“新古典综合学派”理论框架。他一直热衷于把数学工具运用于静态均衡和动态过程的分析，以物理学和数学论证推理方式研究经济。目前经济学理论数学化大行其道，此翁实始作俑者。　《经济学》由美国麦格劳——希尔图公司1948年初版。现已出第16版，通行全世界。国内50年代由高鸿业教授根据英文第10版翻译，商务印书馆于1981年出版。市面之16版，是和诺德豪斯合写，由萧深教授翻译，并拆为《宏观经济学》和《微观经济学》两个单行本出版。全书结构宏伟，篇幅巨大。可谓博大精深。渗透老萨数十年经济学见解。字里行间，三言两语，每有深意。其中诸如“热情的心，冷静的头脑”、“相关未必因果”等言语，可谓经济学之《老子》。读完该书，可了解经济学所探讨问题在经济学体系中之位置及分析框架，对经济学有一个完备之认识框架。知识庞杂，有一体系框架，则适宜以后更进一步学习。学之愈深，愈知此框架之重要。尽管该框架在宏观经济学的微观基础方面仍有断层，但不失为一个好框架。此书国内有机工版发行之英文版。建议直接阅读英文版。3、斯蒂格利姿《经济学》及系列辅助教材。斯蒂格利姿在信息经济学成就甚高，此书可作为前二者的补充，前二者所涉及经济学内容主要是以价格理论及边际分析为基础，不包括不对称信息经济学、不确定性分析部分。斯蒂格利姿之《经济学》可填充前二者之空白。尽管三位作者政策倾向不同，但教材体现凯恩斯主义的特征稍多一点，总体上讲，教材相当客观和公允。很适宜做入门教材。4、《经济学、原理、问题与政策》及《经济学原理与问题》、〈经济学案例〉、〈经济学小品〉、《经济学悖论》、〈社会问题经济学〉等。此类书之特点是先提问题，再论原理，主要是针对社会习见问题，逐步解释原理，水平、内容大多较好，唯缺乏体系与框架，适宜略懂经济学者补充学习。5、国内老师自行编写之《西方经济学》教材：目前国内各大学自己编写的直接冠以《西方经济学》或〈经济学原理〉均属入门教材。如高鸿业、历以宁、宋承先、梁小民、朱锡庆、尹伯成、司春林等等。然皆远逊外国教材。其中宋承先之《西方经济学》教材，竟用黑体加插一段马克思论地租之说法，以说明所传授学问之错误，实为极可笑者。说明： 1、越基础性之教材越需深入浅出，将复杂抽象的道理联系到生活实际上，才讲的透彻，又能调起初学者之兴趣。国外教材，形成一竞争市场，多极高明之著作，教材之撰写也充分考虑学生学习之便利，如曼昆之教材，以完全不带数学式而著称，又或更新换版本极快，以及时吸收新知识，如斯蒂格利姿《经济学》之增加不对称信息部分。低手所写教材自然被市场淘汰。故市面之基础教材，多为大高手所写就。2、国内教材，建国以来，除商务系列丛书初期之100年前古典学派部分，政府同意翻译以作为马克思批判之反面教材得以出版外，80年代以前，近50年间国外经济学研究学问之成就，国人皆不得见。80年代末期，邹至庄先生力倡西方经济学，邓大人首肯之后，国内始渐有〈西方经济学〉之类教材出现。此类教材，多为新出道之老师，为进阶升职，凑出版物之数而编抄西人著作而成，机制所限，不敢添加“反动”之知识，又无竞争机制，购买者多为其听课学生。故质量甚差，若非特殊目的如考研指定者，慎勿购买。3、按经济学有入门低、中级、高级之分。高级乃指其运用之数学工具及阐述观点之纷争更多而言，并非此学问高人一等。一如高等数学未必高初等数学一等之意。越是高级，则越多分歧，也越追求数理逻辑之严谨，反不如低级来的实用。初级的入门教材一般是针对初学者，所以大多举案例和现象，加以文字解释，偶尔插加二维图案，高级教材注重数理逻辑，而二维图案及文字已难以表达、解决所说明之问题，故多用数学证明或代数方程，夹杂现代数学工具。中级教材则介乎其中，界定甚为模糊。教材难度不同，跨度也相差很大。二、中级微观教材。中级教材一般以微观、宏观两科为主，兼修其他应用科目。传统经济学，本无宏观、微观之分，自凯恩斯针对名义变量进行宏观经济分析之后，始有宏观一科。故历来次序，先修微观，再修宏观，后及其他。微观经济学为各科之基础。其分析，乃基于马歇尔的一般均衡分析及边际效用学派之边际分析，而后由萨谬而森发展数学方法及框架而成，涵盖范围甚广，大致包括：基础部分：传统厂商理论（技术、利润、成本）、传统消费者理论（效用、偏好、选择、需求）、局部均衡理论（完全竞争市场之稳定性）、一般均衡理论（福利经济学二大定理、交换方框图）分支部分：寡占市场理论（寡头、定价、市场细分）、博奕论（纯策略均衡、混合博奕、广延型结构、厂商博奕、颤抖的手）、公共物品理论（公共物品、税收制度设计、投票、外部效应）、不确定性经济学（风险、博采、保险、投资）、信息经济学（不对称信息、逆向选择、信号）、激励理论（委托-代理理论、契约理论）、法和经济学（制度经济学、企业性质分析、法律）、拍卖理论（拍卖机制设计）、匹配理论等。学习者可根据上述内容，与教材所列提纲比较，则可知教材侧重点之所在。6、《管理经济学》，有版本数种，特点各不相同。此类教材多为mba系列教材。其目的针对生产过程决策而设，故与经济学之中级微观教材相较而言，减少少量分支部分理论，增加回归分析及计量统计部分。目前数种版本中，以人大版〈工商管理经典译从〉难度最低。机工版哈耶所写之〈管理经济学---战略与决策〉与标准中级教材难度大致相当，内容也接近。唯其中也已采用函数表达式。机工版莫瑞斯（有英文版及中文版，中文为陈章武所译）〈管理经济学〉难度最高，其侧重内容与中级教材大不相同，除回归分析已采用大量数据，要求建立模型，内容接近计量预测外，内容涉及对偶理论、不同代替效应之图解，附录采用微分法，难度较高。此类书籍，侧重经济学中与管理交叉管理。7、平狄克《微观经济学》。人大版，此书乃标准中级微观经济学教材。在美国多个大学供mba采用，国内英文版有清华版，中文版有人大版。此书内容适中，主题广泛，均是各部分理论之要点，不旁及其他分歧内容，其中定价部分较为详细。图形清晰，语言流畅。所采用数学工具甚浅，有函数但不涉及微分，只用差值。曲线只用标准严格凹性曲线，不及拟凹部分、线性仿射内容，成本函数也均为线性。建议此书应通读，可作进阶之用。8、曼斯非尔特《微观经济学》人大版，内容、难度、书价与平狄克相仿，唯编排次序不同。体系稍显庞杂，不如平狄克之明晰，然也为一国外通行教材。若修习平狄克有不明之处，则可先参照此教材或先修学其他国内出版之书籍。如北大系列教材之周惠中〈微观经济学〉，北大版朱善利之《微观经济学》等。此书不属必读。9、《国外经济学教材库》系列之《应用微观经济学》，32开，经济科学出版社。此书有大量案例及微观经济原理之运用，所用数学甚少，读此书，可补充平狄克教材之案例。加深对经济学之了解。10、 〈微观经济学: 现代观点〉(Intermediate microeconomics) 斯蒂格里茨(Stiglitz, Joseph E.)著）、〈政治与市场: 世界的政治—经济制度》、《财产权利与制度变迁: 产权学派与新制度学派译文集》、《经济史中的结构与变迁》、《货币、银行与经济》(Money, Banking, and the Economy)〔美国〕托马斯·梅耶(Thomas Mayer)、〈法和经济学〉等等。可对经济学之应用领域获得一个深刻视角。三联丛书，推荐全部阅读。20、***《卖橘者言》、《佃农理论》、《经济解释》。张老先生近年是国内焦点所在，也写了几本〈随笔〉，发表不少演讲，大体而言，〈随笔〉不堪一读，其中论书法、摄影部分，不关主旨，且水平甚低，多属偏颇之见，今不论之。唯上述专著中之〈佃农理论〉，见解独到，尤有过人之处。建议修完中级微观后仔细阅读。《经济解释》则为论文集，然其中也有不少过激之言论及偏见，不可以教材视之。其中“合约理论”部分，可以一读。论“****”部分，则未必有理。21、杨小凯〈经济学原理〉〈新兴超边际古典经济学〉，杨先生气魄甚大，欲以一己之力重写传统经济学体系，与汪丁丁先生有异曲同工之妙。可谓经济学之异端，读之可开阔视野。推荐阅读。22、〈波斯纳文集〉苏力翻译。老先生以法学专才，写〈法之经济学分析〉，实一极高明之人士，于此不可不提。推荐阅读。23、商务丛书《汉译世界名著》系列：此丛书系列，自二十世纪初商务王云五先生主持，与是事者不计其数，除文革中断十余年外，每年陆续出版，涵盖哲学（红皮）、历史（黄皮）、政治（绿皮）、经济（蓝皮）、语言学、人类学（未成），所翻译者，非经典不收，皆大师之精华，所主持翻译之人，多博学鸿儒或一代大师。单经济一门，翻译之著作，至今已近百种。百年间，传播知识无数，可谓功德无量。读完蓝皮经济类之全部，则可通晓经济学之来龙去脉。至此，无意于经济学一门谋生者，已然足够。然上述书籍，常人阅读，少者耗时约需1、2年以上。多者3、5年。且其中论著，多高明之作，或有一读再读之需，而读完，也或有“屠龙之技”之感也未之定，一笑！五、数学工具：即所谓数理经济学一科。若数学水平较高，有意进一步玩弄经济学之数学智力游戏，则可参读以下数学工具：中国大学本科考研究生之数学三（高数、线性代数、概率论与数理统计）为必修之基础课，其他之数学工具则包括拓扑学初步（凸集、凹集、微分方程稳定性）、线性规划（代数理论、几何理论、对偶理论）、非线性规划（不等式约束规划）、变分法（欧拉方程、泛函函数、收敛问题、可变端点、横截条件、勒让得必要条件、相图分析）、最优控制理论（最大值原理、汉密尔顿函数）、连续时间优化规划、离散时间优化规划（不动点性质、值函数）、时间序列分析、非线性混沌系统、随机变量等等。24、 《经济学中的数学》（入门水平） 25、 蒋中一《数理经济学基础》（基础水平） 26、 《动态优化基础》（进阶水平） 27、 高山成（takayama）《经济学中的优化方法》（推荐阅读） 28、 龚六堂《经济学中的优化方法》（推荐阅读） 29、 《经济学中的动态递归方法》（推荐阅读） 30、 〈数理经济学手册〉人大版（重点阅读）六、中高级微观经济学：下文书籍，未必尽是高明著作，然国内此类教材甚少，下述书籍，聊胜于无。31、平新乔的《微观经济学18讲》，北大出版。内容属于中高级微观经济学，涉及微观领域较多，引入大量的数学运算，除文字内容外，强调逻辑推理。惟书中有不少印刷错误，且理论内容跳跃太快，不利学习理解，数学运用庞杂，不够明快清晰。在国内中高级教材中属中上之作，接近国外大学本科高年级水平。最大的优点是书后付有大量需要运算的习题，均需花时间读书和思考才能解决，很适宜学习训练。对从中级到高级过渡有帮助。不属必读范围。32、张定胜《高级微观经济学》。武大出版。此书属于中高级内容，因涉及主题较少，故比平新乔之〈18讲〉显得清晰。适宜找不到其他中高级教材，而高级教材又甚困难，可以此书做过渡。33、 Nicholson 《 Microeconomic Theory》》。国内中文翻译出版。此书微积分运用、数学运算简洁明晰，全书难度、体系一致，排版清楚、内容重点突出，主题有深度，实为一极佳之中高级教材。书后之参考书目适宜进一步学习参考，为中级教材之中，最适宜和高级教材接轨者，唯书价稍贵，习题难度不深，习题量稍显不足。此书似乎出版发行量不多，除北大、复旦等处书店有少量可见外，其他大学及城市似甚少见。推荐阅读。34、蒋殿春《高级微观经济学》，经济管理出版社。此书主题基础部分已达高级水平，难度甚大。至博奕论以后部分，则难度甚浅。或与日本经济学之教授方法有关。对传统的价格理论的数学描述相当清楚。数学证明部分清楚。推荐阅读。35、张维迎〈高级微观经济学〉，此书张教授5、6年前在香港做访问学者时已准备出版，***之论著中，多处注释引自此教材，多种丛书翘首以待，均将此书名印于丛书之中，以待出版。然数年一去悠悠，至今未见面世。张教授微观造诣甚深，想来此书必也不错。估列于此处，他日或可望出版，若有见张教授者，也可代问此书出版之日。呵呵。36、范里安《高级微观经济学》经济管理出版社。这是范里安在《微观经济学---现代观点》的基础上的标准高级教材。每一章均相当简短但精要。阅读时需要对中级教材有比较深入的学习。但翻译质量不佳。建议直接读英文版。接近研究生一年级水平。推荐阅读。37、武康平《高级微观经济学》，清华版。进一步学习数理经济学之用。不属于必读范围。38、 《微观经济学》《microeconomics theory》andrew.mas-colell Green等，社科院，中文版，北大翻译。110元。经典中的经典目前所见，**教材，研究生一年级水平。推荐阅读。七、高级宏观经济学 39、 《高级宏观经济学》 戴维 罗默。商务版。推荐阅读 40、 布兰查德《高级宏观经济学》 41、 萨金特《动态宏观经济理论》 42、 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nicolas cage

Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola); January 7, 1964) is an American actor, known for collaborating many times with film producer Jerry Bruckheimer.Cage pursued acting as a career, ****** his debut on television in 1981. Cage has featured in numerous "bad boy" roles, and has won numerous awards, beginning in 1989 with his Independent Spirit Award, an Academy Award for Best Actor for his lead role in Leaving Las Vegas, and his most recent Toronto Film Critics Association Award in 2002.Cage has appeared in over 60 films including Face/Off (1997), Ghost Rider (2007), and National Treasure (2004). Cage has married three times, once to Patricia Arquette, then to Lisa Marie Presley, and most recently to his current wife Alice Kim Cage.Contents 1 Early life2 Career3 Praise and critici**4 Personal life4.1 Relati***hips and family4.2 Real estate holdings4.3 Other interests5 Filmography6 See also7 References8 External links Early lifeCage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California. His father, August Coppola, is a professor of literature, while Cage’s mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a dancer and choreographer; Cage’s parents divorced in 1976. CareerIn order to avoid the appearance of nepoti** as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, he changed his name from Nicolas Coppola to Nicolas Cage early in his career. Since his cameo role in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, with Sean Penn, Cage has appeared in a wide range of films, both mainstream and offbeat. He tried out for the role of Dallas Winston in his uncle’s film The Outsiders, based on S.E. Hinton’s novel, but lost to Matt Dillon. He was also in Coppola’s films Rumble Fish and Peggy Sue Got Married.Other Cage roles included appearances in the acclaimed 1987 romantic-comedy Mo***truck, also starring Cher; The Coen Brothers cult-classic comedy Raising Arizona; David Lynch’s 1990 offbeat film Wild at Heart; a lead role in Martin Scorsese’s 1999 New York City paramedic drama Bringing Out the Dead; and Ridley Scott’s 2003 quirky drama Matchstick Men, in which he played an agoraphobic, mysophobic, obsessive-compulsive con artist with a tic disorder.Cage has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, winning once for his performance as a suicidal alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas. His other nomination was for his portrayal of real-life screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and Kaufman’s fictional twin Donald in Adaptation. Despite these successes, most of his lower-profile films have performed poorly at the box office compared to his mainstream action/adventure roles. The suspense thriller 8mm (1999) was not a box office success, but is now c***idered a cult film. He took the lead role in the 2001 film Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and learned to play the mandolin from scratch for the part. In 2005, two offbeat films he headlined, Lord of War and The Weather Man, failed to find a significant audience despite nationwide releases and good reviews for his acting in those roles. Poor reviews for The Wicker Man resulted in low box office sales. The much criticized Ghost Rider (2007), based on the Marvel Comics character, was a significant hit, earning more than $45 million (the top earner) during its opening weekend and over $208 million worldwide through the weekend ending on March 25, 2007. Also in 2007, he starred in Next, which shares the concept of a glimpse into an alternate timeline with The Family Man (2000).Most of Cage’s movies that have achieved financial success were in the action/adventure genre. In his second-highest grossing film to date, National Treasure, he plays an eccentric historian who goes on a dangerous adventure to find treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers of the United States. Other action hits include The Rock, in which Cage plays a young FBI chemical weap*** expert who infiltrates Alcatraz Island in hopes of neutralizing a terrorist threat, Face/Off, a John Woo film where he plays both a hero and a villain, and World Trade Center, director Oliver Stone’s film regarding the September 11, 2001 attacks. He had a **all but notable role as the Chinese criminal mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu in Rob Zombie’s fake trailer Werewolf Women of the S.S. from the B-movie double feature Grindhouse.In recent years, Cage made his directorial debut with Sonny, a low-budget drama starring James Franco as a male prostitute whose mother (Brenda Blethyn) serves as his pimp. Cage had a **all role in the grim film, which received poor reviews and a short run in a limited number of theatres. Cage’s producing career includes Shadow of the Vampire, the first film from Saturn Films.In early December 2006, Cage announced at the Bahamas International Film Festival that he planned to curtail his future acting endeavors in order to pursue other interests. On the The Dresden Files for the Sci-Fi Channel, Cage is listed as the executive producer. Cage said:“ I feel I’ve made a lot of movies already and I want to start exploring other opportunities that I can apply myself to, whether it’s writing or other interests that I may develop. ”In November 2007, Cage was spotted backstage at a Ring of Honor wrestling show in New York City researching his role for the The Wrestler. Ultimately, Nicolas Cage was replaced in "The Wrestler" with Mickey Rourke, in a role that has earned a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for Rourke. Wrestler Director Darren Aronofsky, in an interview with slashfilm.com, said of Cage’s replacement that:“ Nic was a complete gentleman, and he understood that my heart was with Mickey and he stepped aside. I have so much respect for Nic Cage as an actor and I think it really could have worked with Nic but ... you know, Nic was incredibly supportive of Mickey and he is old friends with Mickey and really wanted to help with this opportunity, so he pulled himself out of the race. ”In 2008, Cage appeared as Joe, a contract killer who undergoes a change of heart while on a work outing in Bangkok, in the film Bangkok Dangerous. The film is shot by the Pang Brothers and has a distinct South-East Asian flavor. Cage is the only Caucasian in the film.In 2009, Cage starred in sci-fi thriller Knowing, directed by Alex Proyas. In the film, he plays an MIT professor who examines the contents of a time capsule unearthed at his son’s elementary school. Startling predicti*** found inside the capsule that have already come true lead him to believe the world is going to end at the close of the week, and that he and his son are somehow involved in the destruction. The film received mainly negative reviews but was the box office winner on its opening weekend.Cage will appear in the film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans directed by acclaimed German director Werner Herzog and will portray a corrupt police officer with gambling, drug and alcohol addicti***. This film will also reunite Cage with Eva Mendes, who played his love interest in "Ghost Rider."Cage will also star in the period piece Season of the Witch, playing a 14th-century knight transporting a girl accused of causing the Black Plague to a monastery, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, in which he will play the sorcerer.It is rumored that he will star in National Treasure 3, which has a possible release date as early as 2011. He would again take the role of Benjamin Gates, a cryptologist-turned-treasure hunter. Praise and critici**The acting work of Cage has been praised by influential film critic Roger Ebert who writes, in his "Great Movies" essay about the film Adaptation., that:“ There are often lists of the great living male movie stars: De Niro, Nicholson and Pacino, usually. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He’s daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air. No one else can project inner trembling so effectively.... He always seems so earnest. However improbable his character, he never winks at the audience. He is committed to the character with every atom and plays him as if he were him. ”Roger Ebert, in resp***e to mixed reviews of Knowing and their focus on criticizing Cage, wrote an article in which he defends both Cage as an actor and the movie which, in stark contrast to other critics, Ebert gave 4/4 stars.Despite such praise, Cage has his detractors. Cage is often criticized for choosing to star in thrillers and/or big-budget action-adventure movies. Many accusing Cage of such "selling out" In the article, titled "Nicolas Cage: Artist or hack? The choice is his", Gleiberman calls Cage out to return to dramas as opposed to high-paying blockbusters. Personal life Relati***hips and familyIn his early 20s, he dated actress/singer Elizabeth Daily for two years, and was later involved with actress Uma Thurman. In 1988, Cage began dating Christina Fulton, mother of their son, Weston Coppola Cage (born December 26, 1990). Weston appeared in Cage’s film Lord of War as Vladimir, a young Ukrainian mechanic who quickly disarms a Mil Mi-24 helicopter.Cage has been married three times. His first wife was the actress Patricia Arquette (married on April 8, 1995 – divorce finalized on May 18, 2001).Cage’s second wife was singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley, of whom Cage is a fan and on whom he based his performance in Wild at Heart. They married on August 10, 2002 and filed for divorce on November 25, 2002, after 108 days of marriage; their divorce was finalized on May 16, 2004. The divorce proceeding was longer than the marriage.His third and current wife Alice Kim, a former waitress who previously worked at the Los Angeles restaurant Kabuki, met Cage at the Los Angeles-based Korean nightclub, Le Privé. She is the mother of his son, Kal-El (born October 3, 2005), named after Superman’s birth name. Cage was once c***idered for the role of Superman in a film to be directed by Tim Burton. Alice had a minor role in the 2007 movie Next, which Cage produced. They were married at a private ranch in Northern California on July 30, 2004. Real estate holdingsCage had a Malibu home where he and Alice lived, but in 2004 he bought a property on Paradise Island, Bahamas. In 2005, he sold his Malibu home for $10 million. In May 2006, he bought a 40-acre (160,000 m2) island in the Exuma archipelago, some 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Nassau and close to a similar island owned by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.He used to own the medieval castle of Schloss Neidstein in the Oberpfalz region in Germany, which he bought in 2006 and sold in 2009 for $2.5 million.In August 2007, Cage purchased a home in Middletown, Rhode Island. The 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2), brick-and-stone country manor occupies 26 acres, has 12 bedrooms, 10 full bathrooms, and ocean views and borders the Norman Bird Sanctuary. The estate is called the "Grey Craig". The sale ranks among the state’s most expensive residential purchases, eclipsed by the $17.15 million sale last December of the Miramar mansion on Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Also in 2007, the actor purchased Midford Castle in Somerset, England.According to Cage, he owns the "Most Haunted House in America", a home located in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. The home is known as the "The LaLaurie house" after its former owner Delphine LaLaurie.Shortly after selling his German castle, Cage also put homes in Rhode Island, Lousiana, Nevada, and California, as well as a $7 million island in the Bahamas, up for sale. Other interestsNicolas was director Sam Raimi’s first choice to play Norman O**orn/Green Goblin in the movie Spider-Man. He has created a comic book, with his son Weston, called Voodoo Child, which is published by Virgin Comics.Cage was close friends with Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone. His enthusiam of classic cars is well known; in 1997 via telephone bid, he broke the auction record for Lamborghinis when he placed a bid on a rare Miura SVJ for US$490,000. FilmographyYear Film Role Notes1980 Brubaker cameo Uncredited1981 Best Of Times Nicholas1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Brad’s Bud1983 The Outsiders cameo in rumble scene UncreditedValley Girl RandyRumble Fish Smokey1984 Racing with the Moon Nicky and BudThe Cotton Club Vincent DwyerBirdy Sergeant Al Columbato1986 The Boy in Blue Ned HanlanPeggy Sue Got Married Charlie Bodell1987 Raising Arizona H. I. McDunnoughMo***truck Ronny Cammareri Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1988 Never on Tuesday Man In Red Sports Car1989 Vampire’s Kiss Peter Leow Festival de Cine de Sitges Award for Best Actor Tied with Sir Michael Gambon for The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male1990 Tempo di uccidere Enrico SilvestriFire Birds Jake Preston aka Wings of the ApacheWild at Heart SailorZandalee Johnny1992 Honeymoon in Vegas Jack Singer Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1993 Amos & Andrew Amos OdellDeadfall Eddie1994 A Century of Cinema HimselfRed Rock West Michael WilliamsGuarding Tess Doug ChesnicIt Could Happen to You Charlie LangTrapped in Paradise Bill Firpo1995 Kiss of Death Little Junior BrownLeaving Las Vegas Ben Sanderson Academy Award for Best ActorBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActorChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNational Board of Review Award for Best ActorNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActorNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActorSan Sebastián International Film Festival Silver SeashellScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best ActorNominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead MaleNominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor1996 The Rock Dr. Stanley Goodspeed1997 Con Air Cameron PoeFace/Off Castor Troy/Sean Archer Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor1998 City of Angels SethSnake Eyes Rick Santoro1999 8mm Tom WellesBringing Out the Dead Frank Pierce2000 Gone in Sixty Seconds Randall "Memphis" RainesThe Family Man Jack CampbellWelcome to Hollywood Himself2001 Italian Soldiers HimselfCaptain Corelli’s Mandolin Captain Antonio CorelliChristmas Carol: The Movie Jacob Marley Voice2002 Windtalkers Sgt. Joe EndersAdaptation. Charlie and Donald Kaufman Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated — Academy Award for Best ActorNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best ActorNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorNominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorNominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best CastNominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureSonny Acid Yellow DirectorNominated — Deauville Film Festival Grand Prix du jury2003 Matchstick Men Roy Waller2004 National Treasure Benjamin Gates2005 Lord of War Yuri OrlovThe Weather Man David Spritz2006 The Ant Bully Zoc VoiceThe Wicker Man Edward MalusWorld Trade Center John McLoughlin2007 Ghost Rider Ghost Rider/Johnny BlazeGrindhouse Dr. Fu Manchu Segment Werewolf Women of the S.S.Next Cris JohnsonNational Treasure: Book of Secrets Benjamin Gates2008 Bangkok Dangerous Joe2009 Knowing Professor Jonathan "John" KoestlerG-Force Speckles the Mole Voicepost-productionBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans The Lieutenant post-productionAstro Boy Dr. Tenma Voicepost-productionKick-Ass Damon Macready post-production2010 Season of the Witch Lavey post-productionThe Sorcerer’s Apprentice Balthazar Blake filming