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Madonna, Alan Parker and the Battle for Evita

21 Friday Aug 2020

Posted by marina72 in Film, Madonna

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Academy Awards, Alan Parker, Albert Finney, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Angel Heart, Angela's Ashes, Another Suitcase In Another Hall, Antonio Banderas, Argentina, Birdy, Buenos Aires, Bugsy Malone, Carlos Menem, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Eva Peron, Evita, Fame, Golden Globes, Jimmy Nail, Jonathan Pryce, Lament, Madonna, Marlene Dietrich, Mickey Rourke, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, Oliver Stone, Oscars, Reinvention Tour, Robert DeNiro, Shoot the Moon, Soundtracks, Sticky and Sweet Tour, Take A Bow, The Blue Angel, The Commitments, Tim Rice, You Must Love Me

Sir Alan Parker was born in Matlock, Derbyshire in 1944, and grew up in Islington, North London. His father was a house painter, and his mother a dressmaker. After studying at grammar school he began work in advertising, hoping to meet girls. He loved to write, but other than taking an interest in photography, he had no plans to become a filmmaker. While working for an advertising agency in the 1960, he met David Puttnam and Alan Marshall, who would later produce his films. Continue reading →

2019: A Year In Film and TV

17 Tuesday Dec 2019

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Non-Fiction, Television

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3 Days in Quiberon, A Year in Films and TV, Albert Finney, Australia, Ava DuVernay, Black 47, Blindspotting, Derry Girls, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, Hollywood Book Club, If Beale Street Could Talk, Ireland, James Baldwin, James L. Neibaur, Jean Harlow, Jennifer Kent, Joaquin Phoenix, Ken Loach, Letters From Hollywood, Lisa McGee, Marlon Brando, Martin Scorsese, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, Patsy Kelly, Quentin Tarantino, Roddy Doyle, Romy Schneider, Rosie, Shane Meadows, Sharon Tate, Sorry We Missed You, Starring Red Wing!, Sue Lyon, Sunset, Susannah Grant, The Irishman, The Nightingale, The Sisters Brothers, The Virtues, Thelma Todd, Transit, Unbelievable, When They See Us, ZaSu Pitts

In 2019, we said goodbye to sixties icons Albert Finney and Sue Lyon, and remembered Sharon Tate… Continue reading →

‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’

09 Saturday Feb 2019

Posted by marina72 in Film, Theatre

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Albert Finney, Anouk Aimee, Audrey Hepburn, Billie Whitelaw, British Cinema, Charlie Bubbles, Erin Brockovich, Gabriel Hershman, Gumshoe, John Osborne, Karel Reisz, Kitchen Sink Drama, Laurence Olivier, Liza Minnelli, Miller's Crossing, New Wave, Orphans, Salford, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Scrooge, Shelagh Delaney, Stephen Frears, The Dresser, The Gathering Storm, Tom Jones, Tony Richardson, Two For The Road, Winston Churchill, Woodfall Films

Albert Finney was born in Salford in 1936. His father, Albert Sr., was a bookmaker. He attended Salford Grammar School and won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After graduating in 1956, he worked in the theatre, and was an understudy to Sir Laurence Olivier. Continue reading →

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