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Before You Go (film)
''Before You Go'' is a 2002 comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert (his final directorial effort). The imperfect lives of three sisters are revealed at their unloved mother's funeral. Plot Three sisters, Teresa, Mary and Catherine grew up on The Isle of Man, where their mother Violet has died. Teresa and her husband Frank live there, and they have been looking after her. They summon the other two sisters to return for the funeral. Teresa and Frank have a local vitamin and supplements business. He is her second husband, and is similar to their uncommunicative father. She constantly reminds her sisters that she and Frank have regularly helped their mother without their aid. Mary, a doctor, has been having a long-term affair with fellow physician Mike, who is married with children. Catherine hasn’t fared much better, presently dating a Spaniard, Javier. Mary has been placed by Teresa in their deceased mum’s bedroom. She regularly has visions and flashbacks of her while they a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Gilbert
Lewis Gilbert (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as '' Reach for the Sky'' (1956), ''Sink the Bismarck!'' (1960), ''Alfie'' (1966), ''Educating Rita'' (1983) and ''Shirley Valentine'' (1989), as well as three James Bond films: '' You Only Live Twice'' (1967), '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and '' Moonraker'' (1979). Early life Lewis Gilbert was born as Louis Laurie Isaacs in Clapton, London, to a second-generation family of music hall performers,"Lewis Gilbert (1920)" BFI screenonline Retrieved 14 April 2012 and spent his early years travelling with his parents, Ada (Griver), who was of |
Shelagh Stephenson
Shelagh Stephenson is an English playwright and actress. Background and education Stephenson was born in Tynemouth, Northumberland in 1955. She read drama at Manchester University. Career Acting Stephenson worked as an actress with the Royal Shakespeare Company and in bit parts in television. She appeared in ''Coronation Street'' in 1981 as the minor character Sandra Webb. She has subsequently had parts in '' Rumpole's Return'', '' Sapphire & Steel'', ''The Gentle Touch'', '' The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'', ''Boon'', '' Paradise Postponed'' and '' Big Deal''. Plays Stephenson's stage plays include ''The Memory of Water'' (1997), '' An Experiment with an Air Pump'', ''Ancient Lights'', ''Five Kinds of Silence'' (radio play 1996; stage play 2000), ''Mappa Mundi'' (2002), ''Harriet Martineau'' and ''The Long Road'' (2008) which was written in collaboration with the UK-based charity, The Forgiveness Project, to critical acclaim. Her plays frequently deal with new advances in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Walters
Dame Julia Mary Walters (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Fellowship, and a Golden Globe. Walters has twice been nominated for an Academy Award: once for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was made a Dame (DBE) in 2017 for services to drama. Walters rose to prominence playing the title role in ''Educating Rita'' (1983), a part she originated on the West End. She has appeared in many other films, including ''Personal Services'' (1987), ''Prick Up Your Ears'' (1987), '' Stepping Out'' (1991), ''Sister My Sister'' (1994), ''Girls' Night'' (1998), '' Titanic Town'' (1998), ''Billy Elliot'' (2000), the ''Harry Potter'' series (2001–2011), ''Calendar Girls'' (2003), '' Wah-Wah'' (2005), ''Driving Lessons'' (2006), ''Becoming Jane'' (2007), '' Mamma Mia!'' (2008) and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hannah (actor)
John David Hannah (born 23 April 1962) is a Scottish film and television actor. He came to prominence in ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as Matthew. His other film appearances include ''Sliding Doors'' (1998) and ''The Mummy'' trilogy (1999–2008). His television roles include: Dr Iain McCallum in '' McCallum'' (1995–1998); D.I. John Rebus in ''Rebus'' (2000–2001); Jack Roper in ''New Street Law'' (2006–2007); Jake Osbourne in '' Cold Blood'' (2007–2008), Quintus Lentulus Batiatus in ''Spartacus'' (2010–2011), Jack Cloth in ''A Touch of Cloth'' (2012–14), Jason's father (Aeson) in the BBC series ''Atlantis'' (2013–15), Dr Holden Radcliffe in ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2016–2017), Colin in '' Overboard'' (2018), and Archie Wilson in the BBC series '' Trust Me''. Early life Hannah was born in East Kilbride in Lanarkshire, the youngest of three children; he has two old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Whalley
Joanne Whalley (born 25 August 1961) is an English actress who began her career in 1974. She has appeared primarily on television, but also in nearly 30 feature films, including ''Dance with a Stranger'' (1985), ''Willow (film), Willow'' (1988), ''Scandal (1989 film), Scandal'' (1989), ''Storyville (film), Storyville'' (1992) ''The Secret Rapture (film), The Secret Rapture'' (1993) Scarlett (1994) and ''Mother's Boys'' (1994). Following her marriage to Val Kilmer in 1988, she was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer until their divorce in 1996. Whalley was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the 1985 BBC serial ''Edge of Darkness'', and was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival for the 2011 series ''The Borgias (2011 TV series), The Borgias''. Her other television roles include the 1986 BBC serial ''The Singing Detective''; playing the title role in the 2000 CBS TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Hamilton
Victoria Hamilton (born 5 April 1971) is an English actress. After training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Hamilton began her career in classical theatre, appearing in productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In 2002, she appeared in the London stage play ''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' alongside Clive Owen and later Eddie Izzard. She made her Broadway debut in 2003 when the production moved to New York, where she earned a Tony Award nomination. She won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award and Evening Standard Theatre Award for her performance in the play ''Suddenly, Last Summer'', held in 2004 at the Lyceum Theatre. Hamilton has often worked in the costume drama genre. During the 1990s, she had supporting roles in three Jane Austen adaptations: the 1995 serial ''Pride and Prejudice'', the 1995 film ''Persuasion'', and the 1999 film '' Mansfield Park''. Hamilton won the role of Queen Victoria in the 2001 television productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wilkinson
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (born 5 February 1948)Born January–March 1948, according to the ''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com is an English actor of film, television, and stage. He has received various accolades throughout his career, including a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe, a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Academy Awards. For his supporting role in ''The Full Monty'', he won a British Academy Award in 1997. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award, for his roles in ''In the Bedroom'' (2001) and ''Michael Clayton'' (2007). In 2009, he won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Film for playing Benjamin Franklin in ''John Adams''. Some of his films credits include ''In the Name of the Father'' (1993), ''Sense and Sensibility'' (1995), ''The Full Monty'' (1997), ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998), ''Rush Hour'' (1998), '' The Patriot'' (2000), ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Hodge
Patricia Ann Hodge, OBE (born 29 September 1946) is an English actor. She is known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' (1978–1992), Jemima Shore in ''Jemima Shore Investigates'' (1983), Penny in '' Miranda'' (2009–2015) and Mrs Pumphrey in '' All Creatures Great and Small'' (2021–present). Hodge made her West End debut in 1972 and the next year starred in the West End production of ''Pippin'' directed by Bob Fosse. Hodge has received two nominations for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and in 2000, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the play ''Money''. Her other screen credits include the 1983 film ''Betrayal'', the 1986 TV adaptation of ''The Life and Loves of a She-Devil'', and the TV film ''Hotel du Lac'' (1986). For her role in ''Hotel du Lac'', Hodge received a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. Early life Hodge was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. The daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Wiseman
Debbie Wiseman, OBE (born 10 May 1963) is a British composer for film and television, known also as a conductor and a radio and television presenter. Biography Wiseman was born in London. She studied at Trinity College of Music Junior Department, and then piano and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying piano with James Gibb, and composition with Buxton Orr. Wiseman is a Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Music. In 2008 she composed ''Different Voices'' which was premiered by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as part of their 60th birthday celebrations, and the work is now frequently performed. In 2004 she was awarded an MBE in the 2004 New Year Honours List, was awarded the OBE in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List and has been awarded Honorary Fellowships of Trinity College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Wiseman was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Music at the University of Sussex in 2015. Wiseman was awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Film Distributors
Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd. is a British distributor of independent films in the UK and Ireland for various production companies, founded by Michael L. Green and currently run by his son Nigel Green. Michael L. Green was a veteran producer/distributor involved in the film industry since the 1930s when he was a teenager. In 1972, he formed Variety the prolific film distributor. In 1978, Green closed Variety and with his two sons Nigel and Trevor formed Entertainment Film Distributors (and later its video arm Entertainment in Video), and was one of the leading forces in UK distribution. Michael L. Green died on 17 June 2003 aged 84 and Trevor Green died on 30 April 2020 aged 66. Their first big success was ''Teen Wolf'' (1985) starring Michael J. Fox. Entertainment also released films for Empire Pictures and New World Pictures. Most notably, between 1990 and 2010, Entertainment distributed films made by New Line Cinema along with films from other independent production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Films
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows: 2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous years record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first Spider-Man movie). Events * March 1 — Paramount Pictures reveals a new-on screen logo that was used until December 2011 to celebrate its 90th anniversary. * May – '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival. * May 3–5 – '' Spider-Man'' is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation. * May 16 – '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' opens in theaters. Although a huge success, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Lewis Gilbert
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
