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Grant McPhee
Grant McPhee is a Scottish film director, cinematographer and writer. His films include the music documentaries ''Big Gold Dream'', ''Teenage Superstars'' and the drama, ''Far From the Apple Tree'' starring Sorcha Groundsell. He won the prestigious audience choice award in 2015 for his film Big Gold Dream at the 2015 edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2022, he co-wrote the book, Hungry Beat, an oral history of Scottish Post-Punk music which was published by White Rabbit Books. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links *Grant McPhee Official Website Living people Scottish film directors Scottish screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Gold Dream
''Big Gold Dream'' is a 2015 film documenting the story of Scotland's post-punk scene, focusing on record labels Fast Product and Postcard Records. Directed by filmmaker Grant McPhee, the film's name is taken from the 1981 Fire Engines single of the same name, the final release on the Pop Aural label. The film won the 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival Audience Award and was followed by another music documentary in 2017 called '' Teenage Superstars'', which was about acts associated with Creation Records and the 53rd & 3rd label. Overview Using a combination of interviews, archive material and specially-shot footage, the film traces the development of a post-punk scene in Scotland, tracing its roots in the punk explosion of 1977 and its effect on the Edinburgh music scene, with the emergence of bands such as Scars and The Dirty Reds and the appearance of record label Fast Product, which went on to release records by The Human League, The Mekons, Joy Division and Gang of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Storm
''The Silent Storm'' is a 2014 British romantic drama film written and directed by Corinna McFarlane and starring Andrea Riseborough and Damian Lewis. It is the first non-James Bond film to be produced by Eon Productions, since ''Call Me Bwana''. Cast *Andrea Riseborough as Aislin *Damian Lewis as Balor *Ross Anderson as Fionn *Kate Dickie as Mrs McKinnon *John Sessions as Mr Smith *Eric Robertson as Mr Stewart Release The film premiered at the 2014 London Film Festival and was released in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2016. Reception The film has a 28% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Anna Smith of ''Empire'' awarded the film four stars. Tara Brady of ''The Irish Times'' awarded the film two stars out of five. Cath Clarke of ''Time Out'' also awarded the film two stars out of five. Trevor Johnston of ''Radio Times ''Radio Times'' (currently styled as ''RadioTimes'') is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Film Directors
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Living People
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Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is a film festival that runs for two weeks in June each year. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival. EIFF presents both UK and international films (all titles are World, International, European, UK or Scottish Premieres), in all genres and lengths. It also presents themed retrospectives and other specialized programming strands. The festival is run by the Centre for the Moving Image. History The International Festival of Documentary Films, a programme of documentaries, was presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild alongside the 1947 Edinburgh International Festival. At the time, Cannes and Venice were the most significant annual film festivals. Over the subsequent years, the programme expanded to include fiction films and experimental work in addition to documentaries. Linda Myles was director of the Festival from 1973-80, initiating a number of reappraisals and new viewpoints, notably "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Kaleidoscope
''Night Kaleidoscope'' is a 2017 micro-budget psychedelic vampire horror directed by Grant McPhee. It follows psychic investigator, Fion (Patrick O’Brien), who has been hired by the local police to track down a pair of vampires responsible for a spate of murders. Plot Fion is a gifted psychic, a trait passed down the generations from his father and grandfather. He is called to the scene of a murder by Pollock (Craig-James Moncur), a police officer who needs Fion's help in tracking down the vampire couple responsible - Carrie and Lewis (Kitty Colquhoun and Jason Harvey). Although accustomed to working by himself, Fion is approached by Isobel, the girlfriend of one of the victims of the vampires. Together, and with the help of Harry (Robert Williamson), who supplies Fion with a drug that helps to induce his visions, they work. Production Night Kaleidoscope was shot in 5 days for £4,000. It was one of three micro-budget films McPhee worked on over the space of a month in Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wife (2017 Film)
''The Wife'' is a 2017 drama film directed by Björn L. Runge and written by Jane Anderson, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Meg Wolitzer. It stars Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, and Christian Slater, and follows an aging woman (Close) who questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband (Pryce), who is set to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 17, 2018, by Sony Pictures Classics. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with Close's performance garnering widespread acclaim. She won the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Independent Spirit Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress for her performance, and was also nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actress. Plot In 1958, young Joan Archer, a college student at Smith College, is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchill (film)
''Churchill'' is a 2017 British historical war-drama film directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, which portrays Winston Churchill in June 1944 – especially in the hours leading up to D-Day. The film stars Brian Cox as the titular character, with Miranda Richardson and John Slattery in supporting roles. The film was released on 2 June 2017. Plot Exhausted by years of war, Winston Churchill awaits the 1944 Normandy landings, which he believes will be a disaster. Cast * Brian Cox as Winston Churchill * Miranda Richardson as Clementine Churchill * John Slattery as General Dwight D. Eisenhower * Julian Wadham as General Bernard Montgomery * Richard Durden as General Jan Smuts * Ella Purnell as Helen Garrett * Danny Webb as Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke * Jonathan Aris as Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory * George Anton as Admiral Bertram Ramsay * Steven Cree as Group Captain James Stagg * James Purefoy as King George VI * Peter Ormond as Asa Brig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T2 Trainspotting
''T2 Trainspotting'' is a 2017 British black comedy-drama film, directed by Danny Boyle and written by John Hodge. Set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland, it is based on characters created by Irvine Welsh in his 1993 novel ''Trainspotting'' and its 2002 follow-up '' Porno''. A sequel to Boyle's 1996 film ''Trainspotting'', ''T2'' stars the original ensemble cast, including leads Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, and Robert Carlyle, with Shirley Henderson, James Cosmo, and Kelly Macdonald. The film features a new character, Veronika, played by Anjela Nedyalkova, and includes clips, music, and archive sound from the first film. ''T2 Trainspotting'' was released in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2017, and worldwide throughout February and March 2017. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing $42.1 million against a production budget of $18 million. Plot Nearly twenty years after stealing a large sum of drug money from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whisky Galore! (2016 Film)
''Whisky Galore!'' is a 2016 British film, a remake of the 1949 Ealing Comedy of the same name, itself based on the novel by Compton Mackenzie. It was directed by Gillies MacKinnon and stars Gregor Fisher, Eddie Izzard, Sean Biggerstaff and Naomi Battrick. The film premiered at the 2016 Edinburgh Film Festival and went on general release in Scotland from 5 May 2017 and the rest of the UK, Ireland and the US from 19 May 2017. The principal film location was Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Plot Set in the Second World War when whisky rationing is in effect, Scottish islanders on the fictional Isle of Todday try to plunder cases of whisky from a ship that is stranded on rocks just offshore. The SS ''Cabinet Minister'' was carrying 50,000 cases of Scotch whisky to the United States when she ran aground, affording the islanders the opportunity to get their hands on the "water of life". There are problems, though; the local minister (a strict Sabbatarian who will not allow work to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy's Honour
''Tommy's Honour'' is a 2016 List of historical drama films, historical drama film depicting the lives and careers of, and the complex relationship between, the pioneering Scottish golfing champions Old Tom Morris and his son Young Tom Morris. The film is directed by Jason Connery, and the father and son are portrayed by Peter Mullan and Jack Lowden. The film won Best Feature Film at the 2016 British Academy Scotland Awards. The screenplay, written by Pamela Marin and Kevin Cook, is based on Cook's 2007 book, ''Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son''. The book won the List of golf awards#United States Golf Association, Herbert Warren Wind Book Award as the best golf book of 2007, was one of the five books that ''Sports Illustrated'' selected as the "Books of the Year" in 2007, and was #32 of "the 50 best sports books ever written" selected by ''The Daily Telegraph, The Telegraph''. The film opened the 2016 Edinburgh Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Do We Go From Here? (2015 Film)
''Where Do We Go from Here?'' is a Scottish comedy film directed by John McPhail and starring Tyler Collins, Lucy-Jane Quinlan, and Alison Peebles. The film centres on James, a young man who takes on the role of a janitor of a care home when his Grandad is forced into social care. It is the first feature to be directed by McPhail. Plot When Jen starts her new Job as a nurse at the 'Easy Love Care Home, she is surprised to find James, a 25-year-old man living and working in the building. James and his three, elderly best friends hatch a plan to go on one last adventure and the only medical cover they can get is the one person who doesn’t want to be around old people. Will their plan go off without a hitch or is there a sell by date on adventure? Main cast * Tyler Collins as James *Lucy-Jane Quinlan as Jen *Alison Peebles as Joan *Richard Addison as Malcolm *Maryam Hamidi as Miss Thompson *Deirdre Murray as Nancy * Jim Sweeney as Jim Release and reception The film was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
