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John Hodge (screenwriter)
John Hodge (born 1964) is a British screenwriter and dramatist from Glasgow, Scotland, who adapted Irvine Welsh's novel '' Trainspotting'' into the script for the film of the same title. His first play '' Collaborators'' won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Play. His films include '' Shallow Grave'' (1994), '' Trainspotting'' (1996) '' A Life Less Ordinary'' (1997), '' The Beach'' (2000), '' The Final Curtain'' (2002), and the short film '' Alien Love Triangle'' (2002). Life and career Born and raised in Glasgow, Hodge comes from a family of doctors and carried on the tradition by studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was the writer of the annual Medics' Musical in 1988. Hodge started writing screenplays after meeting producer Andrew Macdonald at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 1991. He moved to London after writing ''Shallow Grave'' and gave up medicine to concentrate on writing. His films include '' Shallow Grave'' (1994), '' Trainspotting'' (1996), '' A L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 635,640. Straddling the border between historic Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City Council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and is governed by Glasgow City Council. It is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. Glasgow has the largest economy in Scotland and the third-highest GDP per capita of any city in the UK. Glasgow's major cultural institutions – the Burrell Collection, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Ballet and Scottish Opera – enjoy international reputations. The city was the European Capital of Culture in 1990 and is notable for its architecture, cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Macdonald (producer)
Andrew Macdonald (born 1966) is a Scottish film producer, best known for his collaborations with screenwriter John Hodge and director Danny Boyle, including '' Shallow Grave'' (1994), '' Trainspotting'' (1996), '' The Beach'' (2000) and ''28 Days Later'' (2002). Life and career Together with Duncan Kenworthy, he is also the founder of DNA Films, the production company responsible for '' The Parole Officer'' (2001), ''28 Days Later'' (2002), '' Sunshine'' (2007), ''28 Weeks Later'' (2007), '' 28 Months Later'' (TBA), two of which Danny Boyle directed and Alex Garland wrote. He also produced Garland's directorial debut '' Ex Machina''. He is the brother of Oscar-winning documentary maker Kevin Macdonald. His maternal grandparents were English actress Wendy Orme and Hungarian-born British Jewish Oscar-winning filmmaker Emeric Pressburger. Filmography Film ;As an actor Television Executive Producer * ''Devs'' (2020) * '' Black Narcissus'' (2020) * ''Shōgun , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
49th British Academy Film Awards
The 49th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 23 April 1996, honoured the best films of 1995. Ang Lee's ''Sense and Sensibility'' won the award for Best Film. The film also won awards for Best Actress ( Emma Thompson) and Supporting Actress ( Kate Winslet). '' Il postino (The Postman)'', directed by Michael Radford, won the awards for Best Director, Film Not in the English Language, and Original Music. Nigel Hawthorne won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in ''The Madness of King George''; the same film was voted Outstanding British Film of the Year. Additionally, Tim Roth won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Archibald Cunningham in '' Rob Roy''. Winners and nominees Statistics See also * 68th Academy Awards * 21st César Awards * 1st Critics' Choice Awards * 48th Directors Guild of America Awards * 9th European Film Awards * 53rd Golden Globe Awards * 7th Golden Laurel Award ... [...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 fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Program (2015 Film)
''The Program'' (working title ''Icon'') is a 2015 biographical drama film about Lance Armstrong directed by Stephen Frears, starring Ben Foster as Armstrong and Chris O'Dowd as journalist David Walsh. The film is based on Walsh's 2012 book ''Seven Deadly Sins''. It premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September 2015 and was theatrically released in France on 16 September and the United Kingdom on 14 October. Cast * Ben Foster as Lance Armstrong * Chris O'Dowd as David Walsh * Guillaume Canet as Michele Ferrari * Jesse Plemons as Floyd Landis * Lee Pace as Bill Stapleton * Denis Menochet as Johan Bruyneel * Dustin Hoffman as Bob Hamman * Edward Hogg as Frankie Andreu * Elaine Cassidy as Betsy Andreu * Laura Donnelly as Emma O'Reilly * Sam Hoare as Stephen Swart * Kevin Hulsmans as Filippo Simeoni * John Schwab as Travis Tygart * Lucien Guignard as Alberto Contador * Nicolas Robin as Christophe Bassons * James Harkness as Wayne * Josh O'Connor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trance (2013 Film)
''Trance'' is a 2013 psychological thriller film directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge from a story by Ahearne. It stars James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, and Rosario Dawson. The world premiere of the film was held in London on 19 March 2013. Plot Four men attack an auction house during the auction of Francisco Goya's '' Witches in the Air'' (1798). Simon Newton (McAvoy), one of the auctioneers, follows the house's emergency protocol by quickly removing the painting from the auction floor and packaging it for deposit in a vault, but Franck (Cassel), the leader of the thieves, finds him and takes the package at gunpoint. Simon attacks Franck, who hits Simon on the head and knocks him unconscious. When Franck gets home, he discovers that the package contains only an empty frame. The thieves are unable to find the painting in Simon's apartment or car, so, after he is released from the hospital, they kidnap and torture him. It becomes clear that Simon wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sweeney (2012 Film)
''The Sweeney'' is a 2012 British action drama film, inspired by the 1970s ''The Sweeney'', the British television police drama of the same name, but set in contemporary London. Written and directed by Nick Love, from a story by Love and John Hodge, it is based on the characters created by Ian Kennedy Martin. It stars Ray Winstone as Jack Regan, Plan B (credited as Ben Drew) as George Carter, and Damian Lewis as Frank Haskins, with Allen Leech and Hayley Atwell. The story focuses on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police. The Squad's purpose is to investigate commercial armed robberies, along with the prevention and investigation of other serious armed crime. The title is derived from ''Sweeney Todd'', which is Cockney rhyming slang for "Flying Squad". The film was released on 12 September 2012. Plot Flying Squad officers D.I Jack Regan (Ray Winstone) and D.C George Carter ( Ben Drew) arrive at the scene of a warehouse robbery; four armed men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Is Rising
''The Dark Is Rising'' is a 1973 children's fantasy novel by Susan Cooper. The second in ''The Dark Is Rising Sequence'', the book won a Newbery Honor. Plot Will Stanton begins to have strange and magical experiences on his 11th birthday, which is at the winter solstice – a few days before Christmas. He discovers he is one of a group of an ancient magical people called the Old Ones, who are guardians and warriors for "the Light" (i.e. good), who are waging a centuries-long battle against the forces of "the Dark" (i.e. evil), whose evil power is rising. To fight back the Dark, the Old Ones needs to find and reclaim four magical talismans (called "Things of Power") for the Light. The first of these is the "Circle of Signs" (a set of magical objects in the form of circles divided into four sections by a cross). Will is quested to collect all the Signs, so that the completed Circle can be used to ward off the forces of the Dark. This book is where the protagonist Will Stanton, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Final Curtain (film)
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun '' thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ipcress File (TV Series)
''The Ipcress File'' is a British cold war spy thriller television series loosely based on the 1962 novel The IPCRESS File by Len Deighton. Written by John Hodge and directed by James Watkins, it stars Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton and Tom Hollander. It was first broadcast at 9pm from Sunday 6 March to 10 April 2022 on ITV. The entire series was available for streaming, with commercials, on ITV Hub after episode 1 was broadcast. Within a week the full series was also available, commercial-free, on BritBox in the UK. Premise In 1963, spy chief Major Dalby gives small-time crook and black-marketeer Corporal Harry Palmer a way out of Colchester Military Prison by offering him a job as an intelligence officer in his small but influential Whitehall security unit, WOOC(P). The unit's investigation into a missing British nuclear scientist expands into a case of international espionage which is documented in the contents of the eponymous "IPCRESS File". WOOC(P) is a (fictional) civ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spy Thriller
Spy fiction is a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device. It emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by rivalries and intrigues between the major powers, and the establishment of modern intelligence agencies. It was given new impetus by the development of fascism and communism in the lead-up to World War II, continued to develop during the Cold War, and received a fresh impetus from the emergence of rogue states, international criminal organizations, global terrorist networks, maritime piracy and technological sabotage and espionage as potent threats to Western societies. As a genre, spy fiction is thematically related to the novel of adventure (''The Prisoner of Zenda'', 1894, ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', 1905), the thriller (such as the works of Edgar Wallace) and the politico-military thriller (''The Schirmer Inheritance'', 1953, '' The Quiet American'', 1955). History Commentator William Bendler noted that "Chapter 2 of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor ( ; born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama and charity. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series '' Lipstick on Your Collar''. He then achieved international fame with his portrayals of heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films '' Trainspotting'' (1996) and '' T2 Trainspotting'' (2017), Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy (1999–2005), poet Christian in the musical film ''Moulin Rouge!'' (2001), SPC John Grimes in '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), young Edward Bloom in '' Big Fish'' (2003), Rodney Copperbottom in ''Robots'' (2005), Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna in '' Angels and Demons'' (2009), "the ghost" in Roman Polanski's political thriller ''The Ghost Writer'' (2010) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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