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Soft Top Hard Shoulder
''Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' is a 1992 British comedy drama film directed by Stefan Schwartz, produced by Richard Holmes, written by and starring Peter Capaldi and also starring Elaine Collins (Capaldi's future wife), Frances Barber, Jeremy Northam, Phyllis Logan and Richard Wilson. Plot Gavin Bellini is a Glaswegian artist who left home to live in London seeking his fortune as a children's illustrator. Seven years later, he has not found the success he desired, but lives on the brink of starvation with a friend who is too kind to insist on the rent being paid. As his fortunes have declined, Gavin has been avoiding phone calls from his family back home in Glasgow. Gavin's family were ice-cream makers who had a factory in Glasgow and have recently sold it as Gavin's father is in poor health. By chance, his Uncle Salvatore - the head of the Bellini family - is down in London for the Ice Cream awards, and happens across Gavin in an Italian restaurant. He sits Gavin down to talk t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Schwartz
Stefan Schwartz (born 1 May 1963) is an English and Canadian film and television director, writer and actor, most known for the feature film ''Shooting Fish'' and his work on the BBC's '' Spooks'' and ''Luther'', AMC's '' The Walking Dead'' and Fear The Walking Dead as well as ''The Americans'' and '' The Boys''. Career 1992–2007 Stefan Schwartz teamed up with Richard Holmes at The University of York and formed The Gruber Brothers. The duo made a number of films together including their feature film debut ''Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1992) starring Peter Capaldi and Phyllis Logan, which won two BAFTAs in Scotland and the London Film Festival's prestigious audience award. Building on this success in 1995 he directed ''Giving Tongue'', shown as part of BBC2′s Wicked Women series and in 1997 wrote and directed ''Shooting Fish'', a crime-caper comedy starring Kate Beckinsale which won several awards and made over twenty million dollars worldwide. He then signed a thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Callow
Simon Phillip Hugh Callow (born 15 June 1949) is an English film, television and voice actor, director, narrator and writer. He was twice nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his roles in ''A Room with a View (1985 film), A Room with a View'' (1985), and ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994). He has also starred in ''Amadeus (film), Amadeus'' (1984), ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'' (1995), ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998) and ''Victoria & Abdul'' (2017). His television work includes ''Chance in a Million'' (1984) and ''Outlander (TV series), Outlander'' (2014). Early years Callow was born on 15 June 1949 in Streatham, south London, the son of Yvonne Mary (née Guise), a secretary, and Neil Francis Callow, a businessman. His father was of French descent and his mother was of Danish and German ancestry. He was raised as a Roman Catholic. Callow was a student at the London Oratory School in west Brompton, and then went on to study briefly at Queen's U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAFTA Scotland Award
The British Academy Scotland Awards are presented annually at an awards ceremony organised by BAFTA Scotland. History The annual British Academy Scotland Awards were launched in 2004 to recognise outstanding achievement by individuals working in the Film and Television industry in Scotland. A long list of potential nominees is put to a popular vote of BAFTA Scotland members. A jury of industry professionals vote for the overall winner from the short list created by the members. A members of the BAFTA Scotland Committee will chair each of the juries. The awards were cancelled in 2010 and prizes at the 2011 ceremony given for films released over the previous 2 years. Over the years the annual event has taken place at various locations including the Glasgow City Halls and the Glasgow Science centre. From 2011 it has been held at the Radison Blu Hotel in Glasgow. In 2015, the British Academy Scotland Award trophy was redesigned by Scottish designer Oliver J. Conway whom was an appren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shorts from approximately 50 countries. History At a dinner party in 1953 at the home of film critic Dilys Powell of ''The Sunday Times'' and at which film administrator James Quinn attended, the notion of a film festival for London was raised. Quinn went on to start the first London Film Festival which took place at the new National Film Theatre (now renamed BFI Southbank) from 16–26 October 1957. The first festival screened 15–20 films from a selection of directors to show films successful at other festivals, including Akira Kurosawa's ''Throne of Blood'' (which opened the festival), Satyajit Ray's ''Aparajito'', Andrzej Wajda's ''Kanał'', Luchino Visconti's ''White Nights'', Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'', Federico Fellini's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soft Top, Hard Shoulder (song)
"Soft Top, Hard Shoulder" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in January 1993 as the third single from his 12th studio album, ''God's Great Banana Skin'', and the soundtrack of the 1992 British comedy drama film of the same name. "Soft Top, Hard Shoulder", which was written and produced by Rea, reached 53 in the United Kingdom and remained on the chart for two weeks. A music video was filmed to promote the single. Two editions of the single was issued on CD. The first contained three previously unreleased tracks from 1980: "One Fine Day", "One Sweet and Tender Touch" and "Sierra, Sierra", while the second contained two additional tracks from the ''Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' film: "Melancholy" and "The Van Stomp/Glasgow Horizon". Background "Soft Top, Hard Shoulder" was specifically written for the film of the same name. During sessions for ''God's Great Banana Skin'', Rea discovered the film project after seeing the idea plugged on Channel 4. He told John P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Harding
Kate Harding (born c. 1975) is an American feminist and fat-acceptance writer. She was founding editor of the Shapely Prose blog, author of ''Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It,'' co-author of ''Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body'', and co-editor of anthology ''Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America.'' Early life Harding attended the University of Toronto for college, majoring in English, then earned an MFA in fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Career Harding was founding editor of a blog called Shapely Prose, which she edited from 2007 to 2010. Hard is co-author, with Marianne Kirby, of the 2009 book ''Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body'' (Penguin/Perigee). In 2015, Harding published ''Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It''. In '' Slate'', Amanda Marcotte described Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Lee (actor)
Jeremy Lee or Leigh may refer to: *Jeremy Lee (chef), British celebrity chef *Jeremy Lee (singer), member of Hong Kong boy group Mirror *Jeremy Leigh, character in ''The Gingerdead Man ''The Gingerdead Man'' is a 2005 American comedy slasher film directed by Charles Band. Gary Busey stars as the titular Gingerdead Man, created from a mix of gingerbread spice mix and the ashes of deceased serial killer Millard Findlemeyer, who ...'' See also * Jerry Lee (other) {{hndis, Lee, Jeremy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Russell
Clive Russell (born 7 December 1945) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline in ''Ripper Street'', Angus O'Connor in ''Happiness'' and Brynden Tully in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''. He also appeared in the Scottish sitcoms '' Still Game'' and ''Rab C Nesbitt'', teen drama ''Hollyoaks'' as Jack Osborne's brother Billy Brodie and British crime drama '' Cracker'' as Danny Fitzgerald. Life and career Russell was born in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England but brought up in Fife, Scotland. Russell first performed before an audience in 1960 on ''The Shari Lewis Show'', but it was not until 1980 that he had his first real acting job – performing on the London stage as the superintendent in Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo's satire ''Accidental Death of an Anarchist'', about police corruption in Italy. The reviews were good, and he reprised that role for television in 1983. After further honing his skills in various British TV product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy McColl (actor)
William Collins (15 November 1951 – 1 January 2014), better known by his stage name Billy McColl, was a Scottish actor. Billy McColl died on 1 January 2014, aged 62, in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ..., England. He was survived by his daughter, Maud. Filmography References External links * 1951 births 2014 deaths People from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire People from Leven, Fife Scottish male film actors Scottish male television actors Scottish male stage actors {{Scotland-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Nardone
Michael Nardone (born 20 January 1967) is a Scottish actor. He was raised in Ballingry, Fife and trained in Drama at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. He starred as Mascius in the BBC/ HBO/RAI TV series Rome and appeared as DCI Richard Whiteside in BBC Scotland drama River City. His many stage credits include Macbeth and King Lear for the Royal National Theatre and Stitchers by Esther Freud at the Jermyn Street Theatre alongside Sinéad Cusack. Selected filmography * ''Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1992) – Stevie * '' Being Human'' (1994) – Raider * '' Wycliffe'' (1996, TV Series) – PC Joe Duggan * ''The Bill'' (1998-2008, TV Series) – Gordon McCardle / Everett / Jeremy Dyson * '' The Match'' (1999) – Dingus * '' The Miracle Maker'' (2000) – (voice) * '' Silent Witness'' (2002, TV Series) – PC Shaun Nicholson * '' Dot the I'' (2003) – Detective 2 * '' Steel River Blues'' (2004, TV Series) – Dave Tanner * ''Rome'' (2005–2007, TV Series) – Mascius * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Gavin
Bill Gavin (November 6, 1907 – January 27, 1985) was an American radio personality and publisher of the influential ''Gavin Report''. Life and education Gavin was born in Chetek, Wisconsin in 1907. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the University of California-Berkeley. Before his radio career, he was a teacher, pianist and singer. He briefly traveled with an all-male vocal group called ''The Blenders.'' He died of cancer in 1985 at the age of 77. Career Gavin founded the Gavin Report in 1958. It was a publication that "monitored air play for Top 40 records, and later expanded to other categories; it asused as a programming aid by radio stations and record companies." The publication gathered information from various radio stations and was used to measure song popularity. Gavin was called the "most powerful man in the business." It was also said that "every record company subscribed to and quoted the Gavin Report...Everybody copied him, but he originated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindy Whiteford
Lindy or Lindy's may refer to: People *Lindy (name), a unisex given name and nickname * ''Lindy'' (singer) or ''Lindy Vopnfjörð'', Canadian singer-songwriter *"Lucky Lindy" or "Lindy", nickname for U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) *"Lady Lindy", nickname for U.S. aviatrix Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) * Rick Lindy (born 1967), American actor and country/rockabilly musician Places * Lindy Creek, Pennsylvania, United States *Lindy, Nebraska, United States, an unincorporated community Companies *Lindy Electronics, a German manufacturer of computer and AV connectivity products *Lindy Legendary Fishing Tackle, an American producer of fishing tackle *Lindy's, a restaurant in New York City *''Lindy’s Sports'', an American sports magazine Other uses * ''Lindy'' (opera), an opera by Moya Henderson See also * * *Lindy Hop, an American swing dance *Lindy effect, a theory of the useful life expectancy of ideas and technology *Mini Lindy, a line of small toy plastic model kits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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