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Peter Eyre
Peter Gervaise Joseph Eyre (born 11 March 1942) is an American-born English actor. Eyre was born on 11 March 1942 in New York City, the son of Dorothy Pelline (née Acton) and Edward Joseph Eyre, a banker. He was sent to a public school in England at the age of 12, and has been based in the country ever since. Although offered a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the age of 18, he studied acting in Paris. His career in the theatre includes work with the Old Vic (his professional debut), the Royal Shakespeare Company, and The Old Vic Theatre Company accessed 5 March 2016. Filmography *''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedda (1975 Film)
''Hedda'' is a 1975 film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play ''Hedda Gabler'', written for the screen and directed by Trevor Nunn, and starring Glenda Jackson, Timothy West, Peter Eyre, Patrick Stewart (in his screen debut), and Jennie Linden. The plot involves the experiences of the title character, Hedda (Jackson), the daughter of a general, who is trapped in a marriage and a house that she does not want. This film was the first (and, as of 2023, the only) major theatrical film version of the play in English. Other productions of the play in English with sound have been made for television. ''Hedda'' earned Jackson her fourth and final nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as a third nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition. Cast * Glen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tango Lesson
''The Tango Lesson'' () is a 1997 Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Sally Potter. It is a semi-autobiographical film starring Potter and Pablo Verón, about Argentine Tango, Argentinian Tango. The film, a co-production of Argentina, France, Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom, was produced by Christopher Sheppard in Britain and Oscar Kramer in Argentina, and was shot mostly in Black and white film, black and white in Paris and Buenos Aires. The soundtrack includes original recordings of Carlos Gardel's ''Mi Buenos Aires querido (song), Mi Buenos Aires querido'' and Ástor Piazzolla's ''Libertango'', two of the most iconic tangos in the history of the genre. It also includes an original song written and sung by Potter. Synopsis Sally, a filmmaker and screenwriter suffering from writer's block, is dissatisfied with her film project, a murder mystery called ''Rage (2009 American film), Rage'', which features the fashion industry. Taking a break, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surviving Picasso
''Surviving Picasso'' is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed by James Ivory and starring Anthony Hopkins as the famous painter Pablo Picasso. It was produced by Ismail Merchant and David L. Wolper. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's screenplay was loosely based on the 1988 biography ''Picasso: Creator and Destroyer'' by Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington. Plot The young artist Françoise Gilot meets Picasso in Le Petit Benoit, a little Left Bank bistro, during Nazi-occupied Paris, where Picasso invites her and her friend to visit him at his home and studio at 7 Rue des Grands-Augustins. After doing so and flirting with Picasso she decides to become a painter against her father's wishes. Françoise is beaten by her father after telling him she wants to be a painter, rather than a lawyer. Picasso encourages her to paint and a love affair develops between them and she eventually moves in with him, even as Picasso is shown as often not caring about other people's feelings, fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Caraboo (film)
''Princess Caraboo'' is a 1994 American historical comedy-drama film. It was directed by Michael Austin, and written by Austin and John Wells. The story is based on the real-life 19th-century character Princess Caraboo, who passed herself off in British society as an exotic princess who spoke a strange foreign language. It stars Phoebe Cates. Plot In Regency England, an exotically dressed woman is found in the fields, speaking a language no-one can understand. She ends up at the home of the Worrall family, the local gentry. Their Greek butler, Frixos, thinks the woman is a fraud from the start. Mr Worrall sends her to the magistrate to be tried for vagrancy, but Mrs Worrall agrees to care for her. Mr Gutch, a local printer and newspaper reporter, takes an interest in the case, especially after the woman claims via mime to be Princess Caraboo. Gutch talks to the farm workers who found her and learns she had a book from the Magdalene Hospital in London on her. When the Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Remains Of The Day (film)
''The Remains of the Day'' is a 1993 drama film adapted from the Booker Prize–winning 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. The film was directed by James Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, Mike Nichols, and John Calley and adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It stars Anthony Hopkins as James Stevens and Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton, with James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant, Ben Chaplin, and Lena Headey in supporting roles. The film was a critical and box office success and it was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Hopkins), Best Actress (Thompson) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Jhabvala). In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked ''The Remains of the Day'' the 64th-greatest British film of the 20th century. Plot In 1958 postwar Britain, Stevens, the butler of Darlington Hall, receives a letter from the former housekeeper, Miss Kenton, now Mrs. Benn. Their past employer, the Earl of Darlington, has died a broken man, his reputatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando (film)
''Orlando'' is a 1992 film loosely based on Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel '' Orlando: A Biography'', starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Billy Zane as Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I. It was written and directed by Sally Potter, who also co-wrote the score with David Motion. The film is an international co-production of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Russia. Critics praised the film and particularly applauded its visual treatment of the settings of Woolf's novel. The film premiered in competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival, and was re-released in select US cinemas on 23 July 2010. Plot The story begins in the Elizabethan era, shortly before the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603. On her deathbed, the queen promises an androgynous young nobleman named Orlando a large tract of land and a castle built on it, along with a generous monetary gift; both Orlando and his heirs would keep the land and inhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let Him Have It
''Let Him Have It'' is a 1991 British drama film directed by Peter Medak and starring Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay and Tom Bell. The film is based on the true story of Derek Bentley, who was convicted of the murder of a police officer by joint enterprise and was hanged in 1953 under controversial circumstances. Plot summary Derek Bentley is an illiterate, epileptic young adult with developmental disabilities who falls into a gang led by a younger teenager named Christopher Craig. During the course of the robbery of a warehouse in Croydon, in which Bentley is encouraged to participate by Craig, the two become trapped by the police. Officers order Craig to put down his gun. Bentley, who by this time has already been arrested, shouts "Let him have it, Chris" – whether he means the phrase literally ("Let him have the gun") or figuratively ("Open fire!") is unclear. Craig fires, killing one officer and wounding another. Because Craig is a minor, he ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountains Of The Moon (film)
''Mountains of the Moon'' is a 1990 American biographical film depicting the 1857–1858 journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to Central Africa, which culminated in Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile River and led to a bitter rivalry between the two men. The film stars Patrick Bergin as Burton and Iain Glen as Speke. Delroy Lindo appears as an African whom the explorers meet. The film was directed by Bob Rafelson based on the 1982 novel '' Burton and Speke'' by William Harrison. Cast Music The original music was composed by Michael Small, who incorporated genuine traditional African music into a traditional orchestral palette. The soundtrack album was released on Polydor Records, but is long out of print. There are two major themes, one for Burton and the other for Africa. There is also a love theme for Burton's relationship to his wife Isabel Burton (portrayed in the movie by Fiona Shaw). Availability The film was rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Ask For Diamond
''Just Ask for Diamond'', alternatively titled ''Diamond's Edge'', is a 1988 British comedy crime film directed by Stephen Bayly and starring Colin Dale, Saeed Jaffrey and Dursley McLinden. It is based on ''The Falcon's Malteser'' (1986), the first book of '' The Diamond Brothers'' series written by Anthony Horowitz. A six-part television series sequel, ''The Diamond Brothers'', was broadcast on ITV in 1991, with McLinden and Dale reprising their roles. Plot summary A pair of brothers are paid to take care of a confectionery box, but soon come under pressure from various people seeking its contents. Nicholas Simple (aka Nick Diamond) is more like the brains than his detective brother Herbert Timothy Simple, aka Tim Diamond, inc. Because when a dwarf enters with a secret package, nearly all the crooks in England are out to get the brothers, and just because of a confectionery package. Nick and Tim soon break their promise to the dwarf, and open the secret package. Soon they f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ivory (director)
James Francis Ivory (born Richard Jerome Hazen June 7, 1928) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was a principal in Merchant Ivory Productions along with Indian film producer Ismail Merchant (his domestic and professional partner) and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The trio is known for making film adaptations of stories by authors such as E.M. Forster and Henry James. Their body of work is celebrated for its elegance, sophistication, literary fidelity, strong performances, complex themes, and rich characters. Merchant–Ivory was established in 1961 in India where they made modestly budgeted films including '' The Householder'' (1963), '' Shakespeare Wallah'' (1965), and '' Bombay Talkie'' (1970). Ivory began adapting films from classic novels such as ''The Europeans'' (1979), ''Quartet'' (1981), '' Heat and Dust'' (1983), '' The Bostonians'' (1984), '' Maurice'' (1987), and '' Mr. & Mrs. Bridge'' (1990). During this period he was nominated for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice (1987 Film)
''Maurice'' is a 1987 British romantic drama film directed by James Ivory, based on the 1971 novel '' Maurice'' by E. M. Forster. The film stars James Wilby as Maurice, Hugh Grant as Clive and Rupert Graves as Alec. The supporting cast includes Denholm Elliott as Dr Barry, Simon Callow as Mr Ducie, Billie Whitelaw as Mrs Hall, and Ben Kingsley as Lasker-Jones. The film was produced by Ismail Merchant via Merchant Ivory Productions and Film Four International, and written by Ivory and Kit Hesketh-Harvey, with cinematography by Pierre Lhomme. It is a tale of gay love in the restrictive and repressed culture of Edwardian England. The story follows its main character, Maurice Hall, through university, a tumultuous relationship, struggling to fit into society, and ultimately being united with his life partner. Plot During a trip to a beach, Maurice Hall, an 11-year-old schoolboy, receives instructions about the "sacred mystery" of sex from his teacher, who wants to explain to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
