The Forsyte Saga is returning to PBS and Masterpiece. The network has ordered a new series based on John Galsworthy's novels. A previous adaptation of the book series, starring Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves, Gina McKee, Corin Redgrave, and Ioan Gruffudd, aired on PBS in 2002 and ran for two seasons and 10 episodes. This new reimagining is being set up to have multiple seasons.
Francesca Annis, Jack Davenport, Tom Durant Pritchard, Jamie Flatters, Millie Gibson, Danny Griffin, Susan Hampshire, Owen Igiehon, Tuppence Middleton, Stephen Moyer, Joshua Orpin, Josette Simon, and Eleanor Tomlinson will star in this new telling of the Galworth’s work. The first season of six episodes will follow the Forsyte family as they live in 1880s London.
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Francesca Annis, Jack Davenport, Tom Durant Pritchard, Jamie Flatters, Millie Gibson, Danny Griffin, Susan Hampshire, Owen Igiehon, Tuppence Middleton, Stephen Moyer, Joshua Orpin, Josette Simon, and Eleanor Tomlinson will star in this new telling of the Galworth’s work. The first season of six episodes will follow the Forsyte family as they live in 1880s London.
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- 5/1/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Exclusive: The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy’s sweeping portrait of a wealthy British family in 1880s London, is getting its third TV adaptation in less than 60 years.
PBS Masterpiece has set a six-part season based on the 1920s novels, with BAFTA-nominated Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield penning the adaptation, designed to become a returning series.
It follows the BBC’s 1967 adaptation, which was watched by audiences of up to 18M. The 2002 version aired on ITV and featured a cast including Damian Lewis and Gina McKee.
The latest reimagining is housed at Mammoth Screen, the ITV Studios-backed British production company behind Parade’s End, The Serpent, and Victoria. Filming begins next month in England, Wales, and Italy.
Mammoth has gathered an ensemble cast for the series, led by BAFTA-winner Francesca Annis (Lillie), who plays formidable Forsyte matriarch Ann.
True Blood star Stephen Moyer (Sexy Beast) features as Ann’s eldest son, Jolyon Senior,...
PBS Masterpiece has set a six-part season based on the 1920s novels, with BAFTA-nominated Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield penning the adaptation, designed to become a returning series.
It follows the BBC’s 1967 adaptation, which was watched by audiences of up to 18M. The 2002 version aired on ITV and featured a cast including Damian Lewis and Gina McKee.
The latest reimagining is housed at Mammoth Screen, the ITV Studios-backed British production company behind Parade’s End, The Serpent, and Victoria. Filming begins next month in England, Wales, and Italy.
Mammoth has gathered an ensemble cast for the series, led by BAFTA-winner Francesca Annis (Lillie), who plays formidable Forsyte matriarch Ann.
True Blood star Stephen Moyer (Sexy Beast) features as Ann’s eldest son, Jolyon Senior,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Stephan Elliott, who directed the celebrated cult classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, tells this column that a sequel “is happening” and that the original movie’s stars Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving are back “on board” 30 years after the film’s initial release.
“I’m not repeating myself, we’ll start the new film in Australia, but by God, we’re going on one helluva journey,” Elliott reveals.
“The original cast is on board, I’ve got a script that everybody likes, we’re still working out deals. … It’s happening,” he adds with brio.
Since it played a midnight screening in Un Certain Regard at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, Priscilla has become a byword for glittering, extravagant excess. That was a party night to remember; except I was there and all I can remember is getting back to my hotel at 6 a.
“I’m not repeating myself, we’ll start the new film in Australia, but by God, we’re going on one helluva journey,” Elliott reveals.
“The original cast is on board, I’ve got a script that everybody likes, we’re still working out deals. … It’s happening,” he adds with brio.
Since it played a midnight screening in Un Certain Regard at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, Priscilla has become a byword for glittering, extravagant excess. That was a party night to remember; except I was there and all I can remember is getting back to my hotel at 6 a.
- 4/19/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Athens-based audiovisual group Tanweer is expanding its business into world sales of local language content, kicking off with an augural slate at the EFM.
The new operation will be headed by Tanweer Senior Vice President Aruzia Khan and executive Eliana Eliopoulos, who will both be on the ground in Berlin.
Until now, Tanweer has been primarily focused on production at home and buying rights for its home territory of Greece as well as satellite arms in Turkey, India and the Middle East.
The inaugural sales slate includes the epic 32-episode historical drama series Red River, recounting the Ottoman persecution of the Greek community living in the region of Pontus in northeastern Anatolia in the early 20th Century.
Directed by veteran Greek director Manousos Manousakis, the show is adapted from Charis Tsirkinidis’s novel of the same name. The 4M production is billed as the most expensive in the history of Greek television.
The new operation will be headed by Tanweer Senior Vice President Aruzia Khan and executive Eliana Eliopoulos, who will both be on the ground in Berlin.
Until now, Tanweer has been primarily focused on production at home and buying rights for its home territory of Greece as well as satellite arms in Turkey, India and the Middle East.
The inaugural sales slate includes the epic 32-episode historical drama series Red River, recounting the Ottoman persecution of the Greek community living in the region of Pontus in northeastern Anatolia in the early 20th Century.
Directed by veteran Greek director Manousos Manousakis, the show is adapted from Charis Tsirkinidis’s novel of the same name. The 4M production is billed as the most expensive in the history of Greek television.
- 2/9/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Distributor Fathom Events will showcase critically acclaimed Greek war drama “Smyrna” on 700 screens in the U.S. as a one-night-only event on December 8. The limited wide release will raise the profile of the highest-budgeted production in the history of Greek cinema.
The film depicts the 1922 catastrophe at the end of the Greco-Turkish war that destroyed much of the city of Smyrna on Turkey’s Aegean coast, resulting in a monumental refugee crisis. The disaster and the events leading up to it are filtered through the eyes and experiences of a family living in Smyrna.
In anticipation of the one-time wide release, a special screening of the film will take place on November 29th at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City under the auspices of the Greek Permanent Mission to the U.S. It will also be screened at the European Parliament in Brussels on January 11, 2023, as well...
The film depicts the 1922 catastrophe at the end of the Greco-Turkish war that destroyed much of the city of Smyrna on Turkey’s Aegean coast, resulting in a monumental refugee crisis. The disaster and the events leading up to it are filtered through the eyes and experiences of a family living in Smyrna.
In anticipation of the one-time wide release, a special screening of the film will take place on November 29th at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City under the auspices of the Greek Permanent Mission to the U.S. It will also be screened at the European Parliament in Brussels on January 11, 2023, as well...
- 11/14/2022
- by Peter Caranicas
- Variety Film + TV
The debut film by Yorgos Gousis won prizes for best film first-time director, screenplay and actress.
Newcomer Yorgos Gousis’s Magnetic Fields and Grigoris Karantinakis’ second film Smyrna have dominated the 2022 Iris film awards of the Hellenic Film Academy.
Magnetic Fields won for best film, first- time director, screenplay and best actress prizes, while Smyrna was awarded the trophies for best cinematography, production design and costume design.
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Magnetic Fields is a road movie about a man and a woman who have met by chance on a boat and decide to stick together...
Newcomer Yorgos Gousis’s Magnetic Fields and Grigoris Karantinakis’ second film Smyrna have dominated the 2022 Iris film awards of the Hellenic Film Academy.
Magnetic Fields won for best film, first- time director, screenplay and best actress prizes, while Smyrna was awarded the trophies for best cinematography, production design and costume design.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Magnetic Fields is a road movie about a man and a woman who have met by chance on a boat and decide to stick together...
- 6/15/2022
- by Alexis Grivas
- ScreenDaily
With nominations for “Mad Men” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” under her belt, Elisabeth Moss is already one of only 10 people to have earned Best Drama Actress Emmy bids for two different shows. Should she now rack up a nom for her newest series, “Shining Girls” from Apple TV+, she will become the first to have done so for three.
Here are the other nine actors who’ve so far been cited for two different titles in drama actress:
1. Connie Britton: “Friday Night Lights” (2010-11) and “Nashville” (2013)
2. Glenn Close: “The Shield” (2005) and “Damages” (won in 2008 and ’09; nominated in 2010 and ’12)
3. Claire Danes: “My So-Called Life” (1995) and “Homeland” (won in 2012 and ’13; nominated from 2014 to ’16)
4. Sharon Gless: “Cagney and Lacey” (nominated from 1983 to ’85 and in ’88; won in 1986 and ’87) and “The Trials of Rosie O’Neill” (1991-92)
5. Susan Hampshire: “The Forsyte Saga” (won in 1970) and “The First Churchills” (won in 1971)
6. Michael...
Here are the other nine actors who’ve so far been cited for two different titles in drama actress:
1. Connie Britton: “Friday Night Lights” (2010-11) and “Nashville” (2013)
2. Glenn Close: “The Shield” (2005) and “Damages” (won in 2008 and ’09; nominated in 2010 and ’12)
3. Claire Danes: “My So-Called Life” (1995) and “Homeland” (won in 2012 and ’13; nominated from 2014 to ’16)
4. Sharon Gless: “Cagney and Lacey” (nominated from 1983 to ’85 and in ’88; won in 1986 and ’87) and “The Trials of Rosie O’Neill” (1991-92)
5. Susan Hampshire: “The Forsyte Saga” (won in 1970) and “The First Churchills” (won in 1971)
6. Michael...
- 5/3/2022
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Showbiz in Soho is artificial, gaudy and vulgar, but Laurence Harvey’s slick promoter-con man thinks he can cheat at the pop music game. Cliff Richard is his new discovery, a teen crooner who digs the bongo drums. Wolf Mankowitz’s portrait of talent, glitz, and double-dealing in music and TV showbiz also stars Sylvia Syms as a Soho stripper and Yolande Donlan as a singing star trying to make a comeback. The disc contains director Val Guest’s uncut original version.
Expresso Bongo
Blu-ray
Cohen / Kino Lorber
1959 / B&w / 2:35 widescreen / 111 106 min. / Street Date January 18, 2022 / Available from Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Cliff Richard, Meier Tzelniker, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Eric Pohlmann, Gilbert Harding, Hermione Baddeley, Reginald Beckwith, Avis Bunnage, Sally Geeson, Kenneth Griffith, Burt Kwouk, Wilfrid Lawson, Patricia Lewis, Barry Lowe, Martin Miller, Susan Hampshire, Peter Myers, Lisa Peake, The Shadows.
Cinematography: John Wilcox
Art Director:...
Expresso Bongo
Blu-ray
Cohen / Kino Lorber
1959 / B&w / 2:35 widescreen / 111 106 min. / Street Date January 18, 2022 / Available from Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Cliff Richard, Meier Tzelniker, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Eric Pohlmann, Gilbert Harding, Hermione Baddeley, Reginald Beckwith, Avis Bunnage, Sally Geeson, Kenneth Griffith, Burt Kwouk, Wilfrid Lawson, Patricia Lewis, Barry Lowe, Martin Miller, Susan Hampshire, Peter Myers, Lisa Peake, The Shadows.
Cinematography: John Wilcox
Art Director:...
- 3/5/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The television landscape was changing when the 23rd Emmy Awards took place at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood on May 9, 1971, with Johnny Carson as host. History was made in more than one way that night.
NBC’s “The Flip Wilson Show,” the first comedy-variety series hosted by an African-American, won the genre and writing awards. Wilson shared in both victories. And Mark Warren became the first black helmer to win an Emmy for his direction of NBC’s “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.”
George C. Scott, who had declined the Oscar just 24 days earlier for “Patton,” didn’t attend the Emmys either. However he didn’t turn down this award for his leading role in NBC’s “Hallmark Hall of Fame” presentation of Arthur Miller’s “The Price.” Jack Cassidy accepted on his behalf. David Burns, who had died two months earlier of a heart attack during a stage performance of the musical “70, Girls,...
NBC’s “The Flip Wilson Show,” the first comedy-variety series hosted by an African-American, won the genre and writing awards. Wilson shared in both victories. And Mark Warren became the first black helmer to win an Emmy for his direction of NBC’s “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.”
George C. Scott, who had declined the Oscar just 24 days earlier for “Patton,” didn’t attend the Emmys either. However he didn’t turn down this award for his leading role in NBC’s “Hallmark Hall of Fame” presentation of Arthur Miller’s “The Price.” Jack Cassidy accepted on his behalf. David Burns, who had died two months earlier of a heart attack during a stage performance of the musical “70, Girls,...
- 8/27/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
As the Covid-19 pandemic approaches its one-year anniversary of ravaging the globe and disrupting workflows, PBS is coming into 2021 strong with a robust slate for what network president and CEO Paula Kerger calls one of its “brand-defining programs”: “Masterpiece.”
“When you ask people what they think about when they hear ‘PBS,’ many people will say ‘Masterpiece’ and in fact consistently it’s one of the most popular programs from an audience size standpoint on public television,” says Kerger. “A lot of people plan their Sunday nights around watching ‘Masterpiece’ live. In this era of on-demand, the fact that people think of ‘Masterpiece’ as not only a lovely viewing experience, but more of an event also speaks to the place that it holds in our schedule.”
Kicking off the new year with “Elizabeth Is Missing” on Jan. 3, Glenda Jackson’s first “Masterpiece” project since “Elizabeth R” in 1972, and moving into a new flagship series,...
“When you ask people what they think about when they hear ‘PBS,’ many people will say ‘Masterpiece’ and in fact consistently it’s one of the most popular programs from an audience size standpoint on public television,” says Kerger. “A lot of people plan their Sunday nights around watching ‘Masterpiece’ live. In this era of on-demand, the fact that people think of ‘Masterpiece’ as not only a lovely viewing experience, but more of an event also speaks to the place that it holds in our schedule.”
Kicking off the new year with “Elizabeth Is Missing” on Jan. 3, Glenda Jackson’s first “Masterpiece” project since “Elizabeth R” in 1972, and moving into a new flagship series,...
- 1/6/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Emmy flashback 50 years to 1970: 1st wins for ‘Sesame Street’ and a breakthrough for Black actresses
It’s been half a century since David Frost and Danny Thomas hosted the 22nd Emmy Awards, and there are many moments that remain memorable 50 years later. A shift in audience’s tastes during this time can be seen in the nominees from this year, as quite a few new series received nominations and wins, there were some anomalies in the comedy categories and one actress made history, while another shocked viewers with her behavior. Here’s a flashback trip back to June 7, 1970, and shag carpet, TV dials and hoping to get your antenna just right so that you could watch the star-studded gala.
SEEEmmys flashback 20 years ago to 2000: ‘The West Wing’ dominance, 1st win for James Gandolfini, emotional Michael J. Fox victory
In a reflection of the changing culture, all comedy series up for the top award were first-time nominees in their freshman seasons. This is the last...
SEEEmmys flashback 20 years ago to 2000: ‘The West Wing’ dominance, 1st win for James Gandolfini, emotional Michael J. Fox victory
In a reflection of the changing culture, all comedy series up for the top award were first-time nominees in their freshman seasons. This is the last...
- 9/20/2020
- by Susan Pennington
- Gold Derby
We were guaranteed a new Best Drama Actress Emmy winner before nominations last year with 2018 champ Claire Foy (“The Crown”) out, but that’s not the case this time around. “Killing Eve” star Jodie Comer is currently in fourth place in our odds and is looking to become the first drama actress champ to defend her crown in seven years and the 10th altogether.
Of the 16 women who’ve won this category more than once, nine have done so with at least one successful title defense. Two, Tyne Daly and Barbara Bain, have even three-peated. Here are the nine:
1. Michael Learned, “The Waltons” and “Nurse” (1982)
2. Tyne Daly, “Cagney & Lacey”
3. Barbara Bain, “Mission: Impossible” (1967-69)
4. Susan Hampshire, “The Forsyte Saga” (1970) and “The First Churchills” (1971)
5. Sharon Gless, “Cagney & Lacey” (1986-87)
6. Patricia Wettig, “thirtysomething” (1990-91)
7. Kathy Baker, “Picket Fences”
8. Glenn Close, “Damages” (2008-09)
9. Claire Danes, “Homeland” (2012-13)
See ‘Killing Eve’: Villanelle’s most gruesome,...
Of the 16 women who’ve won this category more than once, nine have done so with at least one successful title defense. Two, Tyne Daly and Barbara Bain, have even three-peated. Here are the nine:
1. Michael Learned, “The Waltons” and “Nurse” (1982)
2. Tyne Daly, “Cagney & Lacey”
3. Barbara Bain, “Mission: Impossible” (1967-69)
4. Susan Hampshire, “The Forsyte Saga” (1970) and “The First Churchills” (1971)
5. Sharon Gless, “Cagney & Lacey” (1986-87)
6. Patricia Wettig, “thirtysomething” (1990-91)
7. Kathy Baker, “Picket Fences”
8. Glenn Close, “Damages” (2008-09)
9. Claire Danes, “Homeland” (2012-13)
See ‘Killing Eve’: Villanelle’s most gruesome,...
- 5/8/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
One of the greatest joys of film watching is seeing an actor break away from the persona that they’re most well known for, and I have no doubt they’re elated at the prospect; who wants to be known as the same character for your whole career? Such is the case with Baffled!, a thriller pilot episode that had a British theatrical release in late ’72 before hopping the pond in late January of ’73 to land on NBC. That actor thrilled to branch out? Leonard Nimoy, Mr. Spock himself.
Airing Tuesday, January 30th as part of the NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies, Baffled! would have to battle it out with the likes of CBS’ Maude/Hawaii Five-o and the ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week, of which they would invariably lose to. The Baffled! pilot was never picked up, which is a shame; the thought of Nimoy playing a...
Airing Tuesday, January 30th as part of the NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies, Baffled! would have to battle it out with the likes of CBS’ Maude/Hawaii Five-o and the ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week, of which they would invariably lose to. The Baffled! pilot was never picked up, which is a shame; the thought of Nimoy playing a...
- 2/24/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Actors, producer and former Pact head of diversity among those honoured.
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible,...
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible,...
- 1/2/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Screen Daily Test
Actors, producer and former Pact head of diversity among those honoured.
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible, Last Orders and [link=tt...
Source: Paul Grover
Nik Powell
Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo and former producer and Nfts director Nik Powell were among screen industry professionals awarded titles in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours list.
Veteran Scottish actor Cosmo, known for playing Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones and films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander, was honoured with an MBE.
Powell, who received an OBE, stepped down from his position as director of the National Film and Television School in 2017 after 14 years in the role. In the early 1970s he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in 1982 he partnered with fellow-producer Stephen Woolley to form the Palace companies, where he served as executive producer on titles including Company Of Wolves, Mona Lisa, Scandal and The Crying Game. He went on to produce films such as Backbeat, The Neon Bible, Last Orders and [link=tt...
- 1/2/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
According to the story he himself tells in the documentary series Hollywood, UK, Canadian filmmaker Sidney J. Furie came to England to take part in the British new wave, whose films he admired. First, he had to pay his dues with nonsense like Dr. Blood's Coffin, The Snake Woman and The Young Ones (starring pop singer Cliff Richard), but eventually, with The Leather Boys in 1964, he was able to make the kind of dynamic working-class social realism he'd been admiring from afar (Rita Tushingham's presence in the cast provides the stamp of authenticity).But During One Night (1961) shows Furie working on a small-scale independent film that has more in common with his mid-sixties work than it does with the cheesy exploitation movies he marked time on, and its date shows how quick off the mark Furie must have been: Look Back in Anger only hit cinemas in 1959, and by '61 Furie was in Britain,...
- 11/28/2017
- MUBI
Author: Zehra Phelan
An emotionally affecting and inspiring trailer for the biographical film Another Mother’s Son has been released. The film stars Judge John Deed actress, Jenny Seagrove as Louisa Gould – one of the first recipients of Her Majesty’s British Hero of the Holocaust Awards in March 2010.
Louisa Gould was a shopkeeper in Jersey during the Second World War, in charge of handing out rations to those in the only British territory to fall under the control of the Third Reich. After learning of her son’s death in battle she takes under her wing a young Russian Pow who escaped a German Prison camp despite her family’s concerns. Singer/songwriter, and ex-Boyzone member, Ronan Keating plays her brother Harold Gould. He is no stranger to acting following his role as Guy in the West End show, Once, which earned him rave reviews.
Directed by Emmy-nominated Christopher Menaul (Summer in February,...
An emotionally affecting and inspiring trailer for the biographical film Another Mother’s Son has been released. The film stars Judge John Deed actress, Jenny Seagrove as Louisa Gould – one of the first recipients of Her Majesty’s British Hero of the Holocaust Awards in March 2010.
Louisa Gould was a shopkeeper in Jersey during the Second World War, in charge of handing out rations to those in the only British territory to fall under the control of the Third Reich. After learning of her son’s death in battle she takes under her wing a young Russian Pow who escaped a German Prison camp despite her family’s concerns. Singer/songwriter, and ex-Boyzone member, Ronan Keating plays her brother Harold Gould. He is no stranger to acting following his role as Guy in the West End show, Once, which earned him rave reviews.
Directed by Emmy-nominated Christopher Menaul (Summer in February,...
- 2/10/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Second World War drama begins UK shoot; first image revealed.
Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating has joined the ensemble cast of period drama Another Mother’s Son, which also includes Jenny Seagrove, John Hannah, Amanda Abbington, Peter Wight and Susan Hampshire.
Principal photography is underway on the film, which will shoot for six weeks across Somerset and the South West of England.
Another Mother’s Son is set during the Second World War, when the island of Jersey was occupied by the Nazis.
The film is based on the true story of Louisa Gould, who took in an escaped Russian Pow and hid him over the course of the war, amid growing tension as it became clear that British wartime leader Winston Churchill would not risk an assault to re-capture the island and the community began to fray under pressures of hunger, occupation and divided loyalty.
BAFTA-winning Chris Menaul (Summer In February) directs a screenplay by Jenny Lecoat.
The...
Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating has joined the ensemble cast of period drama Another Mother’s Son, which also includes Jenny Seagrove, John Hannah, Amanda Abbington, Peter Wight and Susan Hampshire.
Principal photography is underway on the film, which will shoot for six weeks across Somerset and the South West of England.
Another Mother’s Son is set during the Second World War, when the island of Jersey was occupied by the Nazis.
The film is based on the true story of Louisa Gould, who took in an escaped Russian Pow and hid him over the course of the war, amid growing tension as it became clear that British wartime leader Winston Churchill would not risk an assault to re-capture the island and the community began to fray under pressures of hunger, occupation and divided loyalty.
BAFTA-winning Chris Menaul (Summer In February) directs a screenplay by Jenny Lecoat.
The...
- 11/12/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Ron Moody in Mel Brooks' 'The Twelve Chairs.' The 'Doctor Who' that never was. Ron Moody: 'Doctor Who' was biggest professional regret (See previous post: "Ron Moody: From Charles Dickens to Walt Disney – But No Harry Potter.") Ron Moody was featured in about 50 television productions, both in the U.K. and the U.S., from the late 1950s to 2012. These included guest roles in the series The Avengers, Gunsmoke, Starsky and Hutch, Hart to Hart, and Murder She Wrote, in addition to leads in the short-lived U.S. sitcom Nobody's Perfect (1980), starring Moody as a Scotland Yard detective transferred to the San Francisco Police Department, and in the British fantasy Into the Labyrinth (1981), with Moody as the noble sorcerer Rothgo. Throughout the decades, he could also be spotted in several TV movies, among them:[1] David Copperfield (1969). As Uriah Heep in this disappointing all-star showcase distributed theatrically in some countries.
- 6/19/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Baffled screens Wednesday night October 1st at Schlafly Bottlework at 8pm
You never know what’s brewing at Webster University’s Strange Brew cult film series. It’s always the first Wednesday evening of every month, and they always come up with some cult classic to show while enjoying some good food and great suds. The fun happens at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, Mo 63143).
I was rather baffled when I heard that Webster University was screening a 1973 movie called Baffled on October 1st at Schlafly Bottleworks as part of the ‘Strange Brew’ film series. Baffled because I was completely unfamiliar with Baffled. I thought I was familiar with most ’70 psychotronic product and it was baffling that here was a film showing at this monthly cult film series that I had never heard of. It turns out Baffled is a 1973 Made-for-tv which...
You never know what’s brewing at Webster University’s Strange Brew cult film series. It’s always the first Wednesday evening of every month, and they always come up with some cult classic to show while enjoying some good food and great suds. The fun happens at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, Mo 63143).
I was rather baffled when I heard that Webster University was screening a 1973 movie called Baffled on October 1st at Schlafly Bottleworks as part of the ‘Strange Brew’ film series. Baffled because I was completely unfamiliar with Baffled. I thought I was familiar with most ’70 psychotronic product and it was baffling that here was a film showing at this monthly cult film series that I had never heard of. It turns out Baffled is a 1973 Made-for-tv which...
- 9/24/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Although Hammer Films will always be associated with British horror, the studio did have stiff competition. Amicus specialised in the successful horror anthologies and Us counterparts American International Pictures established a permanent UK base in the mid sixties. Other smaller independents took their own bite from the cherry tree of horror with some success, the best known being Tigon Films.
Tigon has received some belated recognition in recent years. Andy Boot’s book on British horror Fragments of Fear devotes a chapter to the company while John Hamilton’s excellent book Beast in the Cellar covers the varied career of Tigon’s charismatic founder Tony Tenser.
Like Hammer’s Sir James Carreras, Tenser was one of the British Film Industry’s great entrepreneurs. Born in London to poor Lithuanian immigrants and a movie fan since childhood, he was an ambitious man with a natural talent for showmanship. Combining shrewd business...
Tigon has received some belated recognition in recent years. Andy Boot’s book on British horror Fragments of Fear devotes a chapter to the company while John Hamilton’s excellent book Beast in the Cellar covers the varied career of Tigon’s charismatic founder Tony Tenser.
Like Hammer’s Sir James Carreras, Tenser was one of the British Film Industry’s great entrepreneurs. Born in London to poor Lithuanian immigrants and a movie fan since childhood, he was an ambitious man with a natural talent for showmanship. Combining shrewd business...
- 2/18/2014
- Shadowlocked
Madcap comedy starring Tony Curtis, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Gert 'Goldfinger' Frobe as rival racers competing (and cheating) to win the prestigious Monte Carlo car rally. With an English rose (Susan Hampshire), a Russian villain (Jack Hawkins), two girl-chasing Italians, three saucy French belles and perennial British cad Terry-Thomas also involved, the slapstick comes as thick as the stereotypes. An unabashed joyride.
- 1/7/2014
- Sky Movies
Kieran Kinsella
Appropriately enough for this time of year, Acorn Media’s latest batch of DVD releases includes The Fall. It’s a Belfast based psychological crime drama in which Dsi Stella Gibson attempts to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who seems to delight in deviousness. Somewhat unusually for a crime drama, the killer is identified fairly early on as Paul Spector. Thereafter, Spector and Gibson become embroiled in a game of cat and mouse that lasts through five suspensful episodes. The relationship between Spector and Gibson is similar to the one involving Hannibal Lector and Clarice except for the fact that Lector was banged up while Spector is on the loose.
X-Files actress Gillian Anderson takes on the role of Gibson and she seems quite at home on British TV these days having enjoyed success in recent hits such as Great Expectations. Her nemesis is the rather less...
Appropriately enough for this time of year, Acorn Media’s latest batch of DVD releases includes The Fall. It’s a Belfast based psychological crime drama in which Dsi Stella Gibson attempts to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who seems to delight in deviousness. Somewhat unusually for a crime drama, the killer is identified fairly early on as Paul Spector. Thereafter, Spector and Gibson become embroiled in a game of cat and mouse that lasts through five suspensful episodes. The relationship between Spector and Gibson is similar to the one involving Hannibal Lector and Clarice except for the fact that Lector was banged up while Spector is on the loose.
X-Files actress Gillian Anderson takes on the role of Gibson and she seems quite at home on British TV these days having enjoyed success in recent hits such as Great Expectations. Her nemesis is the rather less...
- 10/18/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
The First Churchills.
Kieran Kinsella
We’re all familiar with Winston but how many of us know much about The First Churchills? Well for those who don’t know, Britain’s war-time Pm traced his lineage back to the court of King Charles II, and the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough Aka The First Churchills. The cigar smoking nemesis of the Nazis wrote a biography of his aristocratic ancestors and in 1969 the BBC dramatized the story. The 12 part series was an instant success. Drama starved executives on the other side of the pond soon snapped it up and began airing it on PBS in a new time slot called Masterpiece Theatre. Yes British TV watchers, The First Churchills isn’t just about English history it is also a landmark series in the British invasion of American networks. On 4 June, Acorn Media are reviving this lost classic on DVD.
Three-time Emmy...
Kieran Kinsella
We’re all familiar with Winston but how many of us know much about The First Churchills? Well for those who don’t know, Britain’s war-time Pm traced his lineage back to the court of King Charles II, and the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough Aka The First Churchills. The cigar smoking nemesis of the Nazis wrote a biography of his aristocratic ancestors and in 1969 the BBC dramatized the story. The 12 part series was an instant success. Drama starved executives on the other side of the pond soon snapped it up and began airing it on PBS in a new time slot called Masterpiece Theatre. Yes British TV watchers, The First Churchills isn’t just about English history it is also a landmark series in the British invasion of American networks. On 4 June, Acorn Media are reviving this lost classic on DVD.
Three-time Emmy...
- 5/31/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Cinema Retro Has Received The Following Press Release:
This is the continuation of a legacy that started back in the early seventies, and over the years
have seen different names and organizers and now follows directly on directly from
Collector’s Film Convention’s. Organized for the past 18 years by Ed Mason.
Held six times a year at London’s Central Hall Westminster.
The conventions presents dealers from all over the UK , Europe , Us , Canada ,
Australia and South America that specializes in vintage and modern film memorabilia.
Items covering the history of Cinema can be found. From the silents to the present.
Not just appealing to avid film buffs, collectors, archivists researchers and students.
But a must for anyone with an interest in cinema and cult television!
Celebrity guests include Susan Hampshire, William Gaunt, Alexandra Bastedo, Shane Rimmer and Virginia Hey.
For details visit web site by clicking here...
This is the continuation of a legacy that started back in the early seventies, and over the years
have seen different names and organizers and now follows directly on directly from
Collector’s Film Convention’s. Organized for the past 18 years by Ed Mason.
Held six times a year at London’s Central Hall Westminster.
The conventions presents dealers from all over the UK , Europe , Us , Canada ,
Australia and South America that specializes in vintage and modern film memorabilia.
Items covering the history of Cinema can be found. From the silents to the present.
Not just appealing to avid film buffs, collectors, archivists researchers and students.
But a must for anyone with an interest in cinema and cult television!
Celebrity guests include Susan Hampshire, William Gaunt, Alexandra Bastedo, Shane Rimmer and Virginia Hey.
For details visit web site by clicking here...
- 2/23/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Actor best known for his role as the rugged and handsome captain in The Onedin Line
James Onedin, the protagonist of the long-running BBC television series The Onedin Line, gained his splendid name from a sea nymph. After the programme's creator, Cyril Abraham, had read about mythological figure Ondine, he transposed the "e", thus making her a man. And what a man: Peter Gilmore, who played Onedin in 91 episodes from 1971 to 1980, had tousled hair, flinty eyes, hollow cheeks, mutton-chop sideburns racing across his cheek, lips pulled severely down, chin thrust indomitably forward to face down the brewing gale. He has died aged 81.
The sea captain did not so much talk as emit salty barks that brooked no demur. In 1972, while filming, Gilmore was buzzed by speedboats from the Royal Naval College. Still in character as Onedin, he yelled irascibly at the tyro sailors: "Taxpayers' money! Where are your guns? What...
James Onedin, the protagonist of the long-running BBC television series The Onedin Line, gained his splendid name from a sea nymph. After the programme's creator, Cyril Abraham, had read about mythological figure Ondine, he transposed the "e", thus making her a man. And what a man: Peter Gilmore, who played Onedin in 91 episodes from 1971 to 1980, had tousled hair, flinty eyes, hollow cheeks, mutton-chop sideburns racing across his cheek, lips pulled severely down, chin thrust indomitably forward to face down the brewing gale. He has died aged 81.
The sea captain did not so much talk as emit salty barks that brooked no demur. In 1972, while filming, Gilmore was buzzed by speedboats from the Royal Naval College. Still in character as Onedin, he yelled irascibly at the tyro sailors: "Taxpayers' money! Where are your guns? What...
- 2/7/2013
- by Stuart Jeffries
- The Guardian - Film News
When we asked you which film Xan Brooks should liveblog on Thursday there was never really a contest. So what happened when Monte Carlo or Bust! aired on Channel 4 at 12:05pm?
11.58am: Welcome, welcome to Thursday's live-blog of a film off the telly. On Monday we had Michael Hann's Michelin-starred Layer Cake. Tuesday brought us Andrew Pulver's eloquent salon with The Quiet Man. Wednesday exploded and melted down as Catherine Shoard blogged K19: The Widowmaker.
Our film today, as chosen by you, is Monte Carlo or Bust! This, it transpires, was shot in 1969 by director Ken Annakin and was the sequel to his 1965 outing Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. This features cars in place of planes and was released in the Us as Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies. It stars Tony Curtis, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Susan Hampshire.
Now I've...
11.58am: Welcome, welcome to Thursday's live-blog of a film off the telly. On Monday we had Michael Hann's Michelin-starred Layer Cake. Tuesday brought us Andrew Pulver's eloquent salon with The Quiet Man. Wednesday exploded and melted down as Catherine Shoard blogged K19: The Widowmaker.
Our film today, as chosen by you, is Monte Carlo or Bust! This, it transpires, was shot in 1969 by director Ken Annakin and was the sequel to his 1965 outing Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. This features cars in place of planes and was released in the Us as Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies. It stars Tony Curtis, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Susan Hampshire.
Now I've...
- 10/7/2010
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
British actress Susan Hampshire is dreading leaving home for an upcoming theatre tour - because her husband Sir Eddie Kulukundis' dementia is worsening.
The veteran star has been married to the theatre impresario for nearly thirty years and has been nursing him since his health began to fail a year ago.
And she's worried about leaving her partner alone as she prepares to go on a U.K. theatre tour with stage show Pride and Prejudice.
She tells Britain's Daily Express, "I'm worried about leaving Eddie. His memory is going. He's had dementia for about a year but it's definitely getting worse.
"I have arranged for someone to come in and take care of him but I will come home as many nights as I can."
A source adds, "This is very sad. Susan and Eddie are one of the most devoted couples in showbusiness and he is universally liked."...
The veteran star has been married to the theatre impresario for nearly thirty years and has been nursing him since his health began to fail a year ago.
And she's worried about leaving her partner alone as she prepares to go on a U.K. theatre tour with stage show Pride and Prejudice.
She tells Britain's Daily Express, "I'm worried about leaving Eddie. His memory is going. He's had dementia for about a year but it's definitely getting worse.
"I have arranged for someone to come in and take care of him but I will come home as many nights as I can."
A source adds, "This is very sad. Susan and Eddie are one of the most devoted couples in showbusiness and he is universally liked."...
- 10/30/2009
- WENN
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