Advice to Bath Spa University Graduates 2019
Today I was honoured to receive an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Bath Spa University, presented by the chancellor, Jeremy Irons. I was invited to give a short speech to the other graduates and so again I chose to give most of it in the form of ten hopefully inspiring movie quotes.
Due thanks to the IMDb team members who provided some of these via answers to a recent Friday Fun email question.
Due thanks to the IMDb team members who provided some of these via answers to a recent Friday Fun email question.
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- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRobin WilliamsRobert Sean LeonardEthan HawkeMaverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression."No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world." spoken by Robin Williams as John Keating -- IMDb
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsTom CruisePenélope CruzCameron DiazA self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover."What is any life without the pursuit of a dream?" spoken by Tilda Swinton as Rebecca Dearborn -- IMDb
- DirectorMorten TyldumStarsBenedict CumberbatchKeira KnightleyMatthew GoodeDuring World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life."Sometimes it's the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine." spoken by Jack Bannon as Christopher Morcom -- IMDb
- DirectorMark AndrewsBrenda ChapmanSteve PurcellStarsKelly MacdonaldBilly ConnollyEmma ThompsonDetermined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse."There are those who say fate is something beyond our command. That destiny is not our own, but I know better. Our fate lives within us, you only have to be brave enough to see it." spoken by Kelly Macdonald as Merida -- IMDb
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsMatthew BroderickAlan RuckMia SaraA popular high school student, admired by his peers, decides to take a day off from school and goes to extreme lengths to pull it off, to the chagrin of his Dean, who'll do anything to stop him."Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." spoken by Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller -- IMDb
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsSteve MartinVictoria TennantRichard E. GrantWith the help of a talking freeway billboard, a wacky weatherman tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early 1990s Los Angeles.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsMartin FreemanIan McKellenRichard ArmitageA reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug."I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love." spoken by Ian McKellen as Gandalf -- IMDb
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsGal GadotChris PineRobin WrightWhen a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.
- DirectorAllan MoyleStarsAnthony LaPagliaDebi MazarMaxwell CaulfieldTwenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules."I do not regret the things I have done, but those I did not do." spoken by Rory Cochrane as Lucas -- IMDb
- DirectorAndrew StantonLee UnkrichStarsAlbert BrooksEllen DeGeneresAlexander GouldAfter his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.