We pay our respects to Richard Attenborough, the legendary British actor, director and producer.
Each generation will have their own memories of the late Richard Attenborough. Some will remember him for his work as a character actor on the stage and the big screen in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, such as the terrifying Pinkie Brown in the film adaptation of Brighton Rock, Roger Bartlett in The Great Escape, or Billy Savage in Seance On A Wet Afternoon.
Others will remember him as the Oscar-winning producer and director of such films as Young Winston, A Bridge Too Far, Gandhi, Chaplin and Shadowlands. A younger generation will never forget his turn as John Hammond, the quixotic dinosaur maker in Jurassic Park and its sequel, The Lost World.
Although Ghandi saw Attenborough at the height of his critical acclaim - the film was nominated for 11 Oscars, and won eight - he continued...
Each generation will have their own memories of the late Richard Attenborough. Some will remember him for his work as a character actor on the stage and the big screen in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, such as the terrifying Pinkie Brown in the film adaptation of Brighton Rock, Roger Bartlett in The Great Escape, or Billy Savage in Seance On A Wet Afternoon.
Others will remember him as the Oscar-winning producer and director of such films as Young Winston, A Bridge Too Far, Gandhi, Chaplin and Shadowlands. A younger generation will never forget his turn as John Hammond, the quixotic dinosaur maker in Jurassic Park and its sequel, The Lost World.
Although Ghandi saw Attenborough at the height of his critical acclaim - the film was nominated for 11 Oscars, and won eight - he continued...
- 8/25/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Feature Aliya Whiteley 3 Apr 2014 - 07:22
Tend to think of Richard Attenborough as a kindly old man? Aliya digs into his early career to find some far nastier roles...
British cinema has always liked its angry young men: Richard Burton, Albert Finney, Laurence Harvey and others all played the 1950s and 60s social animal, raging against the class system and the staid attitudes of post-war Britain.
But they weren’t the first angry young man on the screen. Maybe that crown could be claimed by an unlikely actor – Richard Attenborough. Attenborough is best known now as a director and producer, for films such as Gandhi, Chaplin and Shadowlands. When he gets thought of as an actor, it’s often as a kindly old man with a white beard. Misguided, sometimes, as when he played John Hammond, the owner of Jurassic Park, but not downright nasty. A lot of his earlier...
Tend to think of Richard Attenborough as a kindly old man? Aliya digs into his early career to find some far nastier roles...
British cinema has always liked its angry young men: Richard Burton, Albert Finney, Laurence Harvey and others all played the 1950s and 60s social animal, raging against the class system and the staid attitudes of post-war Britain.
But they weren’t the first angry young man on the screen. Maybe that crown could be claimed by an unlikely actor – Richard Attenborough. Attenborough is best known now as a director and producer, for films such as Gandhi, Chaplin and Shadowlands. When he gets thought of as an actor, it’s often as a kindly old man with a white beard. Misguided, sometimes, as when he played John Hammond, the owner of Jurassic Park, but not downright nasty. A lot of his earlier...
- 4/1/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Composer John Barry may be best known for his 007 scores, but we look beyond Bond for a detailed look at the rest of his extraordinary career...
Timeless, innovative, expansive and sensual, the music of John Barry Prendergast is a thought-provoking testament to a man who set the bar high and kept on raising it.
For many of us, the work of British composer, Barry, is synonymous with the Bond franchise, and there's no mistaking his contribution to that legacy. His work (along with that of Monty Norman) came to signify the arch, dangerously seductive swagger and cool, ambivalent melancholy that is the man behind the martini glass. He captured a world of intrigue, code and double meaning, of subterfuge, ambiguity, covert operation and sexuality. His was a trenchant and identifiable yet intriguingly elliptical and diverse musical sensibility that lassoed widely different vocalists from Louis Armstrong to Duran Duran, invariably producing something magnetic and memorable.
Timeless, innovative, expansive and sensual, the music of John Barry Prendergast is a thought-provoking testament to a man who set the bar high and kept on raising it.
For many of us, the work of British composer, Barry, is synonymous with the Bond franchise, and there's no mistaking his contribution to that legacy. His work (along with that of Monty Norman) came to signify the arch, dangerously seductive swagger and cool, ambivalent melancholy that is the man behind the martini glass. He captured a world of intrigue, code and double meaning, of subterfuge, ambiguity, covert operation and sexuality. His was a trenchant and identifiable yet intriguingly elliptical and diverse musical sensibility that lassoed widely different vocalists from Louis Armstrong to Duran Duran, invariably producing something magnetic and memorable.
- 7/25/2011
- Den of Geek
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