[…]never it was. It was November…I:   Oh, sorry.R:   …but it was certainly a Friday. It was the night of the Academy, Television Academy Awards, and the whole of television, BBC and ITV, had gone to the Dorchester Hotel for that night’s presentations. I[…]
[…]es, which is not bad. One year was all nominated twice, two, two films came out, and both were nominated forRoy Fowler  35:16  the American Academy. But the American Academy, yes, yes, yes. That's an astonishing record.Speaker 1  35:22  So you know, when you talk about Balkan, I […]
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Maybe. Because...
Pressurised them?
Maybe it was a release, a release from Mickey Balcon.
Yes. The Academy as it was called.
Yes.
Mm. I had always assumed that it was some, chemical problem I suppose with Hamer.
I suppose so. I don’t know.
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[…].JPH: It was 1954 when Lloyd asked you.So one was hired by...DS: Rediffusion....someone applying for a franchise at this stage, or had they been awarded a contract?JPH: No, they’d been awarded the franchise. It was the year, the year, bill, they were awarded the franchise at the beginning […]
[…]o the future. It’s very exciting.JR: Indeed. Virginia McKenna, thank you very much.VM: Thank you.JR: Not mentioned in Virginia’s account: the British Academy Award for Best Actress for A Town Like Alice; the BBC’s TV Award for Best Actress for Romeo and Juliet; the Belgian Prix Femina Award for Carv[…]
[…]dinary thing is and I would have tocheck the facts on this, I think it was the first time that any British film had beennominated for an award by the Academy, and I got the award for art direction that year. Ididn't get the actual Oscar, I got the nomination, not the award. I think it was the very f[…]
[…]yway they didn't like me, the people who worked outside London didn't, when I say they didn't like me. There's one man I understand I was up for some award, and it's amazing how these things get back to you, and thisfellow said I will not be party to him getting an award, he never cared for any broa[…]
[…]Carol Reed (1906-1976) was a British film director. His films include Odd One Out (1947), The Third Man (1949) and Oliver! (1968) for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director.21 Kevin Brownlow (1938-) is an English filmmaker and film historian whose work focuses on the preservation of films f[…]
[…]nd this happened with one or two people. But if you kept your kept your head down, said yes at the right minute and as your bride and tried to do the best you could and showed that you were trying to do the best you could. And you also had enthusiasm via terrific enthusiasm. I was I was a bit stupid[…]
[…]lons out of their self-inflicted doo-doo later in the year when their ultimate boss arrived at the Odeon Edinburgh to be presented with a prestigious award from Films of Scotland at the Film Festival. I would presume this award was in some way recognition for his having helped green-light location w[…]
