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[…] him profusely. Also I only finally met David Lean at BAFTA about 6 months before he died. But that day […]
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[…]not to a great extent, I think that they, they are political. I mean, you know, and we shouldn't be to do with politics. It's taking for granted that BAFTA does it, of course. What's it called? Can't remember the bashand something, Thatcher Association. It's silly. It's not what. We're here about ba[…]
[…] to be a fine painter. But I couldn't make any living: couldn't because my parents were extremely poor. My parents […]
[…]I can’t believe it. What is the film you are actually working on at the moment Peter? PW: We’re making a film called ‘A Canterbury Tale’, which, living in Canterbury, you may think is appropriate. The subtitle of the film is ‘Albert Figg and the Battle for Hill 112’ and in recent yea[…]
[…]this huge, big projector, 16 hundred foot film, roll showing Spartacus, I think it was, which is the longest film in the history of the world and the living room was packed with people! I had some cartoons as well. So, it was quite an adventure that day! But that was my initial stepping stone into S[…]
[…]rie Saint and Elliot Sullivan. All er but not Eva didn't but both Chubby and Elliot became McCarthy victims, Elliot ended up over here actually living here working in an antique store that his wife owned in Hampstead. We we did it with three cameras and the show was very fast, I don't kn[…]
[…]d me a job. And they did and the neighbouring farm, I got a pretty rough breaking in there. I remember, you know, I been looked after reasonably well living in the house and my first although very humbled place in the house in my first month I found you know, I was given a sheepskin for fairly[…]
