[…]en, Orson Welles talked about making a movie as being the greatest toy train set anybody could ever have, my train set was one day when I was told at BAFTA that they would like me to look after the theatre and how it should be designed and what the technical equipment should be and that was my train[…]
[…]I don't think that Fox had more than a third in it because Polygram have it for the rest of the world.SPEAKER: M21It did at least accomplish an Oscar nomination for Jodie which is something which I think she wanted. I think that that was part of it from your own gathers. It was designed although I a[…]
[…]er I would be the boss of 'Euston Films', but that's another story. Anyway so I was getting depressed and that and then suddenly there's a problem at BAFTA. Now I had been on the BAFTA council for quite some time. I was a very impressionable guy. I mean I got on the BAFTA council and there's all the[…]
[…], you know what I mean.” I have to say – the West End in those days was Hollywood. It was fantastic.McG: Why?HF: It was integration at its very best. Italian cafes, Cypriot people, French people, Italians, all very big. I’ve always taken to people with big personality and all of those, people,[…]
[…]he nation or did that stay in the family?Jonathan Balcon 21:21 It was, I in fact, when I heard that Puttnam was anxious to acquire it for BAFTA, I offered it to the National Portrait Gallery, which I thought was a better venue. And the family did receive money for it. Not a lot, but I me[…]
[…]a is the British Association of British amateur video awards. Sorry, and that replaced the 10 Best. So that was quite an occasion when we went to the BAFTA Institute in Piccadilly to receive the award. Then followed the American dream, a travelogue in California, Palm Springs, San Diego and Los Ange[…]
[…]n Cameron's assistant in the sound department, but that didn't interest me particularly and I found Ken very cold and difficult. And so they made the best decision, which was to put me in the cutting room, which is the best possible start. And not only that but they were so keen on making the best u[…]
[…] we, anything we thought Pet, was a bit iffy we got rid of it, you know, and did a bit more preparation on it and refinement on it. And, and it won a BAFTA.[Laughter] It was, it was a SEFTA then, it wasn't a BAFTA.Yes.So I always believe that it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good after all tha[…]
[…]aid “We have a benign despotism”. 00:15:28A benign despotism here - (?) so I did the - the series of ‘Square World’ and it won the BAFTA - Mike - Michael Bentine got best entertainer and er - I got John Street best programme and I got best director - so that was lovely[…]
