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Monday, June 18, 2012
Anthony Andrews and Charles Sturridge on Brideshead Revisited 'We'd often be filming in one room of Castle Howard while the public passed by in another' Interviews by Anna Tims (GUARDIAN)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bbwTPq630s&feature=player_embedded
Anthony Andrews, actor
Filming began on Gozo, one of the Maltese islands, which was standing in for Africa. I never forgave them for this, because it meant we started with my character Sebastian's final scenes. So Jeremy Irons [Charles Ryder] and I had to film the bedside scenes in hospital before we'd figured out our characters or built a relationship.
I was tearing my hair out, too, because there were such holes in the script: we were required to make mammoth jumps. The plan had been for a six-hour series but it was impossible to fit this all-encompassing book into such a time frame without skipping some golden parts. So when a pay strike stopped production in 1979, it gave everyone time to take stock. We feared the project would be scrapped; but Granada had such faith in what we were doing that, in the midst of severe cutbacks, they doubled our budget to £10m, gave us permission to shoot the entire book, and let us get on with it.
Because of the delay, however, we lost our director, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who had a Hollywood commitment. And many locations, including Castle Howard in Yorkshire, became a problem. The owner, George Howard, did not want us to film when the estate was open to the public, but, after negotiations, relented; we'd often be behind the cameras in one room while members of the public passed by in another. We became firm friends with the family and often crashed out at the castle after a wild evening with the sons.
READ MORE: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/jun/18/how-we-made-brideshead-revisited?newsfeed=true
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Dame Judi Dench and Sir Anthony Hopkins are in talks for lead roles in 'Italian Shoes', which director Kenneth Branagh believes is ''tailor-made'' for the pair.
Judi Dench - Judi Dench And Anthony Hopkins To Star Together
22 November 2011 09:47:02 AM |
Judi Dench And Anthony Hopkins To Star Together
Dame Judi Dench and Sir Anthony Hopkins are in negotiations for lead roles in 'Italian Shoes'.
Kenneth Branagh - who has previously worked with both stars - is to direct the movie, which tells the story of a retired surgeon who resides on a remote island in Sweden before a reunion with an ex-lover forces him to confront his past, and thinks the film is "tailor-made" for the actors.
He told Variety: "The nuance, delicacy and flavour is so based on the perfect casting."
Anthony starred in Kenneth's 'Thor', while Judi appears alongside him in 'My Week with Marilyn' and forthcoming film 'J. Edgar', and the 50-year-old actor-and-director thinks their casting for 'Italian Shoes' "takes advantage of [his] long relationship with the pair of them".
Filming on 'Italian Shoes' - which is based on a novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell - will begin in late 2012 or early 2013, depending on the availability of Judi and Anthony.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Downton Abbey follows US Tradition of Loving British Dramas
September 2011 Last updated at 12:57 ET
BBC NEWS
Accepting his Emmy award for writing the show, Fellowes thanked the US film industry for "kick-starting" his career by awarding him a screenwriting Oscar in 2002 for Gosford Park, set in the 1930s.
But Fellowes - whose Downton Abbey was broadcast on the PBS network in the US - is not the first British programme-maker to benefit from the American love affair with costume pieces.
Here is a snapshot from the past four decades.
Co-creator Jean Marsh (r) appeared in the ITV original and the BBC's update, pictured here
ITV's drama about a London family and their servants, created by actresses Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins, was a huge global hit and was reportedly seen by an audience of more than a billion.
It garnered a slew of Emmy nominations and won seven, including outstanding drama series in 1974, 1975, and 1977, as well as best actress for Marsh in 1975 for her performance as parlour maid Rose.
Marsh was nominated in this year's Emmys for reprising the role in a three-part 2010 BBC update.
There was also a supporting actor Emmy in 1976 for Gordon Jackson - as Scottish butler Angus Hudson - while, in 1975, the show won the Golden Globe for best TV drama.
The five series of the drama covered the period from 1903 to 1936.
Anthony Andrews, right, won a Bafta and a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Sebastian Flyte
This 11-part serial, based on Evelyn Waugh's novel of the same name, was a huge hit in the UK when it was broadcast on ITV between October and December 1981.
It tells the story of the friendship between middle-class Oxford undergraduate Charles Ryder, played by a young Jeremy Irons, and hedonistic aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, played by Anthony Andrews, and a cast that also featured Sir John Gielgud.
It won seven Baftas the following year, including best drama series and best actor for Andrews.
The show - repeated in the US on PBS - received 10 Emmy nominations in 1982 and a best supporting actor prize for Sir Laurence Olivier, who only appeared in two episodes as Lord Marchmain.
In 1983, it won a best mini-series prize and best actor, for Andrews at the Golden Globes.
A 2008 film adaptation starred Matthew Goode as Ryder and Ben Whishaw as Flyte.
Colin Firth missed out on the Bafta for Pride and Prejudice in 1996
Andrew Davies' 1995 BBC One adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel starred one Colin Firth as the dashing Mr Darcy, playing opposite Jennifer Ehle's Elizabeth Bennet.
It earned Firth - whose Oscar-winning performance in last year's The King's Speech prove he is at home in tales of yesteryear - a Bafta nomination in 1996.
But on that occasion, Firth was eclipsed by Ehle, who won best actress.
In the same year, it also earned three Emmy nominations and won the award for costume design, but was ignored at the Golden Globes.
Austen's tale was made into a 2005 film by Joe Wright, starring Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy and Keira Knightley as Bennet.
The BBC's five-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels had up to eight millions viewers in the UK regularly tuning in each week to witness the genteel lives of the town's female inhabitants. It later returned for a two-part Christmas special in 2009.
Dame Judi Dench, Lisa Dillon and Dame Eileen Atkins starred in the adaptation of Cranford
Featuring a stellar cast including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins and Imelda Staunton, it earned a total of 15 Bafta nominations.
It came away with three Baftas in 2008 with a best actress win for Dame Eileen, and also best production design and sound, but failed to pick up anything for the Christmas special.
Across the pond, the series was nominated for eight Emmys in 2008 including acting nods for Dame Judi and Dame Eileen. But only the latter Dame won an award - along with Alison Elliot for outstanding hairstyling.
The Christmas special received another seven Emmy nominations in 2010 with a further nod for Dame Judi. It came away with another two awards, winning best cinematography and costumes in a mini-series, but missed the major acting prizes.
Although the drama was recognised at the Golden Globes with a total of four nominations, it was overlooked on the night.
BBC NEWS
It seems Americans love nothing better than an English accent and a period setting, as Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes is all too aware.
Accepting his Emmy award for writing the show, Fellowes thanked the US film industry for "kick-starting" his career by awarding him a screenwriting Oscar in 2002 for Gosford Park, set in the 1930s.
But Fellowes - whose Downton Abbey was broadcast on the PBS network in the US - is not the first British programme-maker to benefit from the American love affair with costume pieces.
Here is a snapshot from the past four decades.
Upstairs Downstairs (1971-1975)
Co-creator Jean Marsh (r) appeared in the ITV original and the BBC's update, pictured here ITV's drama about a London family and their servants, created by actresses Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins, was a huge global hit and was reportedly seen by an audience of more than a billion.
It garnered a slew of Emmy nominations and won seven, including outstanding drama series in 1974, 1975, and 1977, as well as best actress for Marsh in 1975 for her performance as parlour maid Rose.
Marsh was nominated in this year's Emmys for reprising the role in a three-part 2010 BBC update.
There was also a supporting actor Emmy in 1976 for Gordon Jackson - as Scottish butler Angus Hudson - while, in 1975, the show won the Golden Globe for best TV drama.
The five series of the drama covered the period from 1903 to 1936.
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Anthony Andrews, right, won a Bafta and a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Sebastian Flyte This 11-part serial, based on Evelyn Waugh's novel of the same name, was a huge hit in the UK when it was broadcast on ITV between October and December 1981.
It tells the story of the friendship between middle-class Oxford undergraduate Charles Ryder, played by a young Jeremy Irons, and hedonistic aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, played by Anthony Andrews, and a cast that also featured Sir John Gielgud.
It won seven Baftas the following year, including best drama series and best actor for Andrews.
The show - repeated in the US on PBS - received 10 Emmy nominations in 1982 and a best supporting actor prize for Sir Laurence Olivier, who only appeared in two episodes as Lord Marchmain.
In 1983, it won a best mini-series prize and best actor, for Andrews at the Golden Globes.
A 2008 film adaptation starred Matthew Goode as Ryder and Ben Whishaw as Flyte.
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Colin Firth missed out on the Bafta for Pride and Prejudice in 1996 Andrew Davies' 1995 BBC One adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel starred one Colin Firth as the dashing Mr Darcy, playing opposite Jennifer Ehle's Elizabeth Bennet.
It earned Firth - whose Oscar-winning performance in last year's The King's Speech prove he is at home in tales of yesteryear - a Bafta nomination in 1996.
But on that occasion, Firth was eclipsed by Ehle, who won best actress.
In the same year, it also earned three Emmy nominations and won the award for costume design, but was ignored at the Golden Globes.
Austen's tale was made into a 2005 film by Joe Wright, starring Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy and Keira Knightley as Bennet.
Cranford (2007 - 2009)
The BBC's five-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels had up to eight millions viewers in the UK regularly tuning in each week to witness the genteel lives of the town's female inhabitants. It later returned for a two-part Christmas special in 2009.
Dame Judi Dench, Lisa Dillon and Dame Eileen Atkins starred in the adaptation of Cranford Featuring a stellar cast including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins and Imelda Staunton, it earned a total of 15 Bafta nominations.
It came away with three Baftas in 2008 with a best actress win for Dame Eileen, and also best production design and sound, but failed to pick up anything for the Christmas special.
Across the pond, the series was nominated for eight Emmys in 2008 including acting nods for Dame Judi and Dame Eileen. But only the latter Dame won an award - along with Alison Elliot for outstanding hairstyling.
The Christmas special received another seven Emmy nominations in 2010 with a further nod for Dame Judi. It came away with another two awards, winning best cinematography and costumes in a mini-series, but missed the major acting prizes.
Although the drama was recognised at the Golden Globes with a total of four nominations, it was overlooked on the night.
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