Former 007 makes film appeal to raise funds for Ovalhouse, the London drama group that inspired his career
Pierce Brosnan came to fame playing poised and imperturbable characters such as 007 and Remington Steele, the suave private investigator of the hit 1980s television series. But as a teenager he was a lonely Irish exile in south London, with limited expectations.
That early life in England was changed completely by his contact with the Ovalhouse theatre club, an arts organisation he still supports and that later also helped develop the careers of playwright David Hare, actors Tim Roth and Meera Syal and musician Nitin Sawhney.
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Pierce Brosnan came to fame playing poised and imperturbable characters such as 007 and Remington Steele, the suave private investigator of the hit 1980s television series. But as a teenager he was a lonely Irish exile in south London, with limited expectations.
That early life in England was changed completely by his contact with the Ovalhouse theatre club, an arts organisation he still supports and that later also helped develop the careers of playwright David Hare, actors Tim Roth and Meera Syal and musician Nitin Sawhney.
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- 5/28/2016
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Around 300 titles avaialble at launch; Mark Kermode to offer weekly pick.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has unveiled a subscription video-on-demand service titled BFI Player+, which has launched today.
From launch, BFI Player+ will cost £4.99 a month have around 300 titles available to stream, with titles ranging from Sergei M. Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin (1925) to David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers (1988) and Sergei Loznitsa’s In The Fog (2012).
Films are grouped around genres, directors and collections such as British Classics, Horror, Indie, Documentaries, Family, Award-Winning, Unavailable on DVD and Experimenta.
In addition, critic Mark Kermode will select a key title from the BFI Player+ collections every week, beginning with an introduction to Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger, which features a specially-created score composed Nitin Sawhney in 2012.
Edward Humphrey, digital director at the BFI said: “We bring a unique approach to subscription services: expertly curated cinema that takes audiences on a journey through the very best of film, from its early...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has unveiled a subscription video-on-demand service titled BFI Player+, which has launched today.
From launch, BFI Player+ will cost £4.99 a month have around 300 titles available to stream, with titles ranging from Sergei M. Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin (1925) to David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers (1988) and Sergei Loznitsa’s In The Fog (2012).
Films are grouped around genres, directors and collections such as British Classics, Horror, Indie, Documentaries, Family, Award-Winning, Unavailable on DVD and Experimenta.
In addition, critic Mark Kermode will select a key title from the BFI Player+ collections every week, beginning with an introduction to Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger, which features a specially-created score composed Nitin Sawhney in 2012.
Edward Humphrey, digital director at the BFI said: “We bring a unique approach to subscription services: expertly curated cinema that takes audiences on a journey through the very best of film, from its early...
- 10/28/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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