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No-one does William Shakespeare on film better thanworld-famous actor and director Kenneth Branagh. This book examinesthe rich alchemy that has contributed to Branagh's body of work: hisacting and directing; his development of a contemporary diction forShakespeare's poetry; his recycling of traditional Hollywood genresand filmic techniques; and more. ... Read more

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Interesting but Repetitive
Hatchuel is a fan of Shakespeare, but even more, she is a fan of Kenneth Branagh.So she brings a devotee's spirit of enthusiasm to her study of Branagh's treatment of Shakespeare in three movie adaptations:Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, and Hamlet.Like a good fan, she's obviously watched these movies a dozen times, as well as every other film Branagh has done.Like a good academic, she lists in the bibliography every review, book, and snippet ever written about the movies from either side of the Atlantic.The book is a light read, never profound or deeply analytical, it probes Branagh's choices of imagery and camera angle and text, much of which are related to his mission to make the plays accessible to the public.This is a fun read, and even useful if you've just seen the movies or are about to see them again.But it's also a bit repetitive.Hatchuel explains the book's outline and choice of themes in the Introduction, but the chapters read like a series of somewhat disconnected observations, so that it's difficult to discern the functional difference between the last chapter and the first.The absence of any conclusion leaves the reader hanging a bit.The conclusions are in the Introduction, so the book's squishy organization is felt most acutely on the last page when the expected concluding remarks never materialize.This is an interesting and quick little book for those who enjoy Shakespeare and Branagh, but it's a lot of trees without much forest.

The Play's the Thing
Sarah Hatchuel's Companion is an insightful tribute to Kenneth Branagh's work.In the Forward, Hatchuel states "Kenneth Branagh's Shakespearean movies occupy a very peculiar cultural position.As Shakespearean works, the participate in an 'elite' culture, often rejected by the young.Yet by their well-paced and sensuous cinematic treatment, they participate in the world of Hollywood movies, often scorned by scholars."

If you agree with Hatchuel's statement, you will love this book.

Hatchuel covers Branagh's first three Shakespeare films:Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing and Hamlet.In Hatchuel's first chapter, "Branagh's Mission of Accessibility," she draws a relationship between Branagh's report of his emotional response to Derek Jacobi's Hamlet in Oxford and Branagh's screen style.Hatchuel describes this experience as "an emotional shock, a sensory experience, almost a musical sensation, and not an intellectual or literary discovery."Hatchuel ably make her case that it is this reaction that inspires and informs Branagh's work.

In the second chapter, "Theatrical Influences," Hatchuel argues that Branagh's source of inspiration for many of the elements in these films can be traced directly to theater productions in which he participated.Hatchuel makes an excellent defense and since the productions are fairly recent, the reader will be familiar with most of the names in this chapter.The second chapter has 60 reference notes, giving you an idea of how carefully Hatchuel documents and supports her statements.

In Chapter Three, "Hamlet:A Long Way," Hatchuel documents the roughly twenty year odyssey that culminated in Branagh's masterpiece.According to Hatchuel, Branagh's journey began with the Derek Jacobi Hamlet mentioned above and traveled through a variety of stage productions.Hatchuel presents Branagh's Hamlets in chronological order and shows how each of the productions influenced his decisions in the film.She includes the BBC audio production as well as the stage plays.

The fourth chapter, "From Shakespeare's Text to Branagh's Script," explains Branagh's text arrangement and deletion decisions in Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing.The fifth and sixth chapters cover cinematic elements, including Patrick Doyle's film scores.It is interesting to read Doyle's objectives for his themes and his inspirations.These chapters also discuss sets, perspective, pacing, lighting and Branagh's choices of cutaway shots.

Not only does Hatchuel raise interesting points, she supports her arguments with a variety of interesting sources, all carefully documented and including helpful endnotes for each chapter.As delightful as the book is, it would have benefited from some still photographs.On the other hand, you get a 23 page Bibliography which is probably as at least as beneficial as photos from movies you've already seen.

Due to the price tag, I recommend purchasing this book only to readers who already know they love Branagh's Shakespeare films.You'll find reading this book as interesting as discussing these films with like-minded friends. ... Read more

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Anton Chekhov is regarded by many as the most outstanding short story writer. This may be a surprise at the first encounter with even his most famous stories, because they are rarely driven by plot or anticipation. They are often gentle in character, elusive in purpose; but they create a resonance in the imagination that rings long. Here are 12 stories, from the brightly comic to the overtly tragic, each full of the sharpest observations of personality and situation, and with implications beyond their brief form; the dying actor, the children playing a game, the cabman with his tragedy, the orator's mistake and, perhaps most richly of all, the family laid bare in 'In The Ravine'. With music by Tchaikovsky and Balakirev. ... Read more

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In the Ravine: And Other Short Stories
Eleven short stories and one novella (In the Ravine) by Anton Chekhov, as read by British actor Kenneth Branagh in 2002. The stories are:

The Trousseau(1883)
Fat and Thin (1883)
Oh! the Public! (1885)
Misery (1886)
An Actor's End (1886)
Children (1886)
The Chorus Girl (1886)
The Orator (1886)
Hush! (1886)
The Beggar (1887)
A Story Without a Title (1888)

Overall very good although it helps to read along with the text since some of the Russian vocabulary and names are difficult to track by audio alone. It is the Constance Garnett translation, freely available online. In the Ravine is the best, a wide and colorful portrait of peasant village life - a tragic story though. "Misery" is very good. "Children" does a good job at evoking childhood. "The Chorus Girl" is also well done. The CD says "Abridged" even though all the stories are Unabridged.

Classical music enhances a dramatic narrative performance
A very strongly recommended addition to school and community library collections, The Ravine & Other Short Stories presents an unabridged audio CD anthology of classic Anton Chekhov short stories, including Oh! The Public; The Chorus Girl; An Actor's End; The Trousseau; A Story Without A Title; Children; Misery; Fat And Thin; The Beggar; Hush!; and The Orator. Classical music enhances a dramatic narrative performance by film, television, and stage actor Kenneth Branagh who does full justice to these timeless works of literature. 3 CDS, approximately 3 hours and 35 minutes. ... Read more

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A sweeping illustrated history of the art of Western dramatic performance, covering more than 300 playwrights and 2,000 plays. With a Foreword by Kenneth Branagh. ... Read more

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Study Guide
I have a degree in drama lit from NYU, but after 20 years, needed a refresher to take teaching exam.This helped me pass it.Great, clear book. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Thomson Gale on April 13, 2007. The length of the article is 463 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Kenneth Branagh: Shakespearemaniaco.(actor y director de cine)(Biografía)
Author: Érica Montenegro
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 13, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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Enter the life and remarkable times of the lovable Samuel Pepys (pronounced “peeps”). Born in London in 1633, the son of a tailor, he began keeping a diary on January 1, 1660, and continued for nine years, faithfully recording the rich and varied details of 17th-century London life. Writing in a form of shorthand—which was not deciphered until 1825—he also painted a vivid picture of Pepys the man.

In entries from 1660 through 1663, Pepys strives to establish himself in his career and in society. His unforgettable eyewitness accounts of the Plague and the Great Fire of London follow. The last diaries, dated 1667 through 1669, Pepys is enjoying his position as a surveyor-general in the Royal Navy—and having an affair with his wife’s servant. Uniquely uninhibited, deeply personal, full of wit and style, Pepy's Diary is a biographical masterpiece. ... Read more

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Fantastic
The audiobook is fantastic. Well read by Kenneth Branagh. Full of insight into the times in which Samuel Pepyes lived.

Quality
Used to listen to this on tape and wanted to replace it with cd so I could listen to it in the car.If you want to get a taste of life in 1660's London, this is it.The written diaries are also fascinating but fairly hard to read, so Kenneth Branagh helps us out here. Anyone interested in English history will be very pleased with this diary.If you don't yet know who Pepys is then, for sure, you need to buy this. I've listened to it at least twice over the years and alway hear something new with each listening.Highly recommended!

Better than most historical novels!

I chose to listen to this book because I felt I "should" be better acquainted with what can arguably be called the most famous diary in history. I looked upon it as a chore that would improve my mind.

I may have, indeed, improved my mind but it turned out to be no chore! What an absolute delight. I've read many historical novels that weren't half as exciting, funny and fascinating as this book. I kept having to remind myself that this man REALLY lived through all these things -- the plague, the great London fire, the machinations of the court.

Plus, his willingness to expose in frank (and sometimes bawdy) detail his personal life, health, sexual dalliances, etc., brought *him* as well as his times vividly to life.

I doubt if trying to read through the actual diary would be as much fun, but the editors' careful selection of entries culled out the best bits while never losing continuity.

And what more can I add to the praise of Branagh as narrator? The man is a phenomenal talent and shows it in this book. Never over-acting, he manages to convey a perfect tone (for instance, just the hint of a whisper at the more personal parts, as though Pepys was confiding in us).

All in all, this book convinced me that improving my mind doesn't HAVE to be tedious.

Great for long car rides for those who love Pepy's
Of course it is not the complete Pepy's diary but is wonderful to listen to while on long drives.Kenneth Brannagh as the reader brings life into the English language of yesterday.I wonder if a movie is in the offing.

An outstanding classic which comes to life in audio cd format
Samuel Pepys' Pepys' Diary is an outstanding classic which comes to life in audio cd format, narrated by Kenneth Branagh whose background in film and direction lend to a vivid narrative indeed. Pepys' classic has lasted centuries because it records in vivid descriptions the bygone world of 17th-century London life: this vivid written word in turn translates well into audio and brings a rich history to life.
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This is nonfiction commentary.Chapters: Hamlet, Henry V, Thor, Sleuth, Frankenstein, Much Ado About Nothing, Dead Again, Love's Labour's Lost, as You Like It, Peter's Friends, a Midwinter's Tale, the Magic Flute. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 76. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Thor is an upcoming American superhero film based on the comic book of the same name appearing in Marvel Comics. The film will star Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins, with Kenneth Branagh directing a script by Mark Protosevich, Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz and Don Payne. Thor will be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is scheduled to be released on May 6, 2011. Chris Hemsworth as Thor as depicted in the upcoming film. Colm Feore has been cast in an unknown role though it is thought to be a villain. Feore stated that it took five hours for his makeup to be applied. Stellan Skarsgård has also been cast in an unspecified role. Adriana Barraza has been cast in an unknown role though is said to be a human. Clark Gregg will reprise his role as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson from Iron Man and Iron Man 2. Actors Joseph Gatt, Joshua Cox, and Troy Brenna have also been cast in unspecified roles. Joseph Gatt revealed in an interview with Screen Rant that he will be playing a villain stating; "Marvel are really into secrecy and protecting their scripts and characters, so theres not much I can say except that Im playing a bad guy with a lot of action". Stan Lee and J. Michael Straczynski will have cameo appearances. Sam Raimi originally envisioned the idea for Thor after Darkman (1990), meeting Stan Lee and pitching the concept to 20th Century Fox, but they did not understand it. Thor was abandoned until April 1997, when Marvel Studios was beginning to rapidly expand. The film ...http://booksllc.net/?id=12673434 ... Read more

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Chapters: Kenneth Branagh, Jane Austen, Chris Cunningham, Kate Winslet, Mike Oldfield, Jeff Minter, Chris Tarrant, Elizabeth Taylor, Ricky Gervais, William Laud, Marianne Faithfull, Richard Burns, Will Young, List of People From Reading, Berkshire, Damian Green, Raj Persaud, Cormac Murphy-O'connor, Keith Floyd, Charlie Brooker, Hayden Mullins, Kate Middleton, Francis Knollys, Sam Mendes, Deon Burton, Ken Barrington, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Neville Roach, Martin Allen, Alfred Waterhouse, Nathan Tyson, Neil Clement, Lettice Knollys, James Henry, John Madejski, Ken Major, Goldwin Smith, Lawrie Sanchez, Simon Cox, Mike Cooper, Justin Fletcher, Sarah Beeny, Neil Webb, John Newbery, Catherine, Lady Knollys, Adrian Williams, Daniel Mckenzie, Marcus Richardson, Martin Henson, Mary Russell Mitford, Peter May, Lucy Benjamin, Len Andrews, Levi and Matilda Stanley, Thomas Noon Talfourd, John Pordage, Angela Browning, John Soane, Natalie Dormer, Patrick Malahide, Francis Turner, Tom Soares, John Sykes, Beryl Cook, Joe Tillen, William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury, Dario Cioni, Michael Sprott, Terry Oldfield, Jamie Ashdown, David Gill, John Altman, Luke Slater, George Alexander, Richard Vernon, Fred Potts, Daniel Peacock, Percy Chapman, Arthur Aston, Thomas White, Romone Rose, Felix Bowness, George Blackall Simonds, Snoo Wilson, John Cennick, Pete ... Read more

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Chapters: People From Caversham, People From Reading, Berkshire, People From Tilehurst, Kenneth Branagh, Jane Austen, Chris Cunningham, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Kate Winslet, Mike Oldfield, Jeff Minter, Chris Tarrant, Elizabeth Taylor, Ricky Gervais, William Laud, Marianne Faithfull, Richard Burns, Will Young, List of People From Reading, Berkshire, Damian Green, Raj Persaud, Cormac Murphy-O'connor, Keith Floyd, Charlie Brooker, Hayden Mullins, Kate Middleton, Francis Knollys, Sam Mendes, Deon Burton, Ken Barrington, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Neville Roach, Martin Allen, Alfred Waterhouse, Nathan Tyson, Neil Clement, Lettice Knollys, James Henry, John Madejski, Ken Major, Goldwin Smith, Lawrie Sanchez, Simon Cox, Mike Cooper, Justin Fletcher, Sarah Beeny, Neil Webb, John Newbery, Catherine, Lady Knollys, Adrian Williams, Daniel Mckenzie, Marcus Richardson, Martin Henson, Mary Russell Mitford, Peter May, Lucy Benjamin, William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, Len Andrews, Levi and Matilda Stanley, Thomas Noon Talfourd, John Pordage, Angela Browning, John Soane, Natalie Dormer, Patrick Malahide, Francis Turner, Tom Soares, John Sykes, Beryl Cook, Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick, Joe Tillen, William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Dario Cioni, Michael Sprott, Terry Oldfield, Jamie Ashdown, David Gill, John Altman, Luke Slater, George Alexander, Richard Vernon, Fred Potts, Daniel Peacock, Percy Chapman, Arthur Aston, Thomas White, Romone Rose, Felix Bowness, George Blackall Simonds, Snoo Wilson, John Cennick, Pete ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Shakespeare Bulletin, published by University of West Georgia on March 22, 2004. The length of the article is 821 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Shakespeare at the Cineplex: the Kenneth Branagh Era.(Book Review)
Author: Nina Levine
Publication: Shakespeare Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2004
Publisher: University of West Georgia
Volume: 22Issue: 1Page: 41(2)

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Chapters: Kenneth Branagh, Laurence Mckeown, Ronan Bennett, Wesley Burrowes, Colin Bateman, Terry George, Anne Devlin, Brendan Foley, Eoin Mcnamee, Lisa Mcgee. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a Northern Irish actor and film director. He is known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays. In that respect, his career has, at times, been compared to Laurence Olivier's. Branagh, the middle of three children, was born and brought up in Belfast to working class Protestant parents Frances (née Harper) and William Branagh, a plumber and joiner who ran a company that specialised in fitting partitions and suspended ceilings. He was educated at Grove Primary School. At the age of nine, he relocated with his family to Reading, Berkshire to escape "the Troubles". At school, he affected an English accent to avoid bullying. On his identity today he has said, "I feel Irish. I don't think you can take Belfast out of the boy," and he attributes his "love of words" to his Irishness. Branagh achieved some early measure of success in his native Northern Ireland for his role as the title character in the BBC's Play for Today trilogy known as the Billy Plays (1982-84), written by Graham Reid and set in Belfast. He received acclaim in the UK for his stage performances, first winning the 1982 SWET Award for Best Newcomer, for his role as Judd in Julian Mitchell's Another Country, immediately after leaving RADA. Branagh was part of the 'new wave of actors to emerge from the Academy. Others included Jonathan Pryce, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Anton Lesser, Bruce Payne and Fiona Shaw. He and David Parfitt founded the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987, following success wit...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=101407 ... Read more

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Chapters: Kenneth Branagh, Seamus Heaney, Mary Robinson, Ian Paisley, Brian Friel, Barry Mcguigan, Bill Whelan, Bob Geldof, Tony Blair, James Nesbitt, Ireland National Rugby Union Team, Tony O'reilly, Munster Rugby, Terry Wogan, Peter Canavan, Gay Byrne, Pádraig Harrington, Sonia O'sullivan, Stephen Roche, Ger Loughnane, Mo Mowlam, Jack Charlton, Scouting Ireland, Ronan Keating, Niall Quinn, Tommy Tiernan, Martin Mcguinness, Joe Dolan, Aidan O'brien, Denis O'brien, Stephen Whittle, Nuala O'loan, Christy Moore, Ronnie Drew, Betty Williams, Brian Kerr, List of People of the Year Award Winners, Peter Sutherland, Wayne Mccullough, Alan Kerins, Joe Kernan, Michael O'hehir, Colm O'gorman, Pól Ó Foighil, Neil Jordan, Veronica Guerin, Mairead Corrigan, Darren Sutherland, Eddie Jordan, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Kenny Egan, T. K. Whitaker, Ruby Walsh, John O'shea, Paddy Barnes, Seán Kelly, Brian Mceniff, Packie Bonner, Maeve Binchy, Marian Finucane, Christopher Nolan, Kathy Sinnott, Brian Keenan, Ray Davey, Valerie Goulding, Denis Mulcahy, Joe Mccartin, Maureen Potter, Liam Skelly, Adi Roche, Feargal Quinn, Michael Carruth, David Kelly, Niall Mellon, Dermot Weld, Gary O'toole, Jerry Cowley, John B. Keane, Martin Naughton, Carmencita Hederman, Joseph Connolly, James J. Quinn, Ted Walsh, Patrick O'connell, Moya Doherty, Jonjo O'neill, Barry O'donnell, Daráine Mulvihill. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 597. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007; he resigned from all these positions in June 2007. Tony Blair was elect...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3301347 ... Read more

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Chapters: Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Kenneth Branagh, John Thaw, Peter O'toole, Alan Rickman, Albert Finney, Carol Cleveland, Joan Sims, Jonathan Pryce, Dorothy Tutin, Alan Bates, Bernard Bresslaw, Glenda Jackson, Ian Carmichael, John Gielgud, Michael Williams, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Ian Holm, Ralph Fiennes, David Warner, Nigel Kneale, David Morrissey, Laurence Fox, Sean Bean, Richard Attenborough, Imelda Staunton, Ioan Gruffudd, Bruce Payne, Edward Woodward, Michael Sheen, Habib Tanvir, Allison Janney, Maxine Peake, Stephanie Beacham, Douglas Hodge, Madhur Jaffrey, Timothy Spall, Jane Arden, Alec Mccowen, Juliet Stevenson, Michael Blakemore, Ted Lange, Georgina Hale, Fiona Shaw, Jamie Parker, Nora Swinburne, Ross Boatman, Robert Lindsay, Rosemary Harris, Amanda Drew, Rachel Roberts, Gemma Arterton, Andrew Lincoln, Stephen Mangan, Janet Mcteer, Brian Wilde, Sally Hawkins, Lionel Jeffries, Jill Bennett, Sheila Hancock, Robert Marsden, Peter Dennis, Indira Varma, Sherrie Hewson, Maggie Jones, Ben Whishaw, Stephen Beckett, List of Rada Alumni, Emma Lowndes, Lisa Dillon, Imogen Stubbs, Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, Elliot Cowan, Kevin Mcnally, Priya Rajvansh, David Bamber, Rebecca Pidgeon, Peter Coke, Theodore J. Flicker, Tenniel Evans, Pippa Guard, Andrea Riseborough, Eve Best, Lindsay Posner, Lauren Crace, Lisa Harrow, James Dreyfus, Bob Grant, Sian Brooke, Amanda Hale, Jimmy Perry, Alfred Burke, David Rintoul, Richard Digby Day, Shaun Parkes, Edward Bennett, Alex Wyndham, Barry England, Arnold Wilkerson, Hywel Bennett, Ronald Pickup, Pippa Scott, Michael Simkins, Tom Hiddleston, John D. Collins, Daniel Percival, Joanna Page, Hugh Cruttwell, Wunmi Mosaku, James Hayter, Diane Parish, Aidan Mcardle, Jessica Capshaw, John Hopkins, Kathryn Hunter, Emma Hamilton, Lynsey Baxter, Leila Birch, Owain Yeoman, Bruno Barnabe, Zena Marshall, Gareth Thomas, Richard Coleman, Chipo Chung, John Castle, Annie Hemingway, Davi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=676678 ... Read more

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Chapters: Martin Scorsese, Kenneth Branagh, Brian de Palma, Alain Resnais, Emir Kusturica, Gianni Amelio, Philippe Garrel, Bigas Luna, Abolfazl Jalili. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 80. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Martin C. Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won awards from the Oscars, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America. Scorsese is president of The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation. Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, and violence. Scorsese is widely considered to be one of the most significant and influential American filmmakers of his era, directing landmark films such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas all of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed and earned an MFA in film directing from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. In 2007, Scorsese was honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) at the nonprofit's 32nd Anniversary Gala. During the ceremony, Scorsese helped launch NIAF's Jack Valenti Institute, which provides support to Italian American film students, in memory of former Foundation Board Member and past president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Jack Valenti. Scorsese received his award from Mary Margaret Valenti, Jack's widow. Certain of Scorsese's film related material and personal papers are contained in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18995 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Liam Neeson, Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Boyd, James Nesbitt, John Lynch, Jackie Wright. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : William John Neeson (né le 7 juin 1952 à Ballymena, en Irlande du Nord) est un acteur de cinéma irlandais naturalisé américain. Né dans une famille catholique, il a grandi pendant le conflit nord-irlandais. Il a trois sœurs et possède les nationalités irlandaise et américaine. Il habite aux États-Unis depuis 1987. Avant de se lancer dans le cinéma, Liam Neeson était professeur dans un collège mais il arrêta très vite ce métier car il affirma qu'il ne parvenait pas à tenir une classe. Sa carrière cinématographique débute en 1979 et apparaît dans des films d'aventure comme Excalibur, Le Bounty, avec Mel Gibson et Anthony Hopkins et Mission, avec Jeremy Irons et Robert De Niro. La notoriété lui vient en 1987 avec Suspect dangereux, où il est un sans-abri sourd et muet accusé de meurtre, suivi de Darkman trois ans plus tard, où il est le héros principal. Il est nommé à l'Oscar du meilleur acteur en 1993 pour son rôle d'Oskar Schindler dans La Liste de Schindler, qui le consacre. Il est également très connu pour avoir incarné Qui-Gon Jinn dans Star Wars, épisode I : La Menace fantôme. La décennie suivante, on le remarque dans le huis-clos K-19 : Le Piège des profondeurs (2001) avec Harrison Ford, la comédie sentimentale Love Actually (2003) et le biopic Dr Kinsey (2004), où il incarne le rôle titre avec Laura Linney sa partenaire de jeu des Sorcières de Salem au théâtre. En 2008, il est un agent qui veut sauver sa fille dans le film d'action français Taken. Il était marié depuis 1994 à l'actrice Natasha Richardson, décédée d'un accident de ski le 18 mars 2009, avec laquelle il a eu de...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Van Morrison, C. S. Lewis, George Best, David Finlay, Katie Melua, Ciarán Hinds, Kenneth Branagh, Owen Nolan, Robert Templeton, Alexander Macdonnell, William Thomson, James Galway, Joseph Larmor, John Marshall Watson, Gerry Adams, Mike Gibson, Jim Mcfadden, Derek Dougan, Billy Bingham, Gary Moore, Steve Morrow, Chaim Herzog, Sammy Mcmanus, Mary Peters, Stephen Rea, Mary Mcaleese, Martin Galway, Bob Shaw, Joe Mcdonnell, Olphert Stanfield, Danny Blanchflower, David Holmes, Terry Neill, Jocelyn Bell, David Humphreys, Martin Donnelly, Billy Crone, Jack Kyle, P. J. Lynch, Graeme Walton, James Emerson Tennent, Mairead Corrigan, Jeremy Davidson, David Mccann, Sammy Mcilroy, Jeremy Mcwilliams, Jimmy Quinn, Elisha Scott, Una O'connor, George Garfield Hall, Pat Rice, Jenn Murray, James Mccaffrey, Jackie Blanchflower, Jim Magilton, Brian Desmond Hurst, Jonathan Bell, Betty Williams, Osborne Reynolds, Philip Nolan, Nick Hamm, Tom Mcgown, Ian Lawther, Henry Joy Mccracken, Robert Mcliam Wilson, James Bryce, Mike Duff, Paddy Wallace, Alfred Leonard Caiels, Shane Brolly, Gerry Armstrong, David Irwin, Neil Best, Brian Moore, Warren Feeney, Trevor Ringland, Gillie Mc Pherson, W. H. Lewis, Chris Brunt, Peter Robinson, Norman Whiteside, Frederick Middleton, Jackie Wright, Martin Waddell, John Herivel, Kiera Chaplin, Corry Evans, Paula Malcomson, Dave Mccreery, Gerry Taggart, Vivian Campbell, Mal Donaghy, Anton Rogan, John Stewart Bell, Stuart Elliott, Denis Donaldson, Terry George, Grant Mccann, Roma Ryan, Geraldine Hughes, Michael Savage, Brian Kennedy, Nigel Carr, Billy Hamilton, John Mcclelland, John Kelly, George Mccartney, Denis Maceoin, William Mulholland, Patricia Quinn, Patrick Macdowell, Danny Griffin, Larry Holden, Jamie Dornan,...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more