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A Prayer For The Dying
''A Prayer for the Dying'' is a 1987 thriller film about a former IRA member trying to escape his past. The film was directed by Mike Hodges, and stars Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates and Liam Neeson. The film is based on the 1973 Jack Higgins novel of the same name. Plot The film begins with an IRA team, including Martin Fallon (Mickey Rourke) and Liam Docherty (Liam Neeson), watching as two British Army Land Rovers approach a roadside bomb they have set for them. At the last minute, a school bus overtakes the army vehicles and detonates the bomb, killing the children. The team flees the scene, and Fallon travels to London to escape the past and decides never to kill anyone again. In London, he is approached by a contact to take on one last killing contract on behalf of local gangster cum funeral director Jack Meehan (Alan Bates) and his brother Billy Meehan ( Christopher Fulford), to eliminate another gangster, in return for money, a passport and passage to the USA. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Hodges
Michael Tommy Hodges (29 July 1932 – 17 December 2022) was a British screenwriter, film and television director, playwright and novelist. His films as writer/director include ''Get Carter'' (1971), ''Pulp (1972 film), Pulp'' (1972), ''The Terminal Man (film), The Terminal Man'' (1974) and ''Black Rainbow'' (1989). He co-wrote and was the original director on ''Damien: Omen II''. As director, his films include ''Flash Gordon (film), Flash Gordon'' (1980) and ''Croupier (film), Croupier'' (1998). Early life Hodges was born in Bristol on 29 July 1932, and was raised in Salisbury and Bath, Somerset, Bath. He qualified as a chartered accountant and spent two years of national service on the lower deck of a Royal Navy Minesweeper (ship), minesweeper. Career Hodges found a job in British television as a teleprompter operator. The job allowed him to observe the workings of the studios, and gave him time to start writing scripts. One of these scripts was ''Some Will Cry Murder'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Fulford
Christopher Fulford (born 1955) is a British actor who is best known for his supporting roles in many British TV shows, one of the earliest being punk Alex in the short lived sitcom '' Sorry, I'm a Stranger Here Myself'' (1981–82). Career Fulford was born in London. In his early career he often appeared in British crime dramas, appearing in both the ITV crime series ''Inspector Morse'' episode "Driven to Distraction" (1990) and as a killer in the early '' A Touch of Frost'' episode "Widows and Orphans" (1994). He played the role of Kaspar Van Beethoven in the movie ''Immortal Beloved'' (1994). In 1993, Fulford starred in the BBC adaptation of '' Scarlet and Black'' alongside the virtually unknown Ewan McGregor and Rachel Weisz. He appeared as a vigilante in '' Dalziel & Pascoe,'' a corrupt ex-footballer in '' The Fix'' and Mr. Hunter in the TV series '' Hornblower''. Fulford was featured as the murderer in the Hollywood film '' D-Tox'' (2002, with Sylvester Stallone) and sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and prematurely white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. Although initially typecast as the "heavy" (i.e. villainous character), he later gained prominence for portraying anti-heroes, such as Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger on the television series '' M Squad'' (1957–1960). Marvin's notable roles in film included Charlie Strom in ''The Killers'' (1964), Rico Fardan in '' The Professionals'' (1966), Major John Reisman in '' The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), Ben Rumson in '' Paint Your Wagon'' (1969), Walker in '' Point Blank'' (1967), the Sergeant in '' The Big Red One'' (1980), Jack Osborne in '' Gorky Park'' (1983) and co-starred opposite Chuck Norris in '' The Delta Force'' (1986) in what was his final role. Marvin achieved numerous accolades when he portrayed both gunfighter Kid Shelleen and criminal Tim Strawn in a dual role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production and trading centre (mainly with wool) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Leeds developed as a mill town during the Industrial Revolution alongside other surrounding villages and towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, and a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Scott (composer)
John Scott (born Patrick John O'Hara Scott, 1 November 1930), also known as Johnny Scott and Patrick John Scott, is an English film composer and music conductor. Scott has collaborated with well-known directors and producers, including Mark Damon, Richard Donner, Charlton Heston, Mike Hodges, Hugh Hudson, Norman Jewison, Irvin Kershner, Ilaiyaraaja, Daniel Petrie, Roger Spottiswoode, and Norman J. Warren. Life and career Scott was born in Bishopston, Bristol, England. His father, a musician in the Bristol Police Band, gave him his first music lessons. At the age of 14, he enrolled in the British Army (in the Royal Artillery Band, Woolwich) as a Boy Musician in order to continue his musical studies of the clarinet, harp and saxophone. Later, Scott toured with some of the best-known British bands of the era. He was hired by EMI to arrange and conduct some of its most popular artists and, during this time, worked with Beatles producer George Martin (playing flute in the ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guarantee (filmmaking)
In filmmaking, a guarantee, or informally a "pay-or-play" contract, is a term in a contract of an actor, director, or other participant that guarantees pay if the participant is released from the contract, with various exceptions. Studios A studio is a space set aside for creative work of any kind, including art, dance, music and theater. The word ''studio'' is derived from the , from , from ''studere'', meaning to Wiktionary:study, study or zeal. Types Art The studio o ... are reluctant to agree to guarantees but accept them as part of the deal for signing popular actors. They also have the advantage of enabling a studio to remove a participant under such a contract, with few legal complications. As Appleton writes, "'' Memoirs of a Geisha'' is an example of a film on which the provision came into play... several actors were hired by the studio under pay-or-play deals. When the contracted start date came and went, those actors began receiving their full salary as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1847, it was formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", a slogan from which its once integrated WGN (AM), WGN radio and WGN-TV, WGN television received their call letters. It is the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region, and the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the ''Chicago Tribune'' became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the then new Republican Party (United States), Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century, under Medill's grandson 'Colonel' Robert R. McCormick, its reputation was that of a crusading newspaper with an outlook that promoted Conservatism in the United States, American conservatism and opposed the New Deal. Its reporting and commenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franc Roddam
Francis George Franc Roddam (born 29 April 1946) is an English film director, businessman, screenwriter, television producer and publisher, best known as the creator of ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' and ''Masterchef'' and as the director of ''Quadrophenia (film), Quadrophenia'' (1979). He is a graduate of the London Film School. Career Roddam's films include ''Quadrophenia (film), Quadrophenia'', ''K2 (film), K2'', ''Aria (1987 film), Aria'', ''The Lords of Discipline'' and ''War Party (1988 film), War Party''. He created the worldwide TV franchise, ''MasterChef'', which is shown in 200 countries worldwide and there are over 50 locally-produced versions. He also produced formats for ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'', ''Making Out (TV series), Making Out'', and ''Harry (UK TV series), Harry'', all of which were highly successful TV dramas. He directed the award-winning TV drama ''Dummy'', which won the prestigious Prix Italia Drama Prize. He directed the Grammy-nominated/Golden Globe nominat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Bartholomew
Ian Bartholomew (born 23 August 1954) is a British actor and musician from Portsmouth, England who has worked widely in both theatre and television. In March 2018, Bartholomew joined the cast of ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', as Geoff Metcalfe. He also played Chitterlow in the revival cast of '' Half A Sixpence'' and the Baker in the original West End production of ''Into the Woods'' opposite Imelda Staunton as his wife. Career Bartholomew was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and brought up in Gosport. In television Bartholomew's work has ranged from '' The Darling Buds of May'', ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', '' Minder'', and more recently, '' Making Waves'', '' Spooks'' and '' Marcella''. On stage he has been in productions such as '' A Man for All Seasons'' at the Redgrave Theatre in Farnham, '' Mirandolina'' and '' Assassins''. In 2005 he was in the acclaimed production of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' by Edward Albee in the starring role of George at the Liverp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Johnson (actor)
Karl Johnson (born 1 March 1948) is a Welsh actor, who has worked on stage, film and television. His notable roles to date include the title role in Derek Jarman's 1993 film '' Wittgenstein'', and those of Cato the Younger in the television drama series ''Rome'' and of Twister Turrill in the BBC costume drama '' Lark Rise to Candleford''. Filmography Film * '' Jubilee'' (1978) - Sphinx * ''The Tempest'' (1979) - Ariel, an airy spirit * '' Prick Up Your Ears'' (1987) - Douglas Orton * '' A Prayer for the Dying'' (1987) - Fitzgerald * '' Close My Eyes'' (1991) - Colin * '' Let Him Have It'' (1991) - Parris * '' Wittgenstein'' (1993) - Ludwig Wittgenstein * '' Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon'' (1998) - John Deakin * '' Tomorrow La Scala'' (2002) - Sydney * '' Pure'' (2002) - Grandad * '' Frozen'' (2005) - Coastguard Bill * '' Heidi'' (2005) - Old Man * '' The Illusionist'' (2006) - Doctor / Old Man * '' Copying Beethoven'' (2006) - Stefan Holtz * '' F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice O'Connell (actor) ''
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Maurice O'Connell may refer to: * Maurice O'Connell (MP) (''c.''1801–1853), Irish politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tralee 1832–1837 and 1838–1853, son of Daniel O'Connell * Maurice O'Connell (Fine Gael politician) (born 1936), Irish Fine Gael senator * Maurice O'Connell (banker) (died 2019), governor of the Central Bank of Ireland * Maurice Charles O'Connell (Australian politician) (1812–1879) * Maurice Charles O'Connell (1768–1848), commander of forces and lieutenant-governor of New South Wales * Maurice D. O'Connell (1839–1922), Iowa attorney * Maurice O'Connell (actor) (born 1941) in ''The Satanic Rites of Dracula ''The Satanic Rites of Dracula'' is a 1973 British horror film directed by Alan Gibson and produced by Hammer Film Productions. It is the eighth film in Hammer's ''Dracula'' series, and the seventh and final one to feature Christopher Lee as Dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Coduri
Camille Coduri (born 18 April 1965) is an English actress. She gained prominence through her role as Jackie Tyler, the mother of Rose Tyler, in ''Doctor Who'' (2005–2006, 2008, 2010). She has since appeared in the BBC comedies '' Him & Her'' (2010–2013) and '' King Gary'' (2018–2021), and the Channel 4 sitcom '' Big Boys'' (2022–2025). Her films include ''Nuns on the Run'' (1990), '' King Ralph'' (1991), and ''The Firm'' (2009). Early life Coduri was born in south London. She studied drama at Kingsway Princeton College. She pursued higher education for only four months to resit her O Levels, and left to go into theatre. Career Coduri featured in the film comedies ''Hawks'' (1988), ''Nuns on the Run'' (1990) and '' King Ralph'' (1991). She has also appeared extensively on British television, appearing in guest roles in episodes of series such as ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', ''A Bit of Fry & Laurie'', '' Boon'', ''A Touch of Frost'' and in the BBC's 1997 adaptation of Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
