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The Company Of Wolves
''The Company of Wolves'' is a 1984 British Gothic fantasy horror film directed by Neil Jordan and starring Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Micha Bergese, and Sarah Patterson in her film debut. The screenplay by Angela Carter and Jordan was adapted from her 1979 short story of the same name. Plot In a present-day country house, Rosaleen, a young girl, dreams that she lives in a fairytale-like late-18th-century forest with her parents and sister Alice. There, wolves chase down Alice and kill her one night. While her parents are mourning, Rosaleen goes to stay with her grandmother, who knits a red shawl for her granddaughter to wear. The superstitious old woman gives Rosaleen an ominous warning, "Never stray from the path, never eat a windfall apple, and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet." Rosaleen returns to her village, but finds that she must deal with the advances of an amorous boy. Rosaleen and the boy walk through the forest, where he discovers that a wolf attacked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Jordan
Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish filmmaker and writer. He first achieved recognition for his short story collection, ''Night in Tunisia (short story collection), Night in Tunisia,'' which won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. After a stint working at RTÉ, he made his directorial debut with the 1982 film ''Angel (1982 Irish film), Angel''. Jordan's best-known films include the crime thrillers ''Mona Lisa (film), Mona Lisa'' (1986) and ''The Crying Game'' (1992), the horror dramas ''Interview with the Vampire (film), Interview with the Vampire'' (1994) and ''Byzantium (film), Byzantium'' (2012), the biopic ''Michael Collins (film), Michael Collins'' (1996), the black comedy ''The Butcher Boy (1997 film), The Butcher Boy'' (1997), the Graham Greene adaptation ''The End of the Affair (1999 film), The End of the Affair'' (1999), the transgender-themed dramedy ''Breakfast on Pluto (film), Breakfast on Pluto'' (2005), and the psychological thriller ''Greta (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werewolf
In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (from Ancient Greek ), is an individual who can shapeshifting, shapeshift into a wolf, or especially in modern film, a Shapeshifting, therianthropic Hybrid beasts in folklore, hybrid wolf–humanlike creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction, often a bite or the occasional scratch from another werewolf, with the transformations occurring on the night of a full moon. Early sources for belief in this ability or affliction, called lycanthropy, are Petronius (27–66) and Gervase of Tilbury (1150–1228). The werewolf is a widespread concept in European folklore, existing in many variants, which are related by a common development of a Christianization, Christian interpretation of underlying European folklore developed during the Middle Ages. From the early modern period, werewolf beliefs spread to the New World with colonialism. Belief in werewolves developed in parallel to the belief in Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Stamp
Terence Henry Stamp (born 22 July 1938) is an English actor. Known for his sophisticated villain roles, he was named by ''Empire (magazine), Empire'' as one of the 100 Sexiest Film Stars of All Time in 1995. He has received various accolades including a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a Silver Bear as well as nominations for an Academy Awards, Academy Award and two British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Awards. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Stamp started his acting career in 1960 in the Wolf Mankowitz production of ''This Year Next Year'' at the West End theatre, West End's Vaudeville Theatre. He was called the "master of the brooding silence" by ''The Guardian''. His performance in the title role of ''Billy Budd (film), Billy Budd'', his film debut, earned him an Academy Awards, Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor and a British Academy Film Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Carter (actor)
James Edward Carter (born 19 August 1948) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Mr Carson in the ITV historical drama series ''Downton Abbey'' (2010–2015), which earned him four nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2012–2015). He reprised the role in the feature films ''Downton Abbey'' (2019), '' Downton Abbey: A New Era'' (2022) and the upcoming '' Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale'' (2025). Carter's films include '' A Private Function'' (1984), '' The Company of Wolves'' (1984), '' A Month in the Country'' (1987), '' The Witches'' (1990), '' A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia'' (1992), ''Stalin'' (1992), '' The Madness of King George'' (1994), ''Richard III'' (1995), '' Brassed Off'' (1996), ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998), '' The Little Vampire'' (2000), '' Ella Enchanted'' (2004), '' The Thief Lord'' (2006), '' The Golden Compass'' (2007), Tim Burton's ''Alice in Wonderland'' (2010), '' My Week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Dax
Danielle Gardner (born 23 September 1958), known professionally as Danielle Dax, is an English rock musician, music producer, and artist most active from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s. Early life She was born Danielle Gardner, in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Dax's first performance on stage in London was when she was a child. She sang in Benjamin Britten's opera, '' Noye's Fludde'' (Noah's Flood), at the Royal Albert Hall. Preceding this, the first time Dax appeared on stage was at the age of three as an orange Jelly Baby on the Southend bandstand. After a short modelling career (she won the "Miss Evening Echo" competition in 1976), she turned to music. Career Dax made her popular music debut in 1979, within three weeks of joining the group Amii Toytal and the Croixroads (a pseudonym for Lemon Kittens) as keyboardist, flautist and saxophonist. It was their first gig and took place at Reading University's Student Union Airport Bar. Karl Blake from Lemon Kittens had met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Morant
Richard Morant (30 October 1945 – 9 November 2011) was an English actor. Biography Morant was born in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire. His father was Shakespearean actor Philip Morant (1909–1993). His sister is actress Angela Morant. He was also a nephew of actors Bill and Linden Travers, and a cousin of actress Penelope Wilton. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama before joining the Prospect Theatre Company, and touring with Ian McKellen in ''Richard II'', ''Edward II'' and ''Twelfth Night''. Morant had a long television and theatrical career, first as Flashman in a BBC adaptation of the Thomas Hughes novel, ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' (1971), and a starring role in Thames Television's Armchair Theatre play ''Verité'' (1972) and a regular role as Dr Dwight Enys in the BBC series ''Poldark'' (1975). Morant also appeared in several BBC serials, including adaptations of Walter Scott's ''Woodstock'' (1973), as the future Charles II, and '' The Talisman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Slowe
Georgia Slowe (born 3 June 1966) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Perdita Hyde-Sinclair on the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 2006 to 2008. Slowe received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her performance as Juliet in a 1989 production of ''Romeo and Juliet''. Early life Slowe was born to Jewish parents. Her mother is from Hungary and her father from a Russian family. The family surname was originally Slovedinski, which was anglicized to Slowe. She has one sister, Tania, who is three years older. Her mother, Zsuzsi, left Hungary after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 at the age of 16. Career Slowe began acting when she was a child and in a career that has spanned nearly 30 years, she played young Maggie Tulliver in the 1978 BBC production of The Mill on the Floss, she has worked alongside Denholm Elliott (''Marco Polo''), Jenny Agutter (''Secret Places''), Angela Lansbury (''The Company of Wolves''), Oliver Reed (''Black Arrow'') and Richard Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea ( ; born October 31, 1946) is an Irish actor. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he began his career as a member of Dublin's Focus Theatre, and played many roles on the stage and on Irish television. He came to the attention of international film audiences in Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan's 1992 film ''The Crying Game'', and subsequently starred in many more of Jordan's films, including ''Interview with the Vampire'' (1994), '' Michael Collins'' (1996), '' Breakfast on Pluto'' (2005), and ''Greta'' (2018). He also played a starring role in the Hugo Blick 2011 TV series '' The Shadow Line''. As a stage actor, he is known for his performances at The Gate and Abbey theatres in Dublin, and the Royal Court Theatre in London. He is a co-founder of the Field Day Theatre Company with Brian Friel. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for ''The Crying Game'' (1992), and won a BAFTA Award for his role in '' The Honourable Woman'' in 2015. In 2020, ''The Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Pogson
Kathryn Pogson (born 1954) is an English film and stage actress. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film ''Brazil''. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1986 New York production of ''Aunt Dan and Lemon''. She grew up in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, where she attended Crossley & Porter Grammar School. She has appeared on television many times, including appearances in ''We'll Meet Again'', ''Midsomer Murders'', ''Vera'' and ''Foyle's War''. Work Theatre work * ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' , Fairy Dewdrop , Bacup Empire , Gloria Parkinson * ''Macbeth'' , Lady Macbeth , Theatremobile * ''Twelfth Night'' , Viola , The Dukes, Lancaster * ''The Arbor'' , Girl , Royal Court Theatre * ''Hedda Gabler'' , Thea Elvsted , Roundhouse * ''Touched'' , Betty , Royal Court Theatre * ''At Home'' , Two Hander , Riverside Studios * ''Hamlet'' , Ophelia , Donmar Warehouse * ''The Shelter'' , The Woman , Lyric Theatre, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Crowden
Clement Graham Crowden (30 November 1922 – 19 October 2010) was a Scottish actor. He was best known for his many appearances in television comedy dramas and films, often playing eccentric scientist, teacher and doctor characters. Early life Crowden was born on 30 November 1922 in Edinburgh, the son of University of Edinburgh-educated schoolmaster Harry Graham Crowden (d. 1938) and Anne Margaret (née Paterson).Who's Who In The Theatre: a biographical record of the contemporary stage, seventeenth edition, vol. I, ed. Ian Herbert, Gale Research Company, 1981, p. 154 He was educated at Clifton Hall School and the Edinburgh Academy before serving briefly in the Royal Scots Youth Battalion of the army until he was injured in an accident. During arms drill he was shot by his platoon sergeant, when the sergeant's rifle discharged. The sergeant reportedly enquired "What is it now, Crowden?", to which Crowden replied "I think you've shot me, sergeant.". He later found work in a tann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Glover
Brian Glover (2 April 1934 – 24 July 1997) was an English actor and writer. He worked as a teacher and professional wrestler before commencing an acting career which included films, many roles on British television and work on the stage. His film appearances include '' Kes'' (1969), ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981) and '' Alien 3'' (1992). Described by ''The New York Times'' as a "robust character actor" who played "gruff but likable roles", he had a "string of roles playing tough guys and criminals". He once said, "You play to your strengths in this game, and my strength is as a bald-headed, rough-looking Yorkshireman". Glover was also known as the voice of Gaffer in the Tetley tea commercials. ''The Independent'' described him upon his death as "one of Britain's best-loved actors". Early life and wrestling career Glover was born at the Women's Hospital, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire and he lived in Sheffield until 1937 when his parents moved to Lundwood, ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobility
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., precedence), and vary by country and by era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically hereditary and patrilineal. Membership in the nobility has historically been granted by a monarch or government, and acquisition of sufficient power, wealth, ownerships, or royal favour has occasionally enabled commoners to ascend into the nobility. There are often a variety of ranks within the noble class. Legal recognition of nobility has been much more common in monarchies, but nobility also existed in such regimes as the Dutch Republic (1581–1795), the Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
