On Saturday 12 October 2024, BBC One broadcasts Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel!
Season 5 Episode 1 Episode Summary
The upcoming episode of “Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel,” airing on BBC One, is set to bring even more excitement and laughter to viewers. Michael McIntyre is back with his popular game show that features a giant spinning wheel and a host of celebrities ready to entertain. This series promises to be packed with huge stars, big laughs, and fun challenges that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.
In this episode, contestants will have the chance to win big as they answer questions while relying on the knowledge of several celebrity guests. The lineup for this episode includes well-known personalities such as Jonathan Ross, Joanne McNally, Gethin Jones, Judi Love, Niko Omilana, Clodagh McKenna, and William Hanson. With such a diverse group of celebrities, viewers can expect plenty of entertaining interactions and unexpected moments.
Season 5 Episode 1 Episode Summary
The upcoming episode of “Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel,” airing on BBC One, is set to bring even more excitement and laughter to viewers. Michael McIntyre is back with his popular game show that features a giant spinning wheel and a host of celebrities ready to entertain. This series promises to be packed with huge stars, big laughs, and fun challenges that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.
In this episode, contestants will have the chance to win big as they answer questions while relying on the knowledge of several celebrity guests. The lineup for this episode includes well-known personalities such as Jonathan Ross, Joanne McNally, Gethin Jones, Judi Love, Niko Omilana, Clodagh McKenna, and William Hanson. With such a diverse group of celebrities, viewers can expect plenty of entertaining interactions and unexpected moments.
- 10/12/2024
- by Olly Green
- TV Regular
The Wheel, hosted by the Bafta award-winning Michael McIntyre, returns for its fifth season, for a fun-filled game show experience. This season introduces new elements, including the ‘Double Chair’ and a more challenging ‘Cashout Question.’ The premiere episode features a star-studded lineup of celebrities, including Jonathan Ross, Joanne McNally, Gethin Jones, Judi Love, Niko Omilana, […]
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- 10/10/2024
- by Riley Avery
- MemorableTV
Two very different films produced by Hamburg-based Tamtam Film are playing at Filmfest Hamburg this year. Kerstin Polte’s Highly Explosive (Blindgänger) explores the impact of an unexploded World War II bomb on Hamburg residents, while Danish filmmaker Charlotte Sieling’s Way Home is about a father travelling to war-torn Syria to find his Isis fighter son.
The premieres cap a busy period for the Tamtam co-founders Andrea Schütte and Dirk Decker, who are in the midst of shooting Kai Stänicke’s debut feature Der Heimatlose and have a number of projects in postproduction.
Schütte and Decker, who established Tamtam...
The premieres cap a busy period for the Tamtam co-founders Andrea Schütte and Dirk Decker, who are in the midst of shooting Kai Stänicke’s debut feature Der Heimatlose and have a number of projects in postproduction.
Schütte and Decker, who established Tamtam...
- 10/4/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Apploff Entertainment, the unscripted production company behind series such as Fox’s Beat Shazam and Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, is promoting two of its employees.
Rayna Apploff has been upped to Vice President of Talent, and Zach Gelfand is promoted to Manager of Development.
Apploff has spent 15 years at the company, working on a host of game shows including Beat Shazam, Game of Talents, Mental Samurai, Don’t Forget the Lyrics, The Wheel and Lotería Loca. Prior to joining the company, she gained her game show experience working on America’s Got Talent and The Marriage Ref for NBC as well as Match Game, Password and Press Your Luck for ABC.
In her new role, Apploff will be responsible for casting all contestants and celebrities and nurturing the relationships between hosts and partnering networks across the company’s diverse portfolio of IP.
Gelfand has been with the company for two years,...
Rayna Apploff has been upped to Vice President of Talent, and Zach Gelfand is promoted to Manager of Development.
Apploff has spent 15 years at the company, working on a host of game shows including Beat Shazam, Game of Talents, Mental Samurai, Don’t Forget the Lyrics, The Wheel and Lotería Loca. Prior to joining the company, she gained her game show experience working on America’s Got Talent and The Marriage Ref for NBC as well as Match Game, Password and Press Your Luck for ABC.
In her new role, Apploff will be responsible for casting all contestants and celebrities and nurturing the relationships between hosts and partnering networks across the company’s diverse portfolio of IP.
Gelfand has been with the company for two years,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
A House of Cards alum and House of the Dragon actress are joining forces for a new project at Amazon.
Prime Video announced Thursday that it has ordered to series The Girlfriend, an adaptation that will star Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke.
More from TVLineJessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks Set for Better Sister Adaptation at AmazonAlex Cross Series Eyes Early Season 2 Renewal, Casts Jeanine Mason and Others (Report)The Wheel of Time Writer Says He Fought for One Character to Have a Very Different Season 1 Storyline
Based on Michelle Frances’ 2017 novel of the same name, The Girlfriend stars Wright as Laura,...
Prime Video announced Thursday that it has ordered to series The Girlfriend, an adaptation that will star Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke.
More from TVLineJessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks Set for Better Sister Adaptation at AmazonAlex Cross Series Eyes Early Season 2 Renewal, Casts Jeanine Mason and Others (Report)The Wheel of Time Writer Says He Fought for One Character to Have a Very Different Season 1 Storyline
Based on Michelle Frances’ 2017 novel of the same name, The Girlfriend stars Wright as Laura,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons (The Accountant 2) is among the final additions to the cast of Sony Pictures’ film SNL 1975 (working title), based on real-life behind-the-scenes accounts of the opening night of Saturday Night Live. Other new cast members for the Jason Reitman pic include Billy Bryk (Friendship), Joe Chrest (Stranger Things), Taylor Gray (Star Wars: Rebels) and Mcabe Gregg (Teenage Badass).
Simmons plays comedian Milton Berle, with Chrest as Weekend Update co-creator Herb Sargent. Gray and Gregg portray Al Franken and Tom Davis, the SNL writer-performers of duo Franken & Davis. Details as to Bryk’s role haven’t been disclosed.
As previously announced, The Fabelmans breakout Gabriel Labelle leads the ensemble as Lorne Michaels, with Cooper Hoffman, Rachel Sennott, Ella Hunt, Lamorne Morris, Dylan O’Brien, Nicholas Braun, Finn Wolfhard and Kaia Gerber also to star.
It was on October 11th, 1975 that a ferocious troupe of young...
Simmons plays comedian Milton Berle, with Chrest as Weekend Update co-creator Herb Sargent. Gray and Gregg portray Al Franken and Tom Davis, the SNL writer-performers of duo Franken & Davis. Details as to Bryk’s role haven’t been disclosed.
As previously announced, The Fabelmans breakout Gabriel Labelle leads the ensemble as Lorne Michaels, with Cooper Hoffman, Rachel Sennott, Ella Hunt, Lamorne Morris, Dylan O’Brien, Nicholas Braun, Finn Wolfhard and Kaia Gerber also to star.
It was on October 11th, 1975 that a ferocious troupe of young...
- 3/25/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Saudi’s Joy Awards Honors Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner & More
The likes of Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner and Mark Wahlberg were honored at Saudi Arabia’s Joy Awards 2024 on Saturday. Jean Reno, Eva Longoria, Salman Khan, Martin Lawrence, Quincy Jones, Alia Bhatt, Georgina Rodriguez, Anthony Anderson, Sam Worthington and Paul Anderson were also either celebrated or in attendance in Riyadh, along with the likes directors Zach Schneider and Doug Liman, and global sports stars Tyson Fury, John Cena and Francis Ngannou. The awards are part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 program and recognize major names in music, cinema, television, sports, and more from the Arab world. Hopkins, Costner and Jones were among several recipients of Lifetime Achievement honors, while industry awards went to Bollywood star Bhatt, Schneider and Bad Boys actor Martin Lawrence among others. Mbc Group, the Middle East’s largest broadcast and media firm, co-hosts the awards, which...
The likes of Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner and Mark Wahlberg were honored at Saudi Arabia’s Joy Awards 2024 on Saturday. Jean Reno, Eva Longoria, Salman Khan, Martin Lawrence, Quincy Jones, Alia Bhatt, Georgina Rodriguez, Anthony Anderson, Sam Worthington and Paul Anderson were also either celebrated or in attendance in Riyadh, along with the likes directors Zach Schneider and Doug Liman, and global sports stars Tyson Fury, John Cena and Francis Ngannou. The awards are part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 program and recognize major names in music, cinema, television, sports, and more from the Arab world. Hopkins, Costner and Jones were among several recipients of Lifetime Achievement honors, while industry awards went to Bollywood star Bhatt, Schneider and Bad Boys actor Martin Lawrence among others. Mbc Group, the Middle East’s largest broadcast and media firm, co-hosts the awards, which...
- 1/22/2024
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
We’ve had a marvellous run of Taskmaster series lately, so when a new line-up announcement is on the horizon, it’s easy to wonder whether the winning streak will continue or if we’re due a dud.
Never fear – Alex Horne and co. have delivered once again, although the series 17 Taskmaster line-up might not be quite what you’re expecting. Instead of the now-traditional Taskmaster family line-up, this time they’ve gone for a veteran from outside the world of stand-up comedy, plus four rising stars with slightly less mainstream recognition than normal. As ever with this show though, anybody you’re not familiar with at the start, you’ll almost certainly love by the end of the series.
The Taskmaster series 17 line-up is: Steve Pemberton, Sophie Willan, Nick Mohammed, John Robins and Joanne McNally! And here they are appearing in the very first trailer for the new run:...
Never fear – Alex Horne and co. have delivered once again, although the series 17 Taskmaster line-up might not be quite what you’re expecting. Instead of the now-traditional Taskmaster family line-up, this time they’ve gone for a veteran from outside the world of stand-up comedy, plus four rising stars with slightly less mainstream recognition than normal. As ever with this show though, anybody you’re not familiar with at the start, you’ll almost certainly love by the end of the series.
The Taskmaster series 17 line-up is: Steve Pemberton, Sophie Willan, Nick Mohammed, John Robins and Joanne McNally! And here they are appearing in the very first trailer for the new run:...
- 1/14/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
This Christmas, buckle up for a festive fiesta as Michael McIntyre brings the tinsel-covered edition of “The Wheel” to BBC One at 6:50 Pm on Monday, December 25, 2023. The Bafta-winning comedian is back with a star-studded Season 4 Episode 6 titled “Christmas Wheel,” ready to unwrap a night of laughs, famous faces, and a colossal spinning wheel.
In this special episode, celebrity contestants Rylan Clark, Peter Crouch, and Nicole Scherzinger step up to the challenge, aiming to answer their way to a festive fortune for their chosen charities. As the wheel spins and the stakes rise, viewers can expect an evening of entertainment with McIntyre’s signature humor and the added charm of celebrity banter.
Join the Christmas Day fun as Michael McIntyre’s “The Wheel” turns into a holiday spectacular, promising not only laughter but also a heartwarming journey of famous faces navigating their way to charitable victories. Tune in at 6:...
In this special episode, celebrity contestants Rylan Clark, Peter Crouch, and Nicole Scherzinger step up to the challenge, aiming to answer their way to a festive fortune for their chosen charities. As the wheel spins and the stakes rise, viewers can expect an evening of entertainment with McIntyre’s signature humor and the added charm of celebrity banter.
Join the Christmas Day fun as Michael McIntyre’s “The Wheel” turns into a holiday spectacular, promising not only laughter but also a heartwarming journey of famous faces navigating their way to charitable victories. Tune in at 6:...
- 12/19/2023
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
Picture: Einstein and the Bomb – Netflix / BBC Studios
A new historical docu-drama, centered around Albert Einstein and the Atomic Bomb is coming to Netflix in February 2024. We’ve got everything you need to know about Einstein and the Bomb, including the plot, cast, trailer, and the Netflix release date.
Einstein and the Bomb is an upcoming Netflix Original historical docu-drama directed by All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur and Our Girl director Anthony Philipson. BBC Studios is producing the film, which will use archived footage and dramatizations of Albert Einstein’s life and his scientific work’s impact on the world. James Van Der Pool and Andrew Cohen are the film’s executive producers.
It was first announced at the Edinburgh TV festival back in August 2023, alongside two other documentaries from Netflix UK.
Thanks to the overwhelming success of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the docudrama will be in demand thanks...
A new historical docu-drama, centered around Albert Einstein and the Atomic Bomb is coming to Netflix in February 2024. We’ve got everything you need to know about Einstein and the Bomb, including the plot, cast, trailer, and the Netflix release date.
Einstein and the Bomb is an upcoming Netflix Original historical docu-drama directed by All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur and Our Girl director Anthony Philipson. BBC Studios is producing the film, which will use archived footage and dramatizations of Albert Einstein’s life and his scientific work’s impact on the world. James Van Der Pool and Andrew Cohen are the film’s executive producers.
It was first announced at the Edinburgh TV festival back in August 2023, alongside two other documentaries from Netflix UK.
Thanks to the overwhelming success of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the docudrama will be in demand thanks...
- 12/18/2023
- by Jacob Robinson
- Whats-on-Netflix
The Criterion Channel is closing the year out with a bang––they’ve announced their December lineup. Among the highlights are retrospectives on Yasujiro Ozu (featuring nearly 40 films!), Ousmane Sembène, Alfred Hitchcock (along with Kent Jones’ Hitchcock/Truffaut), and Parker Posey. Well-timed for the season is a holiday noir series that includes They Live By Night, Blast of Silence, Lady in the Lake, and more.
Other highlights are the recent restoration of Abel Gance’s La roue, an MGM Musicals series with introduction by Michael Koresky, Helena Wittmann’s riveting second feature Human Flowers of Flesh, the recent Sundance highlight The Mountains Are a Dream That Call To Me, the new restoration of The Cassandra Cat, Lynne Ramsay’s Morvern Callar, Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster, and more.
See the lineup below and learn more here.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Terry Gilliam, 1988
An American in Paris, Vincente Minnelli,...
Other highlights are the recent restoration of Abel Gance’s La roue, an MGM Musicals series with introduction by Michael Koresky, Helena Wittmann’s riveting second feature Human Flowers of Flesh, the recent Sundance highlight The Mountains Are a Dream That Call To Me, the new restoration of The Cassandra Cat, Lynne Ramsay’s Morvern Callar, Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster, and more.
See the lineup below and learn more here.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Terry Gilliam, 1988
An American in Paris, Vincente Minnelli,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
2023 Festival dedicated to founders Tom Luddy, Bill Pence, Stella Pence, James Card.
Telluride Film Festival has announced its 2023 50th anniversary line-up with Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall, and Steve McQueen’s Occupied City on the roster.
The selection, which will play in the Colorado Rockies locale from August 31 to September 4, includes Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders, Jonathan Glazer’s Cannes sensation The Zone Of Interest, Pablo Larrain’s El Conde, Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel, George C. Wolfe’s Rustin, Nyad from Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin,...
Telluride Film Festival has announced its 2023 50th anniversary line-up with Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall, and Steve McQueen’s Occupied City on the roster.
The selection, which will play in the Colorado Rockies locale from August 31 to September 4, includes Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders, Jonathan Glazer’s Cannes sensation The Zone Of Interest, Pablo Larrain’s El Conde, Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel, George C. Wolfe’s Rustin, Nyad from Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin,...
- 8/30/2023
- ScreenDaily
Following Main Slate and Spotlight, the 61st New York Film Festival has unveiled its Revivals lineup, featuring new restorations of classic and overlooked films. Highlights include Manoel de Oliveira’s Abraham’s Valley, Jean Renoir‘s The Woman on the Beach, Bahram Beyzaie’s The Stranger and the Fog, Abel Gance’s La Roue, Paul Vecchiali’s The Strangler, Lee Grant’s Tell Me a Riddle, Nancy Savoca’s Household Saints, Horace Ové’s Pressure, and more.
“This year’s edition of Revivals is a thrilling showcase of cinema history, packed with groundbreaking discoveries and long unseen classics alike, all in outstanding restorations,” said Florence Almozini, Senior Director of Programming at Film at Lincoln Center and NYFF Revivals Programmer. “We never cease to be amazed at the lasting influence of these cinematic gems on our collective sense of cinema, with the way they have tackled cultural, societal, or political issues with such modernity and artistry.
“This year’s edition of Revivals is a thrilling showcase of cinema history, packed with groundbreaking discoveries and long unseen classics alike, all in outstanding restorations,” said Florence Almozini, Senior Director of Programming at Film at Lincoln Center and NYFF Revivals Programmer. “We never cease to be amazed at the lasting influence of these cinematic gems on our collective sense of cinema, with the way they have tackled cultural, societal, or political issues with such modernity and artistry.
- 8/21/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Swiss national film archive Cinémathèque Suisse is finishing up a new restoration of Hans Trommer and Valerien Schmidely’s 1941 romantic drama “Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe” (“Romeo and Julia in the Village”), considered one of Switzerland’s best films of all time.
It is one of a number of recent restorations carried out or made possible by the film archive, which recently opened its impressive new Research and Archive Center in Penthaz, equipped with a film digitization lab and a vast storage facility.
“Romeo and Julia in the Village” is particularly significant for the Cinémathèque Suisse. “It was totally unsuccessful when first released, but it is considered one of the best, if not the best Swiss film,” says Cinémathèque Suisse director Frédéric Maire. “We wanted to restore it for a long time but it was very difficult to find all the necessary elements because the original negative was recut...
It is one of a number of recent restorations carried out or made possible by the film archive, which recently opened its impressive new Research and Archive Center in Penthaz, equipped with a film digitization lab and a vast storage facility.
“Romeo and Julia in the Village” is particularly significant for the Cinémathèque Suisse. “It was totally unsuccessful when first released, but it is considered one of the best, if not the best Swiss film,” says Cinémathèque Suisse director Frédéric Maire. “We wanted to restore it for a long time but it was very difficult to find all the necessary elements because the original negative was recut...
- 10/16/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
By the time 1926 had rolled around, German expressionism, and the horror films it produced, was already in full swing. The time of the horror film as a viable form of filmmaking had begun. However, there are several elements of import that need to be addressed before moving onto expressionism. By this point, French impressionism was the source of the era’s most important works in the evolution of film technique, language and style in Europe. However, by this point it had begun to lose steam. Most filmmakers who had attempted impressionism had not found the success to which Abel Gance (La Roue), Jean Epstein (Coeur fidèle) and Germaine Dulac (La Souriante Madame Beudet) had achieved. Though this would be the year that Jean Renoir...
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- 2/15/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Can another silent, black and white film be a smash hit after the Artist? If it packs a surreal Spanish twist, believes the director who recast Snow White as a matador in Blancanieves
In May 2011 the Spanish writer-director Pablo Berger was busily prepping his second film, Blancanieves. After an eight-year struggle to raise funding, he was finally about to start shooting a film whose uniqueness he was convinced would surprise and delight audiences the world over. After all, this was the sort of mainstream entertainment that hadn't been seen in decades — a black and white, silent movie, complete with lush orchestration.
But then came the Cannes film festival, and The Artist.
"Nobody knew about The Artist until it appeared in Cannes," he recalls, with a reflex ruefulness. "It was completely out of the blue. I was in my office in Madrid, doing the storyboards for my film, when a producer...
In May 2011 the Spanish writer-director Pablo Berger was busily prepping his second film, Blancanieves. After an eight-year struggle to raise funding, he was finally about to start shooting a film whose uniqueness he was convinced would surprise and delight audiences the world over. After all, this was the sort of mainstream entertainment that hadn't been seen in decades — a black and white, silent movie, complete with lush orchestration.
But then came the Cannes film festival, and The Artist.
"Nobody knew about The Artist until it appeared in Cannes," he recalls, with a reflex ruefulness. "It was completely out of the blue. I was in my office in Madrid, doing the storyboards for my film, when a producer...
- 7/11/2013
- by Demetrios Matheou
- The Guardian - Film News
"The cinema event of a lifetime," promises that trailer up there. No doubt. It's an event we've been banging the drum for the past couple of weeks — see, first and foremost, Adrian Curry's marvelous collection of posters.
Today and tomorrow, and then again next Saturday and Sunday, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will present the latest restoration of Abel Gance's epic Napoleon (1927) at the grand Paramount Theater in Oakland. Historian Kevin Brownlow, who's devoted much of his life to reconstructing the original version, has overseen this newest 330-minute version. The original original is believed to have run for nine hours when it first screened in Paris over two days before it was cut down to varying lengths for domestic and international distribution. As Manohla Dargis notes in her must-read piece for the New York Times, MGM cut one of the shortest for the Us: 70 minutes, "a butchering that...
Today and tomorrow, and then again next Saturday and Sunday, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will present the latest restoration of Abel Gance's epic Napoleon (1927) at the grand Paramount Theater in Oakland. Historian Kevin Brownlow, who's devoted much of his life to reconstructing the original version, has overseen this newest 330-minute version. The original original is believed to have run for nine hours when it first screened in Paris over two days before it was cut down to varying lengths for domestic and international distribution. As Manohla Dargis notes in her must-read piece for the New York Times, MGM cut one of the shortest for the Us: 70 minutes, "a butchering that...
- 3/27/2012
- MUBI
You'd think that Team Cinema Scope, having just covered Toronto 2011 more extensively — surely! — than any other single publication has ever covered a film festival in the histories of films and festivals combined, would take a month or two off to recover. But no, here's Issue 48, solid as any other.
Of Thom Andersen's 30 "Random Notes on a Projection of The Clock by Christian Marclay," here's the first: "The Clock is certainly dumb: a 24-hour movie made entirely from other movies in which the depicted screen time corresponds precisely to the actual time of the screening with plenty of clock inserts and shots in which clocks appear, sometimes incidentally. I'm sure I'm not the first to ask, why didn't I think of that? But is The Clock dumb enough?" Marclay, at any rate, is smart enough to have made not one, not two, but six editions of the piece, the last...
Of Thom Andersen's 30 "Random Notes on a Projection of The Clock by Christian Marclay," here's the first: "The Clock is certainly dumb: a 24-hour movie made entirely from other movies in which the depicted screen time corresponds precisely to the actual time of the screening with plenty of clock inserts and shots in which clocks appear, sometimes incidentally. I'm sure I'm not the first to ask, why didn't I think of that? But is The Clock dumb enough?" Marclay, at any rate, is smart enough to have made not one, not two, but six editions of the piece, the last...
- 10/4/2011
- MUBI
Producer, director and cinematographer of many well-loved British film classics, including Oliver Twist, Tunes of Glory and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The producer, director, writer and cinematographer Ronald Neame, who has died aged 99, played an important role in British cinema for more than half a century. The critic Matthew Sweet once called him "a living embodiment of cinema, a sort of one-man world heritage site". Neame was assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock on Blackmail (1929), the first British talkie; he was the cinematographer on In Which We Serve (1942), Noël Coward's moving tribute to the Royal Navy during the second world war; he co-produced and co-wrote David Lean's Brief Encounter (1945) and Great Expectations (1946); and he directed Alec Guinness in two of his best roles, in The Horse's Mouth (1958) and Tunes of Glory (1960). As if this wasn't enough, Neame also conquered Hollywoo d with one of the first and most successful disaster movies,...
The producer, director, writer and cinematographer Ronald Neame, who has died aged 99, played an important role in British cinema for more than half a century. The critic Matthew Sweet once called him "a living embodiment of cinema, a sort of one-man world heritage site". Neame was assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock on Blackmail (1929), the first British talkie; he was the cinematographer on In Which We Serve (1942), Noël Coward's moving tribute to the Royal Navy during the second world war; he co-produced and co-wrote David Lean's Brief Encounter (1945) and Great Expectations (1946); and he directed Alec Guinness in two of his best roles, in The Horse's Mouth (1958) and Tunes of Glory (1960). As if this wasn't enough, Neame also conquered Hollywoo d with one of the first and most successful disaster movies,...
- 6/20/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
British filmmaker Ronald Neame, whose career dates back to serving as assistant cameraman on the first feature film made with sound in Great Britain, Alfred Hitchcock's "Blackmail," has died, according to reports. He was 99.
No details were available.
His directing credits ranged from "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972) to "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969), for which Maggie Smith won the Oscar for best actress.
As a producer, Neame was involved with three British classics: "Brief Encounter" (1945), "Great Expectations" (1946) and "Oliver Twist" (1948). "Brief Encounter" and "Great Expectations" were the fruition of a production partnership called Cineguild that Neame had formed with David Lean and Anthony Havelock-Allan.
As a screenwriter, Neame earned Oscar nominations for the screenplays of "Brief," adapted from a Noel Coward play, and "Expectations," from Charles Dickens' novel. He shared those distinctions with Lean and Havelock-Allan.
Cineguild broke up in 1947 with a fall-out between Neame and Lean when...
No details were available.
His directing credits ranged from "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972) to "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969), for which Maggie Smith won the Oscar for best actress.
As a producer, Neame was involved with three British classics: "Brief Encounter" (1945), "Great Expectations" (1946) and "Oliver Twist" (1948). "Brief Encounter" and "Great Expectations" were the fruition of a production partnership called Cineguild that Neame had formed with David Lean and Anthony Havelock-Allan.
As a screenwriter, Neame earned Oscar nominations for the screenplays of "Brief," adapted from a Noel Coward play, and "Expectations," from Charles Dickens' novel. He shared those distinctions with Lean and Havelock-Allan.
Cineguild broke up in 1947 with a fall-out between Neame and Lean when...
- 6/18/2010
- by By Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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