Being Sam Frears: A Life Less Ordinary (Penguin Specials)

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This is one of Frears’ most underrated movies – a western, to which he brings a cool, understated intelligence and revisionist flair, working from a script by Walon Green, who also wrote The Wild Bunch. Patricia Arquette plays a lonely woman in postwar New Mexico who is drawn to a number of men who aren’t her husband: Billy Crudup’s young rancher and Woody Harrelson’s outrageously brash cowboy. The booming-voiced Sam Elliott plays a wealthy local man who tries to help and advise the hopelessly naive Crudup. A film with real texture and force. 11. Tamara Drewe (2010) OK! is a registered trade mark of Reach Magazines Worldwide Limited and is used under licence by Reach Magazines Publishing Plc. In 1968, Frears married Mary-Kay Wilmers, with whom he had two sons, Sam and Will. The couple divorced in the early 1970s. [20] Will Frears became a stage and film director.

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On Saturday, Sam’s Cafe – a joint venture with his old friend the best-selling novelist Andrew O’Hagan – will re-open in new premises. The “greatest fight” is Ali’s legal fight in the mid-60s when he was stripped of his world boxing title for refusing to fight in Vietnam, and his appeal reached the supreme court. But this film, obtusely, doesn’t dramatise Ali himself, concentrating on the elderly judges, the cue for much twinkle-eyed character acting from Frank Langella and Christopher Plummer. It doesn’t land much of a punch. 21. Victoria & Abdul (2017) No, he's crap," Mary-Kay says. She stands up, and brings over a ceramic burger and chips on a plate.Judi Dench and Ali Fazal in Victoria and Abdul (2017). Photograph: Allstar/BBC Films 20. Lay the Favourite (2012) The film premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival to great acclaim and writers Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan won the best screenplay award for the film. The film won the People's Choice Award Runner-Up prize at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was nominated for four Oscars at the 86th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress (for Dench), and Best Original Score. It was also nominated for four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. The same year, HBO released Frears's television drama Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, starring Christopher Plummer and Frank Langella. It explores the United States Supreme Court deliberation over banning Muhammad Ali from boxing for refusing to serve in the US Army during the Vietnam War. [ citation needed] This book is a collection of Nina's letters over a five-year period. Their publication happened gradually. Victoria found a boxful of her sister's letters several years ago when moving house. Then, in 2008, when novelist Andrew O'Hagan was collecting tributes for a book about Mary-Kay Wilmers to celebrate her 70th birthday, Bad Character, in 2008, he threw in a couple of Nina's letters. They went down a storm and an editor, hearing him read them aloud, wondered whether they might make a book. It's fascinating watching them together. Mary-Kay, a beautiful, silver-bobbed 73-year-old, is famous for her intimidating silences. But here she is constantly cajoling Sam to go one step further, give a fuller answer. They banter like a life-long couple who dare not admit how much they love each other. Billy Wilder would have had good fun with them. Why was college so important to him? "I felt ... not normal because I still had to do things and go to hospital, but I'd go down the pub with my mates …" Campbell, Christopher. "Watch Stephen Frears' Exceptional 1968 Directorial Debut 'The Burning' ". Film School Rejects. Neil Miller . Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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In December 2019, along with 42 other leading cultural figures, Frears signed a letter endorsing the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the 2019 general election. [25] [26] Filmography [ edit ] Film [ edit ] Year Frears was knighted in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to film and television. [22] Political views [ edit ] UPDATE 23 May 2019: Sam’s Café is moving into L’Absinthe’s building (40 Chalcot Road) after being closed at it’s current location for several months Over his career, Frears has amassed numerous awards and nominations, including two Academy Award nominations, four Primetime Emmy Award nominations (one win), a Golden Globe Award nomination, and 17 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nominations (three wins).

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Talking about his community fame, he jokes: “Yes that’s true I get stopped a lot, but when you walk down the street with Andrew, no one says anything.” In 2013, Frears directed the drama, Philomena (2013), which was based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee (2009) by journalist Martin Sixsmith. This explored the story of [Philomena Lee]]'s 50-year search for her son, who was taken from her when she was a young unwed mother at a Catholic convent, and adopted by an American family. It also recounted Sixsmith's efforts to help her find the son. The film starred Judi Dench and Steve Coogan. He's a wonderful actor. The best there is. So the main purpose of this piece is for Sam to have a part in EastEnders and then the second big purpose is to mention my book," she says. Harby, Jennifer (16 June 2023). "Stephen Frears awarded birthday honours knighthood". BBC News . Retrieved 17 June 2023. Husam sam Asi (25 November 2015). "Stephen Frears on telling real life stories in cinema – Interview". Youtube . Retrieved 3 April 2016.

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At the University of Cambridge, Frears was assistant stage manager for the 1963 footlights Revue, which starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Bill Oddie and David Hatch. [9] [ bettersourceneeded] After graduating from the university, Frears worked as an assistant director on the films Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) and if.... (1968). Why doesn't he want to talk about that? "'Cause I did things I'm ashamed of now," he shouts suddenly. In recent years, Sam's eyesight has deteriorated, and it's left him susceptible to depression. "Sometimes I get very blue 'cause of my eyes. At night I get very gloomy and start moping around. I take antidepressants. The depression got worse after I finished the documentary." For highlights from the latest issue, our archive and the blog, as well as news, events and exclusive promotions. Audrey Tautou and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Dirty Pretty Things. Photograph: Allstar/BBC Films 6. High Fidelity (2000)

You don't know what it will do or why you've got it, but those are the cards you're dealt," Sam eventually replies. Is that what Mary-Kay wants for Sam? "Yeah, of course. I'm not quite so romantic as Sam, and haven't shown him a very good example." These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. Mr O’Hagan said: “I have not seen anything like the community here, and I come from Glasgow. The news­agents, the post office – they are all giving us support. When you walk down the street, Sam gets stopped about 50 times – ‘how you doing? When’s it opening?’” Well, I say to Sam, a little tactlessly, you've outlived expectation by 35 years, what are you still doing here? He grins and snorts. "Thanks."