Tag: The Duke
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Streaming: The Duke and other great heist movies
Roger Michell’s delightful art-theft romp starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren joins robbery classics from The Lavender Hill Mob to Rififi and WidowsWhen it comes to the heist film genre, “based on a true story” isn’t an obvious selling point: knotty crime capers tend to be better the more elaborately and imaginatively concocted they are.…
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‘The Batman’ dominates UK-Ireland box office with £13.5m opening weekend
Opening behind only ‘No Time To Die’, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ in last two years.Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Mar 4-6) Total gross to date Week 1.
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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Duke’ faces up to ‘Cyrano’
Further new releases include ‘Studio 666’, ‘La Mif’ and ‘F@ck This Job’.It’s a tale of two underdogs at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office. Roger Michell’s The Duke goes up against Joe Wright’s Cyrano as both make their debuts.The Duke is Michell’s final feature – the Notting Hill and Venus director passed away in September of…
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Jim Broadbent: ‘I like the idea of actors being anti-establishment’
The veteran actor on dancing with Helen Mirren, starring in Roger Michell’s final film, and why he turned down the role of Del Boy… and an OBEActor Jim Broadbent, 72, was born in Lincolnshire and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Lamda). He was initially known for theatre and TV work…
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‘A testament to his joyous personality’: the stars of Roger Michell’s final film, The Duke, pay tribute
As the director’s last feature – a true-life crime caper – finally opens, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Anna Maxwell Martin and more remember the quiet genius of British cinemaOn 4 September 2020, Roger Michell and Jim Broadbent came to Venice to unveil a British film called The Duke. The forecast was stormy and the festival…
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‘The Duke’ Director Roger Michell: Endangered BBC Is ‘Great Rainforest’ of Film Business
Roger Michell, the British director behind Venice competition title “The Duke” and films such as “Notting Hill” and “Venus,” says he feels “great sympathy” for the BBC and its ongoing tensions with the U.K. government.Speaking at a press conference for “The Duke” in Venice, alongside star Jim Broadbent (co-star Helen Mirren did not make the…