British actor who starred in the 1960s film classics Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Entertainer
Shirley Anne Field, who has died aged 87, was likened to Marilyn Monroe, Catherine Deneuve and even “a sort of red-haired Brigitte Bardot”. There was no question she could stop traffic. “Lorries used to thunder to a halt, and I would wonder what they were looking at,” she said.
Her presence was sharply distinctive. In Karel Reisz’s film of Alan Sillitoe’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), a defining work of kitchen-sink drama, she was a vision of self-possession as Doreen, who works in a Nottingham hairnet factory, lives with her mother and catches the eye of the discontented lathe operator Arthur Seaton, played by Albert Finney.
Shirley Anne Field, who has died aged 87, was likened to Marilyn Monroe, Catherine Deneuve and even “a sort of red-haired Brigitte Bardot”. There was no question she could stop traffic. “Lorries used to thunder to a halt, and I would wonder what they were looking at,” she said.
Her presence was sharply distinctive. In Karel Reisz’s film of Alan Sillitoe’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), a defining work of kitchen-sink drama, she was a vision of self-possession as Doreen, who works in a Nottingham hairnet factory, lives with her mother and catches the eye of the discontented lathe operator Arthur Seaton, played by Albert Finney.
- 12/12/2023
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Knighted in 2001, Tom Courtenay shot to stardom in 1962 as Colin Smith, a troubled teen who finds redemption in long-distance running. Tony Richardson directed while screenwriter Alan Sillitoe based the script on his own short story. Though Britain’s “kitchen sink” dramas usually took place on the wrong side of the tracks, they had their own kind of glamour thanks to cinematographers like Walter Lassally who makes Colin’s solitary struggle seem rather romantic.
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- 2/7/2023
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Writer, director, show runner Tobias Lindholm discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Tobias Lindholm
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Good Nurse (2022)
1917 (2019) – Dennis Cozzalio on the films of 2109
Jaws (1975) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Another Round (2020)
The Hunt (2012)
A Hijacking (2012)
A War (2015)
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
Beat Street (1984)
Style Wars (1983)
*Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1960)
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (1962)
Pretty Woman (1990) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
*Klute (1971) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review
*A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
*One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary
The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
*The Verdict (1982)
Tar (2022)
The Celebration (1998)
*Sea Of Love (1989)
Clockers (1995)
Taxi Driver (1976) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary
M (1931)
*Se7en (1995)
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson...
Tobias Lindholm
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Good Nurse (2022)
1917 (2019) – Dennis Cozzalio on the films of 2109
Jaws (1975) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Another Round (2020)
The Hunt (2012)
A Hijacking (2012)
A War (2015)
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
Beat Street (1984)
Style Wars (1983)
*Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1960)
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (1962)
Pretty Woman (1990) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
*Klute (1971) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review
*A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
*One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary
The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
*The Verdict (1982)
Tar (2022)
The Celebration (1998)
*Sea Of Love (1989)
Clockers (1995)
Taxi Driver (1976) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary
M (1931)
*Se7en (1995)
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson...
- 10/25/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
I. The Landmine
In August 1955, George Devine, director of London’s Royal Court Theatre, ventured to meet a promising writer, living on a Thames houseboat. “I had to borrow a dinghy… wade out to it and row myself to my new playwright,” he recalled. Thus began a partnership between Devine, who sought to rescue the English stage from stale commercialism, and the 26 year old tyro, John Osborne. Together, they’d revolutionize modern theater.
Born in London but raised in Stoneleigh, Surrey, Osborne lost his father at age 12, resented his low-born mother and was expelled from school for striking a headmaster. While acting for Anthony Creighton’s repertory company, his mercurial temper and violent language appeared. In 1951 he wed actress Pamela Lane, only to divorce six years later. Osborne soon immortalized their marriage: their cramped apartment, with invasive friends and intruding in-laws, John and Pamela’s pet names and verbal abuse,...
In August 1955, George Devine, director of London’s Royal Court Theatre, ventured to meet a promising writer, living on a Thames houseboat. “I had to borrow a dinghy… wade out to it and row myself to my new playwright,” he recalled. Thus began a partnership between Devine, who sought to rescue the English stage from stale commercialism, and the 26 year old tyro, John Osborne. Together, they’d revolutionize modern theater.
Born in London but raised in Stoneleigh, Surrey, Osborne lost his father at age 12, resented his low-born mother and was expelled from school for striking a headmaster. While acting for Anthony Creighton’s repertory company, his mercurial temper and violent language appeared. In 1951 he wed actress Pamela Lane, only to divorce six years later. Osborne soon immortalized their marriage: their cramped apartment, with invasive friends and intruding in-laws, John and Pamela’s pet names and verbal abuse,...
- 3/7/2015
- by Christopher Saunders
- SoundOnSight
By John M. Whalen
Violence in American football has been a big issue during the last year. After former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was videotaped knocking his girlfriend unconscious in an elevator and other players were reportedly involved in incidents of domestic abuse, the National Football League issued a Code of Conduct for players. Violation of the code can result in a player being suspended or kicked out of the sport altogether. In Great Britain, however, it’s not the players who are guilty of off-the-field violence, it’s the fans. “Football hooliganism” as it is known, is and has been a problem for years. Nick Love’s 2008 film, “The Firm” tells a story set in the midst of this violent world.
For those who don’t know, football hooliganism refers to the organized gangs of young soccer fans, almost all young men, who meet one another when...
Violence in American football has been a big issue during the last year. After former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was videotaped knocking his girlfriend unconscious in an elevator and other players were reportedly involved in incidents of domestic abuse, the National Football League issued a Code of Conduct for players. Violation of the code can result in a player being suspended or kicked out of the sport altogether. In Great Britain, however, it’s not the players who are guilty of off-the-field violence, it’s the fans. “Football hooliganism” as it is known, is and has been a problem for years. Nick Love’s 2008 film, “The Firm” tells a story set in the midst of this violent world.
For those who don’t know, football hooliganism refers to the organized gangs of young soccer fans, almost all young men, who meet one another when...
- 1/14/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Two-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper announced this week (in an EW exclusive) that he’ll be returning to Broadway this fall to star in a revival of The Elephant Man opposite Patricia Clarkson and Alessandro Nivola. (Yes, it sounds like a stretch for People’s former Sexiest Man Alive — especially since Bernard Pomerance’s play does not require any prosthetics for the title role.) The David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical Here Lies Love, which made EW’s Top 10 list last year, will return to the Public Theater in March for an open-ended run. And there were a handful of notable openings on both coasts,...
- 1/25/2014
- by Thom Geier
- EW.com - PopWatch
Atlantic Theater Company presents the American premiere production of award-winning British playwright Roy Williams' stage adaptation of Alan Sillitoe's beloved short story The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, directed by Leah C. Gardiner. The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner features Eshan Bay, Sheldon Best, Zainab Jah,Jasmine Cephas Jones, Patrick Murney, Joshua E. Nelson, Sydney Sainte, Raviv Ullman, Todd Weeks and Malik Yoba.The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner began previews Wednesday, January 8, and officially opened last night, January 21, at Atlantic Theater Company's Stage 2 330 West 16th Street. Check out photos from opening night below...
- 1/22/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York — The world premiere of Ethan Coen's first full-length stage play, a revival of "The Threepenny Opera" and a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis will highlight the Atlantic Theater Company's upcoming season.
The company unveiled its slate of 2013-14 offerings Thursday, which also includes a stage adaptation of Alan Sillitoe's beloved short story "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" adapted by British playwright Roy Williams.
Coen, half of the prolific filmmaking Coen brothers, offers his "Women or Nothing," about two women desperate to have a child. It will be directed by David Cromer and begin performances Aug. 28.
The Atlantic also produced Coen's "Happy Hour," a collection of three short dark comedies. He also wrote one-third of "Relatively Speaking," three one-acts on Broadway in 2011 that also included works by Woody Allen and Elaine May.
The revival of the Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill masterpiece "The Threepenny Opera...
The company unveiled its slate of 2013-14 offerings Thursday, which also includes a stage adaptation of Alan Sillitoe's beloved short story "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" adapted by British playwright Roy Williams.
Coen, half of the prolific filmmaking Coen brothers, offers his "Women or Nothing," about two women desperate to have a child. It will be directed by David Cromer and begin performances Aug. 28.
The Atlantic also produced Coen's "Happy Hour," a collection of three short dark comedies. He also wrote one-third of "Relatively Speaking," three one-acts on Broadway in 2011 that also included works by Woody Allen and Elaine May.
The revival of the Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill masterpiece "The Threepenny Opera...
- 5/23/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Atlantic Theater Company has announced four of its 2013-2014 season productions, featuring world premiere plays from Academy Award-winning film maker Ethan Coen and Tony Award nominated playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, the American premiere of Roy Williams' stage adaptation of a classic Alan Sillitoe story and a revival of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's musical The Threepenny Opera staged by acclaimed director and choreographer Martha Clarke.
- 5/23/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
A fateful encounter with a National Geographic gave reality producer Thom Beers the wildlife bug, he revealed during a photo shoot for The Hollywood Reporter’s reality heat list. His mother’s boyfriend (the late British writer Alan Sillitoe) showed a young Beers the masthead of a National Geographic and pointed out that the vp of the publication also was named Thomas Beers. “It really kind of set this course for me, and I started getting really interested in National Geographic.” he said. “It’s just one of those weird things. There are no accidents." Q&A: FremantleMedia's Thom Beers on 'Idol'
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- 4/3/2013
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From Marathon Man to Forrest Gump, we complete a circuit of the best running-themed films. What's your favourite? Let us know below
Since the moment Eadweard Muybridge captured a man sprinting in 1887 runners have worn a path across the cinematic landscape. Whether on the pristine oval of an Olympic running track, a dusty patch in a prison rec yard or the damp tarmac of a rural country road, film has documented the sweat and solitude of running in all its pain and glory.
Here are 10 of the best.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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Opening with the sound of Tom Courtenay's feet thudding against a bleak rural lane, Tony Richardson and Alan Sillitoe's 1962 British New Wave classic is one of the most poetic running films in cinematic history. As Colin Smith, a petty delinquent, Courtenay gives a...
Since the moment Eadweard Muybridge captured a man sprinting in 1887 runners have worn a path across the cinematic landscape. Whether on the pristine oval of an Olympic running track, a dusty patch in a prison rec yard or the damp tarmac of a rural country road, film has documented the sweat and solitude of running in all its pain and glory.
Here are 10 of the best.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Reading this on mobile? Click here to view the video
Opening with the sound of Tom Courtenay's feet thudding against a bleak rural lane, Tony Richardson and Alan Sillitoe's 1962 British New Wave classic is one of the most poetic running films in cinematic history. As Colin Smith, a petty delinquent, Courtenay gives a...
- 2/18/2013
- by Adam Dewar
- The Guardian - Film News
A classic 1960s working-class drama translates beautifully into a comedy of contemporary British Asian family life
All in Good Time is a touching, likable comedy of life in Lancashire's Hindu community. Though this aspect is little publicised, it's closely based on Bill Naughton's 1965 play of the same title.
Born in Ireland and raised in Bolton, Naughton emerged as a novelist and playwright in the late 50s in the wave of northern working-class writers like Shelagh Delaney, Keith Waterhouse, Alan Sillitoe, David Storey and Stan Barstow. But having been born in 1910 and worked for years as a coal-bagger, cotton-loom operator and lorry driver, Naughton belonged to an earlier generation and was altogether less chippy, aggressive, and self-consciously political about his background.
He enjoyed considerable success in the theatre and had three of his plays filmed, though his most enduringly popular work, the film version of Alfie, completely misrepresented Naughton's radio play,...
All in Good Time is a touching, likable comedy of life in Lancashire's Hindu community. Though this aspect is little publicised, it's closely based on Bill Naughton's 1965 play of the same title.
Born in Ireland and raised in Bolton, Naughton emerged as a novelist and playwright in the late 50s in the wave of northern working-class writers like Shelagh Delaney, Keith Waterhouse, Alan Sillitoe, David Storey and Stan Barstow. But having been born in 1910 and worked for years as a coal-bagger, cotton-loom operator and lorry driver, Naughton belonged to an earlier generation and was altogether less chippy, aggressive, and self-consciously political about his background.
He enjoyed considerable success in the theatre and had three of his plays filmed, though his most enduringly popular work, the film version of Alfie, completely misrepresented Naughton's radio play,...
- 5/12/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Writer whose novels signalled a sea-change in British literature
Stan Barstow, who has died aged 83, belonged to a generation of working-class writers who became famous in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Like his peers Alan Sillitoe, John Braine, David Storey and Keith Waterhouse, he was born in the depression years of the interwar period and flowered as a novelist in the booming welfare state of postwar Britain. Barstow and his fellow, primarily northern, writers were products of this remarkable transformation in the social landscape of Britain, and their creativity was fuelled by the opportunities and anxieties that such an enormous process of change inevitably generated.
Barstow arrived on the literary scene in 1960 with his first published novel, A Kind of Loving. An unsentimental and unpatronising portrayal of an unhappy marriage, it struck a new note of sombre and sensitive realism. He was riding the crest of a wave: Braine's...
Stan Barstow, who has died aged 83, belonged to a generation of working-class writers who became famous in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Like his peers Alan Sillitoe, John Braine, David Storey and Keith Waterhouse, he was born in the depression years of the interwar period and flowered as a novelist in the booming welfare state of postwar Britain. Barstow and his fellow, primarily northern, writers were products of this remarkable transformation in the social landscape of Britain, and their creativity was fuelled by the opportunities and anxieties that such an enormous process of change inevitably generated.
Barstow arrived on the literary scene in 1960 with his first published novel, A Kind of Loving. An unsentimental and unpatronising portrayal of an unhappy marriage, it struck a new note of sombre and sensitive realism. He was riding the crest of a wave: Braine's...
- 8/2/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
How did Dirk Bogarde get from Doctor in the House to The Night Porter? With a wilful desire to destroy his matinee idol status. And the signs were there for all to see in his early work
The Odeon, Leicester Square, 1960. The red-carpet premiere of a film that will change the story of British film and British society. The lights are killed, the crowd falls silent. The roar of industrial machinery thrums from the speakers. And over the noise comes the voice of the hero, a Brylcreemed lathe-operator with greasy overalls and insolent good looks. "Don't let the bastards grind you down," says Dirk Bogarde, and with those words, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and its star give instant definition to the new decade.
In some fairly proximate parallel universe, this is how the 1960s might have begun. It could have happened here, too, if the owner of Pinewood studios...
The Odeon, Leicester Square, 1960. The red-carpet premiere of a film that will change the story of British film and British society. The lights are killed, the crowd falls silent. The roar of industrial machinery thrums from the speakers. And over the noise comes the voice of the hero, a Brylcreemed lathe-operator with greasy overalls and insolent good looks. "Don't let the bastards grind you down," says Dirk Bogarde, and with those words, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and its star give instant definition to the new decade.
In some fairly proximate parallel universe, this is how the 1960s might have begun. It could have happened here, too, if the owner of Pinewood studios...
- 3/25/2011
- by Matthew Sweet
- The Guardian - Film News
The 60s began in Billy Liar's Bradford – but that cultural insurgency now seems a long time ago
In a week with those Camdenites the Milibands stealing away with the Labour leadership race, Andy Burnham's plaint about "metropolitan elites" seems particularly poignant. But then poignancy is the northern tone these days. Mancunians, I found recently, still adduce the Happy Mondays when pressed to say what is distinctive about their home. That the works of this fairly ropey outfit should be taken as a cultural landmark shows what a bleak half century it's been for the north.
I grew up thinking there was a real cachet in being northern. It's 50 years since Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, the 1960 film of Alan Sillitoe's novel, with Albert Finney as a hedonistic machinist in Nottingham. Any youngsters watching him don his suit on the eponymous night must have wished they too were from Pendleton near Salford,...
In a week with those Camdenites the Milibands stealing away with the Labour leadership race, Andy Burnham's plaint about "metropolitan elites" seems particularly poignant. But then poignancy is the northern tone these days. Mancunians, I found recently, still adduce the Happy Mondays when pressed to say what is distinctive about their home. That the works of this fairly ropey outfit should be taken as a cultural landmark shows what a bleak half century it's been for the north.
I grew up thinking there was a real cachet in being northern. It's 50 years since Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, the 1960 film of Alan Sillitoe's novel, with Albert Finney as a hedonistic machinist in Nottingham. Any youngsters watching him don his suit on the eponymous night must have wished they too were from Pendleton near Salford,...
- 9/13/2010
- by Andrew Martin
- The Guardian - Film News
Billy Liar, a story of smalltown frustration, captivated a generation, pre-empted the 60s – and even inspired Oasis. As the stage play returns, Laura Barton asks Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie why it endures
'I don't think about Billy Liar very often." Tom Courtenay's voice hovers on the line. We have been discussing his upcoming holiday to the north-east coast, splashing about in the warm shallows of the present-day; at this detour into the past, he pauses, and retreats a little. "If I read it now, it would make me laugh," he concludes lightly, distantly. "But I honestly don't know why it's lasted. Who can say why some things are successful?"
It is now 50 years since Keith Waterhouse's novel transferred to the stage, casting in its title role first Albert Finney and later, Courtenay. Published in 1959, Billy Liar has, over those five decades, enjoyed a rich and varied existence,...
'I don't think about Billy Liar very often." Tom Courtenay's voice hovers on the line. We have been discussing his upcoming holiday to the north-east coast, splashing about in the warm shallows of the present-day; at this detour into the past, he pauses, and retreats a little. "If I read it now, it would make me laugh," he concludes lightly, distantly. "But I honestly don't know why it's lasted. Who can say why some things are successful?"
It is now 50 years since Keith Waterhouse's novel transferred to the stage, casting in its title role first Albert Finney and later, Courtenay. Published in 1959, Billy Liar has, over those five decades, enjoyed a rich and varied existence,...
- 9/2/2010
- by Laura Barton
- The Guardian - Film News
Your report on the death of Alan Sillitoe (26 April) states in the 1960 film adaptation of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Arthur Seaton "beds the wife of an older workmate and then, on the night when she is aborting his child, seduces her younger sister". This is indeed what happens in the novel, but the censor ensured the film told a far more conventional story. The younger sister (Winnie) does not appear in the film at all, while Brenda's backstreet abortion was shown to be unsuccessful and she later miscarries. The moral ambiguity of the novel was greatly compromised, particularly with regard to the female characters. Sillitoe spoke of his frustration at the censorship of his script and despite the impact made by the film, the novel is the true record of his greatness.
Amanda Whittington
Nottingham
Alan Sillitoe
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Nottingham
Alan Sillitoe
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- 5/2/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
London, April 26 – British author Alan Sillitoe has died at the age of 82.
The Nottingham-born novelist emerged in the 1950s as one of the “Angry Young Men” of British literature.
His son David hopes his father, who passed away at Charing Cross Hospital in London, would be remembered for his contribution towards literature, reports the Daily Express.
Alan was born on 4 March 1928 – the second son of an illiterate tannery labourer.
His novels included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance.
The Nottingham-born novelist emerged in the 1950s as one of the “Angry Young Men” of British literature.
His son David hopes his father, who passed away at Charing Cross Hospital in London, would be remembered for his contribution towards literature, reports the Daily Express.
Alan was born on 4 March 1928 – the second son of an illiterate tannery labourer.
His novels included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance.
- 4/26/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Alan Sillitoe has died at the age of 82. The author's family confirmed that he had passed away at London's Charing Cross Hospital, BBC News reports. Sillitoe was best known for his stories Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, which were made into classic 1960s British films directed by Karel Reisz and Tony (more)...
- 4/26/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
British author Alan Sillitoe has died, aged 82.
He passed away at Charing Cross Hospital in London on Sunday, according to his son David. The cause of death was not available as WENN went to press.
The novelist emerged in the 1950s as one of the 'Angry Young Men' of British fiction for his dramas reflecting life in the mid 20th century.
Sillitoe's breakthrough novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, became a film starring Albert Finney. Another book, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, was also made into a film featuring Tom Courtenay.
He passed away at Charing Cross Hospital in London on Sunday, according to his son David. The cause of death was not available as WENN went to press.
The novelist emerged in the 1950s as one of the 'Angry Young Men' of British fiction for his dramas reflecting life in the mid 20th century.
Sillitoe's breakthrough novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, became a film starring Albert Finney. Another book, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, was also made into a film featuring Tom Courtenay.
- 4/26/2010
- WENN
Writer whose accounts of postwar working-class life included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Alan Sillitoe, who has died of cancer aged 82, was one of the most important British writers of the postwar era. He made his name with the novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958) and the collection of short stories The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1959), and he is still routinely perceived as a member of the kitchen-sink branch of the Angry Generation. Such characterisations obscure the breadth and originality of his writing.
Among his 53 volumes – including novels, short stories, plays, children's fiction, poetry, travel books, drama, memoirs and criticism – there are works that defy classification. A Start in Life (1970) and Life Goes On (1985) marry a picaresque style with the drabness of post-1950s Britain. Travels in Nihilon (1971), inspired by his experiences in the Ussr, invokes the tradition of Orwell's...
Alan Sillitoe, who has died of cancer aged 82, was one of the most important British writers of the postwar era. He made his name with the novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958) and the collection of short stories The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1959), and he is still routinely perceived as a member of the kitchen-sink branch of the Angry Generation. Such characterisations obscure the breadth and originality of his writing.
Among his 53 volumes – including novels, short stories, plays, children's fiction, poetry, travel books, drama, memoirs and criticism – there are works that defy classification. A Start in Life (1970) and Life Goes On (1985) marry a picaresque style with the drabness of post-1950s Britain. Travels in Nihilon (1971), inspired by his experiences in the Ussr, invokes the tradition of Orwell's...
- 4/26/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Author of kitchen sink dramas Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner dies in hospital
Novelist Alan Sillitoe died today at the age of 82, his family said.
The Nottingham-born writer, whose novels marked him out as one of the Angry Young Men of British fiction who emerged in the 1950s, died at Charing Cross hospital in London.
His son, David, said he hoped his father would be remembered for his contribution to literature.
Sillitoe is also survived by his wife, the poet Ruth Fainlight, and a daughter, Susan.
Sillitoe left school at 14 and worked in a bicycle factory in his native Nottingham before serving in the Raf.
His breakthrough came with the publication of the novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning in 1958.
It was made into a film, starring Albert Finney, as was his next novel The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, which featured Tom Courtenay in the lead role.
Novelist Alan Sillitoe died today at the age of 82, his family said.
The Nottingham-born writer, whose novels marked him out as one of the Angry Young Men of British fiction who emerged in the 1950s, died at Charing Cross hospital in London.
His son, David, said he hoped his father would be remembered for his contribution to literature.
Sillitoe is also survived by his wife, the poet Ruth Fainlight, and a daughter, Susan.
Sillitoe left school at 14 and worked in a bicycle factory in his native Nottingham before serving in the Raf.
His breakthrough came with the publication of the novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning in 1958.
It was made into a film, starring Albert Finney, as was his next novel The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, which featured Tom Courtenay in the lead role.
- 4/25/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Harold Becker.
Digging up The Onion Field with Harold Becker
by Jon Zelazny
On January 27th, 2010, Gregory Ulus Powell went before a parole board at The Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, California. Powell has been serving a suspended death sentence for the 1963 kidnapping of Lapd officers Ian Campbell and Karl Hettinger, and the murder of Campbell.
The crime was the subject of L.A. cop-turned-author Joseph Wambaugh’s 1974 non-fiction bestseller, The Onion Field. Five years later the movie appeared, directed by Bronx native Harold Becker, who went on to popular hits like Taps (1981), Sea of Love (1989) and Malice (1993).
With Greg Powell back in the news, I met with Becker at his office in Beverly Hills.
Harold Becker: The Onion Field was my big break. I had made one feature film in England, The Ragman’s Daughter (1972). It was well received over there, but didn’t really cut through here.
Digging up The Onion Field with Harold Becker
by Jon Zelazny
On January 27th, 2010, Gregory Ulus Powell went before a parole board at The Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, California. Powell has been serving a suspended death sentence for the 1963 kidnapping of Lapd officers Ian Campbell and Karl Hettinger, and the murder of Campbell.
The crime was the subject of L.A. cop-turned-author Joseph Wambaugh’s 1974 non-fiction bestseller, The Onion Field. Five years later the movie appeared, directed by Bronx native Harold Becker, who went on to popular hits like Taps (1981), Sea of Love (1989) and Malice (1993).
With Greg Powell back in the news, I met with Becker at his office in Beverly Hills.
Harold Becker: The Onion Field was my big break. I had made one feature film in England, The Ragman’s Daughter (1972). It was well received over there, but didn’t really cut through here.
- 3/2/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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