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Roy Boulting

... was imprisoned and tortured for defying the Nazis. During the war years, Roy Boulting served with the Army Film Unit, but was granted six months’ leave to make Thunder Rock (1942), an atmospheric adaptation of the Robert Ardrey play in which Michael Redgrave ...

Published: Tuesday 13 November 2001
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 531 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

OF SIXTIES SATIRE Boulting with Ns wife, actress Hayley Mills, and their son Crispian, aged 19 months, in ..

... of their best films, Brighton Rock, which lacked some of the menace of Graham Greene's novel but was still regarded at the time as pretty strong stuff. The film made Attenborough (who had been discovered in the RAF by John Boulting) a household name. He ...

Published: Sunday 11 November 2001
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 876 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

Comedy

... Comedy Film of the day Brighton Rock Even in these days of wallto-wall gangsterism, John Boulting’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel remains one of the bleakest and nastiest British crime thrillers ever made. Richard Attenborough excels as the psychotic ...

Published: Thursday 15 June 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 89 | Page: 60 | Tags: none

FILMS OF THE DAY

... and fences his way through Revolutionary France. Brighton Rock (1947) (Channel 4,2 am) A very young Richard Attenborough is spine. chillingly superb as the vicious gangster Pinkie Brown in John Boulting's version of the Graham Greene novel. Frankenstein ...

Published: Sunday 28 October 2001
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 231 | Page: 78 | Tags: none

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... with Lock, Stock and Four Stolen Hooves, Channel 4, Monday 29 May Brighton Rock (1947): Baby-faced Richard Attenborough is perfectly cast as the boy gangster Pinky in John Boulting's masterfui film. ‘ Get Carter (1971): “You're a big man, but you're ...

Published: Monday 22 May 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 704 | Page: 51 | Tags: none

GOD SAVE IRELAND'S LOVE FOR THE ROYALS

... for instance. despite his cinematic flair for scenesetting, has been poorly served by movies Brighton Rock retained its nightmarish impact in John Boulting's 1947 film, but the various movies of his other books have been undistinguished. And that master ...

Published: Saturday 12 September 2009
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1475 | Page: 75 | Tags: none

Hopeful Boroughmuir finally lose their grip Stuart Bathgate at Meggetiand

... Leicester 100; Brighton 73, Newcastie 91; London T 91, Leopards 75; Thames Valley 95, Sheffieid 94. Yesterday: Westfield Sharks Sheffield 99 Edinburgh Rocks 56, Chester Jets 10 Nurishment Leicester Riders 96, London Leopards 110 Brighton Bears 99 (OT) ...

Published: Monday 12 March 2001
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2778 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

EAST SUSSEX ASHDOWN FOREST

... the screen time, it is dull and unconvincing: the director, Michael Bay, has hitherto specialised in boys' movies such as The Rock and Armageddon, and his heart is clearly not in the nuances of human relationships. The high point of Pearl Harbor is the 40-minute ...

Published: Thursday 07 June 2001
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 22771 | Page: 219 | Tags: none