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1. buffalonews.com › news › david-lean-filmmaker-diesDAVID LEAN, FILMMAKER, DIES AT 83 - Buffalo News

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   May 14, 2024 · Sir David Lean, the British film director who won 28 Oscars during his career for such movie classics as "Lawrence of Arabia" and "A Passage to India," died Tuesday with one last epic...

2. www.theguardian.com › film › 2008The epic legacy of David Lean | Movies | The Guardian

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   May 4, 2008 · Instead of Pip, it's the 13-year-old David Lean, running to make the two o'clock. His first ever trip to the cinema. His Quaker parents are in the throes of splitting up, and escape seems the...

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   Who was David Lean?

   • An important British filmmaker, David Lean was born in Croydon on March 25, 1908 and brought up in a strict Quaker family (ironically, as a child he wasn't allowed to go to the movies). During the 1920s, he briefly considered the possibility of becoming an accountant like his father before finding a job at Gaumont British Studios in 1927.

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   Did David Lean want Sun?

   • He wanted sun, even in Ireland, even in March. Perfectionism was not simply a quality in the work of David Lean, who died on Tuesday in England at the age of 83. It was a fetish. He was a man in no hurry to make a movie.

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   Who were David Lean parents?

   • David Lean was born on 25 March 1908 at 38 Blenheim Crescent, South Croydon, Surrey (now part of Greater London ), to Francis William le Blount Lean and the former Helena Tangye (niece of Sir Richard Trevithick Tangye ). His parents were Quakers and he was a pupil at the Quaker-founded Leighton Park School in Reading.

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   Did David Lean have perfectionism?

   • Perfectionism was not simply a quality in the work of David Lean, who died on Tuesday in England at the age of 83. It was a fetish. He was a man in no hurry to make a movie. He would wait years, if necessary, before be began a project, and he was most content in the stages before and after the actual shooting.

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   Peter Lean. Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of British cinema. He directed the large-scale epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970 ...

   • Children: Peter Lean

   • Years active: 1930–1991

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   David Lean. Director: Lawrence of Arabia. An important British filmmaker, David Lean was born in Croydon on March 25, 1908 and brought up in a strict Quaker family (ironically, as a child he wasn't allowed to go to the movies).

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: Limehouse, London, England, UK

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   Apr 21, 1991 · Variety announced that Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde") had agreed to backstop Lean, partly because he wanted to see the film get made. But it was not to be. From a location scouting trip, Lean returned ill to England last winter, never to return. What will history's verdict be on his lifework?

7. www.indiewire.com › features › best-ofChris Columbus's TCM Picks: How David Lean Shaped 'Home Alone'

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   Mar 1, 2024 · TCM Picks. How David Lean’s ‘Great Expectations’ Helped Inspire ‘Home Alone,’ and More from Chris Columbus’ TCM Picks. The "Home Alone" director shares his favorite films from TCM's March...

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   News & Interviews for David Lean Know Your Critic: Roxana Hadadi, Pop Culture Critic Exclusive: Inside Pinewood/Shepperton – A Photo Tour