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Sep 23, 2007 · Stuart: A Life Backwards: Directed by David Attwood. With Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Nicola Duffett, Claire-Louise Cordwell. A writer takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend, Stuart, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic childhood event.
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- 2005
- Alexander Masters
- David Attwood
Stuart: A Life Backwards. Stuart: A Life Backwards is a biography by Alexander Masters of his friend Stuart Clive Shorter, formerly, at various times, a prisoner and a career criminal. It explores how a young boy, somewhat disabled from birth, became mentally unstable, criminal and violent, living homeless on the streets of Cambridge.
A writer takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend, Stuart, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic childhood event. When Stuart Shorter - a homeless alcoholic with a violent past - meets writer and charity worker Alexander Masters, they strike up an unlikely friendship. As Alexander learns more about Stuart's ...
Stuart Shorter: ...I've had lots to drink and that. I can't help reflect, about my brother, and my brother's friend. And they didn't believe me. And they didn't care. And the abuse, being asked to do things that I wouldn't have thought possible that anyone, could ask of an eleven year old. I just head-butted.
Sep 23, 2007 · David Attwood. Director. Alexander Masters. Screenplay. Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
When Stuart Shorter - a homeless alcoholic with a violent past - meets writer and charity worker Alexander Masters, they strike up an unlikely friends…
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Jun 9, 2006 · On July 6, 2002, Stuart's short, painful life came to an end when he was hit by the 11.15 London-to-King's-Lynn train, just outside his home village of Waterbeach. It was unclear whether it was an ...
