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Lawrence of Arabia
1962
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4 days ago · As Alec Guinness's biographer, Garry O'Connor explains in his book, Alec Guinness: A Life: The lens was laboriously shuttered and finely adjusted to open in part for each new impersonation. It took three days at Ealing to shoot the requisite number of fifteen-second shots, while at any moment the composite picture could have been ruined if Alec ...
1 day ago · Even when George Lucas established A New Hope in 1977, there was a real sense of loss when Sir Alec Guinness' Obi-Wan Kenobi sacrificed himself so his comrades could escape the Death Star.
3 days ago · I first met George Smiley when I was 21. The tap on my shoulder happened in suburban Essex when, home for Christmas, I watched Sir Alec Guinness’ sublime performance as the spymaster in the 1979 BBC adaptation of the John Le Carré novel, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. This complex tale of espionage, human frailty and betrayal, played out in the ...
3 days ago · Up Next. 1977: Sir Alec Guinness on Star Wars. Video, 00:04:30 1977: Sir Alec Guinness on Star Wars
5 days ago · Just as Alec Guinness reshaped the character of George Smiley for John le Carré, Ian responded to Connery’s cinematic Bond by putting some Scottish blood into him in his next novel, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Nicholas Shakespeare’s Ian Fleming: The Complete Man is on sale next week, from Harper.
5 days ago · Thanks for joining us on this episode of Middle Age Movie Reviews as we discuss the film that defined sci-fi film for an entire generation. Join Tim, Matt and fill in for Joe; Rick as they discuss Star Wars in a multi-part podcast.
2 days ago · President Biden’s toughest opponent may not be his predecessor. It is the cultural meaning, built up through centuries, that we assign to being old.
