Monthly Archives: November 2009
More news from Stephen Fry on Dambusters remake
New Zealand TV reporter Kate Rodger caught up with Stephen Fry at the launch in London of The Lovely Bones, and received a 30 second update on progress on the Dambusters remake. (If you want to see the video you’ll … Continue reading
Filed under Dambusters remake, Peter Jackson, Stephen Fry
BFI page on The Dam Busters
The British Film Institute is a treasure trove of material for anyone interested in the history of cinema, and much of it is now online. Check out, for instance, its page on Michael Anderson’s classic film, and you will find … Continue reading
Filed under Dam Busters 1955 film, John Pulford, Richard Todd, Robert Shaw
This could be serious. Jackson denies putting Dambusters on ‘back burner’
This could be bad news, folks. In a throwaway remark in an interview with the well-respected Hollywood Reporter, Peter Jackson and his Wingnut Films colleagues apparently let it be known that the Dambusters remake is now on the back burner, … Continue reading
Filed under Dambusters remake, Peter Jackson
Remembrance Day, 2009
Poem by Ann Stevenson in The Guardian, Saturday 7 November, 2009. I can’t find it in the online version, so I am reproducing it in full here. After the Funeral by Anne Stevenson For Sally Thorneloe, in memory of Lieutenant … Continue reading
Filed under Remembrance day
