Columba, St
Columba, St (
c.521–97) Irish abbot and missionary. After founding several churches and monasteries in his own country, he established the monastery at Iona in
c.563, led a number of missions to mainland Scotland from there, and converted the Picts to Christianity. He is considered one of the leading figures of the Celtic missionary tradition in the British Isles and contributed significantly to the literature of Celtic Christianity.
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DAVID LEAN: SCENE BY SCENE The forgotten hero of British cinema Tonight's Bafta tribute to the director Sir David Lean is kicking off a year of events celebrating his centenary - but this country has never truly recognised his worth, his widow tells Chris Hastings
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; Sandra Lean, widow of the film director Sir David, is recalling a recent item on Radio 4 about...Obviously they were trying to get the feel of a David Lean epic but they failed. Without David, it's not so easy." It's ironic, then...
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Remy Martin Amerique underwrites AFI Life Achievement Award; British Director Sir David Lean is 1990 honoree. (American Film Institute)
PR Newswire; 3/9/1990; 700+ words
; ...ACHIEVEMENT AWARD; BRITISH DIRECTOR SIR DAVID LEAN IS 1990 HONOREE HOLLYWOOD, Calif...This year's award honors Sir David Lean, the acclaimed British director...this year's award in honor of Sir David to the outstanding second-year...
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Scorsese prepares to realise David Lean's dying wish
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 4/21/2002; ; 700+ words
; IT WAS to be Sir David Lean's last and greatest film. Now, a...provisional budget of pounds 30 million. The David Lean Foundation is handling the negotiations...project right up to the end of his life. "David died just four weeks before he was due...
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Director David Lean, 83; won Oscar for `River Kwai'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/17/1991; ; 700+ words
; Sir David Lean, the Oscar-winning director whose grandiose...the film has since been suspended. Mr. Lean, who once said he "never thought (I...from the American Film Institute. Mr. Lean embarked on his career in films at age 19...
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Scorsese hopes to complete Lean's `greatest legacy'
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/22/2002; ; 642 words
; ...negotiating to fulfil the death-bed wish of Sir David Lean by completing his final film project. Sir David had intended his adaptation of Joseph Conrad...start of filming. Now, 11 years after Sir David's death, the director of Taxi Driver...
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The Cast of `Arabia' Night;The British Embassy Hosts Lean & the `Lawrence' Crew
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/6/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...thirsty for the chance to mingle with Sir David Lean and company. The select group of...be the lowest form of art," said Lean-who gets up very close when he...opened," said British Ambassador Sir Antony Acland-the party's host...
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'Castaway' Ronald Searle condemns Lean's River Kwai
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 7/10/2005; ; 674 words
; ...of national British pride was "romantic nonsense''. Sir David Lean's Oscar-winning 1957 adaptation of Pierre Boulle...the most popular British war films ever made. It starred Sir Alec Guinness as the stoic Colonel Nicholson, a man so...
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CAMPBELLASOSOUPERSTAR; British Lions coach Sir Clive Woodward has recruited a talented young Scots chef in a bid to keep his players lean, mean and keen during their summer tour. Chef David Campbell will be the vital ingredient in the players' health and fitness regime when he accompanies the Lions on their eight-week tour of New Zealand in May.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/15/2005; 700+ words
; ...TENNANT RUGBY fanatic David Campbell has spent weeks...happy to oblige. 'When Sir Clive Woodward brought...46 squad members. When Sir Clive quit the England...focal point of the day and Sir Clive needs to be confident...of a winger, who is a leaner player and requires a...
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STAR BORES!; Sir Alec lashes out at movie classics Star Wars and Bridge on the River Kwai.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 9/8/1999; 529 words
; SIR Alec Guinness has told a US magazine that he disliked making the...with them. He threw the letter in the rubbish bin. Criticised Sir Alec also criticised Sir David Lean, who directed his Oscar-winning performance as Colonel Nicholson...
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STAR BORES! Sir Alec lashes out at movie classics Star Wars and Bridge on theRiver Kwai
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail; 9/8/1999; 498 words
; SIR Alec Guinness has told a US magazine that he disliked making the...with them. He threw the letter in the rubbish bin. Criticised Sir Alec also criticised Sir David Lean, who directed his Oscar- winning performance as Colonel Nicholson...
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Sir David Lean
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir David Lean 1908-91, English film director, producer...S. Lean (his wife) and B. Chattington, David Lean: An Intimate Portrait (2001); G. D. Phillips, Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean (2006).
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Lean, Sir David
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Lean, Sir David (1908–91) English film director. His early films, such as...and Brief Encounter (1945), were collaborations with Noel Coward . Lean followed these with the Dickens’ adaptations, Great Expectations...
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Richardson, (Sir) Ralph
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
RICHARDSON, (Sir) Ralph Nationality: British. Born: Ralph David Richardson in Cheltenham...1944, son: Charles David. Career: 1921—...the Sound Barrier ) (Lean) (as John Richfield...as Sir Hudson Lowe); David Copperfield (Delbert...
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Havelock-Allan, (Sir) Anthony
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
HAVELOCK-ALLAN, (Sir) Anthony Producer. Nationality...x2014;cofounder, with David Lean and Ronald Neame, Cineguild...x2014; With Noel Coward and David Lean, Brief Encounter...his forming Cineguild with David Lean and Ronald Neame...
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Harrison, (Sir) Rex
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
HARRISON, (Sir) Rex Nationality: British...Wilcox) (as Major David Bruce); Blithe Spirit (Lean) (as Charles Condomine...Richard and the Crusaders (David Butler) (as Emir Ilderim...1960 Midnight Lace (David Miller) (as Tony Preston...
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