MOVIE TRIVIA. – PT184

MOVIE TRIVIA. – PT184

November 1, 2021 Alan Royle 2

  Ben Kingsley British actor Ben Kingsley will quite rightly be remembered for winning the Oscar in the title role of Gandhi (1982), yet he had been a musician/singer, busking for over a decade before fame caught up with him. It was 1966 when the twenty-three year old Ben made […]

RANDOM QUOTES – PT44

RANDOM QUOTES – PT44

May 11, 2021 Alan Royle 0

    PETER O’TOOLE:                          [Speaking about his attendance at the 75th Annual Academy Awards in 2003] ‘I enjoyed it. The only thing that wasn’t enjoyable was in the green room. I said, ‘Can I have a drink?’ [He was told]: ‘We have lemon juice, apple juice, still or sparkling.’ […]

THE BOND GIRLS – PT 3.

November 25, 2017 Alan Royle 2

My look at ‘THE BOND GIRLS PT 3’ encompasses the beauties who enhanced the following four 007 features: You Only Live Twice (1967) starring Sean Connery as James Bond. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) starring George Lazenby as Bond. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) starring Connery again. Live And Let […]

Did you know? Points of interest. Pt. 9

September 13, 2015 admin 0

    It is generally believed that Stephen Sondheim only agreed to the musically limited Madonna singing his songs in Dick Tracy (1990) because he owed a favour to Warren Beatty who directed and starred in it whilst becoming intimately involved with Madonna during the shoot. Sean Young was to […]