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Name: John Boorman
Birth Date: January 18, 1933
Place of Birth: Shepperton, England
Gender: Male

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Biography of John Boorman
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Regarded as one of Britain's most imaginative and technically brilliant film directors, John Boorman works in such diverse genres as supernatural horror, social comedy, science fiction, action-adventure, and the thriller. Often his films examine the...


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John Boorman Quotes
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What is passion? It is surely the becoming of a person. Are we not, for most of our lives, marking time? Most of our being is at rest, unlived. In passion, the body and the spirit seek expression outside of self. Passion is all that is other from self....


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John Boorman (born January 18, 1933 in Shepperton, Surrey), is an English filmmaker, currently based in Ireland, best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Deliverance, Excalibur, Hope and Glory, The General and...


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The New York Observer
Marvelous Marvin
5/8/2007: 303 words, approx. 1 pages
Lee Marvin (1924–1987) brought a distinctive brand of amused and often bemused virility to over 60 action films from 1951 to 1986, the best of which are being shown by the Film Society of Lincoln Center from May 11 to May 24. Marvin won his...
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Today in history - Jan. 18
1/18/2007: 576 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Thursday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2007. There are 347 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 18, 1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had beaten them...
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New DVD releases: `Death Proof'
9/17/2007: 920 words, approx. 3 pages
Selected home-video releases:"Death Proof"Quentin Tarantino's part of "Grindhouse," the double-feature he made with Robert Rodriguez, comes to DVD in a two-disc set, featuring an extended and unrated version of the film that runs about 30 minutes longer than the theatrical release. Kurt Russell stars as...
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The New York Observer
Audrey and Albert Share Swingin' Memories of a Marriage
11/6/2005: 1,011 words, approx. 3 pages
In 1967, a Time magazine cover story trumpeted “The Shock of Freedom in Films,” praising Hollywood’s belated embrace of the French New Wave. The article mostly paid enormous respects to Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde, but passing mention was made of how Mike Nichols’...
 


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