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Having caught the attention of a producer, David Deutsch, Boorman was offered the chance to direct a film aimed at repeating the success of A Hard Day's Night (directed by Richard Lester in 1964): Catch Us If You Can (1965) is about another pop group, the Dave Clark Five.
Apr 7, 2022 · In 1964, John Boorman was a documentary producer at BBC Bristol. For the about-to-be-launched BBC2 he wanted to make a series about the city. He asked me to script it.
Apr 9, 2022 · The Newcomers is brilliantly filmed and edited by John Boorman who was working at the time for BBC West. Three years later he made Point Blank, starting his long career in Hollywood.
Cast & Crew. Show all ( 13) John Boorman Director, Producer. Michael Croucher Director. Tom Stoppard Self. Jim Saunders Cinematography. Arthur Smith Cinematography. David Lee Music. John Merritt Editing. George Inger Editing. Critics reviews.
There, he started as assistant but worked later as director on documentaries, such as The Newcomers (1964). His friendship with Lee Marvin allowed him to work in Hollywood (e.g. Point Blank (1967) and Hell in the Pacific (1968) ) from where he returned to the UK (e.g. Leo the Last (1970) , Zardoz (1974) or Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) ).
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Sep 5, 2024 · In 1964 Boorman directed The Newcomers, a popular six-part study of a couple from Bristol. Point Blank Angie Dickinson and Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967), directed by John Boorman. (more)
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Mar 28, 2022 · Two of them were from Bristol: police inspector Richard Callicot and Bristol University boffin Frank George – an AI/cybernetics pioneer. The following year, Boorman made The Newcomers. This was a six-part drama-doc following the lives of a young married couple living in a small flat in Clifton.
