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Sir Thomas Daniel "Tom" Courtenay (/ˈkɔːrtni/; born 25 February 1937) is an English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films, including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Doctor Zhivago (1965). Since the mid-1960s, he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre, although he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for the film adaptation of The Dresser (1983), which he had performed on the West End and on Broadway. He received a knighthood in February 2001 for his service to cinema and theatre.
Courtenay was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Annie Eliza (née Quest) and Thomas Henry Courtenay, a boat painter. He attended Kingston High School and studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London.
Courtenay made his stage debut in 1960 with the Old Vic theatre company at the Lyceum, Edinburgh, before taking over from Albert Finney in the title role of Billy Liar at the Cambridge Theatre in 1961. In 1963, he played that same title role in the film version, directed by John Schlesinger. He said of Albert Finney, "We both have the same problem, overcoming the flat harsh speech of the North."
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Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. David Lean’s epic love story set during the Russian Revolution won five Academy Awards following its release in 1965. Actors Sir Tom Courtenay and Rita Tushingham recall the film’s painstaking production, Lean’s working methods, and their co-stars Sir Alec Guinness and Omar Sharif. Q&A; hosted by writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet. Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilminstitute/
Tom Courtenay wins Supporting Actor for Unforgotten at the House of Fraser British Academy Television Awards. This is Courtenay's third BAFTA, his first was Most Promising New Comer in Film Roles for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner back in 1963! See the full list of winners: https://www.bafta.org/television/awards/house-of-fraser-british-academy-television-awards-winners-in-2016 --- Stay up to date with the latest news from BAFTA: Twitter: @BAFTA: https://twitter.com/BAFTA @BAFTAGuru: https://twitter.com/BAFTAGuru @BAFTAGames: https://twitter.com/BAFTAGames Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bafta Instagram: http://instagram.com/bafta Tumblr: Film: http://bafta-film.tumblr.com/ TV: http://bafta-television.tumblr.com/ Games: http://bafta-games.tumblr.com/ Pinterest: ...
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Sir Tom Courtenay talks to Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode about his new film, 45 Years. Please tell us what you think of the interview - we love to include your views on the show every Friday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live Fridays at 2pm on BBC 5 live.
"Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter" was a #1 hit on the US pop charts for Herman's Hermits in 1965. The original version of the song, however, had actually been by actor Tom Courtenay two years earlier, in a British TV play entitled 'The Lads'. As photographs from 'The Lads' are somewhat hard to come by (I'm not even sure the play still exists), the visuals here come from a Tom Courtenay film -- one of my all-time favorites, as it happens -- the classic Billy Liar. If you like this, check out my blog: http://listenpeopleblog.blogspot.com/
Bonnie Laufer Krebs - Click here to subscribe https://www.youtube.com/user/moviegalz... Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/movi_boni Follow me on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boneb Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bonnies-Celebrity-Interviews-561970567166961/?fref=nf An online source for movies and interviews Visit http://www.smartentertainmentgroup.com 45 Years is a 2015 British romantic drama film directed and written by Andrew Haigh based on the short story In Another Country by David Constantine. It centers around a married couple who's as their 45th wedding anniversary approaches, a woman (Charlotte Rampling) learns that her husband (Tom Courtenay) was once engaged to someone else. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin Inte...
Stefan Pape from HeyUGuys interviews Tom Courtenay & Charlotte Rampling for their movie 45 Years which was adapted and Directed by Andrew Haigh. This is his first movie since Weekend. During the interview they also talk about Tom's new movie Dad's Army. More from HeyUGuys Website ► http://HeyUGuys.com Follow us on Twitter ► http://twitter.com/HeyUGuys Subscribe here! ► http://bit.ly/HeyUGuysYTSub Facebook ► http://facebook.com/HeyUGuys Instagram ► http://instagram.com/HeyUGuysOfficial
During World War II, German Intelligence officer Maj. Grau (Omar Sharif) investigates a prostitute's murder in Warsaw, Poland while suspicion falls on three high-ranking generals.
This I find to be quite similar in style to Ray Davies' music hall rock operas. It is from the original vinyl pressing and may have a few audible defects. Please keep in mind my videos are never meant to take the place of higher quality sources, and I urge everyone interested in owning this album to seek out their own legitimate copy. 0:00 On My Street 1:51 We're Waiting 4:47 Good Evening! 8:31 I Ought To Be Ashamed Of Myself 11:11 Good Old Legs 14:56 I Have A Dream 17:25 Oh Gawd, Men...Beasts! 19:38 Points Of View 23:14 Spend Spend Spend 25:28 Don't Tell Me That Again 27:26 Frozen Moments 30:18 I Could Not Have Dreamed Him 33:31 Goin' To Barcelona 37:34 Hermione 40:22 When You've Lived In Love With Someone 42:40 Mr. Scrimmett 44:53 The Trouble With People 46:37 It's Be...
The panelists- actor Tom Courtenay ("The Dresser"), actress Mary Beth Hurt ("Crimes of the Heart"), performer Milo O'Shea, actor Larry Riley ("The Soldier's Play"), director Tony Tanner ("Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"), and actress Jane White ("Lola")- discuss their many performances within theater and their experiences with them. The panelists discuss in-depth about the hard work that goes into their plays, what draws them towards a certain play, the many themes expressed through acting, as well as the many genres explored within theatrical plays. (Taped: 9/1/1982) The American Theatre Wing's panel discussion series, Working in the Theatre (formerly The American Theatre Wing Seminars), brings together performers, directors, playwrights, designers, choreographers and beh...
Tom Courtenay delivers a star-making turn as William Terrence Fisher ('Billy Liar') in one of the most memorable and universally acclaimed films of the 60s. Running from an unsympathetic working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancées and an insecure job at an undertakers, Billy escapes, Walter Mitty-like, into a world of fantasy where he can realize his dream ambitions. As work and family pressures build to new intolerable levels, Liz (an early, charismatic turn from Julie Christie), enters his drab life and offers Billy the one real chance he'll ever get to leave the past behind. Scripted by Keith Waterhouse from his own novel, and sensitively directed by John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy), Billy Liar is one of the few comedies of the British 'New Wave', marrying visual and verbal wit...
The lives and relationships of those within a British traditional touring stage company provide the backdrop for THE DRESSER, a compelling study of the intense relationship between the leader of the company and his dresser. Sir (Albert Finney), a grandiloquent old man of the theater, has given his soul to his career, but his tyrannical rule over the company is now beginning to crack under the strain of age and illness and he prepares for his two hundred twenty-seventh performance of King Lear. Sir's fastidious and fiercely dedicated dresser, Norman (Tom Courtenay), submits to Sir's frequently unreasonable demands, tends to his health, and reminds him of what role he is currently playing. The two men are essential to each other's life. This is a film rich in comedy, compassion and love for ...
Here's a beautiful BBC Radio play circa 1988 of "For King and Country" By John Wilson . The play centres on a young deserter so broken by his experience of war that he hasn't got the will left to defend himself let alone fight on in a gruesome war. For King and Country By John Wilson BBC Radio 4: Saturday Night Theatre Broadcast: Saturday 12th November 1988 @ 7:45 p.m. The 1917 Battle of Passchendaele is the setting for "For King and Country" which is a powerful play that uncovers the officially forgotten casualties of war – the deserters. No less than 306 young men were executed during World War I. The play opens on an early evening on an August day in 1917. The place: the interior of a barn close to Passchendale in Belgium. Private Hamp is sole survivor of his platoon and he should...
Yo La Tengo Live at Primavera Sound Festival 2009 Barcelona, Spain setlist: and the glitter is gone, big day coming, tom courtenay, blue line swinger
Tom Courtenay, the star of the stunning drama 45 Years, speaks about working with director Andrew Haigh and co-star Charlotte Rampling, the atmosphere on the film's set and what it's like to shoot in Norfolk. 45 Years opens in cinemas & on demand on 28 August. Visit http://www.45YearsFilm.com to find out more and to find out where to see it.
Tom Courtenay Interview 45 Years Subscribe to Red Carpet News: http://bit.ly/1s3BQ54 Red Carpet News TV talks to the winners and VIP guests at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards 2016. Winners include Kate Winslet, Kenneth Branagh, Asif Kapadia, Tom Courtenay, Charlotte Rampling, Tom Hardy, Saoirse Ronan and Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams. Check out our other videos for more interviews from this year's film awards season. Red Carpet News brings you all the latest Film & Entertainment News. Featuring exclusive content and interviews for Game Of Thrones, Sherlock, Hunger Games, Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, Doctor Who and so much more. Visit our homepage at http://www.redcarpetnewstv.com or follow us on Twitter @RedCarpetNewsTV for exclusive daily updates,...
Here they are! The winners of the Best Actress and Actor Silver Bear, Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, opening their hearts together with Andrew Haigh in this ONE WORD INTERVIEW!
Director Andrew Haigh and award-winning stars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay discuss the making of their powerful relationship drama 45 Years. 45 Years is in cinemas from Friday August 28th 2015. For more information visit: http://www.film4.com/reviews/2015/45-years
Acting chameleon Sir Tom Courtenay, along with Sirs Alan Bates and Albert Finney, became front-runners in an up-and-coming company of rebel upstarts who created quite a stir in British "kitchen sink" cinema during the early 60s. An undying love for the theatre, however, had Courtenay channeling a different course than the afore-mentioned greats and he never, by his own choosing, attained comparable cinematic stardom.
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Regia di John Schlesinger (1963)
Julie Christie, the rumors are true
As the pages turn, my eyes are glued
To the movie star and his sordid life
Mr. X and his old-suffering wife
I spent so much time dreaming about Eleanor Bron
In my room with the curtains drawn
See her in the arms of Paul
Say it, I can say no more
As the music swells somehow stronger from adversity
Our hero finds his inner peace
So now I'm looking for a lucky charm
With a needle hanging out of its arm
As time goes by I know it's gonna happen
I know it's going away
Gonna take its toll, gonna take its toll
Gonna take my time
And I'm thinking about the way things are
And I'm thinking about the way things were
Thinking about Eleanor Bron
And I'm thinking about a lucky charm
And I'm thinking about the needle
Oh, I'm thinking about the needle