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The Great Movie Books #1: Final Cut by Steven Bach
7 July 2011 2:31 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
The Great Movie Books: Final Cut by Steven Bach
(In this new series, What Culture!’s Tom Barnard takes a look at a selection of great books written about and around that endlessly interesting subject: movies. Be it a tell-all memoir of Hollywood scandal, or a chronicle of a filmmaker’s struggle to make his masterpiece, each of the books in the series have one thing in common: they are classics; books that will stand the test of time; books that will be referenced and sighted for their unique contribution to movie literature. Above all, they are relentlessly entertaining works.)
No. 1: Final Cut:
Dreams And Disaster In The Making Of Heaven’S Gate by Steven Bach (1985)
By the early 1920s, four major Hollywood players decided that the early studio system wasn’t for them. Like being caught in the grip of a boa, it was restricting, terrifying, and – ultimately – soul crushing. »
- Tom Barnard
Hunter Laid To Rest
26 May 2011 5:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Australian acting legend Bill Hunter was remembered during a star-studded memorial service in Melbourne on Thursday.
The Muriel's Wedding star passed away on Saturday at the age of 71 following a battle with cancer.
Tributes have poured in for Hunter, and on Thursday, his family, friends and a number of famous faces turned out for a service celebrating the actor's life.
With Hunter's casket taking centre stage at Melbourne's Princess Theatre, singer Paul Kelly opened the memorial with an emotional performance of Nukkin Ya, which is derived from the Aboriginal term for 'see you later'. Oliver Jao Smith and The Maza Sisters also performed during the service.
Screen stars including David Field and Mick Molloy shared their memories of Hunter, while actor Rod Mullinar, who helped nurse the actor through illness during his final months, read out a poem in his honour.
Mullinar also delivered a moving speech about his "sweet, kind and generous" friend, telling the mourners, "He had a great curiosity about people - what they did, how they lived their lives, and most of all, what their stories were.
"People loved Billy because what you saw was what you got. I'll miss you Billy. We'll have a drink for you."
Family members paid tribute to Hunter, with his former wife Rhoda Roberts telling the guests, "He had wisdom and experience that he wanted to pass on. He was such a mentor to so many in this room, and that's how I would like to remember him."
Hunter's niece Kate Sheffield added, "It was an amazing life, and he lived it his way. His generosity of spirit was extraordinary. So long Billo. I'm so proud to have known you. You added colour and passion to all of our lives."
His brother John Hunter said, "Safe journey dearest friend, brother, you will never be forgotten in our hearts."
Paul Kelly closed the service by performing his classic track Leaps and Bounds. »
Paul Kelly to perform at Bill Hunter memorial
24 May 2011 8:56 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Various stars will take to the stage to celebrate the life of Bill Hunter tomorrow. The 71-year-old Australian actor, who was best known for his roles in Muriel's Wedding, Strictly Ballroom and Priscilla Queen of the Desert, passed away last weekend after a battle with cancer. Singer Paul Kelly will reportedly open and close the memorial service at Melbourne's Princess Theatre at 2pm tomorrow. Actors Rod Mullinar, Gary Foley, David Field and Mick Molloy are believed to be speaking about their former friend and co-star. Field recently said of Hunter: "Extraordinary instinct and intelligence, a very (more) »
- By Rebecca Davies
Tributes Pour In For Hunter
23 May 2011 1:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Australian director Phillip Noyce is leading the tributes to his Newsfront star Bill Hunter, who died on Saturday following a battle with cancer.
Directors and actors from the Australian film community have expressed their sorrow after the Muriel's Wedding star passed away at a Melbourne hospice.
Noyce - who cast Hunter in four of his films, including his 1978 hit Newsfront - branded the acting legend "extraordinary".
He says, "He was the epitome, the absolute essence of the Anglo-Irish Australian male of the 20th century. Hunter was us and that's why we liked him and that's why us directors kept using him and why Australian audiences kept responding to him. He defined us. Hunter was extraordinary."
Meanwhile, Hunter's friend and fellow actor David Field says, "(He had) extraordinary instinct and intelligence, a very profound human being. The everyman on the street was the man he loved - from hobo upwards he didn't mind. He always had time for everyone, for all his kind of roaring bluff, he was a very sensitive and very gentle man."
Filmmaker Simon Wincer, who directed Hunter in The Cup, insists his death leaves a void in the entertainment industry Down Under, adding, "He was associated really with the renaissance of the Australian film industry from the '70s right up until the last few months."
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has also paid her respects: "Mr. Hunter played a key role as an acclaimed actor in helping to define Australian culture over five decades on screen and on stage. He told us Australian stories in an Australian voice at a time when we were debating and developing our sense of national identity."
A memorial service for Hunter will be held at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne on Thursday. »
Bill Hunter to be honoured in memorial
22 May 2011 9:32 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Bill Hunter's memorial has been organised. The 71-year-old Australian actor, who passed away in a Melbourne hospice on Saturday night after a battle with cancer, will be honoured at Melbourne's Princess Theatre this coming Thursday. Simon Wincer, who directed Hunter in recent film The Cup, told The ABC: "He was associated really with the renaissance of the Australian film industry from the '70s right up until the last few months." His friend and fellow actor David Field added: "[Bill had] extraordinary instinct and intelligence [and was] a very profound human being. The (more) »
- By Rebecca Davies
New Aussie bushranger drama Wild Boys shoots next month
20 February 2011 3:37 PM, PST | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
A new Australian western drama series is set to go into production next month. The Southern Star Entertainment drama series for Channel Seven Wild Boys, set in the 1800s about a gang of bushrangers, will be filmed in Sydney. .It.s fresh, it.s different and everything about it is Australian,. Seven.s head of programming and production Tim Worner said in a statement. .If you look across the television landscape, you.ll quickly conclude there aren't many bushranger dramas.. The show will star Daniel MacPherson (City Homicide), Zoe Ventoura (Packed To The Rafters), Michael Dorman (The Secret Life Of Us) and David Field (City Homicide) with further announcements expected soon. The Wild Boys . Jack, Dan, Conrad and Captain »
- Sam Dallas
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