Intimate and compelling documentary on the life and career of Leslie Howard (1893-1943)Intimate and compelling documentary on the life and career of Leslie Howard (1893-1943)Intimate and compelling documentary on the life and career of Leslie Howard (1893-1943)
Nick Cull
- Self - Interviewee
- (as Professor Nicholas Cull)
Doug Wheeler
- Self - Interviewee
- (as Professor Douglas Wheeler)
Olivia de Havilland
- Self
- (archive footage)
Sidney Franklin
- Self
- (archive sound)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNarrator, host, and producer Derek Partridge had, at the age of 7, given up his seat to actor Leslie Howard for the ill-fated Flight 777.
- Quotes
Self - Interviewee: Broadway is full of Hollywood Producers trying to find this next generation of stars who will be able to replace the ones who can't speak for themselves in silent cinema - the ones whose voices don't match their faces. So, from the moment that Al Jolson sings, then, that's a very good time to be performing the lead in a play on Broadway; because, the audience is full of talent scouts waiting to put you on the 20th Century ship you West.
- Crazy creditsMonty Montgomery's services courtesy of Sparrows and Hawks
- ConnectionsFeatures Outward Bound (1930)
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A surprisingly frank documentary about the life and career of Leslie Howard.
After watching this film, I had two initial reactions....that Leslie Howard was not the same brave and wonderful man I thought he had been AND that the filmmakers were amazingly frank and honest about him...something rare in documentaries.
This documentary has been in a sort of limbo for some time....and I assume it was either from lack of funds or difficulty procuring rights to some of the film clips. Either way, it's also interesting because the interviews generally look very recent but were actually filmed decades ago.
As I mentioned above, the film left me feeling a bit disappointed to learn more about Howard....but that is NOT a terrible thing as the film also was very honest. It did not gloss over the fact that he was a horrid husband and serial adulterer. And, unlike many accounts that claim his death was due to him being on some secret mission, it was, in fact, most likely had little to do with him or any sort of propaganda mission. I really appreciated this, as too often films about celebrities are not a warts and all production but are intended only to celebrate the good deeds of the man...not the good and bad. Well worth seeing and rather unusual in style.
This documentary has been in a sort of limbo for some time....and I assume it was either from lack of funds or difficulty procuring rights to some of the film clips. Either way, it's also interesting because the interviews generally look very recent but were actually filmed decades ago.
As I mentioned above, the film left me feeling a bit disappointed to learn more about Howard....but that is NOT a terrible thing as the film also was very honest. It did not gloss over the fact that he was a horrid husband and serial adulterer. And, unlike many accounts that claim his death was due to him being on some secret mission, it was, in fact, most likely had little to do with him or any sort of propaganda mission. I really appreciated this, as too often films about celebrities are not a warts and all production but are intended only to celebrate the good deeds of the man...not the good and bad. Well worth seeing and rather unusual in style.
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- planktonrules
- Mar 9, 2020
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- Leslie Howard: A Quite Remarkable Life
- Filming locations
- Dorking, Surrey, England, UK(Stowe Maries, Leslie Howard's home)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
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- Budget
- £220,000 (estimated)
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By what name was Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016) officially released in Canada in English?
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