He got his big break playing Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and now, 34 years later, John Hurt is at it again
There's something disturbing about John Hurt. That familiar Mount Rushmore face seems to have ironed itself out. It was once compared to a komodo dragon – even his lines seemed to have lines – but today he looks peachy as a schoolboy. You've been on the Botox, haven't you? He roars with how-dare-you laughter. "Nah! Hahahaha! No. Don't say that. That would be awful. Not in a million years would I do that." He's got a point: take away the cracks and creases, and his job prospects would diminish no end. His face is one of the most distinctive in the movies. Almost as distinctive as his voice, dripping with honey and acid, often at the same time. Look, he admits, there might well be a reason for his...
There's something disturbing about John Hurt. That familiar Mount Rushmore face seems to have ironed itself out. It was once compared to a komodo dragon – even his lines seemed to have lines – but today he looks peachy as a schoolboy. You've been on the Botox, haven't you? He roars with how-dare-you laughter. "Nah! Hahahaha! No. Don't say that. That would be awful. Not in a million years would I do that." He's got a point: take away the cracks and creases, and his job prospects would diminish no end. His face is one of the most distinctive in the movies. Almost as distinctive as his voice, dripping with honey and acid, often at the same time. Look, he admits, there might well be a reason for his...
- 11/21/2009
- The Guardian - Film News
British author, broadcaster and journalist Sir Ludovic Kennedy has died at the age of 89.
Kennedy was most familiar to British audiences for his work as a newsreader and television presenter, which spanned six decades. He also wrote more than a dozen books and television films, often about miscarriages of justice - most notably his 1961 book Ten Rillington Place.
That project argued the case of Timothy Evans, who was executed for the murder of his baby daughter. The culprit was later uncovered as serial killer John Christie.
Evans was later posthumously pardoned.
Kennedy's book was turned into a 1970 movie starring Richard Attenborough and John Hurt.
According to his family, Kennedy died in a nursing home in Salisbury, England on Sunday - just a month before his 90th birthday. He had been ill for some time after contracting pneumonia following a fall.
Kennedy was most familiar to British audiences for his work as a newsreader and television presenter, which spanned six decades. He also wrote more than a dozen books and television films, often about miscarriages of justice - most notably his 1961 book Ten Rillington Place.
That project argued the case of Timothy Evans, who was executed for the murder of his baby daughter. The culprit was later uncovered as serial killer John Christie.
Evans was later posthumously pardoned.
Kennedy's book was turned into a 1970 movie starring Richard Attenborough and John Hurt.
According to his family, Kennedy died in a nursing home in Salisbury, England on Sunday - just a month before his 90th birthday. He had been ill for some time after contracting pneumonia following a fall.
- 10/19/2009
- WENN
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