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'This book provides the first detailed scholarly and authoritative analysis of Richard Attenborough's work as a filmmaker which reached its high point in 1982 with the release of Gandhi which won eight Academy Awards. After establishing his career as an actor Attenborough moved into production, firstly with Bryan Forbes with Beaver Films (1959-64) and, later, with Allied Film Makers (1960-64). He began his directorial career with Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), and went on to direct a further eleven films that spanned over five decades. While Attenborough continued acting, he also attained a high standing in the cinema industry where he has worked to represent its interests and provided support for British film production. While several of Attenborough's films have achieved a high degree of critical success, there has been an almost total absence of his films from the critical historiography of British cinema. Despite his films not possessing a distinctive individual style, Attenborough has been responsible for establishing the biographical film (biopic) within the pantheon of British cinema. Seven of Attenborough's films can be described as biopics, representing both the lives of fa

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Author

Dux, Sally

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526111784

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Performing Arts, Memoir, Sports