Peter finch biography
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FESTIVALS:
* World Premiere at the Busan International Film Festival
Mad as Hell: Peter Finch
| Category | | Biography, Cinema |
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| Country | | Australia |
| Running time | | 77’ - 55’ |
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| Production | | Lowlands Media Pty Ltd |
| Director | | Robert de Young |
Mad as Hell is the first documentary to map the significance and legacy of Australian actor Peter Finch's life and career as seen through the eyes of his daughters, fellow actors, producers and his manager. Finch is still the only actor to have been awarded a posthumous Academy Award® for Best Actor (Network, ). With: Anita Harrison, Tamara Tchinarova Finch, Samantha Finch, Diana Braley-Finch, Barry Norman, Trader Faulkner, Vincent Ball, Peter Thompson, Bill Hunter, Virginia McKenna, Glenda Jackson, Howard Gottfried. Born in England and raised in Australia following a bizarre stint in s India with his eccentric grandmother, Finch found fame in Aussie radio and movies before cap
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Peter Finch - Hardcover
Peter Finch. A biography.
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Zustand: Gut. p.,[32]p. of plates. Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - PETER FINCH had a large and lusty appetite for life, and when he died suddenly on January 14,, he was atop a new peak of success that subsequently brought him a posthumous Oscar. Like a shooting star he went out with a blinding flash of light. Born in England, almost certainly an illegitimate son, he was spirited away to France while still a baby and into the care of his avant-garde grandmother, and when she later took off for India, Peter, still a small boy, went with her. There he learnt meditation and the art of begging. Another jump, and he landed in Australia for the raw experiences of his early life, growing up during the Great nedstämdhet as an irrepressible and amusing ungdom, turning his hand at anything to survive - court reporter, artist's model, straight man in vaudeville, waiter -before becoming an actor. Once esta
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About Peter Finch
Peter Finch is a full-time poet, psychogeographer, critic, author, rock fan and literary entrepreneur living in Cardiff, Wales. Until he was Chief Executive of Literature Wales (formerly The Welsh Academy), the Welsh National Literature Development Agency. As a writer he works in both traditional and experimental forms. He is best known for his boundary pushing, his declamatory poetry readings, his creative work based on his native city of Cardiff, his editing of Seren's Real series, and his knowledge of rock and roll. He is currently working with the urban photographer John Briggs on a rediscovery of the south Wales hinterland, Walking The Valleys (due for publication at the end of ). Edging The City - a psychogeographic ramble around the capital's 50 mile boundary will appear in . His Walking Cardiff was published by Seren Books in His latest poetry collection, his first in a decade, is The Machineries of Joy Seren Books,
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