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Richard Attenborough (born August 29, 1923) is an English movie producer and actor. He was born in Cambridge, England. Richard Attenborough left his home when he was 17 to attend the Royal Academy of Dramtic Arts in London. He then earned his first West End theater role, then went to national stardom in the play Brighton Rock. Richard Attenborough then later became a producer and director. He produced and directed the film Gandhi.
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Richard Attenborough has not spoken publicly about the loss, three Christmases ago, of his daughter and granddaughter. Until now. The beloved, Santa-like figure tells Nigel Farndale of his attempts to come to terms with the tsunami tragedy - and the therapeutic effects of working with Shirley Maclaine. Portrait by Spencer Murphy
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Remstar bowed Richard Attenborough's true life saga ``Grey Owl'' at 70 Canadian sites to $210,000. Pierce Brosnan stars as the 1930s Native American conservationist who was, in reality, an Englishman in buckskin. It averaged $3,000 and has yet to acquire U.S. distribution.
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Richard Attenborough's successful film career as an actor had been established for twenty-seven years when he directed his first feature. Oh! What a Lovely War was an adaptation of Joan Littlewood's London stage show about the First World War and the waste of life caused by incompetent and careless strategists. With a script by spy thriller writer Len Deighton, the film shows hints of Attenborough's future strengths as a director. In particular, the closing shot, in which the camera tracks backwards over a war cemetery, anticipates similar large-scale landscapes and crowd scenes in films such as Gandhi and Cry Freedom. Even the more intimate, and rather disappointing, Shadowlands contains some hallmark Attenborough footage as a small car winds its way through the English countryside.
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On holiday in the south of France in 1954, Richard Attenborough bought an ashtray made by Picasso – for £3. He has since amassed Europe’s biggest private collection of the artist’s ceramics. Now, in memory of the family members he lost in the tsunami, he’s showing them to the world
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Attenborough's next venture was the horror story Magic, featuring Anthony Hopkins as a deranged ventriloquist committing murder at the imagined behest of his profane dummy. Among the film's many detractors was New Yorker's Pauline Kael, who complained that William Goldman's script lacked polish and Attenborough's direction lacked complexity. "The director … grinds along so seriously that there's no suspense, no ambiguity," she wrote.
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