P a t r i c k Mc G o o h a n : a l i f e
b y R u p e r t B o o t h
• The only up-to-date biography of Patrick McGoohan that gets behind the
real moivaions of a character whose refusal to play by the rules of his
profession earned him a worldwide following
• Including exclusive interviews with leading directors, actors and industry
insiders from hit TV series The Prisoner and Danger Man as well as commentary
from family and friends
• Launched in conjuncion with various Prisoner fanclubs and websites
including The Unmutual website
• Essential resource for film students, fans of McGoohan and building on the
success of The Prisoner remake in 2009 starring Ian McKellan and Jim Caviezel,
introducing many new fans to the original series
Descr ipt ion
When Patrick McGoohan first hit UK screens starring in Danger Man in 1960 audiences were
struck by his fiery persona and on-screen charisma. By the ime he took on the role of ‘Number
6’ in cult show The Prisoner his fanbase was global, Hollywood beckoned and many of the actors
and directors that he worked with regarded him as enigmaic genius.
But who was this man who had worked variously as a truck driver, chicken farmer and bank
clerk before filling in for a colleague at the Sheffield Repertory Theatre and launching a hugely
successful acing career simply by chance?
In Not a Number Rupert Booth reveals the true character of a man known for his peculiar off-
screen behaviourasmuch for hisacing, direcingandwriingabiliies.Whywas heso puritanical?
Why was he so incensed by the prospect of fame? A imely exploraion of the man whose
declaraion ‘I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, de-briefed or numbered’
coninues to resonate with audiences decades ater it was first utered with such conviction.
Includes interviews and b/w photographs throughout.
Advance reviews
‘Many people have tried to reach a conclusion about the sort of person that Patrick
McGoohan really was. For the first ime, Rupert Booth may well have found the
answer.’ Rick Davy, The Unmutual Prisoner website
‘...at last an in-depth exploraion of a controversial character who can teach us all
to say “no” at a ime when we need to...’ Dazed & Confused
Author biog
Rupert Booth is an actor and writer living in London. He co-owns the producion company
Wildeyes TV and is currently working on several books in his spare time.
In 2004 he co-wrote, with Jon Blum, the first of Powys Media's series of Prisoner spin-off
novels which was received to criical acclaim and he has been a fan of Patrick McGoohan since
he first saw the series.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
INDIAN CINEMA REACHES A NEW HIGH WITH ‘DUM MAARO DUM’
Grab the edge of your seat and prepare for a high speed tour of Goa’s Underworld from 22nd April 2011
Indian cinema takes audiences on a high octane trip through the underbelly of Goa’s beach paradise when ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ opens in cinemas across the UK and worldwide on 22nd April 2011, releasing through Twentieth Century Fox.
‘Dum Maaro Dum’ is set in the exotic Indian beach resort of Goa, and tells the story of six characters whose lives change forever when they become embroiled in the shady and perilous world of the region’s drugs mafia. An edgy, stylised thriller which races through the by-lanes, beach shacks and wild raves of Goa, ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ is a compelling tale of sex, drugs and scandal set against the stunning backdrop of one of the world’s most famous tourist hotspots.
Directed by Rohan Sippy (Bluffmaster, Kuch Naa Kaho) and produced by Ramesh Sippy, who brought audiences one of the greatest classics in the history of Indian cinema, Sholay, ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ features a stand-out soundtrack that moves from haunting Konkanisongs to pulsating dance music by maverick composer, Pritam.
‘Dum Maaro Dum’s’ cast combines Bollywood’s most established and best loved film actors with India’s brightest rising stars. Acclaimed beauty and leading lady, Bipasha Basu, plays ‘Zoe’ – a bright and beautiful young woman who falls foul of Goa’s sinister underbelly. Joining her on screen is the Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan portraying ‘ACP Vishnu Kamath’, a cop on a relentless mission to bring Goa’s drugs barons to justice. Rising star of Indian cinema, Prateik Babbar, plays ‘Lorry’ – a student with huge potential, whose fall from grace is marked by an encounter with a hustler from the wrong side of the tracks. Acclaimed star of the Telegu film industry, Rana Daggubati makes a memorable Bollywood debut as ‘DJ Joki’, a local musician who becomes the film’s unlikely hero.
Starlet Deepika Padukone features in the film’s title track which is already creating waves in the Indian music scene. Bold and explosive, the song is a contemporary remix version of the iconic classic track (originally performed by the daring Zeenat Aman in pioneering 70’s film,Hare Rama Hare Krishna) and is choreographed by famed duo, Bosco and Cesar.
Get ready for a cinematic high when ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ releases through Twentieth Century Fox on 22nd April 2011, a film which will take audiences on a trip that will have them on the edge of their seats from the title sequence to the end credits.
For Colored Girls on DVD
An incredible all star cast unite for Tyler Perry’s adaptation of a landmark 1970’s “choreopoem” and award-winning Broadway smash hit. FOR COLORED GIRLS stars THANDIE NEWTON, JANET JACKSON, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, MACY GRAY, KERRY WASHINGTON, KIMBERLEY ELISE and PHYLICIA RASHAD and will be available to own on DVD along with extra special features, from 4thApril 2011 (RRP £15.99).
Ntozake Shange’s celebrated choreopoem ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf’ became a Tony Award-winning hit on Broadway in the 1970’s. This complex piece draws 20 different but complimentary stories together all on the theme of being a woman of colour in today’s world.
FOR COLORED GIRLS is a powerful story, weaving together the lives and issues of many different women as they move in and out of each other’s existences. Some are known to each other, some are strangers but heartbreak, crisis, crime and love will ultimately bring them together.
DVD Special Features:- Span of the Rainbow
- Prism of Poems
- Transformation: Movie Magic
- Music for Colored Girls
- Marketing Archive
Release Date: 4th April 2011
Price: £15.99 RRP
Cert: 18
Pathfinders: In The Company Of Strangers, on DVD
‘Pathfinders: In The Company Of Strangers’ is an inspirational story of courage, daring and selfless devotion to duty during one of the most widely unrecognised missions of the Second World War.
There is something very special about a small group of men who are willing to lay down their lives to secure freedom for millions of others and this film is based on the actual events that took place and the bravery and heroism of these men.
Starring Michael Conner Humphreys (‘Forest Gump’) and Christopher Serrone (‘Goodfellas’), ‘Pathfinders: In The Company Of Strangers’ is released by High Fliers on retail DVD on May 9th and already looks set to replicate the huge success of High Fliers’ DVD blockbuster ‘Passchendaele’ which tells another great untold story of World War II.
The Pathfinders are a small elite group of American paratroopers who drop behind enemy lines and land right in the lap of the German Infantry. They are outnumbered, unsupported, and racing against the clock.
Their sole purpose is to stay alive long enough to find a strategic location and set up the top secret navigation equipment needed to guide in the main airborne assault on D-Day. Failure would cost the lives of thousands of Allied troops.
This group of paratroopers is a mix of renegades from different military units. They are strangers to one another, thrown together at the last minute, with no time to prepare and with two different Commanding Officers.
It is also a recipe for disaster and a violation of all the rules of warfare. Only a miracle is going to make the mission work.
‘Pathfinders – In The Company Of Strangers’ has a run time of 90 minutes, a 15 (tbc) certificate and a recommended retail price of £12.99.
Abandoned DVD
‘Abandoned’ stars Hollywood A-lister Brittany Murphy in the last ever film she made before her untimely death just over a year ago. She co-stars with Dean Cain, Mimi Rogers and Peter Bogdanovich in this mesmerising psychological thriller which is released on retail DVD by Scanbox Entertainment on June 13.
High-powered senior bank manager Mary Walsh (Brittany Murphy) takes her new boyfriend Kevin Peterson (Dean Cain) to hospital for routine outpatient surgery.
When she returns later to take him home, he's mysteriously vanished and a hospital administrator (Mimi Rogers) can find no record of him ever being admitted.
A police search turns up nothing and her friends who have never met him don’t believe her.
No one believes Mary’s story at the hospital either, particularly when she drops what turn out to be a packet of anti-depressant pills on the floor.
She is taken to see one of the hospital’s psychiatric consultants Dr. Markus Bensley (Peter Bogdanovich) for evaluation and he pronounces her unstable and delusional so now she is faced with not only finding her missing boyfriend but proving her own sanity as well.
When a stranger tells her he knows where Kevin is and demands a 10 million dollar ransom, she has one hour to comply... while, so she thinks, her boyfriend's life hangs in the balance.
Forced to embezzle the money from the bank where she works, Mary then discovers the shocking truth behind his disappearance … the stranger and Kevin are conspirators and she is the victim of a cruel and elaborate hoax.
Time is now running out and she must take matters into her own hands to save herself.
‘Abandoned’ has a run time of 84 minutes, a 12 certificate and a recommended retail price of £ 12.99.
The Open Road on DVD
Justin Timberlake (The Social Network) and Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart, True Grit) head up an all-star cast in a new, heart-warming comedy drama THE OPEN ROAD, out to own on DVD from 25th April (RRP £12.99). Directed by Michael Meredith, this heart-warming and comedic road movie about a father and son on a journey also stars Kate Mara (127 Hours, Ironclad), Harry Dean Stanton (Alien, The Green Mile) and Mary Steenburgen (The Proposal, Back to the Future Part III).
When his mother is taken seriously ill, young Carlton Garrett (Timberlake) is faced with the challenge of fulfilling her wish to bring his estranged father (Bridges) to the hospital. Carlton and his friend Lucy (Mara) set off to Ohio to find his legendary professional athlete father, Kyle Garrett.
After much convincing, chasing and plenty of mischievous behaviour, the awkward threesome head for Houston in a rented car. As they drive South, both father and son are obliged to re-examine past misdeeds and maybe find a future together. THE OPEN ROAD is a charming road movie with fantastic performances from the two leads.
THE OPEN ROAD Cast & Crew
- Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski, Crazy Heart, Iron Man, True Grit)
- Justin Timberlake (The Social Network, Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan )
- Kate Mara (127 Hours, Ironclad)
- Harry Dean Stanton (Alien, The Green Mile)
- Mary Steenburgen (The Proposal, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Back to the Future Part III)
- Directed by Michael Meredith
THE OPEN ROAD Technical Information
- Number of discs: 1
- RRP: £12.99
- Retail Release Date: 25th April 2011
- Certificate: UK & Eire: 15
- Copyright line: (c) Lions Gate Home Entertainment UK Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
- Running time: 87 Minutes Approx.
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