Anthony Lane: “The Shout,” at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Oct 12, 2009
And the tranquillity of the settings the movie begins at a rural cricket match is fractured by innumerable disturbances of the peace: the electronic inventions of a young composer (John Hurt), the matter-of-fact lusts of his wife (Susannah York), the reminiscences of a madman (Alan Bates), and, above all, the ululation of the title, said to bring death to those who hear it. Skolimowski, who had already plunged into the oddity of British life with Deep End (1971), delves even further here,... (New Yorker)
Many fall theater productions are tied to films Sep 13, 2009
A similar challenge confronts the cast of the Nora Theatre Company s staging of The Caretaker, the Harold Pinter play that became a 1963 film in which Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, and Robert Shaw gave the performances of their careers. Mamma Mia. (Boston Globe)
The dong show: Top 10 moments in male full-frontal (87) Jul 11, 2009
And let's not forget the nude wrestling match between Alan Bates and Oliver Reed in Women in Love (censored shots linked below). Personally, though, I'm with Elaine Benes: "I don't know how you guys walk around with those things.". (Salon)
John A. Keel, 79; authored 'The Mothman Prophecies' Jul 9, 2009
The book was loosely adapted into a 2002 movie starring Gere and Alan Bates, who played two parts of Mr. Keel s personality. He died Friday at a hospital in Manhattan. (Boston Globe)
Obituaries in the news Jul 8, 2009
The book was loosely adapted into a 2002 movie starring Gere and Alan Bates, who played two parts of Keel's personality. . (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Menu-labeling bill wins OK from Oregon lawmakers Jun 2, 2009
Alan Bates, an Ashland physician, said the information would lead at least some Oregonians to choose more healthful food and help the state fight its obesity and diabetes epidemics. "If you ask the average person how many calories are in that milk shake, hamburger and French fries, you'd be stunned by how many people have no idea," Bates said. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
15 years later, Nicholas' gift is still giving May 24, 2009
Much of that continuing impact comes from the 1998 TV movie based on his son's story, "Nicholas' Gift," starring Alan Bates and Jamie Lee Curtis in the roles of Mr. Green and his wife, Maggie. "The movie continues to pop up on cable all over the world," he said, "and we always know when it's been shown somewhere, because people will e-mail us and say 'It changed my mind about organ donation' or 'I'd never thought about this issue before.' ". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Joan Alexander; radio actress was voice of Lois Lane; at 94 May 23, 2009
Ms. Alexander was a panelist on the TV game show "The Name's the Same" in the early 1950s and had a role on Broadway in the Jean Kerr comedy "Poor Richard" (1964), starring Alan Bates and Joanna Pettet. She subsequently became a homemaker and hostess, having married for her third and final time to Arthur Stanton, a prominent auto distributor who helped introduce the Volkswagen Beetle to America. (Boston Globe)
Rumpole of the Bailey creator dead at 85 Feb 7, 2009
His work included understated and poignant dramas such as "A Voyage Round My Father," a play inspired by his relationship with his own lawyer father that was filmed with Alan Bates and Laurence Olivier. He wrote screenplays for film and television, including the 1981 television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, one of the decade's biggest TV hits. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
