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Post by bordeaux on Jun 18, 2024 17:50:45 GMT
I've just seen that Nick Hytner is directing a film from an Alan Bennett script starring Ralph Fiennes, Jim Broadbent and Simon Russell Beale called The Choral.
The IMDb blurb runs as follows: A choral society's male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army.
It's not clear who is playing the demanding Dr. Guthrie.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 18, 2024 22:30:33 GMT
I've just seen that Nick Hytner is directing a film from an Alan Bennett script starring Ralph Fiennes, Jim Broadbent and Simon Russell Beale called The Choral. The IMDb blurb runs as follows: A choral society's male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army. It's not clear who is playing the demanding Dr. Guthrie. This sounds like the most Bennett/SRB/Hytner thing ever. Pass. |
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Post by jek on Jun 19, 2024 9:29:40 GMT
I saw something about it last month. It is being filmed in the very lovely village of Saltaire.
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Post by bordeaux on Jun 19, 2024 20:49:21 GMT
It is interesting that people who have done such exciting theatre, in some cases, when it comes to film opt for something so conventional, old-fashioned and English. Simon Stone's The Dig is like that - I enjoyed it but it is so different from his radical theatre work that it is hard to imagine it is the same person.
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 21, 2024 16:51:10 GMT
Is Nick Hytner directing a film because Guys and Dolls is running at the Bridge...or is Guys and Dolls running at the Bridge because Nick Hytner is directing a film?
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Post by theatrenerd on Jul 7, 2024 19:05:49 GMT
Is Nick Hytner directing a film because Guys and Dolls is running at the Bridge...or is Guys and Dolls running at the Bridge because Nick Hytner is directing a film? A long-runner was always the plan for the Bridge after it's first few years of plays (of course delayed by the pandemic), also Hytner directed a lot of shows there in a row so maybe he felt like directing a film was a good change-up, and the extended run of Guys and Dolls was perfect timing. So to answer your question... probably the former reason. |
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Post by Jan on Jul 21, 2024 17:21:38 GMT
It is interesting that people who have done such exciting theatre, in some cases, when it comes to film opt for something so conventional, old-fashioned and English. Simon Stone's The Dig is like that - I enjoyed it but it is so different from his radical theatre work that it is hard to imagine it is the same person. Yes that is a good observation. Trevor Nunn's film Lady Jane was really plodding and poor and his film of Twelfth Night was a total bore-fest (despite him claiming it was a play that was impossible to cast for the theatre and film was the only option). Rupert Goold's film True Story was also rubbish. The fact is that UK theatre directors are so desperate to be film directors they'll take on any old project irrespective of the quality. |
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