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Newcastle is a 2008 Australian drama film set in the city of Newcastle, in New South Wales. [1] Plot. Young surfer Jesse has always been in the shadow of his older ...
The cinema obtained a temporary lease at Gateshead's Old Town Hall, which allowed the cinema to screen films in a single theatre under the Tyneside Cinema brand. [2] Themed screenings were held across Newcastle to allow the public access to the Tyneside Cinema experience as work on the restoration project continued.
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The collective's first film, about the 1968 anti-war demonstration in Grosvenor Square, was banned by students' unions because it was considered to be an incitement to violence. [2] The collective paid themselves £5 a week, and set about to record working-class life which, founding member Murray Martin told The Guardian , had been banned from ...
The film's working title was I Promise to Pay. Much of it was shot on location in and around Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne [2] Other scenes were shot in Tynemouth, Rugby and Southwold; after location work was complete, the film began studio shooting at Beaconsfield Studios on 10 October 1960. [3] Michael Craig was loaned from Rank.
The title is a Geordie dialect expression. "Pure" means very, and "Belter" or "Belta" means great or good. Despite it being based in Newcastle Upon-Tyne and following Newcastle United F.C, the actual dialect phrase "Pure Belter" has been altered to "Purely Belter" to make it grammatically more conventional for a mainstream audience.
He wrote a letter to MGM when he learned it was making the film in Newcastle, and he was invited to meet director Mike Hodges, who wanted to cast local actors. [20] Bernard Hepton as Thorpe. Bradford-born Hepton was cast by Hodges as Kinnear's nervous messenger. Petra Markham as Doreen Carter. Petra Markham was a 24-year-old experienced theatre ...
Stormy Monday is a 1988 neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Mike Figgis in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Melanie Griffith, Sean Bean, Tommy Lee Jones, and Sting. The film follows an Irishman living in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he becomes embroiled in an American businessman's plot to acquire a prominent jazz club ...