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Quentin Falk
ASIN: B00VAELHRU
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 268

In the 1960s, Albert Finney was the screen’s incarnation of the new British working-class hero. In the theatre, he was hailed as the ‘new Olivier’. Yet, instead of actively pursuing either image, he went his own way and became a millionaire. To some, he became the leading actor of his generation. To others, he had an ambition bypass. To severer critics, Finney has remained cheerfully indolent, almost wilfully failing to fulfil the remarkable early promise which led to comparisons not only with Olivier, but also Scofield, Burton, Cagney and even Spencer Tracy.On screen, he appeared in more than twenty films, including classics such as ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’, ‘Tom Jones’, ‘Two for the Road’, ‘Murder on the Orient Express’, ‘Annie’, ‘The Dresser’, ‘Under the Volcano’, ‘Miller's Crossing’ and ‘The Playboys’. On stage, where he was chosen to lead the first South Bank National ...
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3.5 stars from 12 ratings