The Square (1957)

[julian_craster]

Film gets a mention here.....



Michael Winner: 'I'm broke' ......



INDEPENDENT

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/pe...e-2114973.html





Curriculum vitae: 'Death Wish' director's zest for life



1935 Born 30 October in London to a Polish mother and part-Russian father, both Jewish.



1940 Aged five, he attends the Quaker St Christopher School in Letchworth, after being rejected by Cheltenham College as "the Jewish quota was full".



1950 Meets John Denham Davies, his first star, on the filmset of Tom Brown's Schooldays. Submits a story to the Kensington Post, who give him his own gossip column, aged 14.



1953 Goes sup to Downing College, Cambridge, to read law and economics.



1955 Becomes editor of Varsity. Sparks controversy with an Oxford edition.



1956 Graduates, aged 20, and makes his first short film, The Square, having borrowed £2,000 from his father.



1961 Lands his first major film, Play It Cool, to be made at Pinewood Studios.



1971 Makes his first Hollywood movie, Lawman, starring Burt Lancaster.



1974 Makes his biggest hit, Death Wish, starring Charles Bronson.



1985 After the death of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, founds the Police Memorial Trust to honour police killed on duty.



1993 Writes his first restaurant review in The Sunday Times. It's an instant hit.



1999 Makes his last film, Parting Shots, after dwindling success.



2006 Turns down an OBE.



2007 Narrowly avoids death by oyster.

[julian_craster]

View this clip from a 1960 Michael Winner rarity on YouTube.....Classic !

[wellpip]

Better not mention two of my faves "the jokers" and my favourite of all "the system" then and while i'm at it i must dig the nightcomers out for a viddy

The nightcomers I watched that one recently, it was a little weird. Mind you it was worth it to see Miss Beacham cavorting with Brando.. Is winner finished with movies now or have they had enough of him?

[John Hamilton]

The nightcomers I watched that one recently, it was a little weird. Mind you it was worth it to see Miss Beacham cavorting with Brando.. Is winner finished with movies now or have they had enough of him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbtvJSI3Rik

I quite like The Nightcomers; you have to park the idea that it has any connection with The Innocents or you will just struggle to get started but it has a terrific performance from Stephanie Beacham and anything with Brando is always watchable so its far from the worthless film its often branded

[darrenburnfan]

Shouldn't "John Denham Davies" he met on the set of Tom Brown's Schooldays in 1950 read "John Howard Davies"?