Dean Spanley

...and New Zealand, with actor Anthony LaPaglia as head of the jury. The 11th edition of the festival opens Monday with New Zealand film "Dean Spanley," directed by Toa Fraser and with a cast including Peter O'Toole and Sam Neill. Set in...

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...from Paramount Pictures, Atlantic Film Group (UK) and General Film Corporation (NZ), directed by Fijian New Zealander Toa Fraser. The film is based on an Alan Sharp adaptation of Irish author Lord Dunsany 's short novel My Talks with Dean...

In this article: Peter O'Toole, Alan Sharp, Sam Neill, New Zealand, Bryan Brown, Toronto International Film Festival, and Jeremy Northam

...current affairs, general television, documentary and film categories. The winner in the best big-budget film category was the eccentric Dean Spanley, set in Edwardian England featuring actor Sam Neill and directed by Toa Fraser. Fraser...

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...novelist and screenwriter Alan Sharp, who adapted a short novel by Lord Dunsany into the screenplay for Fraser's latest film Dean Spanley, wrote a number of drafts of his own screenplay for The Beach at Falesa over a period from the...

In this article: Toa Fraser, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alan Sharp, Dylan Thomas, University of Hawai'i, Pacific, and Wellington

This quietly odd period comedy stars Jeremy Northam as an Edwardian publisher who befriends Sam Neill's man of the cloth, and comes to believe that the Dean is a reincarnated dog. It takes its own sweet time, but by the end it's become an...

In this article: Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam, DVD, Dog, Alan Sharp, and Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole stars in the delightful Dean Spanley. Last Updated: 12:53PM BST 29 Apr 2009 What an eccentric, absorbing and rewarding film this is. Set in Edwardian England, it stars Peter O'Toole as Horatio Fisk, a cantankerous old man...

In this article: Dog, Peter O'Toole, Sam Neill, and Jeremy Northam

...look after them, but if they found someone else to do the same, they would change their allegiance. They are creatures of advantage. Dean Spanley is a little like Scrooge with a twist: instead of the ghosts of Christmas, a churchman, played...

In this article: Dog, Sam Neill, Welsh Springer Spaniel, and Peter O'Toole

...will never be paid a nobler tribute than it is in this gentle tale of Edwardian spiritualism. It's the favourite tipple of one Dean Spanley (Sam Neill), an enigmatic clergyman who becomes a focus of interest to Henslowe Fisk (Jeremy...

In this article: Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam, Dog, Peter O'Toole, Alan Sharp, Toa Fraser, and Bryan Brown

The Day the Earth Stood Still and Dean Spanley - Review Keanu Reeves is an unconvincing alien in a very silly remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, while Peter O'Toole brings a touch of class to an old-fashioned shaggy-dog tale Last...

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...is looking for a matte painting artist.... Qualcomm is looking for a Photoshop and Flash visual designer.... LipSync Post talks with Dean Spanley LipSync Post has created a beautifully intricate title sequence for the forthcoming feature...

In this article: Toa Fraser, Gosford Park, Bespoke, Dog, Ilion Animation Studios, After Effects, and Photoshop