Essentially a tribute to the passing of writer Ahn Eun-mi, “The Promise” is a hybrid movie that moves somewhere between the documentary and the mourning journal.
The Promise is screening at Busan International Film Festival
Nine-year-old Si-woo often cries at night, missing his late mother. In those moments, his father Min Byung-hun embraces him, offering comfort and solace. In an effort for him to get in terms with his wife’s death and also to take care of his child, he first makes him a promise of talking more about her death and even showing him her grave, while he encourages him to write poetry. At the same time, he channels his emotions and particularly his grief by capturing nature through his camera lens.
Thus unfolds the narrative of Min Byung-hun’s movie, which essentially consists of four elements: the son and the father talking and hugging, usually on the former’s bed,...
The Promise is screening at Busan International Film Festival
Nine-year-old Si-woo often cries at night, missing his late mother. In those moments, his father Min Byung-hun embraces him, offering comfort and solace. In an effort for him to get in terms with his wife’s death and also to take care of his child, he first makes him a promise of talking more about her death and even showing him her grave, while he encourages him to write poetry. At the same time, he channels his emotions and particularly his grief by capturing nature through his camera lens.
Thus unfolds the narrative of Min Byung-hun’s movie, which essentially consists of four elements: the son and the father talking and hugging, usually on the former’s bed,...
- 10/23/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Hello and welcome back to the Backstage U.K. roundup of the news from theatre, film, and TV. This week we have goings on and announcements from the Edinburgh International Television Festival as well as the welcome news that a London fringe success is transferring this autumn. State of the nation drama.Peter Kosminsky’s four-part drama “The State” was broadcast over consecutive nights on Channel 4 last week and has been praised by critics as “compelling” and “essential viewing”. The story follows British Muslims who travel to join Isis and their experiences inside the radical Islamist state in Syria. Kosminsky wrote and directed but is best known for directing the TV adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” and drama “The Promise”. The series has been a breakthrough for young actor Sam Otto, who played Jalal, a man from London who journeys to Syria hoping to discover more about his dead brother.
- 8/28/2017
- backstage.com
Hello and welcome back to the Backstage U.K. roundup of the news from theatre, film, and TV. This week we have goings on and announcements from the Edinburgh International Television Festival as well as the welcome news that a London fringe success is transferring this autumn. State of the nation drama.Peter Kosminsky’s four-part drama “The State” was broadcast over consecutive nights on Channel 4 last week and has been praised by critics as “compelling” and “essential viewing”. The story follows British Muslims who travel to join Isis and their experiences inside the radical Islamist state in Syria. Kosminsky wrote and directed but is best known for directing the TV adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” and drama “The Promise”. The series has been a breakthrough for young actor Sam Otto, who played Jalal, a man from London who journeys to Syria hoping to discover more about his dead brother.
- 8/28/2017
- backstage.com
Nina Gold Casting Searching For Boy & Teen Actors For Exciting New Television Project
Summary:
Crossing The Border is a brilliant new 4-part drama by Peter Kosminsky ("Wolf Hall"; "The Promise"; "Britz"; "The Government Inspector') for Channel 4.
This is a drama about the Islamic State – and the British men and women who travel to Syria to join it. It isn’t about radicalisation. It starts on the Turkish border. It’s about life in the Caliphate – why some Brits might choose to go there, what happens to them while they’re there and why some of them might decide to leave and try to get home.
It’s fiction – but based on a year of intensive research.
We are not looking for highly experienced stage school kids. We are looking for natural, appealing and charismatic London teenagers with good energy who can rise to the challenge of playing a...
Summary:
Crossing The Border is a brilliant new 4-part drama by Peter Kosminsky ("Wolf Hall"; "The Promise"; "Britz"; "The Government Inspector') for Channel 4.
This is a drama about the Islamic State – and the British men and women who travel to Syria to join it. It isn’t about radicalisation. It starts on the Turkish border. It’s about life in the Caliphate – why some Brits might choose to go there, what happens to them while they’re there and why some of them might decide to leave and try to get home.
It’s fiction – but based on a year of intensive research.
We are not looking for highly experienced stage school kids. We are looking for natural, appealing and charismatic London teenagers with good energy who can rise to the challenge of playing a...
- 5/3/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
A new trailer for BBC Two's Wolf Hall has been revealed.
The programme combines Hilary Mantel's novel of the same name and sequel Bringing Up The Bodies.
Post by BBC Two.
Damian Lewis plays Henry VIII, while Mark Rylance stars as Thomas Cromwell in the upcoming BBC adaptation.
Peter Kosminsky (The Government Inspector) will direct the drama, which follows the rise of Cromwell from being a blacksmith's son to Henry VIII's closest advisor.
Claire Foy (The Promise) will star as Anne Boleyn in the six-part series, written by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).
Wolf Hall will air on BBC Two in 2015.
The programme combines Hilary Mantel's novel of the same name and sequel Bringing Up The Bodies.
Post by BBC Two.
Damian Lewis plays Henry VIII, while Mark Rylance stars as Thomas Cromwell in the upcoming BBC adaptation.
Peter Kosminsky (The Government Inspector) will direct the drama, which follows the rise of Cromwell from being a blacksmith's son to Henry VIII's closest advisor.
Claire Foy (The Promise) will star as Anne Boleyn in the six-part series, written by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).
Wolf Hall will air on BBC Two in 2015.
- 12/29/2014
- Digital Spy
It is now time for my complete list of The Suck In Today’s Film Biz. Earlier this week, I’ve dropped some bits on Keyframe and Filmmaker Mag. IndieWire picked it up. There’s so much that is wrong, it is easy to share the wealth. But here is all of those combined lists plus many more. Can’t you hear everyone screaming “Omg, there is so much too fix! It is time we made this really work for ambitious and diverse film once and for all!”? We wish, right?
I have been chronicling the negative in our film industry for sometime now — six years in these type of posts, but my original rant goes back to 1995 for Filmmaker Magazine. Much of what I have stated in years’ passed remains still in need of getting done. Dig in to my past lists and when you combine them you will...
I have been chronicling the negative in our film industry for sometime now — six years in these type of posts, but my original rant goes back to 1995 for Filmmaker Magazine. Much of what I have stated in years’ passed remains still in need of getting done. Dig in to my past lists and when you combine them you will...
- 12/4/2014
- by Ted Hope
- Hope for Film
Damian Lewis has signed up to play Henry VIII in BBC Two's upcoming drama Wolf Hall.
Mark Rylance will also star as Thomas Cromwell in an adaptation combining Hilary Mantel's novel of the same name and sequel Bring Up the Bodies, to be broadcast in 2015.
Peter Kosminsky (The Government Inspector) will direct the drama, which follows the rise of Cromwell from being a blacksmith's son to Henry VIII's closest advisor.
Claire Foy (The Promise) will star as Anne Boleyn in the six-part series, written by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).
Jonathan Pryce will appear as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, while Joanne Whalley will play Henry's first wife Catherine of Aragon.
Mark Gatiss will star as Secretary Stephen Gardiner, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Game of Thrones) has been cast as Cromwell's ward Rafe Sadler.
The cast is completed by Anton Lesser (Endeavour) as Thomas More, Mathieu Amalric (The Grand Budapest Hotel) as Ambassador of Spain Chapuys,...
Mark Rylance will also star as Thomas Cromwell in an adaptation combining Hilary Mantel's novel of the same name and sequel Bring Up the Bodies, to be broadcast in 2015.
Peter Kosminsky (The Government Inspector) will direct the drama, which follows the rise of Cromwell from being a blacksmith's son to Henry VIII's closest advisor.
Claire Foy (The Promise) will star as Anne Boleyn in the six-part series, written by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).
Jonathan Pryce will appear as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, while Joanne Whalley will play Henry's first wife Catherine of Aragon.
Mark Gatiss will star as Secretary Stephen Gardiner, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Game of Thrones) has been cast as Cromwell's ward Rafe Sadler.
The cast is completed by Anton Lesser (Endeavour) as Thomas More, Mathieu Amalric (The Grand Budapest Hotel) as Ambassador of Spain Chapuys,...
- 5/8/2014
- Digital Spy
Arrow
She's been glimpsed in the trailer, now the first official still is out of Caity Lotz as DC character Black Canary in an upcoming episode of the second season of The CW's "Arrow". [Source: TwitPic]
Game of Thrones
Jerome Flynn, the actor who plays Tyrion's manservant Bronn in HBO's "Game of Thrones," says that the show's upcoming fourth season will depart further from the books than ever before.
Speaking at a panel during last weekend's New York Comic-Con, Flynn said fans will be "quite surprised" by how different the new season is from the books. He also spoke about a fight scene he's involved in that's part of a battle being done exclusively for the series. [Source: Screen Rant]
Wolf Hall
PBS is teaming with BBC2 for the period drama miniseries "Wolf Hall" based on Hilary Mantel's novels. PBS replaces HBO who was originally lined up as the co-production partner.
The story follows the...
She's been glimpsed in the trailer, now the first official still is out of Caity Lotz as DC character Black Canary in an upcoming episode of the second season of The CW's "Arrow". [Source: TwitPic]
Game of Thrones
Jerome Flynn, the actor who plays Tyrion's manservant Bronn in HBO's "Game of Thrones," says that the show's upcoming fourth season will depart further from the books than ever before.
Speaking at a panel during last weekend's New York Comic-Con, Flynn said fans will be "quite surprised" by how different the new season is from the books. He also spoke about a fight scene he's involved in that's part of a battle being done exclusively for the series. [Source: Screen Rant]
Wolf Hall
PBS is teaming with BBC2 for the period drama miniseries "Wolf Hall" based on Hilary Mantel's novels. PBS replaces HBO who was originally lined up as the co-production partner.
The story follows the...
- 10/15/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Yes they’re still calling it a pilot, but at least Syfy is issuing press releases about the Dominion project in development. Hopefully now that they have the major casting out of the way, they can get going on this and we’ll be hearing that it’s great and that it’s green-lit for a series run.
Syfy Rounds Out Cast For Dominion Pilot Anthony Stewart Head Is “David Weel,” Roxanne McKee To Play “Claire Rysen,” Luke Allen-gale Is “William Weel,” And Shivani Ghai Guest Stars As “Arika” In Supernatural Series Pilot Produced By Universal Cable Productions
New York – September 24, 2013 – Syfy announces additional casting for its upcoming supernatural drama pilot, Dominion with the signings of Anthony Stewart Head, Roxanne McKee, Luke Allen-Gale and guest star Shivani Ghai. Produced by Universal Cable Productions, the pilot is set to begin shooting this month in Cape Town, South Africa.
Based on characters...
Syfy Rounds Out Cast For Dominion Pilot Anthony Stewart Head Is “David Weel,” Roxanne McKee To Play “Claire Rysen,” Luke Allen-gale Is “William Weel,” And Shivani Ghai Guest Stars As “Arika” In Supernatural Series Pilot Produced By Universal Cable Productions
New York – September 24, 2013 – Syfy announces additional casting for its upcoming supernatural drama pilot, Dominion with the signings of Anthony Stewart Head, Roxanne McKee, Luke Allen-Gale and guest star Shivani Ghai. Produced by Universal Cable Productions, the pilot is set to begin shooting this month in Cape Town, South Africa.
Based on characters...
- 9/26/2013
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
The Granthams lost the plot in a glutinous Downton Christmas special and a disappointing William Boyd thriller somehow transformed Rufus Sewell into Michael Gambon
Downton Abbey (ITV1) | ITVPlayer
Restless (BBC1) | iPlayer
Loving Miss Hatto (BBC1) | iPlayer
The Girl (BBC2) | iPlayer
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul (BBC1) | iPlayer
By tradition the Christmas special is special only in the sense that it's broadcast at Christmas. For with a vast captive audience gastronomically paralysed in front of the box, Christmas Day is a time devoted not to quality but gluttony.
As the ITV1 continuity announcer said: "Your ITV Christmas wouldn't be complete without a trip to Downton Abbey." Leaving aside the queasy thought of an "ITV Christmas", it's the idea of completion that's key here. The Christmas special is the pudding that must be eaten, regardless of appetite or appeal, because it will make us full. The gluttonous paradox,...
Downton Abbey (ITV1) | ITVPlayer
Restless (BBC1) | iPlayer
Loving Miss Hatto (BBC1) | iPlayer
The Girl (BBC2) | iPlayer
David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul (BBC1) | iPlayer
By tradition the Christmas special is special only in the sense that it's broadcast at Christmas. For with a vast captive audience gastronomically paralysed in front of the box, Christmas Day is a time devoted not to quality but gluttony.
As the ITV1 continuity announcer said: "Your ITV Christmas wouldn't be complete without a trip to Downton Abbey." Leaving aside the queasy thought of an "ITV Christmas", it's the idea of completion that's key here. The Christmas special is the pudding that must be eaten, regardless of appetite or appeal, because it will make us full. The gluttonous paradox,...
- 12/30/2012
- by Andrew Anthony
- The Guardian - Film News
The star of the BBC's Case Histories on being a reluctant sex symbol, his need to help people – and how he hopes Mel Gibson will find some peace
'I am not a sex symbol," says Jason Isaacs, fixing me with those dreamy blue eyes. Well, that's not what everybody else is saying. The Observer's Euan Ferguson wrote that Isaacs has "won his promotion to officially approved national lust object". He's apparently right up there with Colin Firth and Daniel Craig, thanks to his performance as soulful, damaged and yet stirringly buff private detective Jackson Brodie in BBC1's Case Histories, which concludes tonight.
Think of that moment in last night's episode when Brodie woke up in his hospital bed scarred, amnesiac and yet pleasingly barrel-chested after trying to drag a collapsed old lady out of her car that had crashed on to the Aberdeen-Edinburgh main line. You can stop now.
'I am not a sex symbol," says Jason Isaacs, fixing me with those dreamy blue eyes. Well, that's not what everybody else is saying. The Observer's Euan Ferguson wrote that Isaacs has "won his promotion to officially approved national lust object". He's apparently right up there with Colin Firth and Daniel Craig, thanks to his performance as soulful, damaged and yet stirringly buff private detective Jackson Brodie in BBC1's Case Histories, which concludes tonight.
Think of that moment in last night's episode when Brodie woke up in his hospital bed scarred, amnesiac and yet pleasingly barrel-chested after trying to drag a collapsed old lady out of her car that had crashed on to the Aberdeen-Edinburgh main line. You can stop now.
- 6/20/2011
- by Stuart Jeffries
- The Guardian - Film News
UK actors Max Irons and Claire Foy are set to star in director Boris Damast's historical drama Vivaldi which will begin principal photography this September at locations in Venice, Bruges, Hungary and Germany.
The producers are also now in the final stages of negotiations with Elle Fanning, Neve Campbell, Jacqueline Bisset, Tom Wilkinson, Alfred Molina and Sebastian Koch to join the cast.
Max Irons (represented in the UK by Tavistock Wood) was recently seen in Sky's The Runaway and stars as Henry in the fantasy film Red Riding Hood. 25 year old Max is the son of Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack, and trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Claire Foy recently starred in the highly-acclaimed Channel 4 drama The Promise.
The Vivaldi screenplay is based on the true story of how the headstrong genius and priest Antonio Vivaldi turned a talented, but traumatised group of girls -...
The producers are also now in the final stages of negotiations with Elle Fanning, Neve Campbell, Jacqueline Bisset, Tom Wilkinson, Alfred Molina and Sebastian Koch to join the cast.
Max Irons (represented in the UK by Tavistock Wood) was recently seen in Sky's The Runaway and stars as Henry in the fantasy film Red Riding Hood. 25 year old Max is the son of Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack, and trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Claire Foy recently starred in the highly-acclaimed Channel 4 drama The Promise.
The Vivaldi screenplay is based on the true story of how the headstrong genius and priest Antonio Vivaldi turned a talented, but traumatised group of girls -...
- 5/27/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
They win awards and critical acclaim – but are in-depth documentaries under threat? Mark Lawson talks to film-makers about risk-taking, total immersion and the cult of celebrity
Is this a good time for factual film-making? It depends on your definitions of fact and film. There are executives and directors who complain that there are too few documentaries on television these days; and yet programmes from Brian Cox's The Wonders of the Universe to My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding have large and enthusiastic audiences. The problem is that what traditionalists mean by documentary (Adam Curtis's new series) is quite different from the star vehicles and "constructed reality" shows (Made in Chelsea, The Only Way is Essex) that are currently popular.
The past decade has also seen a big increase in the number of documentaries made for cinema. The success of Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Morgan Spurlock's...
Is this a good time for factual film-making? It depends on your definitions of fact and film. There are executives and directors who complain that there are too few documentaries on television these days; and yet programmes from Brian Cox's The Wonders of the Universe to My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding have large and enthusiastic audiences. The problem is that what traditionalists mean by documentary (Adam Curtis's new series) is quite different from the star vehicles and "constructed reality" shows (Made in Chelsea, The Only Way is Essex) that are currently popular.
The past decade has also seen a big increase in the number of documentaries made for cinema. The success of Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Morgan Spurlock's...
- 5/26/2011
- by Mark Lawson
- The Guardian - Film News
Peter Kosminsky, who made the controversial Israel-Palestine drama The Promise, is to make a film about Nelson Mandela's early life in South Africa
Peter Kosminsky, the British writer and director who made The Promise, a controversial Channel 4 drama serial about the history of Israel, is to risk fresh criticism with a feature film about Nelson Mandela's early life as a leader of the Anc's terrorist arm in South Africa.
The writer said that he would not shrink from depicting a violent part of Mandela's past that is often avoided in deference to the statesmanship of his later life. "The story I am trying to tell is of the early years of Mandela up until the imprisonment," he said. "He is rightly now seen as the greatest living human being, a man who delivered South Africa from the brink of a civil war, but he was once...
Peter Kosminsky, the British writer and director who made The Promise, a controversial Channel 4 drama serial about the history of Israel, is to risk fresh criticism with a feature film about Nelson Mandela's early life as a leader of the Anc's terrorist arm in South Africa.
The writer said that he would not shrink from depicting a violent part of Mandela's past that is often avoided in deference to the statesmanship of his later life. "The story I am trying to tell is of the early years of Mandela up until the imprisonment," he said. "He is rightly now seen as the greatest living human being, a man who delivered South Africa from the brink of a civil war, but he was once...
- 5/8/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
The Arbor
DVD & Blu-ray, Verve Pictures
After an Oscars night that was the very definition of playing it safe, it's well worth watching a film like The Arbor to remind yourself that there are no rules in cinema, and still plenty of different, fascinating ways to tell a story. First-time director Clio Barnard interviewed the family and friends of writer Andrea Dunbar. She was best known for the Rita, Sue And Bob Too screenplay and for her breakout play, also called The Arbor, scenes of which are interspersed throughout the film. Rather than just show the interviewees as talking heads, Barnard had actors lip-synch to the soundtrack in and around The Arbor, part of a Bradford housing estate where Dunbar grew up. What results is neither drama nor documentary, instead it's almost like a Ken Loach version of Creature Comforts. Having actors mime the words works incredibly well – it sounds...
DVD & Blu-ray, Verve Pictures
After an Oscars night that was the very definition of playing it safe, it's well worth watching a film like The Arbor to remind yourself that there are no rules in cinema, and still plenty of different, fascinating ways to tell a story. First-time director Clio Barnard interviewed the family and friends of writer Andrea Dunbar. She was best known for the Rita, Sue And Bob Too screenplay and for her breakout play, also called The Arbor, scenes of which are interspersed throughout the film. Rather than just show the interviewees as talking heads, Barnard had actors lip-synch to the soundtrack in and around The Arbor, part of a Bradford housing estate where Dunbar grew up. What results is neither drama nor documentary, instead it's almost like a Ken Loach version of Creature Comforts. Having actors mime the words works incredibly well – it sounds...
- 3/5/2011
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Peter Kosminsky's hefty four-part drama made for unlikely Sunday-night telly: The Promise tackles the Israel Palestinian conflict, both from a 1946 and a 2005 perspective. The drama's grip on the tangled political situation pulls no punches – this is complicated, painful stuff. We follow two young Brits, who struggle in their own ways, in their own times, to do the right thing in the face of an impossible conflict and conflicting loyalties.
- 3/4/2011
- The Independent - Film
Holla! This week I bring you the final episode of the majestic "The Promise," get back to grips with "Skins" and find it worth sticking with, and -- saving my vitriol for last -- wonder what the hell is happening to the world as I attempt to watch "Mrs Brown's Boys." It's a mixed bag, to say the least.
The Promise
"The Promise", Peter Kosminsky's riveting and painful examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1946 and the present day, concluded on Sunday. It has been by far the best programme of the year, and for quite some time that I can think of. It is one of those shows in which every detail feels perfectly researched and created, and everyone brings a fierce, convincing commitment to their roles. Everything was at the service of an immaculate, difficult, long and devastating series that successfully shed a compassionate light on a very tangled matter.
The Promise
"The Promise", Peter Kosminsky's riveting and painful examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1946 and the present day, concluded on Sunday. It has been by far the best programme of the year, and for quite some time that I can think of. It is one of those shows in which every detail feels perfectly researched and created, and everyone brings a fierce, convincing commitment to their roles. Everything was at the service of an immaculate, difficult, long and devastating series that successfully shed a compassionate light on a very tangled matter.
- 3/3/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
This week.s podcast is a fairly positive one, as we review Will Young.s supernatural series Bedlam and Claire Foy.s epic war drama The Promise.
There.s a British focus in this week.s edition of the TV.com UK podcast as we review Sky Living.s first home-grown drama and Channel 4.s latest mini-series. We discuss how Bedlam and The Promise compete against other, international shows and review the latest TV news.
To listen, you can download or stream the TV.com podcast from the iTunes store or at... More >>...
There.s a British focus in this week.s edition of the TV.com UK podcast as we review Sky Living.s first home-grown drama and Channel 4.s latest mini-series. We discuss how Bedlam and The Promise compete against other, international shows and review the latest TV news.
To listen, you can download or stream the TV.com podcast from the iTunes store or at... More >>...
- 2/25/2011
- by TV.com Staff
- TV.com
This week, I bring you three programmes that all centre on issues of displacement. How about that, eh? I bet you're pretty impressed. "Look at that!", you're probably thinking, "Caspar's really nailed the theme this week! Pity, because he totally failed to identify the over-arching theme of alienation five weeks ago." Which I think is a bit churlish of you. Can't we all just agree that I absolutely killed this week's theme and get on with things? Jeez.
Outcasts
'Outcasts' is the big new drama on the BBC block at the moment, with a bunch of intergalactic pioneers taking refuge on a foreign planet called (in an instance of someone at the Beeb, high on brainstorming adrenaline, clearly thinking it sounded totally mega - before everyone realised too late that it makes literally no sense whatsoever) Carpathia. In this hostile world, they have set up a fragile sort...
Outcasts
'Outcasts' is the big new drama on the BBC block at the moment, with a bunch of intergalactic pioneers taking refuge on a foreign planet called (in an instance of someone at the Beeb, high on brainstorming adrenaline, clearly thinking it sounded totally mega - before everyone realised too late that it makes literally no sense whatsoever) Carpathia. In this hostile world, they have set up a fragile sort...
- 2/10/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Channel 4's new drama The Promise premiered with just 1.7m on Sunday evening, while Dancing On Ice continued to own primetime, the latest audience data has revealed. The Promise - Peter Kosminsky's ambitious four-part drama serial - averaged 1.74m (7.2%) for Channel 4 between 9pm and 10.45pm. A further 83k (0.5%) tuned in on +1. Primetime was again dominated by Dancing On Ice, with the main programme pulling in 8.39m (30.8%) on ITV1 from 6.15pm and 188k (0.7%) on the ITV1+1 channel. Dancing On Ice: The Skate-Off, featuring the shock exit of Hollyoaks actress Jennifer Metcalfe, entertained 8.14m (28%) from 9.30pm and 184k (1.1%) on timeshift. Also on ITV1, Wild At Heart mustered 7.32m (26.1%) from 8.30pm and 102k (0.4%) on +1. Later, That Sunday Night Show had 2.85m (13.6%) from 10pm and 83k (0.8%) an hour later. (more)...
- 2/7/2011
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Claire Foy stars as 18 year old Erin Matthews in Peter Kosminsky's new four-part drama serial The Promise, a powerful tale of love, war and betrayal, telling the stories of Erin and Len - two young people caught up in the same struggle more than 60 years apart.
Just as 18-year-old Londoner Erin sets off to spend summer in Israel with her best friend, Eliza, she unearths an old diary belonging to her seriously ill grandfather, Len. Intrigued by the life of this old man she barely knows, she takes the diary with her, and is stunned to learn of his part in the post-wwii British peace-keeping force in what was then Palestine.
Left to her own devices when Eliza begins National Service in the Israeli army, Erin witnesses the complexities of life - for both Jews and Arabs - in this troubled land. And as Len's story comes to life...
Just as 18-year-old Londoner Erin sets off to spend summer in Israel with her best friend, Eliza, she unearths an old diary belonging to her seriously ill grandfather, Len. Intrigued by the life of this old man she barely knows, she takes the diary with her, and is stunned to learn of his part in the post-wwii British peace-keeping force in what was then Palestine.
Left to her own devices when Eliza begins National Service in the Israeli army, Erin witnesses the complexities of life - for both Jews and Arabs - in this troubled land. And as Len's story comes to life...
- 2/5/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
British director Peter Kosminsky (Britz, The Government Inspector) spent over a decade researching his latest masterpiece, and it shows. The Promise (Sunday, on Channel 4 at 9pm) is smart and thorough four-part, dual-era drama set in post-war Palestine and modern-day Israel.
In the first episode, gap year student Erin (Claire Foy) helps her mum clear out her dying grandfather.s house. Erin finds a dusty... More >>...
In the first episode, gap year student Erin (Claire Foy) helps her mum clear out her dying grandfather.s house. Erin finds a dusty... More >>...
- 2/4/2011
- by Ruth Margolis
- TV.com
Here’s the trailer for brand new Channel 4 drama called, The Promise which will be on a TV near you this Sunday 6th February.
The show stars Claire Foy and Christian Cooke in Peter Kosminsky’s four-part drama serial. 18-year-old Erin sets out on an emotional journey when she retraces her grandfather’s footsteps.
Synopsis: Written by BAFTA award-winning Director Peter Kosminsky (Warriors and The Government Inspector), The Promise is an inspiring depiction of political injustice experienced in modern day Israel and the old state of Palestine in the Second World War.
Claire Foy (Little Dorrit) and Christian Cooke (Cemetery Junction) lead an international cast, including Itay Tiran (Lebanon), Haaz Sleiman (The Visitor), Ali Sulaiman (Paradise Now) and Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen), in Peter Kosminsky’s new four-part drama serial, released on DVD and Blu-ray on 28th February.
Just as 18-year-old Londoner Erin (Foy) sets off to spend...
The show stars Claire Foy and Christian Cooke in Peter Kosminsky’s four-part drama serial. 18-year-old Erin sets out on an emotional journey when she retraces her grandfather’s footsteps.
Synopsis: Written by BAFTA award-winning Director Peter Kosminsky (Warriors and The Government Inspector), The Promise is an inspiring depiction of political injustice experienced in modern day Israel and the old state of Palestine in the Second World War.
Claire Foy (Little Dorrit) and Christian Cooke (Cemetery Junction) lead an international cast, including Itay Tiran (Lebanon), Haaz Sleiman (The Visitor), Ali Sulaiman (Paradise Now) and Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen), in Peter Kosminsky’s new four-part drama serial, released on DVD and Blu-ray on 28th February.
Just as 18-year-old Londoner Erin (Foy) sets off to spend...
- 2/3/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Angelic lawyers, comedy producers and aliens all feature on the box this year - plus new series from Martin Scorsese and the creators of The Wire
Outcasts
Can BBC1 pull off a big new sci-fi series? A top-notch cast, including Hermione Norris, Liam Cunningham, Daniel Mays, Amy Manson and Jamie Bamber, gives them a fighting chance. These pioneers leave their old lives behind in order to establish a new future on the planet Carpathia.
BBC1, coming soon.
Episodes
What happens when a UK comedy is picked up by a Us network? Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan play British writers whisked off to La, while Matt LeBlanc stars as a desperate-for-a-new-hit Matt LeBlanc. The writing comes courtesy of David Crane (Friends) and Jeffrey Klarik (Mad About You).
BBC2, January.
Boardwalk Empire
The launch of Sky's new Atlantic channel provokes mixed emotions: it has meant Mad Men disappearing from the BBC, but...
Outcasts
Can BBC1 pull off a big new sci-fi series? A top-notch cast, including Hermione Norris, Liam Cunningham, Daniel Mays, Amy Manson and Jamie Bamber, gives them a fighting chance. These pioneers leave their old lives behind in order to establish a new future on the planet Carpathia.
BBC1, coming soon.
Episodes
What happens when a UK comedy is picked up by a Us network? Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan play British writers whisked off to La, while Matt LeBlanc stars as a desperate-for-a-new-hit Matt LeBlanc. The writing comes courtesy of David Crane (Friends) and Jeffrey Klarik (Mad About You).
BBC2, January.
Boardwalk Empire
The launch of Sky's new Atlantic channel provokes mixed emotions: it has meant Mad Men disappearing from the BBC, but...
- 1/3/2011
- by Vicky Frost
- The Guardian - Film News
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