Titles, big plays make it a season to remember
Titles, big plays make it a season to remember
The year 1975 saw Carlton Fisk wave his walk-off homer fair in iconic fashion and “Wheel of Fortune” premier on TV. “Jaws” was the top movie at the box office, Bruce Springsteen released “Born to Run” and Gerald Ford was president.
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The Spin | The Young Don in video, and a rather dour first Test | Andy Bull
Video footage of a 20-year-old Don Bradman on the 1928-29 Ashes Tour unearthed, and a few reflections on Brisbane 2010 FANFARE FOR A NEW FILM BY PERCY FENDER While he was clearing out his cluttered garage in Taunton recently Guy Fender found a dusty old film can labelled ‘cricket’. Inside was a home movie shot by his grandfather, Percy Fender , during the 1928-29 Ashes tour to Australia. Fender …
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What Danny Boyle did next
How do you follow a film that sweeps the Oscars and wins universal acclaim? If you’re Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle, you switch genre, downsize, work harder… As well as directing 127 Hours, a film that tells the true story of stricken climber Aron Ralston, Boyle is taking a production of Frankenstein to the National and overseeing the Olympics opening ceremony. And what drives such …
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