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- From: bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Greg Bole)
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- Subject: Re: Peter's Friends
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.142715.1@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 19:27:15 GMT
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- In article <37150018@hpopd.pwd.hp.com>, danielw@hpopd.pwd.hp.com
- (Daniel Wink) writes:
-
- > Has Kenneth Branagh's 'Peter's Friends' been released in the
- > States yet?
-
- It opens Christmas Day. December 25th.
-
- > If so, was it well received?
-
- Some friends that have seen advanced screenings were a bit dissapointed,
- especially with the ending, but everyone thought it was a fine film, and
- were impressed, especially with the performances and the humor. Emmma
- Thompson was also praised (big suprise there...she could read the phone
- book and I'd praise her, ok, so I'm exagerrating a bit, but she's had a
- great year).
-
- > I'm just curious as I saw it here in dear old Blighty last night,
- > (and liked it) and found myself wondering how those who would probably
- > only know 'our' Ken from 'Dead Again' (if not, please excuse my
- > presumption) re-acted to it.
-
- Well, it's true not as many Americans know of him as Brits, and a few
- only know him from _Dead Again_, but he does have a pretty big following
- over here, and *those* people know him first of all from _Henry V_.
- A number of theatre-goers also have seen some of the Shakespere productions
- he's done over here in the States.
-
- I'm a big Branaugh fan, and happen to think he is one of the best new
- directors around (and actor for that matter), and I for one am greatly
- looking forward to his next number of projects:
-
- _Peter's Friends_ (Dir & Act), _Swing Kids_ (Act), _Much Ado About Nothing_
- (Dir & Act), and _Frankenstein_ (Rumored to be Dir & Act)
-
- Greg Bole "I have crossed oceans of time to find you."
- bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu Gary Oldman in _Bram Stoker's Dracula_
-