His passing started me thinking about three of his excellent early movies.
Finney shot to stardom in 1960 playing the surly Arthur Seaton in the gritty, “kitchen-sink” film, “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.” The movie was adapted from Alan Sillitoe’s “angry-young-man” novel and directed by Karel Reisz.
International superstardom came to Finney in 1963 when he played the title role in “Tom Jones.” The saucy, happy-go-lucky movie directed by Tony Richardson was adapted from Henry Fielding’s 18th-century novel.
In 1967, he co-starred with Audrey Hepburn in the sophisticated “Two for the Road." The film was written by Frederic Raphael and directed by Stanley Donen. I will have more to say about it in a future post.
I was saddened by his passing Elgin. I think my favourite film of his was Big Fish, but in truth I've only seen a limited amount of his work.
ReplyDeleteI saw BIG FISH in the movies and it was a hoot. After reading the obits, I wish I could have seen Finney on stage
DeleteN\My favorite was SHOOT THE MOON. Very sad.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see SHOOT THE MOON again.
DeleteElgin, I think I last saw (and liked) Albert Finney in ERIN BROCKOVICH, but I need to watch some of his early films.
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