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Brian Moore est un Scénariste et Producteur exécutif Canadien né le 25 aout 1921 à Belfast (Royaume-uni)
Brian Moore (first name /briːˈæn/ bree-AN; 25 August 1921 – 11 January 1999) was a novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland who emigrated to Canada and later lived in the United States. He was acclaimed for the descriptions in his novels of life in Northern Ireland after the Second World War, in particular his explorations of the inter-communal divisions of The Troubles. He was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1975 and the inaugural Sunday Express Book of the Year award in 1987, and he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times (in 1976, 1987 and 1990). Moore also wrote screenplays and several of his books were made into films.
Moore was educated at St Malachy's College. He left school in 1939, having failed his senior exams. He later criticised his schooling through his novels The Feast of Lupercal and The Emperor of Ice-Cream.
Moore was a volunteer air raid warden during the bombing of Belfast by the Luftwaffe. He also served as a civilian with the British Army in North Africa, Italy and France. After the war ended he worked in Eastern Europe for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. He emigrated to Canada in 1948, worked as a reporter for the Montreal Gazette, and became a Canadian citizen. While eventually making his primary residence in California, Moore continued to live part of each year in Canada up to his death. He taught creative writing at UCLA.
Moore lived in Canada from 1948 to 1958, and wrote his first novels there. His earliest novels were thrillers, published under his own name or using the pseudonyms Bernard Mara or Michael Bryan. Moore's first novel outside the genre, Judith Hearne, remains among his most highly regarded. The book was rejected by ten American publishers before being accepted by a British publisher. It was made into a film, with British actress Maggie Smith playing the lonely spinster who is the book/film's title character.
Other novels by Moore were adapted for the screen, including Intent to Kill, The Luck of Ginger Coffey, Catholics, Black Robe, Cold Heaven, and The Statement. He co-wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain, and wrote The Blood of Others, based on the novel Le Sang des autres by Simone de Beauvoir.
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Nationalité Canada
Naissance 25 aout 1921 à Belfast (Royaume-uni)
Mort 11 janvier 1999 (à 77 ans) à Malibu (Etats-Unis)
Naissance 25 aout 1921 à Belfast (Royaume-uni)
Mort 11 janvier 1999 (à 77 ans) à Malibu (Etats-Unis)
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Moore was born and grew up in Belfast. His father, James Bernard Moore, was a prominent surgeon and the first Catholic to sit on the senate of Queen’s University and his mother, Eileen McFadden Moore, was a nurse. He grew up with eight siblings in a large Roman Catholic family, but reportedly rejected that faith early in life. Some of his novels feature staunchly anti-doctrinaire and anti-clerical themes, and he in particular spoke strongly about the effect of the Church on life in Ireland. A recurring theme in his novels is the concept of the Catholic priesthood. On several occasions he explores the idea of a priest losing his faith. At the same time, several of his novels are deeply sympathetic and affirming portrayals of the struggles of faith and religious commitment, Black Robe most prominently.Moore was educated at St Malachy's College. He left school in 1939, having failed his senior exams. He later criticised his schooling through his novels The Feast of Lupercal and The Emperor of Ice-Cream.
Moore was a volunteer air raid warden during the bombing of Belfast by the Luftwaffe. He also served as a civilian with the British Army in North Africa, Italy and France. After the war ended he worked in Eastern Europe for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. He emigrated to Canada in 1948, worked as a reporter for the Montreal Gazette, and became a Canadian citizen. While eventually making his primary residence in California, Moore continued to live part of each year in Canada up to his death. He taught creative writing at UCLA.
Moore lived in Canada from 1948 to 1958, and wrote his first novels there. His earliest novels were thrillers, published under his own name or using the pseudonyms Bernard Mara or Michael Bryan. Moore's first novel outside the genre, Judith Hearne, remains among his most highly regarded. The book was rejected by ten American publishers before being accepted by a British publisher. It was made into a film, with British actress Maggie Smith playing the lonely spinster who is the book/film's title character.
Other novels by Moore were adapted for the screen, including Intent to Kill, The Luck of Ginger Coffey, Catholics, Black Robe, Cold Heaven, and The Statement. He co-wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain, and wrote The Blood of Others, based on the novel Le Sang des autres by Simone de Beauvoir.
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Crime contre l'humanité (2003)
, 2hRéalisé par Norman Jewison
Origine Canada
Genres Drame, Thriller
Acteurs Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam, Alan Bates, Charlotte Rampling, Ciarán Hinds
Rôle Créateur de nouvelle
Note61%
Pierre Brossard, milicien sous le Régime de Vichy, est en fuite depuis sa condamnation par contumace. Il vit paisiblement dans le plus grand anonymat lorsque le juge Livi décide de le retrouver pour le faire juger pour crimes contre l'humanité.
Cold Heaven (1992)
, 1h45Réalisé par Nicolas Roeg
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Policier, Romance
Acteurs Theresa Russell, Mark Harmon, James Russo, Will Patton, Richard Bradford, Julie Carmen
Rôle Créateur de nouvelle
Note51%
Marie Davenport est sur le point de quitter son mari Alex pour son amant Daniel lorsque son mari est apparemment tué dans un accident de bateau et semble ensuite être revenu de l'au-delà.
Robe noire (1991)
, 1h41Réalisé par Bruce Beresford
Origine Australie
Genres Drame, Action, Aventure, Historique, Western
Thèmes Religion
Acteurs Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal, Gordon Tootoosis, August Schellenberg
Rôle Ecrivain
Note70%
Vers 1634, installés dans une mission qui deviendra la ville de Québec, des Jésuites tentent, sans beaucoup de succès, de convertir les Algonquins au christianisme. Le gouverneur Samuel de Champlain envoie un jeune prêtre, le Père Laforgue, établir des contacts avec les Hurons dans un lointain village. Il est accompagné de guides algonquins et d’aides laïcs parmi lesquels une intrigue amoureuse met le prêtre mal à l’aise.
, 1h50Réalisé par Jack Clayton
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller, Ian McNeice, Prunella Scales, Rudi Davies
Rôle Créateur de nouvelle
Note69%
Judith Hearne, un professeur de piano timide, tombe amoureuse de l'un des ses élèves, l'entrepreneur James Madden. Mais celui-ci, dans le besoin, décide de jouer le jeu de l'amour pour récupérer l'argent de Judith...
Contrôle (1987)
, 1h46Réalisé par Giuliano Montaldo
Origine Italie
Genres Drame, Thriller
Acteurs Burt Lancaster, Ben Gazzara, Kate Nelligan, Kate Reid, Ingrid Thulin, Erland Josephson
Note59%
Un physicien nucléaire recrute quinze volontaires pour co-habiter dans un abri anti-atomique. Alors que les relations entre les personnes s'organisent, la radio annonce alors l'état d'urgence. Très vite deux clans s'opposent dans l'abri : Ceux qui veulent sortir et ceux qui veulent rester, pensant éviter un suicide...
Le Sang des autres (1984)
, 2h15Réalisé par Claude Chabrol
Origine Canada
Genres Drame, Guerre, Historique, Romance
Thèmes Politique, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Acteurs Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Lambert Wilson, Samuel Fuller, Stéphane Audran
Note54%
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale à Paris, une jeune femme choisit entre collaboration et résistance.
Catholics (1973)
Réalisé par Jack Gold
Acteurs Martin Sheen, Trevor Howard, Raf Vallone, Cyril Cusack, Andrew Keir, Michael Gambon
Note8%
Le Rideau déchiré (1966)
, 2h2Réalisé par Alfred Hitchcock
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Romance
Thèmes Espionnage, Politique
Acteurs Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Ludwig Donath, Wolfgang Kieling, David Opatoshu
Rôle Ecrivain
Note65%
Un chercheur en physique nucléaire, Armstrong, rompt sans explications avec sa fiancée et assistante, Sarah, avant de se rendre prétendument à Stockholm. Intriguée, elle le suit et découvre qu'il part en réalité pour Berlin-Est. Elle le suit, celui-ci est furieux de la voir sur ses talons. Armstrong semble vouloir mettre ses découvertes à disposition des Allemands de l'Est.
The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
, 1h40Réalisé par Irvin Kershner
Origine Canada
Genres Drame
Acteurs Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Liam Redmond, Powys Thomas, Tom Kneebone, Jacques Godin
Rôle Créateur de nouvelle
Note68%
The Luck of Ginger Coffey is about an Irishman named James Francis Coffey. He is called 'Ginger' because of his reddish hair and moustache. He is unfulfilled career-wise, no matter which job he takes on. After his release from the Army, he and his wife Vera, together with their daughter Paulie, move to Montreal.
Intent to Kill (1958)
, 1h28Réalisé par Jack Cardiff
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller
Thèmes Maladie
Acteurs Richard Todd, Betsy Drake, Herbert Lom, Warren Stevens, Paul Carpenter, Alexander Knox
Note66%
Having previously survived an assassination attempt, Juan Menda (Lom), president of an unspecified South American country, is moved to Montreal under an anonymous pseudonym for treatment of a potentially fatal cranial blood clot. His political opponents have got wind of his whereabouts and hire a trio of Canadian hitmen to finish the job. Menda's aide Francisco (Carlo Giustini) is also in town, and unknown to Menda he is actually a prime-mover in the assassination plot, keeping close to Menda while duplicitously passing on information to the would-be killers. Not only is Francisco an unsuspected political arch-rival, but he is also keeping an eye on Menda's glamorous wife Carla (Lisa Gastoni), with whom he fancies his chances once Menda is out of the way.
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Robe noire (1991)
, 1h41Réalisé par Bruce Beresford
Origine Australie
Genres Drame, Action, Aventure, Historique, Western
Thèmes Religion
Acteurs Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal, Gordon Tootoosis, August Schellenberg
Rôle Producteur exécutif
Note70%
Vers 1634, installés dans une mission qui deviendra la ville de Québec, des Jésuites tentent, sans beaucoup de succès, de convertir les Algonquins au christianisme. Le gouverneur Samuel de Champlain envoie un jeune prêtre, le Père Laforgue, établir des contacts avec les Hurons dans un lointain village. Il est accompagné de guides algonquins et d’aides laïcs parmi lesquels une intrigue amoureuse met le prêtre mal à l’aise.