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1. www.bbc.com › culture › articleHow masterly horror Deliverance set a controversial trend - BBC

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   John Boorman's film about an outward-bound trip gone wrong was one of the most unnerving of the 1970s. Fifty years on, Adam Scovell talks to Boorman and explores its meaning.

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2. canadaehx.com › 2020/06/20 › canada-and-knighthoodsCanada And Knighthoods – Canadian History Ehx

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   Jun 20, 2020 · In 1935, for services to music in Canada, he was knighted by King George V. James MacBrien was a Canadian soldier who served in the Second Boer War, and the First World War as a General Staff Officer and then a commanding officer.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_BoormanJohn Boorman - Wikipedia

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   In 2004, Boorman received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In the 2022 New Year Honours, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for services to film.

4. www.ft.com › content › 33a386c0-4d99-11ea-95a0-43d18John Boorman: hits, myths and borrowed tales - Financial Times

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   What do I mean? And why am I saying it in prelude to appraising Conclusions, the new book of thoughts and memories from movie director John Boorman? Because he’s a richly fascinating figure in...

5. biographyhost.com › p › charley-boormanCharley Boorman - Parents, Deliverance & Wife - Biography

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   Jan 17, 2022 · Charley Boorman is a British actor and television personality. He is best known for his long-distance motorcycle rides with actor Ewan McGregor in the documentary adventure TV series Long Way Round (2001), Long Way Down (2007), and Long Way Up (2020).

6. toronto.citynews.ca › 2016/04/06 › swordplay-academySwordplay academy slays fantasy, revives lost art of knighthood

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   Apr 6, 2016 · But those with the courage to enter will discover that anyone can become a modern-day knight, says Maestro d’Armi Devon Boorman, the master of arms at Academie Duello. “It’s something they really...

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   Did George Boorman get a knighthood?

   • In the 2022 New Year Honours, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for services to film. Boorman was born in Shepperton, Middlesex, England, the son of pub landlord George Boorman and his wife, Ivy (née Chapman), daughter of a "well-to-do owner of pubs in London's East End ".

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   Who was John Boorman?

   • Fifty years on, Adam Scovell talks to Boorman and explores its meaning. Based on James Dickey's best-selling novel, Deliverance (1972) marked a highpoint in the work of British director Sir John Boorman. Having made the successful jump to Hollywood several years before, Boorman directed some of the strongest films of the period.

   How masterly horror Deliverance set a controversial trend - BBC

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   Who is Charley Boorman?

   • Charley Boorman is a British actor and television personality. He is best known for his long-distance motorcycle rides with actor Ewan McGregor in the documentary adventure TV series Long Way Round (2001), Long Way Down (2007), and Long Way Up (2020).

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   Was Boorman a mistake in the Exorcist?

   • Boorman was denounced by William Peter Blatty, the author of the original novel The Exorcist, and by William Friedkin, director of the first Exorcist film. Boorman later admitted that his approach to the film was a mistake. The Heretic is often considered not just the worst film of The Exorcist series but one of the worst films of all time .

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8. www.britannica.com › biography › John-BoormanJohn Boorman | Biography, Movies, & Facts | Britannica

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   Jun 13, 2024 · Boorman also cowrote the drama The Professor and the Madman (2019). Boorman was awarded a knighthood in the 2022 New Year Honours List; he had earlier been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Michael Barson