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Willie: I'll just get back in the car then?
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[to Maggie]
Braddock: You've got birdshit in your hair.
[Maggie involuntarily touches her hair, revealing that she knows more English that she's admitting to]
Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears (Stephen Frears) was born in Leicester, England on June 20, 1941. He is a British director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated from the Law Department of Cambridge University.
In 1968, directed his first short film "The Burning". In 1971, directed his first film "Detective"
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. In 1975, directed the comedy film "Three in a Boat". In 1980, the drama film " Unlucky Child " directed by him was released. In 1985, directed the drama " My Beautiful Laundrette ". In 1987, the directed feature film " Prick Up Your Ears " won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 40th Cannes International Film Festival
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. In 1988, directed the drama " Dangerous Liaisons "
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. In 1989, Stephen Frears won the "Berlin Photography Gold Award" at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1990, with the feature film " The Grifters ", he was nominated for the 63rd Oscar Award for Best Director
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. In 1996, the directed thriller film " Mary Reilly " was shortlisted for the main competition of the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1998, with the feature film " The Hi-Lo Country ", he won the Best Director Award at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival
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In 2002, the feature film " Dirty Pretty Things " directed by was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 59th Venice International Film Festival
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. In 2006, with the feature film " The Queen ", he was nominated for the 79th Oscar Award for Best Director
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. In 2007, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 60th Cannes International Film Festival
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. In 2009, the directed romance film " Chéri " was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2013, the directed feature film " Philomena " was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 70th Venice International Film Festival
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. In 2016, he directed the biographical comedy film " Florence Foster Jenkins "
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, for which he won the Best European Director Award at the 21st Capri Hollywood International Film Festival. On May 6, 2019, the romantic comedy directed by him premiered.
Character Evaluation
Stephen Frears' ability to grasp large and small themes has been affirmed in Hollywood
. He is an almighty director, capable of directing weird mixed comedies such as "Detective" and "Ten Years of Liaison", as well as filming films such as "The Queen" and "Dangerous Liaisons" in a dignified manner. Although his works vary in genre, they always have British humor and comedy elements, which is a kind of British humor hidden in genre films. His early works are more of a deconstruction of genre and a taste of irony. The objects of irony cover all walks of life and people, and are expressed with the help of interesting dialogues. In films such as "The Queen" and "Dangerous Liaisons", due to his exquisite description of the court or the life of the upper class, the other side of his work style is shown Mtime.com comprehensive review).
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