David Lean

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Biography

Son of a quaker family, this English filmmaker started his filming career en 1928 when hew got a job in Gaumont studios. Between 1944…more

Born

3/25/1908, Croydon Surrey, England, UK

Died

4/16/1991

Birth Name

David Lean

Gender

Male

Credits

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Role
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 45 November 27, 1970
    11/27/70
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 35: Ep 1 The 35th Annual Academy Awards
    4/8/63
  - S 30: Ep 1 The 30th Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/58
  - S 57: Ep 1 The 57th Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/85

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- When Doctor Zhivago was being made, at the end of every day the crew was one day saying that the performance by Alec Guinness was excellent, on another day that Julie Christie was brilliant and on some days that Rod Steiger was superb. Hearing this on a daily basis, Omar Sharif got very worried and asked Lean why he didn't have any great lines to say or some great scene to act. Lean reassured him by saying that although everyone would love the individual performances of the star cast, after the end of the movie they would only think of him and remember "Yuri".
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- Filmography: In Which We Serve (1942). This Happy Breed (1944). Blithe Spirit (1945). Brief Encounter (1945). Great Expectations (1946). Oliver Twist (1948). The Passionate Friends (1949). Madeleine (1950). The Sound Barrier (1952). Hobson's Choice (1954). Summertime (1955). The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Doctor Zhivago (1965). Ryan's Daughter (1970). A Passage to India (1984).
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- Lean was knighted in 1984.
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- Lean: Always cast against the part and it won't be boring.
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- Lean: (On the Academy Awards) If you have no hope of getting one, they're despised. But it you have, they're very important.
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- Lean: When the great actor says the line, you can put scissors precisely at the point A and it's wonderful. When the star says the line, you can hold for four frames longer because something else happens.
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