News and Updates

Sunday, 25 March 2007

Ann shared information about the The British Film Institute’s database of UK television and film productions including some of Damian Lewis’s earliest works:

» Ill, the 1996 short film directed by J.J.Keith

» Life Force, a children’s science fiction program from 2000 featuring Damian as the evil Kurt Glemser

» Hearts and Bones - Damian appeared as Mark Rose in this series just prior to being cast as Richard Winters in Band of Brothers

» Some of the works in the BFI archive are available for viewing on site; click here for more information.
Click here for an article about the special screening of The Situation last night in Carlise, PA featuring director Philip Haas and a panel of political and military experts.
The IMDb page for the Best of Masterpiece Theatre 35th Anniversary Special now lists all of the celebrities interviewed for the program including Damian Lewis who was honored for his protrayal of Soames Forsyte in The Forsyte Saga.

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Update on Life:

» Earlier this week NBC, the American television network, invited the press and television industry professionals to a preview of programs planned for the fall season including the pilot for Life starring Damian Lewis. The clips/interviews for Life featured a comment from director David Semel (House) that “We’ve been trying to get him (Damian Lewis) to do television for years and finally got him to do this pilot.”

» Although British actors have leading roles in several of the pilot programs, Damian Lewis was the only one who stayed in character and spoke with an American accent as he answered questions and talked about how much he likes his character, Billy Crews.

» Click here and here for more information.
Damian Lewis serves as an advisor for an innovative British media production company called Pure Grass Films; click here and here to read about the company and its current projects.
This scanned image (provided by Ann) of Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory at the recent BAFTA awards is from the February 27th issue of the UK’s Hello! magazine.

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The production status of Love and Virtue starring Damian Lewis has been updated to “filming” - rather than “pre-production” - on IMDb; and Banana Films is now listed as a production company for the movie which stars Damian Lewis as the romantic knight Orlando (Roland) in Charlemagne’s court.
Steven Clemons of the New America Foundation posted this information about tomorrow night’s screening of The Situation at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA.

Mr. Clemons will participate in an expert panel discussion before the film begins and director Philip Hass will take part in an post-film Question and Answer session. This event is open to the public.

Click here for the list of current and upcoming US locations and playdates for the The Situation starring Damian Lewis.
PBS’s The Best of Masterpiece Theatre 35th Anniversary Special featuring Damian Lewis will premiere in additional US television markets this weekend. The program will air on WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago on Sunday, March 25th at 7:55pm; check your local PBS listings for more information.

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Damian Lewis was spotted in the audience of American Idol in Los Angeles last night! This week’s theme is British Invasion Week and many celebrities and film industry professionals from the UK attended the program.
The IMDb production status for Life (the pilot for a new NBC serial drama starring Damian Lewis) has been updated to “post-production” suggesting that the principal filming has concluded.
A message posted on IMDb by an Australian fan confirms that the Region 4 Keane DVD was released on March 14th as scheduled, although some online vendors indicate that the film is “out of stock”.

Also, the April issue of FilmInk includes an article about Keane and director Lodge Kerrigan (page 66) as well as a review of the film (page 74).

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