John Hurt
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In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the sci-film inspires an industry of papers, talks and research
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2 out of 5 stars.John Hurt’s final screen role is a saving grace in this film, which otherwise lacks action or mystery
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3 out of 5 stars.Eric Styles’s film fails to match its star’s performance as a spiteful dying writer
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The film director remembers his friend, the actor with ‘a single malt of a voice’, who despite his ups and downs, remained a great professional
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Albert Finney sobbed like an animal, Harold Pinter ramped up the terror and John Hurt even resembled Beckett himself. Now, at the Edinburgh festival, Barry McGovern takes on the role that never ceases to astonish
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Helen Mirren’s appearance in the Fast and Furious franchise is a bit of a surprise. But virtually every notable actor – from Welles to Brando to Blanchett – has cashed in an easy paycheque for a mindless franchise or a duffer
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The late actor, star of Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Elephant Man, was honoured by the Academy in their annual In Memoriam montage
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Theatre blog John Hurt: an absolute master at portraying misfits
Michael BillingtonHurt, who has died aged 77, was a superb, if too infrequent, stage actor. In plays by Beckett, Pinter and Stoppard, he had an intuitive understanding of outsiders
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Distinctive-voiced actor was Oscar nominated for Midnight Express and the Elephant Man, as well as being the victim of the notorious ‘chestburster’ in Alien
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