Entirely Up to You, Darling by Diana Hawkins
Richard Attenborough and Diana Hawkins have been friends and colleagues for nearly 50 years.They have now teamed up to write this frank and funny account of their unlikely partnership and his extraordinary life.
"Actor and director Richard Attenborough is a giant of British cinema - and one of the best connected men in the world of showbusiness.. Now he's telling his extraordinary story ... Moving and enthralling" * Daily Mail *
"One of the most readable and entertaining showbusiness memoirs I have read" * Sunday Express *
"Richard Attenborough, with his long-term collaborator Diana Hawkins, has written a highly entertaining memoir, Entirely Up to You Darling. Despite its self-mocking title, it offers an insightful account of professional triumphs and personal tragedy" * Books of the Year, Independent *
"There is, in Attenborough's life, as arresting a sense of narrative as in his films" * Scotland on Sunday *
"They make for enjoyable reading because Attenborough has had such a rich and varied life" * Sunday Times *
"One of the most readable and entertaining showbusiness memoirs I have read" * Sunday Express *
"Richard Attenborough, with his long-term collaborator Diana Hawkins, has written a highly entertaining memoir, Entirely Up to You Darling. Despite its self-mocking title, it offers an insightful account of professional triumphs and personal tragedy" * Books of the Year, Independent *
"There is, in Attenborough's life, as arresting a sense of narrative as in his films" * Scotland on Sunday *
"They make for enjoyable reading because Attenborough has had such a rich and varied life" * Sunday Times *
Famous for more than sixty film performances, beginning in wartime with In Which We Serve and continuing with such classics as Brighton Rock, The Angry Silence, 10 Rillington Place, The Great Escape, Miracle on 34th Street and Spielberg's Jurassic Park, Richard Attenborough has always fought tenaciously for the survival of British cinema.As a producer/director he has also been the driving force behind Gandhi, Oh! What a Lovely War, A Bridge Too Far, Cry Freedom and Shadowlands.
The elder brother of eminent naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, and husband of actress, Sheila Sim, he was knighted in 1976, appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in 1987 and became a life peer in 1993.He has chaired numerous professional organisations including Channel 4 Television and the British Film Institute and, over the years, has worked tirelessly for a wide range of British and international charities.
Diana Hawkins, formerly a broadcaster and latterly a film producer, wrote the storyline for Chaplin and, as Diana Carter, three novels and a children's book.She is currently an executive director of Dragon International Studios, a company chaired by Richard Attenborough, which is building a new film making facility in South Wales.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780091797089 |
| ISBN 10 | 009179708X |
| Title | Entirely Up to You, Darling |
| Author | Diana Hawkins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2008-09-11 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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