Producer Duncan Kenworthy is reported in India ruing the fact that the film The Eagle (from Rosemary Sutcliff‘s The Eagle of the Ninth) was “slightly oversold as an action release”. (He perhaps refers to the promotion in the USA). He is reported by The Hindu newspaper as saying he would like to describe The Eagle as an adventure film with elements of action. “There is drama and quest, and the best part is the way it has been shot by Anthony Dod Mantle, the Oscar winner for Slumdog Millionaire.”
Author: Anthony Lawton
Chair, Sussex Dolphin, family company which looks after the work of eminent children’s & historical fiction author Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92). Formerly CEO, chair & trustee of various charity, cultural & educational enterprises in UK. Sometimes a consultant.
Rosemary Sutcliff inspired Bob Williams-Findlay at school
Rosemary Sutcliff inspired Bob Williams-Findlay, who is himself a writer, as he explains in a brief but touching post he left today :
I was a teenager when I read The Eagle Of The Ninth and it inspired me to both read and write. I told my teacher I wanted to be a writer, but being a disabled person, I doubted I would succeed. Not too long after the school had a visitor, it was Rosemary. I had my answer and I still have the passion for writing. In my opinion Rosemary is up there with the best.
Live Webchat on The Eagle film over | TODAY March 11th
The Eagle stars faced interrogation today (March 11th) in a Webchat. As Empire put it:
One got his start playing a ballet dancer in Billy Elliot; the other as a street dancer in Step Up. But there’ll be no twinkling of toes as Jamie Bell and Channing Tatum team up for Kevin MacDonald’s latest film, The Eagle. Set in Roman Britain, Tatum’s a young Centurion trying to redeem his family honour following his father’s disgrace, and Bell’s the British slave who may hold the key to sorting it out. Join us, won’t you …..
I did! via Live Webchat | Empire | www.empireonline.com.
Rosemary Sutcliff book Frontier Wolf 5-star review by reader on Goodreads
Into this simple tale, Sutcliff pours in everything that makes her great as an author: Careful attention to detail when describing Roman military society, British native society, and the world of nature. The ability to sum up a character’s personality through a few well-chosen words. A gift for understatement that heightens rather than diminishes drama. A lyrical tongue. She caps all this off with an ending that is surprising, yet wholly satisfying.
Source: Dusk Peterson writing at Goodreads
Rosemary Sutcliff and World Book Day
Rosemary Sutcliff, who sadly died in 1992, would surely have supported World Book Day, which is today March 5th; and World Book Night. In the UK, a survey purports to reveal teenagers’ favourite children’s books and favourite characters now and in the past. Unless it is a proofing error, clearly the poll is seriously flawed because Rosemary does not feature! SO, to mark World Book Day maybe you regular readers of this blog, indeed whoever you are if you find your way here, would like to put matters right and ‘comment’ here at this post about why you love Rosemary Sutcliff’s writing, your favourite Rosemary Sutcliff book, and your favourite character of hers, and why?
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 