The film The Eagle is based on Rosemary Sutcliff’s Roman novel The Eagle of the Ninth. It was wrongly claimed in a Guardian newspaper that film Centurion was also based on the book. They published this letter that I sent them:Read More »
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The Eagle of the Ninth film music by Atli Örvarsson
Icelandic music composer Atli Örvarsson will created the music for the film The Eagle based on Rosemary Sutcliff‘s The Eagle of the Ninth. He works with industry-leading composer Hans Zimmer and is ‘rapidly joining the ranks of Hollywood’s most dynamic young musical talents’. Given Rosemary Sutcliff’s love of Icelandic sagas, this choice seems highly appropriate. Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novel The Eagle of the Ninth was BBC TV film in 1977
Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth was a BBC TV series in 1977: I have at last found some details. (It is now being made into a movie). The TV series was made by BBC Scotland and broadcast between 4th September and 9th October 1977. Rosemary Sutcliff loved the series.Read More »
Peat restored after The Eagle of the Ninth movie shoot
Film-makers Kevin Macdonald (director) and Duncan Kenworthy (producer) of Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth film are careful about restoring the peat in the Highlands of Scotland, as reported by BBC News – good to hear, and entirely in character I am sure. However, shame on the BBC for using a photo of US star Donald Sutherland who, although in the film, was not on the Scottish part of the filming. They could have featured UK star Jamie Bell who was!Read More »
The Eagle of the Ninth movie star Channing Tatum burned penis | Sutcliff Discovery of the Day
Based on an interview in Details magazine, this report of Channing Tatum’s penis being burned on the movie set of The Eagle of the Ninth while filming the Rosemary Sutcliff novel of that name is indeed for real! Maybe it lowers the tone here, but what was good enough for The Huffington Post is good enough for me! Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 