Directed by Stephen Frears, and written by Hanif Kureishi, the film is set in 1980s London during Margaret Thatcher s tenure as Prime Minister. 12 It is the first of three Day-Lewis films to appear in the BFI s 100 greatest British films of the 20th century, ranking 50th. 33.In June 2014, Day-Lewis received a knighthood for services to drama.Despite his traditional training at the Bristol Old Vic, he is considered a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles.Displaying a mercurial intensity, he would often remain completely in character throughout the shooting schedules of his films, even to the point of adversely affecting his health.
He is one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only six films since 1998, with as many as five years between roles. Protective of his private life, he rarely gives interviews, and makes very few public appearances. Playing the title role in Hamlet at the National Theatre in London in 1989, he left the stage midway through a performance after breaking down during a scene where the ghost of Hamlets father appears before himthis was his last appearance on the stage. He then assumed leading man status with The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), My Left Foot (1989, receiving his first Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Actor), and The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Following his performance in The Boxer (1997), Day-Lewis retired from acting for three years, taking up a new profession as an apprentice shoe-maker in Italy. He returned to acting in 2000 to film Gangs of New York (2002). He won Oscars and BAFTAs again for There Will Be Blood (2007) and Lincoln (2012). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for his work in In the Name of the Father (1993), Gangs of New York (2002), and Phantom Thread (2017). Day-Lewis announced his retirement in 2017, following the completion of Phantom Thread. His older sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis (born 1953), is a television chef and food critic. His father, who was born in the Irish town of Ballintubbert, County Laois, was of Protestant Anglo-Irish descent, lived in England from the age of two, and was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Day-Lewis mother was Jewish; her Jewish ancestors were immigrants to England in the late 19th century, from Latvia and Poland. The BAFTA for Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema is presented every year in honour of Balcons memory. He and his older sister did not see much of their older two half-brothers, who had been teenagers when Day-Lewis father divorced their mother. Living in Greenwich (he attended Invicta and Sherington Primary Schools), 24 Day-Lewis had to deal with tough South London children. He mastered the local accent and mannerisms, and credits that as being his first convincing performance. Later in life, he has been known to speak of himself as a disorderly character in his younger years, often in trouble for shoplifting and other petty crimes. However, his disdain for the school grew, and after two years at Sevenoaks, he was transferred to another independent school, Bedales in Petersfield, Hampshire. His sister was already a student there, and it had a more relaxed and creative ethos. He made his film debut at the age of 14 in Sunday Bloody Sunday, in which he played a vandal in an uncredited role. He described the experience as heaven for getting paid 2 to vandalise expensive cars parked outside his local church. Day-Lewis father had pancreatic cancer, and Howard invited the family to Lemmons as a place they could use to rest and recuperate. His father died there in May that year. By the time he left Bedales in 1975, Day-Lewis unruly attitude had diminished and he needed to make a career choice. Although he had excelled on stage at the National Youth Theatre in London, he applied for a five-year apprenticeship as a cabinet-maker. He was rejected due to lack of experience. He was accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which he attended for three years along with Miranda Richardson, eventually performing at the Bristol Old Vic itself. At one point he played understudy to Pete Postlethwaite, with whom he would later co-star in the film In the Name of the Father (1994). He was quiet and polite, but he was clearly focused on his actinghe had a burning quality. There was one performance in particular, when the students put on a play called Class Enemy, when he really seemed to shineand it became obvious to us, the staff, that we had someone rather special on our hands. Eleven years after his film debut, Day-Lewis had a small part in the film Gandhi (1982) as Colin, a South African street thug who racially bullies the title character. In late 1982, he had his big theatre break when he took over the lead in Another Country, which had premiered in late 1981. Next, he took on a supporting role as the conflicted, but ultimately loyal, first mate in The Bounty (1984). He next joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Flute in A Midsummer Nights Dream. Directed by Stephen Frears, and written by Hanif Kureishi, the film is set in 1980s London during Margaret Thatcher s tenure as Prime Minister. It is the first of three Day-Lewis films to appear in the BFI s 100 greatest British films of the 20th century, ranking 50th.
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