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m-a-salter · 1 month ago
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Penguin arms.
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daily-peter-capaldi · 1 year ago
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Peter Capaldi - Danny Oldsen - Local Hero (1983)
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glitterypin · 3 months ago
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ta-daaa
the community is now free for all, anyone can join, no invite necessary, I hope I don't get bots or anything but anyhoo, come find us on the Peter Capaldi Brainrot Center, where we share thirst traps, fanarts, fan edits, movie and tv reviews, opinions on hair, thighs and eyes and self-deprecating comments about how deranged we are in our love for the great and beautiful Peter Capaldi
ngl, it is still rather quiet for my tastes in there, so you come by and post literally fucking anything capaldi-related and you will get yourself on my christmas list, probably.
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allloudontheeasternfront · 3 months ago
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scotianostra · 4 months ago
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Happy Birthday Bill Forsyth the Scottish film director and screenwriter.
Born in Glasgow July 29th 1946 and educated at Knightswood School. On leaving aged 17, he answered an advertisement for a “Lad required for film company” and spent the next eight years helping make short documentary films.
Leaving documentary production in 1977, Forsyth wrote the scripts for Gregory’s Girl and That Sinking Feeling in the hope of breaking into feature films.
Obtaining finance, however, proved frustrating and problematic. The BFI Production Board rejected Gregory’s Girl three times. Forsyth later said, “I remember one torment of a meeting when I tried to explain that Gregory’s Girl was really a structuralist comedy… I suspect my script was too conventional although nobody actually told me as much.”.
That Sinking Feeling was eventually made in 1979 with amateur actors from the Glasgow Youth Theatre, including John Gordon Sinclair (who later took the lead in Gregory’s Girl , its tiny £5,000 budget was raised from a variety of sources.
Forsyth’s distinctive voice as writer-director is already apparent in this tale of a robbery of stainless steel sinks by a gang of unemployed Glasgow teenagers - intensely humanistic and humorous yet with an underlying seriousness of purpose. This ability to create a self-contained yet believable world with a keen sense of the absurd and bizarre in the everyday is perhaps only rivalled by the work of British television writer Alan Plater. The film opened to great popular and critical success at the Edinburgh and London Film Festivals but was unable to secure more widespread distribution.
Gregory’s Girl was Forsyth’s breakthrough film. This acutely observed story of adolescence and first love set in a Scottish new town was rapturously received by both critics and public alike. Forsyth’s reputation seemed to be secured by the success of his next venture, Local Hero, a first collaboration with producer David Puttnam.
In 1999 he made Gregory’s Two Girls as a sequel to Gregory’s Girl, with John Gordon Sinclair playing the same character, but it received mixed reviews.
Gregory's Girl, to me, is still a very funny film, but it feels dated, that's not to say that it hasn't stood the test of time with some folk, indeed The Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) showed a 4k version of the 1980 cult classic last August 1which was followed by a Q&A session with some of the cast including Gordon Sinclair(Gregory), Clare Grogan.
In 2022 the popular Scottish actor Peter Capaldi spoke of how Bill Forsyth saved him from living off pakora and lager after featuring him in Local Hero. The Doctor Who and The Thick Of It star praised the Scots film director in an acceptance speech after receiving a Bafta Scotland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television.
I love Capaldi's affection for our country, speaking to the audience while holding his Bafta, Capaldi said the award was “for getting lucky, and for being lucky enough to be born in Scotland”.
He said: “Forty years ago I was just up here (in Glasgow) as an art student, living off pakora and lager for breakfast.
“Bill Forsyth scooped me up and put me in Local Hero.
“It was an act of kindness and confidence that baffled me and much of the industry to this day, but I wouldn’t be here without him and nor would a lot of others.”
Capaldi landed this breakthrough film role aged 24 playing Danny Oldsen, a naive young oil industry executive, in the film.
A number of actors, including Dee Hepburn, will be a part of a celebration of the films of Bill Forsyth at the Outwith Festival of music and arts which takes place in Dunfermline from September 3-8. It will also screen That Sinking Feeling and Local Hero at the city’s Carnegie Theatre.
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everyonesonthespectrum · 3 years ago
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Today’s Autistic character of the day is:
Danny Oldsen from Local Hero
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malcolm-tuckah · 4 years ago
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AU where a young Malcolm Tucker starred in an Irn Bru commercial:
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I can just see it now(!)
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milk-luvr-dot-com · 4 years ago
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m-a-salter · 1 month ago
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Danny Oldsen dances.
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cavoliamari · 5 years ago
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My illustration for @rathzem !
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apollostowel · 5 years ago
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How Mac and Danny faired in their days after the events of Local Hero
Come join Mac and Danny, as they take a look into the future.
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Although their paths would never again cross, those paths did converge with one guy in particular.
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Things didn’t go so well for Mac...
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Danny was able to handle his business better.
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If only Mac had learned to maim... psychologically.
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Of course, it’s only because Danny met and learned from a much angrier Scot, but that’s a story for another day.
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snegnoe7nebo · 6 years ago
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Danny & rabbit =)
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rathzem · 6 years ago
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Applications for Moon Man, a Peter Capaldi anthology zine, are now open!
Moon Man is a zine that will focus on the career and roles of one Peter Capaldi, showcasing his roles and characters from 1982 to present day. Maybe best known for his acting and eyebrows, Capaldi is moreso an incredibly kind, generous, and artistic man, and hopefully this zine will be a reflection of that.
The zine will be art based and will be available in both digital and physical print formats. Contributors will be expected to submit a piece based upon one role in his filmography, in order to create a chronological work. If you need a brush-up on the roles he has played, you can check out the list here.
Applications will close Monday, January 11th.
Ask | FAQ | Guidelines
>> Apply here!
And please be sure to reblog, retweet, and share this with your friends and artists!
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scotianostra · 1 year ago
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Happy Birthday Bill Forsyth the Scottish film director and screenwriter.
Born in Glasgow July 29th 1946 and educated at Knightswood School. On leaving aged 17, he answered an advertisement for a “Lad required for film company” and spent the next eight years helping make short documentary films.
Leaving documentary production in 1977, Forsyth wrote the scripts for Gregory’s Girl and That Sinking Feeling in the hope of breaking into feature films.
Obtaining finance, however, proved frustrating and problematic. The BFI Production Board rejected Gregory’s Girl three times. Forsyth later said, “I remember one torment of a meeting when I tried to explain that Gregory’s Girl was really a structuralist comedy… I suspect my script was too conventional although nobody actually told me as much.”.
That Sinking Feeling was eventually made in 1979 with amateur actors from the Glasgow Youth Theatre, including John Gordon Sinclair (who later took the lead in Gregory’s Girl , its tiny £5,000 budget was raised from a variety of sources.
Forsyth’s distinctive voice as writer-director is already apparent in this tale of a robbery of stainless steel sinks by a gang of unemployed Glasgow teenagers - intensely humanistic and humorous yet with an underlying seriousness of purpose. This ability to create a self-contained yet believable world with a keen sense of the absurd and bizarre in the everyday is perhaps only rivalled by the work of British television writer Alan Plater. The film opened to great popular and critical success at the Edinburgh and London Film Festivals but was unable to secure more widespread distribution.
Gregory’s Girl was Forsyth’s breakthrough film. This acutely observed story of adolescence and first love set in a Scottish new town was rapturously received by both critics and public alike. Forsyth’s reputation seemed to be secured by the success of his next venture, Local Hero, a first collaboration with producer David Puttnam.
In 1999 he made Gregory’s Two Girls as a sequel to Gregory’s Girl, with John Gordon Sinclair playing the same character, but it received mixed reviews.
Gregory's Girl, to me, is still a very funny film, but it feels dated, that's not to say that it hasn't stood the test of time with some folk, indeed The Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) will show a 4k version of the 1980 cult classic on August 17th, which will be followed by a Q&A session with some of the cast including Gordon Sinclair(Gregory), Clare Grogan, tickets go on sale this Monday (31s) at 12 noon.
Last year the popular Scottish actor Peter Capaldi where he spoke of how Bill Forsyth saved him from living off pakora and lager after starring him in Scottish cult classic Local Hero. The Doctor Who and The Thick Of It star praised the Scots film director in an acceptance speech after receiving the Bafta Scotland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television on Sunday.
I love Capaldi's affection for our country, speaking to the audience while holding his Bafta, Capaldi said the award was “for getting lucky, and for being lucky enough to be born in Scotland”.
He said: “Forty years ago I was just up here (in Glasgow) as an art student, living off pakora and lager for breakfast.
“Bill Forsyth scooped me up and put me in Local Hero.
“It was an act of kindness and confidence that baffled me and much of the industry to this day, but I wouldn’t be here without him and nor would a lot of others.”
Capaldi landed this breakthrough film role aged 24 playing Danny Oldsen, a naive young oil industry executive, in the film.
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malcolm-tuckah · 4 years ago
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Peter Capaldi characters + ao3 tags (1/??)
Danny Oldsen (Local Hero)
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