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Actor Paul Scofield Dies at 86
20 March 2008 (IMDb News Flash)
Paul Scofield, the imperious British actor of stage and screen who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons, died Wednesday; he was 86. Scofield, who passed away at a hospital near his home in southern England, had been suffering from leukemia. Scofield began his acting career onstage, where it would always be centered, and he found his first successes in taking on a variety of Shakespearean roles during and after World War II. His towering presence and amazing performances quickly drew comparison to fellow thespian Laurence Olivier. While continuing his theater work, Scofield began appearing in a handful of films in the 1950s and early 1960s, most notably the John Frankenheimer thriller The Train. In fact, he had only three films to his credit when he was asked to reprise his celebrated role as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film adaptation of A Man for All Seasons, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Fred Zinnemann. The story of King Henry VIII's Chancellor of England, who refused to go along with the monarch's break from the Roman Catholic Church and was executed for it, the film was a sumptuous adaptation of the Robert Bolt play and a critical and commercial success, winning six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director and Actor for Scofield.

Despite his acclaimed Oscar success, the actor continued to work mainly in the theater, with occasional forays into cinema, primarily in stage-to-film adaptations; notable films in the 1970s included Peter Brook's version of King Lear and Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance opposite Katharine Hepburn. Scofield found the second role of a lifetime in the stage production of Amadeus, where he played the tortured and envious composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham would win an Oscar for the role in the 1984 film). Considered reclusive, a trait he would deny in many interviews, he hand-picked his film roles very carefully, appearing in Kenneth Branagh's Henry V and Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet, and he received a second Oscar nomination, this time for Best Supporting Actor, for Robert Redford's Quiz Show. His last major film role was in 1996's The Crucible, which won him his third BAFTA award. Scofield is survived by his wife, the actress Joy Parker, whom he married in 1943, and their two children, Martin and Sarah. --Mark Englehart, IMDb staff

Will Hollywood Ride a Religious Wave?
15 March 2004 (StudioBriefing)
Several top Hollywood producers are predicting in interviews with the New York Times that the success of The Passion of the Christ will inspire a wave of bible-based movies. Veteran producer Peter Guber, the former chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, was quoted in the newspaper as saying, "Will there really be scriptural pictures -- Old Testament, New Testament? ... The answer seemingly is probably so." However, producer Michael Nozik (Quiz Show, Motorcycle Diaries) told the newspaper, "You can't deny when a movie makes that kind of money that the audience has spoken to the filmmaking community, but it's a frightening comment. ... I would not think of making a religious movie that speaks to this aspect of the audience." But conservative film critic Michael Medved wrote in USA Today: "For many years, some lonely dissenters (including this writer) have argued that leading studios could improve their bottom lines by ending their frequent bashing of Christian symbols and substance and launching new efforts to tap into the nation's resurgent religiosity. Gibson has put that theory into triumphal practice, and other idealistic movie moguls already have prepared to follow his lead."

Thais Doubt Legitimacy Of Millionaire Contest
1 November 2000 (StudioBriefing)
Questions are being raised in Thailand over the legitimacy of the local version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire after a contestant won the top prize of one million baht ($23, 000). As reported in today's (Wednesday) South China Morning Post, the contestant, Siksaka Banluerit, calmly answered that Bangkok bus wheels have 10 nuts, that Olympic bronze weightlifter Kedsaraporn Sudta's favorite food is bamboo-shoot curry, that Phaholyothin Road was formerly known as Prachathipat Road, and finally that a crocodile's heart functions like a human's. Some viewers posted messages on an Internet bulletin board saying that they were reminded of the movie Quiz Show which dealt with the U.S. quiz-show scandals of the 1950s. The contestant refused to comment on the accusations, calling them "ridiculous."