Cover Me Babe is a 1970 drama film about a young filmmaker who is hypercritical about everything including his own work. Almost really doesn't care to get a studio contract. The film was directed by Noel Black , and stars Robert Forster and Sondra Locke . The title song was written by Fred Karlin and Randy Newman , and performed by Bread . A second song by Bread (written by Karlin and band members James Griffin and Robb Royer, titled "So You Say") also appeared on the soundtrack.
55-402: Tony Hall is a film-school student who does not care to make conventional films. His first avant-garde effort features Melisse, who becomes Tony's lover and moves in with him. Seeking a grant, Tony is steered to Paul, who's a Hollywood agent, but he continues to reject the notion of making movies that conform to the norm. Tony shoots realistic footage of a couple making love in a car, a derelict,
110-677: A Roman Catholic convert who became a monk and writer at Glenstal Abbey ; Hurt contributed to his brother's books. Hurt also had an adopted sister, Monica. In 1962, Hurt's father left his parish in Cleethorpes to become headmaster of St Michael's College in the Central American country of British Honduras . Hurt's mother died in 1975, and his father died in 1999 at the age of 95. In 1962, Hurt married actress Annette Robertson . The marriage ended in 1964. In 1967, he began his longest relationship with Marie-Lise Volpeliere-Pierrot,
165-481: A French model. The couple had planned to get married after 15 years together. On 26 January 1983, Hurt and Volpeliere-Pierrot went horseback riding early in the morning near their house in Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire ; Volpeliere-Pierrot was thrown from her horse. She went into a coma and died later that day. In September 1984, Hurt married his old friend, Donna Peacock, an American actress, at
220-638: A Great Notion (1970), then did The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972) at Universal. Sarrazin supported James Coburn in Harry in Your Pocket (1973) and received excellent reviews for the television film Frankenstein: The True Story (1973). He appeared as Barbra Streisand 's husband in the screwball comedy For Pete's Sake (1974). He then starred with Margot Kidder and Jennifer O'Neill in The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975), about
275-874: A Leading Role . He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama . That same year he starred in Michael Cimino 's epic Western Heaven's Gate starring Kris Kristofferson , Christopher Walken , and Sam Waterston . The following year he portrayed Jesus Christ in the Mel Brooks comedy film History of the World, Part I (1981). Also in 1981 he starred in Delbert Mann 's thriller Night Crossing (1981). He earned
330-699: A chance in the profession." Hurt's father moved to St Aidan's Church in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire . In a Guardian interview Hurt states the family lived in a vicarage opposite a cinema, but he was not allowed to go there, as films were "frowned upon." However, watching theatre was considered "fine" and encouraged particularly by his mother, who took him regularly to the repertory theatre in Cleethorpes. His parents disliked his later acting ambitions and encouraged him to become an art teacher instead. Aged 17, Hurt enrolled in Grimsby Art School (now
385-604: A local Register Office . The couple moved to Kenya but divorced in January 1990. On 24 January 1990, Hurt married Joan Dalton, an American production assistant, whom he had met while filming Scandal . With her, he had two sons. This marriage ended in 1996 and was followed by a seven-year relationship with Sarah Owens, a Dublin-born presenter and writer. The couple moved to County Wicklow , where they settled close to their friends, director John Boorman and Claddagh Records founder and Guinness heir Garech Browne . In July 2002,
440-480: A loss to the studio. This 1970s drama film–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to an American film of the 1970s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Michael Sarrazin Michael Sarrazin (May 22, 1940 – April 17, 2011) was a Canadian actor. His most notable film was They Shoot Horses, Don't They? . Sarrazin
495-488: A love of Ireland and was enamoured of a "deeply beguiling" family legend that suggested his great-grandmother had been the illegitimate daughter of a Marquess of Sligo . The genealogical evidence uncovered seemed to contradict the family legend, rendering the suggestion doubtful. The search revealed that his great-grandmother had previously lived in Grimsby , at a location within a mile of the art college at which Hurt had been
550-584: A man doomed to die the same kind of death twice. Sarrazin went to Europe to star opposite Ursula Andress in the sex comedy The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976). He starred in The Gumball Rally (1976), then had lead roles in the Iran-shot film Caravans (1978), the Canadian mystery thriller Double Negative (1980), and the vigilante crime drama Fighting Back (1982). He hosted
605-406: A much later documentary about the series, I Claudius: A Television Epic (2002), Hurt revealed that he had originally declined the role when it was first offered to him, but that series director Herbert Wise had invited him to a special pre-production party, hoping Hurt would change his mind, and that he was so impressed by meeting the rest of the cast and crew that he reversed his decision and took
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#1732790286383660-650: A nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor . In King Ralph (1991) Hurt played Lord Percival Graves. Hurt portrayed James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose in the historical drama Rob Roy opposite Liam Neeson , Jessica Lange and Tim Roth . That same year he acted in the Jim Jarmusch directed Western Dead Man starring Johnny Depp , and Walter Hill 's Western Wild Bill (1995) with Jeff Bridges . In 1997 he starred in Richard Kwietniowski 's Love and Death on Long Island for which he
715-401: A prostitute, even an argument between Melisse and a young student that nearly turns violent. He alienates all eventually, and becomes alone in the end. It was based on an original script by George Wells. Michael Sarrazin originally was sought for the lead role. Filming took place in spring 1969 under the working title Run Shadow Run . Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that
770-561: A senior master at the school would abuse him and others by removing his two false front teeth and putting his tongue in the boys' mouths, as well as rubbing their faces with his stubble, and that the experience affected him hugely. Hurt, aged 12, became a boarder at Lincoln School (then a grammar school) because he had failed the entrance examination for admission to his brother's school. His headmaster at Lincoln School laughed when Hurt told him he wanted to be an actor, telling him, "Well, you may be all right in school plays but you wouldn't stand
825-502: A series of audio stories starting from 2015 to 2017, completing twelve episodes over four box sets. He also played the title character in an audio drama adaptation of The Invisible Man for the company, for which he was nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award. During Terry Gilliam 's eighth attempt at making his development hell project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote , Hurt was set to star as Don Quixote alongside Adam Driver . However, his declining health and eventual death led
880-561: A student. In 2016, Hurt announced he was in favour of the United Kingdom voting to remain in the EU . On 16 June 2015, Hurt publicly announced that he had been diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer . He confirmed that he would continue to work while undergoing treatment and said that both he and the medical team treating him were "more than optimistic about a satisfactory outcome." Following treatment, he stated that his cancer
935-593: Is an education and exhibition space located at Cinema City , Norwich . Charity patron Since 2003, Hurt was a patron of the Proteus Syndrome Foundation, both in the United Kingdom and in the US. Proteus syndrome is the condition that Joseph Merrick , who Hurt played (renamed as John Merrick) in The Elephant Man , is thought to have suffered from, although Merrick's exact condition
990-591: Is still not known with certainty. From 2006, Hurt had been a patron of Project Harar , a UK-based charity working in Ethiopia for children with facial disfigurements. Hurt was announced as patron of Norwich Cinema City in March 2013. In 2014, Hurt designed a Paddington Bear statue which was placed outside the British Museum . It was one of fifty statues of Paddington located around London prior to
1045-904: The Harry Potter film series (2001–11), as well as appearing in the 2004 and 2008 Hellboy films, V for Vendetta (2005), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Outlander (2008), and Snowpiercer (2013). He also acted in the acclaimed films Melancholia (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) and Jackie (2016). Hurt reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York (2009), which brought his seventh BAFTA nomination. He portrayed an incarnation of
1100-788: The April 15, 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live . Sarrazin increasingly shifted to television work. He starred in Beulah Land (1980) and The Seduction (1982) and had a support part in Fighting Back (1982). He also appeared in Joshua Then and Now (1985), the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " The Quickening " (1996) and The Outer Limits episodes " I Hear You Calling " (1996) and " The Other Side " (1999). For seven years (1967–1974), Sarrazin
1155-803: The Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor for his performances as Bob Champion in the sports drama Champions (1984), Mitchell Braddock in the crime thriller The Hit (1984), and Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984). He also played the would-be art school radical Scrawdyke in Little Malcolm (1974). Hurt also had a starring role in Sam Peckinpah 's critically panned but moderately successful final film, The Osterman Weekend (1983). Also in this period, he starred as
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#17327902863831210-708: The Horned King . Hurt provided the voiceover for AIDS: Iceberg/Tombstone , a 1986 public information film warning of the dangers of AIDS, and played the title role, the on-screen narrator, in Jim Henson 's television series The StoryTeller (1988). Hurt appeared in the 1987 Bob Clark directed movie "From The Hip". He had a supporting role as "Bird" O'Donnell in Jim Sheridan 's film The Field (1990), which garnered him another BAFTA nomination. In this film, Hurt starred alongside Richard Harris who earned
1265-861: The accolade from Queen Elizabeth II . In 2012, he was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his album cover for the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life that he most admired. In 2014, he received the Will Award, presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company , along with Stacy Keach and Dame Diana Rigg . The John Hurt Centre opened in September 2016 and
1320-872: The Chrysler Theatre as well as the TV film The Doomsday Flight (1966) and the feature Gunfight in Abilene (1967). 20th Century Fox borrowed him for the lead role in The Flim-Flam Man (1967), co-starring George C. Scott and Sue Lyon . Universal then cast him with Anthony Franciosa in A Man Called Gannon (1968) and with James Caan in Journey to Shiloh (1968). Fox asked him back to star in The Sweet Ride (1968) alongside Jacqueline Bisset , who became his real-life girlfriend for
1375-824: The Doctor known as the War Doctor in Doctor Who . He voiced roles in Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Plague Dogs (1982), The Black Cauldron (1985), Dogville (2003), Valiant (2005) and BBC 's Merlin (2008–2012), as well as The Gruffalo's Child (2011), and Sailor John in Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (2015). John Vincent Hurt
1430-644: The East Coast School of Art and Design), where he studied art. In 1959, he won a scholarship allowing him to study for an Art Teacher's Diploma at Saint Martin's School of Art in London. Despite the scholarship, paying his tuition fees and living expenses was difficult, so he persuaded some of his friends to pose naked and sold the portraits. In 1960, he won a scholarship to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , where he trained for two years, graduating in 1962 with an Acting (RADA Diploma). Hurt's first film role
1485-638: The Fool opposite Laurence Olivier 's King in King Lear (1983). Hurt also appeared as Raskolnikov in a BBC television adaptation of Crime and Punishment (1979). Hurt voiced Snitter in The Plague Dogs , played Winston Smith in the film adaptation of George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and starred in Disney 's The Black Cauldron (1985), voicing the film's main antagonist,
1540-566: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) he appeared as Harold Oxley. He voiced the Great Dragon Kilgharrah, who aids the young warlock Merlin as he protects the future King Arthur, in the BBC television series Merlin (also 2008). In 2011, he narrated the BBC documentary, Planet Dinosaur , a dinosaur-centered documentary completely shown through CGI . More than thirty years after The Naked Civil Servant , Hurt reprised
1595-494: The November 6, 1970 issue of Life , Richard Schickel called Forster's Tony Hall "a sullen creep" but added that "the writing is so bad and Mr. Black's direction so unpersuasive that he (Hall) deserves more to be pitied than censured, as does everyone else caught up in this foolishness." According to Fox records, the film required $ 3,525,000 in rentals to break even, and by 11 December 1970, it had made $ 1,050,000, resulting in
1650-755: The Philosopher's Stone (2001), he played Mr Ollivander , the wand-maker. He returned for the adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , though his scenes in that film were cut. He also returned for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Part 2 . In the 2006 film V for Vendetta , he played the role of Adam Sutler , leader of the Norsefire fascist dictatorship and in Steven Spielberg 's Indiana Jones and
1705-658: The TV play The Naked Civil Servant (1975) gave him prominence and earned him the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. The following year, Hurt appeared as Anthony John Grey, a crooked computer programming expert in The Sweeney episode Tomorrow Man. He won further acclaim for his bravura performance as the Roman emperor Caligula in the BBC drama serial I, Claudius (1976). In
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1760-432: The award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. In 2013, Hurt first appeared in the Doctor Who episode " The Name of the Doctor " as an unplaced incarnation of the Doctor . His character is named as the War Doctor in the mini-episode " The Night of the Doctor "; his character is given focus in the 50th anniversary episode " The Day of the Doctor ", He reprised the role on audio for Big Finish Productions in
1815-453: The couple separated. In March 2005, Hurt married his fourth wife, Anwen Rees-Meyers, an advertising film producer. He gave up smoking and drinking during his fourth marriage. He lived in Cromer, Norfolk . In 2007, Hurt took part in the BBC genealogical television series Who Do You Think You Are? , which investigated part of his family history. Prior to the programme, Hurt had harboured
1870-544: The deformed Joseph Merrick in David Lynch 's biographical drama film The Elephant Man (1980). Hurt starred alongside Anthony Hopkins , John Gielgud , and Anne Bancroft . Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian praised his performance writing, "John Hurt, in complex and intricate prosthetics, plays Merrick with an unforgettably distinctive, gentle, quavering voice". He won another the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in
1925-708: The film A Man for All Seasons (1966) and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for The Naked Civil Servant (1975). He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). Hurt earned Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for Midnight Express (1978), and Best Actor for The Elephant Man (1980). Other films include Alien (1979), Heaven's Gate (1980), Champions (1984), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), The Hit (1984), Scandal (1989), The Field (1990), Rob Roy (1995), and Contact (1997). Hurt gained further prominence portraying Garrick Ollivander in
1980-428: The film Tom Jones . That same year he acted in the British war film Before Winter Comes opposite David Niven and the drama In Search of Gregory alongside Julie Christie . He then played Timothy Evans , who was hanged for murders committed by his landlord John Christie , in 10 Rillington Place (1971), earning him his first BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His portrayal of Quentin Crisp in
2035-417: The film displayed "a compulsive need to ridicule itself, to deny its basic intelligence and to fail. It accomplishes all of these things with an idiocy that should warm the neurotic heart." He explained that it was "loaded with its own clichés of dialogue, attitude and style." He also pointed out the irony of the protagonist railing against the studio system in a movie financed by 20th Century Fox . In
2090-560: The heroic rabbit leader of his warren in the film adaptation of Watership Down (both 1978) and later played the major villain, General Woundwort , in the animated television series version . His other roles in the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s included Kane , the first victim of the title creature in the Ridley Scott directed film Alien (1979). He reprised the role as a parody in Spaceballs . In 1980 he portrayed
2145-725: The male lead in Cover Me Babe , but was replaced by Robert Forster . Sarrazin's breakthrough role was in the dark Great Depression drama They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). The Sydney Pollack film earned nine Oscar nominations. Sarrazin starred alongside Jane Fonda , Susannah York , Gig Young , Red Buttons , Bonnie Bedelia and Bruce Dern . He starred in the youth dramas The Pursuit of Happiness (1971) with Barbara Hershey and Believe in Me (1971) with Bisset. He supported Henry Fonda and Paul Newman in Sometimes
2200-524: The next several years. Sarrazin appeared in some thrillers for Universal such as Eye of the Cat (1969) with Gayle Hunnicutt and Eleanor Parker and In Search of Gregory (1969) with Julie Christie and John Hurt . He was originally cast to play Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy (1969), but he was unable to gain release from a prior contract and the part went to Jon Voight . He was announced for
2255-513: The person who played Winston having risen in the party. From the Chestnut Tree Cafe, he's managed to get his wits together again, now understanding that 2 and 2 make 5 , and becomes Big Brother. So it tickled my fancy, and of course, I looked up Paper Zoo, and they seem to me to be the sort of company that's essential in the country as we know it, and doing a lot of really good stuff." At the 65th British Academy Film Awards Hurt won
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2310-433: The project to be cancelled yet again; he was eventually replaced by Jonathan Pryce . Hurt was due to appear alongside Ben Kingsley in a film entitled Broken Dream , to be directed by Neil Jordan . In 2015, Hurt guest stars the voice of Sailor John , the main antagonist in the Thomas & Friends film Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure along with Eddie Redmayne (Ryan) and Jamie Campbell Bower (Skiff). At
2365-628: The release of the film Paddington which were auctioned to raise funds for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). University degrees and appointments In January 2002, Hurt received an honorary degree from the University of Derby . In January 2006 he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Hull . In 2012 he was appointed provost of Norwich University College of
2420-470: The role of Quentin Crisp in the 2009 film An Englishman in New York . This television film depicts Crisp's later years in New York. He returned to Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four , playing the on-screen Big Brother for the Paper Zoo Theatre Company's stage adaptation of the novel in June 2009. The theatre production premiered at the National Media Museum , in Bradford and toured in 2010. Hurt said, "I think Paper Zoo thought it would be quite ironic to have
2475-440: The role. Hurt appeared in the 1978 film Midnight Express , for which he won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (the latter of which he lost to Christopher Walken for his performance in The Deer Hunter ). Around the same time, he lent his voice to Ralph Bakshi 's animated film adaptation of Lord of the Rings , playing the role of Aragorn . Hurt voiced Hazel ,
2530-432: The time of his death he had completed filming That Good Night , in which he played a terminally ill writer. Hurt was initially cast as Neville Chamberlain in Darkest Hour . However, according to Gary Oldman , Hurt was undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, and dropped the role in pre-production; actor Ronald Pickup assumed the role of Chamberlain instead. Hurt had an older brother, Br. Anselm (born Michael),
2585-563: Was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. He was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors. Director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain". He received numerous awards including the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2012 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 for his services to drama. A graduate of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), he came to prominence playing Richard Rich in
2640-565: Was as Richard Rich in the Fred Zinnemann directed historical drama film A Man for All Seasons (1966). Hurt acted alongside Paul Scofield , Wendy Hiller , Orson Welles , Robert Shaw , Susannah York , and Vanessa Redgrave . The film received critical acclaim and six Academy Awards including Best Picture . Hurt then acted in the British romantic drama The Sailor from Gibraltar starring Jeanne Moreau directed by Tony Richardson . He then starred in John Huston 's raunchy adventure comedy Sinful Davey (1969) which critics compared to
2695-400: Was as Phil Corbett in the Ralph Thomas directed British romantic drama The Wild and the Willing (1962). Hurt starred alongside Virginia Maskell and Paul Rogers . In 1963 he acted in the Kitchen sink drama This Is My Street . The following year he appeared in the television series Gideon's Way episode: The Tin God (1964) as prison escapee Freddy Tisdale. Hurt's first major role
2750-412: Was born Jacques Michel André Sarrazin in Quebec City, Quebec , and moved to Montreal as a child. After acting in school plays, he landed his first professional role at age 17. Sarrazin worked on television productions in Toronto such as Festival and Wojeck . He then gained a contract with MCA Universal . His early appearances include episodes of The Virginian (1965) and Bob Hope Presents
2805-604: Was born on 22 January 1940, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire , the son of Arnould Herbert Hurt (1904-1999) and Phyllis (née Massey; 1907–1975). His father had been a mathematician, but became a Church of England clergyman and served as vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Shirebrook, Derbyshire ; his mother, a one-time actress, became "the first female draughtsman" at Metropolitan-Vickers in Manchester. In 1937, Hurt's father- previously vicar of St John's parish in Sunderland, County Durham - moved his family to Derbyshire, where he became Perpetual Curate of Holy Trinity Church. When Hurt
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#17327902863832860-440: Was five, his father became the vicar of St Stephen's Church in Woodville, Derbyshire , and remained there until 1953. At the age of eight, Hurt was sent to the Anglican St Michael's Preparatory School in Otford, Kent , where he eventually developed his passion for acting. He decided he wanted to become an actor after his first role as a girl in a school production of The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck . Hurt stated that
2915-421: Was in remission on 12 October 2015. Hurt died at his home in Cromer , Norfolk , on 25 January 2017, three days after his 77th birthday. Honours In 2004, Hurt was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He was created a Knight Bachelor in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama. On 17 July 2015, he attended an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle where he received
2970-452: Was in a relationship with actress Jacqueline Bisset , whom he met while making The Sweet Ride (1968). Before that, he had two children by an unknown girlfriend. Sarrazin died of mesothelioma on April 17, 2011, aged 70, in his hometown of Montreal. According to a family spokesman, his daughters Catherine and Michele were at his side when he died. John Hurt Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017)
3025-418: Was nominated for the BIFA for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film . He was cast as the reclusive tycoon S.R. Hadden in Contact (1997). During this time, Hurt provided narration on the British musical group Art of Noise 's concept album The Seduction of Claude Debussy and narrated a four-part TV series The Universe (1999). In the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and
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