70-433: Daniel Francis Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and producer. He is known for his work on films including Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996) and its sequel T2 Trainspotting (2017), The Beach (2000), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), 127 Hours (2010), Steve Jobs (2015), and Yesterday (2019). Boyle's debut film Shallow Grave won
140-513: A motif based on the Morse code for "MORSE": ( --/---/.-./.../. ). The composer works the five letters into four three-beat bars as follows : The motif is played solo at the beginning and recurs all the way through. In the documentary, The Mystery of Morse , Pheloung states that he occasionally spelled out the name of the killer in Morse code in the music, or alternatively spelled out
210-540: A "titan of the British film industry – renowned for his spunky grit – typified by his 1996 film Trainspotting ." In 2012, Boyle was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of The Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover, to celebrate the British cultural figures of his lifetime. In December 2012 it was widely reported that Boyle turned down
280-555: A Rock and a Hard Place , which detailed his struggle of being trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone in Bluejohn Canyon , southeastern Utah . The film was released on 5 November 2010 to critical acclaim and got six nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards , including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for Boyle and Best Actor for Franco. Boyle's next film was Trance , starring James McAvoy and Rosario Dawson . It has been reported another instalment of
350-599: A big auteur fan and like to work with writers, but ultimately a film is a director's vision, because he gets all its elements together towards that vision." In March 2018, Boyle confirmed he would be directing the then-untitled twenty-fifth James Bond film (later known as No Time to Die ) but dropped out that August due to a dispute over the film's script. He and writer Richard Curtis collaborated on Yesterday , starring Himesh Patel , Kate McKinnon , Lily James , and Ed Sheeran , released on 28 June 2019. While at university, Boyle dated actress Frances Barber . Boyle
420-569: A group of flatmates in Edinburgh who set off a chain of events after dismembering and burying a mysterious new tenant who died and left behind a large sum of money. The film was written by John Hodge , marking his first screenplay. The production was funded by Channel 4 Television and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment , and the film was distributed by Rank Film Distributors in the UK, while Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International distributed
490-632: A knighthood in the New Year Honours list. He told BBC Radio 4 "I'm very proud to be an equal citizen and I think that's what the opening ceremony was actually about." Boyle's awards include: Assistant stage manager Assistant director Director Short film Executive producer TV movies Shallow Grave (1994 film) Shallow Grave is a 1994 British black comedy crime film directed by Danny Boyle , in his feature directorial debut, and starring Ewan McGregor , Christopher Eccleston , and Kerry Fox . Its plot follows
560-415: A more tragic character than previous classic sleuths. Morse's eventual death in the final episode "The Remorseful Day" is caused by heart problems exacerbated by heavy drinking, although in the books his death is diabetes related. Inspector Morse was filmed for ITV using 16 mm film stock. Since its production, a number of releases of the show on DVD have been made using various remastered editions of
630-450: A new name using an anagram. In "Masonic Mysteries", he is maliciously implicated in the murder of a woman when his Times newspaper with the crossword puzzle completed in his handwriting is placed in the victim's house. In that same episode, the writer names Morse's old inspector from when he was a detective sergeant as "Macnutt", an homage to D.S. Macnutt , the famous and influential Observer puzzle setter 'Ximenes'. In "The Sins of
700-435: A theme running through all of them—and I just realised this. They're all about someone facing impossible odds and overcoming them." With a strong interest in music, Boyle has mentioned in interviews that he has considered a musical film with original compositions. Boyle has also expressed interest in an animated film. Boyle's eponymous biopic of Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs closed the 59th BFI London Film Festival . It
770-571: A wave of visual and scripting inventiveness." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 2 out of 4, and wrote "All of the materials are in place [...] But somehow they never come together." Janet Maslin of The New York Times was critical of the film and said "misanthropy overwhelms his film in ways that prove more sour than droll, despite the presence of skillful actors and a bizarrely enveloping plot." Track listing Inspector Morse (TV series) Inspector Morse
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#1732772535682840-526: Is a British detective drama television series based on a series of novels by Colin Dexter . It starred John Thaw as Detective Chief Inspector Morse , and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis . The series comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes; excluding commercials) produced between 6 January 1987 and 15 November 2000. Dexter made uncredited cameo appearances in all but three of the episodes. In 2018,
910-565: Is a constitutional republican . He lives in Mile End , London . Boyle was a founding trustee in 2007. of Dramatic Need , a charity which operated in Rwanda and South Africa, helping young people to come to terms with trauma and conflict. The charity was wound up in November 2021. As of 2008 Boyle was the patron of North West-based young people's substance misuse charity, Early Break, which
980-424: Is also explored in "Driven to Distraction", in which he suspects a car salesman of murder. He seems to dislike Jeremy Boynton so strongly that, when he refers to Morse's own Jaguar as "she", this convinces Morse of his guilt. In " Cherubim and Seraphim ", he investigates the suicide of his niece and discusses with her English teacher her interest in the poet Sylvia Plath , who also killed herself. The teacher defends
1050-507: Is frequently repeated on the subsidiary ITV channel ITV3 in the UK, although repeat broadcasts also aired on Channel 4 during the show's original run. Repeats are also shown on television channels in other European countries and in Australia. Main characters: Other recurring characters: Main production credits: Morse was played by John Thaw and his assistant, Detective Sergeant Lewis , by Kevin Whately . The character of Lewis
1120-710: Is where the story is set, since the Glasgow Film Fund gave them a £150,000 (£364,200 today) grant. Locations in the film include Flat 6 North East Circus Place in New Town , Edinburgh. Hospital scenes were filmed at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, Renfrewshire . The dance scene was filmed at the Townhouse Hotel, 54 West George Street, near George Square in Glasgow. Shallow Grave earned Boyle
1190-431: The 28 Days Later franchise is in the development stages. Boyle has stated previously that in theory the third instalment of the series would be titled 28 Months Later , but alluded to a film taking place somewhere else in the world he created in 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later . He was also stated to be producing the upcoming film Paani . Boyle told an interviewer about the eclectic range of his films, "There's
1260-583: The BAFTA Award for Best British Film , and led to the production of Trainspotting . Working with writer John Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald , Shallow Grave earned Boyle the Best Newcomer Award from the 1996 London Film Critics Circle. Critics credited these films with revitalising British cinema in the early '90s. The BFI ranked Trainspotting the 10th greatest British film of the 20th century . Boyle declined an offer to direct
1330-534: The BAFTA Award for Best British Film . The British Film Institute ranked Trainspotting the 10th greatest British film of the 20th century . Boyle's 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire , the most successful British film of the decade, was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won eight, including the Academy Award for Best Director . He also won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Director . Boyle
1400-683: The Royal Court Theatre in 1982 where he directed The Genius by Howard Brenton and Saved by Edward Bond . He also directed five productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company . In 1987 Boyle started working in television as a producer for BBC Northern Ireland where he produced, amongst other TV films, Alan Clarke 's controversial Elephant before becoming a director on shows such as Arise And Go Now , Not Even God Is Wise Enough , For The Greater Good , Scout, and two episodes of Inspector Morse . Boyle
1470-565: The fourth film of the Alien franchise to make A Life Less Ordinary . Boyle's next project was a film adaptation of the cult novel The Beach by Alex Garland . Filmed in Thailand with Leonardo DiCaprio , casting of the film led to a feud with Ewan McGregor . He then collaborated with Garland on the post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later . He also directed a short film Alien Love Triangle (starring Kenneth Branagh ), which
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#17327725356821540-540: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 72% of 53 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "This black-humored thriller features characters who are more obnoxious than clever. During the second half, the movie descends into gratuitous violence." On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 20 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Caroline Westbrook of Empire magazine gave it 5 out of 5 and wrote: "This,
1610-604: The Best Newcomer Award from the 1996 London Film Critics Circle and, together with Trainspotting , led to critical commentary that Boyle had revitalised British cinema in the early 1990s. The film was the most commercially successful British film of 1995 with a gross of £5.2 million. The film was a success in Europe but grossed a total of just $ 2,834,250 in the United States. It led to Boyle's internationally successful production, Trainspotting , two years later. On
1680-478: The Fathers", he investigates a murder in a brewery-owning family and, in the first episode of the series, "The Dead of Jericho", he compares the life of a dead woman with that of Jocasta , the mother of Oedipus . The same episode also introduced his Jaguar Mark 2 automobile, which is damaged at the beginning and the end of the story, being used to prevent the escape of the perpetrators. His interest in classic cars
1750-812: The UK on the ITV network of regional broadcasters. Between 1995 and 1996 the commissioning company was Carlton Television , and towards the end of the series it was a joint venture by Carlton and WGBH . Every episode involved a new murder investigation and depicted a complete story. Writer Anthony Minghella scripted three, including the first, " The Dead of Jericho ", which aired on 6 January 1987 featuring Gemma Jones , Patrick Troughton , and James Laurenson . Its other writers included Julian Mitchell (10 episodes), Daniel Boyle (five), and Alma Cullen (four), and its directors included John Madden (four episodes), Herbert Wise (three), Peter Hammond (three), Adrian Shergold (three), and Danny Boyle (two). Inspector Morse
1820-775: The United Kingdom and internationally. On 11 January 2021, it was announced that Boyle would be adapting the Steve Jones' autobiography Lonely Boy into a six-part TV series entitled Pistol that charts the rise and fall of the Sex Pistols . The series aired on FX and Disney+ on 30 May 2022, and stars Emma Appleton , Louis Partridge and Maisie Williams , amongst others. The show was filmed in London. Boyle's love for film began with his first viewing of Apocalypse Now : It had eviscerated my brain, completely. I
1890-465: The art on the walls includes etchings of Roman ruins by G.B. Piranesi from his Vedute di Roma series. While working, Morse subsists on quickly downed pints of ale (preferably real ale ) in pubs, usually bought by Lewis, who struggles to keep up. Many of his cases touch on Morse's interests and often his knowledge helps him solve them. In "The Death of the Self", the episode ends with Morse seeing one of
1960-792: The characters, an opera singer recovering from a long absence due to stage fright, make her "comeback" performance at the amphitheatre in Verona , while, in "Twilight of the Gods", he investigates the life of one of his opera idols, Gwladys Probert, a world-famous soprano. In "Who Killed Harry Field?", the murder victim is a painter and in "The Way Through the Woods", Morse researches the Pre-Raphaelite movement to aid his investigations. In several episodes, Morse's crossword-solving ability helps him to spot people who have changed their identities by creating
2030-536: The classic view as seen from the main entrance — unlike the students, the actors were allowed to walk on the grass. Eton College was used to depict various parts of Oxford through the series, notably the county court in the episode "The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn", while St John's Beaumont School , Old Windsor, became the Foreign Examinations Syndicate in the same episode, with both external and internal filming taking place there. Many of
2100-470: The classics, British real ale , classic cars and cryptic crossword puzzles. When seen at home, Morse is usually listening to music on his Roksan Xerxes record player, solving a crossword, reading classic literature - for instance, Jude the Obscure in season 2, episode 2's Last Seen Wearing - or drinking ale. In his home, the living room had a chess set containing classical Staunton chess pieces , while
2170-436: The commercial success of Slumdog Millionaire , Boyle also faced great criticism for his portrayal of India through a Western, idealized lens. Some critics saw the film as "poverty porn," though Boyle argued he showed India's "lust for life" and "resilience." In 2010, Boyle directed the film 127 Hours , starring James Franco and featuring Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara . It was based on Aron Ralston's autobiography Between
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2240-438: The corpse after they draw lots, while Juliet disposes of the leftovers in her hospital's incinerator. Unknown to them, Hugo is being sought by a pair of violent criminals who are torturing and murdering informants as they follow Hugo's trail. The flat below theirs is broken into, making them anxious. While Juliet and Alex go on a shopping spree with the money to "feel better," David's fears turn into full-blown paranoia . He hides
2310-521: The debut feature from acclaimed TV director Danny Boyle, is the best British thriller for years, a chilling and claustrophobic heart-stopper centring on a moral dilemma destined to fuel many a dinner party conversation." Quentin Curtis of The Independent wrote: "What makes the film fascinating, and exciting, is its marriage of British setting and American, B-movie format." Derek Elley of Variety magazine called it "a tar-black comedy that zings along on
2380-419: The easy route. You have to push very hard to get something unusual, something different." Andrew Macdonald, producer of Trainspotting , said "Boyle takes a subject that you've often seen portrayed realistically, in a politically correct way, whether it's junkies or slum orphans, and he has managed to make it realistic but also incredibly uplifting and joyful." The success led a deal with Fox Searchlight. Despite
2450-407: The episode "Fat Chance" is also fictitious; New College was used as the location for it. Merton and University College were used for the fictional Beaufort College in the episode "The Infernal Serpent". Christ Church appears in "The Daughters of Cain" as the fictional Wolsey College; it was founded by Thomas Wolsey . In a number of episodes, the main quad at Wadham College is used, especially
2520-580: The episode "Second Time Around", it is revealed that Morse opposed capital punishment and long sentences, which was upheld by his former superior who later became assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police , and his former colleague thought of him as "a poor policeman and a very good detective". Morse is a highly credible detective and a plausible human being. His penchant for drinking, his life filled with difficult personal relationships and his negligence toward his health, however, make him
2590-601: The episodes in the 4:3 ratio. In recent years, ITV has overseen a high-definition restoration of the drama from the original 16 mm negatives so as to boost the HD content on ITV3 HD. Many of these HD episodes retain the original 4:3 ratio, though some of the later episodes (including the series finale) have been opened into a 16:9 widescreen frame. These more recent remastered editions have not been released on Blu-ray. Morse had diverse passions: music (especially opera, with Mozart and Wagner among his favourite composers), poetry, art,
2660-854: The fastest wet lap at that time. In 2014 both Boyle and Christian Colson signed to a first look deal with FX Productions. Boyle was announced to be directing a dance adaptation of The Matrix , titled "Free Your Mind", set to debut in October 2023 in Manchester. On 14 November 2010, he directed a one-night play at the Old Vic Theatre titled The Children's Monologues starring Sir Ben Kingsley , Benedict Cumberbatch , Tom Hiddleston , Gemma Arterton , and Eddie Redmayne , in aid of his charity Dramatic Need , which operates in Rwanda and South Africa, helping young people to come to terms with trauma and conflict. He co-directed another performance of
2730-443: The film in other countries. Shallow Grave received generally favourable reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing $ 19.8 million worldwide. Chartered accountant David Stevens shares a flat in Edinburgh with physician Juliet Miller and journalist Alex Law. Needing a new flatmate, the trio interview several applicants in a calculatedly cruel manner, amusing themselves at the applicants' expense before finally offering
2800-424: The film's screenwriter, John Hodge , appears in the role of Detective Constable Mitchell, whose main duty appears to be writing: "Make a note of that, Mitchell. ... Write it down." Shooting for Shallow Grave lasted for thirty days. The tight budgetary restraints during filming meant many of the props had to be auctioned off for them to afford sufficient film stock . Boyle claimed that Christopher Eccleston
2870-497: The generic locations used throughout the series, including Morse's house, were situated in Ealing , London, amongst the residential streets to the north of Ealing Broadway . Some scenes were also filmed at Brunel University and Hillingdon Hospital , both in west London. The Port of Dover was used for the "Deceived by Flight" episode. The Regency red 1960 Jaguar Mark 2 2.4L car (with number plate 248 RPA) used by Morse throughout
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2940-476: The job. With David dead, Juliet decides to force the knife deeper into Alex's shoulder, pinning him to the floor, so that the police will find him with David's body and blame him for all four of the deaths. She flees with the suitcase to the airport—but in the car park she breaks down hysterically when she discovers that it is actually filled with hundreds of newspaper clippings about the triple shallow grave, taken from Alex's newspaper. With no possessions other than
3010-484: The last concluding in November 2015. It aired in the USA on PBS under the title Inspector Lewis . On 2 November 2015, ITV announced that the show would end after its ninth series, following the decision made by Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox to retire from their roles in the series. Whately announced that the show had "gone on long enough", with his character having done many stories between Morse and Lewis after he took on
3080-528: The name of another character as a red herring . The series also included opera and other classical genres as part of its soundtrack, most notably pieces by Richard Wagner and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , whose Magic Flute is a significant plot device in one episode. Beaumont College (in the TV episode "The Last Enemy") and Lonsdale College (in "The Riddle of the Third Mile", the book on which "The Last Enemy"
3150-453: The other two to take the fall . Alex returns from work and—realising that Juliet and David are working together and that his life is in danger—tries to phone the police. Their confrontation escalates to violence. David reveals that he knew about Juliet's secret plan to betray both him and Alex, and punches her, prompting Alex to attack him too. Alex collapses after being stabbed in the shoulder by David, but Juliet kills David before he can finish
3220-425: The plane ticket, and no other way out, she calmly boards the plane to Rio. The police arrive at the flat to find Alex alive and grinning—he had hidden the cash under the same floorboards where Juliet had skewered him. David finishes the monologue that began the film, the entirety of which is now revealed to be a flashback. A sheet is drawn over his face and his body is slid into a drawer in the morgue . In addition,
3290-564: The play in 2015 at the Royal Court Theatre , and again in 2017 at Carnegie Hall in New York City . Boyle was artistic director for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London. Entitled Isles of Wonder , it charted aspects of British culture including the Industrial Revolution and contributions to literature, music, film, and technology. Reception to the ceremony was generally positive both nationally in
3360-438: The role thirty years prior. In 2012, ITV aired a two-hour special prequel film, Endeavour , portraying a young Morse, with author Colin Dexter's participation. Set in 1965, Shaun Evans plays the young Detective Constable Morse, who is preparing to hand in his resignation when he becomes involved in an investigation into a missing schoolgirl. This was followed in 2013 by the first series comprising four episodes. Filming for
3430-426: The room to a mysterious man named Hugo. Shortly after he moves in, the trio finds Hugo dead from an apparent drug overdose in his room, as well as a large suitcase full of money. The friends agree to conceal the death and keep the money for themselves. They decide to remove the identifying features—hands, feet and teeth—from Hugo's body and bury the remains in the woods. David is given the gruesome task of dismembering
3500-646: The same job – poncing around, telling people what to think. Boyle attended Thornleigh Salesian College , a Catholic boys' direct grant grammar school in Bolton , and studied English and drama at the University College of North Wales (now Bangor University ), where he directed several productions for the student drama society. Upon graduating from university he began his career at the Joint Stock Theatre Company before moving on to
3570-476: The series was named the greatest British crime drama of all time by Radio Times ’ readers. In 2000, the series was ranked 42 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute . It was followed by the spin-off Lewis , and the prequel Endeavour . The series was made by Zenith Productions for Central Independent Television , and first shown in
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#17327725356823640-463: The story of an impoverished child ( Dev Patel ) on the streets of Mumbai , India, who competes on the local version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? , for which Boyle won Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Director. The most successful British film of the decade, the film won eight Academy Awards and seven BAFTA Awards . Boyle commented, "To be a film-maker...you have to lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like
3710-497: The suitcase of money in the attic and begins living there, drilling holes in the attic floor to watch the living space below. The relationship between the three begins to deteriorate. The criminals break into the flat, beating Alex and Juliet until Alex reveals where the money is. As the men enter the dark attic, David kills both of them with a hammer and returns to the woods to dispose of the bodies. Alex and Juliet become worried about David's mental state, and David becomes worried that
3780-422: The teaching of Plath's poetry to students, saying that her suicide would not influence students to do the same. Investigating the killing of a retired detective in "Second Time Around", Morse is haunted by an early case of his in which a young girl had been murdered and an obvious suspect could have very well been innocent. The theme and incidental music for the series were written by Barrington Pheloung and used
3850-550: The television series became synonymous with the main character, despite Morse's driving a Lancia in the early novels. (After the start of the TV series, the novels changed to the Jaguar, but no reference is made in the books as to why or when Morse changes cars. Howerver, Colin Dexter was impressed by the idea of the Jaguar, suggested by John Thaw, and had the Lancia changed to a Jaguar in subsequent reprints of his stories. ) The Jaguar
3920-460: The two are conspiring against him. The police, investigating the prior intrusion, are surprised when the three friends deny that they ever had a fourth flatmate. The bodies are discovered in the woods, and Alex is sent by his editor to cover the story. With the police now closing in, Juliet seduces David into giving her the money so she can buy plane tickets to Rio de Janeiro and they can run away together, but secretly she plans to go alone and leave
3990-484: The unprofessional — but he had little success in love. Morse is a character whose talents and intelligence are being wasted in positions that fail to match his abilities. It is mentioned several times that Morse would have been promoted above and beyond Chief Inspector at Thames Valley Police CID, but his cynicism and lack of ambition, coupled also with veiled hints that he may have made enemies in high places, frustrate his progression despite his Oxford connections. In
4060-572: Was an altar boy for eight years and his mother had the priesthood in mind for him, but at the age of 14 he was persuaded by a priest not to transfer to a seminary . Whether he was saving me from the priesthood or the priesthood from me, I don't know. But quite soon after, I started doing drama. And there's a real connection, I think. All these directors – Martin Scorsese , John Woo , M. Night Shyamalan – they were all meant to be priests. There's something very theatrical about it. It's basically
4130-446: Was an impressionable twenty-one-year-old guy from the sticks. My brain had not been fed and watered with great culture, you know, as art is meant to do. It had been sandblasted by the power of cinema. And that's why cinema, despite everything we try to do, it remains a young man's medium, really, in terms of audience. The first film Boyle directed was Shallow Grave . The film was the most commercially successful British film of 1995, won
4200-507: Was based) are both fictional Oxford colleges . The real Brasenose College and Exeter College were used to represent Lonsdale, while Corpus Christi was used for Beaumont. Both fictional names are from real streets in Oxford; a real Lonsdale College exists at Lancaster University (named for the adjacent Lancashire region of Lonsdale Hundred , as is the Oxford street) but has no relation to Dexter's fictional Lonsdale. St Saviour's College in
4270-471: Was born on 20 October 1956, in Radcliffe , Lancashire , England , about 6 mi (9.7 km) north of Manchester 's city centre, to Irish parents Frank and Annie Boyle, both from County Galway . He has a twin sister, Marie, and a younger sister, Bernadette, both of whom are teachers. Although he now describes himself as a "spiritual atheist," he was brought up in a working-class Catholic family. Boyle
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#17327725356824340-523: Was different from many other classic detectives such as Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes . Morse was brilliant, but he was not always right. He often arrested the wrong person or came to the wrong conclusion. As a result, unlike many classic sleuths, Morse does not always simply arrest his culprit; ironic circumstances have the case end and the crime brought to him . Morse was also a romantic, frequently mildly and gently flirting with or asking out colleagues, witnesses, or suspects — occasionally bordering on
4410-546: Was founded and based in his home town of Radcliffe. In 2014, it was announced that Boyle would become a patron of HOME in Manchester. In February 2017, Boyle announced a bid to launch a £30 million film and media school in Manchester. Manchester School of Digital Arts was subsequently launched in June 2022 as part of Manchester Metropolitan University . In 2010, The Tablet named Boyle one of Britain's most influential Roman Catholics . The BBC referred to Boyle as
4480-415: Was given away in a competition a year after filming ended and in 2002, it was auctioned for £53,200, many times the going rate for a "normal" 2.4. In November 2005, it was sold again for more than £100,000. The spin-off Lewis , starring Kevin Whately as the now promoted (and widowed, making the character's situation closer to Morse's) Inspector Lewis, premiered in 2006 on ITV. Nine series were made, with
4550-485: Was intended to be one of three shorts within a feature film. However the project was cancelled after the two other shorts were made into feature films: Mimic starring Mira Sorvino and Impostor starring Gary Sinise . In 2004 Boyle directed Millions , scripted by Frank Cottrell Boyce . His next collaboration with Alex Garland was the 2007 science-fiction film Sunshine , featuring 28 Days Later star Cillian Murphy . In 2008 he directed Slumdog Millionaire ,
4620-596: Was presented with the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award at the 2008 Austin Film Festival , where he also introduced that year's AFF Audience Award Winner Slumdog Millionaire . In 2012 Boyle was the artistic director for Isles of Wonder , the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics . He was subsequently offered a knighthood as part of the New Year Honours but declined due to his republican beliefs. Danny Francis Boyle
4690-657: Was responsible for the BBC Two series Mr. Wroe's Virgins in 1993. In between The Beach and 28 Days Later Boyle directed two TV films for the BBC in 2001– Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise and Strumpet . In 2011 he directed Frankenstein for the National Theatre. This production was broadcast to cinemas as a part of National Theatre Live on 17 March 2011. He has also appeared on Top Gear and set
4760-500: Was so afraid of getting locked in a real-life mortuary for a scene, he had to ask a crew member to stand in the shadows and comfort the nervous actor. Danny Boyle said in his commentary on the 2009 Special Edition DVD and 2012 Blu-ray that Alex is not meant to be dead, so the line of Alex saying hello to the detective was added in post-production to clarify this. The crew shot predominantly in Glasgow rather than Edinburgh , which
4830-454: Was the third time Boyle has had that honour, after Slumdog Millionaire in 2008 and 127 Hours two years later. The BFI's London Film Festival Director, Clare Stewart, said Boyle had created an exhilarating and audacious film about a complex, charismatic pioneer. He then directed the sequel to Trainspotting , T2 Trainspotting . In a BBC interview, Boyle stated that he didn't write his own films but they did reflect his personality. "I am not
4900-594: Was transformed from the elderly Welshman and ex-boxer of the novels to a much younger Geordie police sergeant with a family, as a foil to Morse's cynical streak. Morse's first name, Endeavour, is revealed on only one occasion, when he explains to a lady friend that his father was obsessed with Captain James Cook , so he was named after HMS Endeavour . On other occasions, he usually answers, "Morse. Everyone just calls me Morse", or dryly replies "Inspector", when asked what his first name is. Thaw appreciated that Morse
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