Taree Film Society screens Mad About The Boy
Event description
MAD ABOUT THE BOY
UK, 2023, 90min, PG
MAD ABOUT THE BOY: THE NOEL COWARD STORY is a documentary feature from
director and producer Barnaby Thompson (Pixie, St. Trinian’s).
2023 is the 50th anniversary of Noel Coward’s death so it seems the right moment to look
back at his extraordinary life. He grew up in poverty and left school when he was only nine
years old. He was queer in a very straight world. And yet by the age of 30, he was the
highest paid writer in the world, and a star on the Broadway stage.
He wrote, directed, and acted in some of the finest plays and movies of all time, including
Private Lives, Blithe Spirit, Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve. He also became a
world-renowned songwriter and performer of whom Frank Sinatra said, ‘If you want to hear
how a song should be sung, go see Mr Noel Coward’.
And if that wasn’t enough, he discovered John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier and David Lean
and was a spy in the Second World War! Against all odds, Noel Coward became the most
successful multi-talented artist of the Twentieth Century. He was the epitome of selfinvention
and defined an era. This is his inspirational story told in his own words and music,
and unique home movies.
The film features Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Peter O’Toole, Harold Pinter, Frank
Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, Michael Caine, and Lucille Ball. It is narrated by Alan Cumming and
Rupert Everett is the voice of Noel Coward. Adam Lambert has recorded a new version of
the title track, which has already had over a million hits on Spotify.
MAD ABOUT THE BOY: THE NOEL COWARD STORY is a documentary feature from
director and producer Barnaby Thompson (Pixie, St. Trinian’s).
2023 is the 50th anniversary of Noel Coward’s death so it seems the right moment to look
back at his extraordinary life. He grew up in poverty and left school when he was only nine
years old. He was queer in a very straight world. And yet by the age of 30, he was the
highest paid writer in the world, and a star on the Broadway stage.
He wrote, directed, and acted in some of the finest plays and movies of all time, including
Private Lives, Blithe Spirit, Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve. He also became a
world-renowned songwriter and performer of whom Frank Sinatra said, ‘If you want to hear
how a song should be sung, go see Mr Noel Coward’.
And if that wasn’t enough, he discovered John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier and David Lean
and was a spy in the Second World War! Against all odds, Noel Coward became the most
successful multi-talented artist of the Twentieth Century. He was the epitome of selfinvention
and defined an era. This is his inspirational story told in his own words and music,
and unique home movies.
The film features Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Peter O’Toole, Harold Pinter, Frank
Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, Michael Caine, and Lucille Ball. It is narrated by Alan Cumming and
Rupert Everett is the voice of Noel Coward.
Casual tickets are $18: book above on this webpage.
Our beloved catering crew will be offering pre-show nibbles and drinks.
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E: tareefilmsoc@gmail.com
P: 0439 903 477
M: PO Box 216, Taree, NSW, 2430
W: www.tareefilmsociety.org.au
Taree Film Society is a non-profit organisation run by volunteers to bring diversity of film to the Manning, and to encourage appreciation and discussion of film in a regular social atmosphere.
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