Steve McQueen

Books on Steve McQueen:

	McQueen's Machines: The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon Matt Stone and Chad McQueen EDITION:  Hardcover MANUFACTURER:  Motorbooks RELEASE DATE:  15 November, 2007
	Unforgettable Steve McQueen Henri Suzeau and Brad Pitt EDITION:  Hardcover MANUFACTURER:  Verlhac Editions RELEASE DATE:  April, 2008
	McQueen: The Biography Christopher Sandford EDITION:  Paperback MANUFACTURER:  Taylor Trade Publishing RELEASE DATE:  25 May, 2003
	Steve McQueen: A Life in Pictures Yann-Brice Dherbier and Tommy Hilfiger EDITION:  Hardcover MANUFACTURER:  Pavilion RELEASE DATE:  01 July, 2008
	My Husband, My Friend: A Memoir Neile, McQueen Toffel EDITION:  Paperback MANUFACTURER:  AuthorHouse RELEASE DATE:  07 November, 2006
	Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel Marshall Terrill EDITION:  Paperback MANUFACTURER:  Plexus Publishing RELEASE DATE:  07 November, 2005
	Steve McQueen William Claxton and Steve Crist EDITION:  Paperback MANUFACTURER:  Taschen RELEASE DATE:  01 May, 2004
	A French Kiss with Death: Steve Mcqueen and the Making of Le Mans Michael Keyser EDITION:  Paperback MANUFACTURER:  Bentley Publishers RELEASE DATE:  15 May, 2008
	Steve McQueen, the Final Chapter Grady Ragsdale EDITION:  Hardcover MANUFACTURER:  Vision House Pub RELEASE DATE:  October, 1983
	Steve McQueen The Last Mile Barbara McQueen and Marshall Terrill EDITION:  Hardcover MANUFACTURER:  Dalton Watson Fine Books RELEASE DATE:  November, 2006

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After Trainspotting and zombies, a teaboy millionaire is tipped to win Boyle an Oscar

An uplifting yet grimly realistic tale of a young chai-wallah scraping a life out of poverty was last night being talked of as an Oscar contender after it took three awards at the British independent film awards (Bifas).Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, the story of a Mumbai teenage boy who astounds all around him by doing well on the Indian Who Wants To Be a Millionaire quiz show, won best film, best director and best newcomer for its British lead.In a night when honours were spread about, there were also three wins for Hunger, Steve McQueen's unflinching portrait of Bobby Sands and the hunger strikes; two for Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky; and one for In Bruges, Martin McDonagh's comedy about two Irish assassins sent to Belgium.But Boyle was the talk of the night. The former artistic director of the Royal Court theatre is already on many pundits' Oscar prediction lists after a film career which has seen him happily flip genres: from Edinburgh heroin addicts in Trainspotting to Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach to zombies in 28 Days Later.Last night he was named best director at the Bifas and Slumdog Millionaire was best film. The film's young lead, Harrow-born Dev Patel - best known to British audiences as Anwar in E4's Skins - won best newcomer.Slumdog Millionaire, written by The Full Monty's Simon Beaufoy, tells the story of a Mumbai street child. As he does well on the quiz show, flashbacks chronicle his life, the realities of which Boyle does not flinch from showing.Boyle's film, a third of which is spoken in Hindi, opens in the UK on January 9 but has already gone down well on the festival circuit and opened to fantastic reviews in the US.A Rolling Stone critic said: "What I feel for this movie isn't just admiration, it's mad love."USA Today was similarly won over: "The beautifully rendered and energetic tale celebrates resilience, the power of knowledge and the vitality of human experience. Horrifying, humorous and life-affirming, it is, above all, unforgettable." The Los Angeles Times declared it "the best old-fashioned audience picture of the year".The Turner prize-winning artist Steve McQueen, who represents the UK at next year's Venice Biennale, won the best debut director award for Hunger and the film's cinematographer Sean Bobbit, won best technical achievement. Leading man Michael Fassbender won best actor for his astonishing - not least in the 33lbs of weight he had to lose - performance as Sands.Hunger is not a film for a cheery romantic night out. It shows the reality of the dirty protests in the Maze prison in stomach-churning detail. Nothing from the Sands story is stepped away from: the brutality, the torture and the alarming effects starvation has on a man's body.At the other end of the movie spectrum, Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, which follows a relentlessly cheerful London teacher called Poppy, won two acting awards. Eddie Marsan won best supporting actor for his role as the crazed racist driving instructor, and Alexis Zegerman won best supporting actress as Poppy's best mate, Zoe.The well-fancied In Bruges, featuring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as a pair of chalk-and-cheese killers sent by their psychotic boss (Ralph Fiennes) to Bruges, came away with the best screenplay award for its writer and director Martin McDonagh. It was the playwright's film debut.Vera Farmiga won best actress for her role in concentration camp drama The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas, while the Israeli animation Waltz With Bashir won best foreign film.At the ceremony in Old Billingsgate Market, London, special awards were also given out. The actor David Thewlis was rewarded for his outstanding contribution to British film, while Michael Sheen - best known for being able to pass himself off as Kenneth Williams, Tony Blair and David Frost - was given the Variety award.It was the 11th Bifa ceremony, with the awards seeming to grow in stature each year. Co-directors Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, said: "It's been another stellar year for independent film in Britain, as represented by the diverse spread of nominations across the board.The winnersBest film Slumdog MillionaireBest director Danny Boyle, Slumdog MillionaireBest debut director Steve McQueen, HungerBest screenplay Martin McDonagh, In BrugesBest actress Vera Farmiga, The Boy in the Striped PyjamasBest actor Michael Fassbender, HungerBest supporting actress Alexis Zegerman, Happy-Go-LuckyBest supporting actor Eddie Marsan, Happy Go LuckyMost promising newcomer Dev Patel, Slumdog MillionaireBest achievement in production The EscapistRaindance award Zebra CrossingsBest technical achievement Sean Bobbitt, cinematography for HungerBest documentary Man on WireBest short Soft Best foreign Waltz With Bashir Outstanding contribution to British cinema David ThewlisVariety award Michael SheenSpecial Jury prize Joe DuntonDanny Boyleguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Published: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:07:10 GMT - Source: Guardian.Co.Uk - Read the article

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Gallery: The 10 Coolest James Bond Cars Ever

: Sweet cars and amazing, if improbable, car chases have been essential elements of James Bond movies since the series began in 1962. The tradition continues in Quantum of Solace, which finds our favorite superspy behind the wheel of a hot Aston Martin DBS and — in a nod to these eco-conscious times — a Ford Edge that runs on hydrogen (in the film, if not in real life). But it takes more than a fuel cell to make the list of the 10 coolest Bond cars ever. Left: Aston Martin DB5 The quintessential Bond car appeared in Goldfinger, and it is both the most famous Bond car and one of the most iconic vehicles in the history of film. In addition to gorgeous lines and stunning speed, Bond's DB5 featured machine guns, a bulletproof shield, radar and that über-cool ejector seat that could villains flying at the push of a button. : This one's tricky because Bentley never produced a car called the Mark IV. Ian Fleming made that up. Bond drove a 1933 Bentley convertible with an Amherst-Villiers supercharger in the novel Casino Royale. Various Bentleys have appeared in Bond films, including From Russia With Love, in which our hero seduces Miss Sylvia Trench behind the wheel of a 1930 Bentley Derby similar to the one in this photo by Flicker user starpitti. : The Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me is almost as famous as the DB5, if only because it could turn into a submarine at the flick of a switch. The car featured surface-to-air missiles, torpedoes and depth charges, all of which we find amazing given the shaky reliability of the electrical systems in British cars. : Strictly speaking, this wasn't Bond's car. It was driven by his assistant, Aki, in You Only Live Twice. But it makes the list because it was chock-full of cool gadgets ? including a television, a cordless phone and a voice-activated stereo ? that are commonplace today but the stuff of science fiction in 1967. Toyota built a GT without a roof because Sean Connery was too tall for the coupe. : Aston Martin returned to Bond's fleet in 2002 after the spy's brief dalliance with BMW in the late 1990s. The Vanquish that appeared in Die Another Day came with an ejector seat and a cloaking device that rendered the car invisible. We prefer the more muscular and understated DBS in Casino Royale because it's a better match for Daniel Craig's darker, more brooding Bond. : Yes, Bond drove a Mustang, albeit briefly, in Diamonds are Forever, and he looked almost as cool as Steve McQueen did driving his 'stang in Bullitt. Connery took the Mach 1 on a wild ride through Vegas, getting up on two wheels to squeeze through an alley. The film editors weren't so skilled: The car is shown entering the alley on one set of wheels and emerging on the other. : Pierce Brosnan drove the convertible Beemer in The World Is Not Enough, but it was a BMW in name only. The Z8 was still a prototype when filming started, so the film featured a Cobra kit car wearing BMW skin. We're still not sure where Q found room for the surface-to-air missiles, let alone the six cup holders, but now we know where they put the movie camera.: Bond stole this car from a dealership showroom to make an escape in The Man With the Golden Gun, making a spectacular corkscrew jump over a canal to elude his pursuers. The stunt was planned with help from a supercomputer at Cornell University, and it is the only time in history an AMC Hornet has ever looked cool.: This Whyte Industries jobby appeared in Diamonds Are Forever. It's a moon buggy. 'Nuff said.: Another Bond car that wasn't what it appeared to be. The 2CV couldn't outrun its own belching plume of exhaust, so the car in For Your Eyes Only was tricked out with a hotter engine, a modified transmission and a reworked frame. It still had trouble outrunning the humble Peugeots ? Peugeots ? pursuing it, so Bond had to resort to skilled driving and good luck to make his escape.
Published: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT - Source: Wired.Com - Read the article

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Visual Art at the Baltic, Gateshead: Steve McQueen - Yoshitomo Nara + Graf - David Shrigley

STEVE MCQUEEN YOSHITOMO NARA + GRAF DAVID SHRIGLEY BALTIC, GATESHEAD
Published: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:00:00 GMT - Source: News.Scotsman.Com - Read the article

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