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Michael Deeley

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2008-12-14
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2008-12-14
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  1. “I grew up in London, but I went to school very early, I went to Borning School very early. Not quite sure, but I think I was about six maybe a little earlier. The war was coming, and my father had joined the Navy the year before the war started because he wanted to get ahead in the Navy, and my mother was working. My parents were pretty estrange by then. Right. and sent me since we'd get born shoe.”

    2008-12-14 · Desert Island Discs · Michael Deeley · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  2. “I think it's wonderful. No other reason. I think it's wonderful. It's of a period. I just remember it with great affection. I love it.”

    2008-12-14 · Desert Island Discs · Michael Deeley · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  3. “But of course, an awful lot don't get made one script in a hundred gets anywhere near getting made. And it's often a matter of timing when I first wanted to make deer hunter. I took it through all the American companies to finance it, and they'll just say no, nobody wants to see a movie about Vietnam, it's too bitter, it's too nasty for us. Three years later, when I was in a position to green light the picture myself, everybody said, yes, terrific.”

    2008-12-14 · Desert Island Discs · Michael Deeley · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  4. “We were doing a really seemingly dangerous stunt, having three mini cars jump between the roofs of two buildings. And there was the risk that someone's foot would slip off the throttle and end up splattered against the wall, and at that point, apparently I would have been arrested as the person in charge and sort of tried to argue my way out of jail, which is not too easy, Little, apparently.”

    2008-12-14 · Desert Island Discs · Michael Deeley · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source