John Boorman wrote ( about John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ) : “Tolkien’s work stirs a great brew of Norse, Celtic and Arthurian myth, the ‘Unterwelt’ of my own mind,”

independent-UK Thursday, July 16, 2020 8:41:00 AM EAT

John Boorman says : “Garech loved his brother and protected him,”

irishexaminer Tuesday, December 17, 2019 10:59:00 AM EAT

John Boorman said : "also because some of these political jobs are plum jobs, "

patch Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:06:00 AM EAT

John Boorman said : "It almost toppled the production. And then one of the carpenters came up to me and said: 'The lads above can get you all the weapons you want!'"

belfasttelegraph Thursday, March 2, 2017 4:02:00 PM EAT

John Boorman said : "they might be offended and might want to sue us,"

latimes Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:27:00 PM EAT

John Boorman said ( about British ) : "The older soldiers who had been through the war were still hanging on to the idea of empire and imperial Britain," "For the younger ones, it was clear to us everything was going to change. The British Empire was the biggest empire the world had ever known, and within a few years that was all gone"

latimes Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:27:00 PM EAT

John Boorman recalled ( about Lee Marvin ) : "Then I had to show it to the executives," "When the lights went up, they started mumbling about reshoots. Margaret Booth sat in the back of the cinema and said, 'You touch a frame of this movie over my dead body.' They were all scared of her. I was extremely lucky to get Lee's support at the beginning and hers at the end"

latimes Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:27:00 PM EAT

John Boorman noted : "She praised it much more than it deserved, and as result of that I started getting offers from Hollywood,"

latimes Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:27:00 PM EAT

John Boorman said ( about John Boorman ) : "reminded them in his contract he had script and cast approval," "He said, 'I defer those approvals to John,' and he turned on his heels and walked out. You had never seen such glaring, angry men as these producers and the head of the studio looking at me because I had complete control of the movie"

latimes Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:27:00 PM EAT

John Boorman wrote ( about John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ) : “Tolkien’s work stirs a great brew of Norse, Celtic and Arthurian myth, the ‘Unterwelt’ of my own mind,”

independent-UK Thursday, July 16, 2020 8:41:00 AM EAT

John Boorman says : “Garech loved his brother and protected him,”

irishexaminer Tuesday, December 17, 2019 10:59:00 AM EAT

John Boorman said : "also because some of these political jobs are plum jobs, "

patch Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:06:00 AM EAT

John Boorman said : "It almost toppled the production. And then one of the carpenters came up to me and said: 'The lads above can get you all the weapons you want!'"

belfasttelegraph Thursday, March 2, 2017 4:02:00 PM EAT

John Boorman said : "they might be offended and might want to sue us,"

latimes Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:27:00 PM EAT

John Boorman said ( about British ) : "The older soldiers who had been through the war were still hanging on to the idea of empire and imperial Britain," "For the younger ones, it was clear to us everything was going to change. The British Empire was the biggest empire the world had ever known, and within a few years that was all gone"

latimes Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:27:00 PM EAT

John Boorman recalled ( about Lee Marvin ) : "Then I had to show it to the executives," "When the lights went up, they started mumbling about reshoots. Margaret Booth sat in the back of the cinema and said, 'You touch a frame of this movie over my dead body.' They were all scared of her. I was extremely lucky to get Lee's support at the beginning and hers at the end"

latimes Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:27:00 PM EAT

John Boorman noted : "She praised it much more than it deserved, and as result of that I started getting offers from Hollywood,"

latimes Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:27:00 PM EAT

John Boorman said ( about John Boorman ) : "reminded them in his contract he had script and cast approval," "He said, 'I defer those approvals to John,' and he turned on his heels and walked out. You had never seen such glaring, angry men as these producers and the head of the studio looking at me because I had complete control of the movie"

latimes Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:27:00 PM EAT