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May 16th

Nikki snapped some pics off the TV screen of young Bruce and his home movies, with Vivian MacKerrell (aka the REAL Withnail). Click here to see them.

May 7th

Malachi informs me that Bruce has written a children's book called "The Obvious Elephant" which is illustrated by his wife Sophie Windham. It will be published by Bloomsbury in hardback (£9.99) on 2nd October 2000 and in paperback (£4.99) on the 1st September 2001.

April 10th

Bloomsbury will be publishing a Bruce Robinson biography in November 2000

March 20th

Two of Bruce's films made it into THE TOP 100 BRITISH FILMS of all time. Withnail and I , which he wrote and directed, and The Killing Fields, which he wrote.

1. The Third Man (1949, Carol Reed)
2. Brief Encounter (1945, David Lean)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962, David Lean)
4. The 39 Steps (1935, Alfred Hitchcock)
5. Great Expectations (1946, David Lean)
6. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949, Robert Hamer)
7. Kes (1969, Ken Loach)
8. Don't Look Now (1973, Nicolas Roeg)
9. The Red Shoes (1948, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
10. Trainspotting (1996, Danny Boyle)
11. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, David Lean)
12. If... (1968, Lindsay Anderson)
13. The Lady Killers (1955, Alexander Mackendrick)
14. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960, Karel Reisz)
15. Brighton Rock (1947, John Boulting)
16. Get Carter (1971, Mike Hodges)
17. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951, Charles Crichton)
18. Henry V (1944, Laurence Olivier)
19. Chariots of Fire (1981, Hugh Hudson)
20. A Matter of Life and Death (1946, Powell, Pressburger)
21. The Long Good Friday (1980, John Mackenzie)
22. The Servant (1963, Joseph Losey)
23. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994, Mike Newell)
24. Whisky Galore! (1949, Alexander Mackendrick)
25. The Full Monty (1997, Peter Cattanoe)
26. The Crying Game (1992, Neil Jordan)
27. Dr. Zhivago (1965, David Lean)
28. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979, Terry Jones)
29. Withnail and I (1987, Bruce Robinson)
30. Gregory's Girl (1980, Bill Forsyth)
31. Zulu (1964, Cy Endfield)
32. Room at the Top (1958, Jack Clayton)
33. Alfie (1966, Lewis Gilbert)
34. Gandhi (1982, Richard Attenborough)
35. The Lady Vanishes (1938, Alfred Hitchcock)
36. The Italian Job (1969, Peter Colinson)
37. Local Hero (1983, Bill Forsyth)
38. The Commitments (1991, Alan Parker)
39. A Fish Called Wanda (1988, Charles Crichton)
40. Secrets and Lies (1995, Mike Leigh)
41. Dr. No (1962, Terence Young)
42. The Madness of King George (1994, Nicholas Hytner)
43. A Man for All Seasons (1966, Fred Zinnemann)
44. Black Narcissus (1947, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
45. Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943, Powell, Pressburger)
46. Oliver Twist (1948, David Lean)
47. I'm All Right Jack (1959, John Boulting)
48. Performance (1970, Nicholas Roeg, Donald Cammell)
49. Shakespeare In Love (1998, John Madden)
50. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985, Stephen Frears)
51. Tom Jones (1963, Tony Richardson)
52. This Sporting Life (1967, Lindsay Anderson)
53. My Left Foot (1989, Jim Sheridan)
54. Brazil (1985, Terry Gilliam)
55. The English Patient (1996, Anthony Minghella)
56. A Taste of Honey (1961, Tony Richardson)
57. The Go-Between (1970, Joseph Losey)
58. The Man in the White Suit (1951, Alexander Mackendrick)
59. The Ipcress File (1965, Sidney J Furie)
60. Blow Up (1966, Michelangelo Antonioni)
61. Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962, Tony Richardson)
62. Sense and Sensibility (1995, Ang Lee)
63. Passport to Pimlico (1949, Henry Cornelrus)
64. The Remains of the Day (1993, James Ivory)
65. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971, John Schlesinger)
66. The Railway Children (1970, Lionel Jeffries)
67. Mona Lisa (1986, Neil Jordan)
68. The Dam Busters (1955, Michael Anderson)
69. Hamlet (1948, Laurence Olivier)
70. Goldfinger (1964, Guy Hamilton)
71. Elizabeth (1998, Shekhar Kapur)
72. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939, Sam Wood)
73. A Room With a View (1995, James Ivory)
74. The Day of the Jackal (1973, Fred Zinnemann)
75. The Cruel Sea (1952, Charles Frend)
76. Billy Liar (1963, John Schlesinger)
77. Oliver! (1968, Carol Reed)
78. Peeping Tom (1960, Michael Powell)
79. Far From the Madding Crowd (1967, John Schlesinger)
80. The Draughtsman's Contract (1982, Peter Greenaway)
81. A Clockwork Orange (1971, Stanley Kubrick)
82. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988, Terence Davies)
83. Darling (1965, John Schlesinger)
84. Educating Rita (1983, Lewis Gilbert)
85. Brassed Off (1996, Mark Herman)
86. Genevieve (1953, Henry Cornelius)
87. Women In Love (1969, Ken Russell)
88. A Hard Days' Night (1964, Richard Lester)
89. Fires Were Started (documentary, 1943, Humphrey Jennings)
90. Hope and Glory (1987, John Boorman)
91. My Name Is Joe (1998, Ken Loach)
92. In Which We Serve (1942, Noel Coward, David Lean)
93. Caravaggio (1986, Derek Jarman)
94. The Belles of St. Trinians (1954, Frank Launder)
95. Life Is Sweet (1990, Mike Leigh)
96. The Wicker Man (1973, Robin Hardy)
97. Nil By Mouth (1997, Gary Oldman)
98. Small Faces (1995, Gillies Mackinnon)
99. Carry On Up the Khyber (1968, Gerald Thomas)
100. The Killing Fields (1984, Rowan Joffe)