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|  | | | | | | | | Jim White attended Manchester Grammar School and read English at the University of Bristol, though maintains most of his education came on the terraces at Old Trafford.
A founding member of staff at the Independent in 1986, he moved across to the Guardian ten years later, where his contributions have won the sports columnist of the year. A regular on Saturday Review and Front Row, he can also be frequently heard on Radio 5, where he was awarded a Sony Gold award for a documentary about the demise of Wembley Stadium.
Cinema has been a lifelong passion since his dad took him to see Lawrence of Arabia when he was a child and he returned tice a day every day for the next week to see the film over and again. After a youth largely spent oscillating between the football pitch and the local flea pit (his first date was at, bizarrely, 101 Dalmatians: it was all that was on) these days his favourite movies depend on his mood. The Godfather Part Two if in need of an epic, High Society for an uplift of the soul, This Is Spinal Tap when jokes are required. Though his children have shown him that there is not a lot wrong with Toy Story.
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|  | | JOHNNY ENGLISH, starring Rowan Atkinson
Johnny English is directed by Peter Howitt who, until three years ago, was best known as the actor who played the layabout scally Joey Boswell in Carla Lane's 80s sitcom Bread. When that series ended he embarked on a mission to direct a screenplay he had written, an obsession that cost him his home and his car. In an ending worthy of a Hollywood movie he got to fulfil his dream and the film Sliding Doors was a worldwide hit. He talks to Jim White about his third film, Johnny English.
IMAX
James Cameron's Ghosts of the Abyss, a documentary about the Titanic, is shot on IMAX, a format that has been around since the 1960s. Back Row asks why more directors aren't taking up the challenge.
FOREIGN FILM GUIDE
Antonia Quirke talks about Atom Egoyan and his new film Ararat.
Back Row recommends
In the multiplex:
Johnny English
In the art-house:
Intacto
On video/dvd:
Sliding Doors
QUIZZES.
Win a CD copy of the Treasure Planet soundtrack released this week.
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RELATED LINKS
Front Row
Saturday Review
Mark Kemode's film reviews on Five Live
BBCi's Film website
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