Swithin Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 The Man Who Gave a Damn, a documentary about Leslie Howard, was released yesterday. It sounds like a fascinating portrait of a heroic gentleman. How Gone with the Wind's quintessential screen gentleman gave up Hollywood to fight the Nazis Here's a review from The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-man-who-gave-a-damn/leslie-howard-second-world-war-hero/ And the IMDB entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2033298/combined 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 The Man Who Gave a Damn, a documentary about Leslie Howard, was released yesterday. It sounds like a fascinating portrait of a heroic gentleman. How Gone with the Wind's quintessential screen gentleman gave up Hollywood to fight the Nazis Here's a review from The Telegraph: Thanks for posting this nice review related to my favorite actor Leslie Howard. Of course any write up that starts with John Wayne being a draft dodger is solid gold! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Thanks swithin. I know not much about Howard personal life except A. he was a ladies man (that paled Uncle Miltie -woo hoo) and B. he died serving in WW2. I'd love to know more about him, since he was a really good actor. You may not know the answer, but where can this documentary be seen? Theaters? TV? Internet only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 You may not know the answer, but where can this documentary be seen? Theaters? TV? Internet only? It will premiere at the Chichester Film Festival on August 18. Chichester is a small city on the south coast of England, famous for its theater festival. I assume the film will get some sort of release after that (though probably not mainstream), or perhaps play eventually on television. http://www.chichestercinema.org/festival/a-z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesliehowardlover89 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Does anyone know when the documentary will be released in the USA yet ??.I really want to see it, I want to see what the man behind the acting was like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight08 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 It would be awesome if TCM could air the documentary as part of a tribute to him. They have access to most of his films. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Glad someone resurrected this thread....any US release news? Obviously, this documentary is as elusive as Leslie Howard himself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Glad someone resurrected this thread....any US release news? Obviously, this documentary is as elusive as Leslie Howard himself! Unfortunately Tiki, not by the German Luftwafffe, anyway. (...sure wish it wasn't the case, though...I don't think any actor since him has bettered playing the pensive intellectual romantic lead type) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drednm Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I've had a "working copy" of this excellent documentary for several years. Hopefully Tom Hamilton has found someone to distribute the DVD/BLU in UK as well as US. Leslie Howard certainly deserves to be remembered. It's a shame his daughter, Leslie Ruth Howard, didn't live to see its release. She plays a small part (a nurse) in Spitfire (1942), the last film he appeared in. I look forward to seeing the final version of this doc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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