Official Trailer for ‘Mad Concerning the Boy: The Noel Coward Story’ Doc
by Alex Billington
September 1, 2024
Supply: YouTube
“Why did this astonishing man finish his life exiled from the nation he got here to outline?” Fairly a query to ask. Greenwich Ent. has revealed an official US trailer for a UK documentary titled Mad Concerning the Boy: The Noel Coward Story, arriving within the US this October. (Mad Concerning the Boy can also be the title of the subsequent Bridget Jones movie due out in 2025.) It already opened within the UK final yr and is simply now making its method to the US for these curious in regards to the story of this enigmatic man. It tells the story of the extraordinary lifetime of playwright, singer, actor, composer, director Noël Coward, who rose from poverty to stardom acting on Broadway and past, maintaining his queer sexuality a secret. “He outlined an period & led a unprecedented life.” That includes Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Sinatra, Michael Caine and Lucille Ball as particular company. With narration by Alan Cumming + with Rupert Everett because the voice of Noël Coward. Opinions reward the doc: “The story of how a boy who left faculty at 9 and had no musical coaching but turned one of many world’s most prolific playwrights and composers undoubtedly has one thing fantastical about it.” Get pleasure from.
Trailer for Barnaby Thompson’s doc Mad Concerning the Boy: The Noel Coward Story, from YouTube:
Noël Coward grew up in poverty and left faculty when he was solely 9 years previous. He was queer in a really straight world. And but, by the age of 30, he was the best paid author on this planet, and a star on the Broadway stage. He appeared to outline British urbanity & erudition. He wrote, directed, and / or acted in among the most celebrated motion pictures of the period and past, together with Personal Lives, Transient Encounter, Blithe Spirit, and In Which We Serve. He additionally turned a world famend songwriter and performer, of whom Frank Sinatra mentioned, “If you wish to hear how a tune needs to be sung, go see Mr. Noël Coward.” And if that wasn’t sufficient, he was additionally a spy throughout the Second World Conflict! Towards all odds, Noël Coward turned probably the most profitable multi-talented artists of the twentieth century. That is his inspirational story advised in his personal phrases & music with distinctive residence motion pictures. Mad Concerning the Boy: The Noel Coward Story is directed by British producer / filmmaker Barnaby Thompson, director of the films St Trinian’s, St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold, and Pixie beforehand. It is produced by Thompson and Gregor Cameron. This initially opened within the UK in June 2023 final summer time, and performed on the 2024 Maine Movie Competition within the US. Mad Concerning the Boy debuts in choose US theaters + on VOD beginning October eleventh, 2024 this fall. Curious?
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