John Fortune

John Fortune

출생 : 1939-06-30, Bristol, England, UK

사망 : 2013-12-31

약력

John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.

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John Fortune

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Coup!
Writer
Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety because one of the financial backers of the project was Sir Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-PM 'Margaret Thatcher'.
매치 포인트
John the Chauffeur
가난한 테니스 강사 크리스(조너선 리스 메이어스)는 상류층 친구 톰(매튜 구드)을 통해 그의 여동생 클로에(에밀리 모티머)와 그 가족들을 알게 된다. 신분 상승을 꿈꾸던 크리스는 클로에의 소개로 그녀의 아버지 회사에 취직하고, 클로에와 결혼하면서 꿈을 이뤄나간다. 그러나 그는 톰의 약혼녀였던 노라(스칼렛 요한슨)와 금지된 사랑에 빠져든다. 크리스를 향한 노라의 당연한 집착이 드러나면서 크리스의 이기적인 욕망은 점차 현실을 인식하게 된다. 이제 크리스는, 생각지도 못했던 결심을 실천에 옮기기에 이른다.
캘린더 걸스
Frank
여성 연구소의 요크셔 지부의 한 회원들은 자선 행사 달력을 위해 누드로 포즈를 취할 때 논란을 일으킨다. (파파고)
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq through a series of sketches, monologues and jokes. They begin with the formation of Iraq by the British in the early 20th Century, through the bombing of villages to control the tribes, the establishment of a king in the area through to the modern day trade meetings with Saddam Hussein.
테일러 오브 파나마
Maltby
문란한 여자관계 때문엔 파나마로 좌천당한 영국의 정보요원 앤디 오스나드(피어스 브로스넌)는 고관들의 맞춤양복전문 재단사로 이름을 날리며 정부 고위층과의 친분관계로 접근이 용이한 해리(제프리 러시)에게 접근한다. 해리는 현재 행복한 가정을 이루고 있지만 전과자였던 과거를 아내 루이사(제이미 리 커티스)에게 숨기고 있는 데다 빚에 쪼들리고 있는 상태다. 앤디는 이를 빌미로 해리에게 파나마 운하의 운영원에 대한 기밀 사항을 캐내올 것을 종용한다. 궁지에 몰린 해리는 앤디에게 파나마 정부가 운하의 운영권을 외국에 넘기려 한다는 것과 반정부 세력이 쿠테타를 준비하고 있다는 거짓 정보를 제공한다. 앤디는 이 사실을 상부에 보고하고, 이 소식을 전해들은 미군은 전격적으로 파나마로 진격을 감행한다. 이들은 이제 자신들이 조작한 정보가 불러온 엄청난 사태에 맞닥뜨리게 되고, 그 해결방법을 찾아내야만 하는 급박한 상황에 처하게 되는데...
Maybe Baby
Acupuncturist
Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack is the one thing they want more—a baby.
오! 그레이스
Melvyn
남편이 죽은 뒤 엄청난 빚더미에 앉은 그레이스는 정원사 매튜의 제안으로 '금보다 비싼' 화초를 키우게 된다. 그 화초는 다름아닌 대마초. 화초 가꾸는데 천부적인 재능을 가진 그레이스는 최상급 대마초를 온실 가득 길러내지만 이 금단의 화초를 어떻게 금값으로 팔 것인가, 쉽지않은 문제가 남는다. 하지만 그레이스에게는 좋은 친구들이 많다.
Giving Tongue
Chief Executive
Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters are complicated when she rekindles her friendship with Barb, who still works for a hunt. The plot thickens further when it becomes aparent that the House of Lords is likely break with convention and block the bill, an event which the Prime Minister hopes to use for his own ends.
Giving Tongue
Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters are complicated when she rekindles her friendship with Barb, who still works for a hunt. The plot thickens further when it becomes aparent that the House of Lords is likely break with convention and block the bill, an event which the Prime Minister hopes to use for his own ends.
A Very Open Prison
Prime Minister
The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor
England, My England
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
The story of Henry Purcell.
Don't Leave Me This Way
George Saunders
British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta notices an undercurrent of tension while Sandra stays with her for a few days. Loretta is saddened to learn her friend was killed in a car accident, and comforts Sandra's estranged husband Tom, her daughter Lizzie, and emotionally disturbed son Felix. While doing so she becomes to believe the accident may not be what it seems, spurred on by the information a local policeman provides her.
Life After Life
Detective Inspector Curtin
A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.
Bloodbath at the House of Death
John Harrison
Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier where 18 guests were killed in one night. It turns out that the house is the place of a satanic cult lead by a sinister monk who plans to kill the scientists who are inhabiting this house of Satan.
Timon of Athens
Poet
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.
The Light Princess
Prince
Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.
The Cobblers of Umbridge
Writer
A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.
The Cobblers of Umbridge
Phil Cobbler
A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.
Rentadick
Additional Dialogue
Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...
Take a Girl Like You
Sir Gerald
Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, one of the local "lads". Within a short time she has her hands full when a number of the local boys take a liking to her. But who will be the lucky one who wins her affections?
The End of Arthur's Marriage
Server
In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
The Drinking Party
Phaedrus
An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love before the Don, through a series of questions, reaches a unifying conclusion.