Talk:Anthony Minghella

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[edit] Image problem

Dead image link? --> could someone please find a suitable image of Mr. Minghella20:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


Wasn't he a Bournemouth graduate not Hull?? Bobbyfletch85 14:41, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

No, he was a graduate of Hull University Drama Dept, where he also lectured in the early 1980s. Catwizzle 16:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] YouTube links

This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it. Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed. I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy. In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed or you would like to help spread this message contact us on this page. Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 05:48, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grammar edits to this protected page.

"Minghella died on 18 March 2008[1] of a haemorrhage in Charing Cross Hospital, London, following an operation the previous week to remove cancer of the tonsils and neck.[7][8] Several of Minghella's friends and colleagues, actors and actress such as Jude Law, Kevin Spacey, Ralph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow all led tributes. Other's came from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, John Berry, BBC creative director Alan Yentob as well as fellow director Sydney Pollack and Lord Puttnam.[9]" should read:

"Minghella died on 18 March 2008[1] of a haemorrhage in Charing Cross Hospital, London, following an operation the previous week to remove cancer of the tonsils and neck.[7][8] Among Minghella's friends and colleagues, actors such as Jude Law, Kevin Spacey, Ralph Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow led tributes. Others came from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Emglish National Orchestra artistic director John Berry, BBC creative director Alan Yentob and fellow directors Sydney Pollack and (Lord) David Puttnam.[9]"Cross Reference (talk) 03:09, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Emglish? Wasabi? 87.194.44.145 (talk) 21:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Death

As of this moment, there has still been no cause of death released ([1], [2], [3], [4]. Any speculation will be removed on sight. Neıl ☎ 15:08, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Now a referenced cause has been added, so no more need for speculation, the article has been unprotected. Neıl ☎ 16:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
The reference says hemorrhage, not brain hemorrhage. Are we sure it's the latter? --Lukobe (talk) 18:19, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

UPI says brain--[5]

Hmmm - UPI's source is TMZ.com which does not seem to be a reliable news source. Rachel Pearce (talk) 19:52, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Children

Minghella has two children, both of whom work in the film industry (sort of). Son Max is an actor (he was George Clooney's son in Syriana) and daughter Hannah has worked as a production assistant on his films. Both of which can be sourced to the IMDB entry SteveCoppock (talk) 19:40, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of tributes

I am not sure if the list of people who paid tribute to him really belongs in this article, but I have left it in.

Which John Berry is meant? It was linked to a disambiguation page, where many of the people of that name are dead. Two of the surviving ones are redlinked, so I removed the wikilink altogether. Rachel Pearce (talk) 13:41, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree and have removed the list of tributes - it is an arbitrary list and includes one person who was very unhelpful to Minghella at a crucial stage of his career. Cooke (talk) 19:37, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Inspector Morse series

Can someone give more detail on AM's contribution to this series. Was he the main scriptwriter, assistant scriptwriter or what? On the last Morse I watched, I was looking for his name in the credits but could not see it... Ivankinsman (talk) 13:54, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

He is credited as the writer of three early episodes by imdb. Philip Cross (talk) 20:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
I have also been told that it was his idea to do Morse for Television. I can't remember which ones he wrote. Cooke (talk) 19:38, 6 April 2008 (UTC)