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2 giorni fa · Billy Connolly caught on the cusp of his fame as he tours Ireland in 1975. by Veronica Lee Tuesday, 21 May 2024. Documentary cameras followed the Big Yin on his first live dates in Ireland. The most striking things about the 1976 documentary (restored and re-released by the BFI) is just how polite Billy Connolly comes across as.
1 giorno fa · May 22, 2024 | Culture. Billy Connolly needs no introduction. From the shipyards of the Clydeside to his extraordinary stage and movie exploits, he is a national treasure. And everyone has a Billy story, a hilarious anecdote or a moving tale, the Big Yin is woven into Scottish culture. Theatre maker Gary McNair has spent the last seven years ...
3 giorni fa · Released: 20th May 2024. Billy Connolly is at the peak of his powers in this newly restored and rediscovered film. Capturing 'The Big Yin' on and off stage during his 1975 tour of Ireland, Big Banana Feet is a captivating record of Connolly on the cusp of international stardom. Inspired by the fly-on-the-wall style of DA Pennebaker's ...
5 giorni fa · Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet (12) Rarely seen in its entirety since the late 1970s, Murray Grigor’s newly restored Billy Connolly tour film Big Banana Feet is one of those incredible lightning-ina-bottle cultural artefacts that demystifies and re-mystifies its subject in fascinating ways.
2 giorni fa · Billy Connolly was, in the 1970s, a sort of Scottish Lenny Bruce, who, with devastating humour, sliced through the hypocrisies he perceived. This 1976 documentary follows the singer-comic during his 1975 Irish tour. Made in a cinema verité fashion, the performer appears to be completely unaware of the presence of the camera in his off-stage ...
3 giorni fa · Billy Connolly was already the talk of the town in the late 60s with his wry, outrageous re-enactments of the Crucifixion, complete with such heresies as Christ being arrested for carrying his cross the wrong way up a one-way street to the Glasgow Gallowgate.
6 giorni fa · Sir William Connolly (born 24 November 1942), widely known as Billy Connolly, is a versatile Scottish artist celebrated for his contributions across multiple entertainment fields. Renowned primarily as a comedian, Connolly has also made his mark as an actor, artist, writer, musician, and television presenter.
