Richard Attenborough - ENTIRELY UP TO YOU DARLING

review by Maggie Perkovic on show 12th May 2011
MY SISTER ALSO SENT ME THIS BOOK AND AGAIN I LOVED THE WHOLE PRESENTATION.
RICHARD AND DIANA HAVE WORKED TOGETHER
FOR NEARLY FIFTY YEARS, THIS IS A FUNNY AND
FRANK ACCOUNT OF THEIR UNLIKELY
PARTNERSHIP AND HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
RICHARD IS THE SORT OF CHAP YOU KIND OF
KNOW AS BEING ON THE FILMS, AND HAVING A
FAMOUS BROTHER DAVID AND OF COURSE
DIRECTING ‘GHANDI’ AND “CRY FREEDOM”, BUT OH
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE.
THE LIST OF FILMS HE HAD DIRECTED IS
ENORMOUS, THE FILMS HE HAS BEEN IN AMAZING,
BUT HE HAS ALSO DONE SO MUCH CHARITY WORK,
AND GIVEN HIS TIME AND ENERGY TO MANY MANY
WORTHWHILE CAUSES.
HE HAD A VERY HAPPY HOME LIFE, ADORES HIS
OWN FAMILY AND WAS DEVASTED TO LOSE HIS
DAUGHTER, GRANDAUGHTER, AND THEIR
HUSBAND’S MOTHER IN THE TSUNAMI IN 2004.
HAPPILY MARRIED FOR OVER 50 YEARS HIS WIFE
WRITES A LOVING FORE WOOD.
HIS CO AUTHOR DIANA HAWKINS ALSO WRITES A
COHERENT AND JOINED UP DESCRIPTION OF THEIR
LIFE AND WORK TOGETHER, THAT SHE ADMIRES
HIM GOES WITHOUT SAYING, THAT SHE IS AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE TEAM IS SHOWN IN HER
VOLUME OF WORK AS A PUBLICIST, BUSINESS
PARTNER AND ULTIMATELY HIS CO PRODUCER.
ALL IN ALL A VERY WELL WRITTEN AND

FASCINATING READ, THE ENERGY THAT GOES INTO
GETTING FILMS FINANCED AND FINALLY ON OUR
SCREENS IS INCREDIBLE.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ATTENBOROUGH ALSO
DIRECTED “A CHORUS LINE?’
DID YOU KNOW THAT AN AMERICAN STUDIO
COMMENTED ON THE SALEABILITY OF THE FILM
“GHANDI” SAYING “ SAYING “GEE DICKIE, LIKE WHO
WANTS TO SEE A MOVIE ABOUT A LITTLE BROWN
GUY IN A SHEET, LIKE WHERE’S THE SEX APPEAL
MAN?”
THANK GOD NOT EVERYONE IS AS ZUMB.
A LOVELY SATISFYING BOOK!!!
by Mags