Did you know that Robert Wade, writer of James Bond films such as \u2018Casino Royale,\u2019 \u2018Skyfall\u2019 and the eagerly anticipated \u2018Spectre,\u2019 is an alumni of Kent?<\/p>\n
Throughout this year, we have been celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the University of Kent with our film season \u2018Film65.\u2019<\/p>\n
Robert Wade will be introducing the next instalment of Film65, \u2018The Ipcress File\u2019 on 20th May at the Gulbenkian Cinema.<\/strong><\/p>\n To mark this occasion, the School of Arts will be hosting a drinks reception in the Gulbenkian Foyer before the film from 6pm where you can get a chance to meet and network with Robert.<\/strong><\/p>\n Book your tickets today at the Gulbenkian: Click here<\/a><\/p>\n Tickets: Full \u00a38 \/ Concessions \u00a37\/ GulbCard Members \u00a36 \/ Students \u00a35 \/ GulbCard Students \u00a34<\/p>\n Robert Wade graduated from the University of Kent and along with fellow alumnus Neal Purvis have become one of Britain’s most successful screenwriting partnerships.\u00a0 They wrote their first film, Let Him Have It<\/em>, 15 years ago but they’re best known for their Bond scripts. Originally hired to the Bond franchise off the back of their successful film Plunkett & Mackleane<\/em> (1999), Purvis and Wade have co-written scripts for The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day <\/em>and took up the challenge to create a new kind of Bond when Daniel Craig took on the James Bond role, resulting in the BAFTA Award nominated Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace <\/em>and Skyfall. <\/em>They also wrote the 2003 Bond parody Johnny English<\/em> starring Rowen Atkinson which grossed $160 million worldwide. They are currently working on the latest James Bond release Spectre<\/em> due out in October this year.<\/p>\n The Ipcress File<\/em> is being screened at Gulbenkian as part of the University of Kent\u2019s Film65 season. Film at University of Kent welcomes you to Film65, our exciting contribution to the university\u2019s 50th anniversary celebrations.\u00a0 The Ipcress File<\/em> is a stylish sixties thriller, based on Len Deighton\u2019s novel, and was a landmark in spy films for its more realistic, lucid approach to espionage. Michael Caine \u2013 showcasing his particular brand of unique, distinctive cool \u2013 stars as reluctant British spy Harry Palmer, who must navigate bureaucracy and brainwashing when he\u2019s tasked with investigating worries over British security. As his investigation advances, he is forced into unravelling the ‘Ipcress File’, a task that draws him into a world of intrigue, double-dealing and murder. The film also stars Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd and Gordon Jackson.\u00a0 As it heads into its 50th<\/sup> anniversary with an impressive 100% score on the Tomatometer on www.rottentomatoes.com<\/a> and gaining the brilliant review from TIME Magazine \u201cIpcress proves again that one of the primal pleasures of movie going is a tingling, no-nonsense suspense yarn enlivened by honest good humor\u201d, <\/em>this film is a must-see for any spy film fans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did you know that Robert Wade, writer of James Bond films such as \u2018Casino Royale,\u2019 \u2018Skyfall\u2019 and the eagerly anticipated \u2018Spectre,\u2019 is an alumni of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39610,"featured_media":883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1123,124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":884,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions\/884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}