As alexander learns more about stuarts complicated life and traumatic childhood, he asks if he can write his story and stuart advises him to tell the story backwards. A film about the life and career of the american painter, jackson pollock. A poignant, tragic true story that traces in reverse the events that shaped a homeless mans life. A life backwards by alexander masters harpercollins. Met benedict cumberbatch, tom hardy en nicola duffett.
When stuart shorter a homeless alcoholic with a violent past meets writer and charity worker alexander masters, they strike up an unlikely friendship. Like a break in the hedgerow during the country lane part of a journey. Double bafta awardwinner jack thornes new play tells the story of an unlikely friendship and of stuarts entire life. Alongside this alexander looks backwards over stuart s adult life and childhood to try and discover what went wrong with his life. A writer cumberbatch takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend stuart hardy, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic event in his childhood.
It explores how a young boy, somewhat disabled from birth, became mentally unstable, criminal and violent, living homeless on the streets of cambridge. Hes after a bestseller, like what tom clancy writes. A life backwards 2007 a writer benedict cumberbatch documents the life of a homeless alcoholic tom hardy who has a violent past. With benedict cumberbatch, tom hardy, nicola duffett, clairelouise cordwell.
A writer takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend stuart, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic event in his childhood. Tom hardy benedict cumberbatch nicola duffett 2007 a writer benedict cumberbatch documents the life of a homeless alcoholic. In this case, the book is much more notable than the individual. A life backwards was a 2007 bbc film based on the award winning biography, penned by alexander masters, of stuart clive shorter a homeless man living on the streets of cambridge in the year 2000. But you are not an assassin trying to frazzle the president with anthrax bombs, i point out. Directed by david attwood, the film features a cast that includes tom hardy, benedict cumberbatch, adam payne and nicola duffett.
As their friendship blossoms, he peels back the layers of a troubled past and discovers just as much about his own along the way. A writer cumberbatch takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend stuart hardy, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic event in hi. Hes a homeless, delusional, psychotic, substanceabusing exconvict. In a life backwards, stuart gradually takes the author alexander masters and the reader back in time and shows how his life experiences as a child and young adult shaped him into becoming the person that alexander sees which is an unstable adult who eventually looses his life. Thrust together when the managers of a shelter are imprisoned for drug dealing, alexander and stuart find camaraderie across social barriers. To improve this article, please refer to the relevant guideline for the type of work. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stuart. A life backwards by alexander masters in djvu, epub, fb2 download ebook. Stuart a life backwards projects neal street productions. Jan 02, 2006 stuart, a life backwards, is the story of a remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator a middle class scum ponce, if you want to be honest about it, alexander and a chaotic, knifewielding beggar whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
This website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. These titles were created a long with animated vignettes throughout this adaptation of alexander masters book. This article is within the scope of wikiproject books. And a lot has gone wrong with stuart s life, from gluesniffing, to drug addiction and alcoholism, from minor crime to car theft, robbery, violence and possible charges of attempted murder. Stuart, a life backwards, is the story of a remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator a middle class scum ponce, if you want to be honest about it, alexander and a chaotic, knifewielding beggar whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison. Stuart is an alcoholic, drug addicted, violenceloving, chaotic homeless. A life backwards, by alexander masters, a portrait of a. Mar 05, 2014 a writer cumberbatch takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend stuart hardy, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic event in hi. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. A writer cumberbatch takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend stuart hardy, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a. Adapted by alexander masters from his awardwinning biography, this hbo films production is a poignant, tragic true story that unfolds in reverse the life of a young boy who was transformed into a violent convict and substance abuser. Stuart clive shorter, the subject of this remarkable biography, was a homeless man whom alexander masters, a former physics student, met in. You are an exhomeless, exjunkie psychopath, i do not add. Stuart, a life backwards, is the story of a remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator a middle class scum ponce, if you want to be honest about it, alexander and a chaotic, knifewielding beggar whom he gets to know during a.
Stuart a life backwards details the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison. Indiana jones and the temple of doom 1984 moviemeter. Before his breakout role in bronson, tom hardy showed his true potential in a small made for tv film, stuart a life backwards. Benedict cumberbatch as alexander masters, tom hardy as stuart shorter. Stuart a life backwards official dvd trailer youtube. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for stuart. Tom hardy stars as stuart shorter alongside benedict cumberbatch as alexander masters in the 90minute film, directed by david attwood to. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Shocking, inspiring, and hilarious by turns, stuart.
A life backwards is a poignant, funny, ultimately tragic true story that unfolds like a whodunit, tracing in reverse as the title suggests how a young boy was transformed into a violent convict and substance abuser. As the title of both book and film suggests, the book took the unusual approach of detailing stuarts life from his adult life down through to his childhood. As stuart pours out his soul and discloses the root of his pain. Alexander masters is a reserved, bookish member of the educated middleclasses. A writer takes a backwards look at the life of his. He costared along another relatively unknown at the time, benedict cumberbatch at least outside of great britain. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. A writer benedict cumberbatch documents the life of a homeless alcoholic tom hardy who has a violent past. A life backwards is a biography by alexander masters of his friend stuart clive shorter at various times, a prisoner and a career criminal. With a keen writers eye, a gift for narrative and a friendship that lasted only four years, masters recounts the life of stuart clive shorter whose untimely death in 2002 inspired this work. A life backwards kindle edition by masters, alexander. A life backwards is a rare, droll, moving film that grows to understand the maddening complexity of life and subsequent near hopelessness in trying to find the factors behind someones life. And a lot has gone wrong with stuarts life, from gluesniffing, to drug addiction and alcoholism, from minor crime to car theft, robbery, violence and possible charges of. A life backwards 2007 nude, butt, penis, balls, shirtless 00.
Stuart shorter spent his late teens and adult life alternating between the. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Stuart shorter is a chaotic, violent, motormouth homeless man from cambridge. A life backwards, the new book by alexander masters, deserves every accolade that can be awarded. A life backwards kindle edition by alexander masters. Stuart is a smallscale story essentially about the friendship between two mismatched individuals which is very harrowing to watch at times, says harris, referring to scenes of sexual abuse and. A life backwards is a biography by alexander masters of his friend stuart clive shorter, formerly, at various times, a prisoner and a career criminal. A writer cumberbatch takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend stuart hardy, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic event in. Some of the very best of tom hardy in his role as stuart shorter in the 2007 true life drama based on the best selling book by alexander. By activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv. A life backwards is a writers quest to give voice to a man who, beneath his forbidding exterior, has a message for us all. Alexander is a middleclass, cambridge graduate and volunteer at the local homeless shelter who decides to write stuarts biography. I feel so strongly about this strange, funny, sad book that i hardly know where to begin. A life backwards is a film about human diversity and the things we all share.
A life backwards stars tom hardy, benedict cumberbatch, nicola duffett, edna dore the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. A life backwards tom hardy benedict cumberbatch nicola duffett 2007 a writer benedict cumberbatch documents the life of a homeless alcoholic tom hardy who has a violent past. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. To participate in the project, please visit its page, where you can join the project and discuss matters related to book articles. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects. A life backwards by jack thorne is a smart account of an unlikely friendship between a charity worker and a homeless man. A life backwards starring tom hardy in this drama on directv.
It explores how a young boy, somewhat disabled from birth, became mentally unstable and violent, living homeless on the streets of cambridge. Publication date 2006 topics shorter, stuart, 19682002, homeless persons, drug addicts publisher. Tes global ltd is registered in england company no 02017289 with its registered office. A whodunit journey back in time, it begins with masters meeting a drunken stuart lying on a sidewalk in cambridge, england, and leads through layers of hell. A life backwards this article is more than 12 years old the tale of this supremely odd couple made for a terrific film and a terrible chicken curry. A life backwards the cameras are rolling as filming begins on a production of alexander masters acclaimed cambridgebased novel, stuart. A life backwards by alexander masters librarything. My name is psycho but you can call me stuart if you want. A life backwards adapted by alexander masters from his awardwinning 2005 biography of his homeless friend stuart shorter, stuart. As the writer learns more about the homeless mans complicated life and traumatic childhood, he asks if he can write his story and the. Alongside this alexander looks backwards over stuarts adult life and childhood to try and discover what went wrong with his life.
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