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Michael and Martin

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Martin Scorsese leads this celebration of the life of film director Michael Powell to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. Scorsese tells Ian Christie how he tracked down the director in the early 1970s. At the time,
Powell was the forgotten man of British cinema and Scorsese had only a few clues to his whereabouts, unce he found Powell, he invited him to come to America, _ where both Powell and his films found a new lease of life -
Scorsese even played matchmaker, introducing Powell to his future wife, Scorsese's long-time editor,
Thelma SchOOnmaker. Producer Stephen Hughes Repeated Sunday 12.15am

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Scorsese
Director:
Michael Powell
Unknown:
Ian Christie
Editor:
Thelma Schoonmaker.
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

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