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ALAN BATES

In 2001, the PS Film Festival honored Alan Bates with a retrospective showing of his best films. Many of them were shown at 8AM. As die-hard fans, we were on hand to see them and so was Alan Bates!.

It was thrilling to be in the same room and hear him laugh and react as though it was his first time seeing them. After each showing, he would say just a bit about his memory of the film and answer questions. He was very humble, accessible and generous with his time and attention.

There are 78 credits at his site on IMDb Alan Bates and all you need to know at this website: The Alan Bates Archive.

We just watched THE ENTERTAINER in which he made his film debut as Olivier's son; dashing!

He died today at age 69 after a long bout with cancer. He kept working until right near the end.

ICE

For the record, let it show that there was ice on our roof this morning, plogging up two or three water pipes for a brief period.