Not Many People Know That: Michael Caine's Almanac of Amazing Information (Coronet Books)

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Caine continued with successes including Sleuth (1972) opposite Laurence Olivier, and John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King (1975) co-starring Sean Connery, which received widespread acclaim. Ship tracks, the polluted marine clouds that trail ocean-crossing vessels, are a signature of modern trade. Interview with Mike Ostler by Roxanne Blakelock (15 October 2004) for the British Library Theatre Archive Project at www. In 2018 it will bring more than 175 screenings to over 50 outdoor locations around the UK, using two touring screens.

They’re usually picked between August and November, covered in wax, hot-air dried, and sent into cold storage.Caine is one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every consecutive decade from the 1960s to 2000s (the other one being Jack Nicholson); Laurence Olivier was also nominated for an acting Oscar in five consecutive decades, (from the '30s through the '70s), as was Denzel Washington (from the '80s to the '20s). But this change alone could not explain the large decrease in observed ship tracks, which remained at record-low levels through several months of 2021 (the most recent data analyzed). Sir Michael Caine, CBE was born Maurice Joseph Micklewaite near Elephant and Castle in South London.

In 1905, an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson left soda powder and water outside overnight with its wooden stirrer still in the cup.Did you know that it takes a man in a tweed suit five-and-a-half seconds to fall from the top of Big Ben to the ground? I don't particularly care to throw the ball to an actor and let him improvise, but with Michael it's different.

Michael Caine's 'Best Sellers' Has Something to Say About the Death of Literacy, If You Can Manage to Stay Awake". He had a younger brother, Stanley (1935–2013), who also became an actor, and an older maternal half-brother named David Burchell.Before he deigned to appear in humble gentlemen’s quarterlies such as The Chap, Michael Caine penned a series of amusing collections of nuggets of unusual information. They are formed by water vapor coalescing around small particles of pollution (aerosols) in ship exhaust. George Wood, founder of The Luna Cinema, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Leeds City Council this year to put on three screenings of some iconic films.

When they spoke into the cat’s ear, the sound could be heard through a phone receiver in another room. Although their mother regularly visited her first son in the hospital, even her husband did not know the child existed.Other notable performances include in the films California Suite (1978), Dressed to Kill (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Little Voice (1998), Quills (2000), Children of Men (2006), Harry Brown (2009), and Youth (2015). But on the Moon, shadows are so dark that Neil Armstrong said he had trouble seeing where he was going. Actually, despite its faults, and largely because of them, this book rates pretty highly on my list of things to do in a social setting.