Steven Spielberg asked Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones to contribute a song for the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Story Book Album. Spielberg was so pleased with their song "Someone in the Dark" that he asked them to make the entire album, which, in spite of the size of the task, they agreed to do. This boxed set included an LP, a book to read along with it and a poster of E.T. and Jackson. Epic Records allowed Jackson to record the album for MCA Records on the conditions that it not be released until after Christmas of 1982 so as to not compete with 'Thriller' and that "Someone in the Dark" not be released as a single. Both of the conditions were breached by MCA Records; they released the storybook in November 1982 and gave promo copies of "Someone In the Dark" to radio stations. MCA Records were forced to withdraw the album and were prohibited from releasing "Someone In the Dark" as a single after court action was taken by Epic against them in a $2 million lawsuit, which MCA settled by paying Epic chief Walter Yetnikoff $500,000. Jones claims neither he nor Jackson received a dime for making the record, in spite of the large cash settlement involved and its considerable success: The audio book earned Jackson a Grammy Award in 1984 for Best Recording for Children. Upon collecting the award, and taking home a record eight Grammys from an unprecedented twelve nominations, the singer stated that of all the awards had gotten that night, he was "most proud of this one".
Chariots of Fire - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Theatrical movie debut of Nicholas Farrell (Aubrey Montague).
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Surprisingly, neither Jackson Scholz nor Charles Paddock was a member of the U.S. gold medal winning 4x100m relay team. Eric Liddell was not a member of the British 4x100m relay team, either.
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Derek Pringle, who played the Captain of the Cambridge University athletics team, was a professional cricketer with Essex and played for England. He is now a cricket journalist.
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The film takes place in 1919, 1924 and 1978.
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Born "Colin Williams" on July 4, 1934, in Leigh, near Manchester, England. Because Colin as a child showed early talent in drawing and painting, his father wanted him to become an art teacher. "I wanted to go on the stage, you see, but my dad had his feet firmly on the ground," Welland said on the BBC radio show "Desert Island Discs" in 1973. "He said, be an art teacher first, and if you don't like that, then go on to the stage. So, that's what I did." Welland joined a theater company in Manchester, changing his last name Williams to Welland, and in the late 1960s appeared on British television shows. His big break as a "Colin Welland" movie actor was playing the role of a teacher in Kes (1969), for which he won a British Academy Film Award. He played a Reverend in Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971). Welland wrote stage plays and for several television series in the late 1960s and 1970s. In his Oscar speech, he thanked "Briish television, where I learned my craft." Following this movie, he received writing credits on Twice in a Lifetime (1985), A Dry White Season (1989), and War of the Buttons (1994). He had acting roles into the late 1990s. Colin (Williams) Welland, 81, died November 2, 2015, suffering from Alzheimer's disease for several years. He is survived by his wife Patricia, four children, and six grandchildren.
Chariots of Fire - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chariots of Fire - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chariots of Fire - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chariots of Fire - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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