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The Scapegoat is a British film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1957 novel of the same name. The drama is written and directed by Charles Sturridge and stars Matthew Rhys as lookalike characters John Standing and Johnny Spence. It was broadcast on ITV on 9 September 2012.
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Teacher John Standing, who has just lost his job, meets his doppelgängerJohnny Spence, a failed businessman, in a hotel. Standing is encouraged by Spence to get drunk and the next morning wakes without his clothes and wallet and with Spence gone. Collected by George, the chauffeur to the Spence family, he has difficulty explaining himself and is ta...
There are significant differences between this adaptation and the original novel. While the action of the novel takes place in France, the screen version is set in England. All of the main characters are British. The novel's narrator (known only as John in the book) is named John Standing in the film, his wife (Françoise) is re-named Frances and hi...
The Scapegoat is the first film production for Sarah Beardsall and Dominic Minghella's production company, Island Pictures. Filming on The Scapegoatbegan in London in November 2011. Director Charles Sturridge had wanted Steve Coogan to play the leading role of Standing/Spence, but following a screen-test the producers couldn't disassociate Coogan f...
News: Kemp. Stuart. Matthew Rhys and Eileen Atkins Sign to Star in 'The Scapegoat'. 7 November 2011. The Hollywood Reporter. 7 November 2011.News: Guest. Alex. Matthew Rhys to star in ITV film of du Maurier's The Scapegoat. https://web.archive.org/web/20120522061509/http://tvpixie.com/tv-news/2011/11/07/matthew-rhys-star-itv1-film-du-ma...News: Jeffery. Morgan. Matthew Rhys, Sheridan Smith for ITV's 'The Scapegoat'. 7 November 2011. Digital Spy. 7 November 2011.Web site: Brydon. Rob. Steve Coogan On Being Typecast As An Impressionist And Creating Alan Partridge. . 18 September 2022. Rob Brydon-->. 18 September 2022.May 15, 2020 · If Daphne du Maurier had written this twenty years earlier, around the time she was writing Rebecca, this would be a brilliant set-up for something gothic, something in the mould of a thriller. Well, The Scapegoat is not that.
The Scapegoat, one of the five du Maurier novels with a male narrator, was published in 1957 by Gollancz and was made into a film in 1959 starring Alec Guinness and Bette Davis.
The Scapegoat: Directed by Charles Sturridge. With Matthew Rhys, Eileen Atkins, Anton Lesser, Jodhi May. Set in 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, this movie tells the story of two very different men who have one thing in common - a face.
Jun 7, 2019 · Universal Pictures released a film adaptation of Hungry Hill in 1947, for which du Maurier herself wrote the first draft of the screenplay. My Cousin Rachel became a Twentieth Century Fox production in 1952, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released The Scapegoat in 1959.
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Jul 28, 2020 · The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier, published in 1957, was one of the British author’s successful mid-career novels, coming after Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, and My Cousin Rachel. In her skillful hands, this suspense novel makes an ingenious doppelgänger plot work on many levels.
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