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Ethos: A Time for a Change is a 2011 documentary film directed and written by Pete McGrain and hosted by Woody Harrelson. The main point of the film is to encourage people to engage in ethical consumerism.
Feb 10, 2011 · Ethos: Directed by Pete McGrain. With Woody Harrelson, Justin Lewis, Bill Hogan, Noam Chomsky. Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor Woody Harrelson, Ethos explores the mechanisms in our systems that work against democracy, the environment and our own personal liberty.
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Lynne Frederick (25 July 1954 – 27 April 1994) was an English actress and model. In a career spanning ten years, she made over thirty appearances in film and television productions. She often played the girl next door and performed in a range of genres, from contemporary science fiction to slasher horror, romantic dramas, classic westerns ...
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Peter William Postlethwaite was born into a working-class Catholic family at 101 Norris Street in Warrington on 7 February 1946, the son of Mary Geraldine (née Lawless; 1913–2000) and cooper, wood machinist, and school caretaker William Postlethwaite (1913–1988). He had an older brother named Michael (1944–2006) and two older sisters named Patricia...
Early in his career, Postlethwaite was advised to adopt a new surname for his acting work by his first agent and by peers who quipped that his name "would never be put up in lights outside theatres because they couldn't afford the electricity". He rejected the advice. He started his career at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, where his colleagues ...
Postlethwaite appeared as a taxi driver in a political broadcast for the Labour Party during the 1997 general election, and marched in London against the Iraq Warin 2003. Postlethwaite was active in calling for action on climate change, and installed a wind turbine in his garden; he wrote in The Sun, "The stakes [of climate change] are very, very h...
Postlethwaite lived in West Itchenor before moving near Bishop's Castle. He was a lifelong supporter of Liverpool FC. He began a relationship with former BBC producer Jacqueline Morrish in 1987, and they were married in 2003 at St Nicholas' Church in West Itchenor. They had a son, actor Billy Postlethwaite (born 1989),and a daughter, Lily Postlethw...
Postlethwaite was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1990, and had his right testicle removed. A life-long smoker since he was 10, he said during a 2009 interview with Scotland on Sunday, "We've got to hope the next generation will do things differently. I'm sure that in 20 years' time the kids will say: 'Can you believe that people actually used ...
Postlethwaite was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year Honours list and received an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of outstanding contribution to the dramatic arts by Liverpool John Moores University in 2005 and an honorary degree from the University of Liverpool in 2006. He received an Academy Award nominatio...
Pete Postlethwaite at IMDbPete Postlethwaite at the TCM Movie DatabasePete Postlethwaite at AllMoviePete Postlethwaite at the BFI's ScreenonlineFeb 5, 2011 · WOODY HARRELSON blows the lid off our corrupt system in this powerful new documentary. Ethos examines the flaws in our systems that work against democracy, the environment and society as a whole.
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