John Coates: The Man Who Built the Snowman
by Beardmore, Marie; Coates, John (CON); Briggs, RaymondEdition: DVD
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-10-26
Publisher(s): Indiana Univ Pr
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Summary
John Coates is best known as the producer of The Snowman, When the Wind Blows, Wind in the Willows, Willows in Winter, and Famous Fred, and as the man behind the Beatles film Yellow Submarine. This intimate biography takes the reader on a journey through Coates's early life, his years as an army officer in the 11th Hussars in World War II, and his postwar life as a distributor for Rank films throughout Asia, before returning to England and eventually taking over TV Cartoons. With a foreword by Raymond Briggs and an epilogue by Coates himself, this abundantly illustrated work also includes a DVD of selections from Coates's work.
Author Biography
Marie Beardmore is a scriptwriter based in Paris. She and John have been friends over since they met on a flight to Germany for an industry event, Cartoon Movie, over ten years ago, when she was a media journalist. John's many stories over lunch inspired her to write this book, and she hopes the reader will enjoy them too as they discover the man behind so many well loved films.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Early Years | p. 1 |
| Army Years | p. 8 |
| Early Days at Rank; Far East, Asia | p. 17 |
| Madrid - "We Read Hemingway and Lived Hemingway" | p. 32 |
| How It All Began - Rediffusion and ATV | p. 40 |
| From Film to Television and the Start of TVC | p. 44 |
| TVC and The Beatles | p. 52 |
| The Beatles' Yellow Submarine | p. 56 |
| Endings and Beginnings | p. 67 |
| Post George -A New Era | p. 78 |
| The Snowman: The First Snow | p. 81 |
| Post Snowman | p. 94 |
| When the Wind Blows | p. 98 |
| Life Matters, Becoming a Grandpa and Holidaying in Kenya | p. 106 |
| Granpa | p. 111 |
| The Seychelles | p. 115 |
| Father Christmas-1991 | p. 118 |
| Recession | p. 122 |
| Beatrix Potter: 1992-1995 | p. 123 |
| The Bump in the Road | p. 132 |
| 1995 - Three more half hour specials | p. 134 |
| The Wind in the Willows (1995) and The Willows in Winter (1996) | p. 136 |
| Famous Fred | p. 144 |
| The Bear | p. 149 |
| Bali - Another Exotic Holiday | p. 156 |
| John Winds Up TVC's Animation Studio | p. 158 |
| Oi Get Off Our Train and Varga TVC - 1998 | p. 162 |
| John's Brothers | p. 165 |
| Retirement! At the Lac de Sainte Croix | p. 170 |
| Ethel and Ernest | p. 175 |
| Epilogue | p. 178 |
| Index | p. 185 |
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