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Toby MacDonald is known for Heavy Metal Drummer (2005), Old Boys (2018) and Je t'aime John Wayne (2000).
Dec 3, 2019 · Old Boys: Directed by Toby MacDonald. With Alex Lawther, Jonah Hauer-King, Pauline Etienne, Denis Ménochet. In the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.
In this episode, three time BAFTA-nominated director Toby MacDonald shares insights on the director's role, emphasizing audience understanding, character dev...
Feb 27, 2019 · Maddy Peden talks toxic masculinity, Timothee Chalamet and the positive shift that’s happening within our current canon with Toby MacDonald.
Feb 21, 2019 · As his boarding-school resetting of Cyrano de Bergerac is released in UK cinemas, BAFTA-nominated director Toby Macdonald discusses the process of bringing his feature debut to the big screen... What was the initial creative spark for Old Boys?
Toby MacDonald’s Old Boys is inspired by Edmond Rostand’s classic French tale, Cyrano de Bergerac. Transposing the French setting for an English all-boys boarding school, Amberson (Alex Lawther) finds himself playing matchmaker between his friend Winchester (Jonah Hauer-King) and the French teacher’s daughter Agnes (Pauline Étienne), who ...
Feb 20, 2019 · A British boys boarding school in the 1980s. Not the most obvious setting for a romantic comedy, especially one based on the most famous romcom of all, Cyrano de Bergerac. But for director Toby Macdonald, it was the ideal challenge for his debut feature following the BAFTA-nominated short Heavy Metal Drummer.
