QM2 Welcomes Award-Winning Screenwriting Duo
May 19, 2008
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, Britain’s award-
winning writing team and writers of the recent thriller
The Bank Job, are set to add a dose of humour and
hilarity to Queen Mary 2’s June 8 Transatlantic Crossing.
Best known for their work on some of the UK’s best-loved comedies, Clement and La Frenais will draw on nearly a half-century of plot- and character-building to give Cunard guests an “inside look” at the world of successful screenwriting and production.
BAFTA-award winners, Clement and La Frenais have enjoyed a creative partnership that spans more than four decades, working with many of Britain’s most notable actors, including Peter Sellers, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Tracy Ullman and Daniel Craig.
They have most recently adapted The Rottersу Club and Archangel for the BBC and completed four films in
diverse genres, including The Bank Job, an action-packed adventure; Goal! The Dream Begins, a sports film; Flushed Away, an animated movie; and Across the Universe, a Golden Globe-nominated musical set to an all-Beatles soundtrack.
2009 Voyage Program
May 19, 2008
Following simultaneous World Cruises in early 2009, Cunard Line’s flagship QUEEN MARY 2 and the new QUEEN VICTORIA will celebrate Cunard’s 170th year in service by embarking on a series of more than 60 departures calling on over 75 ports in 34 countries. Highlights of the 2009 schedule include additional QUEEN MARY 2 Transatlantic Crossings (including options to extend or embark a Crossing via Boston) and 11 new QUEEN VICTORIA itineraries featuring 18 maiden.
In commemoration of QUEEN MARY 2’s fifth year in service, the grand ocean liner will sail her first Around the British Isles itinerary, an eight-day journey featuring first-time calls to Liverpool, Glasgow, and Cork.
In addition, guests interested in an all-at-sea travel experience by sailing roundtrip to Europe from New York can do so aboard QUEEN MARY 2’s Grand Voyages of 20-24 days. These are available on her European itineraries by adding a legendary Transatlantic Crossing to the beginning and end of a voyage, affording guests an extended and more relaxing journey of a lifetime. For more information and reservations, call Cunard-Cruise.com @ 800-925-8572.
Kicking off her second year at sea, QUEEN VICTORIA will offer a wide range of voyages from her home port of Southampton featuring northern Europe itineraries to the North Cape and Spitzbergen, the Baltic and Iceland. In total her 2009 schedule features 11 new itineraries, including Kristiansand, Norway; Gothenburg, Sweden; Alghero on the Italian Island of Sardinia, and Cephalonia, Greece.
In July, she will make her maiden voyage to Iceland, visiting nine ports including Akureyri, home of the northernmost golf course in the world, and Reykjavik, the northernmost capital city in the world, on the 13-day Geysers & Glaciers itinerary roundtrip from Southampton. Other port calls include Grundarfjordur, Alesund, Hellesylt, Geiranger, Flaam/Sognefjord, Stavanger and Bergen.
For more information and reservations, call Cunard-Cruise.com @ 800-925-8572.