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.