Word: sebastians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perhaps its greatest demonstration of reverse ficklehood, the Academy didn't nominate any of the actors (except William Hurt) who starred in movies up for best picture. Not Nicholas Cage from Moonstruck, not John Lone from The Last Emperor, not Sebastian Rice-Edwards, the charming moppet who starred in Hope and Glory. Michael Douglas was nominated for Wall Street, not Fatal Attraction...
...Sebastian Rice-Edwards plays sensitive young Bill, a boy meandering his way through the rubble and emotional chaos of war-torn London suburbia. A bit of an imp, but lovable nonetheless, Billy is as attached to his shrapnel collection as to his mother. Hope and Glory traces Bill as he grows out of his shyness, and seven-year-old Rice-Edwards captures the spirit of his character...
...suburban London, waited out the war against Hitler. Dad (David Hayman) joined the army. Mum (Sarah Miles) stayed home with the three children. The teenage daughter (Sammi Davis) discovered the romance of sex under fire. Her preschool sister (Geraldine Muir) held on to any available hand. And Bill (Sebastian Rice Edwards), Boorman's seven-year-old surrogate, was thrilled to pieces by the explosive newness of it all. A bombed-out house with all its booty! A Luftwaffe pilot parachuting into the neighborhood! If these adventures can land on his doorstep, what exploits await him in the wide world outside...
...Terence Conran busy enough for one family? After all, he runs a 900- store empire on both sides of the Atlantic, selling furniture, housewares and clothes that bear his imprint. But no, other family members have got into the act. His son Sebastian, 31, runs an industrial-design firm, and has created products ranging from baby carriages to hangars. Another son, Jasper, 27, is one of Britain's hottest clothing designers, whose clients include Princess Diana and the Rolling Stones. Sir Terence's sister Priscilla oversees the development of new products for her brother and still finds time to create...
...Conran bought Mothercare, a group of some 400 stores worldwide. Priscilla and Sebastian shook the dowdiness out of the Mothercare line, emphasizing colorful clothes made of natural fibers. "We wanted to get rid of that cynical attitude among mass-market retailers who say, 'Oh, these people don't have any taste, why bother,' " explains Conran. "People can only buy what they're offered, so their taste is made by what they're offered...