Looking for Lowry with Ian McKellen
Directed byMargy Kinmonth
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersMargy Kinmonth
Maureen Murray
Production companiesFoxtrot Films Ltd
ITV
Original release
Release
  • 24 April 2011 (2011-04-24)

Looking for Lowry with Ian McKellen is a documentary film about the British artist L. S. Lowry and his work. The film is written and directed by Margy Kinmonth and produced by Foxtrot Films Ltd[1] and features Ian McKellen (L. S. Lowry),[2] Noel Gallagher and Dame Paula Rego. Visiting the Tate Modern store to view its Lowry collection the documentary asks why, despite his popular appeal, the Tate does not have any of its 23 Lowrys on show to the public. Lowry’s heiress Carol Lowry (no relation) appears for the first time on film, describing her 19 year friendship with Uncle Laurie.[3] When Lowry died, he left everything to her in his will; the film features her own personal archive which was found in Lowry’s house.

The film sparked controversy. Tate Britain came under fire in the press for not displaying any of its collection of works by L.S. Lowry. The museum subsequently held a major exhibition of Lowry’s landscapes in 2013 entitled "Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life".[4]

The film was the first of ITV’s Perspectives strand on Sunday 24 April 2011.[5]

Credits

Contributors
  • Ian McKellen
  • Carol Ann Lowry
  • Noel Gallagher
  • Dame Paula Rego
  • Gillian Lynne
  • Jeffrey Archer
  • Ben Timperley
  • Andrew Kalman
  • Robin Light
  • Edwin Mullins
  • Jonathon Horwich
  • Peter Wroe
  • Pam Heywood
  • Chris Stephens
  • Prof. Michael Fitzgerald
  • Darren Goldsmith
  • Martha Leebolt
  • Helena Clark-Maxwell
  • Sally Kalman

References

  1. ↑ "Foxtrot Films". Foxtrot Films. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ↑ McKellen, Sir Ian (21 April 2011). "Sir Ian McKellen: My lifelong passion for LS Lowry". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Diary: Yah-boo-sucks to those who squashed the cloth cap artist". The Independent. 12 December 1999. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Tate. "Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life – Exhibition at Tate Britain". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Mckellen, Ian (21 April 2011). "Sir Ian McKellen: My Lifelong passion for LS Lowry". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2021.


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