Millions

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People - Insight Film Festival - Faith in Film". Archived from the original on 11 September 2016 . Retrieved 11 September 2016.

That night, Damian’s house is surrounded by hundreds of people who have heard that the family has so much money, and that Damian and Anthony have been so free with it. Damian is both saddened and frustrated at how much people are obsessed with money –whether they truly need it or not –and so brings the money to the railroad to burn it. The police arrive in response to the masses of people, so the man with the glass eye is powerless to do anything. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA – 2006". Archived from the original on 16 October 2007 . Retrieved 19 October 2007. Cottrell-Boyce was made an Honorary Doctor of Literature at Edge Hill University on 16 July 2013. [26] In 2014, Cottrell-Boyce wrote an episode of Doctor Who, titled " In the Forest of the Night". He also wrote the second episode of the tenth series, " Smile". [27] In September 2015, Cottrell-Boyce held the keynote speech at the Children´s and Young Adult Program of the 15th Berlin International Literature Festival. [28] Dawtrey, Adam. "Phantom scribe gets BIFA nom". Variety. Archived from the original on 28 June 2006 . Retrieved 29 July 2012.

Millionswas was later turned into a film by Danny Boyle and it features in the Book Trust’s 100 Best Books List for 9-11 year olds. Pacatte, Rose (2005). "Millions". Saint Anthony Messenger. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013 . Retrieved 26 April 2007.

About Northwest Boychoir". Archived from the original on 22 December 2007 . Retrieved 5 December 2007. Brothers Damian and Anthony accidentally get caught up in a train robbery gone wrong and find themselves owners of a huge bag of money. Damian believes the cash is a gift from God and must be used for good but Anthony has other ideas. With only seventeen days until the Euro replaces the Pound they must spend it fast. End world poverty? Buy a lot of pizza? Meanwhile, the crooks who tried to rob the train are looking for their loot and closing in. Frank Cottrell Boyce started writing as a scriptwriter, working on Coronation Street and Brookside and writing screenplays for a number of successful films. Millions began as a screenplay for a film to be directed by Danny Boyle. Boyle encouraged Cottrell Boyce to turn it into a novel which was published before the film came out. a b c "A life in writing: Frank Cottrell Boyce". Susanna Rustin. The Guardian 26 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-28.

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In addition to original scripts, Cottrell-Boyce has also adapted novels for the screen and written children's fiction. His first novel Millions was based on his own screenplay for the film of the same name; it was published by Macmillan in 2004. Cottrell-Boyce won the annual Carnegie Medal from the British librarians, recognising it as the year's best children's book published in the U.K. [16] [17] His next novel Framed, he made the shortlist for both the Carnegie [18] and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. He adapted it as a screenplay for a 2009 BBC television film. He made the Carnegie shortlist again for Cosmic (2008). [18] In 2011, he was commissioned to write a sequel to the Ian Fleming children's book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, [19] which was published in October 2011 as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again. [20] In addition to Coronation Street, he wrote many episodes of the soap opera Brookside, as well as its spin-offs Damon and Debbie and South.

Frank was asked by the Fleming Estate to write the official sequel to Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2012. Cottrell-Boyce was the writer [5] [22] [23] of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, whose storyline he based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. [21] He collaborated with director Danny Boyle and other members of the creative team, including designer Mark Tildesley, [22] in the development of the story and themes, and wrote "short documents that told the story of each segment" [24] to provide context for choreographers, builders and other participants. He also wrote the brochure, [22] [24] the stadium announcements [22] and the media guide for presenter Huw Edwards. [5] [24] Authorgraph No.170 – Frank Cottrell Boyce". Books for Keeps. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009.Frank's first book, Millions, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2004 and has been shortlisted for a number of awards, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Award 2004. Millions has also been made into a movie directed by Danny Boyle. Frank's second novel, Framed, was published in September 2005 and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Prize. It was made into a BBC feature-length film in 2009. Frank's third novel, Cosmic, was published in June 2008. It was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2008 and the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Damian and Anthony Cunningham are crafty brothers. One is aged eight and is interested in saints and the other one is roughly eleven years old and is obsessed with houses prices as he wants to become an estate agent. Their dad, who is in a pub quiz team and very clever, does not notice things. Dorothy is in love with Dad and collects money for charities. She also likes to cook. Glass Eye Man is a very poor man who also is a train robber and is very threatening. The Latter Day Saints are three young men who live like saints. However when they are given money they are very greedy. Tricia is a girl in Damian's class who has two sisters and lives with her bankrupt, kind dad. She has corn row hair. Eddie is the local community police officer who likes toast. Mum is dead (in a better place) and used to have very nice skin and work at a Clinique stall; Terry is the family's neighbour who always wears funny ties and Mr Quinn is very suspicious and is Damian's teacher.

In a 2014 interview, Boyle stated that, had he and Cottrell-Boyce been more confident, they would have made the film as a musical, with the characters singing and dancing. Boyle was interested in having Noel Gallagher write original songs for the film. [2] Release [ edit ] Home media [ edit ]Buch des Monats des Instituts für Jugendliteratur/Book of the Month by the Institute for Youth Literature (Germany), Millions