High Hopes

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As the 20th century reached mid-point, two undergraduates with high hopes and a dash of hero worship for things literary dream of setting the post-war world on fire. One hops into an MG roadster and drives expectantly across North America to meet his idol Christopher Isherwood; soon after, he crosses the Atlantic to attend Balliol College, Oxford. The other fights his way up McGill's student ladder to edit their literary magazines, helping to earn his tuition by bruising labour in BC's Forestry Service. In this collection of their letters (including unpublished correspondence from Christopher Isherwood, Sean O'Casey, Patrick Anderson, and other contemporary writers) Paul Almond and Michael Ballantyne have woven journal entries, photographs and other memorabilia together with their present-day reflections to open a bright window on our collective past.

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Paul Almond has produced and directed more than 100 television dramas for the CBC as well as in England and the United States. He has written, produced, and directed motion pictures for the major studios, including the trilogy Isabel, Act of the Heart, and Journey, which is today considered part of the Canadian film canon. He has won 3 Ohio State Awards for Excellence in TV, 12 Genie craft awards including Best Feature Director and Best TV Director, a Bronze Award at the Houston Film Festival, a Special Award of Merit, Prague TV Festival, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture.