Summary
WHEN James Marsh arrived at the Academy Awards in 2009 he found himself presented with the bet of a lifetime.
Sitting in the row in front of him was Werner Herzog, whose Encounters at the End of the World was one of the films vying with Marsh's Man on Wire for a statuette. Herzog turned to the British director and said: "I'll bet you my house that you've won." Herzog's house or an Oscar: the very definition of a win-win bet? Marsh took the wager and won the Oscar.See the full content of this document
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Walking Another Wire
It's too early to say whether Marsh's new documentary, Project Nim, will lead to another trip to the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, but it would be a brave bookie who would bet against him.
Project Nim tells the true story of a chimpanzee who was taken from his mother and brought up by humans to discover i...See the full content of this document
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