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28 October 2014

Iain Softley

The Skeleton Key

Interviewed by Adrian Hennigan

People told me that no one was going to watch horror films any more

Iain Softley is not one for repeating himself. Since graduating from Cambridge in the late 70s and working for the 91ÈÈ±¬'s documentary team in the 80s, he has made five diverse movies: Stu Sutcliffe biopic Backbeat (1994); teen computer drama Hackers (1995); Henry James adaptation The Wings Of The Dove (1997); sci-fi drama K-PAX (2001); and now supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key. The latter stars Kate Hudson as a nurse who gets drawn into the world of hoodoo whilst caring for a stroke victim (John Hurt) in deepest Louisiana...

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The Skeleton Key is released in UK cinemas on Friday 29th July 2005.

Fact File
Date of Birth: 1958
Famous For: Flitting between genres and film sets in Hollywood and Britain
Infamous For: Directing the Toni Braxton video How Could An Angel Break My Heart
Soundbite: "Probably the worst thing that can happen to a director in pre-production is for an actor to become wedded to a wig"
Useless Fact: Was originally in line to direct Nick Hornby's About A Boy
What we really want to know: Any chance of Hackers 2?

MOVIES Links
The Skeleton Key film review Iain Softley: Calling the Shots Q&A

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