Stanley Tucci, actor
Stanley Tucci, actor, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.
Stanley Tucci is an actor, director and writer who is known for his roles in a broad range of feature films including the Devil Wears Prada, Julie and Julia and the Hunger Games. More recently he has whetted the appetites of television viewers with his food and travel series Searching for Italy.
Stanley鈥檚 grandparents left Calabria in southern Italy for a new life in America, where his parents were born. Stanley himself was born in Peekskill, New York, and grew up in the nearby hamlet of Katonah. He studied drama at the State University of New York and in 1985 made his debut in John Huston鈥檚 film Prizzi鈥檚 Honour.
In 1996 he co-wrote, co-directed and starred in Big Night about two brothers who run a struggling Italian restaurant. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance film Festival. In 2002 he starred in Sam Mendes鈥檚 Road to Perdition and he played a serial killer in Peter Jackson鈥檚 film the Lovely Bones. He published his first cookbook in 2012.
Stanley lives in London with his wife, the literary agent Felicity Blunt, and their family.
DISC ONE: Let It Be - The Beatles
DISC TWO: Compared to What (Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival) - Les McCann & Eddie Harris
DISC THREE: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - II. Adagio. Performed by Karl Leister (clarinet) and Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
DISC FOUR: The Weakness in Me - Joan Armatrading
DISC FIVE: What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
DISC SIX: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48 - I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato. Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker and conducted by Herbert von Karajan
DISC SEVEN: A Foggy Day (In London Town) - Frank Sinatra
DISC EIGHT: Not Dark Yet - Bob Dylan
BOOK CHOICE: Westward Ha! by S J Perelman
LUXURY ITEM: Art supplies
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Paula McGinley
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Music Played
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The Beatles
Let It Be
- 1.
- UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
- 26.
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Les McCann & Eddie Harris
Compared to What (Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival)
- Swiss Movement (Montreux 30th Anniversary).
- Rhino Atlantic.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - II. Adagio
Performer: Karl Leister. Performer: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Mozart: Wind Concertos.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 2.
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Joan Armatrading
The Weakness in Me
- Love And Affection: The Essential Joan Armatrading.
- UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
- 22.
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Louis Armstrong
What a Wonderful World
- Louis Armstrong: The Ultimate Collection.
- Sony Classics.
- 1.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48 - I. Pezzo
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- Karajan 60s/3.
- 97.
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Frank Sinatra
A Foggy Day (In London Town)
- American Songbook.
- H&H Music Ltd.
- 4.
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Bob Dylan
Not Dark Yet
- Time Out Of Mind.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 7.
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