Common Sense and other associated names and logos are trademarks of Common Sense Media, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (FEIN: 41-2024986). All Rights Reserved. | READ MORE. A controversial retail tycoon, Green was forced to stump up hundreds of millions of pounds to BHS pension schemes after the company's collapse. Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan) does all of that, except his party is on Mykonos with a Gladiator themed plywood amphitheatre. This despite the judgment of a Parliamentary Select Committee investigating the myriad bankruptcies that have somehow filled his coffers, that he exemplifies "the unacceptable face of capitalism." As she is a resident of Monaco, no tax was paid in the UK. [4][5] His mother was Emilia McAdam, a great-great granddaughter of the Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam, famous for his invention of the process of "Macadamization", a method of road surfacing, and great granddaughter of James Nicoll McAdam, known to his contemporaries as "The Colossus of Roads". Read about our approach to external linking. MONDELLO: A fashion world bottom feeder played by Steve Coogan, he's scammed his way to wealth - buying and asset-stripping his competitors, paying starvation wages to Bangladeshi workers and, as he tells a parliamentary committee, employing tax dodges. Richard's demise on the battlefield just over two years later, the scholar added, was simply "mischief he received [in turn for] the mischief that he did." Still dressed as Nero. The film introduces Sir Richard McCreadie (Coogan) as the "King of High Street," but another character more aptly describes him as, "A self-made man who worships his creator." To the public,. Few thought it possible that it could happen all over again. Following a meeting at Eighth Army Headquarters in Forli, Northern Italy, in April 1945, he wrote: He [McCreery] has always struck me as one of the ablest of the military officers whom I have seen out here'. Did you expect me to look a bit more like a model? [18] At Middle East Command Alexander was Montgomery's superior at the time of the Second Battle of El Alamein, in October 1942, and McCreery had a role in the planning of that battle, in which armoured vehicles played such a significant part. The soundtrack to such revelations? In a role very much like the one she plays in Harmony Korine's flop "Beach Bum," Isla Fisher plays Sir Richard's sexy, shallow ex-wife Samantha. He's certainly got the teeth for it. And Made in Chelsea star Ollie Locke sends up his past relationship with Greens daughter Chloe by playing the boyfriend of McCreadies daughter. The forced closure of our stores for sustained periods as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has had a material impact on trading across our businesses the Arcadia boards have been working on a number of contingency options to secure the future of the Groups brands.. McCreery was the last commander of the British Eighth Army; in 1945 it was re-constituted as British Troops Austria. His outstanding skill as a horseman was achieved despite the loss of several toes and a hole in the riding muscle of his right leg, as a result of his wounding in the First World War, which left him with a pronounced limp for the rest of his life. He attended the Staff College, Camberley, from 1928 to 1929. Sir Richard McCreery as a lieutenant-general, pictured here in October 1944 after taking command of the British Eighth Army. A Cheshire-grinning Steve Coogan stars in Michael Winterbottom's aggressive take-down of the exploitative practices of global fashion brands. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. Sir Philip, now based in Monaco, has been accused of tax avoidance and was questioned by MPs on his role in the demise of the chain BHS. Emilia's father had been a major in the 7th Dragoon Guards. Loosely sewn together with fishing tackle rather than fine thread, Greed mirrors in tone and style what passes for personality in McCreadie, a prancing hologram of post-capitalist capitalism where success is measured not in product quality but in being seen as a winner. Making fun of rich people is a time-honored tradition in Britain. Expect kissing, straddling, and plenty of sexual references, though no actual sex is depicted on screen. But a lookalike stands in for Simon Cowell, friends with the tycoon for years. COOGAN: (As Sir Richard McCreadie) George Michael's dead. How did the scenes in the Sri Lankan factories make you feel? Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. Director - Michael Winterbottom Written by - Michael Winterbottom Starring: Steve Coogan as Sir Richard McCreadie David Mitchell as Nick Isla Fisher as Samantha McCreadie Sophie Cookson as Lily McCreadie Asa Butterfield as Finn McCreadie Ollie Locke as Fabian Shirley Henderson as Granny? General Sir Richard Loudon McCreery, GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (1 February 1898 18 October 1967) was a career soldier of the British Army, who was decorated for leading one of the last cavalry actions in the First World War. Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (/ j k v k / YANG-k-vik; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor and author. Shakespeares 159293 play Richard III, for instance, finds the fictionalized king saying, I wish the bastards dead; / And I would have it suddenly performd.. MONDELLO: Also, some bad optics - an ex-wife sailing up on a $100 million yacht, their reality TV star daughter bringing along a film crew and their barely-out-of-puberty son seemingly inspired by the Greek landscape and a somewhat literal reading of "Oedipus." McCreery was given command of VIII Corps in the United Kingdom in July 1943 and then, following the Axis surrender in Tunisia, he was given command of X Corps in August 1943[21] which was training to take part in the Italian campaign. Winterbottom, who wrote the movie's scabrous script, isn't trying to render McCreadie more palatable exactly, though like a lot of powerful men, he can be as much fun to be around as the similarly brash (if way more soulful) punk rock producer Coogan played in Winterbottom's terrific 2002 romp 24 Hour Party People. "So there's a kind of grudging respect, I think, for that to some extent.". UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) How much is Tom Jones? Background, early life and First World War, Last edited on 23 February 2023, at 14:35, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 12th (The Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers, Committee to Defeat Revisionism, for Communist Unity, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, "9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)". MONDELLO: Plenty of fodder here, both for comedy and for outrage. Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. But Dighton was still alive, and, notes Thornton in a blog post accompanying the study, living just across the Channel in the English territory of Calaisan area where More spent many months around the time that he wrote History of King Richard III. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character) He would be around sort of 350. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) What? [11], On 10 April, the cavalry moved up behind the advancing British infantry near Telegraph Hill and were kept in an exposed position overnight. But after a damaging public inquiry, his image is tarnished. Until, that is, the very end, when bleak statistics fill the screen, revealing that 80% of garment workers are women, that nine out of 10 billionaires are men, and that 17,000 refugees drowned crossing the Mediterranean in search of safety. Richard James McCready in 1940 United States Federal Census. Rich McCready was born on the 9th of February, 1970. Explanations for why Richard decided to replace the young king vary, with critics arguing that hed long coveted the crown and supporters offering more sympathetic interpretations. There we learn that young Richard is good at nothing except prepping himself to "make money so I can do whatever I want.". If you chose to provide an email address, it will only be used to contact you about your comment. [citation needed], After his retirement from the Army in 1949, General McCreery did not play an active part in public life; however, at the time of the Suez crisis in 1956 he was moved to write a personal letter of protest to his war-time acquaintance Harold Macmillan, then a member of Sir Anthony Eden's cabinet, as he regarded the operation as dishonourable. Topshop fans Alexa Chung and Pixie Lott also have cameos, as does Rolling Stone Keith Richards although it was bandmate Ronnie Wood who partied with Green. Greed merely pokes fun at how the owners spend their money (as in a montage of those tacky celebrity videograms, featuring personalized birthday greetings from the likes of Colin Firth and Keira Knightley, who may or may not have been in on the joke). Sources close to retailer Sir Philip Green understand he has no intention of watching the new movie Greed. The comedy reaches far and wide and will no doubt elicit some easy laughs, yet it doesn't challenge viewers in the way it could. Arcadia has denied using sweatshops and expressed disappointment when it has been "found a supplier had clearly breached" its code of conduct. A pal of shamed rag-trade tycoon Green, 67, told the Sunday People: Sir Philip is aware of the film but says he wont be bothering to watch it because friends who have seen the trailers have told him its a load of s***. I figure hes the only person I know whos not guilty of contributing to the kind of sweatshop misery writer-director Michael Winterbottom attacks in his scattershot new satire Greed, a work of Swiftian apoplexy that gives frequent collaborator Steve Coogan kitted out in fake tan and freakishly white choppers a chance to chew the scenery and then some. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion, bringing the high street to the catwalk and the catwalk to the high street. [A] fellow hardened in murder before that time, the elder Miles reportedly recruited John Dighton, his own housekeeper, a big, broad, square strong knave, to assist. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #4: (As character) Angeline (ph) is now a maybe. As Thornton, an expert in early modern British history at the University of Huddersfield, writes in History: The Journal of the Historical Association, More had previously overlooked ties to the likely killers families, strengthening the credibility of the Utopia authors unnamed sources, who he wrote much knew and little cause had to lie., This has been the greatest murder mystery in British history, because we couldnt really rely on More as an account of what happeneduntil now, says Thornton in a statement. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Most people already know how low-cost fashion works, and they shop anyway. He was not comfortable in public speaking, but as Doherty puts it: 'Not a self-publicist in the manner of Montgomery, McCreery managed nonetheless to gain the confidence of his soldiers who trusted him in peace and war'. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #7: (As character) It's a public beach. Death is mentioned several times, and covered dead bodies are seen after a factory fire. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #10: (As character) He was a parasite. McCreadie is a caricature of a blood-sucking capitalist in a cutthroat industry, and Coogan plays this self-absorbed villain with relish and . After an introductory montage of disgusting self-aggrandizement meant to establish McCreadie as a sleazeball con artist, the film introduces the businessmans hapless biographer, Nick (David Mitchell), through whose eyes were meant to experience the vaguely documentary-style proceedings. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. The lead character is thought to be loosely-based on Sir Philip, who owns the Arcadia group which includes Topshop and Burton. I did it for the money. "I think I can defend myself because I think this is important stuff, you know, stuff that was important to me isn't now. Whilst it is likely that there will be many interested bidders for the Groups legacy brands, particularly Topshop, it is possible that a potential buyer will focus future strategy for the brand online only. This is because they were overshadowed by the contemporaneous campaign in Northern France following the Normandy landings in June 1944 which was the main focus of public attention at the time, and has similarly attracted more attention from subsequent historians. The comedian plays a fashion tycoon in Greed, which lays bare the disparity in the clothing industry where workers can be paid a pittance to make garments for thriving companies. MONDELLO: As for those celebrities who are not showing up, the party planner has a solution. MONDELLO: What Nick witnesses as he chronicles is party prep not going well - workers quitting, a lion who's not looking very ferocious, guests canceling after that investigation. Lowbrow satire of the mega-rich has swearing, drugs. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #9: (As character) He was a bully. COOGAN: (As Sir Richard McCreadie) This is Nick. He twice won the Grand Military Gold Cup at Sandown Park Racecourse (in 1923 and 1928), and represented the Army at polo. Doherty[22] sums up this, the final campaign of the Eighth Army as follows: Sir Richard McCreery had managed one of the finest performances of a British army in the course of the war. Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan) displays the veneer(s) of pleasantness in Michael Winterbottom's Greed. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. "Italian Campaign: Po Valley (A detailed account of the Italian Campaign, Po Valley)", "A contemporary description of General Sir Richard McCreery, his career and his campaigns", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_McCreery&oldid=1141132900, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 14:35. He's good, yeah. In 2015, the BBC covered the selling of BHS to ex racing driver Dominic Chappell for 1, resulted in the business going bust with 11,000 jobs lost, a pension deficit of 571 million, and this year Chappell was sentenced to six years in prison for tax evasion relating to the sale. Celeb obsessed? He's avoided hundreds of millions of tax by claiming that U2 are based in Holland. Richard Vincent Giordano, business executive, born 24 March 1934; died 27 December 2022 . Cookie Policy Steve Coogan: 'I'm prepared for accusations of hypocrisy' over Greed, Coogan's 'grudging respect' for Philip Green, The film draws heavily from events from Green's life. Richard lived in 1935, at address, Ohio. And the satire suffers from a lack of focus and finesse that leaves it in danger of missing the mark, even with "extra material" from Veep/The Thick Of It writer Sean Gray. As monstrous cinematic moguls go, Sir Richard McCreadie, CEO of many a failed British cut-rate clothing chain, is no Citizen Kane. How are drinking and drug use portrayed? Whilst other brands have invested significantly in their online channel and in building relationships with consumers through social media, Arcadia have been slow to invest in the evolvement of its retail offer to a highly mobile consumer audience. "But, you know, people aren't one thing and people change, and people can do things that they think 'I behaved like this, but it wasn't good, and now' The same way people are allowed to change their mind about things. Pic: Greed Sony Pictures Releases UK, Green was forced to stump up hundreds of millions of pounds to BHS pension schemes, The action takes place at a party on the Greek island of Mykonos. Supposedly based on eyewitness testimony, the account painted its subject as a malicious, wrathful, envious, and ever perverse ruler whod secured his crown by ordering the deaths of the rightful heirshis nephews, Edward V and Richard, Duke of Yorkin 1483. Steve Coogan plays a gazillionaire who throws himself a party that is the very picture of wretched excess in the satirical comedy Greed. In 1951 he was given the colonelcy of the 12th Royal Lancers, transferring after their merger in 1960 to the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, a post he held until 1961. 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