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'''''The Eye of the World''''' is the first book of ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' series, written by [[Robert Jordan]].

'''Albert Finney''' (born [[9 May]] [[1936]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]]. He has received five [[Academy Awards]] nominations.

His most famous role was as [[Agatha Christie]]'s master detective [[Hercule Poirot]] in the 1974 film "Murder On The Orient Express." Finney was so effective in the role that he complained that it typecast him for a number of years. "People really do think I am 300 pounds with a French accent" he said.

==Plot synopsis==

He was born in [[Salford]], [[Manchester]], [[England]].

Three young men in an isolated rural community find themselves hunted by the [[Dark One (Wheel of Time)|Dark One]]. Unwillingly, they flee their home in the company of an [[Aes Sedai]] (a powerful female mage) as the Dark One's evil armies pursue. While a series of life-threatening encounters keep them constantly on the move, they are visited by terrible dreams that hint that they play some central part in the Dark One's conflict with the Light, for which the Dark One is desperate to stop them.

His first film was [[The Entertainer]] ([[1960]]), but his real breakthrough came with his portrayal of a disillusioned [[factory]] worker in [[Karel Reisz]]'s film of [[Alan Sillitoe]]'s ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]''. This led to a series of "angry young man" roles in [[kitchen sink drama]]s, most notably [[1963]]'s ''[[Tom Jones (movie)|Tom Jones]]'' (for which he turned down the role of [[T. E. Lawrence]] in ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''). Albert Finney has often been called "A second Olivier".

==External links==

* [http://www.dragonmount.com/Books/Eye_of_the_World/summary.aspx Concise summaries of each chapter (www.dragonmount.com)]

* ISBN 0812511816 (paperback)

His [[television]] roles include the lead in [[Dennis Potter]]'s final two plays: ''[[Karaoke (play)|Karaoke]]'' and ''[[Cold Lazarus]]''. In the latter he played a frozen, disembodied head. His most recent [[Television|TV]] credit is the leading role in [[My Uncle Silas]], about a [[Cornwall|Cornish]] country gentleman, who's looking after his grand-nephew. It ran from [[2000]] until [[2002]], then again for a mini-series in [[2003]].

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From [[1970]] to [[1978]], he was married to the [[France|French]] actress [[Anouk Aimée]].

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==Selected filmography==

*''[[Big Fish]]'' ([[2003]])

*''[[Traffic (2000 movie)|Traffic]]'' ([[2000]])

*''[[Erin Brockovich (movie)|Erin Brockovich]]'' ([[2000]])

*''[[Simpatico]]'' ([[1999]])

*''[[The Browning Version]]'' ([[1994]])

*''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' ([[1990]])

*''[[Under the Volcano]]'' ([[1984]])

*''[[The Dresser]]'' ([[1983]])

*''[[Annie]]'' ([[1982]])

*''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'' ([[1974]])

*''[[Gumshoe (movie)|Gumshoe]]'' ([[1972]])

*''[[Scrooge (1970)]]''

*''[[Tom Jones (movie)|Tom Jones]]'' ([[1963]])

*''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' ([[1960]])

*''The Entertainer'' (1960)

==External linkslink==

* {{imdb name|id=0001215|name=Albert Finney}}

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