{"id":6403,"date":"2012-02-24T18:48:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T18:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/?p=763"},"modified":"2023-08-02T13:06:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T20:06:02","slug":"uk-prime-minister-hopes-for-a-hell-and-back-again-oscar-win","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/uk-prime-minister-hopes-for-a-hell-and-back-again-oscar-win\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Prime Minister Hopes for a Hell and Back Again Oscar Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister David Cameron sent this note to Mike Lerner, producer of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/hell-and-back-again\/\">Hell and Back Again<\/a><\/em>, yesterday. The very British <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roastbeeftv.com\/people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roast Beef Productions<\/a> are the clever lads behind Danfung Dennis&#8217;s Oscar-nominated documentary.<\/p>\n<p>We say ditto! Good luck Danfung, Mike, Martin, Nathan, Ashley, and the whole <em>Hell and Back Again<\/em> crew.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister David Cameron sent this note to Mike Lerner, producer of Hell and Back Again, yesterday. The very British Roast Beef Productions are the clever lads behind Danfung Dennis&#8217;s Oscar-nominated documentary. We say ditto! 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