Tony Peers, who has died aged 78, was a Butlin’s redcoat who became one of the north of England’s most successful ...

But in 1999, publicly at least, Weinstein's reputation was more that of a notorious bully — someone who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted. And in the nineties, that was Academy Awards.

And 1999 — especially its film output — has already secured its place alongside 1939, 1946, 1967 and 1974 as a watershed moment, anointed the “Best. Movie. Year.