Chris O'Dell

An interview and career overview of BAFTA-nominated cinematographer Chris O'Dell.

Después de que su trineo fuese derribado mientras volaba a través de espacio aéreo militar restringido, Santa Claus es buscado para ser interrogado por un par de agentes de Seguridad Nacional demasiado entusiastas. El destino de la Navidad está ahora en manos de un dúo de incrédulos, a menos que su fe en Santa pueda ser restaurada por dos niños y un trío de elfos que han llegado del Norte para ayudar a su amigo.

When wealthy, recently-widowed suburban housewife, Margery (PENELOPE KEITH), and her ‘rough diamond’ of a cleaner, Gladys (JUNE BROWN), disturb a house burglar, they knock him unconscious, panic and leave him for dead, fleeing in the cleaner’s wrecked old car. What follows is a comedy of misunderstandings in which these two very different, mature ladies are led on an unfortunate series of incidents which snowballs into a crime spree. They prove to be more than a match for the unlikely pair of policemen, DI Woolley (Roger Lloyd Pack) and DS Stringer (Martin Freeman), who are left to solve the ladies disappearance and puzzling string of crimes which follow. As the police net tightens around them, the two very different, mature ladies are propelled on a shared voyage of self-discovery as skeletons fall from the closets forcing both women to reflect on their past lives.

Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.

Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.

Pollyanna es una niña huérfana, alegre y optimista que, tras la muerte de su padre, va a vivir con su tía Polly. La tía es una adinerada mujer soltera de carácter fuerte y estricto que no desea que Pollyanna mencione a su padre. Pero la niña le enseña a los más gruñones del pueblo el juego favorito de su padre que ayuda a las personas a ver el lado bueno de las cosas. Así termina transformando tanto la vida de su tía como la del pueblo entero. Cuando la desinteresada y bondadosa Pollyanna sufre un grave accidente, pierde su optimismo y los vecinos del pueblo acuden a ofrecerle su apoyo para que recupere su alegría.

Based on the true story of Shelia Bowler, accused of murdering her elderly aunt.

Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.

Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny in order to save their ship, the HMS Renown.

We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly hermit. Now children evacuated from London are overwhelming volunteers to house them. Practically under protest, Mr. Tom takes in a painfully quiet 10-year-old, who gradually reveals big problems.

Contemporary thriller set partly on the island of Rhodes. A bankrupt former garage owner, now working as a waiter and a caretaker on the Greek isle, is hauled in by the local police when a young Englishwoman he has befriended goes missing. Under suspicion of murder, he flees the island and returns to England, where he begins trying to piece together the missing woman's background and her reasons for visiting Rhodes in the first place.

An engaging and enlightening documentary about Jeff Keen shown on Channel 4 in 1983. Features Keen performing in front of his film projections as well as talking about and showing his work in different media.

Particular visión de Kenneth Anger acerca de la nueva era preconizada por el mago Aleister Crowley. Film experimental con una sucesión de imágenes de caracteres mágicos y psicotrónicos con el antiguo Egipto como telón de fondo.

TV documentary in which Robert Redford discusses the Wild West and retraces the old escape route to Mexico.

Debut de Roeg en un thriller ambientado en el mundo de la música pop. Chas es un performer de la mafia, un matón a sueldo que aplica curiosas y artísticas torturas a sus víctimas. Cuando surge un problema con su capo, se ve obligado a huir, y decide esconderse en el sótano de una antigua casa de un suburbio de Londres. El casero, una ex estrella de rock llamada Turner (interpretado por Mick Jagger), vive con dos mujeres con las que forma un trío, y se pasa el día comiendo setas alucinógenas e improvisando con la guitarra. Al principio, Chas y Turner chocan, pero poco a poco, en un viaje de conocimiento mutuo, se darán cuenta de que ambos son performers y que tan sólo una delgada línea les separa.

Eight unrelated humorous episodes.