William Templeton

Películas

The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness
Director
The life of man is poor and nasty. A few plants give temporary relief: marijuana, alcohol, and opium. After a history of opium, including the 19th-century Opium Wars, we learn of the discovery of heroin; the rest of the film examines heroin trade and addiction in the U.S. Two tons a year enter the U.S., with only 100 pounds interdicted. Most is used in New York City. Interviews with customs officials, prosecutors, medical doctors and junkies provide points of view. The harsh 1956 law and the medically-oriented law of 1966 are contrasted, with the film on the side of treatment and rehabilitation. It ends with advocating reducing use here and finding other cash crops for farmers abroad.
The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place
Director
This film describes the 1960s drug culture. Addicts discuss their experiences in the United States and in Vietnam. Dr. Stanley Yolles, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), talks about the drug culture and the NIMH role in prevention and treatment. The tape describes growth in the use of marijuana and heroin. In 1966, the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act is the first law to give the addict a choice of treatment or jail. Synanon in California is a private, self-help, residential community that helps people deal with their addictions. New York's Daytop Village works not only with addicts on addictions, but on developing a new lifestyle. Methadone, though still experimental, has proved to be an effective treatment for heroin addiction.
The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene
Director
Robert Mitchum narrates an anti drug propaganda film.
1984
Screenplay
En 1984, Londres está gobernada por el partido totalitario del Gran Hermano. La intimidad y la libertad de pensamiento no existen. Las relaciones sexuales constituyen un delito. Winston Smith trabaja en los archivos del Ministerio de la Verdad reescribiendo y modificando la Historia. Su vida se verá seriamente amenazada cuando empiece a darse cuenta de que sus pensamientos no son tan ortodoxos como el Partido exige; además tiene una relación amorosa clandestina con Julia, una joven del departamento de novelas afiliada a la Liga Antisexo. Ambos saben que tendrán que pagar un precio muy alto por el crimen que están cometiendo y que no hay escapatoria posible.
1984
Writer
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. Episode 1 of Season 6 of Studio One's anthology series.
Midnight Episode
Writer
A panhandler who opens car doors for people in London's theatre district finds himself involved in a deadly mystery when a corpse with a cash-stuffed wallet falls out of a vehicle and he helps himself to some of the money.
Double Confession
Screenplay
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
El ídolo caído
Additional Dialogue
El matrimonio Baines es personal de servicio de una embajada. La pareja cuida de Felipe, que es el hijo del embajador. El señor Baines (Ralph Richardson) y el pequeño son dos compañeros inseparables pero la señora Baines (Sonia Dresdel) trata de una manera dura y autoritaria al pequeño. Baines se enamora de una secretaria de la embajada. Felipe intenta ocultar el secreto. Pero la mujer se entera de lo ocurrido por la indiscreción del pequeño. Poco después, el señor Baines es acusado de matar a su esposa, que cae por las escaleras. Estrenada el 31 de Agosto 1948 en el Festival de Venecia.