Tom Stoppard
Nacimiento : 1937-07-03, Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Historia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE, FRSL (born Tomáš Straussler 3 July 1937) is a British playwright, knighted in 1997. He has written prolifically for TV, radio, film and stage, finding prominence with plays such as Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, The Real Thing, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He co-wrote the screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love and has won one Academy Award and four Tony Awards. Themes of human rights, censorship and political freedom pervade his work along with exploration of linguistics and philosophy. Stoppard has been a key playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation.
In 1939, Stoppard left Czechoslovakia as a child refugee, fleeing imminent Nazi occupation. He settled with his family in Britain after the war, in 1946. After being educated at schools in Nottingham and Yorkshire, Stoppard became a journalist, a drama critic and then, in 1960, a playwright. He has been married twice, to Josie Ingle (1965–1972) and Miriam Stoppard (1972–1992), and has two sons from each marriage, one of whom is actor Ed Stoppard.
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Regarded as ‘Britain’s greatest living playwright’ (Times), Tom Stoppard’s critically acclaimed new play Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of love, family and endurance. At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. We follow his family’s story across half a century, passing through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. A company of 40 actors represent each generation of the family in this epic, but intimate play. Filmed live on stage in London’s West End, ‘Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece is magnificent’ (Independent) and should not be missed. A production from Sonia Friedman Productions.
Himself
Tom Stoppard is perhaps the world’s leading, funniest and cleverest playwright. Ever since he hit the ground running in the 1960s with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, there has always been a streak of melancholy beneath the sparkling surface of his work. Now with his latest play, Leopoldstadt, he comes full circle and faces up to the pain and loss in his past. In this programme, he tells Alan Yentob his extraordinary story.
Self
Documental de HBO sobre la carrera de Steven Spielberg, con entrevistas a amigos y colaboradores del director, que explican sus métodos de trabajo, los secretos de su éxito y repasan algunas de sus películas más icónicas.
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Drama ambientado en el siglo XVII en Holanda, durante una época donde un solo bulbo del tulipán costaba casi 10 veces más que el sueldo medio. La película nos cuenta la historia de un pintor que se enamora de una joven recién casada mientras le está pintando el retrato que le han encargado. Ambos invertirán en el negocio de los tulipanes con el propósito de ganar un dinero que les sirva para crear un futuro juntos.
Theatre Play
Against the backdrop of Hamlet, two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, take centre stage. As the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of Shakespeare’s iconic drama, they become increasingly out of their depth as their version of the story unfolds.
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Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors). Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.
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Adaptación de la famosa novela del ruso León Tolstoi, "Ana Karenina", en esta ocasión protagonizada por Keira Knightley, que encarna a Anna Karenina; Jude Law, que interpreta a Alexei Karenin; y Aaron Johnson, como el joven conde Vronsky. El director Joe Wright, experto en adaptaciones literarias tras el éxito de 'Orgullo y prejuicio' y 'Expiación', aborda esta cinta pasional y de adulterio en la que nuestra heroína, Anna, una refinada dama de la alta sociedad rusa de finales del siglo XIX que, a pesar de estar casada, se enamora de un joven por el que perderá la cabeza y la llevará a dejarse en evidencia dentro del puritano orden social de la época. Una historia de tumultuoso deseo que, además de ser considerada en su momento como una crítica despiadada a la aristocracia rusa, se convirtió también en todo un símbolo de los derechos de libertad de la mujer para elegir su destino en un momento en el que se encontraba a merced de los designios del hombre que fuera su esposo.
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Miniserie televisiva de 5 episodios. Inglaterra de principios del siglo XX. Christopher Tietjens es un aristócrata conservador, leal a su infiel y cínica esposa, a la que sigue unido en nombre del honor familiar y personal. Christopher se enamora de una joven sufragista, pero entonces el mundo entra en guerra y él es llamado a filas. Mientras Inglaterra se desmorona, Christopher descubre que la terrible vida en las trincheras y los crueles juegos de poder de la clase alta no son tan diferentes.
Self
This absolutely top-notch documentary by Robert Fischer is a fascinating look back at not just the film in question, but Fassbinder's meteoric career which ended all too soon with his untimely death. Archival footage of Fassbinder is utilized (including several fascinating snippets culled from interviews he did at the disastrous Cannes premiere of Despair), as well as many others involved in the film and its release. Even if you're not a particular fan of Despair, or even in fact of Fassbinder, this is stellar documentary film making and is an intriguing look at one of the most enigmatic masters of the New German Cinema.
Self
Sir André Previn, born in Berlin in 1929, figures among the most prominent musicians of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He won four Academy Awards for his film scores, he composes concertos, musicals and operas. He conducts, arranges music, and is a renowned pianist, as well as a jazz musician. Previn’s first opera, ‚A Streetcar Named Desire’, based on Tennessee Williams’ play, successfully premiered in San Francisco, in 1998. Our film mirrors Sir Previn’s affinities to Europe as well as to the United States. He is at home in both worlds, with their rather different cultural realities.
Self
What is this film called Brazil? Find out in this witty documentary.
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Inglaterra, 1943. Los descifradores de códigos de Betchley Park, la estación X, sede de los servicios secretos británicos, se enfrentan a su peor pesadilla: inesperadamente, los submarinos nazis han cambiado el código que utilizan para comunicarse entre sí y con el alto mando alemán. Un convoy de barcos de mercancías aliado que está cruzando el atlántico con diez mil pasajeros e importantes suministros está en peligro de ataque. Las autoridades recurren a Tom Jericho, un brillante matemático y experto descifrador de códigos de la inteligencia británica, el hombre que había conseguido descifrar el anterior código nazi, denominado Enigma, empleado para la flota submarina alemana. Lo que sus colegas no saben es que Jericho tiene un enigma personal que resolver: Claire, la mujer de la que se ha enamorado desaparece cuando las autoridades empiezan a sospechar que puede haber un espía en Bletchley Park. Para llegar a fondo de ambos misterios, Jericho solicitará la ayuda de Hester.
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Philip Marlowe está prácticamente retirado de su vida como detective. Se ha casado y vive lujosamente dentro de la más selecta sociedad. La llamada de un amigo detective lo lleva a involucrarse en un nuevo caso en el que la pornografía es la tapadera de un asunto de mayor envergadura.
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Londres, 1593, reinado de Isabel I Tudor. William Shakespeare, joven dramaturgo de gran talento, necesita urgentemente poner fin a la mala racha por la que está pasando su carrera. Por mucho que lo intenta, y a pesar de la presión de los productores y de los dueños de salas de teatro, no consigue concentrarse en su nueva obra: "Romeo y Ethel, la hija del pirata". Lo que Will necesita es una musa y la encontrará en la bella Lady Viola, con la que mantiene un romance secreto. Ahora bien, Lady Viola guarda dos secretos que él debe descubrir.
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Shakespeare films Hamlet on a single reel then, after an initial screening, edits it down to the bare bones.
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Billy, un joven ambicioso de origen humilde, que vive en un barrio de gángsters, decide ingresar en la banda del mafioso Dutch Schultz para aprender los entresijos del negocio. Poco a poco, va escalando posiciones a la sombra del capo, hasta que éste empieza a decaer, momento que Billy aprovecha para hacerse con el poder.
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Basada en una obra teatral del propio Stoppard. Narra la historia del príncipe Hamlet a través de dos personajes secundarios que aparecen en el drama de William Shakespeare.
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Basada en una obra teatral del propio Stoppard. Narra la historia del príncipe Hamlet a través de dos personajes secundarios que aparecen en el drama de William Shakespeare.
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Barley Scott Blair, un editor de literatura rusa afincado en Lisboa que inesperadamente comienza a trabajar para la inteligencia británica, recibe el encargo de investigar los propósitos de Dante, un científico disidente atrapado en la decadente Unión Soviética que se desmorona debido a las nuevas políticas aperturistas.
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A fictionalized autobiographical play written by Czechoslovakian playwright-turned-president Vaclav Havel in 1984 upon his release from a four-and-one-half-year prison term for political subversion. The play focuses on two days in the life of a dissident writer who is awaiting the knock at the door that may send him to prison.
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Rupert Purvis jumps off a bridge onto a dog, causing problems for Blair, his superior at MI5. Blair must convince Hogbin, the agent who's been tailing Purvis, of which side Purvis is really on--once he finds out what it is.
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Cuando, en diciembre de 1941, el ejército japonés ocupa Shanghai, la privilegiada vida de James Graham, un niño inglés de clase alta, toca a su fin. Es separado de sus padres y confinado en un campo de concentración próximo a un aeropuerto militar chino. En un ambiente dominado por la tristeza y la miseria se verá obligado a madurar prematuramente, y eso condicionará su visión del mundo.
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En un extraño y deprimente universo futurista donde reinan las máquinas, una mosca cae dentro de un ordenador y cambia el apellido del guerrillero Harry Tuttle (Robert de Niro) por el del tranquilo padre de familia Harry Buttle, que es detenido y asesinado por el aparato represor del Estado. El tranquilo burócrata Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) es el encargado de devolver un talón a la familia de la víctima, circunstancia que le permite conocer a Jill Layton (Kim Greist), la mujer de sus sueños. Y, mientras la persigue, hace amistad con Harry Tuttle y se convierte en su cómplice.
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An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.
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When their boss goes off to Vienna to dine with his fiancé, his clerks decide this may be their last chance for an adventure (razzle) and head for the Big City. Zangler must cancel his plans, as his niece has run off with her boyfriend. Naturally, soon everyone is running into everyone else!
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Maurice Castle (Nicol Williamson) es un mediocre empleado del servicio de inteligencia británico que trabaja recopilando rutinaria información de los países de África. En la época del Appartheid estuvo destinado en Sudáfrica y se casó con una nativa. Castle observa impotente cómo un compañero y amigo suyo es implicado erronéamente en un caso de contraespionaje.
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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn. It was first performed in 1977. The play criticizes the Soviet practice of treating political dissidence as a form of mental illness.[1] Its title derives from the popular mnemonic used by music students to remember the notes on the lines of the treble clef.
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Berlín, 1930, durante el ascenso del nazismo. Hermann Hermann, emigrante ruso y fabricante de chocolates, casado con la caprichosa Lydia, pierde cada día más los nervios en el trato con sus trabajadores y otros empresarios; hasta que conoce a Felix, un vagabundo, que parece ser físicamente idéntico a él; un hecho desconcertante que lleva a Hermann Hermann a tramar una particular salida de un mundo falso que en realidad odia.
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Three philosophy professors travel to Prague for a conference. One of them, Anderson, is forced to rethink his ideas on ethics when a former student is arrested by the Czech authorities for writing about individualist approaches to morality.
Alan Clarke's documentary about Soviet writer and dissident Vladimir Bukovsky, who had left the Soviet Union in 1976 after years spent in their prisons and psychiatric wards. The film was completed in 1977 but never broadcast, subject only to private screenings. The documentary appears publicly for the first time as a special feature of the BFI's 'Dissent and Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969-1989)' box set, alongside 50 minutes of outtakes.
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The play centres on the figure of Henry Carr, an elderly man who reminisces about Zürich in 1917 during the First World War, and his interactions with James Joyce when he was writing Ulysses, Tristan Tzara during the rise of Dada, and Lenin leading up to the Russian Revolution, all of whom were living in Zürich at that time.
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One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air and exercise would be just the very thing, or so their doctors tell them. So, after debating the merits of hotel or camp beds and what to pack, they set off on their voyage - a trip up the Thames from Henley to Oxford - but very quickly find themselves ill-equipped for the trials of riverbank life.
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A lexicographer's room gets trashed and notes scattered just as he was in the process of compiling a dictionary.
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Caine y Jackson interpretan respectivamente a un novelista y su mujer que invitan a Berger a su casa con la esperanza de que comparta la cama del matrimonio y ayude a Caine con su nueva novela.
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An allied agent is sent out into an obscure country to find a Russian Agent who has been thrown out of Russia for defection. He finds a broken man who drowns his days in drink, and feels sympathy for him.
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An early version of Jumpers - nothing happens at random - Doollee
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An old and evil businessman who doesn't believe in Christmas is haunted by three ghosts that show him the joy of Christmas.
