Michael Armstrong

Michael Armstrong

Nacimiento : 1944-07-24, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

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Michael Armstrong

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Electric Boogaloo, la loca historia de Cannon Films
Self - Writer
¿Qué tendrá la Cannon para inspirar no uno, sino dos documentales? La respuesta es fácil: cinefilia sin complejos, descaro y dos cerebros, Menahem Golam y Yoram Globus, más grandes que la vida. Si The Go-Go Boys se centra en la tormentosa relación entre los dos primos, Electric Boogaloo analiza las demenciales estrategias publicitarias con que la productora sacudió los cimientos de Hollywood.
Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce
Himself
Extensive documentary on the making of Tobe Hooper's infamous 1985 science fiction flop LIFEFORCE. Features interviews with Hooper, producer Michael J. Kagan, editor John Grover, actors Aubrey Morris and Nicholas Ball, makeup artist Sandra Exelby, screenwriter Michael Armstrong, sound designer Vernon Messenger, artistic designers Tom Adams and Roger Stewart and effects artist John Schoonraad.
House of the Long Shadows... revisited
Produced and presented by Derek Pykett. It is clearly an amateur production, and somebody needs to teach him how to conduct interviews without constantly giggling in the background, but we should be grateful for his enthusiasm. It is doubtful anyone else would have gone to so much trouble. He reunites Walker and Langley with Julie Peasgood, one of the film's younger stars, at the original location, actually Rotherfield park in Hampshire. He has also secured interviews with several other of the movie's participants from both in front of and behind the camera, the most surprising of all being a fascinating chat with Desi Arnaz. Jr himself. He has fond memories of the film, particularly working with such a terrific cast.
Tigon Tales of Terror
Himself
Featurette on the Tigon Collection box set
Noche de paz, noche de muerte II
Original Music Composer
Rick, el hermano menor del asesino del hacha disfrazado de Santa Claus, revive los crímenes de su hermano mayor y sigue la tradición familiar.
A Steven Wright Special
Writer
Steven Wright, the Confucius of Comedy, recorded his first album, I Have A Pony, in 1985. That Grammy - nominated album, along with an HBO special the following year, established Wright as one of the most inventive, peculiar and admired comedians of our era. Surreal and cerebral, his languid voice and deadpan delivery of ironic, witty and sometimes even deeply philosophical one-liners made him a unique and unforgettable performer.
Lifeforce, fuerza vital
Screenplay
Astronautas ingleses y norteamericanos viajan a bordo de la nave espacial "Churchill", en misión científica para estudiar el cometa Halley, que se acerca a la Tierra. Antes de llegar a su destino, encuentran una nave extraterrestre que viaja en la cola del cometa. La nave atrae la curiosidad de los astronautas quienes, al mando del comandante de la misión, se lanzan a su investigación. En el interior hallan tres recipientes de cristal, cada uno de los cuales contiene a un ser de aspecto humano y saludable. Esto desencadenará un alucinante caos en Londres.
La casa de las sombras del pasado
Screenplay
El escritor Kenneth Magee se apuesta 20.000 dólares con su editor a que es capaz de escribir una novela de terror en 48 horas y para ello se traslada a una vieja mansión en Gales. Pero sus esfuerzos se ven interrumpidos por la llegada de varias personas a la casa. Resulta que son todos miembros de la familia Grisbane, propietarios de la mansión. Kenneth se entera de que hace cuarenta años un miembro de la familia, Roderick, fue encerrado en el ático y tratado como un animal después de que violara y matara a una mujer. Pero cuando abren el ático, se encuentran con que Roderick ha escapado. Entonces, alguien comienza a matar a los allí reunidos y Kenneth se da cuenta de que Roderick está entre ellos como uno más del grupo y ha vuelto para vengarse.
Screamtime
Screenplay
Dos jóvenes entran en un videoclub y roban tres vídeos de terror. Sólo cuando finaliza la tercera cinta se dan cuenta del terrible precio que tienen que pagar por el robo, ya que una fuerza irresistible exige su pago en sangre.
Screamtime
Director
Dos jóvenes entran en un videoclub y roban tres vídeos de terror. Sólo cuando finaliza la tercera cinta se dan cuenta del terrible precio que tienen que pagar por el robo, ya que una fuerza irresistible exige su pago en sangre.
The Best of the Adventures
Writer
A feature-length compilation of the funniest and naughtiest bits from the legendary 1970s’ Adventures of series!
The black panther
Screenplay
En Inglaterra, el infame Donald Neilson, conocido como la Pantera Negra, secuestra y asesina a una joven de 17 años de edad.
Adventures of a Private Eye
Screenplay
While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.
It Could Happen to You
Writer
An educational film about the perils associated with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The drama is interspersed with scenes of a medical adviser directly addressing the camera giving advice and information about STDs.
Adventures of a Taxi Driver
Customer
Joe North is a London taxi driver who manages to get himself into any number of sexual situations with various women.
Three for All
Sylvester
A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain
Eskimo Nell
Writer
Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo Nell" of the title. However problems start from the beginning, the scriptwriter is a virgin, a lover of penguins and hasn't a clue on how to write an erotic movie, each of the three main backers want a different type of movie - a western, an erotic and a kung-fu movie with different people in the main part. However problems really start for the three when Benny runs off with all the money and they have to make three different versions of the same film and try not to let the backers and stars know what has happened. And this is made harder when there is a clean-up-filth society breathing down their necks....
Eskimo Nell
Dennis Morrison
Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo Nell" of the title. However problems start from the beginning, the scriptwriter is a virgin, a lover of penguins and hasn't a clue on how to write an erotic movie, each of the three main backers want a different type of movie - a western, an erotic and a kung-fu movie with different people in the main part. However problems really start for the three when Benny runs off with all the money and they have to make three different versions of the same film and try not to let the backers and stars know what has happened. And this is made harder when there is a clean-up-filth society breathing down their necks....
Mark of the Devil Part II
Writer
A tribunal interrogates, tortures and murders "witches" and "heretics" during the Inquisition.
The Sex Thief
Sergeant Plinth
A struggling pulp fiction writer who doubles as an incompetent jewel thief. He gets caught in the act every time, but he uses his looks and charm to make the best of it. Soon he becomes a celebrity. Wealthy women start leaving their jewels out like milk and cookies for Santa Claus in hopes that the sex thief will unlawfully invade their domiciles.
The Sex Thief
Writer
A struggling pulp fiction writer who doubles as an incompetent jewel thief. He gets caught in the act every time, but he uses his looks and charm to make the best of it. Soon he becomes a celebrity. Wealthy women start leaving their jewels out like milk and cookies for Santa Claus in hopes that the sex thief will unlawfully invade their domiciles.
Las torturas de la Inquisición
Writer
Austria, 1700. Terribles tiempos de superstición y persecuciones religiosas. Los "cazadores de brujas": crueles y despiadados. A una ciudad austriaca llega el gran maestro inquisidor para preparar los increibles juicios que terminarán en terribles torturas para los infelices, que a ojos de los inquisidores han conjurado los poderes de las tinieblas o, en el caso de las mujeres, han fornicado con el diablo.
Las torturas de la Inquisición
Director
Austria, 1700. Terribles tiempos de superstición y persecuciones religiosas. Los "cazadores de brujas": crueles y despiadados. A una ciudad austriaca llega el gran maestro inquisidor para preparar los increibles juicios que terminarán en terribles torturas para los infelices, que a ojos de los inquisidores han conjurado los poderes de las tinieblas o, en el caso de las mujeres, han fornicado con el diablo.
La casa maldita
Screenplay
Una reunión de jóvenes a finales de los años sesenta degenera en una sesión de aburrimiento. Para evadirse de él, se les ocurre ir a una antigua casa abandonada en las afueras de la ciudad con la intención de “cazar fantasmas”. Al poco de permanecer allí, uno de ellos aparece muerto, salvajemente asesinado.
La casa maldita
Director
Una reunión de jóvenes a finales de los años sesenta degenera en una sesión de aburrimiento. Para evadirse de él, se les ocurre ir a una antigua casa abandonada en las afueras de la ciudad con la intención de “cazar fantasmas”. Al poco de permanecer allí, uno de ellos aparece muerto, salvajemente asesinado.
The Image
Director
An artist's painting comes to life, and haunts him.