Michael Tuchner

Nacimiento : 1934-01-01, Berlin, Germany

Muerte : 2017-01-17

Películas

Un lugar llamado hogar
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En la localidad de Southern Belle, una mujer madura, Tula (Ann Margret), vive sola en una hermosa propiedad que se desmorona, pero sus sobrinos quieren arrebatársela para sus intereses inmobiliarios empleando métodos poco ortodoxos. La inesperada llegada de Cali y su padre, Hank, cambiarán la forma de pensar y de actuar de Tula.
Regreso al jardín secreto
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En esta secuela del “Jardín Secreto”, situada en 1946, la historia presenta a una Mary Lennox, la joven heroína de la primera novela, ya más crecida y alejada de su querido y encantador jardín de Yorksire Mistlewaith Manor. Ahora viviendo en Nueva York, Mary conoce a Lizzie, un atrevido y revoltoso huérfano de Brooklyn. Será Lizzie quien decida marcharse a Inglaterra para intentar salvar el Jardín Secreto de Mary que se está literalmente muriendo ante la ausencia de su cuidadora... (FILMAFFINITY)
30 Years to Life
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In a futuristic dystopia, a teenager is medically aged 30 years to punish him for a crime he didn't commit.
Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time
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This entry in the long-running romance of Jonathan and Jennifer Hart picks up following the death of their beloved friend Max when the Harts go to Montreal for the reading of his will. While there, they learn of a clock Max has left for them with his niece, Marie, which is stolen before they can receive it. Meanwhile, Marie’s partner in their antique shop, Vivienne, meets with Ronnie, her secret lover and the husband of the Harts’ friend Lady Camilla Ashley, and is subsequently killed. The clock seems to be at the center of a mystery which includes kidnapping and murder, and the Harts will have to unravel it if they want to get their gift from Max back.
Awake to Danger
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Recently awakened from a coma, a traumatized adolescent girl fights to remember the circumstances surrounding her mother's brutal death. But as the details slowly come into focus, a killer watches and waits.
Good King Wenceslas
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Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people.
The Conviction of Kitty Dodds
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An abused woman escapes from prison, is recaptured, and sent back then tries to get her sentence reduced. Based on a true story.
The Rainbow Warrior
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Peter Wilcox (Voight), as skipper of the 'Rainbow Warrior', a Greenpeace ship, docks in Auckland, July 1985, preparing for a protest against French nuclear testing in the south pacific. When a bomb rips open the vessel, killing a crew member, he must convince the police superintendent (Neill) that this is an act of terrorism. Determined not to allow outside forces to threaten their harbor, the police embark on a pursuit of the persons responsible. The events that follow nearly bring down an allied nation's government.
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
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Based on the actual events of the 1991 brush fires that swept across Northern California which left countless people without homes. A rookie fire chief who just started his new job must deal with the raging fires.
With Murder in Mind
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A real estate agent is shot while trying to sell a rural farm and tries to bring the shooter to justice.
Captive
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Paul and Kathy Plunk buy a small motel in a lonesome mountain region in Oregon. Their newfound tranquility is broken by a pair of guests who turn out to be wanted criminals on run from the police. They need money, so they assault the Plunks, force them to withdraw all their money from the bank. But the nightmare just begins as they take the Plunks and their baby with them as hostages.
The Summer My Father Grew Up
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A divorced and remarried doctor tries to reconnect with his eleven-year-old son whom he has always neglected.
When Will I Be Loved?
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Three disillusioned wives who are contemplating divorce compare notes on their stormy marriages.
Wilt
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Comedia que adapta la popular novela de Tom Sharpe. Henry Wilt (Griff Rhys Jones) es un tímido profesor de un conflictivo instituto de formación profesional a punto de ser adquirido por los japoneses. En una obra de construcción de al lado del centro escolar, aparece un cuerpo del que se sospecha que es la mujer del propio Wilt, quien se convertirá en el principal inculpado del asesinato.
Desperate for Love
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The story of murder among a trio of teenagers after a boy breaks up with a girl and she runs into the arms of his vulnerable best friend.
Internal Affairs
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A skilled police detective in a case involving the strange, sadistic murder of a young prostitute who has been killed in exactly the same fashion as a young nightclub singer in Saigon during the Vietnam War. At the same time, the detective attempts to ferret out corruption in the police ranks.
Mistress
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A woman who's been having an affair with a married man who's been taking care of her. When he dies she finds herself with nothing. So she tries to rebuild her life but not without the stigma of being a kept woman following her.
We're Puttin' on the Ritz
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Two employees of a reclusive millionaire, Micki the secretary and Max the chauffeur, decide to attend a society function to which their employer has been invited. In the course of the evening, Max and Micki establish new identities in the world of high society and, while rubbing shoulders with the elite, they uncover a scam that tests their sleuthing skills as much as their social skills.
Trapped In Silence
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A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.
Amos
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Amos Lasher loses his wife and home in an accident, finding himself in the care of the state, or specifically speaking, the Sunset Nursing Home. Here he finds the head nurse, Daisy Daws, ruling the cowed patients with an iron hand, but as his determination to get out of Sunset grows, the more sinister his situation becomes.
Generation
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Richard Beymer stars in this futuristic story of the United States at the turn of the century and a sport called combat hockey. With Marta DuBois, Drake Hogestyn, Hannah Cutrona, Cristina Raines, Priscilla Pointer.
Not My Kid
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A teenaged drug addict is sent to Dr. Royce's controversial drug intervention program where the addicts in the program confront each other in supervised group meetings. Also, in evening meetings, the addicts are confronted by their families. The girl's parents want to remove her from the program because it upsets them that their daughter is being forced to associate with addicts who admit to stealing and trading sex for drugs.
Adam
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Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases...John and Reve Walsh deal with their grief in front of the whole country when their son, Adam, is abducted and later found dead.
Intriga en Malta
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Una aspirante a escritora de misterio viaja a Malta para escribir su primera novela. Allí conoce a un atractivo y misterioso norteamericano. Las cosas se complican cuando se ve involucrada en una red internacional de contrabando de plutonio.
Parole
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High school dropout Jimmy McCusick goes to prison for robbery. After suffering a gang-rape and then drawing the attention of a hardened life-term convict, he is put in protective confinement. Upon being paroled he finds himself unable to hold onto either his girlfriend or his job. Parole officer Andy Driscoll must find a way to keep Jimmy from sliding back into crime.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Adaptación televisiva de la novela de Victor Hugo, con Anthony Hopkins en el papel del jorobado Quasimodo.
Haywire
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Based on the autobiography of Brooke Hayward, daughter of famous Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, who grows up in the glamorous, cruel and emotionally unstable world of her parents.
Tales of the Unexpected: Dip in the Pool
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An American gambler on a trans-Atlantic liner goes into the pool that bets on how far ship sails each day. Expecting bad weather, he bets a low distance, but then the weather fines up. He must come up with a plan to slow the ship down.
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
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Aspiring dancer Phyllis Dixey makes her name as a stripper.
Summer of My German Soldier
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Patty Bergen is a teenager in a Jewish family living in the American South during World War II. Patty feels like an outcast even in her own family and is unable to understand why her father can't seem to love her. Her town eventually becomes host to a prisoner of war camp. A young german soldier escapes from this camp, and Patty finds him hiding in her secret places in the woods outside of town. After getting to know him she ends up harboring him from his captors, and, in the way of many adolescents, falls in love with him. Patty knows what she is risking to help him, but in his company she feels important, special, and respected as she has never been. In the end, his regard lifts her self-esteem and helps her to face the heartbreaking events to come.
Summer Season
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Blackpool usually means sun and sand, and a ride on the big dipper; but Ricky and Michelle are working. Dave is hard at work too - getting in on their act.
Bar Mitzvah Boy
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On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, young Elliot finds that all the grown men in his life are somewhat wanting.
The Likely Lads
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With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s Bob rather than Terry who is visibly distressed by this. Upset and much the worse for free alcohol, Bob then storms into the library to seek sympathy from Thelma - who is, predictably, unimpressed. So when Thelma finds out that Terry has been getting semi-serious with glamorous Finnish shop assistant Chris, she takes it upon herself to try and pair them off for good via planning first a dinner party and then that mainstay of 70s comedy, a camping expedition. Of course, things don’t go quite according to plan and before you can say ‘I can see the way this is going’ we are set up for japes, larks and embarrassing incidents aplenty, which culminate in the lads getting rather fed up with their partners’ attempts to inflict the rugged outdoor lifestyle upon them and trying to hitch up and drive off with the girls still asleep in the caravan.
Keep an Eye on Albert
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Pubs, pigeons, weight-lifting - that's Terry's life, and his wife Glenda feels neglected. But now Terry's best mate, Albert, is on leave from the Merchant Navy, and Albert knows how to treat a lady. 'Fireworks assured,' says the wrestling poster.
The Old Curiosity Shop
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A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Easy Go
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A hot day by the Thames - very hot for some Deptford children. When they and some dockers spot a 'prize' in the river, the race is on between the rival factions to win it.
El miedo es la clave
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Un hombre sufre la pérdida de su familia debido a un accidente de avión. Desesperado por el dolor, planea una macabra venganza contra los que él cree que provocaron el accidente, y la muerte de su familia. Ahora está decidido a causar verdadero terror a los culpables.
El gángster
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Cuenta la historia de un bandido despiadado, Vic Dakin, y de sus planes para robar la nómina de una fábrica de plástico. El modo en que se lleva a cabo el golpe no es el modus operandi habitual de Dakin y el asunto se complicará aún más porque tendrá que colaborar con otro delincuente, Frank Fletcher.
Music!
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A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at music in Britain including soul, folk, pop, rock opera and brass bands.
Michael
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Sensitive portrait of a boy with Down syndrome, and the small village that includes him.
Food for a Blush
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A surreal journey through bohemian Chelsea in the mid-1950s.