Andrew Birkin

Andrew Birkin

出生 : 1945-12-09, London, England, UK

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Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
Writer
A young orphan boy Jim Button, his best friend Luke and a magical steam engine called Emma travel across the world in search of the truth about where Jim came from. Battling pirates and dragons, outsmarting make-believe giants, they must travel through the Forest of a Thousand Wonders, beyond the End of the World to find the hidden Dragon City.
パフューム ある人殺しの物語
Screenplay
18世紀のパリの悪臭の中で生まれたジャン・バティスト・グルヌイユは、優れた嗅覚を身につけ、それを使って世界最高の香水を作り上げる。しかし、究極の香水を求めて香りを保存しようとする彼の仕事は暗転していく。
ジャンヌ・ダルク
Talbot
百年戦争下のフランス。人並み外れて信仰心豊かな少女、ジャンヌ・ダルクは、ある日自らの村をイングランド軍に焼き討ちにされ、目の前で姉を虐殺されるという悲劇に見舞われる。心に傷を負い、教会の神父にやり場のない感情をぶつけるジャンヌ。彼女のあまりの悲しみを目の当たりにした神父は彼女に「いつか神が、お前を必要とする日が来る」と言う。そして数年後、フランス王家の元に、ジャンヌからの手紙が届く。
ジャンヌ・ダルク
Writer
百年戦争下のフランス。人並み外れて信仰心豊かな少女、ジャンヌ・ダルクは、ある日自らの村をイングランド軍に焼き討ちにされ、目の前で姉を虐殺されるという悲劇に見舞われる。心に傷を負い、教会の神父にやり場のない感情をぶつけるジャンヌ。彼女のあまりの悲しみを目の当たりにした神父は彼女に「いつか神が、お前を必要とする日が来る」と言う。そして数年後、フランス王家の元に、ジャンヌからの手紙が届く。
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
A journey through the career of the British writer/director best known for his film "Withnail & I" (1987). Robinson reveals how he writes, reads from his screenplays, and revisits the town of his birth where his first novel "The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman" is set. Interviews include Andy Garcia, Richard E. Grant, Ken Russell and David Puttnam.
The Cement Garden
Writer
After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she also dies and Julie and Jack (the older, teenage children) decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household. Soon Tom has taken to dressing as a girl whilst Sue has become increasingly reticent, confiding only to her diary, meanwhile Jack and Julie sense an attraction developing for each other. However Julie's new beau, Derek, threatens to unearth the many dark secrets within this family as he becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack.
The Cement Garden
Director
After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she also dies and Julie and Jack (the older, teenage children) decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household. Soon Tom has taken to dressing as a girl whilst Sue has become increasingly reticent, confiding only to her diary, meanwhile Jack and Julie sense an attraction developing for each other. However Julie's new beau, Derek, threatens to unearth the many dark secrets within this family as he becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack.
Salt on Our Skin
Writer
A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They begin a torrid affair despite the differences in their lifestyles. He asks her to marry him but she refuses, and they continue their separate lives but also continue their affair through the years, loving each other despite their differences.
Salt on Our Skin
Director
A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They begin a torrid affair despite the differences in their lifestyles. He asks her to marry him but she refuses, and they continue their separate lives but also continue their affair through the years, loving each other despite their differences.
Burning Secret
Screenplay
While recuperating in a sanatorium in the mountains, a young boy becomes very close friends with an older baron. But the baron is only using the boy to get to know his mother, the wife of an older diplomat. When the boy realises the baron’s intentions, he becomes jealous, moody and depressed.
Burning Secret
Director
While recuperating in a sanatorium in the mountains, a young boy becomes very close friends with an older baron. But the baron is only using the boy to get to know his mother, the wife of an older diplomat. When the boy realises the baron’s intentions, he becomes jealous, moody and depressed.
薔薇の名前
Cuthbert of Winchester
中世イタリアの修道院に、イギリスの修道士がやってきた。彼は、おりしも発生した連続殺人事件を調査することになるが……。ウンベルト・エーコの暗喩と象徴に満ちた同名小説の映画化作品。
薔薇の名前
Screenplay
中世イタリアの修道院に、イギリスの修道士がやってきた。彼は、おりしも発生した連続殺人事件を調査することになるが……。ウンベルト・エーコの暗喩と象徴に満ちた同名小説の映画化作品。
King David
Screenplay
This is a movie about the life of Israel's king David.
La Pirate
Andrew, husband
Shortly after returning home one evening with her husband, Alma is visited by her one-time lesbian lover Carole. In the ensuing emotional torrent, Alma allows herself to be abducted by Carole and taken to a hotel, pursued by a young girl - an unnamed friend of Carole - and an eccentric bystander posing as a private detective. Before Alma and Carole can resolve their situation, Alma's husband Andrew appears on the scene and, in a mad frenzy, attempts to reclaim his wife…
Sredni Vashtar
Producer
Sredni Vashtar is a 1981 short film, written, produced and directed by Andrew Birkin, based on the short story of the same name written by Hector Hugh Munro. The story concerns a slowly dying ten-year-old boy named Conradin, who lives with his strict cousin and guardian, Mrs. De Ropp. Conradin rebels against her and invents a new religion for himself, which centres on idolising a polecat-ferret he calls Sredni Vashtar; a vengeful, merciless god. The film won the BAFTA award for Best Short Film, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Sredni Vashtar
Writer
Sredni Vashtar is a 1981 short film, written, produced and directed by Andrew Birkin, based on the short story of the same name written by Hector Hugh Munro. The story concerns a slowly dying ten-year-old boy named Conradin, who lives with his strict cousin and guardian, Mrs. De Ropp. Conradin rebels against her and invents a new religion for himself, which centres on idolising a polecat-ferret he calls Sredni Vashtar; a vengeful, merciless god. The film won the BAFTA award for Best Short Film, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Sredni Vashtar
Director
Sredni Vashtar is a 1981 short film, written, produced and directed by Andrew Birkin, based on the short story of the same name written by Hector Hugh Munro. The story concerns a slowly dying ten-year-old boy named Conradin, who lives with his strict cousin and guardian, Mrs. De Ropp. Conradin rebels against her and invents a new religion for himself, which centres on idolising a polecat-ferret he calls Sredni Vashtar; a vengeful, merciless god. The film won the BAFTA award for Best Short Film, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
オーメン/最後の闘争
Screenplay
“悪魔の子”ダミアン・ソーンは、32歳という若さで養父から引き継いだ総合商社ソーン・コーポレーションの社長となり、且つアメリカ合衆国大統領の顧問も務めていた。ある日、ダミアンは駐英大使に任命された。実はダミアンは、イギリスの何処かで誕生しようとしている“救世主”の抹殺を目論んでいたのだ。 一方、イタリアの修道院のデ・カーロ神父は、救世主の誕生とダミアンが悪魔の子である事を知り、7人の修道士にメギドの短剣を授けダミアン殺害を命じるが、ことごとく失敗に終わる。 神が復活したとされる3月24日、ダミアンの秘書ディーンに子供が誕生した。救世主が生まれてから自分の力が弱まっていくことに気付いたダミアンは、3月24日に生まれた全ての子供の殺害を手下に命じる。 その頃、テレビ・キャスターのケイトは取材でダミアンと知り合い、やがて深い関係になっていくが、彼女もまた悪魔と神との“最後の闘争”に巻き込まれていく。
オーメン/最後の闘争
Producer
“悪魔の子”ダミアン・ソーンは、32歳という若さで養父から引き継いだ総合商社ソーン・コーポレーションの社長となり、且つアメリカ合衆国大統領の顧問も務めていた。ある日、ダミアンは駐英大使に任命された。実はダミアンは、イギリスの何処かで誕生しようとしている“救世主”の抹殺を目論んでいたのだ。 一方、イタリアの修道院のデ・カーロ神父は、救世主の誕生とダミアンが悪魔の子である事を知り、7人の修道士にメギドの短剣を授けダミアン殺害を命じるが、ことごとく失敗に終わる。 神が復活したとされる3月24日、ダミアンの秘書ディーンに子供が誕生した。救世主が生まれてから自分の力が弱まっていくことに気付いたダミアンは、3月24日に生まれた全ての子供の殺害を手下に命じる。 その頃、テレビ・キャスターのケイトは取材でダミアンと知り合い、やがて深い関係になっていくが、彼女もまた悪魔と神との“最後の闘争”に巻き込まれていく。
The Lost Boys
Writer
The story of J.M. Barrie and his relationship with the Llewelyn-Davies family. Barrie writes PETER PAN for the five boys, and later adopts George, Jack, Peter, Michael, and Nicholas.
The Thief of Baghdad
Adaptation
A resourceful thief helps a handscome prince fight an evil wizard and win the hand of a beautiful princess.
Peter Pan
Teleplay
Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, starring Mia Farrow as Peter Pan and Danny Kaye as Captain Hook, and with Sir John Gielgud narrating. Julie Andrews sang one of the songs, "Once Upon a Bedtime", off-camera over the opening credits. It aired on NBC at 7:30pm on Sunday, December 12, 1976, capping off the program's 25th year on the air. The program did not use the score written for the highly successful Mary Martin version which had previously been televised many times on NBC. Instead, it featured 14 new and now forgotten songs, written for the production by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.
Flame
Screenplay
Light the Rock 'n Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set in the hardships of North England's seventies working class society and music scene. This build-up from rags to riches is a parody of realism and grit, with double-dealings and harsh unforgiving dog eat dog mentalities, and the golden rule; if you play with matches then you're going to get burnt, in the flames of the music industry.
The Pied Piper
Writer
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants her dowry to pay his army while his father taxes the people to build a cathedral he thinks will save his soul. A local apothecary who's a Jew seeks a treatment for the plague; the priests charge him with witchcraft. One of the minstrels, who has soothed the Mayor's daughter with his music, promises to rid the town of rats for the fee. The Mayor agrees, then renigs. In the morning, the plague, the Jew's trial, and the Piper's revenge come at once.