Banned by the BBC in 1971, director Tony Palmer's profile of the late Peter Sellers was, in the words of the film's subject himself, "the only portrait which really understood me." Sellers was an icon of comedy and a true innovator, but a look inside reveals a tragic figure. How could one of the world's most beloved comic talents have such a morbidly distorted opinion of himself? In this documentary, interviews with such friends, fans, and colleagues as Raquel Welch, Yul Brenner, Spike Milligan, Laurence Harvey, and others reveal the true personality behind the man who was loved by everyone, but still viewed himself as entirely alone.
as Hughie Warriner
A couple's honeymoon trip aboard a yacht leads to a claustrophobic drama when another vessel runs into their voyage, apparently drifting. Shot in a piecemeal fashion between 1966 and 1969 and plagued with production problems, this film never completed principal photography and never entered post-production. The original negatives are now considered to be lost, and the film only exists in two incomplete workprint versions (one color and one black-and-white), which have received isolated public screenings since 2007.
Self (segment "The deep") (archive footage)
Orson Welles' archives of unfinished/never released movies and the last years of his life from the perspective of Oja Kodar (life and artistic partner of Orson Welles in his last years).
Col. William Travis
Documentary about the making of the John Wayne film The Alamo (1960). Included are behind-the-scenes photos and footage of the actual production of the film, clips from it and interviews with members of the cast, crew and local residents in Brackettville, TX, where it was filmed.
Jason Henry
A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins to suspect that the mansion is home to some very strange goings-on.
Director
A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins to suspect that the mansion is home to some very strange goings-on.
John Wheeler
Ellen Wheeler, a rich widow, is recovering from a nervous breakdown. One day, while staring out the window, she witnesses a murder. But does anybody believe her?
Self
스페인의 이비자 섬에는 희대의 사기꾼 2명이 있다. 세잔느와 르누아르의 모조화를 단숨에 그릴 수 있는 호리와, 호리의 전기를 쓰는 어빙이 바로 그들. 어빙은 이전에 하워드 휴즈의 가짜 전기를 쓴 게 밝혀지지만, 무엇이 진실인지는 알 수가 없다. 허버트 조지 웰스의 소설 <우주 전쟁>을 실제 상황 보도를 가장한 라디오 드라마로 만들어 미국을 충격의 도가니에 몰아넣었던 오슨 웰스가 다시 시도한 페이크 다큐멘터리 형식의 영화로, 편집을 통해 피카소가 오야 코다르를 훔쳐보는 듯한 장면을 연출해 냈다. 파블로 피카소가 ‘예술은 하나의 거짓말이다’라고 이야기 한 데에, 웰스는 ‘진실을 이해하기 위한 거짓말이다’라고 덧붙였다. 프랑수아 트뤼포는 이 작품의 편집이 특별하며 다큐멘터리와 같은 형식을 통해 시적인 느낌을 전달한다고 했다.
Major Kirsanov
Two young university students wish to escape the oppressive Soviet Union. But their plans are monitored by the KGB, who try to intimidate them. One of them is taken into custody and tortured, which spurs them to make an escape attempt that could cost them their lives
Farley
Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA's reactionary editorial stance on the air, even if he doesn't agree with it. Rheinhardt finds his cynical detachment challenged by a lady friend, Geraldine, and by Rainey, a neighbour and troubled idealist who becomes aware of WUSA's sinister, hidden purpose. And when events start spinning out of control, even Rheinhardt finds he must take a stand.
Self
A BBC documentary portrait of Peter Sellers, filmed over a period of nine months in 1969 where director Tony Palmer interviews Sellers and friends and associates about the actor's career and life. At age 44, with 38 films already behind him, including Dr. Strangelove and two "Pink Panther" films, Sellers was then at the crest of his career. But his personal life, which included two bad marriages (and two more to come), a near-fatal 1964 heart attack, and increasingly disturbing personality disorders, was in tatters.
Hamlet
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.
He
Mysterious romance involving an uninhibited woman and a photographer, shot in strange modernist interiors and abstract sports car-on-a-highway to nowhere exteriors.
Cethegus
The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own gain.
Cethegus
A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed each other and create a new Roman Empire from their combined kingdoms; however, he does not factor into his plans the vagaries of love and the personal integrity of the people in both kingdoms.
Jeff Miller
When an international casino crime ring is planning a big score at a fixed roulette game, the casino police enlists the help of Jeff Miller, an alcoholic croupier, to nab the bad guys. Jeff is attracted to Laura, a singer at the casino, but she prefers the company of the leader of the thieving casino ring.
Russian Prince (Uncredited)
A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary charge made by the British Light Brigade against a Russian artillery battery in a small valley which resulted in the near-destruction of the brigade due to error of judgement and rash planning on part by the inept British commanders.
Director
Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is none other than himself! Accompanying him on his mission is a ruthless partner, who gradually discovers his secret as Eberlin tries to maneuver himself out of a desperate situation.
Eberlin
Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is none other than himself! Accompanying him on his mission is a ruthless partner, who gradually discovers his secret as Eberlin tries to maneuver himself out of a desperate situation.
Tony Wendice
A made-for-television remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film.
Dr. Francis Trevelyan
A dog with a spying device under its skin is sent to the Russian government as a present. When the Russians send the dog to a veterinary, British intelligence must get to the dog first and retrieve the spying device.
Joe Lampton
Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disillusioned. This feeling is only exacerbated when he discovers his wife's infidelity with local man Mark. So he takes up with attractive TV host Norah and moves with her to London, aiming to reignite the fire that drove him to the top.
Miles Brand
10대 때 결혼한 다이아나는 결혼 생활이 흔들리자 모델과 연기의 세계에 빠져든다. TV 리포터인 로버트는 다이아나 고 권력과 부를 가진 사람들을 소개한다.에게 애정을 쏟지만 다이아나는 홍보계 거물인 마일즈를 만나자 로버트의 곁을 떠난다. 하지만 다이아나에게는 마일즈 역시 더 높이 올라가기 위한 디딤돌에 불과하다
(archive footage)
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
Husband
At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the murder of a man and the rape of his wife. In their recounting, the three explore the conflicting testimonies of the parties involved in the crimes. Disconcerting new questions arise with each different version of the event.
Philip Carey
Medical student Philip falls in love with Mildred, a waitress. Although she is a flirt, they have a love affair. But when Philip is told about her constant infidelity, they break up. Mildred quits her job and becomes a prostitute. But Philip is still in love with her.
A brief overview of stellar MGM releases from its first 40 years.
Producer
A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.
Additional Dialogue
A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.
Sean McKenna
A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.
Director
A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.
Rex Black
스릴러로서는 조금 떨어지지만 드라마는 즐길 만하다는 평을 받았다. 렉스 블랙(Rex Black: 로렌스 하비 분)은 아내 스텔라(Stella Black: 리 레믹 분)와 짜고 글라이더 사고를 위장해 자신이 사망한 것처럼 만든 다음 스페인으로 떠난다. 스텔라가 보험금 지불을 기다리는 동안 렉스는 스페인에서 호주인 갑부의 여권을 훔쳐 그의 행세를 하며 스텔라를 기다 린다. 보험 회사 직원인 스티븐 매독스(Stephen: 앨런 베이츠 분)는 렉스의 죽음에 의심을 품지만 스텔라는 결국 보험금을 받아 내서 스페인으로 떠난다. 스페인에서 재회한 스텔라와 렉스, 두 사람은 큰 돈을 손에 넣은 것에 행복해 하며 호사스런 날들을 보낸다. 하지만 그런 행복도 잠시였다. 휴가를 맞아 스페인을 찾았다는 스티븐이 그들 앞에 나타난 것이다. 처음에 스티븐을 기억하지 못하던 스텔라는 그가 보험 회사 직원이라는 사실을 알고 긴장하고 그를 멀리하지만 스티븐은 스텔 라와 렉스 주위에 계속 머문다. 스티븐의 행동 하나하나에 렉스와 스텔라는 계속 긴장하고 스티븐의 존재에 위기감을 느낀 렉스는 스티븐을 죽일 계획을 한다. 한편 스티븐은 스텔라에게 사랑을 고백하는데.
Ivan Kalin
A photographer based in Tokyo, who's in love with local beauty Tamiko, begins to court an embassy official so she can help him gain entry into the United States.
Raymond Shaw
한국전쟁이 한창이던 1952년, 레이몬드 쇼 하사와 베넷 마르코 대위가 속한 정찰대는 적에게 잡혔다 다시 풀려난다. 전쟁이 끝나고 레이몬드 하사는 훈장을 받고, 레이몬드의 양아버지 아이슬린 상원의원은 아들을 자신의 선거 캠페인에 이용하려 한다. 하지만 양아버지와 어머니 엘리노어를 미워하는 레이몬드는 뉴욕으로 떠난다. 한편 베넷 대위는 전쟁에서 돌아온 뒤부터 세뇌당한 레이몬드가 전우를 죽이는 꿈을 반복해서 꾼다. 그런데 베넷뿐 아니라 다른 전우들도 같은 꿈을 꾼다는 사실을 알고 꿈 뒤에 숨겨진 비밀을 밝히려 한다. 사실 레이먼드는 전쟁 당시 부대원과 함께 소련과 중국의 비밀 요원들에 의해 납치돼 세뇌됐다. 이들 비밀 요원들은 레이먼드가 다이아몬드 퀸 카드를 보면 자신들 마음대로 조종되도록 잠재의식을 조작했던 것이다. 이들은 나머지 부대원들 또한 레이몬드를 의심하지 못하게 세뇌했다. 세뇌한 자들과 연관된 비밀 조직은 레이몬드에게 다시 접근해 언론인인 홀본 게인즈를 죽이라는 명령을 내리고 레이몬드는 이를 따른다. 베넷이 진실을 밝히려고 노력하는 사이 비밀 단체와 한패였던 엘리노어는 아들을 이용해 자신의 권력을 키우려 한다. 엘리노어는 아들에게 명령을 내려 자신의 활동에 방해가 되는 토마스 상원의원과 그의 딸이자 레이몬드의 약혼녀인 조슬린마저 죽이게 한다.
Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
Narrator
Stravinsky and Balanchine's take on the apocalyptic Biblical tale. An opera composed for video.
Dove Linkhorn
At the Doll House, a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love of three years before who is now searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the truth of her profession he triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young Kitty with whom he travelled from Texas and who is now the Doll House newest recruit.
John Buchanan Jr.
In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
Paul Lathrope
American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.
Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth
Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts. As they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a Japanese broadcast. They now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a Japanese camp! The tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted "non-hero" Private Bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially Corporal Johnstone (who holds an equal dislike for Bamforth). When a Japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner, the true colours of each man comes to the surface
Weston Liggett
겉으로는 패션 모델이지만 실은 고급 매춘부인 글로리아는 어릴때 받은 성적 학대로 그 상처를 가슴 속에 안고 있다. 어느날 젊고 핸섬한 실업가 웨스턴 리게트와 관계를 맺으면서 진실한 사랑을 깨닫게 된다. 리게트와 예일 대학에서 법률을 전공했지만 부호의 딸 에밀리와 결혼함으로써 부와 지위를 누리게 되자 상한 자존심을 감추기 위해 방탕한 생활을 하던 남자. 그러나 글로리아가 홧김에 장난처럼 집어 온 에밀리의 밍크코트가 그 사랑을 가로막으면서 과거를 잊고 새 출발을 하기에는, 지난 흔적이 영원히 치유될 수 없는 상처가 되어 글로리아를 괴롭힌다. 결혼신청을 하는 리게트와 함께 간 곳은 그들이 육체적인 욕망만을 민족시키던곳. 갑자기 차를 돌려 나오는 글로리아는 쫓아오는 리케트로부터 또 자신의 과거로부터 도망치다가 글로리아의 자동차는 벼랑을 구른다.
Col. William Travis
1836년, 당시 멕시코 영토였던 텍사스가 독립선언을 하자 멕시코의 독재자 산타아나는 토벌군을 파견하게 된다. 이에 텍사스 민병대는 산 안토니오 교외의 알라모로 몰아 붙인다. 민병대를 재조직 할 수 있는 시간을 벌기 위해 알라모 요새를 사수하려 하는 산타아나, 그러나 요새안에 있는 병력은 불과 200여명도 남지 않게 된다. 7천여명의 대부대를 이끌고 알라모로 진격하는 멕시코군들과 이를 몸으로 막아내는 알라모 수비대원들의 사투가 벌어진다.
Johnny Jackson
A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
Joe Lampton
영국의 황량한 공장 지대. 냉혹하고 잇속이 밝은 노동자 조 램튼(로렌스 하비 분)은 백만장자 도날드 울핏이 경영하는 노스 컨트리의 공장에서 일자리를 잡게 된다. 조 램튼은 밤 시간의 무료함을 달래기 위해 극장의 단원이 되고, 그곳에서 수잔이라는 순진한 소녀를 만나게 된다. 그런데 그녀가 자신이 다 니는 공장 사장의 딸이라는 사실을 알게 되고, 조 램튼은 그녀를 유혹해 반드시 성공하고 말겠다는 야심을 불태운다. 램튼은 그러면서도 다른 한편으로 같은 극단원인 프랑스의 유부녀(시몬 시뇨레 분)와 불륜의 관계에 빠 져든다. 램튼은 프랑스의 유부녀를 한낱 노리개 정도로 여기고 있었지만 유부녀는 수잔이 램튼의 아이를 임신했다는 사실을 알고 자살해버리고 만다. 영혼을 담보로 한 램튼의 야망은 성공할 수 있을까?
Lieutenant "Buster" Crabb, R.N.V.R.
The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.
Walter de Frece
The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
Sir Humphrey Tavistock
Baffled and at a loss to understand the mentality of Diana, his wife, Anthony makes a frantic visit to the home of her parents to discover that she is staying with them.
George
Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.
John Durrance
In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Lieutenant Harry Faversham resigns his officer's commission in order to remain with his fiancée Mary Burroughs in England. His friends and fellow officers John Durrance, Peter Burroughs and Tom Willoughby brand him a coward and present him with the white feathers of cowardice. His fiancée, Mary, adds a fourth feather and breaks off their engagement. However, former Lieutenant Faversham decides to regain his honor by fighting in the Sudan incognito. Re-used a great deal of stock footage from The Four Feathers (1939), including the entire final battle sequence.
Christopher Isherwood
Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris, an aspiring novelist from England, meets flamboyant cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles and an unusual friendship is born. As Sally feeds her extravagant tastes, Chris goes along for the ride, until their Jewish pal, Fritz, encounters trouble.
Romeo
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
Sir Kenneth of the Leopard
Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of King Richard the Lionheart.
Miles 'Rave' Ravenscourt
An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.
Francois
Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.
Jerry Nolan
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific secret.
Ned Harsten
Psychological thriller about an odd family with Harvey playing the older domineering son, who resents both his overbearing grandmother and his younger brother. Before long, the old woman ends up dead—murdered. Fingers point strongly to one suspect, but is he really guilty?
Jordie Bennett
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.
Mag Maguire
Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how 'Racer', a 'Wall of Death' rider in the same fairground, involves them in a robbery.
Freddie
Tale of Cambridge college exploits of two smash-and-grab thieves on the run.
Edmond
In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.
Minor Role (uncredited)
The episodic story of a composer of operettas, Rudi Kleiber, in in old Viennese days, and the two women in his life; Maria Zeitler, his sweetheart, later mistress, lost love, an operetta star, and his first patron, and the mother of a son he did not know he had; and of Greta, his first love and companion in later years
Lt. Mourad
A police chief stationed in Egypt sets out to crack down on drug traffickers along the frontiers. With his assistant, he attempts to block the smugglers' passage along the notorious Cairo Road route into the country.
PO Hooper
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.
Detective Sergeant Lawson
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.
John Matthews
A psychic goes to the home of a woman who wants him to contact her dead fiancée, even though she has already remarried. Later, she ends up murdered! Soon the psychic points the finger at her jealous husband.
Francis Merryman
In this psychological thriller, an avaricious man covets his stepbrother's home. The greedy fellow knows that his stepbrother has a heart condition and so sets off a fatal attack by smashing a beloved violin. However, his actions do not come without a terrible price.