Chris O'Dell

An interview and career overview of BAFTA-nominated cinematographer Chris O'Dell.

During a ride on his sleigh Santa is mistaken for an alien in a UFO. After an attack, he ends up seriously injured in a small town. Two children must help him, so Christmas is not jeopardized.

When wealthy, recently-widowed suburban housewife, Margery (PENELOPE KEITH), and her ‘rough diamond’ of a cleaner, Gladys (JUNE BROWN), disturb a house burglar, they knock him unconscious, panic and leave him for dead, fleeing in the cleaner’s wrecked old car. What follows is a comedy of misunderstandings in which these two very different, mature ladies are led on an unfortunate series of incidents which snowballs into a crime spree. They prove to be more than a match for the unlikely pair of policemen, DI Woolley (Roger Lloyd Pack) and DS Stringer (Martin Freeman), who are left to solve the ladies disappearance and puzzling string of crimes which follow. As the police net tightens around them, the two very different, mature ladies are propelled on a shared voyage of self-discovery as skeletons fall from the closets forcing both women to reflect on their past lives.

Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.

Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.

Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her wealthy but bitter aunt after the tragic death of her father. Pollyanna shares a game her father taught her -- the 'Glad Game' -- in which everyone can find a silver lining in even the darkest cloud, and her sunny nature, good humor and determination to look on the bright side of life prove to have an astonishing effect on those around her. With the help of her orphaned friend, Jimmy Bean, she casts her spell on the grumpiest townsfolk of Beldingsville -- including the cynical shut-in Mrs. Snow, the morose millionaire Mr. Pendleton and the enigmatic Dr. Chilton. And Pollyanna masterminds the romance between her Aunt's maid, Nancy, and the handyman, Tim. It is only Aunt Polly, who cannot bring herself to embrace Pollyanna's innocence and joy. But all is not straightforward in Pollyanna's war against pessimism, since she must overcome a personal tragedy that threatens to banish "glad" from her vocabulary forever.

Based on the true story of Shelia Bowler, accused of murdering her elderly aunt.

Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.

Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny in order to save their ship, the HMS Renown.

We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly hermit. Now children evacuated from London are overwhelming volunteers to house them. Practically under protest, Mr. Tom takes in a painfully quiet 10-year-old, who gradually reveals big problems.

Into the Blue é uma aventura submarina excitante e cheia de tensão passada nas águas infestadas por tubarões das Bahamas. Quando quatro jovens mergulhadores encontram os restos lendários de um naufrágio - cujos rumores diziam conter milhões em ouro - eles começam a crer que seu sonho de encontrar um tesouro enterrado se realizou. Mas, próximo dali, no leito marinho, eles descobrem outro mistério, bem mais sinistro. Os amigos caçadores de fortuna fazem um pacto para manter ambas as descobertas em silêncio para que possam escavar o naufrágio antes que outro caçador de tesouros rival descubra seu segredo e chegue ao ouro antes deles. Mas com tantas coisas em jogo, a lealdade deles é posta à prova. Encontrando perigos inesperados a cada instante, os caçadores de repente se tornam a presa.

An engaging and enlightening documentary about Jeff Keen shown on Channel 4 in 1983. Features Keen performing in front of his film projections as well as talking about and showing his work in different media.

“Tu és Lúcifer!” Contrariamente ao que transmite a cultura popular de tradição cristã, a etimologia e a história das religiões esclarece que Lúcifer é o “portador da luz”, uma divindade luminosa na antiguidade clássica, a estrela da manhã para os que se orientavam pelos astros ou, numa interpretação gnóstica, aquele que revelou o verdadeiro conhecimento aos homens, denunciando as ilusões do Demiurgo, o falso deus. No cruzamento inter-mitológico esotérico de tradição crowleiana, Lúcifer, o príncipe da aurora dourada, é por vezes associado ao deus egípcio Hórus, uma divindade solar que teria revelado ao próprio Aleister Crowley um novo tempo, uma nova era, o Aión do Aquário, uma época de paz e conhecimento de que ele haveria de ser o profeta.

TV documentary in which Robert Redford discusses the Wild West and retraces the old escape route to Mexico.

A primeira de várias incursões de Jagger no cinema, o pôlemico Performance sofreu várias montagens diferentes até seu lançamento. Um gângster (James Fox) jurado de morte por seus pares se refugia na mansão de um rockstar decadente (Mick Jagger), junto com duas garotas andróginas (Anita Pallenberg e Michelle Breton), e lá tem seus sentidos testados por um coquetel de drogas e perversão. Ao mesmo tempo, há um choque entre os mundo do gângster e do roqueiro, com suas diferenças.

Eight unrelated humorous episodes.