Colin Welland
Nascimento : 1934-07-04, Liverpool, England
Morte : 2015-11-02
História
Actor and writer Colin Welland will perhaps be forever remembered for his triumph at the 1982 Academy Awards, when he won the Best Screenplay Oscar for his screenplay for the hit film Chariots of Fire, proclaiming "The British are Coming!" As an actor, his first film appearance is perhaps still his best-loved, the sympathetic Mr Farthing in Kes (1969), for which he won a BAFTA. Born in Liverpool, but raised in Leigh, Welland initially started out as an art teacher before moving into acting and becoming a household name playing the role of PC Graham in the long running BBC police serial Z Cars. Aside from Chariots of Fire, he wrote many other plays and films including the BAFTA winning Kisses at Fifty (later remade for Hollywood with Gene Hackman as Twice in a Lifetime), Leeds United! based on the rag trade strike that his own mother-in-law was active in, Yanks, A Dry White Season and War of the Buttons. As a film and TV actor his credits include Kes, Straw Dogs, Blue Remembered Hills, Cowboys and Sweeney! He died at the age of 81 on November 2, 2015, having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for several years.
Harry Catterick
The story of the British betting scandal of 1964, uncovered by journalist Mike Gabbert which saw a number of British professional footballers were jailed and banned from football for life for conspiring to fix the results of matches. Prominent among those jailed and banned were the Sheffield Wednesday F.C. stars Peter Swan, Tony Kay and David Layne.
Writer
Grupos rivais de crianças se preparam para uma guerra, na qual o troféu são os botões dos adversários. Mentiras, amizades, lealdade e traições fazem parte de um conflito que preocupa os pais, professores e policiais. Refilmagem do clássico francês de 1961, baseado na obra de Louis Pergaud.
Writer
A woman's fight to adopt a war baby from the Third World after becoming unable to conceive.
Reuters editor
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming follows the exciting life of a dashing young Ian Fleming, the mastermind behind the highly successful James Bond books and movies.
Manager
Linda's out on her hen night, her fiance is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married, when both groups arrive at a club, to find the band fronted by her ex-boyfriend—and the love of her life—Peter. Linda has to decide: Does she stay and settle down, like her friends want her to, or does she chuck it all in and run away with Peter?
Screenplay
África do Sul, 1976. Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland) é um professor que, gradativamente, toma consciência da terrível realidade do seu país, na qual os negros são assassinados sem o menor motivo e os assassinos são protegidos pelo regime dominante. Diante deste quadro, ele resolve enfrentar o sistema.
Klarsfeld
Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
Writer
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy barmaid--and, to his surprise, he finds that she is also very attracted to him.
Chief Constable James McBride
Incendiary 1981 Play for Today, written by Jim Allen and directed by Roland Joffé that tells the story of a group of housing estate residents who attempt to organise against persistent rent rises.
Screenplay
Na Inglaterra dos anos 1920, dois rapazes treinam para disputar as provas de atletismo das Olimpíadas de 1924. Harold é um estudante judeu e Eric filho de um missionário escocês e ambos lutam por razões diferentes pelo título de homem mais veloz do mundo. Oscar de melhor filme, roteiro, música e figurino.
Novel
Na Inglaterra dos anos 1920, dois rapazes treinam para disputar as provas de atletismo das Olimpíadas de 1924. Harold é um estudante judeu e Eric filho de um missionário escocês e ambos lutam por razões diferentes pelo título de homem mais veloz do mundo. Oscar de melhor filme, roteiro, música e figurino.
Himself
Colin Welland presents this public information film about the hazards of nighttime driving.
Screenplay
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. One relationship that develops is between married John, an Army Captain, and the aristocratic Helen, whose naval husband is away at war. Helen loves her husband, but Helen and John are looking for some comfort during the difficult times.
Story
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. One relationship that develops is between married John, an Army Captain, and the aristocratic Helen, whose naval husband is away at war. Helen loves her husband, but Helen and John are looking for some comfort during the difficult times.
Willie
On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around, they indulge in spontaneous games and horseplay - sometimes echoing the distant war, at other times revealing their own insecurities and petty vindictiveness.
Self
Colin Welland presents this confined spaces training video from the Health and Safety Executive, detailing the hazards of entering any confined space without the neccessary awareness, training & equipment.
Frank Chadwick
When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the heart of the government, and finds himself fitted up, suspended and under the scrutiny of Special Branch.
Author
When his father becomes a bomb victim, Jimmy leaves Belfast for his uncle’s farm in remote west Ireland. But even here there are links to the past.
Bone
A 'machinegunner' (West Country slang for a debt-collector) turns amateur sleuth, but finds himself in hot water with local criminals.
Onslow
Anand, his pretty cousin and their sick uncle are stranded in Amsterdam where they receive an offer to take them to England.
The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.
Writer
The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.
Writer
Rivalry at a local Gilbert and Sullivan Society over who will play Jack Point in the Silver Jubilee production. Rowland Matthews has always been the main star, but he is getting on, and the young Clive Bates is a strong rival.
Writer
A father leaves his grown-up family to move in with his lover in the south, alienating himself from his four children.
Writer
18-year-old friends Todd and Towzer set off by motorbike to spend a Bank Holiday weekend in Scarborough. Their long hair, cut-off denim jackets, medals, badges and swastikas lead to hostility from everyone they meet, including the police
Rev. Barney Hood
David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) é um acadêmico americano muito calmo. Ele se casa com a inglesa Amy (Susan George) e, buscando fugir do estilo de vida da cidade grande, os dois se mudam para a zona rural da Cornualha, onde Amy cresceu. Ali, David não é bem acolhido pela população, sobretudo pelos homens. As provocações se tornam cada vez mais agressivas e um evento brutal poderá despertar o lado espantosamente violento de David.
Tom Binney
O gângster implacável do East End, Vic Dakin, tem planos para uma invasão ambiciosa à van de uma fábrica de plásticos. Este é um desvio do modus operandi usual de Dakin, e o trabalho é ainda mais complicado por ter que trabalhar com a empresa do colega gangster Frank Fletcher. Enquanto Dakin trama, Wolfe negocia e negocia e o MP Draycott é pego em uma teia de sua própria iniquidade. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Lennie Brown
Compelling drama from screenwriter Colin Welland set in a city comprehensive school of low expectations and ambitions. Pupil Latimer does not conform to the macho culture and is labeled a homosexual, leading to bullying by both the pupils and some of the teachers.
Writer
Compelling drama from screenwriter Colin Welland set in a city comprehensive school of low expectations and ambitions. Pupil Latimer does not conform to the macho culture and is labeled a homosexual, leading to bullying by both the pupils and some of the teachers.
Writer
A lonely young man longing to be accepted lies his way into a local church. The priest and his congregation soon begin to unravel his tales as his actions become versatile.
Writer
Colin Welland's play about a wife, her mother, her mother in law and conflict.
Tony
Colin Welland's play about a wife, her mother, her mother in law and conflict.
Mr. Farthing
Um dos primeiros filmes da carreira do consagrado diretor Ken Loach, Kes conta a história de um menino que vive em bairro pobre da cidade que, violentado em casa e ridicularizado na escola, acha uma forma de abstrair de sua dura realidade treinando um falcão. Poética e singela obra de formação do cineasta que posteriormente realizou obras-primas como Terra e Liberdade e Pão e Rosas.
