Noel Davis

Noel Davis

Nascimento : 1927-03-01, Liverpool, England, UK

Morte : 2002-11-24

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Noel Davis

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Parting Shots
Casting
Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only three months to live. After thinking things over, he decides that since he is dying anyway, he will kill or destroy all the people that ever crossed or hurt him during his life - after all, he will be dead anyway long before he can come to trial and get his just desserts from society. Harry hires an assassin to finish himself off in style, and even has time to fall in love with Jill. However, there's just one small problem with Harry's master plan - the cancer diagnosis is totally inaccurate and now he's got a hitman on his trail and several policemen wanting to talk to him about some murders...
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Casting
The fictional tale of the murderous 19th century barber (Ben Kinglsey) who sold his kills to a neighboring butcher (Joanna Lumley) for her renowned meat pies. A young innocent (Selina Boyack) and the dashing inspector (Campbell Scott) who tries to solve the murders are also thrown into the mix.
Incógnito
Casting
Harry Donovan, um falsificador que pinta Rembrandt, se apaixona por uma especialista em artes que seus clientes contratam para verificar o quadro que ele pintou. Enganado e acusado de assassinato, ele tenta provar sua inocência.
Jane Eyre: Encontro com o Amor
Casting
Jane Eyre é uma menina órfã que vive com sua tia, a sra. Reed, e seus primos, que sempre a maltratam. Até que, cansada do convívio forçado com a sobrinha de seu falecido esposo, a mulher envia Jane a um colégio para moças, onde ela cresce e se torna professora. Com o tempo, cresce nela a vontade de expandir seus horizontes. Ela põe um anúncio no jornal em busca de trabalho como governanta. O anúncio é respondido pela senhora Fairfax, e Jane parte do colégio para trabalhar em Thornfield Hall. Lá, ela conhece seu patrão, o sr. Rochester, um homem brusco e sombrio, por quem se apaixona. Mas um grande segredo do passado se interpõe entre eles. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Delta de Vênus
Casting
Uma jovem escritora americana e um colega expatriado iniciam um caso sórdido em Paris, à beira da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Quando ele vai embora, ela segue em busca do prazer.
Cold Comfort Farm
Casting
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.
O Inocente
Casting
A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman who will take him on the dark side of evil.
A Question of Attribution
Casting
Sir Anthony Blunt, who was a Soviet agent for 25 years, is routinely questioned and gives no answers, but is knighted and works as Director of the Courtauld Institute, and presents his interrogator with a puzzle in the shape of a doubtful Titian painting. He also does art restoration work in Buckingham Palace, where he gets into an interesting conversation with HMQ.
Absolute Hell
Casting
Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, lesbians, party-girls, drunks, and drag queens. Originally aired as part of the anthology series "Performance."
Robin Hood: O Príncipe dos Ladrões
Casting
Após voltar de uma Cruzada, Robin de Locksley, um jovem cavaleiro, descobre que seu pai, Lorde de Locksley, foi morto pelos seguidores do xerife de Nottingham, que por sua vez é partidário do Príncipe João, que fará de tudo pra que Ricardo Coração de Leão não volte ao poder. Robin é visado pelos usurpadores e foge, mas sempre acompanhado por Azeem, um mouro que lhe deve a vida. Eles vão parar na Floresta de Sherwood, onde são atacados por camponeses que, para sobreviver, atacam os asseclas do xerife. Logo Robin e Azeem se unem ao bando e planejam trazer Ricardo de volta ao poder. Em meio à sua luta, Robin é ajudado por Marian, uma bela donzela por quem se apaixona.
The Krays
Casting
The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s.
Sherlock e Eu
Casting
Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but finds that he has done too good a job building Holmes up in the public's mind.
Hanna's War
Casting
Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc". As a young person, she fled Nazi-occupied Hungary for Palestine, where she was recruited and trained by the British to serve as a commando. After completing her training in Britain, she parachutes into Yugoslavia with a commando team to establish escape routes across the Hungarian-Yugoslavian border for downed British pilots. Her attempts to save Hungarian Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary, however, leads to her capture, torture and demise at the hands of the Gestapo and the Nazi-controlled Hungarian police.
Ishtar
Casting
Dois músicos americanos fracassados são convencidos pelo empresário a viajar para o Oriente. Lá, são recrutados por facções políticas rivais para desastradas missões de espionagem, enquanto disputam bela guerrilheira feminista.
O Amor Não Tem Sexo
Philip
Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as 'What the Butler Saw' and 'Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain.
Revolução
Casting
Século XVII. Tom Dobb se vê envolvido pela confusão gerada pela Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos. Ele e seu filho Ned procuram se manter alheios ao conflito, mas quando o jovem é convocado a lutar contra a Inglaterra o pai entra na guerra também.
Eleni
Casting
Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.
A Lenda
Casting
Em uma floresta encantada habitada por fadas, duendes, unicórnios e mortais, um morador é escolhido pelo destino para uma missão heroica. Ele deve salvar a bela princesa Lili e derrotar o Senhor das Trevas; caso contrário, o mundo nunca mais verá a luz do sol.
The Cold Room
Casting
A girl visiting modern day East Germany with her estranged father begins reliving the horrifying events that happened to a young girl living there during World War II.
A Fortaleza Infernal
Casting
Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, tropas nazistas acampam em uma antiga fortaleza romena e acabam despertando uma força sobrenatural diabólica das profundezas.
An Englishman Abroad
Casting
Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with Ms. Browne playing herself.
O Retorno do Soldado
Casting Director
The horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The traumatized soldier doesn't even recognize his own wife, Kitty, or remember their years together. While Baldry attempts to cope with the unfamiliar surroundings of his own home, he seeks out the company of an old flame from his childhood, Margaret Grey. His amnesia also makes him a ready target for the affections of his older cousin, Jenny.
Reds
Casting
Um pouco antes da Primeira Guerra Mundial John Reed (Warren Beatty), um jornalista americano, conhece Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), uma mulher casada, que larga o marido para ficar com Reed e se torna uma importante feminista. Eles se envolvem em disputas políticas e trabalhistas nos Estados Unidos, e vão para a Rússia a tempo de participarem da Revolução de outubro de 1917, quando os comunistas assumiram o poder. Este acontecimento inspira o casal, que volta aos Estados Unidos esperando liderar uma revolução semelhante.
Os Yankees Estão Voltando!
Casting
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.
Her Majesty's Pleasure
Robbie
They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making.Their really big event is the Christmas pantomime, only this year they have lost their star. Mother Bear has escaped. Still, there is some consolation. The new arrival looks a likely Goldilocks. "There's one or two who'll be after him", says Woodbine - and he knows all their weaknesses.
Macbeth
Seyton
Após profecia de bruxas - que dizem que ele seria rei -, Macbeth mata o soberano e assume o trono. Só que, em seu reinado de sangue, ele jamais alcança a paz: sua esposa, tomada pela culpa, começa a enlouquecer; ao mesmo tempo, os inimigos conspiram para retomar o poder.
Some Will, Some Won't
Stewart
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
Isadora
Doctor
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
Fahrenheit 451
Cousin Midge - TV Personality (uncredited)
Em um Estado totalitário num futuro próximo, os “bombeiros” têm como função principal queimar todo e qualquer tipo de material impresso, principalmente livros, pois foi convencionado que literatura é propagadora da infelicidade. Um dos bombeiros começa a se qustionar sobre essa sua tarefa.
Darling: A Que Amou Demais
Shop Assistant (uncredited)
Diana Scott é uma modelo ambiciosa determinada a chegar ao topo. Usando sua sexualidade, ela controla os homens poderosos à sua volta, mas acaba se tornando prisioneira do estilo de vida que tanto desejava.
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawny
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel.