Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh

Nascimento : 1943-02-20, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK

História

Michael "Mike" Leigh, OBE (born 20 February 1943) is a British writer and director of film and theatre. He studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied further at the Camberwell School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design. He began as a theatre director and playwright in the mid 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s his career moved between work for the theatre and making films for BBC Television, many of which were characterized by a gritty "kitchen sink realism" style. His well-known films include Life is Sweet (1990), the comedy-drama Career Girls (1997), the Gilbert and Sullivan biopic Topsy Turvy (1999), and the bleak working-class drama All or Nothing (2002). His most notable works are arguably Naked (1993) for which he won the Best Director Award at Cannes, the BAFTA-winning (and Oscar-nominated) Palme d'Or winner Secrets & Lies (1996) and Golden Lion winner Vera Drake (2004). His films and stage plays, according to the critic Michael Coveney, "comprise a distinctive, homogenous body of work which stands comparison with anyone's in the British theatre and cinema over the same period."  Coveney further noted Leigh's role in helping to create stars – Liz Smith in Hard Labour, Alison Steadman in Abigail's Party, Brenda Blethyn in Grown-Ups, Antony Sher in Goose-Pimples, Gary Oldman and Tim Roth in Meantime, Jane Horrocks in Life is Sweet, David Thewlis in Naked – and remarked that the list of actors who have worked with him over the years – including Sheila Kelley, Paul Jesson, Phil Daniels, Lindsay Duncan, Lesley Sharp, Kathy Burke, Stephen Rea, Eric Richard, Julie Walters – "comprises an impressive, almost representative, nucleus of outstanding British acting talent."  Ian Buruma, writing in the New York Review of Books in January 1994, noted: "It is hard to get on a London bus or listen to the people at the next table in a cafeteria without thinking of Mike Leigh. Like other wholly original artists, he has staked out his own territory. Leigh's London is as distinctive as Fellini's Rome or Ozu's Tokyo." Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Leigh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh

Filmes

Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
Himself
Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements, controversies and legacies. Featuring a rich and surprising range of archive extracts and original interviews with many who created the series, including producers Kenith Trodd, Margaret Matheson and Richard Eyre, and directors Mike Leigh, David Hare and Ken Loach.
Peterloo
Writer
Um drama sobre o infame massacre de Manchester em 1819, que matou cerca de 18 manifestantes e feriu até 700.
Peterloo
Director
Um drama sobre o infame massacre de Manchester em 1819, que matou cerca de 18 manifestantes e feriu até 700.
Scenes from A Separation
Self
Scenes from A Separation
Mike Leigh's the Pirates of Penzance - English National Opera
Production Director
Sentimental pirates, blundering policeman, absurd adventures and improbable paradoxes – Gilbert and Sullivan’s dazzling The Pirates of Penzance comes to ENO in a highly anticipated new production from renowned film maker and director Mike Leigh. This much-loved comic opera is a showcase of brilliant humour and razor-sharp wit and features a sparkling score chock-full of memorable melodies and catchy tunes.
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Himself
In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about a unique body of work and a lifelong struggle to make films on his own terms. On day one of a Mike Leigh film, there is no script, no story and the actors do not know if they will even be in the final film. It is a process that has yielded some of cinema's most celebrated performances, and Leigh's new film Mr Turner is already winning critical acclaim. Actors including Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Sally Hawkins, Lesley Manville and James Corden give fascinating insights into the director and his distinctive method of working.
Sr. Turner
Writer
"Sr. Turner" explora o último quarto de século da vida do ótimo e excêntrico pintor britânico JMW Turner (1775-1851). Profundamente afetado pela morte de seu pai, amado por sua governanta que ele ocasionalmente explora sexualmente, ele cria uma relação estreita com uma senhoria à beira-mar com quem ele eventualmente vive incógnito no Chelsea, onde ele morre. Enquanto tudo isso acontece ele viaja, pinta, convive com a aristocracia do país, visita bordéis, é um membro popular e anárquico da Royal Academy of Arts, se faz amarrar ao mastro de um navio para que possa pintar uma tempestade de neve e é, ao mesmo tempo, celebrado e insultado pelo público e pela realeza.
Sr. Turner
Director
"Sr. Turner" explora o último quarto de século da vida do ótimo e excêntrico pintor britânico JMW Turner (1775-1851). Profundamente afetado pela morte de seu pai, amado por sua governanta que ele ocasionalmente explora sexualmente, ele cria uma relação estreita com uma senhoria à beira-mar com quem ele eventualmente vive incógnito no Chelsea, onde ele morre. Enquanto tudo isso acontece ele viaja, pinta, convive com a aristocracia do país, visita bordéis, é um membro popular e anárquico da Royal Academy of Arts, se faz amarrar ao mastro de um navio para que possa pintar uma tempestade de neve e é, ao mesmo tempo, celebrado e insultado pelo público e pela realeza.
O Que é o Cinema?
Self
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.
A Running Jump
Writer
Gary attempts to buy a second-hand car. What should be a straightforward task is turned into something of a quest by various people, including dodgy East End car dealer Perry, Perry's taxi-driver dad, a garage owner called Derek, Perry's wife Debbie and couple of twins.
A Running Jump
Director
Gary attempts to buy a second-hand car. What should be a straightforward task is turned into something of a quest by various people, including dodgy East End car dealer Perry, Perry's taxi-driver dad, a garage owner called Derek, Perry's wife Debbie and couple of twins.
Mais Um Ano
Writer
Tom (Jim Broadbent) e Gerri (Ruth Sheen) são casados e levam uma vida confortável. O único filho deles é Joe (Oliver Maltman), que tem 30 anos e permanece solteiro. No verão Tom e Gerri resolvem visitar Ken (Peter Wight), um amigo dele dos tempos de colégio. Acima do peso e bebendo compulsivamente, Ken está infeliz. O casal decide fazer um churrasco para animá-lo e convida Mary (Lesley Manville), uma amiga de Gerri, para o evento. Mary está divorciada e em busca de um novo relacionamento. Após o churrasco ela aceita dar uma carona a Ken, que tenta assediá-la sexualmente.
Mais Um Ano
Director
Tom (Jim Broadbent) e Gerri (Ruth Sheen) são casados e levam uma vida confortável. O único filho deles é Joe (Oliver Maltman), que tem 30 anos e permanece solteiro. No verão Tom e Gerri resolvem visitar Ken (Peter Wight), um amigo dele dos tempos de colégio. Acima do peso e bebendo compulsivamente, Ken está infeliz. O casal decide fazer um churrasco para animá-lo e convida Mary (Lesley Manville), uma amiga de Gerri, para o evento. Mary está divorciada e em busca de um novo relacionamento. Após o churrasco ela aceita dar uma carona a Ken, que tenta assediá-la sexualmente.
Vittorio D.
Self
A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.
Looking for Truffaut
Self
Documentary about François Truffaut who is one of the most respected directors in the history of cinema.
Simplesmente Feliz
Screenplay
Poppy (Sally Hawkins) é uma jovem professora de escola primária, e uma otimista incorrigível que dificilmente se chateia. Divide um apartamento com Zoe (Alexis Zegerman) sua melhor amiga e confidente. Poppy tem o dom de aproveitar ao máximo a vida. Determinada a aprender a dirigir, ela encontra-se com Scott (Eddie Marsan), um instrutor ansioso e perturbado, que testará todo o bom humor de Poppy.
Simplesmente Feliz
Director
Poppy (Sally Hawkins) é uma jovem professora de escola primária, e uma otimista incorrigível que dificilmente se chateia. Divide um apartamento com Zoe (Alexis Zegerman) sua melhor amiga e confidente. Poppy tem o dom de aproveitar ao máximo a vida. Determinada a aprender a dirigir, ela encontra-se com Scott (Eddie Marsan), um instrutor ansioso e perturbado, que testará todo o bom humor de Poppy.
All About 'Abigail's Party'
Himself
A look at the production of Play for Today: Abigail's Party (1977).
O Segredo de Vera Drake
Writer
Londres, 1950. Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton) mora com seu marido Stan (Philip Davis) e seus filhos já crescidos, Sid (Daniel Mays) e Ethel (Alex Kelly). Eles não são ricos, mas formam uma família feliz e unida. Vera trabalha como faxineira e Stan é mecânico na oficina de seu irmão. Porém, Vera mantém uma atividade paralela que esconde do resto da família: sem aceitar pagamento, ajuda jovens mulheres a abortarem. Quando uma dessas garotas precisa seguir para o hospital, a polícia começa uma investigação que faz o mundo de Vera desabar.
O Segredo de Vera Drake
Director
Londres, 1950. Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton) mora com seu marido Stan (Philip Davis) e seus filhos já crescidos, Sid (Daniel Mays) e Ethel (Alex Kelly). Eles não são ricos, mas formam uma família feliz e unida. Vera trabalha como faxineira e Stan é mecânico na oficina de seu irmão. Porém, Vera mantém uma atividade paralela que esconde do resto da família: sem aceitar pagamento, ajuda jovens mulheres a abortarem. Quando uma dessas garotas precisa seguir para o hospital, a polícia começa uma investigação que faz o mundo de Vera desabar.
Cinema16: British Short Films
Self - Commentary, The Short & Curlies (voice)
This critically acclaimed DVD contains 16 of the best classic and award winning British short films and delivers a snapshot of British cinema past and present. It includes films from Britain's most exciting new talent alongside early shorts from it's most successful filmmakers' amongst them Chris Nolan (Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins), Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Alien), Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies) and Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours). 01 About a Girl - Brian Percival 02 Boy & Bicycle - Ridley Scott 03 Dear Phone - Peter Greenaway 04 Doodlebug - Christopher Nolan 05 Eight - Stephen Daldry 06 Gasman - Lynne Ramsay 07 Girl Chewing Gum - John Smith 08 Home - Morag McKinnon 09 Joyride - Jim Gillespie 10 Inside Out - Tom & Charles Guard 11 Je T’aime John Wayne - Toby Macdonald 12 The Sheep Thief - Asif Kapadia 13 The Short & Curlies - Mike Leigh 14 Telling Lies - Simon Ellis 15 UK Images - Martin Parr 16 Who’s My Favourite Girl? - Adrian J. McDowall
Cinema16: British Short Films
Director
This critically acclaimed DVD contains 16 of the best classic and award winning British short films and delivers a snapshot of British cinema past and present. It includes films from Britain's most exciting new talent alongside early shorts from it's most successful filmmakers' amongst them Chris Nolan (Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins), Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Alien), Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies) and Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours). 01 About a Girl - Brian Percival 02 Boy & Bicycle - Ridley Scott 03 Dear Phone - Peter Greenaway 04 Doodlebug - Christopher Nolan 05 Eight - Stephen Daldry 06 Gasman - Lynne Ramsay 07 Girl Chewing Gum - John Smith 08 Home - Morag McKinnon 09 Joyride - Jim Gillespie 10 Inside Out - Tom & Charles Guard 11 Je T’aime John Wayne - Toby Macdonald 12 The Sheep Thief - Asif Kapadia 13 The Short & Curlies - Mike Leigh 14 Telling Lies - Simon Ellis 15 UK Images - Martin Parr 16 Who’s My Favourite Girl? - Adrian J. McDowall
Agora ou Nunca
Director
O amor de Penny (Lesley Manville) por seu companheiro, o motorista de táxi Phil (Timothy Spall), secou. Phil é gentil e sem ambições, enquanto que ela trabalha como caixa de supermecado. Rachel (Alison Garland), filha deles, faz faxina na casa de idosos e o filho do casal, Rory (James Corden), está desempregado e desenvolveu uma agressividade acentuada, preferindo ficar sentado o dia todo no sofá a fazer algo produtivo da vida. A alegria abandonou completamente a relação de Phil e Penny. Até que Rory fica doente, é internado no hospital com problemas cardíacos e muda a perspectiva das coisas. O incidente primeiro evidencia os problemas no relacionamento deles, depois acaba aproximando-os pela primeira vez em anos.
Agora ou Nunca
Writer
O amor de Penny (Lesley Manville) por seu companheiro, o motorista de táxi Phil (Timothy Spall), secou. Phil é gentil e sem ambições, enquanto que ela trabalha como caixa de supermecado. Rachel (Alison Garland), filha deles, faz faxina na casa de idosos e o filho do casal, Rory (James Corden), está desempregado e desenvolveu uma agressividade acentuada, preferindo ficar sentado o dia todo no sofá a fazer algo produtivo da vida. A alegria abandonou completamente a relação de Phil e Penny. Até que Rory fica doente, é internado no hospital com problemas cardíacos e muda a perspectiva das coisas. O incidente primeiro evidencia os problemas no relacionamento deles, depois acaba aproximando-os pela primeira vez em anos.
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.
Mike Leigh: The Conversation
Interviewee
An interview with British film director Mike Leigh produced for BBC-TV.
Topsy-Turvy - O Espetáculo
Writer
William Schwenck Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) escreve as letras, enquanto que Arthur Sullivan (Allan Corduner) escreve as canções. Durante anos, a dupla Gilbert-Sullivan foi sinônimo de originalidade e sucesso nos palcos de ópera ingleses. Mas, em 1884, o mais recente trabalho de ambos, "Princess Ida", recebe apenas críticas mornas. Sullivan então rejeita a próxima idéia de Gilbert e a parceria entra em crise. Até que a esposa de Gilbert, Lucy (Lesley Manville), o leva à uma nova exposição japonesa, que o apresenta à uma cultura diferente e o inspira a embarcar numa nova produção, chamada "The Mikado".
Topsy-Turvy - O Espetáculo
Director
William Schwenck Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) escreve as letras, enquanto que Arthur Sullivan (Allan Corduner) escreve as canções. Durante anos, a dupla Gilbert-Sullivan foi sinônimo de originalidade e sucesso nos palcos de ópera ingleses. Mas, em 1884, o mais recente trabalho de ambos, "Princess Ida", recebe apenas críticas mornas. Sullivan então rejeita a próxima idéia de Gilbert e a parceria entra em crise. Até que a esposa de Gilbert, Lucy (Lesley Manville), o leva à uma nova exposição japonesa, que o apresenta à uma cultura diferente e o inspira a embarcar numa nova produção, chamada "The Mikado".
Welcome to Hollywood
Mike Leigh
A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
Career Girls
Writer
Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.
Career Girls
Director
Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.
Segredos e Mentiras
Director
Após a morte da mãe adotiva, Hortense, uma jovem negra de 27 anos, decide encontrar a sua mãe biológica. Quando finalmente se encontram, Hortense fica espantada ao descobrir que a mãe, Cynthia, é branca e tem uma filha de 20 anos. No início, Cynthia fica perturbada ao ver a filha que havia esquecido há muito tempo. Contudo, mais tarde, decide desenvolver um relacionamento profundo. Cynthia depara-se então com a tarefa de fazer a sua família aceitar o facto de ter uma filha negra...
Segredos e Mentiras
Writer
Após a morte da mãe adotiva, Hortense, uma jovem negra de 27 anos, decide encontrar a sua mãe biológica. Quando finalmente se encontram, Hortense fica espantada ao descobrir que a mãe, Cynthia, é branca e tem uma filha de 20 anos. No início, Cynthia fica perturbada ao ver a filha que havia esquecido há muito tempo. Contudo, mais tarde, decide desenvolver um relacionamento profundo. Cynthia depara-se então com a tarefa de fazer a sua família aceitar o facto de ter uma filha negra...
Nu
Writer
O filme é uma obra em movimento. David Thewlis interpreta um homem sem lar e sem perspectivas que estupra uma mulher e foge, invadindo e mudando os rumos das vidas de várias pessoas que encontra. Thewlis vira carrasco, bálsamo, incitador, vítima, dependendo de quem cruza seu caminho. Parece um anjo/demônio boêmio que vem para provocar reações. Sua rudeza com uma mulher de meia-idade que se exibe na janela contrasta com seus conselhos metafísicos para o vigilante que a olha. Nu despe o espectador de qualquer procura por coerência narrativa. O que importa aqui é investigar almas.
Nu
Director
O filme é uma obra em movimento. David Thewlis interpreta um homem sem lar e sem perspectivas que estupra uma mulher e foge, invadindo e mudando os rumos das vidas de várias pessoas que encontra. Thewlis vira carrasco, bálsamo, incitador, vítima, dependendo de quem cruza seu caminho. Parece um anjo/demônio boêmio que vem para provocar reações. Sua rudeza com uma mulher de meia-idade que se exibe na janela contrasta com seus conselhos metafísicos para o vigilante que a olha. Nu despe o espectador de qualquer procura por coerência narrativa. O que importa aqui é investigar almas.
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Director
Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot & Steven Wright's comedy "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988), Michael Moore's documentary "Pets or Meat" (1992), and Mike Leigh & Jim Broadbent's satirical mockumentary "A Sense of History" (1992).
A Sense of History
Director
Jim Broadbent wrote and starred in this short film directed by none other than Mike Leigh. As a member of the landed gentry, the 23rd Earl of Leete has a duty to maintain and expand his lands. Shot in the style and manner of a BBC documentary, Broadbent tells his family history to the crew, who slowly come to realise - as do we - that things are not what they seem.
A Vida é Doce
Writer
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.
A Vida é Doce
Director
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.
High Hopes
Writer
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
High Hopes
Director
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
The Short & Curlies
Writer
A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor...
The Short & Curlies
Director
A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor...
Four Days in July
Writer
Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.
Four Days in July
Director
Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.
Meantime
Writer
Uma família da classe trabalhadora no East End de Londres está lutando para se manter à tona durante a recessão sob o governo da primeira-ministra Margaret Thatcher. Apenas a mãe Mavis está trabalhando; o pai Frank e os dois filhos do casal, Colin, um indivíduo tímido e cronicamente acanhado, e Mark, um jovem sincero e teimoso, estão na briga. Essa situação é contrastada pela presença da irmã de Mavis, Bárbara, e de seu marido, John, cuja aparência financeira e social parece ser uma fachada confortável em detrimento da dor implacável de um casamento sem brilho. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Meantime
Director
Uma família da classe trabalhadora no East End de Londres está lutando para se manter à tona durante a recessão sob o governo da primeira-ministra Margaret Thatcher. Apenas a mãe Mavis está trabalhando; o pai Frank e os dois filhos do casal, Colin, um indivíduo tímido e cronicamente acanhado, e Mark, um jovem sincero e teimoso, estão na briga. Essa situação é contrastada pela presença da irmã de Mavis, Bárbara, e de seu marido, John, cuja aparência financeira e social parece ser uma fachada confortável em detrimento da dor implacável de um casamento sem brilho. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Afternoon
Writer
A couple of old friends drown their sorrows together while reveling in the naivety of a young newly-wed.
Afternoon
Director
A couple of old friends drown their sorrows together while reveling in the naivety of a young newly-wed.
A Light Snack
Writer
A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.
A Light Snack
Director
A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.
Probation
Writer
A boy goes to see his probation officer.
Probation
Director
A boy goes to see his probation officer.
Old Chums
Writer
A man relentlessly bombards another man with small talk, while the other man tries to fend for himself while using crutches.
Old Chums
Director
A man relentlessly bombards another man with small talk, while the other man tries to fend for himself while using crutches.
The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final
Writer
A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.
The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final
Director
A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Himself
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
Home Sweet Home
Writer
Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.
Home Sweet Home
Director
Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.
Grown-Ups
Writer
Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living next door. Mandy's unmarried sister, Gloria, is constantly dropping in, and will not take any hints that the couple would prefer to be left alone, until her presence finally goads them to action.
Grown-Ups
Director
Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living next door. Mandy's unmarried sister, Gloria, is constantly dropping in, and will not take any hints that the couple would prefer to be left alone, until her presence finally goads them to action.
Who's Who
Writer
Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife April, who raises cats; youthful and pretentious friends Nigel, Giles, and Anthony, who gather for a wine-soaked dinner party with the chatty and risque Samantha and the mousy Caroline; the plummy Lord and Lady Crouchurst, in a spot of bother needing the help of Francis, a senior partner, to assist with the family's cash flow. Alan comes home from work to find Mr. Shakespeare doing a photo shoot of one of April's cats and a wealthy stranger, Miss Hunt, waiting to purchase one. His instincts for sycophantic palaver kick in.
Who's Who
Director
Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife April, who raises cats; youthful and pretentious friends Nigel, Giles, and Anthony, who gather for a wine-soaked dinner party with the chatty and risque Samantha and the mousy Caroline; the plummy Lord and Lady Crouchurst, in a spot of bother needing the help of Francis, a senior partner, to assist with the family's cash flow. Alan comes home from work to find Mr. Shakespeare doing a photo shoot of one of April's cats and a wealthy stranger, Miss Hunt, waiting to purchase one. His instincts for sycophantic palaver kick in.
Abigail's Party
Writer
Beverly wears low-cut dresses, too much make-up, and has a reputation as a man-eating monster. She turns a social get-together between married couples into a virtual time-bomb of emotional tension.
Abigail's Party
Director
Beverly wears low-cut dresses, too much make-up, and has a reputation as a man-eating monster. She turns a social get-together between married couples into a virtual time-bomb of emotional tension.
The Kiss of Death
Writer
Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend Sandra. Sandra introduces Trevor to her more forward friend Linda. Linda has a difficult time getting Trevor to go out with her, but she finally gets him to go to a disco; he won't dance, so Linda dances with Ronnie.
The Kiss of Death
Director
Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend Sandra. Sandra introduces Trevor to her more forward friend Linda. Linda has a difficult time getting Trevor to go out with her, but she finally gets him to go to a disco; he won't dance, so Linda dances with Ronnie.
Knock for Knock
Writer
Mr Purvis wants comprehensive coverage for his car, but he's at the mercy of the Insurance Salesman - who seems reluctant to let him have it.
Knock for Knock
Director
Mr Purvis wants comprehensive coverage for his car, but he's at the mercy of the Insurance Salesman - who seems reluctant to let him have it.
Nuts in May
Writer
A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.
Nuts in May
Director
A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.
The Permissive Society
Writer
During an evening spent at his house with his sister, a girl realizes that she doesn't really have much in common with her boyfriend.
The Permissive Society
Director
During an evening spent at his house with his sister, a girl realizes that she doesn't really have much in common with her boyfriend.
Hard Labour
Writer
A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.
Hard Labour
Director
A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.
A Mug's Game?
Writer
Transmitted as part of BBC Schools series Scene, 8 March 1973. Actor improvisations around the theme of gambling devised by Mike Leigh.
A Mug's Game?
Director
Transmitted as part of BBC Schools series Scene, 8 March 1973. Actor improvisations around the theme of gambling devised by Mike Leigh.
Bleak Moments
Writer
Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.
Bleak Moments
Director
Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.
Two Left Feet
Jim
Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl who can offer him the experience he lacks. Every time Alan tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a trip-and-stumble. Then he meets Eileen (Nyree Dawn Porter), the new waitress at the corner cafe, who signal unmistakable messages with her large inviting eyes.
Untitled Mike Leigh 2023
Writer
Plot unknown.
Untitled Mike Leigh 2023
Director
Plot unknown.