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Humphrey Dixon
Humphrey Dixon is a British film editor. Humphrey began his career as assistant editor, later becoming a film editor for Merchant Ivory's '' Autobiography of a Princess'' (1974). In 1984, he directed Merchant Ivory's documentary '' The Wandering Company''. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for ''A Room with a View'' (1985). Since the film ''Sirens'' (1994), he has collaborated with director John Duigan. Filmography *''Private Peaceful'' (2012) *''Aazaan'' (2011) *'' My One and Only'' (2009) *''Wimbledon'' (2004) *''My House in Umbria'' (2003 TV movie) *'' Evelyn'' (2002) *''Enemy at the Gates'' (2001) *''Paranoid'' (2000) *'' Molly'' (1999) *''Dancing at Lughnasa'' (1998) *'' Lawn Dogs'' (1997) *''The Leading Man'' (1996) *''The Proprietor'' (1996) - Editorial Consultant in London *''The Journey of August King'' (1995) *''A Simple Twist of Fate'' (1994) *''Sirens'' (1994) *''The Playboys'' (1992) *'' Stepping Out'' (1991) *'' Mr. & Mrs. Bridge'' (1990) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Film Festival Of India
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually, currently in the state of Goa, on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excellence of the film art; contributing to the understanding and appreciation of film cultures of different nations in the context of their social and cultural ethos, and promoting friendship and cooperation among people of the world. The festival is conducted jointly by the National Film Development Corporation of India (under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and the state Government of Goa. Vision ''Ayam nijam paroveti gananā laghuchetasām, Udāracharitānām tu vasudhaiva kutumbakam'' (Extract from the Vedic scripture Maha Upanishad, meaning "This is for me and that is for other – is the thinking of a narrow-minded person. For those who are broad-minded, liberals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranoid (2000 Thriller Film)
''Paranoid'' is a 2000 independent thriller film, directed by John Duigan, which was made for theatrical release but subsequently received a limited international theatrical release. It was released directly to video in most countries. It stars Jessica Alba and Iain Glen. Plot The film begins at a fashion show, where Chloe Keene (Jessica Alba) takes the catwalk. She returns home to her boyfriend Toby (Oliver Milburn) and tells him what a great time she had in New York. The phone rings, but no one is on the other end, and she tells her friend she will change her number. After this, she goes to a shoot, where she meets her other boyfriend, Ned (Gary Love), who offers to take her out to a reunion of his former band. She goes home, and lies to Toby that she will be visiting someone in Brighton. Chloe falls asleep in the car due to pills she has taken, and wakes up when she arrives at the reunion. She gets a phonecall from a stalker with a strange voice, a different one to the one th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heat And Dust (film)
''Heat and Dust'' is a 1983 British historical romantic drama film, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on her novel, ''Heat and Dust'' (1975). It was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant. It stars Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor and Julie Christie.Long, ''James Ivory in Conversation'', p. 109 The plot of ''Heat and Dust'' follows two intertwined stories. The first is set in British India of the 1920s, and deals with an illicit affair between Olivia, the beautiful young wife of a British colonial official, and an Indian Nawab. The second, set in 1982, deals with Anne, Olivia's great-niece, who travels to India hoping to find out about her great-aunt's life, and while there, also has an affair with a married Indian man. ''Heat and Dust'' form part of a cycle of film and television productions which emerged during the first half of the 1980s, reflecting Britain's growing interest in the British Raj.Long, ''The Films of Merchant Ivory'', p. 128 In addit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria's Lovers
''Maria's Lovers'' is a 1984 American drama film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, and Robert Mitchum. The plot follows a soldier returning from World War II who marries the woman of his dreams, but he is unable to consummate his marriage, ruining the couple's chances of a shared happiness. The film is the first American feature film by Konchalovsky and opened the 41st Venice International Film Festival. ''Maria's Lovers'' also was nominated César Award for Best Foreign Film. Plot In the spring of 1946, Ivan, an American soldier, returns home psychologically scarred after spending some time in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. Once back in his small Pennsylvania town, Ivan settles in, trying to put his life back together while living with his stoic peasant father. Shortly after his arrival, Ivan looks for his childhood sweetheart, Maria, a beautiful woman who is taking care of her old deaf grandmother. However, he is disappoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crusoe (1989 Film)
''Crusoe'' is a 1988 British drama film directed by Caleb Deschanel. It is a variation on the story told in the 1719 novel ''Robinson Crusoe'' by Daniel Defoe. The film stars Aidan Quinn as Crusoe. Plot Tidewater, Virginia 1808. The story begins at sea with the main protagonist, Crusoe (Aidan Quinn), en route to Africa to retrieve slaves. His ship runs into a powerful storm, and the entire crew perishes except for Crusoe. He eventually makes his way to a tropical island, where he is alone and stranded until he discovers that a dog named Scamp and a small flock of geese have also survived. He befriends Scamp, and gains a close ally. He initially encounters many challenges, but eventually manages to make himself at ease on the island. Later he finds a rifle inside the shipwreck, and, weapon in hand and Scamp by his side, begins exploring the island. After spending more time on the island, Crusoe stumbles upon a group of tribesmen who are indigenous to the area but not the island. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mister Johnson (film)
''Mister Johnson'' is a 1990 American drama film based on the 1939 novel by Irish author Joyce Cary. The film, set in 1929, stars first-time actor Maynard Eziashi as a Nigerian who works as a clerk for the British civil service and adopts the style of the British colonialists in the belief that he is a true Englishman. It was the first American film to be shot on location in Nigeria. Plot Mister Johnson, a Nigerian who has adopted the style of the British colonialists, works as an assistant to the colonialist judge Harry Rudbeck. He marries Bamu in a Christian marriage ceremony and offers to share his "wealth" and "civilized" life with her, though she continues to behave according to her traditional Nigerian role as a wife instead of like an Englishwoman. Waziri offers to pay Johnson to show him government letters from Rudbeck's office, but Johnson refuses out of loyalty to Great Britain. Johnson owes money to several people but Rudbeck is unwilling to give him an advance, and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepping Out (1991 Film)
''Stepping Out'' is a 1991 American musical comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert, written by Richard Harris (based on his 1984 play '' Stepping Out'') and starring Liza Minnelli.Holden, Stephen"Review/Film; Turning Klutzes Iento Tap Dancers"''The New York Times'', October 4, 1991 Plot Mavis Turner conducts instruction in tap dancing inside a Buffalo, New York church basement. Once an aspiring Broadway hoofer, Mavis is now merely trying to make ends meet, while also struggling with a personal relationship with a career-frustrated musician boyfriend. With the glum Mrs. Fraser accompanying on piano, Mavis tries to teach tap to a class of colorful women and a solitary man, the bashful Geoffrey. Few are aware at first that one woman, Andi, is seeking a form of escape from a physically abusive husband. Others with a variety of extroverted personalities attend class simply for their own amusement, occasionally getting on each other's nerves. Concerned about money and keeping the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Playboys (film)
''The Playboys'' is a 1992 Irish film directed by Gillies MacKinnon and starring Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn and Robin Wright. The plot follows an unwed young mother whose life is transformed with the arrival of a travelling troupe of actors to her Irish village. The script was written by Shane Connaughton, an Oscar nominee for ''My Left Foot''. The film was shot in his native village Redhills, in County Cavan, Ireland. Plot In a small Irish village in 1957, Tara Maguire, a young resolute woman, is the talk of the town because she is having a baby out of wedlock, and refuses to name the father. During Sunday mass she goes into labour giving birth to a baby boy. Sergeant Brendan Hegarty, the local police officer of the Garda Síochána, and Mick, a local landowner, vie for Tara's hand in marriage, but she refuses them both. Mick loses his cattle and facing financial ruin commits suicide. People in town blame his death on Tara's rejection. The local priest, Father Malone, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Simple Twist Of Fate
''A Simple Twist of Fate'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The screenplay by Steve Martin is loosely based on the 1861 novel ''Silas Marner'' by George Eliot. Martin stars, along with Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara and Stephen Baldwin. Plot When high school music teacher Michael McCann discovers his wife is pregnant by his best friend, he divorces her and retreats into a life of solitude as a maker of finely crafted furniture in rural Virginia. Five years later, his only companion is a valuable collection of gold coins. Tanny Newland, the unsavory younger brother of politician John Newland, crashes his brother's car in the woods surrounding Michael's house, seriously injuring the woman he is with. Afraid of being arrested for drunk driving, Tanny steals Michael's coins while he is sleeping, takes off into the night and is never seen again. Weeks later during a winter storm, Michael is startled to discover a toddler has wandered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Journey Of August King
''The Journey of August King'' is a 1995 American drama film directed by John Duigan based on the 1971 novel of the same name by John Ehle, who also wrote the screenplay. It stars Jason Patric and Thandiwe Newton. The film had its world premiere as the closing film of the 52nd edition of the Venice Film Festival on September 9, 1995; it was later screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 1995, and at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 13, 1995. It was released in theaters in the United States on November 10, 1995. Cast *Jason Patric as August King *Thandiwe Newton as Annalees Williamsburg (credited as Thandie Newton) *Larry Drake as Olaf Singletary *Sam Waterston as Mooney Wright *Eric Mabius as Hal Wright *Maya Angelou voices as the film narrator *Sarah-Jane Wylde as Ida Wright *Muse Watson as Zimmer *John Doman as Bolton *Andy Stahl as Harrison (as Andrew Stahl) *Danny Nelson as Felix * Collin Wilcox-Paxton as Mina *Dean Rader-Duval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Proprietor
''The Proprietor'' is a 1996 film. It is a U.S.- French co-production Merchant Ivory film, directed by Ismail Merchant for Jeanne Moreau's request. Cast Starring *Jeanne Moreau as Adrienne Mark *Sean Young as Virginia Kelly *Sam Waterston as Harry Bancroft *Christopher Cazenove as Elliott Spencer *Nell Carter as Millie Jackson *Jean-Pierre Aumont as Franz Legendre *Austin Pendleton as Willy Kunst *Charlotte de Turckheim as Judith Mark *Pierre Vaneck as Raymond T.K *Marc Tissot as Patrice Legendre *Josh Hamilton as William O'Hara New York *Joanna Adler as F. Freemder *James Naughton as Texans *J. Smith-Cameron as Texans *Michael Bergin as Bobby *John Dalton as Emilio * Jack Koenig as Apartment Doorman *Panther as Guardian Angels *Bull as Guardian Angels *Kim Gilmore as Guardian Angels *Falcon as Guardian Angels *Joan Audiberti as French Ladies *Katherine Argo as French Ladies *Judy Alanna as Woman in Park Paris * Hubert St. Macary - Taxi Driver *Diane Nignan - Pedestrian *Guillemet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leading Man
''The Leading Man'' is a 1996 British romantic drama film directed by John Duigan. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1996 but was not released in the United States until March 1998. The film is set in London in the winter. Plot A brash American actor, Robin Grange, goes to London to feature in a major new play. The playwright of the production, Felix Webb, is having an intense affair with the leading lady, Hilary Rule. His wife of fourteen years, Elena, suspects that her husband is cheating and cannot suppress her rage. Robin comes up with an intriguing plan; to seduce Felix's elegant wife to end hassling her husband. In desperation, Felix agrees, but soon faces a dilemma in that he feels increasingly jealous of Robin's attempts to seduce his willing wife, especially when he charms (and attempts to seduce) Hilary and the other members of the production and becomes too popular at Felix's expense. Felix is caught in a web of deceit and jealousy, prompting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |