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Peter Snell (producer)
Peter Snell is a Canadian film producer. He is notable for the films he made with Alistair MacLean, Don Sharp and Charlton Heston as well as ''The Wicker Man'' (1973). Select Filmography *''The Winter's Tale'' (1967) *''Some May Live'' (1967) *'' Subterfuge'' (1968) *''Julius Caesar'' (1970) - starring Heston *''Goodbye Gemini'' (1970) *''Antony and Cleopatra'' (1972) - starring and directed by Heston *''The Wicker Man'' (1973) *''Hennessy'' (1975) - directed by Sharp *'' A Month in the County'' (1977) *'' Bear Island'' (1979) - directed by Sharp, based on story by MacLean *'' The Hostage Tower'' (1980) - based on story by MacLean *'' Mother Lode'' (1982) - starring and directed by Heston *''Squaring the Circle'' (1984) *''Turtle Diary'' (1985) *'' Lady Jane'' (1986) *''A Prayer for the Dying'' (1987) *''Tears in the Rain'' (1988) - directed by Sharp *'' A Man for All Seasons'' (1988) - directed by Heston *'' Blood Royal: William the Conqueror'' (1990) *''Treasure Island'' (1990) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alistair MacLean
Alistair Stuart MacLean ( gd, Alasdair MacGill-Eain; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a 20th-century Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. Many of his novels have been adapted to film, most notably '' The Guns of Navarone'' (1957) and ''Ice Station Zebra'' (1963). In the late 1960s, encouraged by film producer Elliott Kastner, MacLean began to write original screenplays, concurrently with an accompanying novel. The most successful was the first of these, the 1968 film ''Where Eagles Dare'', which was also a bestselling novel. MacLean also published two novels under the pseudonym Ian Stuart. His books are estimated to have sold over 150 million copies, making him one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time. According to one obituary, "he never lost his love for the sea, his talent for portraying good Brits against bad Germans, or his penchant for high melodrama. Critics deplored his cardboard characters and vapid females, but readers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turtle Diary
''Turtle Diary'' is a 1985 British film directed by John Irvin and starring Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, and Michael Gambon. Based on a screenplay adapted by Harold Pinter from Russell Hoban's novel ''Turtle Diary'', the film is about "people rediscovering the joys of life and love". The film contains elements of romance, comedy, and drama and has been described as a romantic comedy. Synopsis Two lonely Londoners - Neaera Duncan, a children's author (Glenda Jackson), and William Snow, a bookstore assistant (Ben Kingsley) - find common ground when visiting the sea turtles at London Zoo. Independently, each perceives that the turtles are unnaturally confined, and they hatch a plan with the assistance of zookeeper George Fairbairn ( Michael Gambon) to smuggle them out and release them into the sea. Their release of the turtles is a metaphor for their escape from their inhibitions. Main cast *Glenda Jackson as Neaera Duncan, a "Popular children's author … fearing her creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Film Producers
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wicker Tree
''The Wicker Tree'' is a 2011 British horror film written and directed by Robin Hardy. It contains many direct parallels and allusions to the 1973 film ''The Wicker Man'', which was also directed by Hardy, and is intended as a companion piece which explores the same themes. The film premiered at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal, Canada, July 2011 and was released on Blu-ray in the UK on 30 April 2012. Plot Beth Boothby (Nicol) is a successful born-again evangelical pop singer from Texas. She and her fiancé Steve Thompson (Garrett) both wear purity rings and belong to a group known as the "Cowboys for Christ", who travel to "heathen areas" of the world to preach Christianity. The Reverend Moriarty sends them off to Glasgow, hoping to save some souls there. However, they're shocked at their very negative reception, and nobody accepts their pamphlets. They are approached by Sir Lachlan Morrison (McTavish), the laird of the small village of Tressock in the Scottish Lowlands, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letters From A Killer
''Letters from a Killer'' is a 1998 British-American crime drama mystery film starring Patrick Swayze as a man who is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet two more murders which he did not commit. The movie is directed by David Carson, and also stars Gia Carides, Kim Myers, Olivia Birkelund, and Tina Lifford. It was directed by David Carson and writing by John Foster, Nicholas Hicks-Beach, and Shelley Miller. Filming locations * Echo, Utah * Fair Oaks, California * Ione, California * Jordanelle Reservoir, Utah * Los Angeles, California * New Orleans, Louisiana * Reno, Nevada * Sacramento, California * Salt Lake City, Utah * Wendover, Nevada * Woodland, California * Glendora, California Glendora is a city in the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, California, east of Los Angeles. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Watch (1995 Film)
''Night Watch'' (also known as ''Detonator II: Night Watch'') is a 1995 American television spy film directed by David Jackson starring Pierce Brosnan and Alexandra Paul. The film, also known as ''Alistair MacLean's Nightwatch'', was shot in Hong Kong. The film aired on the USA Network. It is a sequel to ''Death Train''. Plot summary Cast * Pierce Brosnan as Michael 'Mike' Graham * Alexandra Paul as Sabrina Carver * William Devane as Nick Caldwell * Michael J. Shannon as Martin Schraeder * Lim Kay Siu as Mao Yixin (as Lim Kay Siu) * Irene Ng as Myra Tang * Hidde Maas as Miles Van Dehn * Tom Jansen as Insp. De Jongh * Tomislav Ralis as Louis Armand * Harold Bone as Lemmer * Rolf Saxon as Fisk * Natalie Roles as Jennifer * Kate Harper as Psychologist * Mark King as Luke Sheehan * Terry Diab as U.N.A.C.O. Voice (voice) * Ron Berglas as Roger Flint * Suncana Zelenika as Stephanie * Ron Li-Paz as New York Broker * Jasna Bilušić as Amsterdam G.N.N. Reporter * Neo Swee Lin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Train
''Death Train'' (also known as ''Detonator'') is a 1993 American made-for-television action- thriller disaster film featuring Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Christopher Lee, Ted Levine, and Alexandra Paul. The script was based on an Alastair MacNeill novel of the same name, which in turn was based on an Alistair MacLean screenplay. Plot With the aid of a German nuclear physicist, dissident Russian General Konstantin Benin (Christopher Lee), a military casualty of the Soviet collapse, is conspiring to restore the Soviet Union to superpower status. His plan is to place a nuclear bomb on a train controlled by mercenaries, led by Alex Tierney (Ted Levine), bound for Iraq, forcing the Russian army to invade Iraq to recover it and once again mobilize its might - creating a new military union in the process. Malcolm Philpott (Patrick Stewart), the head of the United Nations Anti-Crime Organisation (UNACO), entrusts the mission of stopping the train and its deadly cargo to a multinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crucifer Of Blood
''The Crucifer of Blood'' is a play by Paul Giovanni that is adapted from the Arthur Conan Doyle novel ''The Sign of the Four.'' It depicts the character Irene St. Claire hiring the detective Sherlock Holmes to investigate the travails that her father and his three compatriots suffered over a pact made over a cursed treasure chest in colonial India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Broadway production The play, directed by the author, opened on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre, Helen Hayes Theatre on September 28, 1978, and ran for 236 performances. The production was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Paul Giovanni, Giovanni for Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Best Direction of a Play, and won the award for Roger Morgan (designer), Roger Morgan's lighting design. It also received Drama Desk Awards for Morgan as well as for John Wulp's scenic design. Bran Ferren received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award for Special Visual & Sound Effects. Cast *Paxton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Island (1990 Film)
''Treasure Island'' is a 1990 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 novel of the same name, written and directed by Fraser Clarke Heston ( Charlton Heston's son), and also starring several notable British actors, including Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee (both of whom had starred alongside Heston in the 1973 ''Three Musketeers'' film), Julian Glover and Pete Postlethwaite. The film was an original production filmed and aired by the TNT network, and was also released theatrically outside the US. The title has appeared on some covers as ''"Devils Treasure"'', rather than "Treasure Island". This version of the story is noted for its faithfulness to the book, with much of the dialogue coming directly from it, as well as recreating several of the more violent scenes from the book. Plot Captain Bones, an elderly pirate, arrives at the Admiral Benbow inn, owned by Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother. Bones spends his days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William The Conqueror
William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle to establish his throne, his hold on Normandy was secure. In 1066, following the death of Edward the Confessor, William invaded England, leading an army of Normans to victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands, and by difficulties with his eldest son, Robert Curthose. William was the son of the unmarried Duke Robert I of Normandy and his mistress Herleva. His illegitimate status and youth caused some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
