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Sandy Whitelaw
Alexander "Sandy" Whitelaw (28 April 1930 – 20 February 2015) was a British actor, producer, director and subtitler. Early life Whitelaw was born in London and educated in Switzerland, the UK and the United States."Former United Artists Exec Sandy Whitelaw Dies at 84" He represented Britain as a skier in the 1956 Olympics."Sandy Whitelaw obituary" Filmmaking career Whitelaw's film career began when he worked as an assistant to the producer ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enigma (1982 Film)
''Enigma'' is a 1982 Anglo-American thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc"Overview: 'Enigma'." '''', 2019. Retrieved: August 17, 2019. and starring , , , and |
All Fired Up (film)
''All Fired Up'' () is a 1982 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, starring Yves Montand and Isabelle Adjani. It tells the story of a man who works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he is unaware that his eldest daughter has begun to work for the ministry of finance. The film premiered on 13 January 1982. It had 2,279,445 admissions in France. Cast * Yves Montand as Victor Valance * Isabelle Adjani as Pauline Valance * Alain Souchon as Antoine Quentin * Lauren Hutton as Jane * Jean-Luc Bideau as Raoul Sarazin * Pinkas Braun as Monsieur Nash * Jean-Pierre Miquel Jean-Pierre Miquel (22 January 1937 – 22 February 2003) was a French actor and theatre director, as well as an administrator of the Comédie française. Biography Artistic director at the Théâtre de l'Odéon from 1971 to 1977, he b ... as the minister of finance * Jean Rougerie as the doctor * Madeleine Cheminat as Mme Valance * Jeanne Lallema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beau-père
''Beau Pere'' (french: Beau-père), also known as ''Stepfather'', is a 1981 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Blier, based on his novel of the same name. It stars Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse and Maurice Ronet and is about a 30-year-old pianist who has an affair with his 14-year-old stepdaughter after her mother dies in a car accident. The film played at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and had an international release. It received some positive reviews in spite of its controversial subject. Plot Rémi is a struggling pianist with a wife, Martine, a model who is getting too old to find desirable work, and a 14-year-old stepdaughter, Marion. When Martine is killed in a car crash, Marion expresses her desire to stay with Rémi in their apartment, but is taken away by her father Charly, an alcoholic who dislikes Rémi. Marion comes back, much to her father's disapproval, and takes up babysitting to help make ends meet while Rémi gives piano lessons. Soon, Marion tells R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Oscar (film)
''Lady Oscar'' (Japanese: ベルサイユのばら Hepburn: ''Berusaiyu no bara'', "The Rose of Versailles") is a 1979 English-language romantic period drama film, based on the manga ''The Rose of Versailles'' by Riyoko Ikeda. The film was written and directed by Jacques Demy, with music composed by his regular collaborator Michel Legrand. The British-French-Japanese co-production was produced by Mataichiro Yamamoto for Kitty Films, Nippon TV, Toho, and Ciné Tamaris, and was filmed on location in France. Catriona MacColl stars as the eponymous Oscar François de Jarjayes, with Barry Stokes as her lover André Grandier, alongside Jonas Bergström, Christine Böhm, Mark Kingston, Georges Wilson, Sue Lloyd, Martin Potter, and Anouska Hempel. A young Lambert Wilson appears in a minor role. Plot Oscar François de Jarjayes is a young woman whose father, a career military man, wanted a boy. After she was born her father took to dressing Oscar in boy's clothes and raising her as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Et Robert
''Robert et Robert'' is a film directed by Claude Lelouch. Synopsis Two single men apply to a dating agency. To start with, they are intimidated, but come round to the idea. That night, they imagine the meetings that will change their lives forever. Starring * Charles Denner : Robert Goldman *Jacques Villeret : Robert Villiers * Jean-Claude Brialy : M. Millet * Francis Perrin : M. Michaud *Germaine Montero : Goldman's mother * Régine : Villiers's mother *Macha Méril : Agathe * Nella Bielski : Mme Millet * Patricia Cartier * Josette Derrenne : Mme Michaud * Arlette Emmery : Arlette *Mohamed Zinet : Ali *Bruno Coquatrix Bruno Coquatrix (5 August 1910, Ronchin, Nord – 1 April 1979) was a French music producer, the owner and manager of the Olympia Hall in Paris from 1954 until his death in 1979. Career Coquatrix was first known as a song and music writer. He ... : Himself Awards * César Awards 1979 : Best supporting actor for Jacques Villeret References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quai D'Orsay (film)
''The French Minister'' (french: link=no, Quai d'Orsay) is a 2013 French comedy film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Based on ''Quai d'Orsay'', a comic strip by Christophe Blain and Abel Lanzac, the film takes an initially comedic look at the French Foreign Ministry under Dominique de Villepin but moves into more serious territory as France, in co-operation with Germany, opposes the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. In January 2014, the film received three nominations at the 39th César Awards, with Niels Arestrup winning the award for Best Supporting Actor. Plot After graduating from the ''École nationale d'administration'', which trains France's leaders in the public and private sectors, Arthur Vlaminck lands a job as speechwriter in the Foreign Ministry. Existing senior advisers do not welcome a talented newcomer who may become a competitor but his abilities are recognised by the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heading South
''Heading South'' (french: Vers le sud) is a 2005 French-Canadian-Belgian drama film directed by Laurent Cantet and based on three short stories by Dany Laferrière. It depicts the experiences of three middle-aged white women in the late 1970s, travelling to Haiti for the purposes of sexual tourism with young men. Their adventures (as seen in their eyes) are juxtaposed with class issues and the deteriorating political climate of Haiti at the time of Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier. The women demonstrate different attitudes to the complex situation.Stephen Holden, Laurent Cantet’s ‘Heading South’ Shows the Ache of Blinding Lust in a Sexual Paradise Lost” Movie Review, ''The New York Times'' (2006‑07‑07). Plot Ellen (Charlotte Rampling), is a professor of French literature at Wellesley College in Boston who has spent six summers at a Haitian resort where local young men and teenagers providing sexual companionship are easy to find. Among other guests, Brenda ( Karen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoah (film)
''Shoah'' is a 1985 French documentary film about the Holocaust (known as "Shoah" in Hebrew), directed by Claude Lanzmann. Over nine hours long and 11 years in the making, the film presents Lanzmann's interviews with survivors, witnesses and perpetrators during visits to German Holocaust sites across Poland, including extermination camps.J. Hoberman, "Shoah: The Being of Nothingness", in Jonathan Kahana (ed.), ''The Documentary Film Reader: History, Theory, Criticism'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, 776–783. Also see Claude Lanzmann with Marc Chevrie and Hervé le Roux, "Site and Speech: An Interview with Claude Lanzmann about ''Shoah''", in Kahana (ed.) 2016, 784–793. Released in Paris in April 1985, ''Shoah'' won critical acclaim and several prominent awards, including the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. Simone de Beauvoir hailed it as a "sheer masterpiece", while documentary maker Marcel Ophül ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danton (1983 Film)
''Danton'' () is a 1983 French language film depicting the last weeks of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution. It is an adaptation of the 1929 play '' The Danton Case'' by Stanisława Przybyszewska. The film stars Gérard Depardieu in the title role, with Wojciech Pszoniak as Maximilien Robespierre, and Patrice Chéreau as Camille Desmoulins. It was directed by the Polish director Andrzej Wajda and was an international co-production between companies in France, Poland and West Germany. All supporters of Danton (with the exception of Bourdon, who would later betray him) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles. Alain Depardieu, Gérard's brother, is listed in the credits as Director of Production. Not always rigidly historical, the film was accused of drawing parallels between the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution and the situation in contemporary Poland, in which the Solidarity movement was struggling against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
