The Awakening (1980 Film)

	The Awakening (1980 Film) ''The Awakening'' is a 1980 British horror film directed by Mike Newell in his directorial debut and starring Charlton Heston, Susannah York, and Stephanie Zimbalist. It is the third film version of Bram Stoker's 1903 novel ''The Jewel of Seven Stars'', following 1970 television adaptation as ''The Curse of the Mummy'' for the TV series ''Mystery and Imagination'', and the 1971 theatrical film by Hammer, ''Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' (in which Ahmed Osman also appeared). It was released by Warner Bros. Another adaptation of Stoker's novel was released directly to video in 1997 under the title '' Bram Stoker's The Mummy''. Plot The film opens on an Egyptian archaeological dig in 1961.Cowie, Susan D. and Tom Johnson. ''The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film''. North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., 2002. Print. Three of the main characters are introduced: Matthew Corbeck (Heston), his wife Anne Corbeck (Jill Townsend), and Jane Turner (Susannah York). Matthew and Jane are di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mike Newell (director) Michael Cormac Newell (born 28 March 1942) is an English film and television director and producer. He won the BAFTA for Best Direction for ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994), which also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film, and directed the films '' Donnie Brasco'' (1997) and '' Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005). Early life Newell was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, as the son of amateur actors, and was educated at St Albans School. He read English at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He then attended a three-year training course at Granada Television with the intention of entering the theatre. Career Newell directed various British TV shows from the 1960s onwards (such as ''Spindoe'', credited as Cormac Newell, and '' Big Breadwinner Hog''), but eventually shifted his focus to film direction. His first feature-length project was '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1977), a made-for-television film. His first critically acclaimed movie was '' Bad Blood'' (1981), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Sony. On June 19, 1918, brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and their business partner Joe Brandt founded Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation, which would eventually become Columbia Pictures. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name on January 10, 1924 (operating as Columbia Pictures Corporation until December 23, 1968) went public two years later and eventually began to use the image of Columbia, the female personification of the United States, as its logo. In its early years, Columbia was a minor player in Hollywood, but began to grow in the late 1920s, spurred by a successful association with director Frank Capra. With Capra and others such as the most successful two reel comedy series The Three Stooges, Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nadim Sawalha Nadim Joakim Sawalha ( ar, نديم صوالحة) (born 9 September 1935) is a Jordanian-British actor, the father of actresses Nadia and Julia Sawalha. He appeared in two Bond films, '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and ''The Living Daylights'' (1987). Background Sawalha was born in Madaba, Jordan, in 1935 and moved to Britain in the 1950s, to study drama. His daughter Julia revealed on her episode of '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' that even he is uncertain of his birth date, but it is thought to be around 7 to 9 September. Acting career Nadim Sawalha has made over 100 appearances in film and television, in a career spanning more than 40 years. Personal life Sawalha is married to Roberta Mary Lane, and has three daughters, Nadia, Julia and Dina. His brother is comedian Nabil Sawalha. Filmography Film Television Other roles He played the part of Omar Badri in BBC's 'CDX' computer game. In the 2018 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bruce Myers (actor) Bruce Myers (12 April 1942 – 15 April 2020) was a British actor and director. Partial filmography '' No Blade of Grass'' (1970) - Bill Riggs ''Meetings with Remarkable Men'' (1979) - Yelov '' Measure for Measure'' (1979, TV movie) - Angelo '' The Awakening'' (1980) - Dr. Khalid ''Eaux profondes'' (1981) - Cameron ''Casting'' (1983, TV series) ''Dorothée, danseuse de corde'' (1983, TV movie) - Georges ''Prime Risk : adolescent dans le parking'' (1985) ''Le Génie du faux'' (1985, TV movie) ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being'' (1988) - Czech Editor ''La Révolution française'' (1989) - Couthon (segment "Années terribles, Les") ''The Mahabharata'' (1990, TV mini-series) - Ganesha / Krishna ''Présumé dangereux'' (1990) - Andreï Sletotchkine ''Henry & June'' (1990) - Jack '' Toutes peines confondues'' (1992) - Scandurat ''La joie de vivre'' (1993) - Karl ''Fausto'' (1993) - Roger ''Le Tailleur autrichien'' (1993, Short) - Franz Reichert ''The Browning Vers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]