hamlet is a 1913 british silent drama film directed by hay plumb and starring johnston forbes-robertson , gertrude elliot and walter ringham .

it is an adaptation of the play hamlet by william shakespeare made by the hepworth company and based on the drury lane theatre 's 1913 staging of the work .

hamlet ( 1913 film )

denmark . prince hamlet avenges his father ' s murder . this film is based on the 1913 drury lane version of the play .
hamlet is a 1913 british silent drama film directed by hay plumb and starring johnston forbes - robertson , gertrude elliot and walter ringham .
the
closet scene
from cecil hepworth ' s 1913 filming of william shakespeare ' s
hamlet .
kenneth branagh ( left ) as hamlet , with julie christie as his mother , gertrude , in branagh ' s 1996 film version of shakespeare ' s hamlet .
the ghost scene from a silent 1913 version of shakespeare ' s
hamlet
. the music may somewhat ruin the ghostly effect and this may be best viewed with the volume down .
veteran actor saurabh shukla , who plays a pivotal role in the forthcoming film ' daas dev ' , said the film combines elements from two classics - - ' devdas ' and ' hamlet ' .
back in britain , sir johnston forbes - robertson , “the supreme hamlet of our time” as he was called , made a film version of hamlet in 1913 . an actor known for his delicate gestures and beautiful speaking voice , forbes - robertson didn’t make any concessions to the cinematic medium at all . although the film was silent and shot on location , he still recited his lines as if he was centre stage at the old vic . that film was most certainly a miss , albeit a historical curiosity .
the surviving film runs fifty - five minutes and presents an admittedly elderly hamlet , but one who displays the surety of an actor who has often played the role .
mel gibson in the title role of franco zeffirelli ' s 1990 version of shakespeare ' s hamlet .
die filmprimadonna - germany 1913 - directed and written by : urban gad - cinematography by : karl freund , axel graatkjaer - castr : asta nielsen , paul otto , fritz weidemann , fred immler - produced by : projektions a . - g . union , berlin - premiere : december 5 , 1913 - reconstruction 2007 : nederlands filmmuseum - music : trio new amsterdam
marathi adaptation of the famous tragedy ' hamlet ' presented by ashtavinayak and jigisha is being appreciated by the audience .
is no exception . the legendary sarah bernhardt , who flouted gender boundaries to play the role of hamlet on the stage , appeared in an 1899 experimental short depicting hamlet ' s climactic duel . the italian director mario caserini , best known for the spectacle
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asta nielsen , born in denmark in 1881 , was the first diva of european silent film . as early as 1913 , in die filmprimadonna , asta nielsen acts the role of a star fighting for increased influence on the entire production process . to realize her artistic vision she founds her own company art - film in 1920 . hamlet , produced that same year , survived only in a b & w ; us export version . in 2005 a coloured vintage print of the lost german original version of 1921 was discovered . the restored film had its premiere at the berlinale in 2007 , with new musical accompaniment composed by michael riessler . the 2 - disc dvd set also includes documentation of the production history of hamlet , the restoration process and rare an asta nielsen home movie compilation .
by 1913 , however , in one of the last film d’art releases , shylock ( a version of the merchant of venice ) , the actors had successfully adapted their stage talents to film . in italy giovanni pastrone , whose monumental cabiria ( 1914 ) later inspired d . w . griffith’s intolerance ( 1916 ) , brought the sense of grand opera spectacle to his giulio cesare ( 1909 ; julius caesar ) . italian audiences in 1910 saw il mercante di venezia ( the merchant of venice ) , directed by gerolamo lo savio , and in 1913 they saw una tragedia alla corte di sicilia ( “a tragedy of the court of sicily” ; a version of the winter’s tale ) , directed by baldassare negroni .
( 1952 ; restored 1992 ) . its skewed camera angles and film noir texture mirror othello’s agony .
the opening scene is in elsinore , where a ghost is seen by the sentinels keeping guard on the battlements of the castle . this is related to hamlet by his friend horatio , who describes the spirit as much resembling the late king of denmark , his deceased father , whom his uncle claudius is suspected to have murdered in order that the latter might usurp his throne . uncle claudius also married the queen , the mother of hamlet , within a month after . hamlet , moved by the narration of horatio , determines to watch for the next appearance of the ghost . it is seen again at midnight , discloses itself to hamlet as his murdered parent and relates to him the cruel circumstances of his cruel murder by the king , his uncle , and calls upon hamlet to avenge it . in order to accomplish this purpose , hamlet feigns madness , especially in his conduct towards ophelia , daughter of polonius , with whom he is enamored . hamlet engages some players who enact a scene in the presence of the king and queen which . . .
prince hamlet of denmark is told by his father ' s ghost that his uncle claudius has murdered him and married his widow . hamlet vows revenge and feigns madness , but this has disastrous consequences for his relationship with ophelia , while his preference for talk and thought over action leads to fatal errors .
michael almereyda’s hamlet ( 2000 ) , starring ethan hawke , replaced the danish court with the denmark corporation in manhattan . elsinore is a nearby luxury hotel . hawke played a surly prince hamlet disgusted by his stepfather’s greed and his mother’s veneer of innocence . an amateur filmmaker , hamlet lives in a world of television and cinema , delivering the “to be or not to be” soliloquy in the action aisle of a video store . in one of several whimsical touches , while jetting to england hamlet discovers claudius’s orders for his execution on the hard drive of a laptop stored in the luggage bin over the sleeping rosencrantz and guildenstern .
jon finch ( centre ) as macbeth in roman polanski ' s 1971 film version of shakespeare ' s macbeth .
kristin scott thomas as lady anne in richard loncraine ' s 1995 film version of shakespeare ' s richard iii .
to mark the birth and death anniversary of english poet william shakespeare , artists of mb theatre in kolhapur staged world famous classic play hamlet in marathi language at keshavrao bhosale natyagraha on april 23 .
sir johnston forbes - robertson was considered the finest hamlet of the victorian era ( by bernard shaw ) and it is a privilege , 163 years after his birth , to be able to get a sense of his portrayal as it was committed to film over a hundred years ago , the year he was recognised with a knighthood .
as soon as asta nielsen had founded the company art - film , she set out on the ambitious project of ahamlet adaptation with herself in the leading role . with svend gade and heinz schall she engaged twodirectors she had already worked with . erwin gepard was in charge of the script in which hamlet was portrayed as a woman . the reviews were ambivalent and criticized the falsification of shakespeare butpraised the acting of asta nielsen . nevertheless the premiere of hamlet in 1921 was a success . the film became a box office hit and was subsequently released in america . at the premiere of the restored german version in 2007 a new score composed by michael riessler was performed by lisma project .
in france two loose adaptations , andré cayatte ’s les amants de vérone ( 1949 ; “the lovers of verona” ) and claude chabrol ’s ophélia ( 1962 ) , captured essences of romeo and juliet and hamlet .
claire danes ( left ) and leonardo dicaprio as the title characters in baz luhrmann ' s 1996 film version of shakespeare ' s romeo and juliet .
—recorded on 68 - mm film . of four excerpts shot and later exhibited at london’s palace theatre to promote the stage production , only the death scene ( act v , scene 2 ) , long thought lost , resurfaced in 1990 in an amsterdam film archive . like all silent films , the scene from
kenneth branagh ( left ) as henry v and emma thompson as katharine in branagh ' s film version of shakespeare ' s henry v ( 1989 ) .
emma thompson ( left ) as beatrice , with kenneth branagh as benedick , in branagh ' s 1993 film version of shakespeare ' s much ado about nothing .
the opening scene is in elsinore , where a ghost is seen by the sentinels keeping guard on the battlements of the castle . this is related to hamlet by his friend horatio , who describes the . . . see full summary »
annette bening ( left ) as queen elizabeth , with john wood as king edward iv in richard loncraine ' s 1995 film version of shakespeare ' s richard iii .
hamlet , tragedy in five acts by william shakespeare , written about 1599–1601 and published in a quarto edition in 1603 from an unauthorized text , with reference to an earlier play . the first folio version was taken from a second quarto of 1604 that was based…
, james agee praised olivier for balancing the demands of
screen , stage and literature
and praised his performance of hamlet in particular . while admitting that some viewers would likely be upset by olivier ' s
liberties with the text ,
milton schulman of the
all the world’s a screen : shakespeare on film screens on bbc four on sunday . the 30th - anniversary digital restoration of ran is released on dvd & blu - ray 2 may .
( 1929 ) , the first feature - length sound movie of shakespeare . with her sly wink to bianca during the “submission” speech to petruchio , she showed how film could subvert the shakespearean text . warner brothers’
is still longer than most other versions that followed it . in fact , the full text of the play was not used in a film until kenneth branagh ' s 1996 version , which ran at four hours . while that film was generally well received , some critics felt that branagh ' s version , shot in 70mm with lavish sets and an all - star cast , finally collapsed under the weight of its own spectacle .
david thompson’s all the world’s a screen : shakespeare on film , a bbc four arena documentary to be broadcast this weekend , makes the argument that laurence olivier’s wartime henry v ( 1944 ) was the first really decent shakespeare movie . “it took 50 years for his work to be turned into a truly cinematic experience , ” the documentary tells us . olivier himself was convinced that his film eclipsed everything that had come before it . he had finally found a way to make shakespeare cinematic . it helped that the film had an obvious topicality . it was a nationalistic , morale - boosting war movie which found a very receptive audience in wartime britain .
the most controversial aspect of the film has always been its extensive cuts - - about half the play ' s text . not only did olivier and his scriptwriter alan dent excise characters such as fortinbras , rosencrantz and guildenstern , but they removed entire soliloquies , reduced other speeches to a bare line or two , and even shuffled the order of certain scenes ; for example , the scene in which claudius and laertes plot hamlet ' s death was moved to follow the scene in the graveyard . however , at nearly 160 minutes olivier ' s
for instance , when he picks up the skull by the graveside , while we are given the opening lines of the speech , we are not told who yorick is , and gertrude ' s relationship with claudius , hamlet and the ghost is not disclosed until halfway through the closet scene , and that only in passing .
( 1912 ) , also rediscovered in the late 20th century . a veteran shakespearean actor and lecturer on the chautauqua circuit , frederick warde , played the film’s richard . he toured with the movie , providing appropriate recitations and commentary .
earlier shakespeare adaptations had been hamstrung by their piety . they were often very stagy . in the early days of the twentieth century , several of the great actor - managers took their chances in front of the film cameras - but with very variable results .
that distilled the essence of the story . emulating the high culture of the comédie - française , french filmmakers organized a film d’art movement that cast high - profile actors in adaptations of famous plays , a movement that was limited by its deference to the theatre .
, sets the action in pre - tokugawa japan , where the aging warlord ichimonji hidetora divides his wealth between two of his ambitious sons ; the third son is banished for pointing out his father’s foolishness . the film’s formality and epic sweep serve beautifully to underline the shakespearean tragedy .
* two short extracts from this film can be downloaded from the bfi ' s creative archive . note that this material is not limited to users in registered uk libraries and educational establishments : it can be accessed by anyone within the uk under the terms of the creative archive licence .
that said , although still fairly primitive - most scenes are still presented as single - shot tableaux - hamlet does at least make some use of the cinema ' s grammar . the camera occasionally moves , several scenes are shot on location , the ghost is conveyed through double exposure and there ' s even a brief instance of cross - cutting , as ophelia ' s corpse is discovered while laertes talks to claudius .
at the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th centuries , when william shakespeare was becoming an academic institution , so to speak—a subject for serious scholarly study—a revolutionary search began in the world outside the universities for the means to present his great dramas in the new medium of film . pioneer french filmmakers had begun to produce primitive
( i . e . , brief film clips of parading soldiers and umbrella dancers ) , which were screened between the live acts in vaudeville houses in london and new york city . among these early films was a remarkable production of 1899 ( still available ) by the london studio of the british mutoscope and biograph company : a scene from shakespeare’s
if you can’t watch chimes at midnight , maybe look out for star trek vi : the undiscovered country . as that film reveals , snobbery about the bard extends even to the further reaches of the galaxy . as the klingon chancellor gorkon ( david warner ) insists , “you’ve not experienced shakespeare until you have read him in the original klingon . ”
however , olivier was not content to make a mere filmed play , but rather conceived the film in overtly cinematic terms . the austere design of the castle set , the winding camerawork and the low - key , almost expressionist lighting all contribute to the image of the castle as a mental labyrinth . of particular note is desmond dickinson ' s deep focus cinematography , evidently inspired by
two versions of shakespeare’s most violent play , titus andronicus , appeared in 1999 as if to affirm that apocalypse would attend the turn of the century . the first of these , directed by christopher dunne , was described by its marketers as “a savage epic of brutal revenge . ” the film is a götterdämmerung marked by beheading , amputation , and stabbing , but shakespeare’s language has been kept meticulously intact .
cast : laurence olivier ( hamlet ) ; eileen herlie ( queen gertrude ) ; basil sydney ( king claudius ) ; jean simmons ( ophelia ) ; norman wooland ( horatio ) ; felix aylmer ( polonius ) ; terence morgan ( laertes ) ; peter cushing ( osric ) ; stanley holloway ( gravedigger ) ; john laurie ( francisco ) ; esmond knight ( bernardo ) ; anthony quayle ( marcellus ) ; niall macginnis ( captain ) ; harcourt williams ( player ) ; russell thorndike ( priest ) ; patrick troughton ( player king ) ; tony tarver ( player queen ) ; john gielgud ( voice of the ghost ) .
the second version , titus , was offered by the theatrical director taymor , who had staged the play off - broadway in 1994 . she collaborated with cinematographer luciano tovoli and others to make brilliant fellini - like images out of shakespeare’s lurid melodrama . in the film taymor’s haikulike montages blur the line between illusion and reality , making the savagery aesthetically bearable . anthony hopkins played titus , jessica lange a passionate tamora , and alan cumming the decadent and utterly villainous saturninus .
is usually regarded as shakespeare ' s greatest play , both for its richness of language and its psychological and structural complexity . it is also his longest work , at over 3 , 900 lines ; a performance of the full text takes approximately four hours . clearly , the play presents unique challenges for adapting to film . sir laurence olivier ' s 1948 version still stands out from the pack as a coherently conceived interpretation of shakespeare and as a work of cinema .
oliver parker’s othello ( 1995 ) paired a black actor , laurence fishburne , as a dynamic othello , with irène jacob as a plucky desdemona , but the film as a whole—despite branagh’s menacing iago—was disappointingly stagy . richard loncraine’s richard iii ( 1995 ) presented ian mckellen as the evil richard in a 1930s london teetering on the edge of fascism . shakespeare’s language works well with the suave cultural codes of high society before world war ii , while the whiff of decadence in the palace ballroom makes a perfect setting for the hoggish schemes of the master manipulator .
to many critics , the very greatest shakespeare screen adaptation is orson welles’ chimes at midnight , his “lament” for a merrie england of decency , chivalry and humour that may never really have existed . falstaff ( played by welles himself ) is the unlikely hero of the film , whose script is pulled together from five different shakespeare plays . it is not a smooth piece of filmmaking at all . like almost all of welles’ movies , it was dogged by difficulties with financiers . what it possesses , though , is a sense of innocence and nostalgia that is quite magical .
two major versions of a midsummer night’s dream , the first directed by adrian noble and the second by michael hoffman , were released in 1996 and 1999 . in noble’s flawed film , the audience experiences the action through the eyes of a small boy who dreams about the play . this trope dates at least to jane howell’s bbc televised production of titus andronicus ( 1985 ) , and it persists in julie taymor’s titus ( 1999 ) . despite some sublime visual moments , noble’s movie is unsatisfying—neither transgressive enough in its homoerotic innuendos nor regressive enough to suit those who prefer a more innocent approach .
when all is said and done , this flourishing body of work is a singular testament to shakespeare’s universality and humanity . more than 400 years have passed since he put quill to paper , yet , centuries after he first brought them to life on the small outdoor stage near the river thames , shakespeare’s scenes , characters , and poetry continue to fuel a rich industry for film , literary , and music scholars and critics . ultimately , of course , shakespeare’s commercial value rests on his immeasurable ability , then and now , to captivate readers , music and theatre lovers , filmmakers , and moviegoers alike in his own “strong toil of grace . ” (
expressed high praise for olivier ' s interpretation of the role :
laurence olivier leaves no doubt that he is one of our greatest living actors . his rich , moving voice , his expressive face , make of the tortured dane a figure of deep and sincere tragedy .
the film ultimately won four academy awards : best picture , best actor ( olivier ) , best black and white art direction ( roger furse and carmen dillon ) , and best black and white costume design ( roger furse ) . it also received nominations for best supporting actress ( jean simmons ) , best score ( william walton ) and best director ( olivier ) .
one reason roman polanski’s macbeth ( 1971 ) feels so chilling is the echoes it carries of the director’s own life . he was enraged that the press tried to draw connections between the murder of his wife sharon tate by members of charles manson’s “family” and the bloody events in shakespeare’s play . nonetheless , he did acknowledge that the film reflected what he had experienced as a child in nazi - occupied poland . “when they ( the nazis ) were raiding houses , you always heard those screams everywhere - on the second floor , the ground floor . it was like stereo in your apartment . you had people screaming…either they were beating someone or shooting someone or dragging someone out . i remember that . ”
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running approximately an hour ( depending on projection speed ) , it gives a rather more extensive overview of the play than that offered by previous british shakespeare films , with most key scenes present and correct , supplemented with intertitles conveying brief two or three - line excerpts from the original text .
as with virtually all other british shakespeare silents ( with the exception of percy stow ' s admirably lucid the tempest of 1908 ) , there is little context - setting or indeed much indication of who is actually speaking when the intertitles appear on screen . these are somewhat sketchy , glossing over many key themes of the play and virtually demanding at least some degree of prior familiarity from the audience .
that aside , it ' s a competent production , helped by sir johnston forbes - robertson ' s charismatic performance in the title role ( he was pushing sixty at the time , but he looks a fair bit younger ) - his facial expressions and lively body language help overcome the limitation of the lack of a soundtrack , though this is still keenly felt as there is little overall attempt at reinventing the play for the cinema .
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it’s not every day that you get to see bard’s plays in a native language or chekov’s characters speaking your mother tongue . however , of late , due to efforts of some theatre enthusiasts , plays written in other languages are being translated and staged regularly for the marathi audience .
shakespearean plays have been adapted deftly by many indian playwrights and distinguished theatre groups .
he is one of the rare writers who have captured the imagination of generations altogether , but veteran lyricist gulzar today said
an old man
has always lived deep inside his consciousness .
prime minister narendra modi’s tweet that “ every single village of india now has access to electricity” , has apparently not taken into account large swathes of rural areas which are still in darkeness . the government deems a village
electrified
if 10 % of its households as well as public places such as schools and health centres , have power . while all revenue villages in the country have been electrified , the hamlets under them are yet to get a power connection
opposition leader ramesh chennithala and former kpcc president v m sudheeran will visit attapadi on saturday to meet the parents of madhu , the tribal youth who was lynched by a group of people on thursday .
the telangana cabinet has decided to bring out a new legislation aimed at according panchayat status to all tribal hamlets and special panchayat status to koya and gond habitations in the state . the proposed act will also ensure accountability for the sarpanch and other officials .
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might well have been accompanied by some variation of live music , sound effects , phonograph records , intertitles , recitations , or supplementary lectures , as filmmakers sought to compensate for a silenced shakespeare .
professor mark thornton burnett explaining why people should not be dissuaded from watching translations of shakespeare ' s works , because though he wrote exclusively in english , the stories , conflicts , and emotions are retained across cultures .
cineasts in france , the united states , italy , and germany soon began making other shakespeare movies . in 1900
francis x . bushman ( romeo ) and beverly bayne ( juliet ) in a silent version of romeo and juliet ( 1916 ) , directed by francis x . bushman and john w . noble .
meanwhile , in brooklyn , new york , the vitagraph production company had moved the camera off the stage and into the city parks . brooklyn’s prospect park served as one location for
the americans , like their european counterparts , began making longer movies for the grander “palace” movie houses that were putting the old nickelodeons and penny gaffs out of business . one of the earliest feature - length movies surviving in north america is a shakespeare movie , james keane ( keene ) and m . b . dudley’s
leslie howard ( romeo ) and norma shearer ( juliet ) in george cukor ' s romeo and juliet ( 1936 ) .
( 1944 ) , the camera participated in the action rather than merely recording it . olivier began with the gritty “actualities” of an opening scene at the boisterous globe playhouse , moved from there to a realistic 19th - century stage set for the boar’s head inn , and then soared off into a mythical france as portrayed in the 1490 manuscript
( 1948 ) olivier used a probing , interrogating camera and deep - focus photography to ferret out every nook and cranny of elsinore . his brilliant performance as the title character in a filmed and subsequently televised
( 1955 ) identified him to millions of viewers as “that bottled spider…this poisonous bunch - back’d toad” ( act i , scene 3 , line 245 ) .
andrey popov ( iago , left ) and yevgeny vesnik ( roderigo ) in sergey yutkevich ' s othello ( 1955 ) .
( 1966 ) , based on the henriad , falstaff becomes self - referentially welles himself , a misunderstood genius . welles’s cinematic masterpiece is
orson welles ( othello ) and suzanne cloutier ( desdemona ) in welles ' s othello ( 1952 ) .
olivia hussey ( juliet ) and leonard whiting ( romeo ) in franco zeffirelli ' s romeo and juliet ( 1968 ) .
( 1971 ) displayed raw filmic energy and bravura . the voracious eye of polanski’s camera roams over the barnyard details of a 10th - century scottish castle that in its squalor mirrors the inner psyches of the macbeths . the japanese director
) , a translation of the play into stylized noh drama . as washizu taketori ( macbeth ) rides in circles , the swirling forest mist becomes a metaphor for the intricate web of fate that drives his destiny , while the demureness of asaji ( lady macbeth ) masks a terrifying savagery .
laurence fishburne in the title role of othello , with kenneth branagh ( right ) as iago , 1995 .
the early 1990s witnessed a spate of interest in shakespeare’s comedies , not generally favoured by filmmakers . christine edzard’s as you like it ( 1992 ) displayed a gritty realism . whereas paul czinner’s 1936 version , starring olivier and elisabeth bergner , gloried in the “poetic realism” of designer lazare meerson , edzard used a daring ploy in transforming shakespeare’s forest of arden into a hobo jungle in east london .
trevor nunn followed his notable television achievements—with janet suzman in antony and cleopatra ( first broadcast in 1974 ) and judi dench and mckellen in macbeth ( first broadcast in 1979 ) —with a splendid twelfth night ( 1996 ) . shot in cornwall , it enfolds the fragile world of illyria within the nostalgic atmosphere of a chekhovian comedy .
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mcbeth ) , maura tierney ( pat mcbeth ) , christopher walken ( lieut . ernie mcduff )
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( 1935 ) , directed by and starring sohrab modi , who had previously written and staged his own urdu translation to great acclaim .
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you just can’t escape shakespeare on screen . an estimated 500 adaptations of his plays were made in the silent era alone . since then , there have been westerns , sci - fi pictures , b - movies , gangster films and samurai versions of the writer’s work . he has inspired several musicals , lots of comedies , teen romances , beatnik dramas and some horror films too . the real mystery is why so few of them have been any good .
all the world’s a screen includes black and white footage of olivier in military uniform , doing his bit for propaganda , giving a speech to the armed forces . he declaims his lines in exactly the same way as the soliloquies in henry v .
sir herbert tree appeared in king john in 1899 , one of the very first shakespeare films . this was very definitely a miss , a determinedly eccentric endeavour , shot on london’s embankment and recreating a stage production . tree himself later admitted it was “entirely without meaning except to those who were perfectly familiar with the play and could recall the lines appropriate to the action . ” tree was later to star as macbeth for the great american director , d , w . griffith , and again struggled to make sense of the fact that no - one could hear the soliloquies .
griffith had also directed an early version of taming of the shrew ( 1908 ) boasting a very lively performance from florence lawrence , the “first movie star . ”
a record of f . r . benson ' s production at shakespeare ' s memorial theatre in stratford
the argument that silent versions of shakespeare were undermined because the audience couldn’t hear the verse doesn’t really stack up . akira kurosawa’s throne of blood ( 1957 ) , inspired by macbeth , disregarded the verse entirely and transplanted the action to feudal japan . what kurosawa demonstrated was that there was primal intensity in shakespeare’s storytelling that had nothing to do with the soliloquies . this intensity was also evident in ran ( 1985 ) , his astonishing version of king lear in which an ageing japanese warlord tries to divide up his kingdom and unleashes chaos and destruction as a result . you can draw a line from shakespeare through kurosawa to star wars . george lucas’s characters and plot - lines aren’t so different from those found in macbeth and king lear .
phil daniels as puck , peter mcenery as oberon and helen mirren as titania .


silver blaze ( 1977 ) is a british/canadian television film directed by john davies and starring christopher plummer and thorley walters .

the movie is based on arthur conan doyle 's story of the same name .

silver blaze ( 1977 film )

this is an adaptation of the conan doyle ' s story : the adventure of silver blaze .
silver blaze is a british tv movie produced by highgate associates ltd . starring christopher plummer ( holmes ) and thorley walters ( watson ) . aired in 1977 . 30 minutes .
christopher plummer - - he played holmes twice : in the 1977 tv movie
silver blaze
and director bob clark ' s 1979 film ,
murder by decree ,
which again pitted the sleuth against jack the ripper .
tv dramatisation of the story by arthur conan doyle . dramatised by julian bond . sherlock holmes and watson are called in to solve the baffling disappearance of the famous racehorse , silver blaze .
in 1977 , christopher plummer , better known for the role in murder by decree , starred in itv ' s adaptation of silver blaze with thorley walters as watson . the more ambitious 24 - part sherlock holmes and doctor watson in 1979 featured geoffrey whitehead as holmes and donald pickering as watson .
release date ( s ) 11 july 1977 ( 1977 - 07 - 11 ) the assignment ( swedish : uppdraget ) is a 1977 swedish drama film directed by mats arehn and starring christopher plummer , thomas hellberg and carolyn seymour . a swedish foreign office official travels to south america on a peace - making mission . it was based on the novel uppdraget by per wahlöö . awards : the swedish film institute ' s quality grant
christopher plummer makes a strange sherlock holmes—he’s almost too much of a movie star to play him . plummer has a great time , creating a mildly mischievous holmes who willfully appears eccentric . it’s too bad he’s the only interesting thing about silver blaze .
one of the most popular of the stories ,
silver blaze
focuses on the disappearance of the eponymous race horse named silver blaze , a famous winner , on the eve of an important race and on the apparent murder of its trainer , john straker . the tale is distinguished by its atmospheric dartmoor setting , and late victorian sporting milieu . it also features some of conan doyle ' s most effective plotting , hinging on the famed
curious incident of the dog in the night - time
:
the disappearance is a 1977 british - canadian thriller film directed by stuart cooper and starring donald sutherland , francine racette and david hemmings . the wife of an assassin mysteriously disappears .
frank langella - - having played the role in a 1977 stage revival of the gillette play , he took this performance to television for a 1981 hbo presentation .
captain von trapp made the notable decision to play up the great detective’s drug addiction when he played him in this adaption of doyle’s work , which stayed true to the original . while plummer would go on to reprise his role of holmes , silver blaze also starred thorley walters , who had played watson in four separate films .
helen mirren as his wife sophia tolstaya . the film premiered at the 2009 telluride film festival .
alongside the inimitable marty feldman and madeline kahn , wilder’s resentful sibling tries to claw his share of the limelight from the brother he derides as
sheer - luck .
in a pleasing touch , the elder holmes is played by douglas wilmer , who had already appeared as the character in the 1960s bbc series . his watson , thorley walters , was making the third of four appearances in the role . one of the sherlocks he had accompanied was christopher lee ( in 1962’s sherlock holmes and the deadly necklace ) , while another was christopher plummer in 1977’s silver blaze .
arthur wontner - - the london native portrayed holmes in five films :
the sleeping cardinal
( 1931 ) ,
the missing rembrandt
( 1932 ) ,
the sign of four
( 1932 ) ,
the triumph of sherlock holmes
( 1935 ) and
silver blaze
( a 1937 release also known as
murder at the baskervilles
) .
plummer’s appearance as holmes in silver blaze would not be his last . in murder by decree , however , his watson was played by james mason . inevitably , mason’s doctor was a highly intelligent and capable character who bore only a superficial resemblance to the lovable bungler portrayed by nigel bruce in basil rathbone’s films . holmes’ interest in the jack the ripper murders is heightened by scotland yard’s unusual failure to approach him for help in solving the case . the persistent duo soon learn that graffiti at the scene implicates a group of freemasons , and the game’s afoot .
principal photography lasted six weeks in 2015 , across belgium . the film held its world premiere at the 2016 toronto international film festival in the special presentations section .
up is a 2009 computer - animated comedy - adventure film produced by pixar animation studios , distributed by walt disney pictures and presented in disney digital 3 - d . the film premiered on may 29 , 2009 in north america and opened the 2009 cannes film festival , becoming the first animated and 3d film to do so .
film directed by nicholas ray . ray was fired from the film before production was finished , and several scenes were completed by screenwriter budd schulberg , who also supervised the editing . the film features christopher plummer in his first lead role ( and his second film role overall ) and , in a minor role , peter falk in his film debut . it was filmed on location in everglades national park in technicolor .
future learning and skills – giving everyone the opportunity to build a lifelong relationship with film .
this is an incomplete list of film , tv and similar productions filmed on the railway .
must love dogs is a 2005 romantic comedy film based on the book written by claire cook . it is the third film directed and written by gary david goldberg . the film , starring diane lane and john cusack , was produced on a budget of $ 30 million . the film focuses on a woman ' s struggle with divorce and meeting new people afterward .
the film is notable for its spectacular flying sequences , echoing those seen in angels one five ( 1952 ) but on a far grander scale than had been seen on film before ; these made the film ' s production very expensive . it is shown regularly on british television .
the film was released in the united kingdom and republic of ireland on december 28 , 2007 .
awards somewhere in time has received several awards , including : saturn award for best costume , saturn award for best music , saturn award for best fantasy film . the film was also nominated for the academy award for costume design .
a 13 - year - old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils . christopher plummer . . . hump hinton burbank international children ' s film festival 2000 won film award best child actress performance
my dog tulip is an american independent animated feature film directed and animated by paul fierlinger . his wife , sandra fierlinger , painted the backgrounds and characters . it is based on the 1956 book by j . r . ackerley , which tells the story of his relationship with his german shepherd dog . somewhat unusually for animated features , the film is geared toward the
adult sensibility
rather than children . its public premiere was at the annecy international animated film festival on june 10 , 2009 . the film was made in tvpaint . the film was awarded honourable mention for best animated film at the 2009 ottawa international animation festival . in july 2010 , distribution rights were acquired by new yorker films . it also serves as the final film appearance of lynn redgrave , who passed away on may 2nd , 2010 .
madeline : lost in paris is an animated madeline television film , produced by dic entertainment and released on direct - to - video on 3 august 1999 . it was released to vhs by walt disney studios home entertainment . in 2009 the film was released on itunes for the film ' s 10th anniversary . voice cast : christopher plummer . . . narrator
“danny collins” is a 2015 american comedy - drama film written and directed by dan fogelman in his feature directorial debut . inspired by the true story of folk singer steve tilston , the film stars al pacino , annette bening , jennifer garner , bobby cannavale , and christopher plummer as frank grubman . the film was released in theaters on march 20 , 2015 .
beginners premiered at the 2010 toronto international film festival , where the los angeles times heralded it as a
heady , heartfelt film
with a cast who has
a strong sense of responsibility to their real - world counterparts
. beginners won the 2011 gotham award for best feature , shared with the tree of life . christopher plummer won a golden globe award for best supporting actor in a motion picture 2012 , and the denver film critics society award , the los angeles film critics association award , the national board of review award and the online film critics award , all for best supporting actor .
of his two films with robert altman , buffalo bill and the indians , or , sitting bull ' s history lesson ( 1976 ) is by far the more successful , but the bizarre futuristic drama quintet ( 1979 ) ended the decade disastrously , a flop compounded by the awfulness of when time ran out ( 1980 ) . his fans had not taken to the raucous and foul - mouthed slap shot ( 1977 ) , another work which had indicated newman ' s search for more original material .
his 1988 british comedy film , directed by thom eberhardt , starred michael caine as holmes and ben kingsley as dr watson .
) is a 1970 soviet - italian film directed by sergei bondarchuk and produced by dino de laurentiis . it was the story of the preliminary events and the battle of waterloo , and was famous for its lavish battle scenes . the film failed at the box office . this , in part , led director stanley kubrick to abandon a film he was preparing on napoleon .
first shown in 1974 the happy prince is an animated short film adaptation of the short story by oscar wilde . the film was produced in 1974 by the canadian - based potterton productions as a followup to its 1971 film the selfish giant . an animated version of the story was produced in 1974 , starring glynis johns as the swallow and christopher plummer as the prince .
blizzard is a 2003 christmas family film directed by levar burton . it stars brenda blethyn , christopher plummer , kevin pollack , and whoopi goldberg . a young girl ' s aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer . the film won the best of the fest award at the chicago international children ' s film festival , and the dgc team award from the director ' s guild of canada . it premiered at the cannes film festival on may 15 , 2003 .
franchise , downey jr ' s turn as the british sleuth in the guy ritchie - directed film created a lot of buzz .
his 1983 animated film had o ' toole voicing holmes . he was joined by earl cross as the voice of dr watson .
up is director pete docter ' s second feature - length film , after monsters , inc . , and features the voices of edward asner , christopher plummer , bob peterson , and jordan nagai . it is pixar ' s tenth feature film and the studio ' s first to be presented in disney digital 3 - d , and is accompanied in theaters by the short film partly cloudy
by then hollywood had beckoned , but its call came via one of the most calamitous screen debuts ever recorded . the silver chalice ( 1954 ) miscast him in a toga , and so dismayed him that years later he paid for advertisements urging viewers not to watch it on television . he learned one valuable lesson —
avoid frocks
— and concentrated ( except for westerns ) on modern characters , often those under stress . there were few conventional romantic roles or comedies .
jonathan pryce - - he took on the role for a 2007 british tv film
sherlock holmes and the baker street irregulars .
9 is a 2009 american computer - animated science fantasy film directed by shane acker and produced by tim burton and timur bekmambetov . the film stars elijah wood , john c . reilly , jennifer connelly , crispin glover , martin landau and christopher plummer . it is based on acker ' s academy award - nominated 2005 short film of the same name . the screenplay for the film was written by pamela pettler , with casting by mindy marin , production design by robert st . pierre and fred warter , and art direction by christophe vacher .
the film was released to critical praise and grossed approximately $ 168 million worldwide . brad pitt was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actor , and won a golden globe for his performance . the film also won and was nominated for various categories at the saturn awards
alexander is a 2004 epic film based on the life of alexander the great . it is not a remake of the 1956 film which starred richard burton . it was directed by oliver stone , with colin farrell in the title role . the film is based mostly on the book alexander the great , written in the 1970s by historian robin lane fox , who gave up his screen credit in return for being allowed to take part in the epic cavalry charge during the film ' s recreation of the battle of gaugamela . christopher plummer . . . aristotle
plummer is magnificent as holmes in this television film based on the doyle story . look for plummer as holmes also in murder by decree .
the boss ' s wife is a 1986 american comedy film directed by ziggy steinberg and starring daniel stern , arielle dombasle and christopher plummer .
man in the chair is a 2007 independent film written and directed by michael schroeder . the film stars christopher plummer , michael angarano , m . emmet walsh , and robert wagner . the drama stars christopher plummer as flash , a man who longs for the days when he worked as a crew member on such cinematic masterpieces as citizen kane . when flash meets teenage film fanatic cameron kincaid ( played by michael angarano ) , he becomes an unlikely mentor and agrees to help cameron make a film to compete in a student competition where the top prize is a film school scholarship and , for cameron , a ticket out of his difficult home life . flash , who sees his own life drawing to a close recruits the support of his eccentric friends at the motion picture home and helps cameron make his film and chase his dream . cast :
awards for starcrash ( 1978 ) academy of science fiction , fantasy & horror films , usa 1980 nominated saturn award best foreign film trivia : only david hasselhoff and christopher plummer have their own voices in the english dubbed version of the film . everyone else was dubbed by different people .
a beautiful mind is a 2001 american film based on the life of john forbes nash , jr . , a nobel laureate in economics . the film was directed by ron howard and written by akiva goldsman . it was inspired by a bestselling , pulitzer prize - nominated 1998 book of the same name by sylvia nasar . the film stars russell crowe , along with jennifer connelly , ed harris , christopher plummer and paul bettany .
in january 2006 , the rtr tv aired the miniseries directed by gleb panfilov . solzhenitsyn helped adapt the novel for the screen and narrated the film
heath ledger , christopher plummer , lily cole , and tom waits star in the film , though ledger ' s death one - third of the way through filming caused production to be temporarily suspended . ledger ' s role was recast with johnny depp , jude law , and colin farrell portraying transformations of ledger ' s character as he travels through a dream world . the film made its world premiere during the 62nd cannes film festival , out of competition . the uk release of the film was scheduled for 6 june 2009 but pushed back to 16 october 2009 due to its successful premiere at cannes . the film was given a limited release in the us on christmas day 2009 and a nationwide expansion on 8 january 2010 .
priest is a 2011 american supernatural action film starring paul bettany as the title character . the film , directed by scott stewart , is based on the korean comic of the same name . in an alternate world , humanity and vampires have warred for centuries . christopher plummer as monsignor orelas .
charlton heston - - he took the stage play
crucifer of blood
to television for a turner network televison film that aired in 1991 .
dragnet is a 1987 film starring dan aykroyd and tom hanks , directed by tom mankiewicz . the screenplay is written by dan aykroyd , alan zweibel , and tom mankiewicz . the original music score was composed by ira newborn . the film was marketed with the tagline
just the facts
.
rupert everett - - the british actor depicted the detective in the 2004 british tv film
sherlock holmes and the case of the silk stocking .
alongside the accolades , there were other less successful movies , such as blaze and fat man and little boy ( both 1989 ) . in the former he starred as earl long , the philandering 1950s governor of louisiana . his necessarily strident performance failed to ignite a dull movie . the second work personalised the story of general groves , the belligerently professional officer who oversaw the manhattan project which developed the allied atomic weapons programme . duller than either of these was mr & mrs bridge ( 1990 ) , in which he and woodward wilted under james ivory ' s direction .
that was recently screened at the ongoing berlin film festival , sees the detective at the age of 93 . it is set for theatrical release this month .
awards for 1985 : golden raven brussels international festival of fantasy film cast dennis quaid . . . alex gardner max von sydow . . . doctor paul novotny
a close film adaptation was made in 1985 , starring donald sutherland , christopher plummer ( . . . leo argyle ) and sarah miles . its musical score ( by dave brubeck ) has in many quarters been heavily criticised as totally inappropriate for this style of mystery and has given the film a certain notoriety .
the forger is a 2014 american crime thriller film directed by philip martin and starring christopher plummer as josep cutter and john travolta as raymond j . cutter .
edward woodward - - the star of the horror film
the wicker man
and the cbs series
the equalizer
played holmes for a british tv film
hands of a murderer
( 1990 ) . john hillerman ( higgins on
magnum , p . i .
) was his watson .
battle of britain is a 1969 technicolor film directed by guy hamilton , and produced by harry saltzman and s . benjamin fisz . the film broadly relates the events of the battle of britain . the script by james kennaway and wilfred greatorex was based on the book the narrow margin by derek wood and derek dempster .
secrets , also known as danielle steel ' s secrets , is a 1992 television film directed by peter h . hunt . the film is based upon the 1985 novel of the same name written by danielle steel . the drama centers on a television producer and his relationship with the star of his latest tv series .
the new world is a 2005 drama / romance film written and directed by terrence malick , a historical adventure depicting the founding of the jamestown , virginia settlement and inspired by the historical figures captain john smith and pocahontas . it is the fourth feature film written and directed by malick . the cast includes colin farrell , q ' orianka kilcher , christopher plummer , christian bale , august schellenberg , wes studi , david thewlis , and yorick van wageningen . the production team includes director of photography emmanuel lubezki , production designer jack fisk , costume designer jacqueline west , and film editor richard chew . the film had an estimated budget of $ 30 million and was produced by sarah green . the film received numerous awards and nominations for its cinematography , score , kilcher ' s performance , and for overall production .
nother adaptation set in new york , this 1976 film starring bond star roger moore as holmes , who travels to nyc to investigate another threat made by professor moriarty .
inside man is a 2006 crime - drama film directed by spike lee . it stars denzel washington , clive owen , willem dafoe and jodie foster . the film ' s screenplay was written by russell gewirtz and produced by brian grazer . it was released in north america and several european markets on march 23 and 24 , 2006 .
the imaginarium of doctor parnassus is a 2009 fantasy film directed by terry gilliam and written by gilliam and charles mckeown . the film follows a traveling theater troupe whose leader , having made a bet with the devil , takes audience members through a magical mirror to explore their imaginations and face them with a choice between good and evil .
ian mckellen - - he is playing holmes at 93 in director bill condon ' s
mr . holmes ,
a film that will be released in 2015 .
kevin spacey originally portrayed the eldest getty , appearing in the film ' s initial marketing campaign . however , after multiple sexual assault allegations were leveled against spacey , the role was recast with christopher plummer , who was scott ' s original choice for the role . scenes were reshot just a month prior to the film ' s release .
atv today ( atv 1976 ) . six minute film featuring chris tarrant firing one of the ' austrian locomotives ' between bewdley and bridgnorth . available to watch on bfiplayer .
directed by blake edwards , produced by blake edwards , written by frank waldman the return of the pink panther is the fourth film in the pink panther series , released in 1975 . the film stars peter sellers in the role of inspector clouseau in his third panther appearance , after the original the pink panther ( 1963 ) and a shot in the dark .
this short , silent film was originally produced by arthur marvin for mutoscope and features a 30 second running time . while the story has no real plot , with holmes coming face to face with a thief who can make a bag of stolen goods appear and disappear , it was not meant to mimic doyle’s stories so much as cameo a famous character for the arcade . long thought lost , the film was rediscovered in 1968 ( and is available online ) . thus our unknown actor has the distinction of being the first sherlock holmes on film !
closing the ring is a film directed by richard attenborough and starring shirley maclaine , christopher plummer , mischa barton , stephen amell , neve campbell , pete postlethwaite , and brenda fricker .
peter cushing - - the hammer film star made an excellent holmes in the british studio ' s 1959 version of
the hound of the baskervilles .
he also replaced douglas wilmer for the last year of the 1965 - 68 bbc television series
sherlock holmes .
he returned to the role in 1984 for the film
the masks of death .
obtain a pure sample of the original virus so a cure can be made . throughout the film , cole is troubled with recurring dreams involving a chase and a shooting in an airport .
“hector and the search for happiness” is a 2014 british - german - canadian comedy drama - film directed by peter chelsom and co - written with tinker lindsay and maria von heland , based on françois lelord ' s novel of the same name . the film stars christopher plummer as professor coreman , , the leading guru for happiness studies at ucla , simon pegg and rosamund pike .
after universal studios acquired the rights to remake la jetée as a full - length film , david and janet peoples were hired to write the script . under terry gilliam ' s direction , universal granted the filmmakers a $ 29 . 5 million budget , and filming lasted from february to may 1995 . the film was shot mostly in philadelphia and baltimore , where the story was set .
nobody runs forever also called the high commissioner is a 1968 film directed by ralph thomas based on jon cleary ' s 1966 novel the high commissioner . it stars rod taylor as australian policeman scobie malone and christopher plummer as the australian high commissioner in england caught up in corrupt dealings , during delicate negotiations . taylor ' s production company was involved in making the film as was the american selmur productions
filmed in australia and london , the film was the last big screen appearance of franchot tone who plays the american ambassador . rod taylor is memorable in one of the few roles where he played an australian . he plays malone as a tough single outback policeman unlike the married sydney detective sergeant of the original books taylor ' s unsophisticated integrity is contrasted with the london diplomatic scene throughout the film .
the film follows two rogue ex - non - commissioned officers of the british raj who set off from 19th century british india in search of adventure and end up as kings of kafiristan . kipling is
the film focuses on the cast and crew of a new tv series called manhattan , which is shot on location in new york city . mel wexler is a successful producer who has become a workaholic
wolf is a 1994 american horror film directed by mike nichols and written by jim harrison , wesley strick , and an uncredited elaine may , with music by ennio morricone and cinematography by giuseppe rotunno . the film featured jack nicholson and michelle pfeiffer in the lead roles , alongside james spader , kate nelligan , richard jenkins , christopher plummer , eileen atkins , david hyde pierce , and om puri .
raymond massey - - the american actor best known for playing abraham lincoln on stage and film in
abe lincoln in illinois
portrayed holmes in the 1931 british movie
the speckled band .
but the big problem is the script . julian bond’s adaptation is boring and confusing . he gives the story a prologue and it’s so nonsensical , davies can’t fit it with the rest of the film .
rock - a - doodle is a 1991 animated re - telling of geoffry chaucer ' s chanticleer and edmond rostand ' s comedy , chantecler . this film was directed by don bluth , produced by goldcrest
atv today ( atv 1968 ) .
river severn day four
. six minute film of barri haynes interviewing christopher george , then secretary of the severn valley railway society . media archive for central england .
atv today ( atv 1968 ) .
kidderminster railway station
. short film with no sound showing views of kidderminster station building shortly before its demolition . available to watch on media archive for central england .
ararat is a 2002 film directed , written , and co - produced by atom egoyan based loosely on the siege of van during the armenian genocide , an event that is denied by the government of turkey . in addition to exploring the human impact of that specific historical event , the film also examines the nature of truth and its representation through art . ararat stars charles aznavour , christopher plummer , and david alpay .
this film was created by a constituency of artists from canada and the united kingdom , along with academic and theological consultants from around the world . the cast was selected primarily from the stratford shakespeare festival and soulpepper theatre company , as well as britain ' s royal shakespeare company and royal national theatre . the musical score , composed by jeff danna and created for the film , is partially based on the music of the
production started on october 12 , 2004 and the film was released on july 29 , 2005 . critic ' s opinions were mostly negative giving the general opinion that the actors were not to blame . must love dogs took the fifth spot on its opening weekend and has grossed more than $ 58 million worldwide . the film was released on vhs and dvd on december 20 , 2005 . christopher plummer as bill nolan .
hamlet at elsinore , is a 1964 made - for - television film version of shakespeare ' s play . presented in the uk on the bbc , and in the u . s . on net in 1965 , it won wide acclaim both for its performances and for being filmed entirely at elsinore , in the castle in which the play is set . significantly , it is the only sound film version of the play ( so far ) to have actually been filmed at elsinore . the film stars christopher plummer as the melancholy prince of denmark . he was nominated for an emmy award for his performance . supporting performances were given by such actors as robert shaw ( as claudius ) , and michael caine , in his only filmed shakespeare performance so far , as horatio . both actors were , at the time , almost completely unknown to american audiences , and plummer had only recently gained popularity in the u . s . because of his portrayal of captain von trapp in the smash hit musical film the sound of music . although clips of the film are very rarely shown on television , it has never been released on vhs or dvd , and plummer himself has stated in an interview that he himself would like it to be released on dvd . the film was directed by philip saville
many of the tv productions have been released on video . the sherlock holmes society of london occasionally shows the better or rarer productions , so look out for announcements in the events section or in society film shows .
inside daisy clover is a 1966 american drama film based on the 1963 novel by gavin lambert . it stars natalie wood , christopher plummer , robert redford , roddy mcdowall and ruth gordon in her academy award nominated role .
a film based on the musical and play was directed by the musical ' s director , peter coe . it was released in the uk in march 1969 and in the us in october 1969 . filmed in kilkenny ireland by domino films it ran for 102 minutes . the film originally was given an
x
certificate ( over 18 ' s ) by the uk censor , but it was given a
15
on video .
set in the early late 19th century , the film follows a game warden ( christopher plummer ) who arrives in florida in the hopes of enforcing conservation laws . he soon finds himself pitted against cottonmouth ( burl ives ) , the leader of a fierce group of bird poachers . the film was loosely based upon the life and death of guy bradley , an early game warden who in 1905 was shot and killed by plume hunters in the everglades .
the gospel of john is a 2003 film that is the story of jesus ' life as recounted by the gospel of john . it is a motion picture that has been adapted for the screen on a word - for - word basis from the american bible society ' s good news bible . this three - hour epic feature film follows john ' s gospel precisely , without additions to the story from other gospels , nor omission of complex passages .
it is believed that though the film was highly spectacular and considered intelligently scripted , its failure was partly attributable to what was considered the wooden performance of stephen boyd as the loyal general livius ( a fictitious character ) . in contrast , the performance of christopher plummer as the unstable commodus was considered highly charismatic . as a fledgling motion picture performer—the fall of the roman empire was only his third appearance on film—he began to emerge as a major hollywood star .
the film was released in usa , canada , uk , netherlands , finland , china , france , spain , italy , norway and in greece ( in 2008 ) . the canadian working title was
all the fine lines
.
full disclosure is a 2001 thriller film starring fred ward , christopher plummer , rachel ticotin and penelope ann miller . it was directed by john bradshaw . film was shot in 1999 . the release was delayed to distributing problems . full disclosure was nominated for 7 video premiere awards in 2001 : best actor ( ward ) , best supporting actor ( plummer ) , best supporting actress ( miller ) , best original score , best live - action premiere , best screenplay and best director .
nicol williamson - - the scottish actor played holmes in
the seven - per - cent solution ,
the 1976 film version of nicholas meyer ' s 1974 novel about the detective meeting sigmund freud . robert duvall made an amazing watson .
emotional arithmetic ( 2008 ) is a canadian / american drama directed by paolo barzman , based on the novel by matt cohen , about the emotional consequences for three holocaust survivors when they are reunited decades later . the film stars gabriel byrne , roy dupuis , christopher plummer , susan sarandon , and max von sydow . it opened at the toronto film festival , in toronto , canada , on september 15 , 2007 , and was released , in canada , on april 18 , 2008 .
conduct unbecoming is a 1975 british drama film , an adaptation of the barry england play conduct unbecoming first staged in 1969 . it was directed by michael anderson and starred an ensemble cast of actors including michael york , richard attenborough and trevor howard .
the silent partner is a remake of the danish film think of a number ( tænk på et tal ) from 1969 written and directed by palle kjærulff - schmidt . both are based on the novel tænk på et tal by danish writer anders bodelsen
nicholas nickleby is a 2002 comedy - drama film written and directed by douglas mcgrath . the screenplay is based on the life and adventures of nicholas nickleby by charles dickens , which originally was published in serial form between march 1838 and september 1839 .
ali ' s biggest match , his fight with the us government . a film about the politics and hubris surrounding the vietnam war and the revenge exacted on america ' s greatest sportsman of the 20th century because he refused to fight in that war .
after a screening at the 72nd venice international film festival , it was theatrically released in canada on october 23 , 2015 , in germany on december 31 , 2015 , and in the united states by a24 on march 11 , 2016 . remember received mostly positive reviews and won a few film festival awards . at the 4th canadian screen awards , august received the award for best original screenplay and remember was also nominated for best motion picture . christopher plummer was nominated for best actor at the canadian screen awards .
madeline is a children ' s book series written by ludwig bemelmans , an american author of belgian , austrian and german origins . [ 1 ] the books have been adapted into numerous formats , spawning telefilms , television series and a live action feature film .
crackerjack is a 1994 adventure film directed by michael mazo and starring thomas ian griffith , nastassja kinski and christopher plummer . a lone cop is the only hope for a ski resort held hostage by a white supremacist jewel thief in this action thriller . cast :
john barrymore - - the great profile played the great detective in a 1922 silent film that featured roland young (
topper
) as watson and a young william powell ( the future star of
the thin man
making his screen debut ) .
souvenir is a 1989 british drama film directed by geoffrey reeve and starring christopher plummer , catherine hicks and michael lonsdale . it was based on the novel the pork butcher by david hughes . forty years after the second world war , an ex - german soldier returns as an american to a french village in which atrocities were committed by the nazis , during which his then french lover was murdered . the film , like the book , is an attempt to attribute and and assuage patent and discreet levels of of guilt .
plummer portrayed barrymore at the end of life as a talented but dissolute member of the famous american acting dynasty . the film version of barrymore was shot with multiple high - definition cameras and will be released on hbo canada , movie central and the movie network .
the night of the generals is a 1967 suspense / thriller film set in world war ii , adapted from the novel of the same name by hans hellmut kirst . [ 1 ] it stars peter o ' toole , omar sharif , tom courtenay , donald pleasence , joanna pettet and philippe noiret . the film was produced by sam spiegel and directed by anatole litvak , with a musical score by maurice jarre . the screenplay was written by paul dehn and joseph kessel . gore vidal also contributed to the screenplay but was uncredited .
biblical period . the film was produced by visual bible international . the film is narrated by christopher plummer and stars scottish - peruvian actor henry ian cusick as jesus . others cast include british actors stuart bunce ( john ) , richard lintern ( leading pharisee ) scott handy ( john the baptist ) , lynsey baxter ( mary magdalene ) , and canadian actors diego matamoros ( nicodemus ) , stephen russell ( pontius pilate ) , daniel kash ( simon peter ) , cedric smith ( caiaphas ) and nancy palk ( samaritan woman ) .
reginald owen - - the british star was one of a handful of screen sherlocks also to have played watson . he had been watson to brook ' s holmes in 1932 . then he played holmes in a 1933 film version of
a study in scarlet .
murder by decree ( 1979 ) is an anglo - canadian thriller film involving sherlock holmes and doctor watson in the case of the serial murderer jack the ripper . as holmes investigates london ' s most infamous case , he finds that the ripper has friends in high places .
the girl with the dragon tattoo is an upcoming american film adaptation of the novel of the same name ( orig . män som hatar kvinnor ) by the late swedish author / journalist stieg larsson , the first book in his millennium trilogy , directed by david fincher . cast :
the film was shot on location in new york city and features an expansive and diverse ensemble cast . in addition to being a cerebral crime thriller , the film handles issues of good and evil in unexpected sources , corruption , prejudice , multiculturalism in united states ( and new york city in particular ) post - september 11 , 2001 , and leaves several interpretations of right and wrong open to the audience . the title comes from several meanings of the term
inside man
and therefore is a use of word play christopher plummer . . . arthur case .
principal cast charlie hunnam . . . . . nicholas nickleby jamie bell . . . . . smike christopher plummer . . . . . ralph nickleby anne hathaway . . . . . madeline bray tom courtenay . . . . . newman noggs jim broadbent . . . . . wackford squeers the film was nominated for the golden globe award for best motion picture - musical or comedy . it received the national board of review award for best cast , and romola garai was nominated for the jameson people ' s choice award for best european actress at the european film awards
adapted by paul giovanni from doyle’s the sign of the four , this theater production showed on broadway and in l . a . , where it starred charlton heston . heston then went on to reprise his role in the film version , which was directed by his son fraser clarke heston .
possessed is the name of a 2000 showtime original movie starring timothy dalton , based on events appearing in the book possessed by thomas b . allen , which is inspired by the exorcism case of robbie mannheim ; the film was released on dvd in the usa on october 2 , 2001 .
the hallmarks of executive producer steven spielberg are all over young sherlock holmes . it’s a fun , exciting film that’s been unjustly neglected , but will doubtless thrill fans willing to overlook the departure from the holmes canon . its young cast do a fantastic job with the material , bringing real pathos to the events of the youthful sherlock’s formative years . those taken with rowe’s fine performance and left wondering how he might have played the mature holmes will be delighted to spot his cameo in mr . holmes , playing the master sleuth in a film watched by none other than ian mckellen as the man himself .
after the huge success of their oscar - winning historical drama , the lion in winter , director anthony harvey and writer james goldman’s next step was to make they might be giants . the 1971 comic romance was based on goldman’s play of the same name ; he’d never been satisfied with it , and had forbidden any further productions after a london run in 1961 . the film didn’t do well at the box office and received mixed reviews . as the dvd release is no longer available , catching it on one of its occasional television appearances is the only way to see this strange gem of a film .
triple cross is a 1966 british film directed by terence young and produced by jacques - paul bertrand . it was based loosely on the real life story of eddie chapman , believed by the nazis to be their top spy in great britain whilst in fact he was an mi5 double agent known as ' zigzag ' . the film was released in france in december 1966 as la fantastique histoire vraie d ' eddie chapman but elsewhere in europe and the us in 1967 as terence young ' s triple cross . the title comes from chapman ' s signature to mark he was freely transmitting by radio , a morse xxx .
muhammad ali ' s greatest fight is a 2013 television film about boxer muhammad ali ' s refusal to report for induction into the united states military during the vietnam war , focusing on how the united states supreme court decided to rule in ali ' s favor in the 1971 case of clay v . united states . the film was directed by stephen frears , from a screenplay written by shawn slovo based on the 2000 book muhammad ali ' s greatest fight : cassius clay vs . the united states of america by howard bingham and max wallace . [ 1 ] it premiered on hbo on october 5 , 2013 .
stage struck ; screenplay by ruth and augustus goetz ; based on the play
morning glory
by zoe akins ; directed by sidney lumet ; produced by stuart miller for r . k . o . pictures and released by buena vista film distribution company . at the normandie . running time : 95 minutes .
john neville - - the british actor , who later played holmes to great acclaim on stage , had top billing in
a study in terror ,
a 1965 film that pitted the detective against jack the ripper . a young judi dench was in the cast , and donald houston made an excellent watson .
christopher plummer eileen brennan original channel cbs release date january 20 , 1981 when the circus came to town is an american television movie that originally aired on cbs as a
movie of the week
on january 20 , 1981 . directed by boris sagal , the film stars elizabeth montgomery , christopher plummer , and eileen brennan
much of the film , a british / french co - production , was shot on location in warsaw , which was exceptionally rare for a major western film at the height of the cold war . the murder of a prostitute in nazi - occupied warsaw in 1942 draws abwehr major grau ( omar sharif ) into an investigation where the evidence points to the killer being one of three german general officers : general von seydlitz - gabler ( charles gray ) , general kahlenberg ( donald pleasence ) , his chief of staff , and general tanz ( peter o ' toole ) . grau’s investigation is cut short by his summary transfer to paris at the instigation of these officers .
toward the end , the mcbain children , their parents , and friends are all evicted from the house . they hit on the idea of blowing up the building in order to stave off the takeover and return everyone to their previous standard of living . throughout the film there are numerous romantic miscommunications that are tied together at the end .
the polish director aleksander ford made an english - language film based on the novel in 1973 . while it hewed closely to solzhenitsyn ' s plot , the film was a critical and commercial failure . the 1991 tv miniseries based on the novel , first circle , won canada ' s gemini award for best photography in a dramatic program or series , awarded to ron orieux . directed by larry sheldon , it received nominations for best dramatic miniseries , best actor , best actress , and best writing in the category . it starred victor garber as the protagonist , christopher plummer , robert powell and dominic raacke with f . murray abraham as stalin . it was released on dvd .
harrison bergeron is a 1995 cable television movie film loosely adapted from kurt vonnegut ' s 1961 short story of the same name . it was produced for showtime , and first screened on august 13 , 1995 . the film takes place in a dystopian future in which the us government mandates total egalitarianism in all things , by having everyone attach wearable mind
handicapping
devices to their heads and showing only mind numbing shows on tv . the story centers on a high school student named harrison bergeron whose extreme intelligence makes him something of a pariah . he is ultimately recruited by a secret organization whose purpose is to operate the functions of society that cannot be handled by the unintelligent .
william gillette - - the american actor was the first great interpreter of holmes , having played the detective in a doyle - authorized stage play since 1899 . a 1916 film version was long thought to be lost . it was announced a month ago that a copy found in france is being restored and will get an american premiere next year .
the timeframe of the film is 180–192 ad , from the last days of the roman emperor marcus aurelius to the death of his son and successor commodus . the film opens with marcus aurelius conducting his war to pacify the germanic tribes along the danube frontier . he has just summoned the governors of all the roman provinces to his camp in order to present to them gaius metellus livius ( a fictional character ) as his heir and successor . this is conceivable because livius indicates that he had been brought into the imperial family by the emperor , presumably by adoption , and the four previous emperors ( nerva , trajan , hadrian , and antoninus pius ) had made their adopted sons their heirs .
cold creek manor is a 2003 american / canadian psychological thriller film directed by mike figgis . the screenplay by richard jefferies focuses on a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought in foreclosure . when documentary filmmaker cooper tilson and his business executive wife leah decide life in new york city has become more than they can bear , they and their children kristen and jesse move into a decaying mansion filled with the possessions of the previous family . they befriend local tavern owners ray and ellen pinski and their daughter stephanie , who help them purchase a horse . as cooper begins to sort through the many documents and family photographs scattered throughout the house , he decides to commit its history to film .