trespass against us is a british-american crime drama film directed by adam smith and written by alastair siddons .

the film stars michael fassbender , brendan gleeson , sean harris , lyndsey marshal , rory kinnear , and killian scott .

it has been selected to be screened in the special presentations section at the 2016 toronto international film festival .

it was released in the united states on 20 january 2017 , by a24 before being released in the united kingdom on 3 march 2017 by lionsgate .

trespass against us

trespass against us is british crime drama about three generations of a traveller family .
‘habitual thief’ : michael fassbender in trespass against us . photograph : allstar / film4
arrested development : michael fassbender in trespass against us . photograph : allstar / film4
summary trespass against us is british crime drama about three generations of a traveller family .
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trespass against us is currently playing at the toronto international film festival and opens on january 20 .
film credits include trespass against us , summer solstice , no place to go and walking with cavemen .
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trespass against us is an overwhelmingly forgettable film , telling an unoriginal story with no artistic swagger that can make it feel fresh again .
ezra khan will soon be appearing as jamail in the feature film trespass against us for potboiler producitions alongside michael fassbender and directed by adam smith .
siddons has directed the documentaries “turn it loose” and “inside out : the people’s art project . ” “trespass against us” is his first feature film .
caught between tradition , suspicion and the reality of modern life , trespass against us makes its point about the shackles and constraints of freedom very well .
despite this , trespass against us has some well crafted action to it , but not enough to keep it being any other than a missed opportunity .
despite a few bursts of well - directed action and a strong cast , trespass against us isn ' t unique or original enough to get excited about .
trespass against me feels like a missed opportunity . be reassured though , michael fassbender doesn ' t let his fans down .
london – michael fassbender is in negotiations to star in trespass against us , a gangster film that will mark emerging u . k . talent adam smith ' s narrative feature debut .
trespass against us is a movie starring michael fassbender , brendan gleeson , and lyndsey marshal . a man looks to find a way to escape the criminal ways of his outlaw family .
if palling around with a group of wastrel criminal types whose idea of fun is burning their possessions while running around shirtless chasing rabbits , then trespass against us is the film for you .
trespass against us follows in the tradition of british crime films , wherein it leans heavily into the particular environment it ' s set and the language and eccentricities of it . get carter , for example , was all grey skies and geordie accents . lock , stock and two smoking barrels was lahdahn slang and alan ford yarns . with trespass against us , it ' s rural gloucester and criminal members of the travelling community . yet , while these other examples drew us in , trespass against us instead makes a point of keeping the audience out - both by making them incredibly difficult to understand not all that likeable , either .
trespass against us began life with screenwriter / producer alastair siddons . several years ago he came across an article in an english newspaper that reported on a family that had been terrorising the cotswold countryside .
written by alastair siddons and directed by adam smith , trespass against us will be available exclusively on directv november 24 , and in theaters early 2017 . the film features a score by the chemical brothers .
trespass against us is set across three generations of the cutler family who live as outlaws in their own anarchic corner of britain’s richest countryside . chad cutler ( michael fassbender ) is heir a . . . more
trespass against us is a british - american film directed by alastair siddons , starring national treasures michael fassbender and brendan gleeson . the film tells the story of an outlaw family and a heist that goes awfully wrong .
exclusive : a24 has acquired u . s . rights to director adam smith’s anticipated feature debut trespass against us , starring michael fassbender ( x - men : days of future past ) and brendan gleeson ( calvary ) .
ezra khan has begun filming for feature film trespass against us with potboiler productions . the film will star michael fassbender and brendan gleeson and follows chad cutler trying to find a way to escape the criminal ways of his outlaw family .
a film like this needs sociological credibility , artistic distinction or , at the very least , interesting , engaging characters . lacking all of the above , the thoroughly unpleasant “trespass” does indeed trespass against its audience , ending up more endurance test than entertainment .
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cannes — lionsgate has acquired u . k . rights to heist movie “trespass against us , ” which is the debut feature from up - and - coming u . k . director adam smith , and stars michael fassbender ( “12 years a slave” ) .
though many bad movies are simply depressing , adam smith ’s “trespass against us” is so exceptionally bad that it at least has this bright sidelight : unless 2017 turns into a truly disastrous time for movies , it may be the worst of the year is already here .
unexpected love later in life and a clash against a monolithic corporation . . . . . .
prejudice against the travelling community is a key theme for trespass against us . despite chad and kelly’s intentions , they find that their efforts to integrate into settled society are halted by prejudice at every turn . writer and producer of the film , alastair siddons , explained his desire to tell the travellers’ story without bias , “while there are things that the cutlers do in the film that you’re not supposed to like , i always wanted to approach the subject without judgement or prejudice and let people make up their own minds . ” contrary to common objectification of traveling communities in mainstream entertainment , siddons says trespass against us isn’t about travellers , “it is just about family . ”
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trespass against us offers us the cutlers , another screwed - up set of relations , this time a crooked father and son played by brendan gleeson and michael fassbender . but it can’t decide if it wants to be about family or about being a felon . and in a movie that sets aside a good proportion of its budget for robberies , car chases and police helicopters , this is a problem that needed resolving .
trespass against us , a british crime drama from first - time director adam smith , pitches fassbender somewhere between these two posts : not dire , but not unforgettable , either . a rickety curio that wavers between whimsy and dour melodrama , it drifts aimlessly , achieving very little – much like the anglo - irish vagabonds the film revolves around .
it’s doubly unfortunate , then , that there’s next to nothing about the wider culture . there’s a blink - and - you’ll - miss - it shot of some bareknuckle brawlers at some sort of carnival , but trespass against us would rather push the crime angle of the story , hoping we’ll root for chad to elude the cops one last time .
from the chemical brothers to little dorrit , the streets to doctor who , adam smith has had an eclectic and distinctive directing career . as his first feature film , trespass against us , is released , we talk to him about working with michael fassbender , making the perfect concert visuals , and the importance of finding projects that speak to you .
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trespass marks his first fiction feature screenplay . siddons and smith joined forced in 2013 to set up production company albert granville .
trespass against us is an original gangster movie set across three generations of the rowdy cutler family , who live as outlaws –hunting hares , ram - raiding stately homes and taunting the police . struggling to retain a way of life fast becoming extinct , chad ends up caught between his father’s archaic principles , trying to do right by his kids and the letter of the law .
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another claustrophobic thriller that joel schumacher can churn out in his sleep , trespass is nasty and aggressive , more unpleasant than entertaining .
it’s clear within the first few minutes of first - time director adam smith ’s trespass against us — as a muddy subaru races after a bounding rabbit in the u . k . countryside , with a young boy at the wheel — that the film to follow will be a disorienting experience . indeed , it’s one that plunges the audience into thematically murky waters . crime thriller or offbeat family drama ? darkly funny or way too dreary ? trespass has all of these elements , and ultimately , this thick stew is unsatisfying .
cannes — lionsgate has acquired u . k . rights to heist movie “trespass against us , ” which is the debut feature from up - and - coming u . k . director adam smith , and stars michael fassbender ( “12 years a slave” ) . pic is written by alastair siddons , who will also produce , alongside gail egan and andrea calderwood of potboiler prods . it will be executive [ … ]
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maybe it’s understandable that fassbender looks even more tortured than usual . his indie - cred side has always led him to make some odd choices — like when he played a version of the papier - mâché - headed english musician frank sidebottom in “frank , ” a movie that had no more psychology than a hipster greeting card . in “trespass against us , ” chad has a wife and two kids , but the movie turns him into such a passive agent that it’s impossible to read him . now he’s a reckless thief . now he’s a caring family man . now he will sacrifice himself because he is both . but mostly because fassbender is a big actor who needs a major martyr climax . it’s hard to say what the title of “trespass against us” actually means , but then it’s hard to know what anything in this movie thinks it’s about . even ed wood would have said , “needs work . ”
one likely answer : michael fassbender . though he’s built a formidable career veering between cartoon - franchise blockbusters and far more artistically ambitious projects , including the three films he’s starred in for steve mcqueen , the actor evidently likes to stay busy—or perhaps likes to help untalented filmmakers—because he also lends his talents to projects that aren’t worthy of them . 2015’s “ slow west ” was one . “trespass against us , ” though , may take the cake as the most completely ludicrous .
don ' t spend thirteen bucks on trespass unless you ' re running from the cops and you need a place to hide , wait for it to hit vod .
trespass against us is set across three generations of the cutler family who live as outlaws in their own anarchic corner of britain’s richest countryside . chad cutler ( michael fassbender ) is heir apparent to his bruising criminal father , colby ( brendan gleeson ) and has been groomed to spend his life hunting , thieving and tormenting the police . but with his own son , tyson ( georgie smith ) coming of age , chad soon finds himself locked in a battle with his father for the future of his young family .
that love manifests itself most memorably in the film’s rather delightful final 10 to 15 minutes , a series of events featuring a puppy , angry cops , and an epic tree - climb . the whole stretch is a pleasure , and the final moments between chad and tyson are truly moving . if the rest of the film had captured the conclusion’s mix of absurdity , heart , and humor , trespass against us may have proven to be an unexpected winner . instead , it’s a so - so affair offering momentary pleasures .
. both stories are set against the unpredictable outlaw backdrop of a crime dynasty ; both explore the near impossibility of escaping from an environment that both supports and suffocates . but what sets
adam smith is an award winning film , television drama , documentary and music video director . in his debut as a feature film director , smith says he wanted trespass against us to illustrate the experiences of the cutler family as distinct from most travellers , “it is not a film about travellers . it is a film about a family of outlaws . in a lot of ways they are not accepted in the traveller community , or in what the travellers call the ‘gorgie’ community , either . they are outside of all community . ”
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it’s fitting that a production company named animal kingdom is one of the forces behind trespass against us , because adam smith’s new crime / family drama often reminds one of david michôd’s 2010 film of the same name—if not strictly in its details , then in its general view of family ties as constricting - bordering - on - deadly . thankfully , smith’s film doesn’t have any heavy - handed animal metaphors to give its fairly mundane plot inflated importance—but , considering how stubbornly uninvolving smith’s film is , despite the considerable acting talent involved , perhaps it could have used some .
but those scenes stand apart from others that seem to promise a reckoning , an ugly climax in which both col and the government ' s power will exact some punishment on chad ' s immediate family . the movie doesn ' t play on the tension between these two moods so much as tread water between them , unsure what it wants to do to the audience . its eventual resolution would be quite satisfying in a certain kind of on - the - run crime picture — but the ominously named trespass against us isn ' t really that kind of film .
michael fassbender has been going through a bit of a rough , cinematic patch since “ steve jobs . ” the blockbuster “ x - men : apocalypse ” wasn’t what fans were looking for , disney pretty much gave up on the ( underrated ) “ the light between oceans , ” the indie “ trespass against us ” didn’t connect , terrence malick fatigue hit ( the also underrated ) “ song to song , ” while “ alien : covenant ” underwhelmed . continue reading ‘ the snowman ’ : first reviews are chilly for michael fassbender ’s thriller at the playlist .
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there isn’t much of a traditional plot in trespass against us , but what there is comes when colby tells chad they have to pull off a proverbial “big score” . chad is hesitant , but mostly because it’s on a sunday , and he doesn’t like to work sundays . unless he only said that as a joke . i gotta be honest : it’s really hard to tell , and not just because of the very thick accents to this american’s ears . everything about this picture is at such a deliberate arm’s length that it is hard to know what is meant to be whimsical and what is serious melodrama .
the film will tell the story of richard kylea cowie , aka wiley , and the grime movement . pulse films has announced the production of a new music biopic , wiley , about the life of the successful london - born grime artist . the feature drama , which will be directed by adam smith ( trespass against us ) and developed with music publishing company bmg , will tell the story of wiley – real name richard kylea cowie – from his early days as an unknown mc and producer on london pirate radio to his career on the world stage . it will also take in the birth of the grime movement ,
set in rural gloucestershire , among criminals who live in a group of caravans on waste land and call each other “jubby dim lad” and “worzel” and “ya proize div” , trespass against us bets as heavily on its own milieu as get carter did on newcastle upon tyne , or hell is a city did with manchester’s backstreets . but these villains are illiterate country bumpkins , and their backdrop does feel promisingly fresh . the characters go hunting and coursing , and during one getaway after robbing a posh manor , fassbender even eludes a police chopper by hiding under a cow , something your city types like jack carter and harold shand would have balked at .
coming into trespass against us , you wonder why the film has flown under the radar as such with well - known names like michael fassbender and brendan gleeson leading the film . unfortunately , it all becomes clear within the space of about ten minutes when you realise that while they both feature strongly in the film , they are both more or less completely unintelligible in what they ' re saying . it ' s no exaggeration to say that you ' ll spend most of the film desperately trying to follow the dialogue - which , sadly , fills a lot of the film ' s lean running time - and the other half trying to figure out what ' s happening .
adam smith is an award winning film , television drama , documentary and music video director . his filmmaking journey began as a teenager , making visuals for raves and nightclubs in a creative collective , which he co - founded , called vegetable vision . he has since gone on to work extensively with electro music duo the chemical brothers and mike skinner of hip - hop garage project the streets . tv credits include brit teen comedy drama ‘skins’ , bbc mini - series ‘little dorrit’ , matt smith’s opening episode of ' doctor who’ in 2010 and documentaries ‘wot do u call it ? ’ , ‘a . i . p . s’ and ' ghetto on sea ' . trespass against us marks smith’s debut as a feature film director .
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in trespass among us , fassbender plays chad cutler , the second generation in a small band of irish travellers living somewhere in the west country . he’s the only one in the group who wears a collared shirt ( hell , some hardly wear clothes at all ) and his is the trailer with plastic covering over the couch cushions . his father , colby ( brendan gleeson ) , loves nothing more than telling tall tales around the campfire , making flat - earth arguments and reminding his grandchildren not to believe anything they learn at school .
a scraggly family of criminals tries to hold things together in the british backwoods in trespass against us , the debut feature by tv and music video director adam smith . as the patriarch of the cutlers , brendan gleeson projects a full - bodied indifference to others ' desires that seems to contain bottled - up fury . but that fury never deploys , and instead of exploding into crime - clan war , the picture trickles into a kind of shrugging ,
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look at life on the wrong side of the law . gleeson and michael fassbender will ensure attention is paid in the u . s . but stateside auds will have big problems with the thickly accented dialogue ( and with lingo that even subtitles mightn ' t explain ) and many will find the struggle to keep up isn ' t all that rewarding .
trespass against us is set across three generations of the cutler family who live as outlaws in their own anarchic corner of britain’s richest countryside . chad cutler ( michael fassbender ) is heir apparent to his bruising criminal father , colby ( brendan gleeson ) and has been groomed to spend his life hunting , thieving and tormenting the police . but with his own son , tyson ( georgie smith ) coming of age , chad soon finds himself locked in a battle with his father for the future of his young family . when colby learns of chad’s dreams for another life he sets out to tie his son and grandson into the archaic order that has bound the cutler family for generations . he engineers a spectacular piece of criminal business involving a heist , a high - speed car chase and a manhunt , which leaves chad bruised and bloodied and with his very freedom at stake .
trespass against us is set across three generations of the cutler family who live as outlaws in their own anarchic corner of britain’s richest countryside . chad cutler ( michael fassbender ) is heir apparent to his bruising criminal father , colby ( brendan gleeson ) and has been groomed to spend his life hunting , thieving and tormenting the police . but with his own son , tyson ( georgie smith ) coming of age , chad soon finds himself locked in a battle with his father for the future of his young family . when colby learns of chad’s dreams for another life he sets out to tie his son and grandson into the archaic order that has bound the cutler family for generations . he engineers a spectacular piece of criminal business involving a heist , a high - speed car chase and a manhunt , which leaves chad bruised and bloodied and with his very freedom at stake . with the law cracking down and his father
grime , the british - originated urban music genre , is coming to the big screen with “wiley , ” a biopic of the musical pioneer from pulse films and bmg . wiley is one of the most influential musicians of his generation and is known as the “godfather of grime . ” he has also had several crossover hits , including “wearing my rolex . ” adam smith ( “ trespass against us ” ) will helm the picture , which will tell the tumultuous life story of wiley , whose real name is richard kylea cowie . it will cover his early days as a struggling producer and performer on pirate radio in london up to when he began making a worldwide name for himself . the film will also trace the growth of grime from its underground u . k . roots to a genre that has resonated around the world . “this is my life , my highs and lows , but it’s not really all about me , ” wiley said .
siddons thought that the family would prove an interesting subject for a documentary film and , subsequently , for a full - length feature . “it would allow us to really explore family dynamics and different prejudices , and also to tell a story that would resonate with all audiences , whatever their own backgrounds . ”
the director is adam smith , letting loose after some work in television ( he directed three “doctor who” episodes ) , and he creates an annoying kitchen - sink - of - the - absurd nether zone that’s halfway between sitcom and samuel beckett , as staged by guy ritchie with a broken motor . the basic mood of “trespass against us” is one of extreme stasis ( people sitting around grousing at each other , the filmmaker poking you in the ribs to admire the absurdity of it all ) , but stasis can work if it holds out the possibility of something to discover . in this case , it doesn’t . fassbender’s chad is dimly trying to break the destructive chain that connects him to his father , who’s played by gleeson at his most tediously ill - tempered…which signifies that he’s cool ! the torpor is interrupted by several “car chases” — it’s actually just one car — which smith shoots as if he were suddenly making his action - film audition reel . only set in the tall weeds .
a traditional launchpad for awards season , toronto will see indies and studios go up against each other as they send their eagerly anticipated fare into the marketplace for the first time . last year’s big winner was lenny abrahamson’s room , starring brie larson . in addition to winning the coveted audience award , the film also went on to earn larson an academy award for best actress and noms for best film .
a sign of a good movie is when it makes you forget about social barriers and sympathise with the characters . trespass against us approaches the ostracised traveller community and presents their dynamics , their ways of making a living and their relationships in a way that makes the viewer see the underlining goals that we all share : difficult relationships with our parents , wanting to fit into society , a better future for our children . it is true that the characters are built in a cinematic way to tell a certain story of family bonds , living outside the law , living as a second class citizen . but nonetheless , it makes you think of the chad cutlers out there , who are not given a chance to overcome their condition and background , and are trapped in a loop of criminality that is going to be transmitted generation to generation . by showing universal things like family love , hopes for a better future and even the difficult dialogue that arises between generations when priorities change , the film makes you see beyond ethnicity and social status and opens the viewer up , even if only for the short duration of the film , to a world they would not have otherwise accessed .
take , for instance , “ trespass against us , ” which is without a doubt the worst film i’ve seen at this year’s toronto international film festival . when you hear about it , it seems to have the elements of a watchable movie , beginning with its gifted stars , michael fassbender and brendan gleeson . they play father - and - son criminals who live , along with other family members , in a kind of makeshift domestic trailer camp . it seems a haphazard arrangement , even for grimy outlaws , and the movie gives you very little sense of how they wound up there . but that’s because of the ed wood factor : they live in this arrangement because the director thought it would be cool . what other explanation is needed ? the second awkward / childish idea is the fassbender character’s brother , a nut job who skulks around in bare chest and tight pants , setting things on fire because…the director thought that would be cool . i’m not suggesting a mentally ill movie character shouldn’t exist , only that this one’s craziness is played for stunted shock value and “laughs , ” so that we never know what to think about him . he’s a real character , but he’s not really a character .
yet the film , which made its long - delayed world premiere at the 2016 toronto international film festival , is no complete miss , either . stars michael fassbender and brendan gleeson see to that , aided by music - video vet smith’s often striking visuals and a unique setting . trespass just never quite gels into a successful whole . fassbender fans will enjoy his role as a tough but loving family man , but it’s a hard sell for everyone else .
the musical score from the chemical brothers is a standout , and , in addition to fassbender and gleeson , marshal must be acknowledged ; her kelly is the closest thing to a “normal” person in the cutler clan . and it’s nice to see a different type of family structure onscreen . but that’s not quite enough to make the film a must - see . trespass is a watchable , rather strange thing , but , next time , let’s see michael fassbender and brendan gleeson in a project more worthy of their talents .
these after effects also take trespass into a more predictable , much - less - interesting place . if there is anything here that works in the storytelling department it’s the moments involving the ramshackle cutlers lying about , messing around , sitting by fires , and waiting for nothing . chief to the occasional successes of these scenes is the physically overwhelming , emotionally overbearing presence of gleeson’s colby . the larger than life character needed the actor’s authoritative voice and narrow - eyed paranoia . it also needed gleeson’s inimitable charm , a facet that’s most evident in his sweet scenes with chad’s son tyson .
perhaps it’s just a british thing . in a nation with unarmed police , strict gun - control laws and no death penalty , crime will always look like a small - stakes endeavour . the shadow of the electric chair is a great motivator , tending to favour an all - guns - blazing type of resolution . british crime pictures might do well to stop poorly imitating us crime cinema’s gunplay and start borrowing some of its perversity . incest ( scarface ) and fratricide ( the godfather ) may not put holes in your head but they sure do keep things popping .
there’s an unexpected turn in the final section that really pours on the quirk ( the music cues become more noticeable ) but by this time it’s too little too late . the film wants us to fall in love with this extended band of outcasts , but really , there isn’t all that much to love . they aren’t even doing anything with the money they steal ! but gleeson and fassbender , given plenty of space in what are ultimately meandering scenes , are still somewhat electrifying . there is a lot of roughhousing and physical intimacy with the cutler family , and this lived - in quality goes a long way toward making everything believable .
earlier friday , new york financier and entrepreneur anthony scaramucci was appointed the new white house communications director . much like the early days of sean spicer — may he rest in peace — folks , us included , were quick to follow and note scaramucci’s twitter presence . notably , the mooch is among the most prominent white house members of # teamfollowback : he follows an absurd 168 , 000 people ( including yours truly ) . maybe more to the point : his feed is filled with tweets that directly disagree with the president . he has since deleted a few of them , namely ones that blatantly criticized president trump , but for the most part , scaramucci’s twitter remains a museum full of relics that seem to fly in the face of key tenets of the trump administration .
“ dunkirk ” is finally upon us after months of anticipation , and it’s clear the long wait has been worth it . indiewire has named the wwii epic the best movie christopher nolan has ever made and a certain oscar contender in the months ahead . as audiences nationwide get to discover why the film is such a monumental war epic , questions as to who exactly is in the cast are bound to come up . read more : ‘ dunkirk ’ review : christopher nolan ’s monumental war epic is the best film he’s ever made unlike nolan’s recent star - driven efforts like “ inception ” and “ interstellar , ” “ dunkirk ” features an eclectic mix of relative newcomers , oscar winners and the director’s reliable collaborators . getting a blend of known and unknown talent was crucial for nolan , as including too many stars would’ve distracted from the urgent nature of the story . in following mostly fresh faces , nolan is
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author : andy psyllides ending with a ludicrous freeze - frame straight from an eighties - tastic us sitcom , this debut feature from director adam smith is all over the shop . with little rhyme or reason it veers uncomfortably between gritty family drama , whimsical comedy and full - blown heist thriller . smith – a frequent collaborator with the chemical brothers – never seems to get a complete handle on what he wants the film to be . it’s a shame , as this lack of a clear , concrete vision means powerful moments and committed performances from a cast that includes michael fassbender and brendan gleeson largely go to waste . fassbender is chad cutler , a prominent member of a close - knit travelling community currently camped somewhere in the west country . their accents are thick as molasses , they call everybody “mush” and afternoons are wiled away by piling into a beat - up station wagon and chasing rabbits through open fields . it’s not all fun and games ,
[ last lines ] chad cutler : i ' m not gonna see you for a while . i want you to be strong . this is for you , okay ? you keep this . things are gonna be different now , ty . you understand ? yeah ? look after your mammy and do what she says . and you look after your sister . i ' m relying on you now , ty . i always knew i could . it ' s all right , ty . it ' s all right . no crying , not in front of them . look at me . i ' m sorry , ty . i love you so much . you ' re gonna have to be the man now . you hear me ? [ pause ] chad cutler : you ' re the king now , my son . [ pause ] chad cutler : now , tyson . . . we ' re cutlers . we gelling . you ready ? [ pause ] chad cutler : the gavvas can ' t think they ' ve beaten us , no way . don ' t be scared , mush . i ' ve got you , all right ? all right ? [ pause ] chad cutler : we ' re gonna do this ? tyson cutler : yeah . [ pause ] chad cutler : on three , okay ? [ pause ] tyson cutler : no , no ! [ pause ] chad cutler : one . . . two . . . three ! see more »
ezra is a versatile actor and teaches movement , voice and theatre both nationally and internationally . he is an accomplished martial artist too . further to acting , he has also worked proficiently as a movement director with several well - established theatre companies and venues .
performance credits include untied colours of frustasian for southbank / cast , the kite runner for nottingham / liverpool playhouse , macbeth for song of the goat / rsc , lord of the flies and unsuitable girls for pilot theatre company , twelfth night for the national theatre and the caucasian chalk circle for complicite .
based in the heart of shoreditch , sainou represents a select list of actors including international industry award winners , household names and some of the finest , young british talent working today .
clients are represented by agents david marsden , paul martin & james davies , with assistance from hermione halpin & sophie rozycka . we work together as a close team covering all media with particular focus on film , television and theatre in both the uk and overseas .
the 41st edition of the toronto film festival will open with sony and mgm’s the magnificent seven , as deadline predicted last night . the antoine fuqua - directed remake of the classic 1960s western stars denzel washington , chris pratt , ethan hawke , vincent d’onofrio , haley bennett and peter sarsgaard . it marks latest collaboration between fuqua and toronto . fuqua brought training day and leading man washington to tiff 15 years ago .
the announcement was made this morning at a news conference presided over by tiff director and chief executive piers handling and artistic director cameron bailey . the 41st edition of the festival runs september 8 - 18 .
the closing - night film will be kelly fremon’s the edge of seventeen , starring hallee steinfeld and woody harrelson . other films selected for this year’s festival include oliver stone’s snowden , david oyelowo - lupita nyong’o starrer queen of katwe , amma asante’s a united kingdom , jeff nichol’s loving , gemma arterton starrer their finest and much - anticipated musical lalaland , starring ryan gosling and emma stone .
denis villeneuve’s alien invasion thriller arrival , peter berg’s disaster drama deepwater horizon , and rob reiner’s historical biopic lbj will all bow at the traditional awards season launchpad .
also selected are tom ford’s nocturnal animals , his sophomore feature as director , rooney mara - starrer una , cannes sensation paul verhoeven’s elle , starring isabelle huppert and ben younger’s boxing drama bleed for this with miles teller .
the weinstein co’s lion , with dev patel and rooney mara , also world preems at the festival . the film , produced by the king’s speech producers see - saw films , has very strong buzz and is already being touted as a strong contender . sundance hits nate parker’s a birth of a nation and kenneth lonergan’s manchester - by - the - sea will also play for canadian auds .
arrival ( denis villeneuve ) deepwater horizon ( peter berg ) the headhunter’s calling ( mark williams ) the journey is the destination ( bronwen hughes ) jt + the tennessee kids ( jonathan demme ) lbj ( rob reiner ) lion ( garth davis ) loving ( jeff nichols ) a monster calls ( j . a . bayona ) planetarium ( rebecca zlotowski ) queen of katwe ( mira nair ) the rolling stones olé olé olé ! : a trip across latin america ( paul dugdale ) the secret scripture ( jim sheridan ) snowden ( oliver stone ) strange weather ( katherine dieckmann ) their finest ( lone scherfig ) a united kingdom ( amma asante )
wga west exec director david young got “significant bonus” to earn $ 1 . 1 million last year
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alastair siddons to produce , alongside gail egan and andrea calderwood of potboiler prods .
pic is written by alastair siddons , who will also produce , alongside gail egan and andrea calderwood of potboiler prods . it will be executive produced by tessa ross of film4 , zygi kamasa at lionsgate , frederick w . green and joshua astrachan of animal kingdom , and nigel williams .
pic was developed and is being co - financed by film4 with backing from the bfi and lipsync , and is scheduled to shoot in the u . k . this summer . protagonist pictures is handling global sales .
fassbender stars opposite brendan gleeson ( “gangs of new york” ) . the cast also includes lyndsey marshal ( “the hours” ) , rory kinnear ( “skyfall” ) , sean harris ( “prometheus” ) and killian scott ( “love / hate” ) .
the story is set across three generations of the rowdy cutler family , who live as outlaws — hunting hares , ram - raiding stately homes and taunting the police . as the letter of the law finally catches up with chad ( fassbender ) , he is torn between the archaic principles of his father ( gleeson ) , and what he believes is best for his children .
music for the film will come from electro duo the chemical brothers , who will write and perform the original score .
smith has directed music promos for the streets and the chemical brothers , most recently directing music - related documentary “the chemical brothers — don’t think . ” he has also directed tv episodes of “doctor who , ” “little dorrit” and “skins . ”
london - based potboiler is one of europe’s most successful production outfits , which in the last year has finished shooting anton corbijn’s “a most wanted man , ” biyi bandele’s “half of a yellow sun” and alan rickman’s “a little chaos . ”
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the in - demand actor is eying the lead in u . k . director adam smith ' s gangster drama , which will feature a score written and performed by the chemical brothers .
written by alastair siddons , the project is set across three generations of a rowdy family who live as outlaws - - hunting hares , ram - raiding stately homes and taunting the police . but defying the expectations of his father , one gang member ( fassbender ) is looking for a way out of the criminal life .
siddons will also produce with gail egan and andrea calderwood of u . k . indie production giant potboiler productions .
protagonist pictures will begin pre - selling the film at the upcoming american film market .
the project was developed by and is being co - financed by film4 , and is scheduled to shoot in the u . k . in 2014 .
music for the film will come from the chemical brothers , who will write and perform the original score .
smith has made his name directing music - related films such as the chemical brothers '
don’t think
and promos for the streets (
blinded by the light
,
the irony of it all
) in addition to key tv episodes of doctor who , little dorrit and skins .
siddons has directed three features , including the documentaries turn it loose and inside out : the people’s art project .
fassbender is currently shooting slow west for director john maclean in new zealand and will take on the leading role in macbeth for justin kurzel in january of 2014 .
he is represented by troika talent in the u . k . and caa in the u . s .
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he plays chad cutler , the clear second - in - command to his domineering , hard - nosed , but undeniably caring father . the latter is colby , perfectly embodied by the great gleeson . the large family lives together in a series of trailers seemingly dropped from the sky on an idyllic tract of land in the country . father and son are joined by a motley crew — chad’s wife , kelly ( lyndsey marshal ) , the couple’s young son and daughter , a “simple” ( enormously unnecessary ) character called norman , and various other hangers - on .
“second - in - command” is a rather misleading classification for fassbender’s chad , as it implies the cutlers are the type of crime family we’ve seen in films , one with a recognizable structure . make no mistake : we have not seen a family quite like the cutlers before — unkempt , uneducated , unrefined in every way . their crimes are barely understandable . initially , we see just dodgy pranks — for example , recklessly driving a message - bearing beater through town , a trail of annoyed police in their wake . there’s hardly even talk of criminal activity , in fact , until colby orders chad to lead a poorly planned job . the results detonate the relatively quiet life the cutlers had enjoyed .
gleeson is less present in the film’s second half , and we feel his absence . the further away from cutler - land we get , the weaker the narrative . still , there is michael fassbender , a welcome figure in virtually any movie . here , he plays an illiterate layabout seeking to finally break away from his father . it’s not the meatiest part , but he makes chad believably weak — a tough guy who just can’t stay out of trouble , or figure out exactly how to change his life . fassbender is undeniably a tad miscast ; his looks don’t quite fit here . but we buy chad’s love , especially as a parent .


kipps is a 1921 british drama film directed by harold m. shaw and starring george k. arthur , edna flugrath and christine rayner .

it is an adaptation of the novel kipps by h.g. wells .

it was made by stoll pictures , the largest film company in the british isles at the time .

kipps ( 1921 film )

kipps , by . . .
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( dir . rex ingram , us , 1921 ) with live musical accompaniment . the film tells a truly epic tale of an argentine family which is divided and ends up fighting on
september a brand new silent film is set for release . and not only is the film being released in london but it is also a celebration of london . the film is
. ( 89 minutes b & w ; ) director : clarence brown . cast : greta garbo , george f . marion . ( based on the 1921 eugene o ' neill play ) ( drama )
. ( 74 minutes ) director : philip moeller . cast : irene dunne , john boles . music : max steiner . summary : ( based on the 1921 / 305 paged novel by edith wharton . ) ( drama / romance )
half a sixpence is a 1967 british musical film directed by george sidney and choreographed by gillian lynne . the screenplay by beverley cross is adapted from his book for the stage musical of the same name , which was based on kipps : the story of a simple soul , a 1905 novel by h . g . wells . the music and lyrics are by david heneker .
its own cinema release to mark the 90th anniversary of the film’s original screening .
, home of the english national opera . although not the first film adaption of
. ( 121 minutes ) director : giuliano montaldo . cast : gian maria volonte , riccardo cucciolla , cyril cusack , milo o ' shea . summary : the trial and later execution of two italian immigrants convicted of murder in 1921 . [ massachusetts ]
achieved nothing else ( other , that is , than giving a lot of people a lot of enjoyment ) it may have convinced both film distributors and cinema operators that there is a viable audience for re - released silent films . because news now comes that eureka entertainment have announced not only the release of a newly restored version of fritz lange’s 1921 classic
ivanhoe ( independent moving pictures film co . , us 1913 ) dir : herbert brenon
. ( based on the novel
film of memory
by maurice druon . )
. ( 115 minutes ) mgm - director : george sidney . screenplay : ronald miller , george froeschel . cast : stewart granger , eleanor parker , janet leigh , mel ferrer . ( based on the 1921 / 359 paged rafael sabatini novel . ) ( drama / adventure )
future learning and skills – giving everyone the opportunity to build a lifelong relationship with film .
the film’s producer and leading man , himansu rai , along with pal and osten subsequently became major influences in indian filmmaking with the formation of the bombay talkies film studios in 1934 .
. cast : kenneth branagh , emma thompson . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
the retrospective will feature first screenings of films newly restored by leading german archives and film institutions including mountaineering epic fight for the matterhorn ( mario bonnard , nunzio malasomma , 1928 ) , robert reinert’s monumental opium ( 1919 ) , as well as a two - part film long thought lost , urban gad’s christian wahnschaffe ( part 1 : world afire , 1920 , part 2 : the escape from the golden prison , 1921 ) , based on the 1919 jakob wassermann novel ‘the world’s illusion’ .
is looking like a pretty good month for silent film . pride of place must go to the
. director : orson welles . cast : orson welles ( drama / adventure / film noir )
set in kent during the edwardian era , the plot centres on arthur kipps , a draper ' s assistant who falls in love with a chambermaid named ann . in quick succession , he comes into a fortune , nearly marries a wealthy girl , marries ann instead , loses his fortune , but regains that fortune and lives happily ever after with a loving family .
which is the centre for the preservation and restoration of , and research into , ukrainian film history .
first programme details of birmingham’s flatpack film festival have now been released . the festival runs at venues across the city from 4 - 11 april and features a small but interesting selection of silent film events . there are two silent events scheduled so far . the first is a selection of works by spanish film pioneer
a growing source of silent era film information . this listing is from the progressive silent film list by carl bennett . copyright © 1999 - 2018 by carl bennett and the silent era company . all rights reserved .
1903 - the great train robbery . ( 12 minutes ) director : edwin s . porter . cast : bronco billy anderson , summary : an american silent short western film written , produced , and directed by edwin s . porter , a former edison studios cameraman . ( genre : western ) ( indie film , short film )
( dir . augusto genino , italy , 1929 ) , her final european film appearance and an absolute masterpiece .
) directed in 1924 by hans karl breslauer . but you won’t find any mention of this film on the barbican’s
most of the silent film screenings will be accompanied by live music from internationally renowned musicians including the uk’s own stephen horne while well known german musician gunter buchwald will be celebrating 40 years as a silent film accompanist in 2018 .
) on bluray and dvd but also a theatrical release of the film in cinemas across britain and ireland . lange
. ( silent film ) ( based on the gaston leroux work . ) ( see the 1943 version . )
. ( 99 minutes ) director : george stevens . cast : katharine hepburn , fred mac murray , evelyn venable , hattie mcdaniel . summary : family life in south renford , indiana , where class and wealth are important for social activities . [ based on the 1921 / 268 paged book tarkington pulitzer novel ] [ indiana ] ( drama , romance )
archive footage it is understandable that they want to give the film maximum exposure so the multiple screenings are probably understandable .
) had been completed and , as well as a dvd / blu - ray release , the film was going on release at uk and irish cinemas . details of the cinema screenings have now been released . the film will be screened at the
in birmingham , running from 4 - 9 april . screenings already announced include a look at the work of spanish film pioneer
’s first outing and having not seen the film i cannot comment on it . but given that it draws from the bfi’s own
. the film contains many of chaplin’s most celebrated comedy sequences , including the boiling and eating of his boot , the dance of the rolls , and the teetering cabin . the film was made on location and on a scale that chaplin had never attempted .
( 1928 ) . the odessa steps sequence remains one of the most powerful images of politically orchestrated violence ever put on film .
. ( based on
buried alive
an arnold bennett work . ) ( 1943 film version
holy matrimony .
)
the jaeff hope to screen the film in london on 24 september ( the 91st anniversary of the film’s theatrical release ) . the plan is to screen a 35mm copy of the film with narration by an authentic japanese benshi and live musical accompaniment by traditional japanese musicians . but as with all such projects , funding is an issue . so they’ve launched a modest crowdfunding appeal to raise funds to fly in the film , the benshi and the musicians from japan . if you’d like to contribute or simply find out a bit more
it looks like this year’s yorkshire silent film festival is shaping up to surpass last year’s inaugural event . the opening night screening of hitchcock’s
. director : robert rossen . cast : john garfield , lili palmer , william conrad . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : edward dmytryk . cast : robert newton , sally gray , phil brown . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : vincent sherman . cast : joan crawford , david brian , richard egan . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : robert parrish . cast : dick powell , rhonda fleming , william conrad . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 137 minutes r ) director : milos forman . cast : colin firth , annette bening , meg tilly , sian phillips , jeffrey jones , henry thomas . summary : 18th century french aristocratic sexual liaisons . [ france ] ( drama film / indie film )
. ( 104 minutes r ) summary : two estranged brothers reunite for a train trip across india . ( drama , indie film )
later on the same day , we’re in for even more of a treat with a very rare screening of british director maurice elvey’s masterful film biopic nelson , made in 1918 . the film was a long cherished project for elvey , britain’s most prolific film director , one of a series of silent film biopics he made , with other subjects including david lloyd george and florence nightingale . nelson was made with support and assistance of the admiralty who saw it as a useful recruiting tool with the great war still raging . portraying admiral nelson as action hero , the film celebrates his heroic status , expertly recreating some epic moments in british naval history and includes scenes shot on hms victory itself .
. ( 79 minutes ) director : richard fleischer . cast : henry morgan , rudy vallee , bill goodwin . summary : a small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to new york city . urban culture shock takes the form of strange ways and oddball characters . ( based on ring lardner ' s 1921 novel
the big town : how i and the mrs . go to …
) ( comedy )
there is indeed a veritable cornucopia of silent film delights coming up across the country in march . over in the hereford area , although the
the film will be screened in its fully restored , 2010 version and musical accompaniment will be provided by dj vangelis makriyannakis with a soundscape drawn from the vaults of kraut - electronica , industrial , minimalist electronics & post - rock . the film will be screened on 2 september .
. ( 108 minutes pg ) ( based on the 1954 / 71 paged play by horton foote . ) ( drama , indie film )
. ( 101 minutes ) director : robert montgomery . cast : robert montgomery , thomas gomez . ( drama , film - noir , mystery )
. director : robert aldrich . cast : joan crawford , cliff robertson , vera miles . ( drama / adventure / film noir , melodrama )
. ( based on the 1933 / 241 paged james hilton novel . ) ( fantasy , drama film ) ( see the 1937 version . )
. ( 96 minutes pg - 13 ) director : stuart gillard . cast : willie aames , phoebe cates . ( drama film / comedy )
how do you fancy helping to fund not only a silent classic but also kick off a whole new japanese film festival . the japanese avant - garde and experimental film festival ( jaeff ) is a new venture aiming to draw connections between classic 20th century japanese avant - garde cinema and contemporary japanese experimental film - making . for its launch event they are hoping to screen teinosuke kinugasa ’s 1926 silent classic kurutta ippēji ( a page of madness )
so , whatever your silent film tastes , there is something in may for everyone . go out and enjoy . as always , full details are on
directed by istvan brody and originally released in 1915 , the film had been thought lost for decades . the re - discovery is particularly important given that only a tiny handful of films from hungary’s silent film era survive , many of which are incomplete or damaged . little is known of the plot of
. director : john cromwell . cast : humphrey bogart , lizabeth scott , morris carnovsky , wallace ford . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : henry hathaway . cast : victor mature , richard widmark , colleen gray , brian donlevy . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : jean negulesco . cast : richard widmark , cornel wilde , ida lupino , celeste holm . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : don siegel . cast : robert mitchum , jane greer , william bendix , ramon navarro . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : samuel fuller . cast : jean peters , richard widmark , richard kiley , thelma ritter . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : lewis allen . cast : frank sinatra , sterling hayden , james gleason , nancy gates . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 91 minutes ) cast : lillian gish , bette davis . ( based on a david berry play . ) ( drama , indie film )
. ( 83 minutes ) warner brothers - director : william wellman . story : kubec glasman and john bright ; adaptation by harry thew . cast : james cagney , edward woods , donald cook , joan blondell , jean harlow , mae clark . ( drama / adventure / gangster film / film noir )
, the film grew into a mammoth production costing over a million dollars . there were some 12 , 000 extras , 14 cameramen and 12 assistant directors .
take the law into their own hands . its a a claustrophobic drama of raw power , combining naturalism and the grotesque , realism and melodrama . r m hubbert is a multi - award - winning scottish performer who will be accompanying the film with his own score , commissioned especially for the film by the the
with charles farrell and janet gaynor . long thought lost a copy of the film was rediscovered in the 1990s . there is also a modern documentary , entitled
” , eventually making some 36 mainly b - westerns . but as her film career faded texas guinan was to achieve even greater notoriety as new york’s “
picking up a few more followers overseas . in australia there certainly seems to be a bustling silent film scene , in the sydney area at least . the
yesterday we heard from screen - writing legend jane goldman and director james watkins and today we hear from the main man himself , daniel radcliffe who talks about what it was like playing the lead role of arthur kipps . he talksa bout how he got the role and why he wanted to take it on so soon after harry potter was all finished . the woman in black is released in the uk right now and you can order your copy here . a young lawyer ( radcliffe ) travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals .
. ( 95 minutes ) director : raoul walsh . ( based on the a . e . bezzerides work . ) ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : jules dassin . cast : richard conte , lee j . cobb , valentina cortesa , jack oakie . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : john farrow . cast : robert mitchum , faith domergue , claude rains , maureen o ' sullivan . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( the big carnival ) director : billy wilder . cast : kirk douglas , jan sterling , robert arthur . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : joseph h . lewis . cast : cornel wilde , jean wallace , brian donlevy , earl holliman . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 110 minutes ) director : michael anderson . cast : james cagney , don murray , dana wynter , glynis johns , cyril cusack , michael redgrave , sybil thorndike , richard harris . summary : in 1921 dublin , an irish - american student innocently becomes involved in rebel activities and finds himself a fugitive . he joins an ira cell led by james cagney , whom he first admires , but soon comes to realize is a murderous fanatic . [ ireland ] ( action / drama / history )
with almost 70 screenings already scheduled , march is looking like a pretty good month for silent film watching . details of all of these screenings and more can be found
but it will now be sent to the hungarian national film archives’ collection , where , once restored and digitalized , it will be re - released . find out more
. director : irving pichel . cast : robert young , susan hayward , jane greer , rita johnson , tom powers . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : nicholas bay . cast : joan fontaine , joan leslie , zachary scott , robert ryan , mel ferrer . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 503 minutes ) new yorker films . director : claude lanzmann . [ europe ] [ middle east ] ( jewish experience ) ( drama film / war )
. ( 102 minutes ) director : david mamet . cast : lindsay crouse , joe mantegna . ( drama / adventure / film noir ) ( drama / thriller )
on the 3 rd of september london symphony will be screened at the barbican as part of that venue’s ‘silent film and live music’ series . the film will be accompanied by the premier of a newly composed score by composer james mcwilliam , performed by the orchestra of st paul ‘s led by conductor ben palmer . there will also be a screening at the cinema museum in lambeth on 29th september after - which the film will tour around a number of carefully selected venues throughout the uk , including conventional cinema spaces and alternative spaces such as a parish church and a buddhist meditation centre . the film will also be released internationally later in the year through distributors flicker alley .
and explores 50 years of chinese history through an extraordinary collection of rare and beautiful travelogues , newsreels and home movies from the archives of the british film institute including what could well be the oldest surviving film shot in china – unseen for 115 years . the footage will be accompanied by a five - piece band brought together by midlands based composer
. ( 56 minutes silent film ) director : e . a . martin . cast : tom mix , bessie eyton . summary : eager to prove himself to his boss ' s daughter , a cowboy captures a cattle rustler , only to get kidnapped by the rustler ' s gang . ( romance , silent film , drama , western )
. ( based on the 1894 / 157 paged anthony hope novel . ) ( swashbuckler film , drama ) ( see the 1922 , 1937 , and the 1952 versions )
but there is a lot else going on across the country besides . in london , the month kicks off with one of those annoying silent film fixture clashes , will it be
. ( 95 minutes pg ) directors : howard hawks , richard rosson . cast : osgood perkins , paul muni . summary : gangster warfare . ( crime film / drama )
. ( 170 minutes ) director : terrence malick . cast : sean penn , george clooney , woody harrelson , nick nolte , john cusack . summary : a realistic view of military and moral chaos in the pacific during world war ii . [ based on a novel by james jones . ] [ pacific ocean ] ( drama film / indie film )
( dir . w p kellino , 1924 ) . ‘but i’ve never heard of that film’ we hear you all cry . of course you haven’t . normally it is locked deep in the bowels of the bfi’s national film archive , never to see the light of day , not on the bfi - player , not on dvd and certainly not ‘coming soon to a screen near you’ ! but very rarely this film manages to escape , although you have to be quick to catch it before it is consigned back to its underground lair .
. ( 89 minutes ) director : stanley kubrick . cast : kirk douglas , adolphe menjou , ralph meeker , george macready . summary : during world war i in france , a regiment of soldiers are assigned suicide missions . [ based on the 1935 / 304 paged humphrey cobb novel . ] [ france ] ( drama film / anti - war film )
in bo’ness . the film will be screened in inverness , orkney , shetland , glasgow , edinburgh , anstruther and dunoon from the middle of september onwards . full details as always in
this was the final film made by sidney , director of such well - known movies as annie get your gun , kiss me kate , bye bye birdie and viva las vegas .
time out london says ,
the film lays on the period charm rather exhaustingly , and the songs . . . don ' t exactly sweep you along .
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. ( 85 minutes ) director : stuart heisler . cast : alan ladd , veronica lake . summary : a crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re - election campaign . ( based on the 1931 / 214 paged dashiell hammett novel . ) ( drama , adventure , film noir , crime film )
. director : robert wise . cast : robert mitchum , robert preston , barbara belgeddes , phyllis thaxter , walter brennan , tom tully . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : john huston . cast : sterling hayden , sam jaffe . ( based on the w . r . burnett novel . ) ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : phil karlson . cast : preston foster , john payne , colleen gray , donna drake , jack elam , neville brand . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 104 minutes ) director : james foley : cast : jason patric , rachel ward , bruce dern . ( drama / adventure / film noir ) ( drama / thriller )
! ! ) silent film screenings due to take place at bfi in june . now , before you fall off your seats in amazement , its not quite that good because there are multiple
a compilation of some of the oldest surviving film shot in china – much of it unseen for 115 years . newly announced additions to the programme include that rarity , a modern silent called
. director : joseph h . lewis . cast : john dall , peggy cummins . ( based on a satevepost story by mackinlay kantor . ) ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 115 minutes pg ) director : robert altman . cast : robin williams , shelley duvall . ( based on the jules feiffer screenplay . ) ( cult film , comedy music )
whichever venue we choose to attend on the afternoon of 11 march , it will be deeply frustrating to think that barely two miles away is another silent film being screened which we may well never get the chance to see again . wouldn’t it be nice to think that someone would come up with some sort of silent film calendar to help avoid this happening again in the future… . .
. live piano accompaniment for the whole six and a half hour marathon will be provided by renowned silent film accompanist john sweeney . full details of all silent screenings at the festival can be found
. director : joseph l . mankiewicz ñ edward g . robinson , richard conte , susan hayward , efrem zimbalist , jr . , debra paget . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 99 minutes ) director : francois truffaut . cast : jean - pierre leaud , patrick auffray , claire maurier . ( drama / adventure / film noir ) ( drama / biography )
. ( 112 minutes pg - 13 ) director : michael ray rhodes . cast : moira kelly , martin , sheen . catholic worker creator ( biography , drama , romance , indie film )
. ( 110 minutes r ) director : alan rickman . cast : phyllida law , emma thompson , gary hollywood , arlene cockburn , sheila reid , sandra voe . summary : a day in the life of a recently widowed photographer , her strong - willed mother , son , and his new girlfriend in a scottish oceanfront village . [ scotland ] ( drama film / indie film )
. ( 102 minutes r ) . director : sofia coppola . cast : bill murray , scarlett johansson , giovanni ribisi , anna faris , fumhiro hayashi . summary : a male movie star shooting a whiskey commercial in japan by chance meets a married woman tagging along with her workaholic husband , one night in their luxury hotel bar . [ japan ] ( drama film / indie film )
the second half of the month offers a second chance to catch up with some of these classics ( but sadly no second chance for dragnet girl ! ) as well as offering some superb new screenings including another classic barnet comedy , the house on trubnaya ( 1928 ) , the rarely screened british thriller the four just men ( 1921 ) , and the equally rare danish melodrama the golden clown ( 1926 ) before concluding with the woman men desire ( 1929 ) , with marlene dietrich ( right ) perfecting her femme fatale persona well in advance of her appearing in sternberg’s the blue angel ( 1930 ) .
. director : howard hawks . cast : cary grant , rosalind russell . ( comedy genres : screwball comedy ) ( ben hecht , charles macarthur 1928 play . ) ( drama film , romance )
. director : nicholas ray . cast : john derek , humphrey bogart , george macready , allene roberts , susan perry , mickey knox , dooley wilson . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : nicholas ray . cast : robert ryan , ida lupino , ward bond , ed begley , charles kemper , anthony ross , sumner williams . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 101 minutes r ) director : jean - jacques annaud . ( based on the 1911 french novel by j . h . rosny , sr . ) ( fantasy , science fiction film )
. ( 108 minutes pg - 13 ) cast : helen mirren , julie walters , celia , imrie . summary : yorkshire women raise money with a girly calendar . ( drama , indie film )
. word comes that the second annual yorkshire silent film festival will take place this year in may . building on last years highly successful event , it is anticipated that there will be thirty plus silent film screenings at various venues across the county during the month , hopefully mixing popular classics with some rarer titles and with an emphasis on live musical accompaniment and 35mm screenings . the first two screenings announced are
the phantom real menace . universal producer carl laemmle was apparently hooked on first reading leroux’s novel during a visit to paris and immediately brought the rights . no expense was spared during the film’s production , including
. ( 77 minutes ) first national - director : mervyn leroy . screenplay : francis edwards faragoh ; adaptation by robert w . lee . cast : edward g . robinson , douglas fairbanks , jr . , glenda farrell , sidney blackmer , thomas jackson . ( based on the 1929 / 160 paged novel by w . r . burnett . ) ( drama / adventure / gangster film / film noir )
. ( 116 minutes ) . director : michael curtiz . cast : elvis presley , walter matthau , carolyn jones , dolores hart , vic morrow . ( drama / adventure / film noir / romance )
. ( 43 minutes ) director : andrei tarkovsky . summary : the friendship between a young violinist boy and a macho driver of a steamroller in russia . [ russia ] ( drama / short film )
. ( 81 minutes ) director : frank tuttle . cast : alan ladd , veronica lake . summary : when assassin philip raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead , he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies . ( based on graham greene novel
a gun for sale
. ) ( drama , adventure , film noir , crime film )
but aren’t these fixture clashes inevitable in silent film , just like any other type of event , be it sport , drama , music or whatever . well perhaps . but if its a clash between a silent film event in london and another say in bristol , or manchester or edinburgh , well no complaints there because the distance involved means that you are almost invariably catering to distinct regional audiences with little danger of overlap . but are we really so well served with silent film screenings even in london that we can afford to run them in competition with one another . i would say that we most assuredly are not !
. ( 70 minutes ) director : goerge cukor . cast : john barrymore , billie burke , katharine hepburn , david manners , bramwell fletcher , henry stephenson , paul cavanaugh , elizabeth patterson . summary : a man returns to his family after 15 years from a mental hospital just as his ex - wife is to marry and his daughter , sydney , is to marry . when he returns , he meets his daughter who is grown and plans to marry . how will her discovery of the inherited insanity in her family direct her future life ? [ new york ] ( based on the 1921 / 158 paged clemence dane play ) ( drama )
, a fabulous documentary on the unearthing of a huge cache of silent films dating from 1910s – 1920s , which were lost for over 50 years until discovered buried in a sub - arctic swimming pool in canada’s frozen north . the film presents a unique history of a canadian gold rush town by chronicling the life cycle of a singular film collection through its exile , burial , rediscovery , and salvation . find out more
. ( 48 minutes ) director : dave tatsuno . summary : documentary film , shot illegally , which documented life at the topaz war relocation center in utah during world war ii . ( history , documentary )
. director : lewis milestone . cast : van heflin , barbara stanwyck , kirk douglas , lizabeth scott , darryl hickman , judith anderson . ( drama / adventure / film noir ) ( melodrama , drama )
. ( 96 minutes ) director : george seaton . cast : edmund gwenn , natalie wood , maureen o ' hara . ( crime film , drama ) ( edmund gwenn , 1947 best supporting actor award )
. ( 85 minutes ) director : william dieterle . cast : william holden , edmond o ' brien , alexis smith , ed begley . inspired by kefauver hearings . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 100 minutes pg ) director : alfred hitchcock . first film role for shirley maclaine . cast : john forsythe , shirley maclaine , edmund gwenn . ( adventure genre : mystery , crime , thriller )
. ( 107 minutes r ) summary : a failing italian restaurant run by two brothers gambles on one special night to try to save the business . theme : food ( comedy - drama , indie film )
. ( 112 minutes ) director : terry george . cast : helen mirren . summary : mothers reveal the incident of ira hunger strikes in 1981 ireland . [ ireland ] ( drama film / political drama )
. ( 92 minutes pg ) director : pat o ' connor . cast : meryl streep , michael gambon , kathy burke , catherine mccormack , sophie thompson . summary : five sisters and the out - of - wedlock son of one of them struggle to exist in rural 1930s ireland . ( based on the 1990 / 71 paged play by brian friel . ) [ ireland ] ( drama film , indie film )
. ( 124 minutes r ) director : brett ratner . summary : hannibal lecter film series . ( based on the 1981 / 348 paged thomas harris novel . ) ( psychological horror / slasher / thriller )
. ( 137 minutes ) director : vincente minnelli . cast : frank sinatra , shirely maclaine , dean martin , martha hyer , arthur kennedy . ( drama / adventure / film noir ) ( drama / romance )
. ( 82 minutes ) director : phil karlson . cast : jeffrey hunter , dennis hopper , pat crowley , johnny nash , corey allen . ( drama / adventure / film noir ) ( drama / mystery )
. ( 139 minutes ) . director : cy enfield . cast : stanley baker , jack hawkins , michael caine . summary : 1879 battle of rorke drift ( epic war film , drama , history , war )
. director : sam peckinpah . cast : steve mcqueen , ali mcgraw , ben johnson , sally struthers , slim pickens . ( based on a jim thompson work . ) ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 105 minutes r ) director : nicholas meyer . cast : tom hanks , john candy , rita wilson , tim thomerson . peace corps in 1962s thailand . [ thailand ] ( buddy film / comedy )
the construction of a 5000 - seat opera house on the universal set ( which survived until 2014 ) . but despite the big budget , the film suffered not one but two disastrous preview screenings , each resulting in a change of director , re - shooting of scenes and re - editing , with lois weber eventually having a major input to the final look of the film which subsequently proved a box - office and critical success .
. ( 110 minutes ) director : charles vidor . cast : rita hayworth , glenn ford , george macready , joseph calleia , steven geray . summary : an american gambler in buenos aires is hired by the owner of a gambling casino . the owner goes on a business trip and returns with a bride who was formerly involved romantically with the american gambler . [ argentina ] ( drama film / thriller / adventure / film noir )
ce film à grand spectacle de 1916 est l’une des premières fictions tournées en afrique du sud . il raconte l’histoire du grand trek des boers à la fin des années 1830 . de voortrekkers s’achève sur une reconstitution de la…
. ( 109 minutes ) director : kevin reynolds . cast : steven bauer , george dzundza . summary : soviet soldiers and afghan rebels fight in the deserts of afghanistan . [ afghanistan ] ( drama film / war )
a sacked clerk inherits £3 , 000 a year , tries his hand in society but eventually returns to his working - class lover . [ sourced from the british film catalogue : volume 1 : denis gifford : 3rd edition ]
and all of the films are accompanied by an original score by bernard reilly , commissioned for the 2014 kerry film festival , and performed live by the irish cinetheatre ensemble . further details of the 19 march screening can be found
( 1928 ) . there are also some interesting looking illustrated discussions on women in silent film , both in the west and in china as well as the usual cache of silent comedies . the festival finishes with that old favourite
. ( 120 minutes ) director : james whale . cast : colin clive , dwight frye , boris karloff , mae clarke . summary : this iconic horror film follows the obsessed scientist dr . henry frankenstein as he attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased . aided by his loyal misshapen assistant , fritz , frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster , but , confused and traumatized , it escapes into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc . frankenstein searches for the elusive being , and eventually must confront his tormented creation . ( based on the 1818 / 280 paged mary shelley novel . ) ( science fiction film / drama film / horror )
. ( 120 minutes ) columbia - director : howard hawks . music : dimitri timken . screenplay : jules furthman . cast : cary grant , jean arthur , thomas mitchell . genre : adventure ( drama film , action )
. ( 95 minutes ) 20th century - fox . director : jules dassin . screenplay ; jo eisinger . cast : richard widmark , gene tierney , googie withers , hugh marlowe . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : don siegel . cast : walter matthau , joe don baker , felicia farr , sheree north . ( john reese novel
the looters
1968 / 177 pages ) ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 129 minutes pg ) director : peter weir . summary : english teacher john keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings . ( drama , comedy , teen film )
. ( 153 minutes ) director : fritz lang . cast : brigitte helm , gustav frohlich . summary : in a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners , the son of the city ' s mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences . ( based on the h . g . wells work . ) ( science fiction film , epic film , drama )
nelson will be introduced by lucie dutton whose recently completed phd on maurice elvey’s early directorial career makes her an unrivaled authority on the film . live musical accompaniment for the screening will be provided by musicians stephen horne and martin pyne .
. ( 68 minutes ) producers releasing corporation . director : edgar g . ulmer . screenplay : martin goldsmith . cast : tom neal , ann savage , claudia drake , pat gleason . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 102 minutes ) universal . director : fritz lang . screenplay : dudley nichols cast : edward g . robinson , joan bennett , dan duryea , margaret lindsay , rosalind ivan . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : nicholas ray . cast : james dean , natalie wood , sal mineo , jim backus , corey allen , dennis hopper , ann doran , nick adams , william hopper . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : stanley kubrick . cast : sterling hayden , vince edwards , colleen gray , marie windsor . ( based on
clean break
the 218 paged lionel white novel . ) ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 105 minutes ) director : don siegel . cast : clint eastwood , shirley maclaine . summary : a man and a nun work complete a job together . [ comedy ] [ mexico ] ( drama film / action )
. ( 90 minutes pg ) director : fred schepisi . cast : willie nelson , gary busey . summary : a pair of outcasts on the run meet in mexico . [ mexico ] ( action , adventure , buddy film )
. director : arthur penn . cast : gene hackman , jennifer warren , susan clark , edward binns , melanie griffith . summary : a los angeles private detective must solve a tough mystery . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 140 minutes r ) director : graeme clifford . cast : jessica lange , kim stanley , jeffrey demunn , christopher pennock , sam shepard . summary : story of hollywood actress , frances farmer . ( indie film , drama )
. the early announcement of this screening is a welcome development and should help avoid a repeat of last year’s lff gala event which was scheduled late in the year and clashed with the barbican’s own long - planned principal annual silent film screening .
. ( 118 minutes ) director : john ford . cast : walter pidgeon , maureen o ' hara , roddy mcdowall , donald crisp , john loder , barry fitzgerald . summary : life of a welsh mining family as seen through the eyes of its youngest child . [ based on a 1939 / 651 paged richard llewellyn novel . ] [ wales ] ( drama film / epic film ) ( donald crisp , 1941 best supporting actor ) ( john ford , 1941 best director )
. ( 83 minutes ) united artists . director : rudolph mate . screenplay : russell rouse and clarence greene . cast : edmond o ' brien , pamela britton , luther adler , neville brand . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 115 minutes ) director : john ford . cast : clark gable , grace kelly , ava gardner . summary : variation of
red dust
where a hunter romances two women . [ africa ] ( drama film / romance )
precision studios was a pioneer of the british film industry in the early part of the last century . between 1910 and 1926 , 400 silent films were made by four film studios in walthamstow , including the 1916 classic the battle of the somme . many important actors first appeared in walthamstow films including victor mclaglen , a john ford stalwart who went on to win an oscar for his role in the informer and the famous hollywood star ronald colman also launched his career was at broadwest films .
. ( 125 minutes ) director : merian c . cooper , ernest b . schoedsack . cast : fay wray , robert armstrong , bruce cabot . summary : an actress and director travel to the indian ocean to do location shoots for the director ' s new jungle picture . upon arriving at a mysterious island , the actress is taken hostage by natives who prepare her as a sacrifice to the enormous ape kong who rules over their jungle . ( science fiction film / disaster film )
but the screening of phantom of the opera at the london coliseum is just half the story . the film is also to be accompanied by the world premiere of a new score , written by jazz musician and composer roy budd and performed by the docklands sinfonia orchestra , conducted by spencer down . roy budd was a world - renowned composer with some 40 film scores to his name including soldier blue ( 1970 ) , get carter ( 1971 ) , man at the top ( 1973 ) , wild geese ( 1978 ) . producing a new score for phantom of the opera was a long - cherished project which also saw him acquire and restore a 35mm print of the film . he completed a full orchestral score for the film using an 84 - piece orchestra and recorded this with the luxembourg symphony orchestra . in 1993 , with five weeks to go before a london premiere and european tour , roy budd suffered a brain haemorrhage and passed away at just 46 years of age .
. director : nicholas ray . cast : humphrey bogart , gloria grahame , frank lovejoy , art smith . ( based on the 1947 / 256 paged dorothy b . hughes novel . ) ( drama / adventure / film noir ) ( melodrama )
. ( 103 minutes ) director : william dieterle . cast : elizabeth taylor , peter finch , dana andrews , abraham sofaer . summary : a ceylon tea planter brings his bride to his plantation . [ ceylon ] ( drama film / action )
. ( 119 minutes pg ) director : ralph l . thomas . cast : kim cattrall , nick mancuso , meg foster . ( based on josh freed ' s 1978 newspaper series and 1980
moonwebs
) ( drama , indie film )
. ( 88 minutes ) cast : mackenzie astin , jurnee smollett , clifton powell . summary : the 1965 alabama violent civil rights recollections of two young black girls highlighting the involvement of martin luther king , jr . ( drama , tv film )
. ( 91 minutes tv film ) summary : a teenage girl tries to raise her three half - brothers and one half - sister on her own after their drug - addicted mother is sent to jail . ( coming of age , drama )
the hypnotic and lyrical qualities of silent film with live music are explored in our ‘slow silents’ programme of barge and canal films including the beautiful and touching l’hirondelle et la mesange set on two barges as they travel through a france recently devastated by wwi .
the film was nominated for the bafta award for best costume design - colour . although it lost to a man for all seasons , its designers did not go home empty - handed , as they were responsible for the costumes in seasons as well .
. director : otto preminger . cast : dana andrews , gene tierney , clifton webb , vincent price , judith anderson , dorothy adams . ( based on the 1942 / 219 paged vera caspary novel . ) ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 87 minutes g ) director : roger allers , rob minkoff . voices : jeremy irons . summary : animated story of a young cub sent into exile when his father is betrayed and killed . [ africa ] ( drama film / music )
. ( 85 minutes ) director : ted wilde . cast : harold lloyd . summary : silent film of a young man trying to save new york ' s last horse - drawn streetcar line . [ new york ] ( comedy , family , action )
. ( 70 minutes ) directors : david hand and james algar . cast : . summary : story of a young deer growing up in the forest . ( based on the 1923 / 192 paged feliz salten novel . ) ( fantasy , drama film )
. ( 110 minutes ) director : stephen frears . music : elmer bernstein . cast : john cusack , anjelica huston , annette bening . ( based on the 1963 / 188 paged grifters by jim thompson . ) ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 91 minutes pg ) director : kirk jones . cast : ian bannen , david kelly , fionnula flanagan , susan lynch , james nesbitt . summary : how people confront a national - lottery incident . [ ireland ] ( indie film / comedy )
. ( 160 minutes pg - 13 ) director : baz luhrmann . cast : nicole kidman , ewan mcgregor , john leguizamo , jim broadbent , richard roxburgh . summary : a musical romance set in 19th - century france . ( drama film / romance )
so , praise where praise is due , the bfi is certainly rolling the boat out for silent film in june . one can only hope that the trend continues in subsequent months ! details of all of these films can of course be found in our listings pages
. ( 96 minutes ) director : george marshall . writer : raymond chandler . cast : alan ladd , veronica lake , william bendix . ( based on the 1945 / 268 paged unpublished novel by raymond chandler . ) ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. director : j . lee thompson cast : robert mitchum , gregory peck , polly bergen , martin balsam . ( based on the novel
the executioners
by john d . macdonald ( 1957 / 224 pages ) ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 133 minutes ) director : richard brooks cast : robert blake , scott wilson , paul stewart , john forsyth , jeff corey . ( based on the 1967 / 343 ps . novel of truman capote . ) ( drama , adventure , film noir )
. ( 118 minutes pg - 13 ) summary : a pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown . ( based on the 2011 / 304 paged nicholas sparks novel . ) ( drama film , romance )
. ( 97 minutes ) director : jacques tourneur . screenplay : geoffrey homes . cast : robert mitchum , jane greer , kirk douglas , rhonda fleming , richard webb . summary : a private eye allows himself to be duped by the two - faced mistress of a big - time gangster . ( based on the 1946 / 160 paged novel ,
build my gallows high
by geoffrey homes . ) [ california , new york , nevada , mexico ] ( crime film / thriller / film noir / adventure / drama )
to highlight just a single showing of one silent film , preferring instead to leave that to our listings pages . but this has to be an exception . in september , bfi southbank is showing , for one night only , a true classic of british silent comedy ,
. it is virtually unknown in the west and charts the efforts of an opportunistic kiev resident to avoid the unrest of civil war and yet still prosper under bolshevik rule . being a biting satire on the soviet propaganda the film was quickly banned by the soviet authorities .
. we don’t often get to hear about silent film screenings in ireland but one we recently came across looked particularly fascinating which is what prompted us to expand our coverage just this little bit . on 19 march st patrick’s cathedral in dublin is hosting a presentation by the
. ( 117 minutes ) director : george stevens . cast : cary grant , victor mclaglen , sam jaffe , douglas fairbanks , jr . , joan fontaine . summary : 19th century indian native uprising put down by three soldiers . [ india ] ( drama film )
. ( 119 minutes ) director : william wyler . cast : gregory peck , audrey hepburn , eddie albert . summary : an american newspaperman in rome entertains a princess who has slipped away from her entourage . [ rome , italy ] ( drama film / romance )
. ( 220 minutes g ) paramount pictures . director : cecil b . demille . cast : charlton heston , yul brynner , anne baxter , edward g . robinson , john derek . [ palestine ] ( jewish experience ) ( drama film / action / history )
just a quick reminder that if you want to be a part of some film history in the making then head along to walthamstow on 1st may when actor paul mcgann ( withnail & i , doctor who , the monocled mutineer ) will be unveiling a blue plaque at the site of the former precision film studios . the unveiling will take plae at noon on 1st may in wood street walthamstow , now beuleigh court , wood street e17 3pa and situated on the junction of wood street and lea bridge road , close to the whipps cross roundabout .
. ( 97 minutes ) director : lewis gilbert . cast : kenneth more , dana wynter . summary : the english royal navy must destroy the german floating fortress , the bismarck , the most powerful battleship in the world . [ germany ] ( drama film / action )
. ( 102 minutes ) director : spike lee . theme : explosion of the 16th st . baptist church on sept . 15 , 1963 by dynamite planted by the ku klux klan and the bodies of four girls found in the debris . ( indie film , biography )
( 1929 ) . the film takes the form of a cinematic poem to the arrival of spring in nature as well as a new era in society and offers a rare glimpse of everyday life in the soviet ukraine during the new economic policy era and the soviet “indigenisation” programme .
. ( 105 minutes ) united artists . director : robert aldrich . screenplay : a . i . bezzerides . cast : ralph meeker , albert dekker , paul stewart , cloris leachman . ( from a novel by mickey spillane . ) ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 122 minutes pg ) director : robert lieberman . cast : jon voight , richard crenna , millie perkins . summary : attempting to bond with his children , a divorced man takes his three youngsters on a mediterranean cruise . [ mediterranean ] ( indie film / drama )
. ( 120 minutes pg - 13 ) director : ang lee . cast : chow yun fat , michelle yeoh , zhan ziyi , chang chen , lung sihung , cheng pei pei . summary : a magical sword in china . [ china ] ( drama film / action )
our only niggle is that screening the film in an opera house is inevitably accompanied by opera house pricing . so , for those unable to afford £112 for a seat in the stalls , it is to be hoped that this screening will eventually be followed by a release on disc .
has often been overlooked even amongst lang’s earlier work but it is a film rich in expressionist imagery and featuring innovative special effects work . it has been hugely influential , with directors such as alfred hitchcock , ingmar bergman and luis buñuel citing it as a direct influence on their own work
was 17 months in the making with 235 days of actual filming , it cost $ 923 , 886 . 45 , making it the most expensive comedy of the silent - film era and 230 , 000 feet of rushes were edited down to 10 , 000 feet for release . but
. ( 95 minutes ) director : orson welles . cast : orson welles , konstantin shayne , edward g . robinson , loretta young , richard long , philip merivale , byran keith , billy house . summary : after world war ii , a nazi war criminal settles in the college town of harper , connecticut , assumes a new identity , and when the film begins , marries . another war criminal tracks him down and suffers at his hand . covering up his deeds becomes necessary when a government agent tracks him down . ( drama / adventure / film noir )
. ( 102 minutes r ) director : mike hodges . cast : michael caine , ian hendry , britt ekland , john osborne . ( based on wolfgang suschitsky ' s
jack ' s return home
) ( drama / adventure / film noir ) ( thriller / crime )
. ( 121 minutes r ) director : alan parker . cast : brad davis , randy quaid , john hurt . summary : the true story of american , billy hayes who spent 5 years in a turkish prison for smuggling hashish . [ turkey ] ( drama film / thriller )
. ( 124 minutes pg ) director : wes craven . cast : meryl streep , cloris leachman , henry dinhofer . summary : the true story of roberta guaspari , a schoolteacher ' s , struggle to teach violin to inner - city harlem kids . ( drama , indie film )
. ( 87 minutes tv film g ) director : michael switzer . cast : betty white , amy davidson , richard thomas . summary : a widow and her spunky granddaughter journey cross - country to spread her husband ' s ashes at a place they both loved . ( drama )