mr. morgan 's last love ( also known as last love ) is an 2013 film based on françoise dorner 's french novel la douceur assassine .

it is written and directed by sandra nettelbeck and stars michael caine and clémence poésy .

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ske reps domestic distribution of “mr . morgan’s last love . ” foreign pre - sales are handled by bavaria film international .
last love
starts out promising enough , but alas , it doesn ' t last .
the great michael caine brings a touching vulnerability to mr morgan ' s last love , a maudlin melodrama set in a pretty - looking paris .
“ it’s strange . it’s a german - american - franco - belgian film about an american in paris played by an englishman , ” caine said of his latest movie mr . morgan’s last love .
locarno - - michael caine and clemence poesy make for an odd but sweet pair in mr . morgan’s last love , a dramatically unbalanced adaptation of francoise dorner ’s novel la douceur assassine .
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mr . morgan’s last love ( dir . sandra nettelbeck , germany , belgium , france 2013 ) mr . morgan ' s last love is the bittersweet tale of a lonely american widower in paris who learns to love life again after a chance encounter with a beautiful and vibrant young woman . they both spend a short but precious time together – a time that touches their hearts and changes their lives .
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of course , knowing the right people helps insure a seat at the table . mr . raymond , exxon ' s chairman , sits on morgan ' s board , for one thing . ferrell mcclean , who co - heads the group with mr . peacock , said mr . raymond had discussed the idea of an exxon deal with morgan ' s chairman , douglas a . ( sandy ) warner 3d last summer . then , she said , mr . warner and mr . peacock met with mr . raymond to discuss where the oil and gas industry was headed .
los angeles , ca , november 14 , 2011 –sidney kimmel entertainment will co - finance and co - produce “mr . morgan’s last love , ” starring two time academy award winner michael caine , it was announced by ske president jim tauber .
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from dark knight to mr . morgan , next year just may be the season of michael caine in every language .
adapted from françoise dorner’s novel la douceur assassine , mr . morgan’s last love follows the journey of a lonely american widower in paris who learns to love life again after a chance encounter with a beautiful and vibrant young woman . they both spend a short but precious time together – a time that touches their hearts and changes their lives .
mr . morgan’s last love shot for two weeks in paris then a week in st . malo before moving to brussels and then mmc studios in cologne . most of the exteriors were shot in france , while the interiors reserved for the german portion of the shoot .
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mr . morgan shot in some of the most beautiful albeit classic locations in paris including the palais royal , the arc de triomphe and the luxembourg gardens .
set in paris , “mr . morgan’s last love” is the bittersweet story of a retired , lonely american widower ( caine ) whose chance encounter with a free - spirited and vibrantly naive , beautiful young french woman brightens his life . together they share a precious moment , which not only touches their hearts , but changes their lives .
an outstanding cast does what it can to enliven “mr . morgan’s last love , ” a mostly mawkish melodrama from “mostly martha” helmer sandra nettelbeck starring michael caine as a crusty paris widower and clemence poesy as the sprightly dance instructor who brightens up his days . though the basic elements would appear to be here for a [ … ]
“ mr morgan is only the second time a german film is eligible for the trip , after the girl on the bicycle , which also shot with elezevir .
earlier i was impressed with clémence poésy in ' birdsong ' and again she was appeared in here as an angel . mr . morgan might have fallen in love with her , but it ' s me who fallen a couple of second before him . she was very attractive and also succeed to capitalised her…
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the main problem of mr . morgan’s last love is a structural one , as it is really two films in one . in the first story , which roughly takes up the first half , mr . morgan wallows in his grief until he literally bumps into pauline on a bus and the two strike up an unexpected friendship . the screenplay , written by the director , is very observant here and neatly ( if occasionally barely ) devoid of clichés , something even echoed in the score of the first half - hour , a gentle theme from composer hans zimmer with a spark of youth and hope to it .
“ i adore paris . it’s the greatest love of my life , ” caine said . caine and the other love of his life , namely his wife , enjoyed their time off in between filming .
kreuzer has spent the past 10 years working in production , financing and tv distribution for bavaria film group in germany and italy . his producer / executive producer credits include sandra nettelebeck’s “mr . morgan’s last love , ” starring michael caine and gillian anderson , “death of a superhero , ” starring andy serkis , and the financing of various bavaria film group productions , such as the emmy - award winning tv event mini - series “the manns” and the feature film “buddenbrooks . ”
schulze’s credits include documentaries including philip gröning’s “into great silence” and baran bo odar’s first feature film “the silence . ”
mr . peacock is clearly uncomfortable talking about himself : he answers questions in short sentences and stresses the team effort at morgan . he mentioned , among others , jeremy wilson , a senior member of his group , and ms . mcclean , who said she was good friends with mr . peacock ' s wife and had helped plan the peacock ' s wedding reception . when asked about his favorite deals , he mentioned , not surprisingly , the last three deals he has worked on . that could be , in part , because of the huge fees that are likely to be earned by morgan for its effort .
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clémence poésy ist unfassbar schön , wie auch die großartigen aufnahmen von paris .
mr . morgan ' s last love
wirkt wie ein feingeistiges melodram , das durchaus zu verzaubern vermag . nur , als der sohn erstmals auftaucht , dachte ich durchgehend , lass es nicht so kommen , wie es fast schon naheliegt ( ich möchte gar nicht spoilern ) . aber dann kommt es doch dazu , was ich sehr schade fand . trotz diesem schnitzer , ist der film gut gelungen .
a melancholic cross between venus and goodbye , mr chips , which could have been more enticingly entitled venus and chips .
he added : “it’s not paris in the springtime . it’s paris in the autumn . it’s a bit cold . it’s about an older man who isn’t in his springtime – he’s in his autumn . ”
with a possible $ 100 million fee to be divvied up between lawyers and bankers , champagne corks are popping at morgan . especially for rod peacock , the banker who co - heads morgan ' s global natural resources and power investment banking group . mr . peacock is clearly enjoying his role at the center of morgan ' s energy effort , where he not only led the teams which worked for both exxon and british petroleum , but also represented mobil in its $ 5 billion european joint venture with british petroleum in august 1996 .
and at least for the first half or so of the film , “last love” is an enjoyable and leisurely trifle . it’s not high art , and not much happens , but that’s just fine as caine and poésy make an easy pair to spend time with . their chemistry is a low - key fire , with the actors selling an unlikely but mutually rewarding friendship with ease , as nettlebeck and cinematographer michael bertl bask in their picturesque surroundings . and even hans zimmer seems swooned by the material , delivering a surprisingly subtle score that’s a complete turnaround from the more speaker rattling blockbuster stuff he’s been cranking out lately . it’s mostly unshowy stuff all around , and for a time , it seems like “last love” will fully embrace its euro flavour and step away from typically hollywood cinematic conventions . if only…
21 ways to ruin a marriage ( dir . johanna vuoksenmaa , finland 2013 ) there are 21 ways to ruin a marriage and that ' s enough to convince sanna that falling in love is folly . as her extensive studies show ‘divorce is a natural and probable consequence of falling in love . ’ love and sex are two different things , and she prefers the latter , in an intoxicated state if possible . marriage is a business agreement .
sold to most european territories and the u . s . , where image entertainment will release it in october , mr . morgan has also been making the festival rounds , powered by the arthouse - light bona fides of german director sandra nettelbeck ( mostly martha , helen ) and the star power of its international cast . it should appeal to older audiences .
gillian anderson and justin kirk co - star as the recalcitrant if theoretically grown - up children of caine’s matthew morgan , a princeton philosophy professor who’s retired and has been living alone in paris since the death of his wife ( jane alexander , who occasionally appears as a vision ) . his offspring even cancels their plans for their annual visit but are forced to show up anyway when mr . morgan decides to end it all , something , oddly enough , triggered by meeting a wonderful young local woman , pauline ( poesy ) , who teaches at a dance school .
a more meaningful chance encounter arrives in the form of pauline ( poesy ) , whom matthew bumps into on the bus , then bumps into again a few days later . her hair reminds him of his late wife’s , he says ; his beard reminds her of her late father’s . soon enough , he’s dancing the cha - cha - cha in her class and ( in one of the pic’s typically clunky metaphors ) literally letting some light into his musty apartment . not too much light , though . indeed , just when it seems that nettelbeck is about set the film on cutesy autopilot , things stay more or less rooted in a hazy , depressive funk — which might have seemed a bold choice if the movie actually seemed prepared to deal with issues of loneliness and depression in the elderly . but alas , “mr . morgan’s last love ” sticks to a flaccid middle ground lacking any real drama or pathos .
heart of a lion ( dir . dome karukoski , finland , sweden 2013 ) teppo meets and falls in love with the beautiful blonde sari . but this is to be no ordinary love affair . teppo is a central figure in a neo - nazi group and when he meets sari’s son , he is in for a big surprise .
for a film that is supposedly about life going on after the death of someone you love ,
last love
has an uncannily undead sort of feeling , and that is partly due to caine , who still has some of his movie star charisma but holds himself entirely back and aloof from his character . matthew has several centerpiece monologues about his feelings on love , life and his late wife , and most actors of any age would tear right into them , but caine recites them in a laid back fashion that steps right up to the line of seeming frankly disinterested but never quite crosses it .
the movie has a stilted , airless feel , as if mr . morgan had already succeeded at offing himself and we were now drifting alongside him through some odd limbo . the actors deliver their lines in a slow hush amid a conspicuous lack of ambient sound , even in crowded public spaces . but paris looks indisputably lovely through the lens of cameraman michael bertl .
“last love” ambles into a finale that tries to resonate with something resembling tragic beauty , but never earns that right . the darker notes of the movie are almost an afterthought , and are presented without any consideration to the deeper psychological underpinnings that could be fuelling them . meanwhile , romantic developments are undercut by their simple convenience , and again , the narrative refusal to engage these characters beyond whatever they wind up serving as part the overall story arc . and it’s not so much disappointment that will greet viewers of “last love , ” but a feeling of condescension on behalf of the filmmakers . it’s a sentiment underscored by the presentation of pretty pictures and ultimately one dimensional characters , that attempt to wrap up the movie with falsely bittersweet echoes , and hoping that we won’t notice and simply go with it . [ d ]
“ it’s a tender scene . it explains how happy he once was in paris and how much he’s lost , ” nettelbeck explained .
ske has been aggressively pursuing production and co - financing deals throughout 2011 , which , including “mr . morgan’s last love , ” may result in a total of five motion picture releases in 2012 , including the january release of “one for the money , ” starring katherine heigl , produced with lakeshore entertainment , for release by lions gate entertainment ; “gone , ” with heitor dahlia directing and amanda seyfried starring , produced with lakeshore entertainment and summit entertainment will open in february ; the taylor hackford directed “parker , ” starring jason statham and jennifer lopez , produced with sierra / affinity , and incentive filmed entertainment to be released by filmdistrict in the fall , and “the place beyond the pines , ” directed by derek cianfrance , starring ryan gosling , bradley cooper and eva mendes will likely have a fall release .
the company ' s energy bankers were in the executive suite with the exxon corporation ' s chairman , lee raymond , advising him on yesterday ' s announced $ 80 billion takeover of the mobil corporation . they were at the table with british petroleum executives when it agreed to buy amoco corporation for $ 42 . 8 billion last august . and in their spare time , they advised the belgian oil concern petrofina s . a . in its $ 13 billion sale to total s . a . of france , which was announced yesterday , too .
on some basic level , the movie never decides what the stakes are for matthew and pauline — if theirs is just a surrogate father - daughter relationship , or if there’s an undercurrent of real desire ( as there was for peter o’toole’s character in the superior “venus” ) . then , after a second , more serious suicide attempt , matthew’s two adult children ( justin kirk and gillian anderson ) arrive from america , along with their own predictable emotional baggage in tow ( would you believe mr . morgan wasn’t the greatest dad in the world ? ) and squabbling about what to do with their share of mom’s vacation home in saint - malo . audiences with a limited tolerance for movies about rich people’s problems are strongly advised to steer clear .
two - time oscar® - winner michael caine stars with clémence poésy , justin kirk and gillian anderson in this richly nuanced , emotion - charged story of lost souls , new - found hope and last love . matthew morgan ( caine ) is a widowed , world - weary professor living in paris . the cynical matthew sees no meaningful future for himself – until he meets pauline ( poésy ) , a free - spirited young dance instructor . the unlikely bond they form ultimately leads them to rediscover the joy that only family and true friendship can offer .
when it comes to merger advice , j . p . morgan isn ' t the brand name that first comes to mind . unless you ' re rooting around in the oil patch .
mr morgan doesn ' t speak a word of french but still lives in paris because it reminds him of his beloved late wife ( jane alexander ) , who appears , ghost - like , from time to time . he ' s grief - stricken and a bit of a curmudgeon , at least until he meets beautiful young cha - cha teacher pauline ( clémence poésy ) . soon , he is hoofing away with all the other pensioners at her dance school .
two - time oscar ( r ) - winner michael caine stars with clémence poésy , justin kirk and gillian anderson in this richly nuanced , emotion - charged story of lost souls , new - found hope and last love . matthew morgan ( caine ) is a widowed , world - weary professor living in paris . the cynical matthew sees no meaningful future for himself - until he meets pauline ( poésy ) , a free - spirited young dance instructor . the unlikely bond they form ultimately leads them to rediscover the joy that only family and true friendship can offer . ( c ) rj
last call for nowhere ( dir . philippe de chauveron , france 2016 ) french border cop josé fernandez has just one last extradition to do before his long - awaited promotion to the crime bureau . but his detainee akim , victim of a judiciary glitch , is outraged to find himself saddled with the identity of a potential terrorist and put on a flight back to kabul , where he has never even set foot before !
black ' s game ( dir . oskar thor axelsson , island 2012 ) the last few years of the millennium marked a transformational period for the icelandic underworld . what had been a relatively innocent playground for petty criminals and “hobby pushers” progressed into the organized and violent industry that prevails today .
but clearly , if recent events are any indicator , talent in the once sleepy industrial sector is premium . mac heller , head of global mergers and acquisitions at goldman , sachs and who has a background in the oil and gas sector , was the lead banker on the team for mobil . and goldman recently offered partnerships to two recruits in the industrial sector : michael j . carr , who co - headed the mergers and acquisitions team at salomon smith barney , and more recently gordon e . dyal , who sat across the table from mr . peacock when mr . dyal represented amoco while an investment banker at morgan stanley dean witter .
love at first fight ( dir . thomas cailley , france 2014 ) between his friends and the family business , arnaud’s summer looks set to be a peaceful one . peaceful until he runs into madeleine , as beautiful as she is brusque , a concrete block of tensed muscles and doomsday prophecies . he expects nothing ; she prepares for the worst . given she hasn’t asked him for anything , just how far will he go along with her ? it’s a love story . or a story of survival . or both .
history of love ( dir . radu mihaileanu , france , canada , romania , usa 2016 ) new york , the 21st century . leo lives with the memory of the great love of his life . despite his painful history , he cheerfully navigates life’s ups and downs with indefatigable , crazy humour , alongside his best friend bruno . across town , in brooklyn , teenage alma is determined to find the ideal man for her mother to remarry .
the last king ( dir . nils gaup , norway 2016 ) the year is 1204 . norway is torn apart in a civil war . with the help of the birch legs , the norwegian king is fighting for survival against the church’s bishopsmen , who will use any means available to obtain victory .
the actress and director both love the genre , but as they told indiewire , they also knew it needed to be retrofitted to tell the true story of catherine weldon and sitting bull .
after a brief stint as an analyst at british petroleum right out of college - - he graduated with a degree in engineering science and economics from oxford ' s magdalen college in 1970 - - he was hired by morgan as an energy analyst . but in 1982 , eight years later , mr . peacock traded in his spreadsheet for pin stripes and has since worked as an investment banker specializing in the oil and gas industries , with offices in both new york and london . ' ' it ' s interesting to witness the complete restructuring of this industry at this time , ' ' he said .
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pauline laubie : why did you stop loving life ? matthew morgan : well , you don ' t love life itself . you love , uh , places , animals , people , memories , food , literature , music . and sometimes you meet someone . . . who requires all the love you have to give . and if you lose that someone , you think everything else is gonna stop too . but everything else just keeps on going . giraudoux said , you can miss a single being , even though you are surrounded by countless others . those people are like . . . like extras . they cloud your vision , they ' re a meaningless crowd . they . . . they ' re an unwelcome distraction . so you seek oblivion in solitude . but solitude only makes you wither . pauline laubie : so i ' m an unwelcome distraction . i ' m a cloud ? matthew morgan : you are the only part of my life i haven ' t figured out yet . see more »
in the twilight of his career , michael caine is already well past that earned point of gaining our respect , so much so that i need no further information about a film he ' s in , because he ' s in it . to see
michael caine
on a film ' s poster or a cast listing on a film ' s website , that gives me enough valid reason to deem the film worth seeing . in recent years he has almost exclusively limited himself to appearing in only christopher nolan movies , with the occasional venture elsewhere . in 2013 he has worked on both now you see me , and last love , the former of which he was completely wasted , and the latter rightly showcasing him as the star , which is the…
a widowed , elderly man living in paris meets a lovely young dance instructor… what will happen next ? well , not what you’re thinking . at least early on , writer / director sandra nettelbeck ‘s “ last love ” is actually fairly refreshing . it’s the kind of intimate drama that’s becoming rarer , one that doesn’t hurry to meet plot points , but instead invests time in character and setting , so that at least for a little while , the audience falls into the world of the movie like wearing an old sweater . but that mood only lasts so long and unfortunately for all of nettelbeck’s smart choices early on , she can’t navigate out of them , and by time the third act arrives , the film turns harshly toward cliché , convenience and melodrama to disastrous effect .
michael caine plays a widower who strikes up a friendship with clemence poesy ' s young french dance teacher in sandra nettelbeck ' s adaptation of a novel by francoise dorner .
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caine stars in the comedic melodrama as a retired and lonely american widower whose life changes when he meets clemence poesy ’s character , a naive free spirit . the film , directed by germany ' s sandra nettelbeck , is based on francoise dorner’s novel la douceur assassine .
josephine , pregnant and fabulous ( dir . marilou berry , france 2016 ) at last , josephine has found her perfect non - smoker - cat - loving - amazing - cook - perfect - man - soulmate . they’ve been in love for two years and everything is peachy . until she realizes she’s… pregnant . time for josephine to transform her life , mature into a responsible adult , not become like her mother , get a job , hold on to her man , refrain from falling out with her friends , and tell her sister , who ' s been crashing at her place , that she ' s got to move out . a bunch of overwhelming challenges that josephine will have to face in her own , special way .
matthew morgan is a retired american professor in his 80s , a widower . he lives in paris and speaks no french . since his wife ' s death , he ' s marking time . his curiosity is piqued when he meets pauline laubie , half his age , a dance instructor . she ' s also a solitary person but wants the connection of family . she believes she ' s found that in matthew , and she attends to him during a hospitalization . when his two adult children arrive from the u . s . to check on their father , they are certain pauline is a gold digger , and she ' s confounded by the distance between father and children . the daughter heads home , the son remains . is there any way that pauline fits in ?
matthew morgan is a retired american professor in his 80s , a widower . he lives in paris and speaks no french . since his wife ' s death , he ' s marking time . his curiosity is piqued when he meets pauline laubie , half his age , a dance instructor . she ' s also a solitary person but wants the connection of family . she believes she ' s found that in matthew , and she attends to him during a hospitalization . when his two adult children arrive from the u . s . to check on their father , they are certain pauline is a gold digger , and she ' s confounded by the distance between father and children . the daughter heads home , the son remains . is there any way that pauline fits in ? written by
“ batman has very good actors in it , but it’s all about the special effects . a film like this is about the people . it’s more interesting as an actor . ”
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the film was based on the french novel and made a big change in michael caine ' s role which was originally a french called armand but transformed into american as morgan . it was also the best michael caine ' s movie as a lead after ' harry brown ' . an 81 - year - old won ' t get a better shot than this to produce a better result . he utilised the opportunity and executed very well .
just another love story ( dir . ole bornedal , denmark 2007 ) during a holiday in vietnam julia meets the love of her life , the dangerous , irresistible and adventurous sebastian . but something terrible happens to julia in hanoi , something indescribable , and she decides to flee back to denmark . on her way back to visit her family – completely beside herself and scared out of her wits - she loses control of the car and has an accident…
the robber hotzenplotz ( dir gernot roll , germany 2005 ) ' i steal what i like , that´s what i´m known for ' , brags robber hotzenplotz , who willingly adds that he´s the biggest robber far and wide . if only he hadn´t stolen grandmother´s beloved coffee mill . . .
christmas story ( dir . juha wuolijoki , finland 2007 ) have you ever wondered how santa claus grew up to be santa ? discover the untold story of santa’s life . against breath - taking landscape and despite family tragedy and personal hardship is a big and pure heart filled with love for children around the world . . .
eastern promises ( dir . david gronenberg , uk , canada , usa 2007 ) the mysterious and charismatic russian - born nikolai luzhin ( mr . mortensen ) is a driver for one of london’s most notorious organized crime families of eastern european origin . headed by semyon ( armin mueller - stahl ) , whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core , the family’s fortunes are tested by semyon’s volatile son and enforcer , kirill ( vincent cassel ) , who is more tightly bound to nikolai than to his own father . . .
suburra ( dir . stefano sollima , italy 2015 ) a gangster known as
samurai
wants to turn the waterfront of rome into a new las vegas . all the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal . but peace is not to last long .
morgan and goldman , sachs & company , which advised mobil , are mum about how much money they are likely to earn . but industry executives say all of the advisers - - including lawyers and bankers - - could earn $ 100 million in total . about half that , some industry executives estimate , could go to goldman and morgan . exxon was advised by lawyers at davis polk & wardwell , and mobil hired lawyers from skadden arps slate meagher & flom . by contrast , investment banks earned $ 115 million in fees when chrysler merged with germany ' s daimler - benz earlier this year , according to the securities data company .
tom little and the magic mirror ( dir . ernesto padrón blanco , spain 2015 ) in a magical world , small but brave tom little embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to release the kingdom from a spell and win the hand of a beautiful princess . but who is his true love : the king’s daughter or the courageous thief ?
caine ' s heart - rending flourish aside , this often mawkish drama struggles to make a point .
though the story employs a facile shortcut to turn things into a neat triangle in which pauline and miles also need to spend time together , this subplot never convinces . there are also too few thematic parallels between the relationships the titular protagonist has with his son and surrogate - daughter of sorts , so it almost feels like the film splits into two separate stories in the second half . and some of the meatiest dramatic material , including the idea mr . morgan wants to end his life because he has met someone as nice as pauline , is only summarily explored .
so . . . kind of cute ? but also really long and not easy to follow when you ' re nodding off again and again . so the last half hour or so was completely lost on me . but i appreciated what i did see . cute . tragic but cute .
“ choosing films is like real estate . it’s all about location , location , location . i’ve filmed in paris , but i’ve never done a movie that took place in paris entirely , ” the actor said . caine’s scenes in christopher nolan ’s inception , for example , were actually shot in a studio .
since then mr . peacock has been quite busy . he concedes he has few hobbies , having quit coaching his son ' s soccer team a few years ago because he couldn ' t commit the time he wanted to . but he still finds time to run . and he is demure about his age - - ' ' something in the late 40 ' s ' ' is all he ' ll say - - and jokes that he never met the beatles even though he grew up in liverpool , england .
batman has very good actors in it , but it’s all about the special effects ,
he tells thr .
a film like this is about the people . it’s more interesting as an actor .
he ' s a widower in paris who speaks no french ; she ' s a dance instructor less than half his age . can they become a family , or will his estranged adult children halt the friendship ?
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me and kaminski ( dir . wolfgang becker , germanuy 2015 ) a sleazy young journalist tries to give a new turn to his career by writing the biography of the forgotten but very much alive painter kaminski - genius of the last century . while orchestrating the old artist ' s disappearance to make the headlines with his future book , the young man ends up on an adventurous road trip with kaminski . . .
“ it’s a very mixed crew . it’s a real , real co - production , ” elzevir films’ denis carot said , adding : “it’s the best way to do a co - production – keeping the crew from beginning to end . a three - country crew doing the film from a to z is quite rare . ”
bamse and the witch’s daughter ( dir . christian ryltenius , maria blom ; sweden 2016 ) in bamse and the witch’s daughter croesus vole finds gold in the beavers ' dam . to demolish the dam and get the gold he tricks the witch ' s daughter lova to enchant bamse . with bamse gone , it ' s up to the children to help each other to stop croesus - but to do that they have to be friends .
nettelbeck took her trans - cultural sense of humor with her to the project and made sure that the film’s more funny moments weren’t lost in translation . while the story tackles heavy subjects like mourning and suicide , the director made sure to add a comedic touch . “i enjoy using the humor between the two languages . it’s very emotional , but it’s also very funny . there’s so much humor in tragedy . comedy is tragedy plus time . ”
simon and the oaks ( dir . lisa ohlin , sweden , germany , denmark , norway 2012 ) «every family has a secret . » epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in sweden ' s gothenborg in the forties and fifties of the last century . told from the perspective of young simon larsson , who learns that he ' s an adopted child who has a jewish father from germany . after wwii simon travels to explore his roots - a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life .
it ' s caine who shines brightest with his gentle anger and newfound joy mixing into a bittersweet reconciliatory release .
the little ghost ( dir . alain gsponer , germany 2013 ) the little ghost lives in the castle of eulenstein . it awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight . despite the warnings of a friend , mr . tu - whit tu - whoo , the ghost would like to see the world by daylight once .
this movie was beautiful , love michael caine and although i have to admit to not knowing who clemence posey was she is a superb actress . i have since seen her in something called the tunnel which was also very good , but this movie was heartfelt and wonderful .
honey bunny ( dir . frederic forestier , france 2017 ) how quickly they grow up ! vincent may be 18 , but he’ll always be his parents ' little honey bunny . so when his first love breaks up with him , it feels like the end of the world !
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1001 grams ( dir . bent hamer , norway , germany 2014 ) when norwegian scientist marie attends a seminar in paris on the actual weight of a kilo , it is her own measurement of disappointment , grief and , not least , love , that ends up on the scale .
headhunters ( dir . morten tyldum , norway 2011 ) save for a somewhat diminutive stature , roger is a man who apparently has it all ; he’s norway’s most successful headhunter , he’s married to the exceedingly beautiful gallery owner diana , has a far too expensive villa and must , to keep his head above water financially , steal a little too much art .
it ' s an unpretentious fine film , which can be seen with pleasure . interpreters are beautiful and the dialogues are very pleasant . as it is usual , authors have some difficult in finding an end for the movie , being possible a few of them . probably due to this , the last half hour is a bit inconsistent : pauline redirects her love from father to son a bit too quickly . also illogical is that people go from paris to st . malo and vice versa as if it was the next town in the map , or as if they had taken helicopters instead of driving or taking a taxi . michael caine exhibits his 80 years splendidly . i am astonished seeing that he will act at least in three films this year .
benefits from a typically strong michael caine performance , but it ' s ultimately too mawkish and dawdling to make much impact .
borg / mcenroe ( dir . janus metz , sweden , denmark , finland 2017 ) borg / mcenroe is a film of one of the world’s greatest icons björn borg and his biggest rival , the young and talented john mcenroe and their legendary duel during the 1980’s wimbledon tournament . it ' s a story of two men that became legends and the price they had to pay .
this dull , dawdling film , adapted from françoise dorner ' s novel
la douceur assassine ,
eventually succumbs to sentimentality .
balls ( dir . josef fares , sweden 2010 ) three friends . jörgen is afraid of being left alone , juan ' s worried about his pet labrador , but aziz is in top form . good looking , he ' s also a brilliant cook and a man who knows what women want . soon he ' s going to be the grandfather of a perfect little boy . he ' s certain of it . but when he sets out to find himself a nice grandmother , nothing really goes according to plan .
racer and the jailbird ( dir . michael r . roskam , belgium , france , netherland 2017 ) when gino meets bénédicte , it’s love at first sight , passionate , unconditional , fiery . she is working in the family business , and she also drives cars on circuits . gino is that kind of normal guy , cool , handsome . . . but he hides a secret . with the support of the creative europe programme - media
macadam stories ( dir . samuel benchetrit , france 2015 ) a building in a housing project . one broken - down elevator . three encounters . six characters . will sternkowitz make it out of his wheelchair to pursue the love of a night nurse ? will latchkey teen charly succeed in getting 80’s actress jeanne meyer a role ? and what will become of astronaut john mckenzie , who fell to earth and was taken in by mrs . hamida
caine ' s brave attempt to speak pigeon french with an american accent produces some unintentionally comedic moments . every time he says ' merci ' , for example , you ' ll think he ' s spotted a horse . as in
mare , see !
in dorner’s original book , caine’s character is french , but nettelbeck and her producers wanted to give a more international perspective to the film . they chose to make the main character american , but kept many elements from the original novel , including its parisian scenery .
but the dynamics of the couple’s unusual friendship change when , after a suicide attempt , matthew’s adult children , miles ( kirk ) and joan ( anderson ) show up at the hospital . both don ' t want to be there and are somewhat acid - tongued , with joan remarking :
an overdose is not my favorite excuse to come to paris but thanks for making an effort , dad
and a puzzled miles saying about pauline , who’s in her twenties :
she’s our future stepmother for all i know .
the house of branching love ( dir . mika kaurismäki , finland 2009 ) family therapist juhani helin , 35 , and business trainer paula helin , 34 , decide to divorce in a civilized manner and move to separate addresses after selling their common house . but when paula invites her one night stand , marco , to the house and juhani takes revenge on her by hiring a prostitute , nina , from his half - brother and a pimp , wolffi , to play his new girlfriend in order to force paula to leave the house , the box of pandora of their marriage flies open and releases the plagues of love and hate .
story about a retired university lecturer who had love only for his wife of many years . after her death he ' s lonely at his home in paris . enter clemence poesy . turmoil with his own family of grown up kids , this film is quaint and enjoyable for an evening watch . perhaps the origins of this movie is us but i feel cane should have had his origins in uk rather than us and emotions run a little deeper .
the line spoken by sir michael caine , which is a constant theme in the movie ,
there ' s a crack in everything , that ' s how the light gets in
, is lyrics from the leonard cohen song
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not much happens in sandra nettelbeck ' s intimate family drama , but its well - drawn connections between lonely souls make an impact nonetheless .
a patriotic man ( dir . arto halonen , finland 2013 ) toivo’s blood is exceptionally powerful . when the finnish ski team hears about toivo , they understand they have found a highly prized secret weapon . his blood can improve any athlete’s performance , fueling the skiers to success .
coming home ( dir . zhang yimou , china 2014 ) lu yanshi ( chen daoming ) and feng wanyu ( gong li ) are a devoted couple forced to separate when lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner , just as his wife is injured in an accident . released during the last days of the cultural revolution , he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past . unable to recognize lu , she patiently waits her husband ' s return .
when santa fell to earth ( dir . oliver dieckmann , germany 2011 ) the last thing charlotte and ben expected is that santa crash lands onto their street in the middle of a thunderstorm just before christmas . this being only the beginning of what turns out to be a remarkable series of christmas adventures , including chases , fake santas and vicious nutcrackers to name just some of them . . .
“ i fell in love with the book and realized it’s a very character - driven piece with universal appeal , but we wanted to keep the parisian setting , ” producer ulrich stiehm of kaminski stiehm film said . stiehm spearheaded the project before senator came on as a co - producer and snagged the german - speaking rights to the film . stiehm added : “ we always felt that the spirit of paris as a city is a very strong element of the story . ”
caine , whose american accent is about as steady as his character’s relationship with his offspring , is otherwise an engaging presence . and though she ' s not convincing as a dance teacher , the open - faced poesy ( fleur delacour from the harry potter films ) has nice chemistry with caine . kirk ( angels of america ) sleepwalks through much of the film while anderson relishes her glorified cameo with some of the film’s most bitingly witty lines .
“ we never thought of moving anywhere else , ” bavaria’s philipp kreuzer said , adding : “it triggers emotions that we needed for the movie . ”
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
sidney kimmel entertainment is co - financing and co - producing with german production companies bavaria pictures , kaminski stiehm film , senator film and belgium’s scope pictures in association with france’s elzevir films . justin kirk , anne alvaro , jane alexander and gillian anderson round out the eclectic , international all - star cast .
exit ( dir . peter lindmark , sweden 2006 ) an edgy thriller filled with unexpected twists and turns takes us behind the scenes of the financial and upper - class world . hunger for power and money but also loyalty , love and sacrifices are all questions that thomas ( mads mikkelsen ) , suddenly has to face , in a game of life and death .
“ it’s a dream come true , ” nettelbeck said of the experience . “i work in europe , but i get to make an english - language film which i prefer since i get to work with amazing actors , but i don’t have to go to the u . s . to do it . ”
reprise ( dir . joachim trier , norway 2006 ) reprise is a playful film about friendship , madness and creativity , about love and sorrow , great ambitions and the often unpleasant clash between youthful presumptions and reality . with its somewhat un - norwegian structure , reprise has a distinct style and narrative technique which moves the story forward in a rich and enthusiastic manner . . .
“ my wife does the shopping and i get to enjoy the food in the evening , ” caine said , adding : “it’s a holiday with work . ”
timetrip - the curse of viking witch ( dir . mogens hagedorn , denmark 2008 ) trouble begins when siblings valdemar and sille are home alone and valdemar crashes his dad´s brand new car . the next day he meets physicist benedict who lurks valdemar to test the time machine he has invented . suddenly , valdemar finds himself in the year 963 , the time of vikings in denmark , where he learns that benedict has become immortal after being enchanted by a witch . but eternal life is deprived of friends and love , and benedict’s only wish is to live a normal life . to earn money for the car repairs , valdemar and sille travel back in time to unearth a cross that can lift the curse .
“ it’s a truly european movie and i’d like to see more of this culture of european cinema . ” it is starting to happen , but it isn’t enough .
roger ebert ' s speech on empathy for the
11th hour
series on april 9th , 1994 , being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .
in good company ( dir . paul weitz , usa 2004 ) veteran ad salesman dan ' s ( dennis quaid ) new boss carter ( topher grace ) is half his age - - a business school prodigy who preaches corporate synergy . dan has two teenage daughters and is shocked when his wife tells him she ' s pregnant . . .
the model ( dir . mads matthiesen , denmark 2016 ) when emerging fashion model emma gets a chance to pursue her dream of becoming an international top model , she leaves her everyday life in denmark behind , and moves to paris . at a photo shoot in her new hometown , she meets the attractive photographer shane white and they fall in love . but their relationship soon turns into a dangerous obsession for emma .
help , i shrunk my parents ( dir . tim trageser , germany 2018 ) felix ' s school is haunted again , only this time it ' s not the benevolent spirit of school founder otto leonhard and the nuisance he caused , but the hated and long - since dead director hulda stingbeard . with the support of the creative europe programme - media


the long and the short and the tall ( released as jungle fighters in the usa and canada ) is a 1961 british war film directed by leslie norman , which stars richard todd , richard harris , laurence harvey , david mccallum and ronald fraser .

the film , which is based on a 1959 play with the same name , by willis hall , takes place in a burmese jungle in 1942 during the malayan campaign .

the title comes from the second line of the first world war song " bless 'em all " , which became very popular during the second world war .

the long and the short and the tall ( film )

2012 the long and the short and the tall ‘the long and the short and the tall’ by willis hall was presented at bovey . . .
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‘the long and the short and the tall’ by willis hall was presented at bovey tracey town hall from the 24th to the 27th october 2012 . the play was directed by david wilson .
he death of willis hall a year ago this month has prompted something of a reappraisal . liverpool playhouse delivered an enjoyable revival of billy liar , which hall wrote in tandem with his long - standing collaborator , keith waterhouse . the long and the short and the tall is one he wrote on his own , before he later turned to writing scripts for the television series worzel gummidge .
the title is derived from the lyrics of a popular wartime ballad bless ' em all . this is , indeed , a war picture , set in malaya . the british troops encamped therein believe they ' ve gotten a break when they capture a japanese scout ( kenji takaki ) - - but it ' s all part of an enemy trap . the rest of the film concentrates on a battle of wills rather than bullets , though a few spurts of action keep the war - film aficionados happy . played against the larger tapestry of the world conflict are the fluctuating tensions among the british soldiers themselves . adapted from a play by willis hall , the long and the short and the tall was released as both the long the short and the tall ( big whoop ) and jungle fighters in the united states . ~ hal erickson , rovi
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to my knowledge , the long and the short and the tall has only been released on dvd in the uk so far . that disc presents the film full frame , which is clearly not how a movie coming out in 1961 would have been shot . imdb suggest 1 . 85 : 1 as the correct ratio and that sounds correct to me . aside from that , the film looks pretty good with nice contrast and little or no distracting damage visible . sadly , there are no extra features whatsoever offered . i suppose some might complain about the studio - bound setting but i can’t say i found it problematic , the story is of the intimate , powder - keg variety so it works well enough . personally , i find war films a fine vehicle for raising ethical conundrums and a means of focusing attention on our view of fellow men . in terms of setting and moral complexity the long and the short and the tall shares some features with hammer’s yesterday’s enemy , and both movies would make for an interesting double feature .
meanwhile , south african actors are good enough for the other roles . we see this happen over and over . tomorrow there will be a film about walter sisulu , and then what ? no one is short enough ?
the religion of high - school football commingles with plain old - fashioned religion in “when the game stands tall , ” an inspirational sports drama ( from sony’s inhouse , faith - based label affirm films ) that goes long on rectitudinous sermonizing but comes up short on gridiron thrills or genuine love for the game . save for a couple of fine performances relegated to [ … ]
drawing upon his wartime experiences in malaya , hall ' s play brings together an englishman , an irishman , a welshman and a scotsman . it sounds like the ingredients for a terrible joke , and there is a fair sprinkling of unreconstructed racial attitudes throughout the play . the particularly prejudicial tone taken towards the japanese enemy makes it doubtful whether the long the short and the tall stands up to modern scrutiny , yet josie rourke ' s production has an unflinching honesty which gives the play a disturbingly familiar gloss .
the film of long walk to freedom has been in the pipeline for years and elba ' s casting is yet to be confirmed by its producers . lee said almost all the other roles , including mandela aged seven and 16 , would be played by south african actors .
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mandela , a towering figure in every sense , is 6ft 4ins ( 1 . 93 metres ) tall : actors in south africa just don ' t measure up , says moonyeenn lee , who picked british - born elba – star of the wire and luther – for a planned film adaptation of mandela ' s autobiography , long walk to freedom .
. as any film noir buff will tell you , poor set design can often be concealed by imaginative lighting and camerawork , but alas these are also lacking from this film , so that visually it resembles a mediocre tv drama from the 1950s . it is hard to suspend your disbelief when so little effort has apparently been made to disguise the fact that the film was recorded in a studio . not surprisingly , the film ' s most intense and credible scenes are those that take place within the cramped bamboo hut , the one and only realistic set offered by the film .
was originally performed at the edinburgh festival fringe in 1955 , where film producer michael balcon saw it and resolved to acquire the film rights . it was only after the play had triumphed on the london stage that hall agreed to a film adaptation . wolf mankowitz was hired to redraft hall ' s play and the task of directing it was given to leslie norman ( father of the well - known uk film critic barry norman ) , who later directed some of the most popular tv series of the ' 60s and ' 70s -
the play tells the story of a small british patrol in the malayan jungle in the second world war just before the japanese invaded the peninsula and eventually singapore . on a routine patrol they take refuge for a short break in an abandoned miners hut .
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sello maake ka - ncube , a south african actor who won a regional theatre award for his portrayal of mandela in the drama rivonia trial – and is 1 . 8m tall – said :
beauty is in the eye of the beholder . i don ' t think we are too short for anything . but i respect the director ' s vision .
but the short , stocky actor will be best remembered for his portrayal of wing commander guy gibson in the acclaimed war film , the dam busters . todd was himself a war hero , one of the first british officers to parachute into normandy during the d - day landings in 1944 , and he re - lived some of that experience when he played major john howard in the film the longest day ( 1962 ) . his private life was marked by the tragic suicides of two of his sons .
todd enjoyed his role in never let go ( 1960 ) starring peter sellers (
i loved doing it because it was a character part for me , playing a scruffy little salesman whose car has been stolen
) , but he
loathed
making the screen version of the play the long , the short and the tall ( 1961 ) .
i didn ' t enjoy working with laurence harvey . . . i took it for granted that they would cast peter o ' toole , who was marvellous on stage , but they said they wanted a ' name ' .
this film , made in the traditional british style for the period displays a rare realism of a conflict where the main characters are
other ranks
. many british war films of this type invariably starred well known actors playing the stiff upper lip officer with character actors playing
other rank
in subordinate roles . the latter being patronised as salt of the earth types . the film being reviewed seems to me to be a forerunner of the more realistic school of film - making in later decades .
henry roth is a man afraid of commitment up until he meets the beautiful lucy . they hit it off and henry think he ' s finally found the girl of his dreams , until he discovers she has short - term memory loss and forgets him the very next day .
for political and budgetary reasons , filming on location in the jungles of asia was infeasible and so the entire film had to be shot in a studio mock - up . whilst it can be argued that this is what gives the film its stifling aura of oppression , the fact that the studio sets are more redolent of kew gardens than the burmese jungle does diminish its realism somewhat . likewise , the impact of the sequences in the partially flooded mine is greatly undermined by the fact that the cast appear to have taken a wrong turning and wandered onto the set of
a separate film project , winnie , provoked controversy by casting hollywood stars terrence howard and jennifer hudson as nelson and winnie mandela . the casting of morgan freeman in invictus was also criticised .
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this is already a sore point for local performers , and now salt has been rubbed in the wound . why do they never get the chance to play their national hero ? because they are too short , according to the country ' s top casting agent .
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the play transferred to london ' s west end , where it became a huge success . the then little - known peter o ' toole played bamforth . balcon recounts in his autobiography how he eventually secured the film rights , in conjunction with abpc . experienced screenwriter wolf mankowitz adapted the play , retaining some of hall ' s own draft screenplay , and the film was directed by leslie norman .
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thanks for getting back after viewing the movie , jeff . harvey often came across as cold , and it works well in certain films , but there’s none of that on show here . i found his work in the early part of the film very broad and affected , and harris was straying close to that too . the second half picks up a lot though and the performances settle and improve as the drama intensifies .
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the religion of high - school football commingles with plain old - fashioned religion in “when the game stands tall , ” an inspirational sports drama ( from sony’s inhouse , faith - based label affirm films ) that goes long on rectitudinous sermonizing but comes up short on gridiron thrills or genuine love for the game . save for a couple of fine performances relegated to the sidelines , no one really brings their “a” game to this lazily executed late - summer programmer — a “friday night lights” for the sunday - school crowd graced by little of the storytelling craft and skillful emotional manipulation that have distinguished the recent wave of superior disney sports pics . after an opening weekend that may see a bump from church - group sales , expect “game” to do most of its rushing and passing on home screens .
a simple but effective set showed the action well and the different personalities of the different members of the patrol were well portrayed by the cast with some very realistic accents . black humour made the audience laugh at times and the drama of the situation kept them involved throughout the performance . a good addition to the canon of the players work .
i was free to cast a south african , and i auditioned some extraordinary local actors ,
lee told the sunday newspaper city press .
but the main problem is the height . mandela is a particularly tall man . on average , south african actors are not 1 . 9 metres .
willis hall was a comparatively unknown playwright when his play was produced at the edinburgh festival fringe in 1955 , where it was seen by michael balcon . balcon , now working at the elstree studios of the associated british picture corporation , following the sale of ealing studios , made hall an offer for the film rights . theatre producer oscar lewenstein , however , offered hall a london production provided that the film rights were unsold .
colin one of the best jungle warfare films i’ve seen in the last while is the 2006 australian production , kokoda . it is about the brutal fight for the kokoda trail in new guinea in 1942 . this is one mean and nasty war film , and well worth a look in my opinion . review up of course . gordon
a good old fashioned british made war film . . . ideal for a lads night in . . . well made and a good story line . . good value
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one of the better transfers of a stage play to film in my humble opinion . nice write up . watched this for about the 5th time just a few months ago . what a great cast and fine work by them as well as the crew .
yeah , plays don’t always work as pieces of cinema and the stage origins can be quite distracting at times . this film , however , skips round that particular artistic pitfall early on and then settles down to providing good , absorbing drama .
the british army in the far east was a popular film subject , especially in the 1950s , and was also treated memorably in peter nichols ' privates on parade ( d . michael blakemore , 1982 ) . class tensions and personality clashes among servicemen were also the subject of john mcgrath ' s the bofors gun ( d . jack gold , 1968 ) .
the country also lacked experienced actors , as a consequence of apartheid , lee added .
the younger actors have had a chance to go and study and learn and work with internationals . the older actors , growing up during apartheid , had to deal with the cultural boycott , [ with ] very few roles on television and almost none in film . there simply aren ' t enough actors to choose from .
nice review , colin , of a film i too have never seen . not sure why . i always liked richard todd but not so keen on richard harris ( in his younger days ) or laurence harvey – maybe that has something to do with it . that said , i really enjoyed harvey in the 1954 film “the good die young” which also starred stanley baker , john ireland and a great cast .
a film based on the successful play by willis hall about a british patrol in burma who are determined to kill an innocent japanese prisoner in a mad revenge for atrocities against british prisoners .
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i originally read the book and loved it , with the added bonus of a strong . . .
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whisperings
started getting out that the series would end with the mom ' s death .
the theme song of the film , from which the title was taken , is a british army song from 1916 , known as
bless ' em all
. this title however , is from the sanitized commercial version first recorded in 1940 by george formby . the lyrics were originally
fuck ' em all
, the version still sung in the british army to this day .
worst of all was the casting of bamforth , the central role . balcon had wanted either o ' toole , or another up - and - coming young actor called albert finney . this was unacceptable to the americans , who had put up some of the money and wanted a ' name ' that would play in the american market . laurence harvey was cast - a most unlikely cockney . he gives a ' star ' performance , all
professional mimicry and forceful personality selling
, as the monthly film bulletin review put it . only kenji takaki , playing the japanese scout tojo , survived from the london stage production . alongside experienced british film actor richard todd , however , the cast boasted some names that would soon become household - richard harris and david mccallum .
in 1953 he told the bbc of his ambition to play heathcliff in wuthering heights , and a television version was quickly arranged , with nigel kneale given one week to write the script . todd returned to hollywood to star as the reverend peter marshall , the scotsman who became chaplain for the us senate , in the screen biography , a man called peter ( 1955 ) . todd was superb as the charismatic preacher , delivering his sermons with flair and fervour , dealing with tuberculosis and maintaining a warmly loving relationship with his wife ( jean peters ) . the film was a big hit in the us , and todd then co - starred with bette davis in the virgin queen ( 1955 ) , as sir walter raleigh , with joan collins as raleigh ' s sweetheart . the film was initially titled sir walter raleigh , and planned as a starring vehicle for todd and collins , but when davis was cast the emphasis shifted to her character and the title changed ( though her role took only 12 days to shoot ) .
another aussie ww2 film worth a look is the last bullet from 1995 . it is about a small unit action in the last days of the war . it is set in borneo during the mopping up operations in 1945 . again , write - up at the usual place . i love war films set in unfamiliar places .
i bought this film to see one of my mother ' s favorite actors , laurence harvey . the talent was certainly there , so i will try to find other films for which he is better known . i also learned the words to the song , from which the title was derived !
the play illustrates the dilemmas faced by the soldiers and their ncos and the tensions that arise between a mixed bag of reluctant heroes who don’t really want to be there . the situation becomes more complicated when they capture a lone japanese soldier , and the decision has to be made as to what to do with him .
even balcon had to admit that the result was disappointing . the political situation at that time precluded filming the exteriors on real south - east asian locations , and the studio jungle looks unconvincing . by alternating interior shots with exterior ' action ' , the claustrophobia and much of the suspense of the play is lost .
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political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in malaya , after the close of the second world war .
her explanations have gone down badly with the body representing actors , the creative workers union of south africa . its president , mabutho
kid
sithole , told the city press :
we are not impressed . so , no one is tall enough : there ' s always some reason to avoid using south african actors , and having other people tell our stories . they use these stars for commercial reasons and the problem is , south african business is not funding our own films .
now the positions are reversed ; the japanese soldiers find tojo ' s water bottle on whitaker , and the cycle of suspicion starts all over again .
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offers both a probing examination of the morality of war and a compelling study of the psychology of warfare . the film shows how a poorly led group of british soldiers loses its cohesion and sense of purpose as a result of the moral conflict that arises when a japanese man is taken prisoner . whereas some members of the group see a dangerous enemy ( because he is wearing a different uniform ) , others see only another human being , reminding us that the objectives of war and the interests of humanity are mutually incompatible . the anti - war message may be far from subtle but it is remarkably effective and prompts the audience to reflect on whether there can ever be a moral basis to any war . as they ruminate on the fate of their prisoner , the british soliders ' moral undulations resemble a pendulum swinging between civilised behaviour and barbarity , and the outcome is all too predictable .
the tragic story of seven british soldiers who , trapped behind japanese lines , are so concerned with arguing out their own destinies that the enemy has to take second place . when they capture a lone japanese scout and argue over his fate as well , the film shows with a terrible truth that in war there can be no second chances .
i remember reading the play in second year of secondary school . i was impressed by the portrayal of soldiers as human beings not as heroes , as was common in war films of the time . a difficult subject dealt with brilliantly by great actors . a film which is a powerful antidote to the hollywood - style of jingoistic bombast .
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i have lots of respect for those who research the aspect ratios and fight to have the right choices presented . as a viewer though , my head starts to spin with the onslaught of technical minutiae that often accompanies such discussions , and i fear there’s always the danger of missing the wood for looking at the trees .
( 1967 ) . the other players - david mccallum , ronald fraser , john meillon , john rees and kenji takaki - are no less deserving of praise and give the film much of its humanity and psychological realism . the end result may be more theatrical than cinematic , but it is nonetheless a powerful anti - war piece , one that compels its spectator to confront some problematic moral issues , to which of course there are no easy solutions .
early on , i wanted victoria to be the mom ,
hannigan said .
i guess carter later said had we got canceled she would’ve been the mom . but , you know , somebody great would come on [ the show ] and we would be like , ' yeah , we want her to be the mom , ' so it was sort of just like whoever was on for a long period of time . we’re like , ' let her be the mom . let her . ' we just loved everybody .
a shot at redemption hovers in the form of a ballyhooed game against a long beach team with a 330 - pound offensive tackle . but as this sluggish film winds its way toward that inevitable showdown , it generates little in the way of rooting interest . in adapting neil hayes’ nonfiction book , screenwriter scott marshall smith ( “men of honor” ) and david zelon ( who receives a story credit with smith ) have painted nearly every character into a blandly stereotypical corner , whether it’s the golden - boy running back ( alexander ludwig ) with a hard - driving booster dad ( a snarling , mustache - twirling clancy brown ) ; ladouceur’s own wide - receiver son ( matthew daddario ) , on hand mainly to grouse things like , “when i needed a dad , i got a coach , and now when i need a coach , you want to be a dad” ; and ladouceur himself , the kind of secular saint who tosses lucrative college coaching offers into the trash bin as if they were yesterday’s fish wrap . ( doing by far the best work in the film , michael chiklis and laura dern manage to suggest glimmers of inner lives as , respectively , ladouceur’s longtime assistant coach and acquiescent wife . )
like most entries in this particular genre , “when the game stands tall” traffics in the usual tropes of scrappy heroes and come - from - behind victories — except that , in this case , the underdogs are more like alpha dogs , and they don’t go from last to first so much as from first to second and back again . but then , there’s more to life than just winning — a mantra the movie announces with such frequency and fervor that if you don’t leave the theater with it ringing in your head , you should head straight for the nearest ear doctor . when our story begins in the fall of 2003 , the de la salle high school spartans of tree - lined concord , calif . , are coming to the end of yet another undefeated season that has left them with the longest unbroken winning streak — 151 games — in american sports history . but dark clouds loom on the horizon : a large chunk of the team’s starting lineup is due to graduate in the spring , and the underclassmen waiting to take their places seem to lack a certain team spirit .
5 . some of the cast knew early on that the mom would die .
on the last day of shooting at elstree studios , todd was spotted by director vincent sherman , who was preparing a film version of john patrick ' s play the hasty heart and felt that todd would be ideal casting as the dour , truculent soldier lachlan mclachlan , who initially rejects the attempts at friendship made by fellow patients in a military hospital in burma ( the scottish actor gordon jackson had already been tested for the part . ) though his co - stars , ronald reagan and patricia neal , gave fine performances , todd was outstanding as the dying scot , later commenting ,
i had seen boys in the war in much the same state and i knew what he was feeling ,
and he won an academy award nomination as best actor ( losing to broderick crawford in all the king ' s men ) .
the noise immediately gives away their position . cornered , the patrol fights bravely but hopelessly . when the smoke clears , only johnstone and whitaker are left alive . they surrender .
this was a strong performance well up to the players usual standard , and the director had assembled a very capable cast who illustrated clearly the mundane side of soldiering as well as the very real horrors of jungle warfare .
a group of british servicemen , fighting the japanese in the jungles of south - east asia during world war ii , confront the enemy within when class tensions and personal rivalries erupt .
in 1942 , a group of british soldiers is sent on a mission in the malaysian jungle and gets lost into the japanese controlled zone .
pan and scan really is an abomination and i sometimes wonder how i managed to watch movies which were often butchered on tv broadcasts in the past .
carter , a proficient journeyman director who did a modestly more energetic job with 2005’s high - school basketball drama “coach carter , ” never seems to get inside the world of the movie . his football scenes lack any visceral , bone - crunching impact , and when he ventures off the field , the movie fails to foster the sense of family and community that drive the best sports dramas . carter’s leafy nocal suburbs and their adjacent war - torn ghettos have all the neighborhood feel of the warner bros . backlot .
five stents later , ladouceur is good as new , but somehow the spartans’ mojo isn’t quite working . some of the cocky new players don’t seem to understand that there’s no “i” in “team , ” and everyone is shattered when beloved linebacker terrance t . k . kelly ( stephan james ) is killed in a random act of urban violence ( foreshadowed by risibly cliche images of malt - liquor - swilling revelers bumping and grinding to montell jordan ) . still , “when the game stands tall” has already been on the screen for nearly an hour by the time the spartans finally lose , during an away game against a national - championship seattle team — the proverbial inciting incident that most screenplay manuals tell you to include no later than page 15 .
the cockamouse was the mysterious hybrid creature that marshall and lily found in their apartment , and though it seems like something someone made up , like the
south park
monster manbearpig , it turns out this was based on a real story .
the lives of a young man and woman , an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile new york city slum .
lakeith stanfield and his sorry to bother you director boots riley discuss the stress of filming sex scenes .
this plays quite regularly on tv here in the u . k . but i’ve always avoided it for the very silly reason that we had to study the play when i was in school . i have a built - in aversion to spending leisiure time with things i was compelled to write essays about when i was 15 ! it’s time to put this foolishness to one side and to watch it . i’m sure that my school essays about it were incredibly insightful and intellectually rigorous ( ! ! ? ) 🙂 but the plain fact is that i’ve long forgotten the details . i will pick up the dvd asap . regardless of everything else , i always enjoy richard todd’s performances . i’m convinced that he had the straightest back in british cinema . i challenge anyone to find a todd role where there’s even the slightest indication of a slouch in his posture ! thanks for the review colin .
macleish and smith are sent out to reconnoiter , and discover a japanese scouting party nearby , in search of their missing comrade . macleish and smith manage to kill one of them , and escape . back at the hut , bamforth is set to guard the prisoner , who he nicknames tojo . despite the language barrier , bamforth discovers that tojo has a wife and family , and sees his photographs of them . johnstone breaks up their ' conversation ' , still thirsting for the prisoner ' s blood . there is another radio message from the enemy , this time in english , letting the patrol know that they are coming ! mitchem decides it is useless to keep the prisoner alive , and resolves that he must be killed .
bamforth delights in taunting the other men , drawing out their weaknesses and making them doubt the fidelity of their womenfolk back home . he hates the army and is always putting on funny voices , singing songs and generally ' performing ' to his captive audience . even the composition of the patrol is like a music hall joke - there is an englishman , an irishman , a welshman , a scotsman . . .
i’ve been meaning to catch up with this one for ages . really enjoyed the review ( and thanks , as ever , for the general avoidance of spoilers ) and am now ordering this one as i speak …
during the japanese invasion of 1942 , a seven - strong british patrol beds down in a dilapidated store - hut in the burmese jungle . hindered by a malfunctioning radio , the men do not know whether or not to move on and the situation takes a turn for the worse when a lone japanese scout stumbles across the hut - leaving the soldiers with a moral dilemma . second world war drama , starring laurence harvey , richard todd , richard harris and david mccallum .
the actress told huffpost she ' d definitely be into a
himym
reunion and that jason segel was actually coming up with some ideas during the finale .
2006 ali baba and the forty thieves ali baba , a pantomime by alexa romanes . all the usual panto stuff , villains , hero’s , scantily . . .
todd then returned to the uk to star in his most famous role , that of guy gibson in the dam busters ( 1955 ) , which he considered
the best military war picture ever made
. gibson trained the crews of the aeroplanes with the responsibility of precisely releasing the
bouncing baby bombs
that would destroy the hitherto unassailable ruhr dams that supplied the power needed to run the large german factories . though todd never met gibson , he spent time with the inventor barnes wallis .
they got the technical details about the bomb itself from him , although some of that had to be cheated a bit because it was still secret .
one of my favorite films . not so much anti - war but anti the cheapening and dehumanizing of
enemies
, very stagey and little action . the characters are clearly delineated and well acted , particularly laurence harvey as both the pro and antagonist . the dialogue and ensemble work is excellent . unfortunately the print is fullscreen , not it ' s original 1 : 66 - 1 aspect ratio . this omission doesn ' t make a huge difference . print quality is slightly above average . recommended if you like films that propose questions with no easy answers and deal with issues that i ' m sure to this day every soldier on the front lines has to deal with .
even a better director , though , might have been at a loss to solve a problem like caviezel . when the real ladouceur appears in documentary footage under the movie’s end credits , he seems a stern but folksy , avuncular figure , a bit like a more athletic garrison keillor . but caviezel turns him into a dour ascetic who scarcely cracks a smile and suffers profoundly for each of his players who fails to grasp the true meaning of “those who exalt themselves will be humbled , and those who humble themselves will be exalted . ” it’s a comically self - serious turn , but at least it’s interesting in a way that little else in “when the game stands tall” manages to be . it is sometimes said that a great actor can take dross and make it sound like shakespeare . here , caviezel takes “hoosiers” and plays it as though he were still nailed to the cross .
this movie is an incredibly hilarious movie , no matter how many times you watch it . it ' s true that it ' s profane , violent , and stupid , but in this film , that ' s what makes it so funny ! the timing is just perfect . it ' s a great movie to watch with friends for the first time , especially for the fact that you will be quoting lines with them randomly for quite a while . i have seen it over 30 times , and i still laugh . this is adam sandler at his very best . great random characters , such as the
jackass
man , the homeless guy , and very best , bob barker ! to tell you the truth ,
it ' ll make you laugh until you hyperventilate
. there ' s not only great vocal humor , but the visuals and especially the body language coming from the actors is classic . to me , there is not a better comedy .
bamforth is now the only member of the group who opposes tojo ' s death . the prisoner has inadvertently revealed an unexpected streak of compassion in him . but while bamforth is striving desperately to avoid a cold - blooded killing , the enemy patrol is getting closer . at a crucial moment , the radio crackles into life with enemy voices . the prisoner , springing to his feet , begins to gesticulate and speak rapidly in japanese , and whitaker , in a panic , grabs a gun and shoots him .
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i like the foundation of the story , that these men come to the gradual realization that they are in a lot of trouble , and i thought the battle sequences were good , despite being shot in studio . overall , an ok watch , but not a great movie .
sent to destroy a nazi petrol dump in the north african desert , a british commando team unexpectedly discovers a large nazi tank unit and must inform the hq in time .
a waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team .
2013 little voice “john and i have just come back from the bovey players production of little voice . . . .
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in alfred hitchcock ' s stage fright ( 1950 ) todd played a villain on screen for the first time , as the former boy - friend of an acting student ( jane wyman ) who comes to her for help , describing in a vivid flashback his involvement with a musical star ( marlene dietrich ) who has killed her husband . hitchcock ' s use of a flashback that turns out to be a lie was heavily criticised , and despite a strong cast the film is not among the director ' s best , with todd a dour killer .
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hitchcock was a strange man ,
he recalled ,
not a lot of help to his actors .
todd was also a not very sympathetic character in his first hollywood - made film , king vidor ' s mystery drama lightning strikes twice ( 1951 ) , as a man wrongly suspected of killing his wife , but he regained his popularity with three period romps for walt disney , the story of robin hood and his merrie men ( 1951 ) ; the sword and the rose ( 1953 ) , a fanciful account of the love of a commoner ( todd ) for mary tudor ( glynis johns ) , sister of henry viii ; and rob roy – the highland rogue ( 1953 ) , for which todd once more assumed a scottish brogue .
hannigan says the whole process of finding the right actress to play the mom was
very secretive
and caused some suspicion around set when trailers that would
never be locked
suddenly were . hannigan says she first met the mother , cristin milioti , in a makeup trailer because producers wanted to see how the pair looked side by side .
2016 allo allo it has been a sad week with the announcement of the of death of gorden . . .
lee rejected the union ' s criticism .
they must look at the height ,
she told the guardian .
it ' s always been a problem .
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a major star of the british cinema in the 1950s , richard todd won an oscar nomination for his portrayal of a taciturn dying scot in the hasty heart ( 1949 ) , played robin hood and sir walter raleigh on screen , and was ian fleming ' s first choice to play his creation , james bond .
i was initially intrigued by seeing laurence harvey’s name on it . although i generally consider him a fairly limited actor , he is front and center of two films that are on my indispensable list – manchurian candidate , and room at the top . i generally like his movies . this one was a real departure for him , as his usual coldness wasn’t evident , but i found him distracting early on . you hit the nail on the head exactly – it’s a “stagey” , over the top performance . likewise with harris – i felt that the tension between johnstone and bamforth was a construct . they hate each other because the plot dictates it , and for a great deal of the 1st half of the movie , neither seems like a real person .
i fully sympathize with the desire to see things as near to correct as possible but i can’t personally summon up the enthusiasm to argue over those small differences either . zoomed open matte does bug me , and panned and scanned scope is just a total disaster .
a troop of british soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts . as they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a japanese broadcast . they now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a japanese camp ! the tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted
non - hero
private bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially corporal johnstone ( who holds an equal dislike for bamforth ) . when a japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner , the true colors of each man comes to the surface . . .
a troop of british soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts . as they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a japanese broadcast . they now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a japanese camp ! the tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted
non - hero
private bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially corporal johnstone ( who holds an equal dislike for bamforth ) . when a japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner , the true colors of each man comes to the surface . . .
in an asian jungle during world war ii , a seven - man british patrol led by sergeant mitchem captures tojo , a japanese scout . mitchem wants to take tojo to headquarters for questioning , but his men ( including corporal johnstone , second in command ) want to kill him . none of the men , however , is able to commit the deed . private bamforth , one of the instigators , is ordered to guard the prisoner , and soon tojo and he become friends . a rockslide blocks the patrol ' s only means of escape from japanese - held territory ; desperate , and enraged by evidence of tojo ' s looting , the men renew their determination to kill him , and private whitaker finally does . the gunfire brings nearby japanese troops upon them , and after a brief battle only johnstone and whitaker are left alive to be taken as prisoners . the japanese , finding tojo ' s water bottle on whitaker , begin to threaten him , and another situation of misunderstanding develops .
yes , the alamo was the other one i was going to add . he was also a terrific columbo villain as an overly - competitive chess champion . on the other hand , watching dandy is aspic was a wretched experience , just so dour and depressing
the drama centres on a british patrol , stranded behind enemy lines , who take a japanese soldier prisoner . the mute , frightened captive becomes variously a threat , a source of fascination , and the subject of bored amusement . when one of the company jocularly remarks
this one ' s almost human
one is reminded instantly of the humiliation of iraqi captives in abu ghraib .
on demobilisation , he returned to dundee rep before signing a seven - year contract with associated british films . he made his screen debut in cavalcanti ' s for them that trespass ( 1949 ) , giving a strong performance as an ex - convict wrongly imprisoned for murder .
my first film didn ' t light any fires ,
he told the historian brian mcfarlane ,
but cavalcanti taught me a great deal about techniques to overcome my faults and , really , the rudiments of screen acting .
a hockey player wannabe finds out that he has the most powerful golf drive in history . he joins the p . g . a . tour to make some money to save grandma ' s house . the downside is that his hocky player mentality doesn ' t really go on the p . g . a . tour . especially with the favorite to win the championship .
2015 sherlock holmes and the giant gnomes a spectacular play written by a local ‘young’ lad called bim . this original bit of . . .
1994 babes in the wood babes in the wood was another pantomime written by alexa romanes , unfortunately i only have . . .
the jungles of asia during wwii . sergeant mitchem is in charge of a seven - man patrol engaged on sonic warfare exercises to mislead the japanese . he is fighting to regain his self - respect , following the loss of a stripe for losing a former patrol , while trying to ward off the naked disrespect of his second in command corporal johnstone . he is also plagued by the dour monotonous war - by - the - rules preaching of lance corporal macleish , and above all , losing patience with the relentless tilting against authority of private bamforth , the ' barrackroom lawyer ' of the patrol . the other three men , privates whitaker , smith and evans , have no particular axe to grind ; they just want to return in one piece to their old lives back in civvy - street .