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Don Black is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Sound British born on 21 june 1938 at London (United-kingdom)

Don Black

Don Black
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Birth name Donald Blackstone
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 june 1938 (85 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Don Black, de son vrai nom Donald Blackstone, né le 21 juin 1938 à Londres, est un parolier britannique connu pour sa collaboration avec les compositeurs John Barry, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Quincy Jones, Jule Styne, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand et Marvin Hamlisch. Il a reçu un Oscar de la meilleure chanson originale, un Grammy Award de la chanson de l'année, un Golden Globe de la meilleure chanson originale, un Tony Award et un Ivor Novello Award.

Best films

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
(Lyricist)
True Grit (1969)
(Lyricist)

Usually with

Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards
(2 films)
Tim Curry
Tim Curry
(2 films)
Dick Crockett
Dick Crockett
(2 films)
John Barry
John Barry
(3 films)
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Don Black (12 films)

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Actor

Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon, 2h30
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians
Actors Michael Jackson, Rebbie Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston, Petula Clark
Rating72% 3.617063.617063.617063.617063.61706
La vie du King of Pop était marquée par des hauts et des bas. A l’aide d’images exclusives et inédites d’interviews uniques avec les gens qui le connaissaient le mieux – sa mère Katherine, son frère Tito et sa sœur Rebbie – ce film raconte toute son histoire. Le producteur David Gest présente le portrait définitif de son meilleur ami, Michael Jackson, du point de vue de sa famille, de ses amies et de légendes musicales comme Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick, Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson, et beaucoup d’autres.

Scriptwriter

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, 1h8
Directed by Andy Knight, Tad Stones, Toby Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Christmas films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Bernadette Peters
Roles Lyricist
Rating60% 3.0091853.0091853.0091853.0091853.009185
Belle and Prince Adam throw a Christmas party for the local villagers at their castle. Lumiere and Cogsworth argue who brought Christmas back to the castle, while Mrs. Potts insists of explaining the true story behind Christmas' return to the castle. The film then switches into a lengthy flashback, during the events of the first film after the Beast saved Belle from a wolf pack. Belle is excited for Christmas but is shocked when the castle servants reveal the Beast has forbidden Christmas from occurring. Belle finds the Beast outside in the snow and offers to teach him ice skating, but Fife, humble minion of Forte the court composer, who was transformed into a pipe organ, interrupts their skating, causing the Beast and Belle to crash into the snow, and when Belle makes a snow angel, the Beast see his angel as a shadow of a monster. He roars, swipes at some snow and storms off inside, leaving Belle and the castle servants alone.
The Worst Witch, 1h10
Directed by Robert Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Actors Fairuza Balk, Diana Rigg, Charlotte Rae, Tim Curry, Sabina Franklyn, Su Elliott
Roles Lyricist
Rating67% 3.3963.3963.3963.3963.396
The film follows the plot of the 1974 book. The movie centers around Mildred Hubble, who is invariably the school's "Worst Witch." Mildred creates many mishaps, including the incidents of when Mildred turns herself invisible and transforms Ethel into a pig. The climax surrounds Miss Cackle's notorious twin evil sister, Agatha, plotting to take over the Academy. Ultimately Agatha is foiled by Mildred and Mildred establishes herself as the hero for the academy.
Gulliver's Travels, 1h17
Directed by Peter Hunt
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Animation
Actors Richard Harris, Catherine Schell, Norman Shelley, Rod Taylor, Meredith Edwards, Michael Bates
Rating54% 2.710322.710322.710322.710322.71032
Malgré une brillante carrière de chirurgien qui l'attend, Gulliver décide d'écouter son cœur et quitte sa famille et l'Angleterre, pour sillonner les mers à la découverte d'autres cultures. Durant son voyage, son navire est emporté par une terrible tempête. Seul rescapé, il échoue sur la plage d'une île habitée par un petit peuple aux grandes ambitions...
The Pink Panther Strikes Again, 1h43
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk, Leonard Rossiter, Colin Blakely
Roles Lyricist
Rating70% 3.547773.547773.547773.547773.54777
At a psychiatric hospital, former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) is largely recovered from his obsession to kill the new Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) and is about to be released when Clouseau, arriving to speak on Dreyfus' behalf, drives Dreyfus insane again. Dreyfus promptly escapes from the asylum and once again tries to kill Clouseau by planting a bomb while the Inspector (by periodic arrangement) duels with his manservant Cato (Burt Kwouk). The bomb destroys Clouseau's apartment and injures Cato, but Clouseau himself is unharmed, being lifted from the room by an inflatable disguise. Determining a more elaborate plan is needed, Dreyfus enlists an army of criminals to his cause and kidnaps nuclear physicist Professor Hugo Fassbender (Richard Vernon) and the Professor's daughter Margo (Briony McRoberts), forcing the professor to build a "doomsday weapon" in return for his daughter's freedom.
Love Among the Ruins, 1h40
Directed by George Cukor
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Richard Pearson, Robert Harris, Joan Sims
Roles Lyricist
Rating77% 3.8851253.8851253.8851253.8851253.885125
Jessica Medlicott, grande dame du théâtre anglais, engage un des plus célèbres avocats de Londres, Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones, pour la défendre d’une action en justice menée par son amant, bien plus jeune qu'elle, pour rupture de promesse de mariage. L’avocat s’avère être un ancien prétendant toujours amoureux d’elle...
True Grit
True Grit (1969)
, 2h8
Directed by Henry Hathaway, Marguerite Roberts, Hal B. Wallis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Jeff Corey, Jeremy Slate
Roles Lyricist
Rating73% 3.6995853.6995853.6995853.6995853.699585
Frank Ross (John Pickard) is murdered by his hired hand, Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey) in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ross' daughter, Mattie (Kim Darby), hires aging U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" J. Cogburn (John Wayne) to bring Chaney in. Mattie has heard that Cogburn has "true grit". She gives him a down payment to track and capture Chaney, who has taken up with "Lucky" Ned Pepper (Robert Duvall) in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Born Free
Born Free (1966)
, 1h35
Directed by Tom McGowan, James Hill (réalisateur britannique)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Environmental films, Films about cats, Films about lions, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen
Roles Lyricist
Rating71% 3.595493.595493.595493.595493.59549
When George Adamson is forced to kill a lioness out of self-defense, he brings home the 3 orphaned cubs she had been trying to protect. The Adamsons tend to the three orphaned lion cubs to young lionhood, and, when the time comes, the two largest are sent to the Rotterdam Zoo, while Elsa the Lioness (the smallest of the litter) remains with Joy. When Elsa is held responsible for stampeding a herd of elephants through a village, John Kendall, Adamson's boss gives the couple three months to either rehabilitate Elsa to the wild, or send her to a zoo. Joy opposes sending Elsa to a zoo, and spends much time attempting to re-introduce Elsa to the life of a wild lion in a distant reserve. At last, Joy succeeds, and with mixed feelings and a breaking heart, she returns her friend to the wild. The Adamsons then depart for their home in England; a year later, they return to Kenya for a week, hoping to find Elsa. They do, and happily discover she hasn't forgotten them, and is the mother of three cubs.

Sound

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, 1h8
Directed by Andy Knight, Tad Stones, Toby Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Christmas films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Bernadette Peters
Roles Songs
Rating60% 3.0091853.0091853.0091853.0091853.009185
Belle and Prince Adam throw a Christmas party for the local villagers at their castle. Lumiere and Cogsworth argue who brought Christmas back to the castle, while Mrs. Potts insists of explaining the true story behind Christmas' return to the castle. The film then switches into a lengthy flashback, during the events of the first film after the Beast saved Belle from a wolf pack. Belle is excited for Christmas but is shocked when the castle servants reveal the Beast has forbidden Christmas from occurring. Belle finds the Beast outside in the snow and offers to teach him ice skating, but Fife, humble minion of Forte the court composer, who was transformed into a pipe organ, interrupts their skating, causing the Beast and Belle to crash into the snow, and when Belle makes a snow angel, the Beast see his angel as a shadow of a monster. He roars, swipes at some snow and storms off inside, leaving Belle and the castle servants alone.
The Worst Witch, 1h10
Directed by Robert Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Actors Fairuza Balk, Diana Rigg, Charlotte Rae, Tim Curry, Sabina Franklyn, Su Elliott
Rating67% 3.3963.3963.3963.3963.396
The film follows the plot of the 1974 book. The movie centers around Mildred Hubble, who is invariably the school's "Worst Witch." Mildred creates many mishaps, including the incidents of when Mildred turns herself invisible and transforms Ethel into a pig. The climax surrounds Miss Cackle's notorious twin evil sister, Agatha, plotting to take over the Academy. Ultimately Agatha is foiled by Mildred and Mildred establishes herself as the hero for the academy.
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, 1h52
Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films
Actors Ron Ely, Paul Gleason, Michael Berryman, William Lucking, Eldon Quick, Darrell Zwerling
Rating53% 2.65052.65052.65052.65052.6505
Doc Savage (Ron Ely) returns to New York City following a visit to his Arctic hideaway, the Fortess of Solitude. He learns that his father has died under mysterious circumstances while exploring the remote interior of the Central American Republic of Hidalgo. While examining his father's personal papers, Doc finds himself the target of an assassination attempt. Doc Savage chases and corners the sniper on the nearby Eastern Cranmoor Building, but the would-be assassin loses his footing and falls to his death. Examining the body, Doc discovers that his assailant is a Native American with peculiar markings; his fingertips are red, as if dipped in blood, while his chest bears an elaborate tattoo of the ancient Mayan god Kukulcan. Returning to his penthouse headquarters, Doc finds that intruders have destroyed his father's personal papers. Vowing to solve his father's murder, Doc Savage flies to Hidalgo with "The Fabulous Five", his brain trust, at his side.
A Walk in the Spring Rain, 1h38
Directed by Guy Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Anthony Quinn, Ingrid Bergman, Fritz Weaver, Katherine Crawford, Tom Holland, Virginia Gregg
Rating60% 3.04913.04913.04913.04913.0491
Libby Meredith (Ingrid Bergman) and her husband, Roger (Fritz Weaver) move from New York to a small house in backwoods Tennessee. Their neighbor, Will Cade (Anthony Quinn), is very helpful to them and to Libby especially. While her intellectual husband is busy writing a book and paying her little attention, she comes to like the country life and finds herself attracted to Will's rural sensibilities. Though he is married to Ann (Virginia Gregg), Will and Libby start up a middle-aged affair. Libby's daughter, Ellen (Katharine Crawford), arrives asking for help raising her son Bucky while she attends Harvard. Soon enough, Will's son Boy Cade (Tom Holland) finds out about the affair and molests Libby, but she is rescued by Will, who accidentally kills his own son. The disillusioned Merediths return to the city, Libby having abandoned her romantic hopes, Roger his literary ambitions.
The Party
The Party (1968)
, 1h39
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Marge Champion, Jean Carson, Gavin MacLeod, Denny Miller
Rating73% 3.698843.698843.698843.698843.69884
A film crew is making a Gunga Din-style costume epic. Unknown Indian actor Hrundi V. Bakshi (Sellers) plays a bugler, but continues to play even after being shot and after the director (Herbert Ellis) yells "cut." Bakshi later accidentally blows up an enormous fort set rigged with explosives. The director fires Bakshi immediately and calls the studio head, General Fred R. Clutterbuck (J. Edward McKinley), about the mishap. Clutterbuck writes down Bakshi's name to blacklist him, but he inadvertently writes Bakshi's name on the guest list of his wife's upcoming dinner party.