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Michael Deeley is a Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 6 august 1932 at London (United-kingdom)
Michael Deeley est un producteur et scénariste britannique né le 6 août 1932.
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Michael Deeley est un producteur et scénariste britannique né le 6 août 1932.
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The Long Day's Dying (1968)
, 1h35Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors David Hemmings, Tony Beckley, Tom Bell
Rating65%
Three British paratroopers are cut off from their unit and are lost behind enemy lines. Sheltering in a deserted farmhouse, they are awaiting the return of their Sergeant who has ventured out in an attempt to locate their unit. The three soldiers are Tom, a world-weary cynical veteran, John, a middle-class educated thinker who despises war and Cliff, an eager soldier who loves his work. All three are highly trained professional killers who, regardless of their own personal thoughts, do not hesitate to perform their duties.
At the Stroke of Nine (1957)
, 1h11Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Patricia Dainton, Patrick Barr, Dermot Walsh, Clifford Evans, Alexander Doré, William Moore
Rating48%
L'intrigue suit une célèbre journaliste de Fleet Street (Patricia Dainton ) qui est enlevé par un pianiste de concert (Stephen Murray ) qui la force à écrire une histoire quotidienne sur lui et menace de la tuer dans un délai de cinq jours si elle refuse.
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Young Catherine (1991)
, 2h30Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, Julia Ormond, Christopher Plummer, Franco Nero, Marthe Keller, Maximilian Schell
Roles Executive producer
Rating73%
The year is 1744, and the beautiful young Catherine (Julia Ormond) is torn from her homeland to marry Peter (Reece Dinsdale), the heir to the Russian throne. However his aunt, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia (Vanessa Redgrave), rules the empire with an iron hand, and Peter proves neither fit for the throne nor the marriage bed. Treated as an outsider and at great risk from enemies who influence her husband, Catherine takes a lover and bears his child. Now, with help of her friend Sir Charles Williams (Christopher Plummer), she must take the throne by force if she, her young son Paul, and the Russian Empire are to survive.
A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
, 1h31Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Louis Gossett Jr., Holly Hunter, Richard Widmark, Woody Strode, Joe Seneca, Will Patton
Roles Executive Producer
Rating64%
À la suite d'une rixe, Charlie, un noir, s'enfuit poursuivi par Beau Boutan, un fermier blanc, qui armé d'un fusil veut « lui faire la peau ». Après avoir tenté de lui échapper à travers les plantations de canne à sucre de la famille Marshall, Charlie se réfugie chez Mathu, un fermier noir. Un coup de feu claque et le poursuivant est abattu devant la porte de la masure où le poursuivi s'est précipité. Candy qui habite dans la riche demeure de son oncle Jack Marshall et de sa tante Bea Marshall depuis qu'elle a perdu ses parents, entend le coup de feu et se rend immédiatement sur place pour en comprendre l'origine. Elle arrive chez Mathu qui prostré ne répond pas à ses questions mais elle n'a aucun mal à comprendre ce qui s'est passé. Très attachée à ce fermier qui, pendant son enfance, a été un substitut paternel elle organise sa protection pour éviter à son ami d'être lynché par la famille Boutan et leurs complices ou amis blancs. Avec l'aide de Miss Merle qui, pour elle, a joué le rôle de substitut maternel et celle de Snookum, un gamin déluré, elle rassemble 18 noirs qui, armés de fusils viennent faire bloc à ses côtés.
Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
, 1h51Directed by Joan Micklin Silver
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Preston, Sam Waterston, Sylvia Sidney, David Huddleston, Avery Brooks
Roles Executive Producer
Rating70%
Michael Finnegan, a past-his-prime journalist, has been relegated to ghost-writing Dear Felicity, a column for the lovelorn. He and his wife live in a decaying neighborhood; his wife, still despondent over losing their young son, lives in a fantasy world. Despite these reversals, Finnegan retains his optimism: he knows human beings begin again, and again. He gets his own chance to begin again when, one day on the bus, he meets Liz DeHaan, an art teacher who is having an affair with a married man.
Blade Runner (1982)
, 1h56Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Films about altered memories, Environmental films, Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, M. Emmet Walsh, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah
Roles Producer
Rating80%
In Los Angeles, November 2019, retired police officer Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is detained by officer Gaff (Edward James Olmos) and brought to his former supervisor, Bryant (M. Emmet Walsh). Deckard, whose job as a "Blade Runner" was to track down bioengineered beings known as replicants and destroy them, is informed that four have come to Earth illegally. As Tyrell Corporation Nexus-6 models, they have only a four-year lifespan and may have come to Earth to try to extend their lives.
The Deer Hunter (1979)
, 3h2Directed by Michael Cimino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Prison films, Political films, Évasion, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John Cazale, Meryl Streep, George Dzundza
Roles Producer
Rating80%
In Clairton, a small working-class town in western Pennsylvania, in late 1967, Russian American steel workers Michael "Mike" Vronsky (Robert De Niro), Steven Pushkov (John Savage), and Nikanor "Nick" Chebotarevich (Christopher Walken), with the support of their friends and coworkers Stan (John Cazale) and Peter "Axel" Axelrod (Chuck Aspegren) and local bar owner and friend John Welsh (George Dzundza), prepare for two rites of passage: marriage and military service.
Convoy (1978)
, 1h50Directed by Sam Peckinpah
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Musical films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Seymour Cassel, Madge Sinclair
Roles Executive Producer
Rating62%
In the Arizona desert, truck driver Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald is passed by a woman in a Jaguar E-Type, which leads to an encounter with a sheriff's deputy. Proceeding on his way, Rubber Duck runs into fellow truck drivers Pig Pen/Love Machine and Spider Mike, when another "trucker" informs them over the C.B. that they are okay to increase their speed. The "trucker" turns out to be cold county Sheriff "Dirty Lyle" Wallace, a long-time nemesis of the Duck, who extorts them for $70 each.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
, 1h59Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey, Claudia Jennings
Roles Producer
Rating65%
Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth from a distant planet on a mission to take water back to his home planet, which is experiencing a catastrophic drought.
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
, 1h47Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Stacy Keach, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York
Roles Producer
Rating64%
Two young British officers arrive to join a prestigious regiment serving in India. One, Lieutenant Drake (York), from a middle-class background, is extremely eager to make the right impression while the other, Lieutenant Millington (James Faulkner), the son of a General, is not taken with the idea of the army, and keen to get out as soon as he possibly can. Almost as soon as they arrive, Millington gets off on the wrong foot with his comrades, causing them to dislike him.
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
, 1h47Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Stacy Keach, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York
Roles Producer
Rating64%
Vers 1880, deux jeunes officiers britanniques rejoignent leur régiment en Inde. L'un d'eux, le lieutenant Drake, originaire de la classe moyenne, est pressé de se couler dans le moule, tandis que l'autre, le lieutenant Millington, fils d'un général, voudrait partir dès que possible. Les deux nouveaux apprennent les traditions du régiment, même les plus curieuses.
Murphy's War (1971)
, 1h45Directed by Luis Armando Roche, Peter Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson, John Hallam, Harry Fielder
Roles Producer
Rating67%
In the closing days of World War II, Irishman Murphy (Peter O'Toole) is the sole survivor of the crew of a merchant ship, Mount Kyle, which has been sunk by a German U-boat, which then machine-gunned the survivors in the water. Murphy makes it ashore (to a missionary settlement on the Orinoco in Venezuela) where he is treated by a pacifist Quaker doctor, Dr Hayden (Siân Phillips).
The Italian Job (1969)
, 1h39Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Raf Vallone, Benny Hill, Tony Beckley, Margaret Blye
Roles Producer
Rating71%
Charlie Croker (Michael Caine), a Cockney gangster, is released from prison with the intent of doing a "big job" in Italy. He soon meets with the widow (Lelia Goldoni) of his friend and fellow thief Roger Beckermann (Rossano Brazzi), who was killed driving a Lamborghini Miura in a car crash in the Italian Alps. The car crash was arranged by the Mafia. The widow gives Croker her husband's plans for the robbery that attracted the hostile attention of his killers, and which detail a way to steal 4 million dollars worth of Chinese gold in Italy, and escape with it to Switzerland.
The Long Day's Dying (1968)
, 1h35Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors David Hemmings, Tony Beckley, Tom Bell
Roles Executive Producer
Rating65%
Three British paratroopers are cut off from their unit and are lost behind enemy lines. Sheltering in a deserted farmhouse, they are awaiting the return of their Sergeant who has ventured out in an attempt to locate their unit. The three soldiers are Tom, a world-weary cynical veteran, John, a middle-class educated thinker who despises war and Cliff, an eager soldier who loves his work. All three are highly trained professional killers who, regardless of their own personal thoughts, do not hesitate to perform their duties.
Sleep is Lovely (1968)
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Peter McEnery, Donald Pleasence, Olga Georges-Picot, John McEnery, George Coulouris, Bruce Robinson
Roles Executive Producer
Peter can't get over his ex-girlfriend Elsa even though they broke up over a year ago. He spends all his time on a barge owned by his friend John and John's younger brother Colin. One morning Peter, John and Colin see a middle aged man, Clive, fall out of a motor cruiser into the water. They rescue him and decided to ransom him for £1,000. Peter and Elsa are-reunited but Elsa then commences on an affair with Colin. Clive turns out to be Elsa's father.