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