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Albert Hammond OBE (born 18 May 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer from Gibraltar.
Hammond was born in London, England, where his family had been evacuated to from Gibraltar during World War II. His family returned to Gibraltar shortly after his birth, and there he grew up. In 1960, he started in music with Gibraltarian band 'The Diamond Boys', which had no real commercial success, but played a part in Spain's introduction to popular music. The Diamond Boys performed at the first nightclubs in Madrid to stage modern bands alongside Spanish rock and roll pioneers such as Miguel Ríos. In 1966 Hammond co-founded the British vocal group The Family Dogg, scoring a UK Top 10 hit with "A Way of Life" in 1969.
He also wrote songs for others with frequent collaborator Mike Hazlewood. These include "Little Arrows" for Leapy Lee, "Make Me An Island" (1969) (which Hammond himself re-recorded in 1979, in a Spanish disco-style version), and "You're Such a Good Looking Woman" (1970) for Joe Dolan, "Gimme Dat Ding" for The Pipkins in 1970 (itself a cover from the Freddie and the Dreamers album, Oliver in the Overworld), "Good Morning Freedom" for Blue Mink, "Freedom Come, Freedom Go" for The Fortunes in 1971 and "The Air That I Breathe" which was a hit for The Hollies in 1974. In 1971. Hammond also sang on Michael Chapman's fourth album, Wrecked Again, and worked briefly with The Magic Lanterns on recordings of his and Hazlewood's songs and other material.
Actors: Owen Wilson (actor), Pierce Brosnan (actor), Spencer Garrett (actor), David Lancaster (producer), Lake Bell (actress), Chris Lowenstein (producer), Gary Michael Walters (producer), Damian Mavis (actor), Andrew Pfeffer (producer), Russell Geoffrey Banks (actor), John Erick Dowdle (director), John Erick Dowdle (writer), Byron Gibson (actor), Michel Litvak (producer), Annie Bloom (costume designer),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Julian Sands (actor), Laura Jean Bransky (miscellaneous crew), Geoffrey Gould (actor), Thaine H. Allison Jr. (actor), Corey Wallace (composer), Peter O'Meara (actor), R.J. Daniel Hanna (editor), Catherine Elhoffer (costume designer), Megan Hilty (actress), David Anders (actor), Ali Scher (director), Adam Michael Rose (actor), Ali Scher (writer), Ian Ward (producer), Gary-7 (actor),
Plot: During a game of catch-the-boy-and-kiss-him, Emmy, a precocious ten-year-old, kisses another little girl, Alice. Her parents sit her down and make her call the kiss 'an accident' and Emmy is left feeling isolated and alone. She's sent a fairy tale, 'The Maiden and The Prince,' by the Grand High Council of Fairy Tale Rules and Standards, to set her down the 'right' path in life. The council assigns Hammond to narrate Emmy's story. Luckily for Emmy, Hammond often alters the morals of his stories to help children learn the lesson they truly need. Much to the chagrin of the council, Hammond uses his magical tongue and manipulates the events of Emmy's story, teaching her that she should never have to apologize for being different.
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Short,Actors: Scarlett Marshall (actress), David Swain (actor), Sophie Coward (actor), Myles Radcliffe (writer), Myles Radcliffe (director), Fiona Organ (actress), Frank Ryan (actor), Sarah Oldknow (actress), Andrew Tennant (actor), Erica Thomas-Lowe (actress), Mark Sandford (miscellaneous crew), Scott Dixon (actor), Paul Harman (actor), Dan Siron (actor), Dan Tennant (actor),
Plot: Following the murder of her parents sixteen year old Katie Van Ryan finds herself under the care of her uncle Devlin, a man she barely knows. Cold and distant, Devlin pursues a mysterious agenda of his own, while his niece tries to make a connection with the only family she has left.
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,Actors: Peter New (actor), Brenda Crichlow (actress), Krista Johnston (miscellaneous crew), Chelah Horsdal (actress), Barclay Hope (actor), P. Lynn Johnson (actress), Jay Brazeau (actor), Bill Irwin (actor), JR Bourne (actor), Colin Foo (actor), Michael Benyaer (actor), Matt Friedman (editor), Tosca Musk (producer), Laura Obenaus (miscellaneous crew), Henry Mah (actor),
Plot: The story involves an earnest young videographer, Hammond, who is assigned to shoot a fluff profile about a highly successful Advertising Executive with a perfect life. But, Hammond doesn't believe in perfect lives and sets out to "look behind the curtain".
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Armin Shimerman (actor), John Massari (composer), Eric Neal Young (producer), John Billingsley (actor), Eric Neal Young (director), Peter Jurasik (actor), Joel Swetow (actor), Lenny von Dohlen (actor), Tony Abatemarco (actor), Paul Bates (actor), Kitty Swink (actress), Taylor Gilbert (actress), Ken Merckx (actor), John Rafter Lee (producer), John Rafter Lee (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Arliss Howard (actor), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), Djimon Hounsou (actor), Castulo Guerra (actor), Nigel Hawthorne (actor), Anthony Hopkins (actor), Ralph Brown (actor), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (actor), Peter Firth (actor), Xander Berkeley (actor), Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor), Morgan Freeman (actor), Eric Bruno Borgman (actor), Tomas Milian (actor), Matthew McConaughey (actor),
Plot: Amistad is the name of a slave ship traveling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It is carrying a cargo of Africans who have been sold into slavery in Cuba, taken on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. As the ship is crossing from Cuba to the U.S., Cinque, who was a tribal leader in Africa, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. They continue to sail, hoping to find help when they land. Instead, when they reach the United States, they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. They don't speak a word of English, and it seems like they are doomed to die for killing their captors when an abolitionist lawyer decides to take their case, arguing that they were free citizens of another country and not slaves at all. The case finally gets to the Supreme Court, where John Quincy Adams makes an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release.
Keywords: 1830s, 1840s, 19th-century, abolition, africa, amazing-grace-hymn, based-on-true-story, blood, botany, chainActors: Dan Perri (miscellaneous crew), Oliver Stone (actor), Edward R. Pressman (producer), Tracey Walter (actor), Viveca Lindfors (actress), Oliver Stone (director), Oliver Stone (writer), Michael Caine (actor), Charles Fleischer (actor), James Horner (composer), Bruce McGill (actor), Pat Corley (actor), Craig Miller (miscellaneous crew), Richard Marks (editor), Rosemary Murphy (actress),
Plot: Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Keywords: accident, based-on-novel, body-part, comic-book-artist, comics, cult-director, cult-film, disembodied-hand, female-nudity, good-versus-evilActors: Oliver Storz (writer), Arthur Brauss (actor), Erich Neureuther (director), Walo Lüönd (actor), Carl-Heinz Schroth (actor), Carl-Heinz Schroth (actor), Horst Tappert (actor), Hans Zander (actor), Brigitte Grothum (actress), Tilly Lauenstein (actress), Nora Minor (actress), Oliver Storz (producer), Erich Ferstl (composer), Änne Bruck (actress), Alfons Höckmann (actor),
Genres: Crime,Actors: Ted Adams (actor), Jimmy Aubrey (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Edward Cecil (actor), Carleton Young (actor), Harry S. Webb (producer), Joseph O'Donnell (writer), Forrest Sheldon (writer), Harry S. Webb (director), John Elliott (actor), Kenneth Harlan (actor), Reed Howes (actor), Frank LaRue (actor), Polly Ann Young (actress), Shia Jung (actress),
Plot: A group of American adventurers discover a bed of black pearls off a South Pacific island. When one of them is shot dead, a young girl in the group is accused of the crime.
Keywords: alias, ambush, american, archive-footage, b-movie, barroom, beachcomber, blackmail, brawl, cantinaActors: Frank Sullivan (editor), Halliwell Hobbes (actor), Crauford Kent (actor), Charles Laughton (actor), Ray Milland (actor), C. Montague Shaw (actor), William Stack (actor), Carl Stockdale (actor), Harry Stubbs (actor), Ethel Griffies (actress), Doris Lloyd (actress), Maureen O'Sullivan (actress), Dorothy Peterson (actress), Ernest Vajda (writer), William Axt (composer),
Plot: Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young man refuses. Marble decides to kill his nephew. It is a twisted path to justice after Marble is transformed by the crime he committed and the wealth he gains.
Keywords: bank-clerk, based-on-novel, based-on-play, blackmail, cyanide, debt, deception, dress-shop, execution, family-relationships