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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. On 19 April 1955, he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject.
Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognisable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He framed shots to maximise anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing. His stories frequently feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside "icy blonde" female characters. Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime, although many of the mysteries function as decoys or "MacGuffins" meant only to serve thematic elements in the film and the extremely complex psychological examinations of the characters. Hitchcock's films also borrow many themes from psychoanalysis and feature strong sexual undertones. Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, film trailers, and the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became a cultural icon. Hitchocks reputation as a filmmaker is offset by claims that he engaged in obsessive and controlling behaviour towards many of his leading ladies, and that in some cases this extended to physical abuse and sexual harrassment.
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Actors: André Penvern (actor), Yvonne Gradelet (actress), Milo Ventimiglia (actor), Tim Roth (actor), Robert Lindsay (actor), Derek Jacobi (actor), Olivier Rabourdin (actor), Jean Dell (actor), Frank Langella (actor), Yves Jacques (actor), Nicholas Farrell (actor), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (actor), Jeanne Balibar (actress), Parker Posey (actress), Nicole Kidman (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Raymond McAnally (actor), Raymond McAnally (writer), Lon Strickland (director),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Kurtwood Smith (actor), Gary Sievers (actor), Richard Portnow (actor), Wallace Langham (actor), John Rothman (actor), Walter Pidgeon (actor), Danny Huston (actor), Ralph Macchio (actor), James D'Arcy (actor), Anthony Hopkins (actor), Spencer Garrett (actor), Rene Auberjonois (actor), David Hill (actor), Michael Wincott (actor), Joel Thingvall (actor),
Plot: In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma, are at the top of their creative game as filmmakers amid disquieting insinuations about it being time to retire. To recapture his youth's artistic daring, Alfred decides his next film will adapt the lurid horror novel, Psycho, over everyone's misgivings. Unfortunately, as Alfred self-finances and labors on this film, Alma finally loses patience with his roving eye and controlling habits with his actresses. When an ambitious friend lures her to collaborate on a work of their own, the resulting marital tension colors Alfred's work even as the novel's inspiration haunts his dreams.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, actor, actress, adultery, automobile, based-on-book, beach-house, black-humor, blondeActors: Toby Jones (actor), Penelope Wilton (actress), Gero Brugmann (miscellaneous crew), Sean Cameron Michael (actor), Diana Cilliers (costume designer), Imelda Staunton (actress), Grant Babbitt (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Lyster (actor), Sienna Miller (actress), Genevieve Hofmeyr (producer), Philip Miller (composer), Penny Dyer (miscellaneous crew), Anne Bergstedt Jordanova (miscellaneous crew), Leon Clingman (actor), Adrian Galley (actor),
Plot: When Grace Kelly retires from films to marry Prince Rainier Alfred Hitchcock looks for a similar blonde and finds her in TV model,the little known Tippi Hedren,who will star in his film adaptation of horror story 'The Birds'. Hitchcock is obsessed with Tippi sexually and,when she rebuffs his advances,sadistically puts her through five days of filming where she is attacked and injured by real birds. Hitchcock's wife Alma and his assistant Peggy are appalled but can do nothing. Tippi is resolved that she will not give in to Hitchcock despite the situation giving her nightmares. Hitchcock and Tippi make a second film,'Marnie'. Having admitted that Alma is the only woman he has ever had sex with and that he now finds her cold Hitchcock continues to pursue Tippi, bombarding her with phone calls declaring his love for her yet reminding her that he alone made her famous and she owes him. At this stage Tippi demands that her contract be terminated and an end title states that they never worked together again.
Keywords: 1960s, abuse, actor's-life, actress, animal-trainer, aspiring-actress, assistant-director, automobile, backyard, based-on-biographyActors: Bob Geldof (actor), Trevor Cooper (actor), Struan Rodger (actor), Brian Conley (actor), Maxine Peake (actress), David Bamber (actor), Ann Beach (actress), Claire Rushbrook (actress), Robert Dearle (actor), Teun Hilte (producer), Patrick Chadwick (miscellaneous crew), Jacqueline Goldenstein (miscellaneous crew), James Devlin (editor), Donald Rice (director), Donald Rice (writer),
Plot: On his way to a Make Poverty History gig in Scotland, Bob Geldof is accidentally stranded by an incompetent chauffeur in a run-down motel in Northern England. To his horror, he discovers a lookalike contest is taking place, and no-one will believe he is the real Bob Geldof. Just when he thinks things can't get any worse, he discovers he may not be the only Bob Geldof in the room...
Keywords: character-name-in-title, elvis-presley, impersonation, look-alike, madonna, michael-jackson, mick-jagger, mother-teresa, osama-bin-laden, pope-john-paul-iiActors: Stavros Tornes (actor), Theodoros Angelopoulos (actor), Tasos Palatzidis (actor), Nikos Alevras (actor), Nikos Alevras (actor), Nikos Alevras (costume designer), Nikos Alevras (actor), Nikos Alevras (actor), Nikos Alevras (director), Nikos Alevras (producer), Nikos Alevras (writer), Nikos Kalogeropoulos (actor), Michalis Galanakis (editor), Vasilis Rafailidis (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Tom Dokoupil (composer), Nik Sentenza (director), Nik Sentenza (producer), Nik Sentenza (writer), Nik Sentenza (actor), Sven Opitz (editor), Christine Stienemeier (producer), Christine Stienemeier (actress), Erwin Bawulski (actor), Werner H. Schuster (actor), Götz Neumann (actor), Doris Haag (miscellaneous crew), Simone Pfennig (actress), Jura Wajda (composer), Joachim Kalka (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Tom Tangen (actor), Steve Longmuir (director), Rita Cook (actress), Loretta Shenosky (actress), Rita Cook (producer), Scott St. Blaze (actor), Bret Shefter (actor), Retta Putignano (actress), Sven Erik Lindstrom (actor), Erik J. Bockemeier (actor), Stephanie S. Kim (costume designer), Chris Pilliczar (producer), Michael V. Allen (actor), Marty Garner (actor), Mike Matejovic (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Jean-Louis Millette (actor), David Puttnam (producer), Kristin Scott Thomas (actress), France Lachapelle (miscellaneous crew), Philippe Carcassonne (producer), Dominique Segall (miscellaneous crew), Denise Robert (producer), Daniel Louis (producer), Paul Hébert (actor), Robert Lepage (writer), Robert Lepage (director), Pierre Hébert (actor), Emmanuelle Castro (editor), Lothaire Bluteau (actor), Anne-Marie Cadieux (actress),
Plot: The year is 1952, in Quebec City. Rachel, 16, unmarried, and pregnant, works in the church. Filled with shame, she unburdens her guilt to a young priest, under the confidentiality of the confessional. In the present year of 1989, Pierre Lamontagne has returned to Quebec to attend his father's funeral. He meets up with his adopted brother, Marc, who has begun questioning his identity and has embarked on a quest for his roots that would lead them to the Quebec of the 1950s. Past and present converge in a complex web of intrinque where the answer to the mystery lies.
Keywords: 1950s, 1980s, adoption, bra-less, brother-brother-relationship, canada, catholic, catholic-church, catholic-priest, emasculationActors: Michael Laskin (actor), Cordis Heard (actress), Bob Dahlin (editor), Bob Dahlin (actor), Bob Dahlin (writer), Bob Dahlin (director), Mary Ann Childers (actress), Bryan England (actor), Ethel Dahlin (producer), Frank Bates (actor), Bob Schoen (actor), Harry Dahlin (producer), Helen Heiss (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,