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David Hemmings
David Leslie Edward Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English actor, director, and producer of film and television. Originally trained as a boy soprano in operatic roles, he began appearing in films as a child actor in the 1950s. He became an icon of Swinging London for his portrayal of a trendy fashion photographer in the critically acclaimed film '' Blowup'' (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. During the 1960s and 70s, Hemmings played both leading roles and major supporting parts in films like ''Camelot'' (1967), ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' (1968), ''Barbarella'' (also 1968), ''Alfred the Great'' (1969), '' The Walking Stick'' (1970), ''Juggernaut'' (1974), '' Deep Red'' (1975), ''Islands in the Stream'' (1977), and ''The Prince and the Pauper'' (also 1977). In 1967, he co-founded the Hemdale Film Corporation with John Daly. From the late 1970s on, Hemmings appeared mainly in supporting roles, and increasingly as a director. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Red
''Deep Red'' (), also known as ''The Hatchet Murders'', is a 1975 Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Dario Argento and co-written by Argento and Bernardino Zapponi. It stars David Hemmings as a musician who investigates a series of murders performed by a mysterious figure wearing black leather gloves. The cast also stars Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, and Clara Calamai. The film's score was composed and performed by Goblin (band), Goblin, the first in a long-running collaboration with Argento. The film was released during the height of the "giallo craze" of Italian popular cinema, and was a critical and commercial success. Retrospective reviews have been equally positive, and the film is considered one of the genre's definitive entries, as well as one of Argento's best works. Plot In 1956, during Christmas at a family home, an unseen figure stabs another to death. A bloody knife falls to the floor, close to a child's feet. Twenty years later in Rome, Professor G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Herald (Glasgow)
''The Herald'' is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. ''The Herald'' is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from ''The Glasgow Herald'' in 1992. Following the closure of the '' Sunday Herald'', the ''Herald on Sunday'' was launched as a Sunday edition on 9 September 2018. History Founding The newspaper was founded by an Edinburgh-born printer called John Mennons in January 1783 as a weekly publication called the ''Glasgow Advertiser''. Mennons' first edition had a global scoop: news of the treaties of Versailles reached Mennons via the Lord Provost of Glasgow just as he was putting the paper together. War had ended with the American colonies, he revealed. ''The Herald'', therefore, is as old as the United States of America, give or take an hour or two. The story was, however, only carried on the back page. Mennons, using the larger of two fonts available to him, put it in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Berlin International Film Festival
The 23rd Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June to 3 July 1973. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' Distant Thunder'', directed by Satyajit Ray. Juries The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: Main Competition * David Robinson, British writer and film critic - Jury President * Freddy Buache, Swiss journalist and film historian * Hiram García Borja, Mexican director of the Banco Nacional Cinematrográfico * Eberhard Hauff, West-German filmmaker * Harish Khanna, Indian director of the International Film Festival of India * Paul Moor, American journalist and writer * Walter Müller-Bringmann, West-German journalist and film critic * René Thévenet, French producer * Paolo Valmarana, Italian journalist and film critic Official Sections Main Competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award: Out of competition * ''Duel'', directed by Steven Spielberg (United States) * ''Emperor of the North P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Bear
The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europe's " Big Three" film festivals alongside the Venice Film Festival held in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival held in France. Furthermore, it is one of the " Big Five", the most prestigious film festivals in the world. The festival regularly draws tens of thousands of visitors each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 14
''The 14'' (also known as ''Existence''; U.S. title: ''The Wild Little Bunch'') is a 1973 British drama film directed by David Hemmings and starring Jack Wild and June Brown. It was written by Roland Starke. Its plot, based on fact, concerns the fate of fourteen children in west London who are orphaned after the death of their single mother. Plot The film focuses on a family of fourteen children who are left to fend for themselves when their mother passes away. Reg, the eldest who is turning 18, is left in charge of the family until the child welfare come in and send them all to a children's home. However. Reg is always determined to fight to keep his family together no matter what. Cast * Jack Wild as Reg * June Brown as the mother * Liz Edmiston as Sylvia * Diana Beevers as Miss Field * Cheryl Hall as Reena * Anna Wing as Mrs. Booth * John Bailey as Mr. Sanders * Alun Armstrong as Tommy * Keith Buckley as Mr. Whitehead * Tony Calvin as Father Morris * Chris Kelly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Daly (producer)
John Daly (16 July 1937 – 31 October 2008) was a British film producer. Personal life John Daly was born in South East London, a part of London which was badly bombed and damaged in World War II; his father was a dockworker. He attended St Joseph's Roman Catholic school in Camberwell. He served the Merchant Navy, then sold insurance before founding the Helmdale Film Corporation with David Henmings. Daly was father to Jenny, Michael, Jonathan, Julian, and Timothy. Career Music With David Hemmings, Daly formed Hemdale Film Corporation in 1967. Hemdale had many diverse entertainment business interests, and grew rapidly in the 1970s by managing bands such as Yes and Black Sabbath. The company also acquired the worldwide stage rights for Lionel Bart's musical ''Oliver!'', along with producing '' Grease'' in 1973, starring Richard Gere. Film Hemdale began producing, financing and distributing its own full-length feature films, becoming a leading independent film company in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemdale Film Corporation
Hemdale Film Corporation (known as Hemdale Communications after 1992) was an independent American-British film production company and Film distributor, distributor. The company was founded in London in 1967 as the Hemdale Company by actor David Hemmings and John Daly (producer), John Daly, naming the company from a combination of their surnames. The company produced numerous acclaimed films, often in conjunction with companies such as TriStar Pictures, TriStar and Orion Pictures, including ''The Terminator'' (1984), ''Platoon (film), Platoon'' (1986) and ''The Last Emperor'' (1987), the latter two being back-to-back winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture. History Beginnings John Daly was working as an insurance salesman. He met actor David Hemmings, who had just made ''Blow Up'' and ''Camelot''. Hemmings had been invited to Hollywood and given a spare ticket for his girlfriend. When the relationship faded, Hemmings offered the ticket to Daly, who flew out. The two men star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prince And The Pauper (1977 Film)
''The Prince and the Pauper'' is a 1977 British action-adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on the 1881 novel ''The Prince and the Pauper'' by Mark Twain. It stars Oliver Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Raquel Welch, George C. Scott, Charlton Heston, Sir Rex Harrison, and Mark Lester, playing the dual role of Edward VI of England and Tom Canty. The film was released in the US as ''Crossed Swords''. Plot In 16th-century London, a pauper called Tom Canty reading to a group of children is attacked by his cruel father. John Canty threatens to beat Tom unless he steals five shillings by suppertime. Tom goes into the city square and steals a purse from a rich man, but drops it after bumping into another man. Thinking that Tom still has the purse, the victim and others chase Tom through the streets of London. Tom escapes by climbing up a wall and through a window, where he falls into a palace garden in front of King Henry VIII, who sets the guards on him. However, Tom outruns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands In The Stream (film)
''Islands in the Stream'' is a 1977 American drama film, an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published 1970 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starred George C. Scott, Hart Bochner, Claire Bloom, Gilbert Roland, and David Hemmings.'' Variety'' film review; March 9, 1977, page 16. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, losing to ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''. Plot Artist Thomas Hudson is an American who has left the civilized world for a simple life in the Caribbean. Schaffner tells the tale in four parts: *The Island - Introduces Hudson and the people he knows. It is set in The Bahamas, circa 1940. Tom is concerned about his friend Eddy, who loves to drink and brawl with anyone he finds. Later the residents of the island and Tom celebrate the Queen mother (1936–1952)'s anniversary. *The Boys - Weeks after the celebrations for the Queen Mother, Tom is reunited with his three sons. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juggernaut (1974 Film)
''Juggernaut'' is a 1974 British crime suspense film starring Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, and Anthony Hopkins. The film, which was directed by Richard Lester, was largely shot on location aboard the TS ''Hamburg'' in the North Sea. It was inspired by real events aboard '' QE2'' in May 1972 when Royal Marines and Special Boat Service personnel parachuted onto the ship because of a bomb hoax. In the film, Richard Harris leads a team of Naval bomb disposal experts sent to disarm several large barrel bombs that have been placed aboard an ocean liner crossing the North Atlantic. Meanwhile, ashore, the police race against time to track down the mysterious bomb maker, who calls himself "Juggernaut", who will agree to a ransom in order to reveal the information that will disarm the bombs. Plot The ocean liner SS ''Britannic'' is voyaging through the North Atlantic with 1200 passengers on board when the shipping line's owner Nicholas Porter in London receives a call from someone w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walking Stick
''The Walking Stick'' is a 1970 British crime drama film directed by Eric Till and starring David Hemmings and Samantha Eggar. It was based on the 1967 novel of the same title by Winston Graham. Plot Deborah Dainton suffers from a limp as a result of polio. Treatment for the disease as a child has left her claustrophobic and reclusive in large crowds. Her rigid and controlled life is transformed when she meets a struggling artist, Leigh Hartley, at a party she begrudgingly attends to please her parents. Although she is not interested in Leigh, his persistence pays off when she finally agrees to go out on a date with him. Deborah is initially defensive toward Leigh, but he begins to grow on her. Leigh brings Deborah home for some coffee, where he asks to paint her portrait, which she declines but, eventually, allows. Some time later, Deborah persuades Leigh to see if he can sell some of his artwork to an art museum but his work is bluntly rejected by the curator. The couple t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred The Great (film)
''Alfred the Great'' is a 1969 British epic historical drama film which portrays Alfred the Great's struggle to defend the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex from a Danish Viking invasion in the 9th century. David Hemmings starred in the title role. Plot When the Vikings invade England, Alfred (David Hemmings) is about to take his priesthood vows. However, his brother, King Æthelred of Wessex ( Alan Dobie), summons him to his aid and Alfred leaves for battle, where he appears to be a great tactician. Æthelred dies shortly after Alfred marries the Mercian princess Aelhswith ( Prunella Ransome). Torn between following intellect or passion, Alfred at first refuses to succeed Æthelred and consummate his marriage, but is forced to accept kingship after the Danes attack again. Realising the weak position of Wessex, Alfred goes into negotiations with Guthrum (Michael York), the Danish Viking leader of the Kingdom of East Anglia. Aelhswith on the other hand agrees to become Guthrum's ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
