Biography: While working in advertising, he studied at the Fay Compton Studio of Dramatic Art, debuting on stage in 1934 and played classic theatre with the Old Vic from 1936. In 1941 he entered the Royal navy as a seaman and was commissioned the next year. Beyond an extra part in "The Evensong (1934)", his film career began after World War II with his portrayal of Herbert Pocket in "Great Expectations (1946 ... show all While working in advertising, he studied at the Fay Compton Studio of Dramatic Art, debuting on stage in 1934 and played classic theatre with the Old Vic from 1936. In 1941 he entered the Royal navy as a seaman and was commissioned the next year. Beyond an extra part in "The Evensong (1934)", his film career began after World War II with his portrayal of Herbert Pocket in "Great Expectations (1946)". A string of films, mostly comedies, showed off his ability to look different in every role -- eight of them, including a woman, in one movie alone, "Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)". His best known recent work was as the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the "Star Wars (1977)" trilogy. He earned a best actor Oscar and Golden Globe in "Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)" and an Honorary Academy Award (1980) for "advancing the art of screen acting through a host of memorable and distinguished performances". Academy nominations have included "The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)" (actor); "The Horse's Mouth (1958)" (screenplay); "Star Wars (1977)" (supporting) and "Little Dorrit (1988)" (supporting). He was knighted in 1959 for his accomplishments in theatre and film. hide |
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| We see the detritus of an abandoned camp in South America and a main character's hallucination. Then, the story beings. Tony and Brenda Last, lord and lady, live on his enormous estate with their young son. Tony's not much for parties, and Brenda joins London society, on the arm of a penniless man, John Beaver, a hanger-on at Tony's club. John is encouraged by his entrepreneurial mother, who sees a quid in Tony and Brenda. Brenda and John become lovers, Brenda spends more and more time in London, and Tony's without a clue. Then, bringing things to a head are tragedy, law suits, greed, and what should be a few-months' expedition to Brazil. We are each of us merely a handful of dust. Search keywords
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Categories: 1988, Drama, Romance, UK
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| Marcus Aurelius Antonius, philosopher-emperor of Rome, summons his empire's governors and princes to German war headquarters for a Pax Romanus. He confides to his daughter, Lucilla, that his adopted son, Livius, will succeed him instead of his more unstable heir, Commodus. Overhearing this, Cleander, a blind prophet loyal to Commodus, presents Marcus with a poisoned apple. After the funeral, Livius, who does not share Lucilla's ambition for himself or Rome, allows Commodus to proclaim himself emperor. Lucilla marries Sohamus of Armenia. While pestilence ravages Rome, Commodus continues his vain, licentious behavior, neglecting all symptoms of unrest while banishing anyone reminding him of his responsibilities: Livius, Lucilla, Timonides the Greek. Search keywords
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Categories: 1964, Drama, History, USA
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| A gang of five diverse oddball criminal types rent a two room apartment in an isolated house on a London cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow with three pet parrots. The group's mastermind, Professor Marcus, tells her a cover story that they are members of an amateur string quintet and would like to use the rooms to hone their musical skills. In reality, they are plotting to rob a bank and plan to use Mrs. Wilberforce's naiveté and her Victorian sensibilities to their advantage. Search keywords
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Categories: 1955, Comedy, Crime, Thriller, UK
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Categories: 1998, Melodrama, USA
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| Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War. Search keywords
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Categories: 1970, Biography, Drama, History, UK, War
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| A Russian epic, the movie traces the life of surgeon-poet Yury Zhivago before and during the Russian Revolution. Married to an upper-class girl who is devoted to him, yet in love with an unfortunate woman who becomes his muse, Zhivago is torn between fidelity and passion. Sympathetic with the revolution but shaken by the wars and purges, he struggles to retain his individualism as a humanist amid the spirit of collectivism. Search keywords
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Categories: 1965, Drama, Romance, USA, War
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| Adela Quested, a young Englishwoman, travels to India in the late 1920s to visit her fiance, the British magistrate posted in a small town, her traveling companion is his mother Mrs. Moore. Wishing that some of the country and to meet everyday Indians who are frustrated by the British community has insisted that relations with the locals, experiencing the best at a distance. Finally, a friend introduces them to Mrs. Moore Muslim doctor who is seen briefly on her visit to mosque. He takes them on a trip to nearby caves (local attraction), but what happens there is a danger that destroys all citizens between the British and Indian companies.
Adela Quested, mladi Engleskinja, odpotuje v Indiji v poznih 1920-ih do obiska njenega zaročenca, je britansko Sodnika, napotenih v malem mestu; njo potujejo spremljevalec je njegova mama gospa Moore. Želijo, da nekaj od države in za zadovoljevanje vsakodnevnih Indijcev, ki pa so onemogočena, ki ga je britansko skupnost vztrajala, da so odnosi z domačini, so izkusili najboljše na daljavo. Končno, prijatelj jih uvaja v muslimanske zdravnika Moore Ga je kdo videl na kratko o njenem obisku v mošejo. Popelje jih na izlet v bližini jame (lokalna atrakcija), ampak kaj se zgodi, obstaja nevarnost, da uničijo vse državljanske med britansko in indijske družbe. Search keywords
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Categories: 1984, Adventure, Drama, UK, USA
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| T. AND. Lawrence is a young maladjusted lieutenant in the British Army in North Africa during the World war One. Unlucky person with his current maps of coloring of allocation, he is captivated when they offer him a work as an observer in what it is now Arabia. To this point, the history of his life does to itself the matter of which the legends are made.
T. E. Lawrence es un teniente inadaptado joven en el Ejército británico en África del Norte durante la Guerra mundial Un. Infeliz con sus mapas de colorante de asignación corrientes, él es extasiado cuando le ofrecen un trabajo como un observador en lo que es ahora Arabia. A este punto, la historia de su vida se hace la materia de la cual las leyendas son hechas. Search keywords
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Categories: 1962, Adventure, Biography, Drama, UK, War
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| By escaping mediocre Galactic Empire, the rebels leave their new base on Hoth. Princess Leia, Solo Grunt and the droids R2-D2 and C-3P0 run away in the Hawk of harmed Millennium, but are later captured by lord Darth Vader on Bespin. Skywalker, meanwhile, follows the posthumous order of Well Kenobi and accepts training Jedi by Yoda on Dagobah. Will Skywalker succeeds in saving his friends of the dark lord?.
En fuyant le méchant Empire Galactique, les rebelles abandonnent leur nouvelle base sur Hoth. Princesse Leia, Han Solo et le droids R2-D2 et C-3P0 s'enfuient dans le Faucon de Millénium endommagé, mais sont plus tard capturés par Lord Darth Vader sur Bespin. Skywalker, pendant ce temps, suit l'ordre posthume de Ben Kenobi et reçoit l'entraînement Jedi par Yoda sur Dagobah. Will Skywalker réussit à sauver ses amis du seigneur sombre ?. Search keywords
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Categories: 1980, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller, USA
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| The movie treats with the situation of British war prisoners during the Second world war that they are arranged to construct a bridge to accommodate the railroad of Burma - Siam. His instinct must sabotage the bridge, but, under the control of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed like a symbol of British morality, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he with valor supports the torture, rather that to put in danger his beginning to benefit of the Japanese commander Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is revealed slowly to be a cheated obsessive one. He becomes convinced that the bridge is a monument to the British character, but really it is a monument to him, and his insistence in his construction does to itself a subtle form of the collaboration with the enemy. Known, the Allied Forces have sent to him a mission in the forest led by the Guard (Jack Hawkins) and an American, Tijeras (Guillermo Holden), to exploit the bridge.
La película trata con la situación de prisioneros de guerra británicos durante la Segunda guerra mundial que son ordenados construir un puente para acomodar el ferrocarril de Birmania-Siam. Su instinto debe sabotear el puente, pero, bajo el mando del Coronel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), ellos son persuadidos que el puente debería ser construido como un símbolo de moral británica, espíritu y dignidad en circunstancias adversas. Al principio, los presos admiran a Nicholson cuando él con valentía soporta la tortura, más bien que poner en peligro sus principios a beneficio del comandante japonés Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). Él es un hombre honorable pero arrogante, que es despacio revelado para ser un obsesivo engañado. Él se convence que el puente es un monumento al carácter británico, pero realmente es un monumento a él, y su insistencia en su construcción se hace una forma sutil de la colaboración con el enemigo. Desconocido a él, los Aliados han enviado una misión en la selva, conducida por el Guardián (Jack Hawkins) y un americano, Tijeras (Guillermo Holden), para explotar el puente. Search keywords
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Categories: 1957, Adventure, Drama, UK, USA, War
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| Billy Hughes, a dumb makeup artist, in a slasher film works in Moscow becomes shoots, it is closed in the studio after hours. While there she testifies a crude murder, and at that time first arrest escape, then must be reserved to be killed before persuasive authorities of that what it is seen. Poster rotations follow in rough amounts, because to remain Billy tried in the life.
Billy Hughes, ein stummer Maskenbildner, der, der an einem slasher Film arbeitet in Moskau wird schießt, wird im Studio nach Stunden geschlossen. Während dort sie einen brutalen Mord bezeugt, und zuerst Festnahme damals entkommen, sich dann davon zurückhalten muss, vor überzeugenden Behörden dessen getötet zu werden, was sie gesehen wird. Anschlag-Drehungen folgen in rauen Mengen, weil Billy versucht am Leben zu bleiben. Search keywords
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Categories: 1994, Comedy, Germany, Horror, Russia, Thriller, UK, USA
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| The empire is more than more or less by the construction of a new death star - nearly twice as largely, but more than twice as strongly. If completes, it will spell certain destiny for hatches Skywalker and the rebels. Han Solo is a prisoner of crime man Jabba of the Hutt, and princess Leia is soon found in the hands of the gangster. Hatches Skywalker which is helped by C-3PO and R2-D2 makes his way in the palace of Jabba to protect hoping, the freedom of his friends. But the Hutt has tried no intention to act in such a way, and, to kill them all. On escaping to Jabba and the sand of Tatooine they regroup themselves with the rebel's fleet which massages for an attack against the new satellite fight station in Endor. Lando Calrissian is pressed in the action to lead the rebel's fighter's attack, while Han is brought responsibly for a battalion to take away the sign generator which protects the death star. Nevertheless, hatches arises the soldier of Vader on Endor, and is taken before the boss by Vader - to the galactic emperor - on the death star for the final bribery to the dark side of the strength. The fleet of imperial star destroyers attacks the rebels, them cutting off. Worse the new death star begins to turn his gigantic laser on the rebel's transportation companies. It seems that nothing will stop the triumph of the empire - unless things start changing fast.
Das Reich ist mehr als halbwegs durch den Aufbau eines neuen Todessterns - fast zweimal ebenso groß, aber mehr als zweimal wie stark. Wenn vollendet, wird es bestimmtes Schicksal für Luke Skywalker und die Rebellen buchstabieren. Han Solo ist ein Gefangener von Verbrechen-Herrn Jabba der Hutt, und Prinzessin Leia findet sich bald in den Händen des Gangsters. Luke Skywalker, der durch C-3PO und R2-D2 geholfen ist, macht seinen Weg in den Palast von Jabba, hoffend, die Freiheit seiner Freunde zu sichern. Aber der Hutt hat keine Absicht, so zu tun, und versucht, sie alle zu töten. Nach dem Entfliehen Jabba und den Sanden von Tatooine gruppieren sie sich mit der Rebell-Flotte um, die für einen Angriff gegen die neue Satellitenkampfstation an Endor massiert. Lando Calrissian wird in die Handlung gedrückt, um den Rebell-Kämpfer-Angriff zu führen, während Han verantwortlich für ein Bataillon gebracht wird, um den Schild-Generator wegzunehmen, der den Todesstern schützt. Luke ergibt sich jedoch den Soldaten von Vader auf Endor, und wird vor dem Chef von Vader - dem Galaktischen Kaiser - auf dem Todesstern für die Endbestechung zur Dunklen Seite der Kraft genommen. Die Flotte von Reichssternzerstörern überfällt die Rebellen, sie abschneidend. Schlechter beginnt der neue Todesstern, seinen riesigen Laser auf den Rebell-Transportunternehmen zu drehen. Es scheint, dass nichts den Triumph des Reiches aufhören wird - es sei denn, dass Dinge anfangen, sich schnell zu ändern. Search keywords
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Categories: 1983, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, USA
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| In a few distant galaxy eras before the creation of the mythical planet known as Land, the vast civilizations developed, and government to galaxy is a created interstellar Empire of the ruins of an Old republic that dominated for generations. It is a time of the civil war, like the solar systems if they separated of the Empire and they are undertaking a war of the rebellion. During a recent battle techical schematics for a gigantic space station, code called the Mortal Star, were exhumed by Rebel's spies, and a young woman who is a member dissident of the Imperial Senate, below the covering of a diplomatic mission to the planet Alderaan, it is trying to smuggle these plans to the Rebellion. But his spaceship is attacked by a vast warship of the Empire and seized. The Senator dissident is captured, but the plans of the Mortal Star are not to be nowhere respected. While the soldiers of the Empire look for the near planet Tatooine, a farmer of young desert sweeps series of incidents with dreams of being a fighter's pilot in the Rebellion, how he finishes off with the Mortal Star plans and also the help of an old hermit who once served of a warrior of an ancient order which chosen arms were powerful swords of energy known as light sabres. The couple recruit a cynical interstellar smuggler and his copilot enormemente somebody else's with an ancient freighter pesadamente modified for the combat to help them getting Alderaan - but they are obliterated the planet and now the group of four must rescue the maintained prisoner of the young woman for the Empire and drive an attack for the Rebellion against the Mortal Star before he can destroy all the hope of restoring the freedom to the galaxy.
Em umas eras de galáxia distantes antes da criação do planeta mítico conhecido como Terra, as civilizações vastas desenvolveram-se, e governação a galáxia é um Império interestelar criado das ruínas de uma Velha república que dominou para gerações. É um tempo da guerra civil, como os sistemas solares se separaram do Império e estão empreendendo uma guerra da rebelião. Durante uma batalha recente techical schematics para uma estação espacial gigantesca, código denominado a Estrela Mortal, foram desenterrados por espiões de Rebelde, e uma mulher jovem que é um membro dissidente do Senado Imperial, abaixo da cobertura de uma missão diplomática ao planeta Alderaan, está tentando contrabandear estes planos à Rebelião. Mas a sua nave espacial é atacada por um navio de guerra vasto do Império e agarrada. O Senador dissidente é capturado, mas os planos da Estrela Mortal não são ser em nenhum lugar considerados. Enquanto os soldados do Império procuram o planeta próximo Tatooine, uma série de incidentes varre um agricultor de deserto jovem com sonhos de ser piloto de lutador na Rebelião, como ele remata com os planos de Estrela Mortais e também a ajuda de um eremita idoso que uma vez serviu de um guerreiro de uma ordem antiga cujas armas escolhidas foram espadas de energia potentes conhecidas como sabres leves. O recruta de par um contrabandista interestelar cínico e o seu co-piloto enormemente alheio com um cargueiro antigo pesadamente modificado para o combate para ajudá-los a conseguir Alderaan - mas o planeta são obliterados e agora o grupo de quatro deve resgatar o preso mantido da mulher jovem pelo Império e conduzir um ataque pela Rebelião contra a Estrela Mortal antes que ele possa aniquilar toda a esperança de restituir a liberdade à galáxia. Search keywords
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Categories: 1977, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, USA
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