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British Film Forever

British Film Forever

British Film Forever

2007
Documentary
TV Mini-Series
Cinema history series examining British film by genre.

Directed by:

Angus Cameron
Angus-Cameron
2 total credits
Angus Cameron has 2 credits at Criticker, including: British Film Forever and The Price We Pay

Starring:

Michael Caine
Michael-Caine
142 total credits
Sir Michael Caine, CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite) is an English film actor and author. Caine has appeared in over one hundred films and is one of Britain's most recognisable and respected actors. He became well known for a number of popular and notable critically acclaimed performances, particularly in films such as Zulu (1964); The Ipcress File (1965); Alfie (1966); The Italian Job (1969); The Battle Of Britain (1969); Get Carter (1971)...(wikipedia)
,
Ewan McGregor
Ewan-McGregor
89 total credits
Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor who has had success in mainstream, indie and art house films. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Mark Renton in the 1996 film Trainspotting, the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the romantic penniless writer Christian in the 2001 film Moulin Rouge! (Wikipedia)
,
Helen Mirren
Helen-Mirren
129 total credits
Dame Helen Mirren was born to an English mother and an exiled Russian aristocrat in Chiswick, London. She has made her name on both stage and screen, and is the only person to portray both Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II (a 2006 role for which she is an Oscar front-runner).
,
Terry Gilliam
Terry-Gilliam
79 total credits
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is a screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). He is the only "Python" not born in Britain; he took British citizenship in 1968. (Wikipedia)
,
Richard Attenborough
Richard-Attenborough
82 total credits
Richard Samuel Attenborough, CBE is an English actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. As director and producer he won two Academy Awards for the 1982 film Gandhi. He has also won four BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, 10 Rillington Place, Jurassic Park and its 1997 sequel. He is the elder brother of naturalist and wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough...(Wikipedia)
,
Kate Winslet
Kate-Winslet
59 total credits
Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and singer. She is the recipient of an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award. She is the youngest person to acquire six Academy Award nominations, and is one of the few actresses to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT). Encountered her screen debut through a British TV series entitled "Shrinks"(1990).Her romance Titanic(1997) which was the highest-grossing film of all time at that point.
,
Ken Russell
Ken-Russell
98 total credits
Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell is an English film director. He is known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his controversial style. He has been criticized as being over-obsessed with sexuality and the church. His subject matter is often about famous composers, or based on other works of art which he adapts loosely. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he did creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time... (Wikipedia)
,
Richard Lester
Richard-Lester
31 total credits
Richard Lester has 31 credits at Criticker, including: Superman II, Superman III, A Hard Day's Night, Help! and The Three Musketeers
,
Richard Curtis
Richard-Curtis
46 total credits
Richard Curtis has 46 credits at Criticker, including: Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill and Bean
,
Kevin Macdonald
Kevin-Macdonald
32 total credits
Kevin Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the grandson of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger, and educated at Oxford University. He began his career with a biography of his grandfather, The Life and Death of a Screenwriter, which he turned into the documentary The Making of an Englishman. After making a series of biographical documentaries, Macdonald directed One Day in September, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary.
,
John Landis
John-Landis
77 total credits
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson...(wikipedia)
,
Michael Powell
Michael-Powell
87 total credits
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger.

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

UK

British Film Forever

2007
Documentary
TV Mini-Series
Avg Percentile 70.79% from 7 total ratings

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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Angus Cameron
Angus-Cameron
2 total credits
Angus Cameron has 2 credits at Criticker, including: British Film Forever and The Price We Pay

Starring:

Michael Caine
Michael-Caine
142 total credits
Sir Michael Caine, CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite) is an English film actor and author. Caine has appeared in over one hundred films and is one of Britain's most recognisable and respected actors. He became well known for a number of popular and notable critically acclaimed performances, particularly in films such as Zulu (1964); The Ipcress File (1965); Alfie (1966); The Italian Job (1969); The Battle Of Britain (1969); Get Carter (1971)...(wikipedia)
,
Ewan McGregor
Ewan-McGregor
89 total credits
Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor who has had success in mainstream, indie and art house films. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Mark Renton in the 1996 film Trainspotting, the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the romantic penniless writer Christian in the 2001 film Moulin Rouge! (Wikipedia)
,
Helen Mirren
Helen-Mirren
129 total credits
Dame Helen Mirren was born to an English mother and an exiled Russian aristocrat in Chiswick, London. She has made her name on both stage and screen, and is the only person to portray both Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II (a 2006 role for which she is an Oscar front-runner).
,
Terry Gilliam
Terry-Gilliam
79 total credits
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is a screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). He is the only "Python" not born in Britain; he took British citizenship in 1968. (Wikipedia)
,
Richard Attenborough
Richard-Attenborough
82 total credits
Richard Samuel Attenborough, CBE is an English actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. As director and producer he won two Academy Awards for the 1982 film Gandhi. He has also won four BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, 10 Rillington Place, Jurassic Park and its 1997 sequel. He is the elder brother of naturalist and wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough...(Wikipedia)
,
Kate Winslet
Kate-Winslet
59 total credits
Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and singer. She is the recipient of an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award. She is the youngest person to acquire six Academy Award nominations, and is one of the few actresses to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT). Encountered her screen debut through a British TV series entitled "Shrinks"(1990).Her romance Titanic(1997) which was the highest-grossing film of all time at that point.
,
Ken Russell
Ken-Russell
98 total credits
Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell is an English film director. He is known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his controversial style. He has been criticized as being over-obsessed with sexuality and the church. His subject matter is often about famous composers, or based on other works of art which he adapts loosely. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he did creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time... (Wikipedia)
,
Richard Lester
Richard-Lester
31 total credits
Richard Lester has 31 credits at Criticker, including: Superman II, Superman III, A Hard Day's Night, Help! and The Three Musketeers
,
Richard Curtis
Richard-Curtis
46 total credits
Richard Curtis has 46 credits at Criticker, including: Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill and Bean
,
Kevin Macdonald
Kevin-Macdonald
32 total credits
Kevin Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the grandson of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger, and educated at Oxford University. He began his career with a biography of his grandfather, The Life and Death of a Screenwriter, which he turned into the documentary The Making of an Englishman. After making a series of biographical documentaries, Macdonald directed One Day in September, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary.
,
John Landis
John-Landis
77 total credits
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson...(wikipedia)
,
Michael Powell
Michael-Powell
87 total credits
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger.

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

UK
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