Heathcote Williams
Biography: John Henley Heathcote-Williams (15 November 1941 – 1 July 2017), known as Heathcote Williams, was an English poet, actor, political activist and dramatist. He wrote a number of book-length polemical poems including Autogeddon, Falling for a Dolphin and Whale Nation, which in 1988 was described by Philip Hoare as "the most powerful argument for the newly instigated worldwide ban on whaling." Williams invented his idiosyncratic "documentary/investigative poetry" style which he put to good purpose bringing a diverse range of environmental and political matters to public attention. His last published work, American Porn was a critique of the American political establishment and the election of President Donald Trump; its publication date was the day of Trump's inauguration (20 January 2017). In June 2015 he published a book-length investigative poem about the "Muslim Gandhi", Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Badshah Khan. As well as being a playwright and screenwriter, Williams appeared in a number of independent and Hollywood films and was among the celebrity guests in the last episode of season 4 of Friends, '"The One With Ross's Wedding"'. He played Prospero in Derek Jarman's The Tempest (1979) and appeared in several "arthouse" films, including Orlando (1992), as well as the Hollywood film Basic Instinct 2 (2006). Al Pacino played the part of a Williams fan in a spoof arts documentary, Every Time I Cross the Tamar I Get into Trouble. Williams also wrote lyrics, collaborating with Marianne Faithfull among others. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Birthday: November 15, 1941
Deathday: July 01, 2017
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Basic Instinct 2
2006-03-29
Basic Instinct 2
Overview: Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, like Detective Nick Curran before him, Glass is entranced by Tramell and lured into a seductive game.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-29
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Little Dorrit
1987-12-11
Little Dorrit
Overview: A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film originally released in two parts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-11
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The Cold Light of Day
1996-08-20
The Cold Light of Day
Overview: A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-20
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Blue Juice
1995-09-15
Blue Juice
Overview: JC is the hero of the Cornish surfing community. Staring thirty hard in the face, he fears that the wave that has carried him through a prolonged adolescence is heading for the rocks as his girlfriend pressures him for commitment and his friends contemplate growing up.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-15
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Here Is the News
1989-03-05
Here Is the News
Overview: Freelance journalist David Dunhill stumbles onto the biggest story of his career - but his personal eccentricities seem likely to thwart him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-05
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Hotel
2001-09-12
Hotel
Overview: A sex worker, a hired killer, and a movie crew cross paths in a Venice hotel where human meat is on the menu.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-12
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The Tempest
1979-09-13
The Tempest
Overview: Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-13
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The Steal
1995-05-05
The Steal
Overview: A young American computer hackeress is hired by a liberal British lawyer to right the wrong done to a third world country by a London investment company. Even the expertise of her building inspector sidekick can not prevent a surprising development though.
Genres: Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-05
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W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
1994-12-17
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
Overview: A folklorist researching an 'urban legend' becomes caught up in his task. The film tells its fictional story in documentary style, featuring interviews with real folklore scholars.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-17
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Stormy Monday
1988-05-01
Stormy Monday
Overview: When a corrupt American businessman tries to strong arm his way into businesses in Newcastle, England, he is thwarted by a club attendant and his waitress girlfriend.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-01
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Alice in Wonderland
1999-02-28
Alice in Wonderland
Overview: Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-28
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Honest
2000-05-26
Honest
Overview: The film is an edgy black comedy set in swinging London in the late 60s. The All Saints girls play three street wise sisters who head 'up West' to rob and generally cause trouble.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-26
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Orlando
1992-12-11
Orlando
Overview: England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-11
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Nightshift
1981-01-01
Nightshift
Overview: It is night and, in the foyer of a small hotel, a receptionist performs her tasks, unhurried and impassive, her face ghost-white, an emotional mask. Like the camera, she gazes steadily, both silent spectator and vicarious participant in the fantasies played out by the hotel's transient guests. As the night progresses, she answers a phone, hands over a key; guests pass back and forth gradually taking on a dream-like presence. She continues to work and, when morning comes, she leaves, her nightshift over. 'NIGHTSHIFT shows what film can do if the conventional pace of narrative is slowed down and montage diminished. It is not a new idea, of course, but the way it is done here is both absorbing to look at and satisfying from the moral point of view.' (Jill Forbes, Monthly Film Bulletin)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Nostradamus
2006-05-17
Nostradamus
Overview: The trials and horrific visions that made the most famous mystic of all time.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-17
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Toy Boys
1999-03-31
Toy Boys
Overview: Middle-class parents face difficult decisions if they want their sons to go to the “right” school.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-31
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The Browning Version
1994-06-08
The Browning Version
Overview: Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire for 'health reasons', and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The boys regard him as a Hitler, with some justification. His unfaithful wife Laura tries to hurt him in any way she can. Andrew must come to terms with his failed life and at least regain his own self-esteem.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-08
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Alegría: An Enchanting Fable
1999-01-10
Alegría: An Enchanting Fable
Overview: Frac, a mime who is suffering from a severe bout of depression, happens to meet a troupe of circus entertainers and immediately falls in love with one of the stars, Giulietta. But while his affection for Giulietta and admiration for the performers gives him a new lease on life, Giulietta's father, the leader of the troupe, opposes the relationship and is determined to keep them apart. Meanwhile, Frac and Giulietta discover a gang of children who are held prisoner by a criminal leader who forces them to do his bidding, and they devise a plan to win the kids their freedom. .
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-10
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Malatesta
1970-04-01
Malatesta
Overview: Enrico Malatesta (Eddie Constantine) leads a group of Latvian dissidents in the siege of Sidney Street. Chief of police Winston Churchill organizes against the anarchist who threaten to disturb the peace to make their demands known to the British aristocracy. Authorities break up the volatile gang and Malatesta is deported to Italy. Constantine gives a sympathetic portrayal of the agitator that organizes the revolt that shocked the Edwardian sensibilities of London in this historical drama.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1970-04-01
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Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
1997-01-16
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Overview: Marla Darland is blessed with the voice of an angel, a singing legend. But when her agent, Marty Starr, finds his agency in trouble, he concocts a sinister plot to bring up her record sales. Amazed at the posthumous record sales of Elvis and Jimi Hendrix, Marty becomes determined to arrange a similar fate for Marla, staging the perfect tragic demise. But he didn't count on Marla not being quite ready to go.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-16
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Lover's Prayer
2001-09-18
Lover's Prayer
Overview: A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors in 1800s Russia.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-18
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The Sandman
2000-11-04
The Sandman
Overview: One of several collaborative dance films by the Brothers Quay & (dancer, choreographer) William Tuckett. Little enough info around on line, but there's briefly by way of Wikipedia entry. Adapted rather loosely from the works of the E.T.A. Hoffman. Familiar Quays' tropes, much in evidence: automata, trompe l'oeil effects, etc. No credit on the sound design (which is fairly elaborate), tho' that is possibly Larry Sider.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-04
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Cousin Bette
1998-06-12
Cousin Bette
Overview: Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-12
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The Reckoning
2004-02-26
The Reckoning
Overview: In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman being sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. Discarding the expected bible stories, the actors now stage a performance based on the crime. Through the performance of the play, they discover a mystery.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-26
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Miss Julie
1999-12-10
Miss Julie
Overview: A footman seduces a count's daughter. Adaptation of August Strindberg's famous play.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-10
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City of Ember
2008-10-07
City of Ember
Overview: For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-07
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Revelation
2001-04-12
Revelation
Overview: Since A.D. 50, a mysterious sacred artifact known as the Loculus has been at the center of a bloody clandestine war. Missing for a few hundred years, the puzzling relic has suddenly reappeared in the present day, bringing with it a terrible secret that could spell doom for all of mankind. Now it's up to Magnus Martel to subvert a murderous secret society and uncover the truth behind the ancient treasure.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-12
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The Legend of 1900
1998-10-28
The Legend of 1900
Overview: The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life. Years later, the ship may be destroyed, and a former band member fears that 1900 may still be aboard, willing to go down with the ship.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1998-10-28
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The IMAX Nutcracker
1997-11-27
The IMAX Nutcracker
Overview: This 37-minute 3-D Imax film adaptation from E.T.A. Hoffman's story is a straight narrative fantasy rather than a ballet. Little Clara receives a Christmas gift of a nutcracker doll and that night witnesses toys expanding in size and coming to life. The Nutcracker Prince takes Clara to his enchanted sugar castle where she meets pastry chef Sugar Plum who uses spun sugar to concoct the dancing Sugar Fairy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-27
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The Escort
1999-11-17
The Escort
Overview: Fleeing from his wife in France to London, 45-year-old Pierre is barely able to support himself. He meets friendly Tom, who offers to help him make ends meet by working as a male escort.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-11-17
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The Tango Lesson
1997-11-28
The Tango Lesson
Overview: On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She visits Buenos Aires and learns more from Pablo's friends. Sally and Pablo meet again but this time their relationship changes, she realises they want different things from each other. On a trip to Buenos Aires they cement their friendship.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-28
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Signal to Noise
2018-11-06
Signal to Noise
Overview: A pilot for a never made feature length film, about a dying movie director.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-06
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