Michael Powell
Also Known As: 마이클 파웰
Biography: Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. They worked together under the name of "The Archers" and produced a series of classic British films, notably The Thief of Bagdad (1940), 49th Parallel (1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946, also called Stairway to Heaven), Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948). His controversial 1960 film Peeping Tom, however, was so vilified that his career was seriously damaged.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Bekesbourne, Kent, England
Adult: No
Birthday: September 30, 1905
Age: 119 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 19, 1990
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Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands
Overview: Concerning the adventures of a party of tourists on their journey from Cannes to visit the Islands of Lérins.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-01
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Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'
Overview: "A Woman of Paris" (1923) was the first film Chaplin made for United Artists Film Corporation, which he founded with his friends Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith. Chaplin had long considered making a dramatic feature. For the first time, he decided to direct. Actress and filmmaker Liv Ullmann analyses the film. She talks about the acting, the originality of the characterizations, as well as the "feminine" viewpoint Chaplin adopted for the first time in his films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-17
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A Very British Psycho
Overview: A documentary film examining Michael Powell's 1960 film "Peeping Tom," the controversy surrounding its release, and the life of its screenwriter, Leo Marks.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Overview: Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-10
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Tears
Overview: Why do we cry? Can men cry too? When are tears acceptable and when are they not?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Laughter
Overview: Examines laughter, its representation in film and its day to day function. Well known people from various backgrounds discuss the issue and what it means to them.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Fear
Overview: People who have experienced fear - those involved in the peace movement, a child, a politian and a film director - discuss the psychological and physical aspects of this emotion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Picture Business: Michael Powell at Dartmouth
Overview: In June 1980, Michael Powell came to Dartmouth as an artist in residence, developing and producing a fifteen-minute pilot film with the students based on Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Honeymoon
Overview: Australian famer Kit Kelly and his new bride Anna are driving through Europe when they help a stranded motorist. They discover he is Antonio, a famous dancer. Upon learning that Anna was a ballerina before she married, Antonio attempts to persuade her to join his company.
Genres: Music Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-03-29
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Inside Rupert Pupkin
Overview: Thelma Schoonmaker on Martin Scorsese and 'The King of Comedy'
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-14
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The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Overview: Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his establishment of the legendary Pinewood Studios. Narrated by Michael Caine, THE GOLDEN GONG chronicles Pinewood's rise to success. - Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde, Betty E. Box
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Return to the Edge of the World
Overview: Michael Powell makes a moving return trip to the remote island of Foula, forty years after he shot his first major feature there - 'The Edge of the World (1937)'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-02
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The Magician
Overview: A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a handsome surgeon, Arthur Burdon, who has saved her from being a helpless cripple by performing a delicate operation on her spine.
Genres: Drama Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-24
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A Pretty British Affair
Overview: Detailed interview with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger looking back at their long career as influential British film-makers and their unusual partnership. Includes clips from many of their films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-14
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Peeping Tom
Overview: Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
Genres: Thriller Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-16
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The Scorsese Machine
Overview: Amazing documentary shows rarely seen side of a master director. 1990 was a very good year for Martin Scorsese. After making a diverse group of films in the 80s, he reunited with Robert DeNiro for "Goodfellas" and later that year shot a segment for "New York Stories", an anthology film of three shorts by Scorsese, Woody Allen, and Francis Ford Coppola. During the editing, the French documentary series "Cinéma, de notre temps" filmed a documentary on the director, and it's a fascinating glimpse into his life, personality, and working habits as he edits his short with long-time collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Volunteer
Overview: World War II propaganda film.
Genres: War Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-10
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The Compulsory Husband
Overview: A recently engaged girl invites her parents to meet her fiance. They learn that he also loves another woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-13
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The South Bank Show: Michael Powell
Overview: Documentary about British film director Michael Powell
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-16
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The Garden of Allah
Overview: Father Adrien had taken the vows of eternal silence, prayer and, of course, celibacy, when he entered the Trappist Monastry of Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algeria. One day, he chopped down a tree that blocked a part of the Monastery wall, but as it fell it knocked a young girl senseless. As Father Adrien bathes her face she regains consciousness and in a mischievous mood embraces him. The embrace was seen by another monk but the Monastic discipline imposed is as nothing compared to the torturing penances of mind and body which the contrite Father Adrien has imposed upon himself. In the end it is all too much for poor Father Adrien and he abandons his vows and escapes into the desert, resuming his secular name Androvsky. On the way to the oasis of Beni-Mora he encounters Domini Enfilden who has been brought up as a Catholic. Androvsky rescues Domini from a rioting crowd and she finds herself deeply attracted to him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-02
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The Edge of the World
Overview: A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-10
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Overview: On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands under cover of darkness, the six-member crew connects with members of the local resistance, who shelter the Brits from their Nazi inquisitors as they make their way towards freedom.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-24
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Overview: In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-05
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Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business
Overview: The tarvelling party inluding Cicero Simps (Michael Powell) move to St. Paul de vence and la Colombe d'Or ans showcases a dreamcase in which he dreams he's a faun.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-10
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Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar
Overview: The further adventures of the group of tourists on a trip around the French Riviera. From Cannes they travel to Juan les Pins, the Grimaldi Chateau in Monaco, Port-carre, Antibes and the pottery makers of Biot. A love interest developes between Ophelia Beetle and Apollo Naris, an Englishman, while the Arab Sheik, Abdrool Krimp is vamped by Mme. Papillon.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-02
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Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6
Overview: The tourist group are in Monte Carlo, where Mdm Papillion wins a fortune.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-06
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Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense
Overview: The tourists travel on to Grasse, the perfume factory, and the valley of the Wolves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-11
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Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats
Overview: The tourists set off for the Mountains of the Alpes Maritimes, visit the medieval hilltop of Tourette, and play in the snow.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-09
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Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12
Overview: The tour comes to an end and the party returns to Cannes. The sheik's disguise is dropped and he disappears with all of Mme. Papilion's belongings. The party boards a train and leave Cannes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-12
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