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Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was an English director and film critic, best know for his association with the Free Cinema movement and the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for his 1968 film if...., which won the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival.

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Is That All There Is? (1992)

Award winning director Lindsay Anderson subverts the mockumentary genre and presents to the audience a detailed and humored account of what truly means to be Lindsay Anderson. ...

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Omnibus: John Ford, Part One (1992)

Documentary about the early career of Hollywood film director John Ford, written and presented by Lindsay Anderson, and first aired on the British television series Omnibus. ...

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John Ford (1992)

A look at the famous director written and presented by Lindsay Anderson. ...

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Glory! Glory! (1989)

A rock singer revives a failing TV ministry, but the cost may be high when she falls for a reporter planning an exposé. ...

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The Whales of August (1987)

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine. ...

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Wham! in China: Foreign Skies (1986)

Best known for their radio staples "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Careless Whisper," the seminal 80s pop group Wham! (George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley) shot Wham! In China: Foreign Skies circa 1985. In the resulting film, the group performs 12 number ...

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Free Cinema, 1956 - ? An Essay on Film by Lindsay Anderson (1985)

A documentary about the history of the Free Cinema movement, made by one of it's greatest proponents, Lindsay Anderson, to commemorate British Film Year in 1985. Produced by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill. Unlike Richard Attenborough's celebratory episode ...

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Britannia Hospital (1982)

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking worke ...

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Look Back in Anger (1980)

Jimmy is a self-loathing and frustrated musician who works at a candy shop. He takes out his rage on his long suffering wife and his business partner and best friend, who lives next door. Jimmy's marital problems come to a head when his wife discovers that ...

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The Old Crowd (1979)

George and Betty, a middle-class English couple, have just moved into a big Edwardian house in London and are throwing a party to celebrate. Unfortunately, after ten days none of their furniture has arrived, having been sent to Carlisle by mistake, three o ...

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In Celebration (1975)

In a Yorkshire mining town, three educated brothers return to their blue-collar home to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of their parents, but dark secrets come to the fore. ...

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O Lucky Man! (1973)

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism. ...

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Home (1972)

David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series. ...

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if.... (1968)

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis ...

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Red, White, and Zero (1968)

Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain's most-celebrated directors - Lindsay Anderson, Peter Brook, and Tony Richardson. Comic legend Zero Mostel stars as an opera singer (in full costu ...

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The Singing Lesson (1967)

A short black and white documentary where Professor Sempolinski works with students on how to sing and dance. ...

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The White Bus (1967)

A despondent young woman travels home to the North of England. ...

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This Sporting Life (1963)

In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver. ...

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March to Aldermaston (1959)

Collaborative documentary (credited to a committee rather than to individual filmmakers) detailing the CND march from London to Aldermaston at Easter 1958. ...

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Every Day Except Christmas (1957)

A short documentary filmed in 1957 at the Covent Garden fruit, vegetable and flower market, then located in the Covent Garden area of East central London. It was directed by Lindsay Anderson and produced by Karel Reisz and Leon Clore under the sponsorship ...

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Together (1956)

The workaday boredom and crushing hardships of London's East End in the 1950s, seen from the point of view of two deaf-mutes who share a strong bond of friendship. ...

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Foot and Mouth (1955)

Two farming brothers take a chance on a sick cow and send cattle that have been in contact with it to market. ...

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Henry (1955)

Promotional film for the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children). ...

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£20 per ton (1955)

Wintry snowfall in a factory yard contrasts with the furnaces burning within. This film follows the eye of the firm's accountant as he traces waste and excess about the works. The concerns for fuel efficiency and reducing pollution are all about economy, e ...

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Thursday's Children (1954)

Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and game ...

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The Pleasure Garden (1953)

People quietly or mischievously pass the time in an overgrown garden full of statues, while a puritanical, funereal gentleman posts bills prohibiting all leisure activities. ...

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O Dreamland (1953)

Lindsay Anderson's early documentary film of a British amusement park, the irony of its manufactured fun on full display. ...

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Wakefield Express (1952)

Documentary about the production of a small town weekly newspaper from reporting to printing. ...

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Three Installations (1952)

Early Lindsay Anderson industrial film promoting Sutcliffe's conveyors. Three different uses of Sutcliffe's conveyor installations. ...

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Idlers That Work (1949)

Conveyor belt idlers in construction and operation. ...

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Meet the Pioneers (1948)

Lindsay Anderson's first feature, a documentary about the origin and processes of the Richard Sutcliffe Limited underground-conveyor company. ...

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Movies Starring Lindsay Anderson (22)

Words in Progress (2004)

Documentary featuring footage from six decades of Cannes Film Festivals. ...

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Talking with Ozu (1993)

A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki Kaurismäki, Stanley Kwan, Paul Schrader, and Wim Wenders ...

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D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993)

Part of the "American Masters" series; this documentary shows the career of filmmaking pioneer D.W. ...

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Is That All There Is? (1992)

Award winning director Lindsay Anderson subverts the mockumentary genre and presents to the audience a detailed and humored account of what truly means to be Lindsay Anderson. ...

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Omnibus: John Ford, Part One (1992)

Documentary about the early career of Hollywood film director John Ford, written and presented by Lindsay Anderson, and first aired on the British television series Omnibus. ...

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John Ford (1992)

A look at the famous director written and presented by Lindsay Anderson. ...

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Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)

Mike Lawton, Maurice Horton, and Melvin Orton are three men who come to Venice. One of them is a hit man sent to take out a mobster. Another is a lech looking for a little action with a woman he never met, whom he was set up with. And one of them was sent ...

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Prisoner of Honor (1991)

France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that led to the imprisonment of the Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus after being convicted of espionage in 1894. ...

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Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)

A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker. ...

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Chariots of Fire (1981)

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory ...

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O Lucky Man! (1973)

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism. ...

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Hetty King: Performer (1970)

A short documentary profiling male impersonator Hetty King, a star of the Edwardian music hall still performing in her 87th year. Accompanied by her sister and dresser Olive, she reminisces about her career, applies her makeup, and performs at the Royal Hi ...

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Inadmissible Evidence (1968)

A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him. ...

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Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite (1968)

BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance. ...

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About "The White Bus" (1968)

Follows the creation of Lindsay Anderson's The White Bus (1968), from pre-production to the shoot and in post. ...

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Martyrs of Love (1967)

Three loosely-connected tales that represent different aspects of love: temptation, dreams, and adventure. ...

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The Threatening Sky (1966)

This documentary presents the Vietnam War as seen from within Vietnam, focusing on civilian life, industrial and agricultural labor, and organized resistance under sustained aerial bombardment. Introduced by Bertrand Russell, the film situates the conflict ...

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Foot and Mouth (1955)

Two farming brothers take a chance on a sick cow and send cattle that have been in contact with it to market. ...

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The Pleasure Garden (1953)

People quietly or mischievously pass the time in an overgrown garden full of statues, while a puritanical, funereal gentleman posts bills prohibiting all leisure activities. ...

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Three Installations (1952)

Early Lindsay Anderson industrial film promoting Sutcliffe's conveyors. Three different uses of Sutcliffe's conveyor installations. ...

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Idlers That Work (1949)

Conveyor belt idlers in construction and operation. ...

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Meet the Pioneers (1948)

Lindsay Anderson's first feature, a documentary about the origin and processes of the Richard Sutcliffe Limited underground-conveyor company. ...

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