George Melly

George Melly

Born: August 17, 1926
Died: July 5, 2007

Movies for George Melly...

London: The Modern Babylon
Title: London: The Modern Babylon
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: August 3, 2012
Type: Movie
London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
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George Melly's Last Stand
Title: George Melly's Last Stand
Character: Himself
Released: November 7, 2007
Type: Movie
Following the legendary and irrepressible jazz man George Melly through his last months as he shrugs off dementia and double lung cancer and continues to tour the country. A joyous exploration of an amazing man and a rare insight into the end of a life.
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Title: Timeshift
Character: self
Released: October 10, 2002
Type: TV
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
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Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing
Title: Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing
Character: Self
Released: August 25, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary charting the fascinating life and work of Lee Miller, a model for Vogue in 1920s New York who became the only female photojournalist to cover the Second World War. Having given up photography in later life and virtually disowned her own work, Miller's extraordinary archive of 40,000 negatives was only rediscovered after her death. George Melly, David Hare, friends, colleagues and her only son, Tony Penrose, trace the story of her unconventional life through her own remarkable pictures and photographs, as well as rarely seen archive footage.
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The Stranglers
Title: The Stranglers
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: November 16, 2000
Type: Movie
BBC Choice documentary the story of The Stranglers, charting the band's rise to fame in the 1980s to present day. Despite the departure of lead singer and frontman Hugh Cornwell in 1990, the band continue to perform successfully to thousands of fans all over the world. Interviews with members of The Stranglers. Presented by jazz singer and art critic, George Melly.
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Title: So Graham Norton
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 1998
Type: TV
So Graham Norton was a British television programme, hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton. It ran from 3 July 1998 to 1 March 2002.
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Title: Room 101
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 1994
Type: TV
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
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Joan Miró: Constellations - The Color of Poetry
Title: Joan Miró: Constellations - The Color of Poetry
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A Master Painter of Twentieth Century Modern Art, Joan Miro was at once both distinctly modern and a lover of history. Created with exclusive access to the Miro Museum in Barcelona, Spain, this film is a rich tapestry of art, history and personality, interweaving state-of-the-art High Definition Filming, Historic Newsreel Footage, a tour of his legendary studio and performance by La Claca Theater Group in costumes designed by Miro himself. In the film, we journey through the dazzling achievements of a master Modern Art painters and printmaker. This film covers the painters invention of the Grattage style and his adventures into Surrealism, Abstract and Modernist painting and Collages, reflecting the influence of different trends, like the pure and brilliant colors used in Fauvism, shapes taken from Cubism, influences from folkloric Catalan art, and Roman frescos from the churches
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Title: Frank Stubbs Promotes
Character: Auctioneer
Released: July 12, 1993
Type: TV
Frank Stubbs (Timothy Spall) is a down-at-heel ticket tout with grand ideas. He has an ambition to become a 'high class' promoter of famous and talented performers. In reality, his ambitions tend to outstrip his capabilities.
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Title: Bazaar
Released: January 6, 1987
Type: TV
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Title: "The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: January 18, 1978
Type: Movie
George Melly explores his lifelong relationship with surrealism in all its forms and prominent personalities.
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The Secret Life of Edward James
Title: The Secret Life of Edward James
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
The life and career of the English patron of surrealist art, Edward James.