Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Anderson

Born: April 17, 1923
Died: August 30, 1994
in Bangalore, India
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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Words in Progress
Title: Words in Progress
Released: April 15, 2004
Type: Movie
Documentary featuring footage from six decades of Cannes Film Festivals.
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Lucky Man
Title: Lucky Man
Character: Himself
Released: December 10, 1995
Type: Movie
A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.
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Talking with Ozu
Title: Talking with Ozu
Character: Self
Released: November 27, 1993
Type: Movie
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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Title: Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 1993
Type: TV
Five programmes that trace a remarkable decade in British film-making through interviews with its stars and directors.
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D.W. Griffith: Father of Film
Title: D.W. Griffith: Father of Film
Character: Narrator
Released: March 24, 1993
Type: Movie
Part of the "American Masters" series; this documentary shows the career of filmmaking pioneer D.W. Griffith
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John Ford
Title: John Ford
Character: presenter
Released: December 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A look at the famous director written and presented by Lindsay Anderson.
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Omnibus: John Ford, Part One
Title: Omnibus: John Ford, Part One
Character: Presenter
Released: December 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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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Is That All There Is?
Title: Is That All There Is?
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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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Blame It on the Bellboy
Title: Blame It on the Bellboy
Character: Mr. Marshall (voice)
Released: March 6, 1992
Type: Movie
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 by his employer to inspect a property his boss wants to buy. All three men stay at the same hotel. But when the bellboy gets their names mixed up and gives info meant for someone else. So one of them meets a Realtor who will whatever she has to, to close the sale. And another follows a woman looking for romance. And another goes to the home of the mobster who thinks he's sent there to kill him.
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Prisoner of Honor
Title: Prisoner of Honor
Character: War Minister
Released: November 2, 1991
Type: Movie
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
Title: Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Character: Narrator
Released: November 15, 1989
Type: Movie
A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.
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Title: Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: September 30, 1987
Type: TV
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
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Chariots of Fire
Title: Chariots of Fire
Character: Master of Caius
Released: May 15, 1981
Type: Movie
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 and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
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O Lucky Man!
Title: O Lucky Man!
Character: Director
Released: March 25, 1973
Type: Movie
This sprawling, surrealist comedy serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in modern Britain.
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Hetty King: Performer
Title: Hetty King: Performer
Character: Narrator
Released: July 15, 1970
Type: Movie
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 Hippodrome, Eastbourne.
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Inadmissible Evidence
Title: Inadmissible Evidence
Character: Barrister
Released: June 23, 1968
Type: Movie
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
Title: Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.
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-about 'The White Bus'
Title: -about 'The White Bus'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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
Title: Martyrs of Love
Character: Man in traffic police booth (uncredited)
Released: April 21, 1967
Type: Movie
This three-part ballad, which often uses music to stand in for dialogue, remains the most perfect embodiment of Nemec’s vision of a film world independent of reality. Mounting a defense of timid, inhibited, clumsy, and unsuccessful individuals, the three protagonists are a complete antithesis of the industrious heroes of socialist aesthetics. Martyrs of Love cemented Nemec’s reputation as the kind of unrestrained nonconformist the Communist establishment considered the most dangerous to their ideology.
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The Threatening Sky
Title: The Threatening Sky
Character: Narrator (UK)
Released: September 5, 1966
Type: Movie
Pro-Vietnamese film created by Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens. This black and white film begins with an introduction by Bertrand Russell, who explains the history of the run-up to the American involvement in Vietnam. The film shows scenes of Vietnamese soldiers in trenches, American helicopters, agricultural workers, and children assembling anti-aircraft shells. A narrator speaks of the American invasion as being on par with the Germans during World War II and characterizes the Vietnamese as resistance fighters. Anti-American protests are shown. Ivens is shown interviewing Ho Chi Minh. Vietnamese villagers build dams for rice paddies, make traps using bamboo spikes, and take cover during air raids. Scenes include the headquarters of the National Liberation Front, a military execution, bombings, and villagers attempting to shoot down US bomber planes.
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Foot and Mouth
Title: Foot and Mouth
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 2, 1955
Type: Movie
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
Title: The Pleasure Garden
Character: Michael-Angelico
Released: October 16, 1953
Type: Movie
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
Title: Three Installations
Character: Narrator
Released: February 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Early Lindsay Anderson industrial film promoting Sutcliffe's conveyors. Three different uses of Sutcliffe's conveyor installations.
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Idlers That Work
Title: Idlers That Work
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Conveyor belt idlers in construction and operation.
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Meet the Pioneers
Title: Meet the Pioneers
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: June 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Lindsay Anderson's first feature, a documentary about the origin and processes of the Richard Sutcliffe Limited underground-conveyor company.