John Gielgud — Actor (35)
The Power of One (1992) [Movie] TMDB
The Power of One
director: John G. Avildsen actor: Morgan Freeman / Stephen Dorff
other title: La forza del singolo / Im Glanz der Sonne
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.
Shine (1996) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Shine
director: Scott Hicks actor: Geoffrey Rush / Noah Taylor
other title: Simplesmente Genial / Shine - Der Weg ins Licht
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Lion Of The Desert (1981) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB WikiData Douban TMDB
Lion Of The Desert
director: Moustapha Akkad actor: Anthony Quinn / Rod Steiger
other title: Il leone del deserto / Ørkenkrigens Helte
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
No Man's Land [Performance] Douban NeoDB
No Man's Land
genre: Theater playwright: Harold Pinter
other title: 无人之境 / 无人之地 director: Peter Hall / David Leveaux actor: John Gielgud / Ralph Richardson / Michael Kitchen / Terence Rigby / Paul Eddington
The first act opens with Hirst's offering a drink to Spooner: "As it is?" – that is, neat (UK) or straight (U.S.) – and Spooner's reply: "As it is, yes please, absolutely as it is" (15). During the first act, Spooner claims to be a fellow poet and to have known his more illustrious literary host and mutual acquaintances and relationships in the past. Toward the end of act one, Hirst's keepers (quasi-body guards) "vagabond cock" Foster and Briggs seek to fend off the self-insinuating Spooner, leading Hirst "out of the room (52) and away from him. The act ends with a "Blackout" – visually demonstrating Foster's taunt: "Listen. You know what it's like when you're in a room with the light on and then suddenly the light goes out? I'll show you. It's like this. ... He turns the light out" (53).
During Act Two, in his increasingly inebriated state, Hirst may mistake or feign recognition of Spooner as an Oxbridge classmate from the 1930s, an apparently false impression which Spooner nevertheless encourages (68–78), leading both of them into a series of increasingly questionable reminiscences, which Hirst finally and abruptly undercuts: "This is outrageous! Who are you? What are you doing in my house?" going on to accuse Spooner of being an impostor: "You are clearly a lout. The Charles Wetherby I knew was a gentleman. I see a figure reduced. I am sorry for you. Where is the moral ardour that sustained you once? Gone down the hatch." – allusively and both wistfully and comically combining the clichés "Gone with the wind" and "Down the hatch," after which, Briggs "enters, pours whisky and soda, gives it to" Hirst, who "looks at it" and then says, "Down the hatch. Right down the hatch. (He drinks.)" (78). Hirst proclaims, "Let us change the subject. Pause. For the last time." (91), but immediately asks, "What have I said?" That leads the characters to debate what Hirst's phrase for the last time precisely "means" (91–94), leaving all of them, according to Spooner, "in no man's land. Which never moves, which never changes, which never grows older, but which remains forever icy and silent." Following the illustrative "Silence", Hirst utters the play's final words and provides its final action: "I'll drink to that" (95): "He drinks," paralleling the opening words of the first act ("As it comes?"), and the play ends, ambiguously, with a "SLOW FADE" of lights (95).
Murder by Decree (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Murder by Decree
director: Bob Clark actor: Christopher Plummer / James Mason
other title: Assassinio su commissione / Sherlock Holmes: Mord på beregning
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have their roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.
Catastrophe (2001) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Catastrophe
director: David Mamet actor: John Gielgud / Rebecca Pidgeon
other title: Catastrofe
An autocratic Director (Harold Pinter) and his Assistant (Rebecca Pidgeon) put the final touches to the last scene of some kind of dramatic presentation, which consists entirely of a man (John Gielgud) standing still onstage.
The Loved One (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Loved One
director: Tony Richardson actor: Robert Morse / Jonathan Winters
other title: Il caro estinto / O Ente Querido
Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos. But he has three problems - the strict rules of owner Blessed Reverand Glenworthy, the rivalry of embalmer Mr Joyboy, and the shame of now working himself at The Happy Hunting Ground pets' memorial home.
Alice in Wonderland (1966) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Alice in Wonderland
director: Jonathan Miller actor: Anne-Marie Mallik / Freda Dowie
other title: Alicia en el País de las Maravillas / Alicia en el país de las maravillas
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for his appearance in the long-running satirical revue Beyond the Fringe.
A Walk Through Prospero's Library (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
director: Peter Greenaway actor: John Gielgud / Isabelle Pasco
A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequence from his film, 'Prospero's Books'. As Prospero (John Gielgud) walks through his library, Greenaway comments on the historical, mythological, biblical & fictional characters occupying the library.
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
director: Bill Colleran / John Gielgud actor: Richard Burton / Hume Cronyn
other title: Richard Burton's Hamlet / Hamlet
A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Shoes of the Fisherman
director: Michael Anderson actor: Anthony Quinn / Oskar Werner
other title: L'uomo venuto dal Kremlino / As Sandálias do Pescador
Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Oh! What a Lovely War
director: Richard Attenborough actor: Laurence Olivier / Vanessa Redgrave
other title: Oh, che bella guerra! / Viva a Guerra!
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
The Formula (1980) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Formula
director: John G. Avildsen actor: George C. Scott / Marlon Brando
other title: La formula / Die Formel
While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthetic alternative to gasoline during World War II. This revelation has the potential to end the established global oil industry, making the formula a very valuable and dangerous piece of information. Eventually, Caine must contend with oil tycoon Adam Steiffel, who clearly has his own agenda regarding the formula.
A Diary for Timothy (1945) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Diary for Timothy
director: Humphrey Jennings actor: Michael Redgrave / Myra Hess
A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.