Michael Apted — Director (26)
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Bending the Light (2014) IMDb TMDB
Bending the Light
director: Michael Apted actor: Michael Apted / Stephen Goldblatt …
From acclaimed director Michael Apted (The Up Series, Masters of Sex, The World is Not Enough) comes a revealing look at the art of filmmaking and photography. A journey of glass, the documentary explores the relationship between the artisans who create camera lenses and the masters of light who use these lenses to capture their beloved art form. Bending the Light features never-before-seen footage from inside a premier Japanese lens factory, intimate interviews with lens engineers, and a peek into the world of award-winning photographers and cinematographers Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC, Greg Gorman, Simon Bruty, Laura El-Tantawy, and Richard Barnes.
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Always Outnumbered (1998) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Always Outnumbered
director: Michael Apted actor: Laurence Fishburne / Daniel Williams …
other title: Vite difficili / La rage de survivre …
An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to accept a lesser position which causes strife with his wife, and a young boy on the verge of getting in trouble with street gangs.
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P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
director: Michael Apted actor: John Albasiny / Abigail Cruttenden …
Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in cricket, life couldn't be better.
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Incident at Oglala (1992) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Incident at Oglala
director: Michael Apted actor: Robert Redford / Leonard Peltier …
other title: Incidente a Oglala / Incidente en Ongala …
On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.
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Stardust (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Stardust
director: Michael Apted actor: David Essex / Adam Faith …
other title: El ídolo / Stardust: Una stella nella polvere
Jim MacLaine is now enjoying the nomadic 'gigs and groupies' life on tour with his band. When he achieves all his wildest dreams of international stardom, the sweet taste of success begins to turn sour.
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Firstborn (1984) IMDb TMDB
Firstborn
director: Michael Apted actor: Teri Garr / Peter Weller …
other title: Moving in - Eine fast intakte Familie / Un Extraño en Casa
Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with it. Until he discovers Sam's illegal activities.
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The Collection (1976) IMDb TMDB
The Collection
director: Michael Apted actor: Alan Bates / Malcolm McDowell …
Set in the rarefied world of West End boutique owners and fashion designers, The Collection takes as its departure point the moment when four elegant lives are suddenly shaken by the suggestion of infidelity. The sinister anonymous phone call that disturbs Harry Kane at four o'clock in the morning becomes increasingly hard to establish...
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Class Action (1991) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Class Action
director: Michael Apted actor: Gene Hackman / Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio …
other title: Conflitto di classe / Hvis sandheden skal frem …
A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.
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Blink (1993) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Blink
director: Michael Apted actor: Madeleine Stowe / Aidan Quinn …
other title: Occhi nelle tenebre / Blink - Num Piscar de Olhos …
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night she is awakened by a commotion upstairs. Peering out of her door, she sees a shadowy figure descending the stairs. Convinced that her neighbour has been murdered she approaches the police, only to find that she is unsure if it was just her new eyes playing tricks on her.
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Extreme Measures (1996) IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Extreme Measures
director: Michael Apted actor: Hugh Grant / Gene Hackman …
other title: Extreme Measures - Soluzioni estreme / Ekstreme Metoder …
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
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The Squeeze (1977) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Squeeze
director: Michael Apted actor: Stacy Keach / David Hemmings …
other title: Il racket dei sequestri / Der aus der Hölle kam …
An alcoholic London ex-cop becomes involved in a kidnapping drama and tries to free the daughter of a friend from a brutal gangster mob.
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Gorky Park (1983) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Gorky Park
director: Michael Apted actor: William Hurt / Lee Marvin …
other title: Mord i Gorky Park / O Mistério de Gorky Park
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a conspiracy involving the highest levels of the government.
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The World Is Not Enough (1999)
The World Is Not Enough
★ 6.7 (7 ratings) director: Michael Apted actor: Pierce Brosnan / Sophie Marceau …
other title: Il mondo non basta / James Bond: The World Is Not Enough …
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
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28 Up (1984)
28 Up
director: Michael Apted actor: Lynn Johnson / Tony Walker …
Just two years away from turning 30, participants in Michael Apted's documentary series are facing serious questions of identity and purpose, wondering whether they've found their place in the world.
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Unlocked (2017) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Unlocked
director: Michael Apted actor: Noomi Rapace / Orlando Bloom …
other title: Codice Unlocked - Londra sotto attacco / Conspiração Terrorista …
After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another attack is imminent. Alice soon learns that the classified information she's uncovered has been compromised...