William Klein — Director (11)
Far from Vietnam (1967) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Loin du Vietnam
director: Jean-Luc Godard / Joris Ivens actor: Maurice Garrel / Anne Bellec
other title: Lontano dal Vietnam / Loin du Vietnam
In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo ?
director: William Klein actor: Dorothy McGowan / Jean Rochefort
other title: Chi sei, Polly Maggoo? / Wer sind Sie, Polly Magoo?
A model tells a television crew about her dreams of a life with prince charming all while fending off the lecherous advances of a horde of men.
May Days (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Grands soirs et petits matins
director: William Klein actor: Daniel Cohn-Bendit / Renaud
other title: Grands soirs et petits matins
Filmmaker William Klein documents the Paris student riots that occurred in May of 1968.
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest (1969) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
director: William Klein actor: Muhammad Ali / Sonny Liston
other title: Muhammad Ali - Der Größte / Muhammad Ali the Greatest
Universally accepted as a true icon of the 20th century, Muhammad Ali’s phenomenal achievements spanned sport, politics and religion. One man — photographer William Klein had comprehensive access to the events that shaped Ali’s legend. In 1964, the young gregarious Cassius Clay successfully defeated the seemingly invincible Heavyweight Champion of the World Sonny Liston — the manner of Clay’s victory and his amazing persona made him an instant superstar. Through this incredible period, and Clay’s subsequent rematches with Liston, William Klein enjoyed unrivalled access top Clay’s camp — witnessing at first hand Cassius Clay becoming Muhammad Ali and angering the American people with his allegiance to Islam. Forward to Zaire 1974, and the return of Muhammad Ali to the world stage to face another invincible champion George Foreman. As Ali reclaimed the crown for a second time, Klein was ever present, capturing the full story at close quarter.
The Model Couple (1977) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Le Couple témoin
director: William Klein actor: André Dussollier / Anémone
other title: Le Couple témoin
In 1977 France, the Ministry of the Future chooses two “normal,” white, middle-class citizens, Claudine and Jean-Michel, for a national experiment. They will be monitored and displayed on television for six months in a model apartment outfitted with state-of-the-art products and nonstop surveillance—the template for “a new city for the new man".
The Little Richard Story (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Little Richard Story
director: William Klein actor: Little Richard
Klein goes on the hunt for Little Richard, the legendary ‘Architect of Rock and Roll’, who quit show business in 1957 at the height of his fame to become an evangelist. Richard was then lured back to secular music in the 1960s and 70s, but the excesses of stardom led him to a second retreat from the stage. For years he struggled to reconcile his religious calling with his flamboyant rock-and-roll persona, and at the time of filming, Klein finds Little Richard selling ‘Black Heritage Bibles’ for a Nashville couple. Sensing that his image is being exploited, Richard quits his sales position and deserts the film. But Klein turns this into an opportunity to reconstruct Richard’s personality through the words of his family and friends in his native Macon, Georgia, and to celebrate his status as a cultural icon by filming scores of Little Richard impersonators and adoring fans in Hollywood.
In and Out of Fashion (1998) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
In and Out of Fashion
director: William Klein
other title: In and out of fashion
An biography of William Klein, Parisian-based American photographer which strings together his abstract paintings, mould-breaking reportage, inventive fashion photos and excerpts from his feature films.
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers (1969) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Festival Panafricain d'Alger
director: William Klein actor: Nina Simone / Archie Shepp
other title: Festival Panafricain d'Alger / Festival panafricain d’Alger 1969
Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all across Algiers. Klein follows the preparations, the rehearsals, the concerts… He blends images of interviews made to writers and advocates of the freedom movements with stock images, thus allowing him to touch on such matters as colonialism, neocolonialism, colonial exploitation, the struggles and battles of the revolutionary movements for Independence.