Christopher Plummer

  • Frédéric Back – L’homme qui plantait des arbres aka The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)

    1981-1990AnimationCanadaDramaFrédéric Back
    L'homme qui plantait des arbres (1987)
    L’homme qui plantait des arbres (1987)

    The story of one shepherd’s single-handed effort to reforest a desolate valley.Read More »

  • Peter Collinson – The Spiral Staircase (1975)

    1971-1980GialloHorrorPeter CollinsonUnited Kingdom

    Helen, who has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die, becomes the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people.

    Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Plummer, John Phillip Law, Sam Wanamaker, Mildred Dunnock, Gayle Hunnicutt, Elaine Stritch & Christopher MalcolmRead More »

  • Peter Medak – Nabokov on Kafka (1989)

    1981-1990DocumentaryPeter MedakUSA

    Vladimir Nabokov, widely considered one of the world’s greatest writers for such works as _Lolita_, was also a remarkable professor at Cornell University. Here, Plummer portrays the witty Nabokov, providing an entertaining and insightful lecture upon “Metamorphosis,” Kafka’s bizarre story about a man who wakes up one morning to discover he has turned into a giant bug.Read More »

  • Károly Makk – Lily in Love (1984)

    1981-1990ComedyHungaryKároly Makk

    Synopsis
    Broadway star Fitzroy Wynn is thrilled when his wife Lily writes a new script with a brilliant lead role. While ego-centric Fitz thinks himself perfect for the role, Lily dashes his hopes when she admits she wants to find someone different for the part. Fitz refuses to give up his pursuit. Enlisting the reluctant help of his agent, Fitz poses as Roberto Terranova- a young Italian actor and the exact model of what Lily wants for the role. But trouble arises when Lily appears to be falling for the charming Italian and Fitz is left to wonder just how serious she was about finding someone different.Read More »

  • Robert Mulligan – Inside Daisy Clover (1965)

    1961-1970DramaRobert MulliganUSA

    Quote:
    “Inside Daisy Clover” is one of those films which divides movie buffs, beloved by some and detested by others. There’s no doubt that it’s an acquired taste, thanks largely to Wood’s bravely quirky, potentially audience-alienating performance in the title role – that of a 1930s teen starlet nurtured and then devoured by Hollywood’s monolithic studio system – one Swan Studios, run by a truly frightening Christopher Plummer (a role played the same year he did “The Sound of Music”).Read More »

  • Blake Edwards – The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

    1971-1980Blake EdwardsComedyCrimeUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    Third in the Pink Panther film franchise. The “Pink Panther” Diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and a white glove is left making everybody think that the famous jewel thief “The Phantom” has stolen it. This surprises everybody as it was thought that The Phantom was retired. It also surprises The Phantom (a.k.a. Sir Charles Litton (Christopher Plummer)) himself as he didn’t do it. He sets out from the south of France to Lugash find the diamond and to clear his name as pressure comes from the Lugash authorities to give back the diamond. Meanwhile, infamous French Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is called in to find the diamond and he immediately goes to the south of France to check up on Sir Charles. Lady Claudine Litton, Charles’ wife (Catherine Schell), discovers this and leads Clouseau on a false trail and, as normal, Clouseau, with his clueless methods, and Cato Fong (Burt Kwouk), his oriental manservant, cause mayhem as they try to find the diamond. Meanwhile, Clouseau pushes his boss, Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) too far and as the story proceeds, Dreyfus makes attempts to murder Clouseau and get him out of his life forever.Read More »

  • Robert Wise – The Sound of Music (1965)

    1961-1970ClassicsMusicalRobert WiseUSA

    Synopsis:
    In 1930’s Austria, a young woman named Maria is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When the Navy captain Georg Von Trapp writes to the convent asking for a governess that can handle his seven mischievous children, Maria is given the job. The Captain’s wife is dead, and he is often away, and runs the household as strictly as he does the ships he sails on. The children are unhappy and resentful of the governesses that their father keeps hiring, and have managed to run each of them off one by one. When Maria arrives, she is initially met with the same hostility, but her kindness, understanding, and sense of fun soon draws them to her and brings some much-needed joy into all their lives — including the Captain’s.Read More »

  • Terence Young – Triple Cross (1966)

    1961-1970CrimeFranceTerence YoungWar

    Eddie Chapman (Christopher Plummer) is a smooth operator, blowing up safes under the noise of a back firing car outside of the buildings and leaving a calling card before absconding with the pick of the jewels he steals. But whilst in Jersey he is caught and locked up for his crimes on the island which is where he spots the invasion of German soldiers as they marched on to the island. Spotting an opportunity he convinces those in command to let him work as a spy for Germany at which point his execution is faked and he spends time in France being trained by the Germans before being sent to London. But he hands himself in and becomes a double spy working for the British as long as he is pardoned, compensated and receives a wartime commendation for his work.Read More »

  • Nicholas Ray & Budd Schulberg – Wind Across the Everglades (1958)

    1951-1960AdventureBudd SchulbergClassicsNicholas RayUSA

    The co-drectorial attribution to producer Budd Schulberg is both miselading and unjustified. BP’s meddling “contribution” consisted of cutting and re editing a number of key sequences, beginning with the very opening. Thus Christopher Plummer’s train carraige shared with the array of befeathered floozies en route to Florida is weighed down by a banal voiceover making Ray’s subtle and amusing connection between the finery of the whores and the pillaging of native wildlife screaminlgy obvious, rather than visually graceful. Accordingn to Bernard Eisenschitz Ray was effectively locked out of the shoot for the final sequence – the film was shot largely in sequence- thus the closing scenes in the swamp were in fact directed by Bud Schulberg. Read More »

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