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- '''''Derek and Clive Get the Horn''''' is a 1979 British [[w:Documentary film|documentary]] [[w:comedy film|comedy film]] that chronicles the recording of [[Peter Co Cook instead chose to release the film [[w:Direct-to-video|straight to video]], a format that was at the time unregulated, but this pl4 KB (535 words) - 11:22, 19 December 2022
- | studio = Celandine Films <br />[[Python (Monty) Pictures|The Monty Python Partnership]] ...cCabe |first1=Bob|year=1999|title=Dark Knights and Holy Fools: The Art and Films of Terry Gilliam: From Before Python to Beyond Fear and Loathing |page=106|7 KB (1,099 words) - 22:57, 7 February 2023
- ...cle Bill]]'' (1957) the last,<ref>Parkinson, David. ''Radio Times Guide to Films 2010'', BBC Worldwide, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-9555886-2-4}}</ref> although some ...little in common with the later Ealing comedy films. Ealing made no comedy films at all in 1945 and 1946.<ref name="auto">Murphy p.211</ref>12 KB (1,827 words) - 20:19, 10 March 2023
- In 2016, it was announced that Peter Medak was directing a feature-length documentary about the ill-fated production, called ''[[The Ghost of Peter Sellers]]''. [[Category:1974 films]]14 KB (2,127 words) - 12:02, 4 August 2024
- | Best British Documentary Film or Short Script [[Category:1965 films]]13 KB (1,833 words) - 22:47, 15 March 2023
- ...his work for [[w:Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]], for whom he directed 14 films, and [[w:science fiction film]|]s. He enjoyed a long career in the film ind ...starred Askey, ''[[Bees in Paradise]]'' (1944). He followed this with two films starring [[Vic Oliver]] and [[Margaret Lockwood]], ''[[Give Us the Moon]]''16 KB (2,505 words) - 14:22, 24 December 2022
- ...This broadcast included a laugh track. The first episode was preceded by a documentary, ''[[Alexander Armstrong (comedian)|Alexander Armstrong]]'s Real Ripping Ya ...ame = Zeta/> Bell used [[Michael Radford]], who later became noted for the films ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film)|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'', ''[[White Mi9 KB (1,296 words) - 14:31, 11 March 2023
- ...chive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729201356/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b808b4c|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2016|title=The | gross = $1 million (U.S./ Canada rentals)<ref>"Big Rental Films of 1973", ''Variety'', 9 January 1974, p. 60</ref>17 KB (2,648 words) - 08:10, 11 September 2024
- ...964) and ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965). He also scripted several films directed by others, such as ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League o ...o act, appearing on stage and playing numerous supporting roles in British films, in particular ''[[An Inspector Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (126 KB (3,780 words) - 23:00, 19 February 2023
- ...of satirical comedies in the 1950s and 1960s. They produced many of their films through their own production company, '''Charter Film Productions''', which ...<ref name="bfi1">{{cite web |title=Ripe Earth |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69d70b54 |website=British Film Institute |access-date=8 Apri27 KB (3,986 words) - 22:27, 24 August 2024
- * Celandine Films ...tle=Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (1983) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6e742e39 |access-date=26 July 2021 |agency=BFI}}</ref>29 KB (4,346 words) - 08:46, 18 January 2023
- ...which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian|Life of Brian]]'' and ''[[Monty Python's T ...es|date = 23 January 2020|last1 = Andrews|first1 = Nigel}}</ref> His later films include ''[[Erik the Viking]]'' (1989) and ''[[The Wind in the Willows (19956 KB (7,720 words) - 19:07, 4 September 2024
- ...(animated TV series)|animated spin-off]] and two theatrical feature-length films along with Atkinson reprising his role as Mr. Bean for a performance at the ...he Party]]'' (1968) and [[Inspector Clouseau]] in ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' films.<ref>{{cite news |title=Want funny? See his movies. |url=https://www.latime64 KB (9,330 words) - 13:24, 25 August 2024
- ...ained a successful film career, starring in a string of [[Ealing Studios]] films including ''[[Sailors Three]]'' (1940), ''[[Champagne Charlie (1944 film)|C ...b |title=Eating out with Tommy Trinder (1941) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69e3dd0c |website=Bfi |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>32 KB (4,486 words) - 08:05, 1 October 2024
- ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate30 KB (4,205 words) - 17:53, 21 December 2022
- ...all 295 episodes, comprising thirty-one series—including the pilot and all films and specials—have been released on DVD.<ref name="DVD">{{cite news|url=ht .../> There were twenty-one Christmas specials, three television films and a documentary film about the series. ''Last of the Summer Wine'' inspired other adaptatio75 KB (11,320 words) - 08:11, 15 March 2023
- * Kettledrum Films ...gth and announces an [[Intermission|interval]]. In the meantime, two short films are shown – one starring a man ([[Michael Palin]]) with a tape recorder u27 KB (4,333 words) - 22:40, 21 September 2024
- ...orsyth attended [[the Latymer School]]. After watching [[Fred Astaire]] in films at the age of eight, he trained in dance in [[Tottenham]] and then [[Brixto ...e London Palladium]]''<ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f18f909|title=Bruce Forsyth|publisher=BFI|access-date=15 Au49 KB (6,903 words) - 13:04, 18 March 2023
- ...ish actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character tha ...and many [[Eastern Bloc]] countries, particularly in [[Albania]] where his films were the only ones by Western actors permitted by dictator [[Enver Hoxha]]50 KB (7,368 words) - 22:33, 24 August 2024
- ...tor.{{sfn|Sellers|2015|pp=146–147}} With studio space limited by the other films being produced, Balcon insisted that the film had to be made on location.{{ ...ocation. As most of the established production staff were working on other films at Ealing, many of Mackendrick's team were inexperienced.{{sfn|McArthur|20041 KB (6,203 words) - 17:04, 25 April 2023