Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today

Oct 12, 2020

1h 29m

★ 0.0

Overview

Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements, controversies and legacies. Featuring a rich and surprising range of archive extracts and original interviews with many who created the series, including producers Kenith Trodd, Margaret Matheson and Richard Eyre, and directors Mike Leigh, David Hare and Ken Loach.

Genres

Documentary

Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Narrator

Martina Laird

Self

Peter Ansorge

Self

Roy Battersby

Self

Rachel Billington

Self

Richard Eyre

Self

David Hare

Self

Mike Leigh

Self

Ken Loach

Self

Margaret Matheson

Self

Ann Scott

Self

Kenith Trodd

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Lights would not be a talking picture, but it would have a soundtrack. Chaplin personally composed a musical score and sound effects for the picture. With Peter Lord, the famous co-creator of Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, we see how Chaplin became the king of slapstick comedy and the superstar of the movies.

3.8

Montgomery Clift

Jan 1, 1983

A documentary incorporating footage of Montgomery Clift’s most memorable films; interviews with family and friends, and rare archival material stretching back to his childhood. What develops is the story of an intense young boy who yearned for stardom, achieved notable success in such classic films as From Here to Eternity and I Confess, only to be ruined by alcohol addiction and his inability to face his own fears and homosexual desires. Montgomery Clift, as this film portrays him, may not have been a happy man but he never compromised his acting talents for Hollywood.

No Image Available

0.0

Jak vzniká film

Jan 1, 1926

No overview available.

7.0

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

Sep 1, 1995

More than 30 years have now passed since a certain time traveling police box first materialized on our television screens, and the exploits of its various crews have enthralled audiences ever since. Here is the story of Britain's Number 1 Science Fiction programme told in order of the various actors who have played the Doctor.

7.1

Filmworker

May 11, 2018

The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.

7.0

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Oct 28, 1968

In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation between a couple: he demands to know what's wrong, she challenges his sexual orientation. Cameras shoot the exchange, and another camera records Greaves and his crew. Sometimes we watch the crew discussing this scene, its language, and the process of making a movie. Is there such a thing as natural language? Are all things related to sex? The camera records distractions - a woman rides horseback past them; a garrulous homeless vet who sleeps in the park chats them up. What's the nature of making a movie?

0.0

The Blitz: London's Longest Night

Oct 27, 2007

Details the German bombing of London the night of the 29th of December, in 1940.

6.5

Salaam Cinema

Apr 14, 1995

Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the screen tests of the would-be actors.

9.0

Martin Scorsese Directs

Jun 16, 1990

Providing behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin Scorsese Directs depicts to riveting effect the way Scorsese brings the written story to life on the big screen. Additional interviews with the likes of Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Thelma Schoonmaker, the director’s own parents, and others build a perception of Scorsese that not everybody knows.

9.0

Our Cinema

Jul 1, 1940

No overview available.

No Image Available

0.0

À la rencontre de Marcel Hanoun

May 1, 1994

Film about Marcel Hanoun at work while making his film Les amants de Sarajevo in 1993.

No Image Available

6.0

3 Still Standing

Oct 4, 2014

Three stand-up comedians seek fame and fortune in the hottest comedy scene in the world: San Francisco in the 1980s.

7.5

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

Oct 8, 1999

There's not a person in the world who wouldn't recognize Mickey Mouse. But until now, not many knew the man who originally gave shape, movement and personality to the world's most beloved icon. "The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story" takes you behind the scenes to meet Walt Disney's best friend and chief animator.

6.6

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

Aug 6, 2009

An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.

No Image Available

0.0

Carnal Hell

Invalid Date

A documentary about the making of Joe Cash's last directorial feature film Carnal Redemption, showcasing the behind the scenes, the preproduction hell of the film and the mayhem which goes into a Joe Cash film.

7.9

Walt: The Man Behind the Myth

Sep 16, 2001

From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdom, he turned his dreams into entertainment for the ages. Now, learn his real story. Through exclusive footage and interviews with friends and family, this documentary traces the complicated life of legendary animator Walt Disney.

10.0

Neil Breen 5 Feature Film Retrospective

Apr 17, 2020

Filmmaker Neil Breen comments on his personal insight, motivations, goals, vision and his five feature films.

0.0

Alexeï Guerman, cinéaste bien interdit

Oct 1, 1990

This film was broadcast on La Sept in October 1990 as a part of Hélène Mochiri's Cinéma de poche program devoted to Soviet cinema. The documentary was produced in-house at La Sept and based on an exclusive interview with Alexei Guerman in May of that year. It has not been seen since.

7.2

11 Colours of the Bird

Mar 11, 2020

A behind-the-scenes look at the eleven-year process it took to make The Painted Bird. The narratives of director Václav Marhoul and actor Petr Kotlár weave their way through the various stages of the film's creation, offering their subjective views from the beginning to the last flap of a year-and-a-half long shoot.