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Clive Donner is a Director, Writer, Producer and Editor British born on 21 january 1926 at London (United-kingdom)
Clive Stanley Donner (21 January 1926 – 6 September 2010) was a British film director who was a defining part of the British New Wave, directing films such as The Caretaker, Nothing But the Best, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush and What's New Pussycat?. He also directed television movies and commercials through the mid-1990s.
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Clive Donner
Birth name Clive Stanley Donner
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 january 1926 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 6 september 2010 (at 84 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 january 1926 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 6 september 2010 (at 84 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Clive Stanley Donner (21 January 1926 – 6 September 2010) was a British film director who was a defining part of the British New Wave, directing films such as The Caretaker, Nothing But the Best, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush and What's New Pussycat?. He also directed television movies and commercials through the mid-1990s.
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Charlemagne (1993)
Directed by Clive Donner
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Histoire de France
Actors Christian Brendel, Anny Duperey, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus, Paolo Bonacelli, Xavier Deluc, Pierre Cosso
Rating67%
La vie et les batailles de Charlemagne, de son avènement au trône des Francs à son couronnement comme empereur d’Occident.
, 1h35Directed by Clive Donner
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Kate Nelligan, Jennifer Beals, Geraint Wyn Davies, Werner Stocker, Madeleine Robinson, Wolfgang Bathke
Rating58%
Kay et Michael Steiner sont mariés depuis plusieurs années. Mais le couple souffre de perpétuelles dissensions, car Kay vit mal les fréquentes absences de Michael dues à sa profession d’ingénieur. À la suite d’une de leurs disputes à l’école où Kay est enseignante, elle est enlevée par Tony Ortona, l’un de ses anciens élèves, qui rêve d'être son mari depuis toujours...
Stealing Heaven (1988)
, 1h55Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Derek de Lint, Denholm Elliott, Kim Thomson, Bernard Hepton, Kenneth Cranham, Rachel Kempson
Rating63%
Abelard is a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, and a champion of reason, at a time when academics are required to observe chastity. He falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil, a sixteen-year-old gentlewoman raised in a convent, who has both intellectual curiosity and a rebellious view of the low status of women in 12th century Europe. When the relationship is suspected, Heloise's uncle Fulbert, who had other plans for her marriage, works with the bishop of Paris to put a stop to it. Nevertheless, Abelard and Heloise have a child together and later are secretly married. Abelard faces a struggle with himself for acting against the will of God and yet loves Heloise too.
Babes in Toyland (1987)
, 2h20Directed by Clive Donner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Christmas films, Musical films, Films about toys, Children's films
Actors Drew Barrymore, Keanu Reeves, Richard Mulligan, Pat Morita, Eileen Brennan, Jill Schoelen
Rating52%
Lisa Piper (Drew Barrymore), an eleven-year-old girl from Cincinnati, Ohio, takes care of her siblings and cooks for her family. She has no time for toys, and refuses to be treated as a child. During a blizzard on Christmas Eve, Lisa is transported to Toyland. She arrives just before Mary Contrary (Jill Schoelen) is to be wedded to the unpleasant Barnaby Barnacle (Richard Mulligan), although Mary loves Barnaby's nephew, Jack Nimble (Keanu Reeves). Lisa stops the wedding and, with her new friends, finds out that Barnaby plans to take over Toyland. Lisa, Mary, Jack, and Georgie Porgie (Googy Gress) go to the kindly Toymaster (Pat Morita) for help, but he can only help them if Lisa really believes in toys. Barnaby confronts them and the Toymaster, finally showing his true colors, and steals a flask containing distilled evil that the Toymaster had been collecting, before leaving Lisa and company to be eaten by Trollog, a vulture-like monster with a single enchanted eye that Barnaby uses to spy on his enemies. They escape by blinding Trollog with paint and locking him in a chest, but are captured and imprisoned one by one in Barnaby's hidden fortress.
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
, 1h34Directed by Clive Donner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton, Constance Cummings, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jonathan Cecil, Kenneth Cranham
Rating62%
Durant un jeu de détective organisé par Arianne Oliver dans un club, un véritable meurtre est commis. Présent parmi les joueurs, Hercule Poirot se met à enquêter, aidé par son fidèle ami de toujours, le capitaine Hastings.
A Christmas Carol (1984)
, 1h40Directed by Clive Donner
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films
Actors George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, David Warner, Susannah York, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward
Rating77%
The film opens with a funeral procession, presumably that of Jacob Marley, as his death is mentioned by the narrator (Roger Rees). The scene then changes to seven years later, on Christmas Eve in 1843 within the business establishment of Scrooge and Marley. Bob Cratchit (David Warner), a clerk employed by Scrooge, comments that Marley has been dead for seven years, but is gruffly ordered to return to work by Marley's surviving partner, Ebenezer Scrooge (George C. Scott). Bob then attempts to add some coal to an almost nonexistent fire, but is stopped by Scrooge, who gives him a curt and cutting lecture on clothing as protection against the cold, and that "coal burns; coal is fleeting, and coal is costly". Scrooge then declares that there will be no more coal burned in the office that day, and orders Cratchit to return to work lest he be fired.
Oliver Twist (1983)
, 1h43Directed by Clive Donner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about children
Actors George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Timothy West, Eileen Atkins, Cherie Lunghi
Rating66%
The film opens with a young, blonde-haired woman outdoors during a rainstorm. She is seen struggling on her knees, and she manages to stumble into a home. The occupants, learning that the pregnant woman is about to go into labour, make preparations for her birth.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
, 2h22Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Political films, French Revolution films
Actors Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David, Dominic Jephcott
Rating75%
In 1792 during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution, a secret league of brave Englishmen are rescuing French aristocrats from the guillotine. The leader of this secret society is a mysterious English nobleman known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel, whose signature sign is a humble wayside flower. In society he hides his identity by posing as the wealthy but foppish and seemingly empty-headed Sir Percy Blakeney (Anthony Andrews). After rescuing the Count de Beaulieu and his family, Percy is introduced to the beautiful French actress Marguerite St. Just (Jane Seymour) through her brother, Armand (Malcolm Jamieson), whom he rescued from an attack. Percy is attracted to Marguerite, but she is in a relationship with Paul Chauvelin (Ian McKellen), an agent of Maximilien Robespierre. Due to the Scarlet Pimpernel's past successes, Chauvelin is assigned to discover his identity and capture him.
, 1h37Directed by Clive Donner, Paul Baxley
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller
Actors Peter Ustinov, Brian Keith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Hatch, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson
Rating41%
Retired detective Charlie Chan is asked for his help by the San Francisco police to solve a new series of murders. But this time his usual sidekick, Number One Son, has been replaced by Lee's own son, Lee Chan, Jr.
The Nude Bomb (1980)
, 1h34Directed by Clive Donner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Don Adams, Sylvia Kristel, Dana Elcar, Andrea Howard, Vittorio Gassman, Rhonda Fleming
Rating51%
La société KAOS a inventé une arme capable de détruire tous les vêtements sur Terre. L'agent Maxwell Smart, aidé de l'Agent 34 vont tenter de déjouer les plans de Sauvage, le patron de la société. La tâche se complique lorsqu'on découvre que Sauvage a aussi mis au point une machine capable de cloner les humains. Il va falloir retrouver le bon Sauvage.
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
, 1h42Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Roddy McDowall, Kabir Bedi, Terence Stamp, Peter Ustinov, Frank Finlay, Marina Vlady
Rating58%
Soon after mysterious death of his father, Prince Taj of Sakkar is persuaded to compete for the hand of Princess Yasmine of Baghdad. He is ambushed by agents of his own Wazir, Jaudur. His royal seal is stolen and an innocent man is murdered in his place. Arriving in Baghdad, dressed in rags and hungry, he befriends Hasani, magician and thief.
The Three Hostages (1977)
, 1h25Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Spy films
Actors Barry Foster, Diana Quick, John Castle, David Markham, Donald Pickering, Hilary Mason
Spectre (1977)
, 1h38Directed by Clive Donner
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Demons in film
Actors Robert Culp, Gig Young, John Hurt, James Villiers, Ann Bell, Gordon Jackson
Rating59%
William Sebastian (Robert Culp) is a former criminologist who now studies the occult to explain the problem of human evil. He has been cursed on one of his adventures by the demon Asmodeus, leaving him in constant need of medical attention. He summons an old colleague, Dr. "Ham" Hamilton (Gig Young) to his home to help him with a case involving the Cyon family. Dr. Hamilton does not believe in the occult and thinks that Sebastian and his housekeeper Lilith (Majel Barrett) are playing tricks on him when he witnesses unusual events.
Rogue Male (1976)
, 1h43Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Actors Peter O'Toole, John Standing, Alastair Sim, Harold Pinter, Michael Byrne, Ray Smith
Rating65%
In early 1939, before the start of World War II, Sir Robert Hunter (O'Toole) takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high-powered rifle, but misses when he is spotted and tackled by an SS guard. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo, he is then left for dead, but manages to make his way back to England where, to his shock, he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Believing that the government would, in all likelihood, turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground (literally) to escape his pursuers.
Vampira (1974)
, 1h28Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films
Actors David Niven, Teresa Graves, Jennie Linden, Veronica Carlson, Nicky Henson, Linda Hayden
Rating44%
Count Dracula is an old vampire who, because of his advanced age, is forced to host tours of his castle to get new victims. In an attempt to revive his long-lost love, Vampira, Dracula sets out to collect blood from the bevy of Playboy Playmates living at his castle. However, one of the Playmates whose blood is drained is black, turning the revived Vampira into a black woman.