William Oliver Rowe is a Actor and Sound British born on 2 february 1931 at Crook, County Durham (United-kingdom)
William Oliver Rowe
William Oliver Rowe participated to
42 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
10 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Sound
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Directed by Ridley ScottOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
HorrorThemes Space adventure films,
Monde imaginaire,
Dans l'espace,
Sur une planète fictive,
Films set in the future,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Space opera,
Children's films,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Robot filmsActors Tom Skerritt,
Sigourney Weaver,
Veronica Cartwright,
Harry Dean Stanton,
John Hurt,
Ian HolmRoles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating84%
The commercial spacecraft Nostromo is on a return trip to Earth with a seven-member crew in stasis. Detecting a mysterious transmission, possibly a distress signal, from a nearby planetoid, the ship's computer, MOTHER, awakens the crew. Following standard company policy for such situations, the Nostromo lands on the planetoid and Captain Dallas, Executive Officer Kane, and Navigator Lambert head out to investigate. They discover the signal is coming from a derelict alien spacecraft. Inside, they find the remains of a large alien creature whose ribcage appears to have exploded from the inside., 1h59
Directed by Hugh HudsonOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy-drama,
HistoricalThemes Films about religion,
Sports films,
Athletics films,
Films about the Olympic Games,
Films about Jews and Judaism,
Children's filmsActors Ben Cross,
Ian Charleson,
Nigel Havers,
Cheryl Campbell,
Alice Krige,
Ian HolmRoles Sound Mixer
Rating70%
In 1919, Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) enters the University of Cambridge, where he experiences anti-Semitism from the staff, but enjoys participating in the Gilbert and Sullivan club. He becomes the first person to ever complete the Trinity Great Court Run – running around the college courtyard in the time it takes for the clock to strike 12. Abrahams achieves an undefeated string of victories in various national running competitions. Although focused on his running, he falls in love with a leading Gilbert and Sullivan soprano, Sybil (Alice Krige)., 1h59
Directed by Stanley Kubrick,
Brian W. CookOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Fantastic,
HorrorThemes Films about alcoholism,
Films about writers,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Feminist films,
Medical-themed films,
Psychologie,
Films about drugs,
Films about domestic violence,
Ghost films,
Films about psychiatry,
Comedy horror filmsActors Jack Nicholson,
Shelley Duvall,
Danny Lloyd,
Scatman Crothers,
Barry Nelson,
Philip StoneRoles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating82%
Jack Torrance arrives at the mountain isolated Overlook Hotel, 25 miles from the closest town, Sidewinder, Colorado, interviewing for the position of winter caretaker, planning to use the hotel's solitude to write. The hotel, built on the site of a Native American burial ground, becomes snowed-in during the winter; it is closed from October to May. Manager Stuart Ullman warns Jack that a previous caretaker, Charles Grady, developed cabin fever and killed his family and himself. In Boulder, Jack's son, Danny Torrance, while brushing his teeth, has a terrifying premonition about the hotel, viewing a cascade of blood emerging from an elevator door, before falling in trance. Jack's wife, Wendy, tells a doctor that Danny has an imaginary friend named Tony, and that Jack has given up drinking because he dislocated Danny's shoulder following a binge., 2h43
Directed by Bernardo BertolucciOrigin ItalieGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Films about children,
Politique,
Political films,
Films about royaltyActors John Lone,
Joan Chen,
Peter O'Toole,
Victor Wong,
Dennis Dun,
Ryūichi SakamotoRoles Sound Designer
Rating76%
The film opens in 1950, five years after the capture of Puyi by the Red Army when the Soviet Union entered the Pacific War in 1945 and his having been kept in their custody. In the recently established People's Republic of China Puyi arrives as a political prisoner and war criminal at the Fushun Prison. Soon after his arrival, Puyi attempts suicide, which only renders him unconscious., 2h8
Directed by Sidney LumetOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Assassinat,
Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Film se déroulant dans un trainActors Albert Finney,
Lauren Bacall,
Sean Connery,
Jean-Pierre Cassel,
Jacqueline Bisset,
Ingrid BergmanRoles Sound
Rating71%
Detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is returning to England aboard the Orient Express. During the journey, Poirot encounters his friend Monsieur Bianchi—Monsieur Bouc in the novel -- (Martin Balsam), a director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, which owns the line. The train is unusually crowded for the time of year: every first-class berth has been booked. The morning after the train's departure from Istanbul, a wealthy American businessman, Ratchett (Richard Widmark), tries to secure Poirot's services for $15,000 since he has received many death threats, but Poirot finds the case of little interest and turns it down. That night the train is caught in heavy snows in the Balkans. The next morning Ratchett is found stabbed to death in his cabin., 2h18
Directed by Roland JofféOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Politique,
Political filmsActors Sam Waterston,
John Malkovich,
Haing S. Ngor,
Julian Sands,
Craig T. Nelson,
Spalding GrayRoles Sound Mixer
Rating77%
In the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh during May 1973, the Cambodian national army is fighting a civil war with the Khmer Rouge, a result of the Vietnam War overspilling that country’s borders. Dith Pran, a Cambodian journalist and interpreter for The New York Times, awaits the arrival of reporter Sydney Schanberg at the city's airport but leaves suddenly. Schanberg takes a cab to his hotel where he meets up with Al Rockoff (John Malkovich). Pran meets Schanberg later and tells him that an incident has occurred in a town, Neak Leung; allegedly, an American B-52 has bombed the town., 2h12
Directed by Barbra StreisandOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Feminist films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about religion,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Transgender in film,
Musical films,
Political films,
Films about Jews and Judaism,
Films based on plays,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related film,
Cross-dressing in filmActors Mandy Patinkin,
Barbra Streisand,
Amy Irving,
Nehemiah Persoff,
Steven Hill,
Doreen MantleRoles ADR Mixer
Rating65%
Barbra Streisand portrays Yentl Mendel, a girl living in an Ashkenazi shtetl named Pechev in Poland in the early 20th century. Yentl's father, Rebbe Mendel (Nehemiah Persoff), secretly instructs her in the Talmud despite the proscription of such study by women according to the custom of her community., 2h16
Directed by Stanley KubrickOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Social science fiction,
CrimeThemes L'adolescence,
Films about children,
Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Prison films,
Films about sexuality,
Films about suicide,
Rape in fiction,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films set in the future,
Films about classical music and musicians,
Films about psychiatry,
Political films,
Dystopian filmsActors Malcolm McDowell,
Patrick Magee,
Adrienne Corri,
Miriam Karlin,
Godfrey Quigley,
Anthony SharpRoles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating81%
In futuristic London, Alex DeLarge is the leader of his "droogs", Georgie, Dim and Pete. One night, after getting intoxicated on "drencrom" (milk laced with drugs), they engage in an evening of "ultra-violence," which includes beating an elderly vagrant and fighting a rival gang led by Billyboy. After stealing a car, they drive to the country home of writer F. Alexander, where they beat Mr. Alexander to the point of crippling him for life. Alex then rapes his wife while singing "Singin' in the Rain"., 2h6
Directed by Roland JofféOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Films about religion,
Indiens d'AmazonieActors Robert De Niro,
Jeremy Irons,
Ray McAnally,
Aidan Quinn,
Cherie Lunghi,
Liam NeesonRoles ADR Mixer
Rating73%
The film is set in the 1750s and involves Spanish Jesuit priest Father Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) who enters the South American jungle to build a mission station and convert a Guaraní community to Christianity. The Guaraní community above the perilous Iguazu Falls has tied a priest to a cross and sent him over the falls to his death. Father Gabriel travels to the falls, climbs to the top, and plays his oboe. The Guaraní warriors, captivated by the music, allow him to live., 2h20
Directed by John GuillerminOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Films set in AfricaActors Peter Ustinov,
Simon MacCorkindale,
Lois Chiles,
Mia Farrow,
Bette Davis,
George KennedyRoles Sound Recordist
Rating72%
The film begins with a meeting between wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles) and her close friend Jacqueline de Bellefort (Mia Farrow). Jacquie wants her fiancé, Simon Doyle (Simon MacCorkindale), to work for Linnet, but he and Linnet have a whirlwind affair and end up marrying. While honeymooning in Egypt, they are continually hounded by the jilted Jacquie. In an attempt to get away, the Doyles pretend to go to the Cairo Railway Station before backtracking to board their booked cruise on a Nile paddle steamer, the S.S. Karnak.