Tagged Michael Powell

Peeping Tom (1960 UK 101 mins) Source: Potential Films Prod Co: Michael Powell (Theatre) Prod, Dir: Michael Powell Scr: Leo Marks Phot: Otto Heller Ed: Noreen Ackland Art Dir: Arthur Lawrence Mus: Brian Easd...

“Forty years ago… forty years ago” is the ghostly refrain that accompanies the old Blimp General Wynne-Candy falling into a pool in the Turkish bath of a London gentleman’s club in 1942. He’s been caught nappin...

A Backstory Thursday 27 March 1969 was an iconic day in the evolution of the modern Australian cinema. In Melbourne, at the Forum Cinema, Tim Burstall’s Two Thousand Weeks had its world première. In Brisban...

Black Narcissus (1947 UK 100 mins) Prod Co: The Archers/Independent Producers Prod, Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Scr: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, from the novel by Rumer Godden Phot: J...

Michael Powell’s 1966 satire on Australian life-style made extensive use of Sydney locations. Collins discusses a range of cultural discourses that frame conceptions of the city, both real and imaginary.

Age of Consent (1969 Australia/Britain 105 mins) Source: Sony Prod Co: Nautilus Productions Prod: Michael Powell, James Mason Assoc Prod: Michael Pate Dir: Michael Powell Scr: Peter Yeldham, from the nov...

An Airman’s Letter to His Mother (1941 UK 5 mins) Source: PC Prod, Dir, Phot: Michael Powell Add Phot: Bernard Browne Narration: John Gielgud (and Michael Powell) Although this short film appears i...

A Canterbury Tale (1944 UK 124 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: The Archers Prod, Dir, Scr: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Phot: Edwin Hillier Ed: John Seabourne Prod Des: Alfred Junge Mus: Allan Gray ...

Contraband (1940 UK 92 mins) Source: BFI Prod Co: British National Prod: John Corfield Dir: Michael Powell Scr: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, based on screenplay by Brock Williams, story by Pressbu...

The Edge of the World (1937 UK 81 mins) Source: BFI Prod Co: Rock Studios Prod: Joe Rock Dir, Scr: Michael Powell Phot: Ernest Palmer, Skeets Kelly, Monty Berman Ed: Derek Twist Mus Dir: Cyril Ray Cas...

Gone to Earth (1950 UK 110 mins) Source: BFI/Disney Prod Co: London Film Productions/Vanguard Productions Prod: David O. Selznick, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburg...

I Know Where I'm Going! (1945 UK 92 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: The Archers Prod, Dir, Scr: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Phot: Erwin Hillier Ed: John Seabourne Art Dir: Alfred Junge Mus: Allan Gra...