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David Jones (7) (1934–2008)

Auteur van A Christmas Carol [1999 TV movie]

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Werken van David Jones

A Christmas Carol [1999 TV movie] (1999) — Director — 167 exemplaren
84 Charing Cross Road [1987 film] (1987) — Director — 108 exemplaren
The Shakespeare Collection [videorecording] (2005) — Director — 56 exemplaren
7th Heaven: The Complete Eighth Season (2009) — Director — 10 exemplaren
The Christmas Wife [1988 film] (2005) — Director — 10 exemplaren
The Trial [1993 film] 8 exemplaren
The Devil's Disciple [1987 TV play] — Director — 6 exemplaren
Jacknife [1989 film] (2011) 6 exemplaren
The Confession [1999 film] (1999) — Director — 6 exemplaren
Look Back in Anger [2005 film] (2005) — Director — 6 exemplaren
Fire in the Dark [1991 TV movie] (1991) — Director — 4 exemplaren
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (BBC TV Shakespeare Collection) (1984) — Director — 3 exemplaren
Living Your Dream Forever (2011) 2 exemplaren

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Officiële naam
Jones, David Hugh
Geboortedatum
1934-02-19
Overlijdensdatum
2008-09-18
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
UK
Beroepen
film director

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While not a fan of Dickens in general, I have always liked 'A Christmas Carol', so was pleased to be given this movie version of the story some time ago.

It stars Patrick Stewart, who is probably best-known for his role as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's a tribute to his acting that he made an extremely good Scrooge, but I did rather wish he had been given a wig. I could easily believe in him as the ultimate miser in the scenes in his hat, or even his night-cap, but when his head was bare he somehow looked more like the captain of the Enterprise (and I'm no Trekkie) than Dickens' character.

Still, it's a minor gripe. My other is that some of the special effects looked extremely dated, but then the film is ten years old and computer graphic effects have improved enormously since 1999.

I haven't read the book for some years, but from what I recall this film version was pretty true to the book. It worked well, and on the whole I enjoyed it. A nice start to Christmas!
… (meer)
 
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SueinCyprus | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 22, 2022 |
A 20-year-old nostalgic film, based on the correspondence between a young writer in New York and a middle-aged bookseller in the UK, beginning in the late 1940s.

Lovely contrasts of American excitement and British austerity, with the shared love of good books. No fast action, no high drama, just a lovely gentle film suitable for all the family, with a touch of sadness.
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SueinCyprus | 5 andere besprekingen | Mar 22, 2022 |
Tratto dal romanzo Fertig di Sol Yuric. Siamo a New York. Fertig (Kingley) è un ebreo praticante al quale muore il figlioletto perché al pronto soccorso, per le solite situazioni burocratiche, non si sono occupati in tempo di lui. Così uccide un medico, un'infermiera e un impiegato. Poi si costituisce. Il suo principale, gran boss delle costruzioni, gli paga un avvocato senza scrupoli per farlo dichiarare momentaneamente pazzo e salvarlo da una lunga pena. Blackie, l'avvocato (Baldwyn) indaga e scopre che, al di là della buona fede dell'imputato, che vuole essere condannato perché è giusto e sarebbe un modo per onorare suo figlio, c'è dietro un'abnorme truffa di miliardi di dollari connessa alla situazione idrica di New York. Con l'infermità mentale Fertig, che sa molte cose, non potrebbe più testimoniare. Blackie rifiuta molti soldi e al processo fa giustizia. Con la canonica grande battuta finale dei grandi processuali "non potevo passarci sopra". Sceneggiatura perfetta, un po' alla Grisham, con tutti gli ingredienti - tensioni, anche amori - al loro posto. Quando un film è così funzionale e alla fine così liberatorio, noi diciamo "vecchia maniera", purtroppo. Baldwyn, attore di ottimo appeal - anche lui vecchia maniera dunque - è stato maltrattato dai critici, in realtà è intenso e concentrato, bravissimo. Come Kingley e la Irving. Ben vengano questi film di impianto forte e tradizionale.(fonte: Mymovies)… (meer)
 
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MemorialeSardoShoah | Mar 28, 2020 |
Good, but the book is great.
 
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AnnArborCityClub | 5 andere besprekingen | Aug 31, 2017 |

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