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Michael Apted
Michael David Apted, CMG (born 10 February 1941) is an English director, producer, writer and actor. He is one of the most prolific British film directors of his generation but is best known for his work on the Up series of documentaries.
On 29 June 2003 he was elected President of the Directors...
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Coal Miner's Daughter
Coal Miner's Daughter is an American 1980 biographical film which tells the story of country music performer Loretta Lynn. It stars Sissy Spacek in her Academy Award for Best Actress winning role, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo and Levon Helm,...
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- Mar 7, 1980
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- 125 min (75 hs )
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The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough (1999) is the nineteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by...
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- 1999
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Runtime:
- 128 min (76.8 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 135,000,000 (US$)
Nell
Nell is a 1994 drama film starring Jodie Foster as a young woman who has to face other people for the first time after being raised by her mother in an isolated cabin. The film was directed by Michael Apted, and was based on Mark Handley's play...
Initial release date:
- Dec 14, 1994
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- 113 min (67.8 hs )
Enough
Enough is a 2002 Hollywood psychological thriller. It stars Jennifer Lopez as Slim, a young waitress who one day finds the man of her dreams in the diner where she works. A few years later, they have a young daughter, Gracie (Tessa Allen), and it is...
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- May 24, 2002
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- 116 min (69.6 hs )
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Class Action
Class Action is a 1991 film directed by Michael Apted. Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio star; Laurence Fishburne, Colin Friels, Fred Dalton Thompson and Donald Moffat are also featured.
The story is about a lawsuit concerning injuries...
Initial release date:
- Mar 15, 1991
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Runtime:
- 110 min (66 hs )
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Blink
Blink is a 1994 Neo-noir thriller film starring Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn. Director Michael Apted was nominated for a Crystal Globe award for the film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and screenwriter Dana Stevens was nominated...
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- 1994
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Runtime:
- 106 min (63.6 hs )
Enigma
Enigma is a 2001 British film about the Enigma codebreakers of Bletchley Park in World War II. The film, directed by Michael Apted, stars Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet. The film's screenplay was by Tom Stoppard and is based on the novel Enigma by...
Initial release date:
- Jan 22, 2001
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Runtime:
- 119 min (71.4 hs )
The Squeeze
For other films called "The Squeeze" see The Squeeze (disambiguation))
The Squeeze is a 1977 British gangster thriller, directed by Michael Apted, based on a novel by Bill James (under the pseudonym, "David Craig"). The screenplay was written by...
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- 1977
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Continental Divide
Continental Divide is a 1981 American romantic comedy. It was directed by Michael Apted from an original screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and produced by Steven Spielberg and stars John Belushi and Blair Brown. An attempt was made during the...
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- 1981
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Runtime:
- 103 min (61.8 hs )
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Agatha
Agatha (1979) is a dramatic thriller directed by Michael Apted, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman and Timothy Dalton, and written by Kathleen Tynan. The film focuses on renowned crime writer Agatha Christie, offering a theory as to her still...
Initial release date:
- Feb 9, 1979
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- 98 min (59 hs )
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Gorky Park
Gorky Park, the 1983 movie based on the novel Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith, was directed by Michael Apted from the screenplay by Dennis Potter (for which he won a 1984 Edgar Award). The main stars of the film are William Hurt as Arkady Renko, Lee...
Initial release date:
- Dec 15, 1983
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Runtime:
- 130 min (78 hs )
Thunderheart
Thunderheart is a 1992 American mystery film directed by Michael Apted with Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, and Fred Ward. Val Kilmer plays an FBI agent with Sioux heritage investigating a murder on a Native American reservation. Graham...
Initial release date:
- Apr 3, 1992
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Runtime:
- 119 min (71.4 hs )
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace is a 2006 film directed by Michael Apted about the campaign against the slave trade in 19th century Britain, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The...
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- 2007
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Runtime:
- 118 min (70.8 hs )
Extreme Measures
Extreme Measures is a 1996 thriller film based on Michael Palmer's 1991 novel of the same name, about the ethics of how far we are willing to go, and how much we are willing to sacrifice, in order to cure the world's ills.
Dr. Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant...
Initial release date:
- Sep 27, 1996
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Runtime:
- 118 min (70.8 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 38,000,000 (US$)
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Firstborn
Firstborn is a 1984 drama film starring Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Christopher Collet, Corey Haim (in his film debut), Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr..
Jake Livingston has always been the man of the Livingston home since his parents were...
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- Oct 26, 1984
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- 103 min (61.8 hs )
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Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
Gorillas in the Mist is a 1988 film which tells the true-life story of naturalist Dian Fossey and her work in Rwanda with Mountain Gorillas. The screenplay was adapted by Anna Hamilton Phelan from articles by Alex Shoumatoff and Harold T. P. Hayes...
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- 1988
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- 129 min (77.4 hs )
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Critical Condition
Critical Condition is a 1987 comedy film starring Richard Pryor. Pryor plays Kevin Lenahan, a con man who is framed in a jewel robbery. In order to escape custody, he poses as surgeon Dr. Edward Slattery at a local hospital.
Actor Wesley Snipes has...
Initial release date:
- Jan 1987
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Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
Stardust
Stardust is a 1974 British film directed by Michael Apted and starring David Essex and Adam Faith. The film is the sequel to the 1973 film That'll Be The Day. Its tagline is: "Show me a boy who never wanted to be a rock star and I'll show you a liar...
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Runtime:
- 111 min (66.6 hs )
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Goal 3
Goal! 3: Taking on the World is the third part of the association football Goal! film trilogy, directed by, written, and produced by Mike Jefferies from the first two Goal! films. Unlike its two predecessors, this film did not have a theatrical...
Initial release date:
- 2008
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Incident at Oglala
Incident at Oglala is a 1992 documentary by Michael Apted, narrated by Robert Redford. The film documents the murder of two FBI agents, Coler and Williams, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975, and the legal case surrounding the subsequent...
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- 1992
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Runtime:
- 89 min (53 hs )
Bring on the Night
Bring on the Night is a 1985 documentary film, directed by Michael Apted, which focuses on the jazz-inspired project and band led by the British musician Sting during the early stages of his solo career. Some of the songs, whose recording sessions...
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- 1985
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- 97 min (58 hs )
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The Triple Echo
The Triple Echo is a 1972 film starring Glenda Jackson, Brian Deacon and Oliver Reed, and based on a novel by H. E. Bates. Brian Deacon played the deserter from the British Army. It is also known as Soldier in Skirts. The film was directed by...
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will be a fantasy film based on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third published novel in C. S. Lewis' children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. The third film in Walt Disney...
Initial release date:
- May 7, 2010
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P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang is a film first shown on Channel 4 on its second night, 3 November, 1982.
Written by Jack Rosenthal, it is a simple coming-of-age film set in the outer London suburbs of the 1950s. It is the story of Alan Duckworth (John...
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The Chronicles of Narnia : The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 epic fantasy film based on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third published novel in C. S. Lewis's fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is the third in The Chronicles of...
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 fantasy film based on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third published novel in C.S. Lewis's fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is the third in The Chronicles of Narnia...
Initial release date:
- Dec 10, 2010
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The Power of the Game
The Power of the Game is a 2007 film directed by Michael Apted.
Initial release date:
- 2007
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Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
Inspirations
Inspirations is a 1997 film directed by Michael Apted.
Initial release date:
- 1997
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Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
Me & Isaac Newton
Me & Isaac Newton is a 1999 film directed by Michael Apted.
Initial release date:
- 1999
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Moving the Mountain
Moving the Mountain is a 1994 film directed by Michael Apted.
Initial release date:
- May 19, 1995
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Runtime:
- 83 min (50 hs )
