Sir John Mills Moving Memories

Starring: Bernard Lee, Laurence Olivier Director: Marcus Dillistone Original UK Premiere: 2002 Dvd Release: 9th September, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Black & White, Colour, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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DVD Extras: Sir John Mills' Moving Memories is a short main feature & there has been little attempt to make use of the additional disc space. Extras are limited to text-only biographies & filmographies, plus a selection of movie stills. The quality of the picture & sound betrays the film's television origins, although the home movie footage is blessed with a rich, vibrant colour.

A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britains most distinguished actors. Compiled from interviews with the man himself & with his family & friends, it traces his career from humble beginnings to all-time great of British cinema. The many film clips reveal an electric screen presence & a willingness to undertake a range of difficult, challenging roles.

The package creates major interest with its excerpts from hundreds of hours of home movies shot by Mills during the 1950s & 1960s. These not only capture his young family but many of the periods biggest stars at their most candid: there cannot be many films showing Sir Laurence Olivier belly-flopping into a swimming pool. This is a fascinating document of a bygone age & a fine tribute to a genuine legend.

Bernard Lee is a British actor who was best known for his role as M in the James Bond movies. In the movies, M is Bonds boss who sends him out on assignments. Lee, was succeeded by Robert Brown who supposedly played the same character. Judi Dench would later take over the role of M during the Pierce Brosnan Bond-era. He also starred in the 1976 TV show Beauty & the Beast with George C Scott. A year later he starred in the TV show A Christmas Carol as the Ghost of Christmas Present. In 1981, Lee passed away after a battle with cancer. Bernard Lee starred in eleven James Bond films.

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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor & director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. Laurence Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey. He attended the Central School of Speech Training & Dramatic Art. It was his father, a clergyman, who decided that Laurence - or Kim as the family called him - would become an actor. His stage breakthrough was in Noel Coward s Private Lives & in Romeo & Juliet alternating the roles of Romeo & Mercutio with John Gielgud. His film breakthrough was his portrayal of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights in 1939. He was founding director of the National Theatre of Great Britain. On July 25, 1930, he married Jill Esmond, whom Olivier biographer Donald Spoto described as a diffident lesbian. They had one son, Tarquin & were divorced on January 29, 1940. By 1938, he had embarked on a torrid affair with Vivien Leigh, who was also married. Finally divorced by their respective spouses, they married on August 31, 1940 at San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, with Katharine Hepburn as the maid of honour. Posters Of Laurence Olivier

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