All
of the movies listed below, are movies George has had some involvement
with
in
one way or another, with is production company Handmade Films.
Please click on a movie cover
to get more
information at Internet Movie
Database.
Comedy/Documentary
- March 22, 1978 
All You Need Is Cash Stars:
the Beatles parody group the Rutles, and many other famous people. as well
as the cast from the original Saturday Night Live. George is in a disguise
see
if you can point him out next time you watch this hilarious take on the
Beatles. |
Comedy -
1979 
Life of Brian A very light side of the life
and times that Jesus lived. Starring: Monty Python's Flying Circus. written
by the Monty Python group and Directed by Terry Jones. George makes as
quick appearance during the scene where all of the worshipers are in Brian's
house. You'll have to see the movie
for your self to find him. |
Drama -1979  The Long Good Friday Starring: Bob Hoskins, Eddie Constantine,
Director: John MacKenzie Gritty, complex crime drama about British mob
boss harried by mysterious organization. Critics praised its strong performances,
tension-building storyline. Sure-fire entertainment for genre, art-house
fans seeking multi-layered, suspenseful viewing. |
Comedy - 1981  Time Bandits Starring: Sean Connery, Michael
Palin Shelley Duvall, John Cleese, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond
and David Warner. Director: Terry Gilliam. Imaginative time-travel adventure
about boy hopping through history with band of bumbling dwarves. Full of
innovative effects and zany comedy, this is a favorite of fans of offbeat,
humorous fantasies. Written by Michael Palin |
Comedy - 1982  Monty
Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl Stars: Monty
Python Flying Circus again but this time with Neil Innes!!! Director: Terry
Hughes and the Python gang who also wrote it. but with a little help from
their friends Carol Cleveland and a bloke named Neil Innes. |
Comedy
- 1982  The Missionary Starring: Michael
Palin Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, and Michael Hordern. Written by Richard
Loncraine. Director: Michael Palin. A Mild comedy about missionary running
home for prostitutes. Spoofy feel, strong cast, high production value entertain
genre fans seeking a light comedy. Monty Python fans may be disappointed. |
Comedy
- 1984  Privates on Parade Starring: John Cleese,
and Denis Quilley, Director: Michael Blackmore. A group of enlisted men
entertain the troops with song and dance in the Malay jungle during WWII. |
Drama
Scrubbers Starring: This information was not available. Director: Mai Zetterling |
Comedy
- 1983 
Bullshot Featuring: Alan Shearman, Diz White and Ron
House. A Fast-moving spoof of fictional British crime fighter Bulldog Drummond.
Non-stop mix of zany slapstick and goofy gags charms fans of madcap English
comedy, though discerning viewers may find humor somewhat hit-and-miss. |
Comedy
- 1985  A Private Function Stars: Michael Palin, and Maggie
Smith, Director: Malcolm Mowbray. Offbeat comedy about poor podiatrist
stealing contraband pig in post-WWII Yorkshire. This gag-filled film, with
its cruel humor streak, is strictly for British comedy fans searching for
darkly droll chuckles. |
Comedy
- 1985  Starring:
Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro and Fred Gwynne, Director:
Dick Clement Star-studded comedy of errors/political farce about British-controlled Caribbean
island that discovers valuable mineral water underground. Not very well-received at its release, but forgiving fans of culture clash comedies
may appreciate. |
Comedy/Adventure
- 1986  Shanghai Surprise Starring: Madonna, and Sean Penn.
Written by John Kohn and Robert Bentley. Director: Jim Goddard. A
missionary hires a soldier of fortune to find a missing opium stash she
has earmarked for wounded soldiers. |
Drama - 1986  Staring: Bob Hoskins and Cathy
Tyson. Director: Neil Jordan. Small-potatoes London hood gets involved
in life of high-priced hooker. Suspense-building art-house hit, with its
London underworld atmosphere and acclaimed performances, appeals both to
thriller and character study fans. |
Comedy
- 1986  Withanial and I Starring: Richard E, Grant,
Richard Griffiths Director: Bruce Robinson. All other information was not available. Ironic
black comedy/60s period piece about two unemployed English
actors' ill-fated trip to countryside. Art-house cult favorite pleases
fans of witty, intellectual dialogue and eccentric, colorful character
portraits. |
Drama
- 1988  Track
29 Starring: Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, and
Christopher Lloyd, Director: Nicolas Roeg. Wild black comedy about neglected
wife visited by mysterious, sinister young man. For fans of offbeat films
in the mood for something utterly bizarre. Best appreciated by devoted
Roeg/Russell followers. |
Drama
- 1988  The
Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Starring: Maggie
Smith and Bob Hoskins. Director: Jack Clayton
An aging Irish spinster misunderstands the intentions of a romantically
unreceptive boarding house lodger in this harrowing drama of unrequited
love. |
Drama
- 1989  Starring: Gary Farmer, Director: Jonathan
Wacks. A powerful road movie about two Native Americans traveling through
desolate Western reservations. Critics applauded its strong performances,
eye-opening storyline. Must-see for fans of mystical/comedic/violent drama
that contains thought-provoking historical insights. |
Drama
- 1988  Featuring: Jodie Foster, John
Turturro, Director: Tony Bill . A sixties period piece showcases the lives
of several young Bronx dwellers. Mixing humor with some violence, still
has appeal to fans of atmosphere and character study, despite some dating. |
Comedy
- 1989  Staring: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Mayron
and Directed by David Leland. Following the death of his best friend, a
young man becomes a hypochondriac fearing an early death. |
Comedy
- 1989 
How To Get Ahead in Advertising Starring: Richard
E. Grant, Rachel Ward Directed by Bruce Robinson. British black comedy/fantasy
about up-and-coming advertising executive striving to sell new pimple cream.
This satire of the advertising industry pleases art-house devotees in the
mood for bizarre, ironic fare. |
Comedy - 1990  Nuns
On the Run
Starring: Eric Idle, Robbie
Coltrane and Director: Jonathan Lynn Lighthearted cross-dressing slapstick
farce about London gangsters who hide out by infiltrating a convent. Critics
were generally positive. Very popular with fans of bawdy, gender-bending
British humor. |
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