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  • Making War Horse (2009)
    Director: Phil Grabsky,  David Bickerstaff
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Making War Horse is the story of how Michael Morpurgo's children's novel became one of the most popular and acclaimed productions in the National Theatre's history. From its early development in the NT Studio, see how Handspring Puppet Company created the groundbreaking techniques that brought ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1 member
    Due for release on 4th January 2010
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  • Escape From Luanda on DVD (2006)
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Alfredo, Joana and Domingas are like music students anywhere. They adore their instruments, dream of distinction and don't practice as often as they should. The difference is that they study in Angola's capital, Luanda, which is recovering from 27 years of civil war. The film spans a year in the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 32 members
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  • In Search Of Mozart on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Juliet Stevenson,  Sam West
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, Seventh Art Productions presents "In Search Of Mozart." Produced in association with the world's leading orchestras and musicians... told through a 25,000 mile journey along every route Mozart followed... this is a detective story that travels ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 224 members
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  • The Boy Who Plays On The Buddhas Of Bamiyan on DVD (2003)
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A unique portrait of everyday life in modern Afghanistan centered around an eight-year-old boy and his family who live among the ruins of the 'Buddhas of Bamiyan', one of the tallest stone statues of the world destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 53 members
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  • The Impressionists With Tim Marlow - The... on DVD (1998)
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Documentary exploring one of the most important and intriguing movements in art history: Impressionism. Like the ripples in a Monet painting, the influence of The Impressionists continues to be felt today. Manet, Renoir, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cezanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh were essentially the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 44 members
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  • I, Caesar - The Collection (2 discs) on DVD (1997)
    Director: Phil Grabsky,  Peter Nicholson
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The award-winning series I, Caesar takes a fascinating look at the public and private lives of six key men who ruled the Roman Empire. Starting with Julius Caesar, the series charts the rise and fall of Roman power over 600 years through the lives of six of the most charismatic leaders in world ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 47 members
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  • Marlow Meets - Series 1 on DVD
    Starring: Tim Marlow
    Director: Phil Grabsky,  Ben Harding
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    For musicians, writers, directors and designers visual art is a passion and an enormous source of inspiration. In each programme Tim Marlow meets an individual artist in a gallery of their choice and finds out how certain pieces of art have inspired and motivated them. The result gives us a ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 35% from 6 members
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  • Brazil - An Inconvenient History on DVD
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    At first glance Brazil appears to be an alluring playground of exciting carnivals, sultry samba, divine football and a vibrantly diverse people.But behind this dazzling facade lies a disturbing story of history's largest-ever slave population. Astonishingly Brazil, a Portuguese colony, received ten-..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 23 members
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  • Nero's Golden House on DVD
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    As emperor of the Roman Empire, Nero had a reputation for tyranny and extravagance. Nowhere was this more evident than in his Golden House, the most opulent villa in all of ancient Rome and part of a vast complex of palaces, pavilions, and temples constructed in his honour. But despite its ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 6 members
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  • Great Artists (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Tim Marlow
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    What was it like to be an artist in centuries past? What makes a painting or an artist 'great'? Tim Marlow presents this fascinating introduction to the works of the Old Masters as displayed in over fifty museums, churches, and palaces throughout Europe and the United States. This release contains ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 171 members
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  • The Lost Temple of Java on DVD
    Director: Phil Grabsky
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Borobudur in Central Java is unique. In the shape of a pyramid, with four square terraces leading to three circular ones, this extraordinary building is covered with three miles of stone carvings. Situated on a lush palm-covered volcanic plain, this is a building that deserves the title of 'eighth ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 6 members
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Phil Grabsky facts

5 most recent films

Making War Horse - 3.5 stars
In Search of Beethoven - 3.0 stars
Escape From Luanda - 3.0 stars
Heavy Water - A Film For Chernobyl - 2.0 stars
Tim Marlow On... Carsten Holler At Tate Modern - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Great Artists - 3.5 stars
The Boy Who Plays On The Buddhas Of Bamiyan - 3.5 stars
In Search Of Mozart - 3.5 stars
Heavy Water - A Film For Chernobyl - 2.0 stars
The Terry Jones Collection - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Marlow Meets - Series 1 - 2.0 stars
The Lost Temple of Java - 2.5 stars
Constable with Tim Marlow - 3.0 stars
Nero's Golden House - 3.0 stars
Escape From Luanda - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

none - 4 times - show films
Gianandrea Noseda - 3 times - show films
Paul Lewis - 3 times - show films
Sir Roger Norrington - 3 times - show films
Hélène Grimaud - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Bickerstaff - 2 times - show films
Ben Harding - 2 times - show films
Danial Percival - 1 times - show films
Peter Nicholson - 1 times - show films