Michael Tuchner

Filmography

Michael Tuchner - filmography

Back To The Secret Garden on DVD (1999)
Starring: Joan Plowright, George Baker, Cherie Lunghi
Director: Michael Tuchner
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Filmed for the Showtime cable network, BACK TO THE SECRET GARDEN stars Academy Award winner Joan Plowright. A sequel to one of the most adored children's novels of all time, the story centers around another young orphan girl, this one named Lizzie. A lonely American, Lizzie finds herself travelling ..read more »

59% from 705 members

Wilt (1988)
Starring: Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman
Director: Michael Tuchner
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The popular comedy duo Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith star in this comedy based on the Tom Sharpe novel. Henry Wilt (Jones) is a lecturer who is under the thumb of his domineering wife. Wilt lands himself in hot water when he makes a fool of himself at a party with an inflatable doll, which he ..read more »

63% from 669 members
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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame on DVD (1982)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Gielgud, David Suchet
Director: Michael Tuchner
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Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel, this British television version tells the story of Quasimodo (Anthony Hopkins)--Notre Dame Cathedral's hunchback bell-ringer--who falls in love with attractive gypsy Esmerelda.

53% from 112 members

Summer of My German Soldier (1978)
Starring: Kristy McNichol, Bruce Davison, Esther Rolle
Director: Michael Tuchner
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Kristy McNichol stars as a Jewish-American girl, patty Bergen, who befriends a German prisoner of war, played by Bruce Davison. Esther Rolle also stars as The Bergen's black maid who takes care of Patty and Patty's sister, Sharon. As one of the individuals who is closest to Patty, she is very ..read more »

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The Likely Lads on DVD (1976)
Starring: James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Brigit Forsyth
Director: Michael Tuchner
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The two lads from the much-loved 1960s television programme are back in their own feature film. The years have made Terry (James Bolam) and Bob (Rodney Bewes) more responsible...or have they?

70% from 691 members

Wessex Tales (2 discs) on DVD (1973)
Starring: Nick Brimble, Ben Cross, Jane Asher
Director: Gavin Millar, Michael Tuchner
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This six-part collection of adaptations of the works of Thomas Hardy. Originally broadcast in the UK in 1973, was Hardy's THE WITHERED ARM. Subsequent episodes include FELLOW TOWNSMAN, A TRAGEDY OF TWO AMBITIONS, (with John Hurt), AN IMAGINATIVE WOMAN, THE MELANCHOLY HUSSAR, and the series finale ..read more »

64% from 43 members

Fear is the Key on DVD (1972)
Starring: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, Ben Kingsley
Director: Michael Tuchner
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Following the death of his family in an aeroplane crash, a man plots an elaborate revenge scheme on those responsible.

63% from 238 members

Villain on DVD (1971)
Starring: Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport
Director: Michael Tuchner
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Action thriller which centres around a vicious East End gangster, who loves his mother, beats up his boyfriend and has a ruthless contempt for society and his fellow men.

66% from 506 members

Tales Of The Unexpected - Complete First... (2 discs)
Starring: Roald Dahl, Jose Ferrer, Pamela Stephenson
Director: Michael Tuchner, Simon Langton
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Although Roald Dahl is most famous for his children's books, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, he was also an accomplished writer of adult fiction. His famous and sinister adult creation was the TV adaptation of Tales of the Unexpected. First transmitted on ..read more »

66% from 419 members
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Jack Rosenthal At The BBC Collection (5 discs) on DVD
Starring: Ian East, Gary Carp, Jeremy Steyn
Director: Alan Parker, Michael Tuchner, John Goldschmidt
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Jack Rosenthal's name stands high in the list of television's greatest dramatists. With a career that started on early episodes of Coronation Street, he was well-advised to launch into writing plays and began by drawing on his own experiences in The Evacuees directed by a young Alan Parker. Jack ..read more »

77% from 38 members

Back To The Secret Garden - 3.0 stars
Wilt - 3.0 stars
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame - 2.5 stars
Summer of My German Soldier - 3 stars
The Likely Lads - 3.5 stars

The Likely Lads - 3.5 stars
Tales Of The Unexpected - Complete First Series - 3.5 stars
Villain - 3.5 stars
Wilt - 3.0 stars
Fear is the Key - 3.0 stars

Michael Ontkean - 3 times - show films
Pamela Stephenson - 3 times - show films
Roald Dahl - 3 times - show films
Jose Ferrer - 3 times - show films
Roger Allam - 2 times - show films

Alan Parker - 6 times - show films
John Goldschmidt - 6 times - show films
Simon Langton - 3 times - show films
Gavin Millar - 3 times - show films