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Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson


Filmography

Michael Anderson - filmography


  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1996)
    Starring: Richard Crenna,  Ben Cross,  Nicholas Hammond
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A marine biologist (Crenna) is commissioned by the U.S. Navy to investigate a mysterious rash of attacks on military sea vessels. He recruits a crew--including his daughter Sophie (Cox)--and soon discovers the evil Captain Nemo (Cross) has been attacking the vessels from his submarine "The Nautilus...read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 17 members
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  • Millennium on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Kris Kristofferson,  Cheryl Ladd,  Daniel J. Travanti
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Whilst investigating a plane crash, a government official meets a strange woman and they spend the night together, but the next day the woman vanishes. Her identity is entwined with the strange object found at the crash site, which she returns for and then vanishes in a bright light.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,285 member
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  • Sword Of Gideon on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Steven Bauer,  Michael York,  Robert Joy
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The Sword of Gideon group are brought together to avenge the real-life murders of eleven young Israeli atheletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Shot on location in Europe, this action film centres around two of the group of anti-terrorist execution experts, Avener (Steven Bauer) and Robert (Michael ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 90 members
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  • Martian Chronicles (2 discs) on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Rock Hudson,  Gayle Hunnicutt
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Rock Hudson plays the pivotal role of Colonel Wilder, the leader of the third manned space flight to Mars. He decides to send for his family, and they join the first group of settlers in colonising the new frontier...
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 270 members
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  • Dominique is Dead (1978)
    Starring: Cliff Robertson,  Jean Simmons,  Jenny Agutter
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Wealthy and greedy David Ballard wants his wife Dominique out of his life... permanently. He begins subjecting her to cruel mind games, hoping to drive the poor woman insane. Convinced that she is actually being tortured by malevolent spirits, Dominique is eventually pushed to suicide. Far from ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 30% from 7 members
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  • Orca The Killer Whale (1977)
    Starring: Richard Harris,  Charlotte Rampling,  Will Sampson
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Like a reverse MOBY DICK, ORCA: THE KILLER WHALE stars Richard Harris as a fisherman who kills a male orca's pregnant mate, bringing the whale's vengeance upon a small coastal village and setting the stage for a final nautical showdown between man and beast. This suspenseful thriller co-stars ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 394 members
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  • Logan's Run on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Michael York,  Jenny Agutter,  Richard Jordan
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Winner of an Oscar for Best Special Effects. A dazzling preview of America in the 23rd Century, a perfect world of total pleasure, but living past 30 is a crime. Based on the novel by William F. Nolan.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,584 members
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  • The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
    Starring: Anthony Quinn,  Laurence Olivier
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    All eyes are focused on the Vatican, hoping to see the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the selection of the next Pope. But this time, much more is at stake. The new pontiff may be the only person who can bring peace to a world hovering on the edge of nuclear nightmare.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 15 members
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  • The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
    Starring: George Segal,  Alec Guinness,  Max Von Sydow
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    George Segal, Alec Guinness and Max von Sydow square off against each other in this espionage thriller, adapted by Harold Pinter, from the novel by Adam Hall. Ace spy Quiller is lured away from holiday to replace a British agent who died while essaying a most challenging assignment: infiltrating ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 551 members
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  • Operation Crossbow (1965)
    Starring: Sophia Loren,  George Peppard,  Trevor Howard
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    During World War II, the British suspect that the Nazis are secretly building a new kind of long-range missile. English operatives -- disguised as German scientists -- are then sent to discover the source of the weapons -- and sabotage the project. Can the spies thwart the efforts of the nefarious ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 40 members
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  • The Naked Edge on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Gary Cooper,  Deborah Kerr,  Eric Portman
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    George Radcliffe's testimony sends Donald Heath to prison for murder and the theft of over 60,000 pounds. Soon after, Radcliffe invests a large sum of money in an ultimately profitable business venture. Radcliffe's wife Martha begins to suspect...
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 47 members
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  • The Wreak of the Mary Deare (1959)
    Starring: Gary Cooper,  Charlton Heston,  Michael Redgrave
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Talented special effects and adventure director Michael Anderson (Around the World in 80 Days, 1956) keeps the suspense going in this drama about the wreck of the Mary Deare. John Sands (Charleton Heston) is the captain of a salvage ship that is almost rammed by the apparently abandoned Mary Deare. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 4 members
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  • Yangtse Incident on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Richard Todd,  William Hartnell,  Akim Tamiroff
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    HMS Amethyst is on a peaceful mission up the Yangtse delivering supplies when she is attacked by communist shore batteries and twenty-two British sailors are killed and the ship's bridge destroyed. The only way out for the survivors is to run a one hundred and forty mile gauntlet of hostility.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 132 members
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  • Chase A Crooked Shadow on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Richard Todd,  Anne Baxter,  Herbert Lomas
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Set in a seaside villa in Spain a young man arrives claiming to be the brother of the South African diamond heiress living there. He had been, supposedly, killed in a car crash but the local police find his papers in order and he seems to know the family history intimately...
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 190 members
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  • 1984 on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Edmond O'Brien,  Jan Sterling,  Michael Redgrave
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    After The Atomic War the world is divided into three states. London is the capital of Oceania, ruled by a party who has total control over all its citizens. Winston Smith is one of the bureaucrats, rewriting history in one of the departments. One day he commits the crime of falling in love with ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 278 members
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  • The Dam Busters on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Richard Todd,  Michael Redgrave,  Ursula Jeans
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The British The Dam Busters is the story of the development and utilization of the bouncing bombs in World War II. Michael Redgrave stars as Dr. Barnes Wallis, who developed these unorthodox explosives. Wallis' invention is put to practical use during the British raid on the Ruhr Dams in Germany. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 8,105 members
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  • Hell Is Sold Out on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Mai Zetterling,  Herbert Lom,  Richard Attenborough
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The renowned French author Dominic Danges (Herbert Lom) returns from a prisoner of war camp with his old friend Pierre Bonnet (Richard Attenborough). Danges was missing, presumed dead, but when he turns up unannounced at his old house, he finds that not only has he unknowingly written a best-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 95 members
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  • Private Angelo (1949)
    Starring: Godfrey Tearle,  Marķa Denis,  Peter Ustinov
    Director: Michael Anderson,  Peter Ustinov
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Private Angelo has been conscripted into the Italian Army in WWII. The trouble is that Private Angelo doesn't like people shooting at him so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid being caught up in the action. But however hard he tries to avoid it events always seem to lead him back to the fighting.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1 member
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Michael Anderson facts

5 most recent films

The New Adventures Of Pinocchio - 2.5 stars
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - 2.5 stars
Millennium - 3.0 stars
Sword Of Gideon - 2.5 stars
Second Time Lucky - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Dam Busters - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Yangtse Incident - 4.0 stars
The Dam Busters - 3.5 stars
Logan's Run - 3.5 stars
Chase A Crooked Shadow - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Second Time Lucky - 2.0 stars
Dominique is Dead - 2.0 stars
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - 2.5 stars
Private Angelo - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Redgrave - 4 times - show films
Michael York - 4 times - show films
Richard Todd - 4 times - show films
Jenny Agutter - 3 times - show films
Trevor Howard - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Peter Ustinov - 1 times - show films