Terence Stamp's Top Cinema (10 titles)
Something of a British cinema legend, Terence Stamp earned a 1962 Oscar nomination for his debut film, Billy Budd. A strong presence, even in supporting roles, Stamp hit iconic status as the villainous General Zod in the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, and in 1994's Priscilla - Queen of the Desert. He'll next be seen opposite Steve Carell in secret agent spoof Get Smart, and with Tom Cruise in Valkyrie. And here are his favourite films...
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Beau Geste
It was war-time. I was three or four. My Mum took me to see my first film at the Old Grand in Barking Road E13. I saw the wonderful Gary Cooper in P.C. Wren's epic story, I guess that's when I lost my heart to the silver screen.
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Beau Geste
(1939)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston
Director: William A. Wellman
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Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.
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The Razor's Edge
My Uncle Harry treated me to a trip to the Odeon Upton Park (with a box of Pontefract Cakes), and exposed me to Somerset Maugham's mystical masterpiece. I recall wanting to be Tyrone Power's Larry and marrying Gene Tierney. I was eleven.
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The Razor's Edge
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne
Director: Edmund Goulding
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Narrated by on-screen observer Maugham (Herbert Marshall), this intriguing tale centers on a soul-searching World War I veteran (Tyrone Power) who finds he can not settle back into the world of the upper class. Shunning his planned marriage and career, he travels abroad to seek the meaning of life ..read more »
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East Of Eden
It was 1957, New Year's Eve. Alone, and listlessly wandering around the West End, I drifted into a little cinema on Tottenham Court Road. James Dean was already dead, and I had yet to see his work. I sat through the film twice (you could do that in those days) and when I finally left the cinema, life had changed. My empathy with the young actor compelled me to try to become an actor myself.
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East Of Eden
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris
Director: Elia Kazan
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An American youth is driven to desperation trying to win his father's love. Based on the classic Steinbeck novel ... a modern story of Cain and Abel set against the approach of World War One.
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Elmer Gantry
Although I saw The Flame And The Arrow many times, it wasn't until Burton Lancaster's towering performance as Gantry that I fully realised what an actor's presence - given the right part - could achieve.
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Elmer Gantry
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Dean Jagger
Director: Richard Brooks
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Elmer Gantry is a charming, fast-talking con, working the road as a traveling salesman in the 1920s. Burt Lancaster stars as the elusive Gantry in this charismatic adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's 1927 novel. When Gantry runs across a group of traveling evangelists, he charms their saintly leader, ..read more »
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Viva Zapata
My personal favourite from the best cinema actor of his generation: Marlon Brando
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Viva Zapata
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn
Director: Elia Kazan
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Set in the early 1900s, VIVA ZAPATA! tells the story of Mexican rebel Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando), who rallies the countryside against the government and eventually assumes the role of president. John Steinbeck wrote the film's screenplay.
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North by Northwest
Sometimes, films just work. From the day I saw it (in Edinburgh, on tour with Michael Caine), I only ever wore my single-breasted suits three buttons pressed to two.
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North by Northwest
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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An advertising executive is mistaken for a spy and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
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From Here To Eternity
Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, not to mention Donna Reed and Deborah Kerr. A real Saturday night film.
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From Here To Eternity
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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An all-star cast brought what was considered an unfilmable James Jones novel to the screen with skill and grace. The story involves the loves, hopes, and dreams of those in a close-knit army barracks in Hawaii shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Montgomery Clift portrays a former boxer who ..read more »
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Great Expectations
I never did get to work with David Lean. But from the day I saw his version of Dickens' masterwork, in a converted air-raid shelter at Plaiston Grammar School, I longed to.
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Great Expectations
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: John Mills, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons
Director: David Lean
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David Lean directs this definitive version of the Charles Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In the gloom of a country graveyard, the young boy encounters an escaped convict, and a chance meeting years later ..read more »
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Adventures Of Priscilla, The - Queen Of The Desert
It's a gem, even if Bernadette does say so herself.
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Adventures Of Priscilla, The - Queen Of ...
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving
Director: Stephan Elliott
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Three Australian drag queens are invited to play a four-week engagement at an Alice Springs hotel. Their only problem is getting there intact.
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Water
Deepa Mehta directed this exquisite Indian story. It's a heart-breaker, but don't miss it.
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Water
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: John Abraham, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas
Director: Deepa Mehta, Deepa Mehta
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Set in the 1930s during the rise of the independence struggles against British colonial rule, the film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. It focuses on the relationships of one widow, who wants to escape the social restrictions ..read more »
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