Country: USA
Year: 2007
Duration: 111'
A documentary by Malcolm McDowell to celebrate his friend and mentor Lindsay Anderson and the historic and cultural moment of the UK in the 1960s and 1970s, in which both had played a role. The film is a hybrid of cinema, theatre and literature, mixing McDowell’s personal memories with passages written by Anderson and others dedicated to him. Produced in 2004 as a theatre show to commemorate the decade since the director’s death, the project later became a film.
Biography
film director
Mike Kaplan
(Usa) is a producer, director, actor, poster designer, marketing strategist, and unexpected songwriter. He has been a close associate to many visionary filmmakers including Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman (for Short Cuts, 1993), Hal Ashby, Lindsay Anderson (for The Whale of August, 1987), Mike Hodges, Alan Rudolph, Abraham Polonsky, and Paul Thomas Anderson. He directed three documentaries: Ann Sothern: The Sharpest Girl in Town (1999), Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1996), and Never Apologize (2007), a Malcolm McDowell’s one man show which was selected in Cannes. A collector of vintage movie posters, he has curated exhibits from his collection. After 54 years, A Garden of Personal Mirrors, the single he wrote at Kubrick's request for 2001: A Space Odissey, was released and has sold out in its limited edition vinyl release.
FILMOGRAFIA
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (coregia John Door, doc., 1993), Anne Sothern: The Sharpest Girl in Town (doc., 1999), Never Apologize: A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson (doc., 2007).
Declaration
film director
“It was apparent from the beginning that this could be an absorbing tour-de-force. Malcolm conveys a wide range of emotions from his first diplomatic teasing with Lindsay at the auditions for If... through the heart wrenching scenes at John Ford’s bedside and at the site of Lindsay’s passing. There was a genuine dramatic arc amid the laughs and cries. Plus his uncanny impressions are embodied with gusto and relish. The audience expects a on-man show; it’s often an inside look at an all-star extravaganza. Perhaps one will feel the emotional bonding of fathers and sons of Ford and Lindsay of Lindsay and Malcolm.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Mike Kaplan. STORY: Malcolm McDowell. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Cristophe Faubert, Matt Walla. FILM EDITING: Eric Foster, Kete Johnson. MUSIC: Alan Price. SOUND: Jim Corbett, Larry McMillan. CAST: Malcolm McDowell, Lindsay Anderson, Alan Bates, Bette Davis, John Ford, John Gielgud, Lillian Gish, Richard Harris, Christine Noonan, Laurence Olivier, Alan Price, Rachel Roberts. PRODUCER: Mike Kaplan, Malcolm McDowell. PRODUCTION: Double M Productions, Travis Productions, Circle Associates Productions.
