David Leland
Birthday: 1947-04-20
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Biography: David Leland (20 April 1947 - 24 December 2023) was a director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut Wish You Were Here in 1987.
Movies
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed progra...
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Julius Caesar
All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which port...
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Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Drama documentary which takes the form of an up-dated version of Pygmalion. With a special music sco...
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Posing as a dancer for the Ballets Russes in Barcelona, Indy meets old friend Pablo Picasso, and nar...
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The Love-Girl and the Innocent
A BBC television adaptation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel. The prisoner Nemov is an honest man s...
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The Missionary
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to Engl...
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Golden Gordon
Barnestoneworth United is the worst football team of 1935, who lose every match. Gordon Ottershaw is...
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When Saturday Comes
Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down...
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Time Bandits
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. F...
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Scars of Dracula
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when...
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Gawain and the Green Knight
The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him....
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An Accidental Studio
Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and...
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One Brief Summer
The story deals with the situation of a mature man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who ...
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1917
A British short film about World War I, directed by Stephen Weeks and starring Timothy Bateson, Davi...
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Personal Services
Fed up with working hard just to scrape by, Christine Painter comes up with a bold plan to become th...
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The Pied Piper
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany...
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The White River Kid
Two con men are traveling through the American South when they are held hostage by a serial killer w...
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The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Interviews made of the various actors and cast members that provide the knowledge and production ski...
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Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
A multi-part documentary about Alan Clarke, featuring interviews with various actors, writers and pr...
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Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
A look back at Victoria Wood's hugely successful television career. Featuring sketches, stand-up, ch...
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