David M. Thompson Movie Trailers
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Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder Trailer (1994)
25 October 1994
A documentary profile on Quentin Tarantino broadcast by the BBC's "Omnibus" strand in 1994 to coincide with "Pulp Fiction" hitting UK cinemas.
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood Trailer (2016)
12 May 2016
In this new documentary, Susan Kemp explores the life and work of the great British director Antonia Bird, who died in 2013.
Sweet as You Are Trailer (1988)
24 January 1988
A college lecturer contracts HIV after having a brief affair with one of his students. The news threatens his marriage and family life.
Masked and Anonymous Trailer (2003)
25 July 2003
A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on raking in huge sums for himself from the event.
Love + Hate Trailer (2005)
13 September 2005
This movie is a contemporary UK vision of an age old story as epitomised by Shakespeare, but with two at odds relationships adding a layer of complication.
The Mighty Celt Trailer (2005)
11 February 2005
Donal is a 14-year old who develops a passion for greyhound racing. He works in a kennel, which is owned by Good Joe.
Station Jim Trailer (2001)
30 December 2001
At a rural railway station in Victorian England, Jim is a spunky Jack Russell Terrier who escapes his mean master at the circus, and is soon befriended by station porter Bob and lonely orphan Henry.
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood Trailer (1996)
08 January 1996
Very insightful BBC documentary about Paul Verhoeven, tracking his career up to Showgirls. The programme focuses on talks with Verhoeven, but also includes interviews with many of the people who worked with him, both from the US and Holland, and even his wife.
Il était une fois... « The Queen » Trailer (2017)
23 July 2017
Released in 2006, British filmmaker Stephen Frears' "The Queen" dramatizes the brief but intense conflict between Prime Minister Tony Blair and Elizabeth II in 1997, following the death of Princess Diana.
Shot Through the Heart Trailer (1998)
04 October 1998
The horrors of war are examined from the view points of lifelong friends (Linus Roache, Vincent Perez), who end up on opposing sides in the civil war in Sarajevo.
Last Resort Trailer (2000)
23 February 2000
Tanya leaves Moscow with her street-wise 10-year-old son Artiom to meet her English fiancée in London.
Love, Honour and Obey Trailer (2000)
07 April 2000
Jonny dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his childhood best friend, nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed, he wins his way into the toughest gang in North London.
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis Trailer (1997)
16 January 1997
Marla Darland is blessed with the voice of an angel, a singing legend. But when her agent, Marty Starr, finds his agency in trouble, he concocts a sinister plot to bring up her record sales.
Kremlin Farewell Trailer (1990)
01 April 1990
A drama of intrigue and betrayal in Stalin's Russia. Stepan grows up in an orphanage, learning to love Stalin as 'a father to all children'.
Martin Luther, Heretic Trailer (1983)
08 November 1983
Martin Luther inspires a breakaway from the Roman Catholic church and is the founder of Protestantism.
Doctor Sleep Trailer (2002)
16 August 2002
While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream.
A Rather English Marriage Trailer (1998)
30 December 1998
A squadron leader and a retired milkman decide to bury their differences and move in together after they are both widowed on the very same night.
The Theory of Flight Trailer (1999)
22 January 1999
Richard is assigned public service after crashing his homemade aircraft, leading him to meet Jane, a young woman dying of motor neuron disease.
The History Boys Trailer (2006)
02 October 2006
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge.
Liam Trailer (2001)
23 January 2001
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression.
The Last Romantics Trailer (1992)
29 March 1992
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and Leavis's own students at Cambridge University.
Road Trailer (1987)
07 October 1987
A view of the inhabitants of a derelict road in Manchester, unsatisfied with their lives and routines.
The Stringer Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
Vadik Chernyshov is an impoverished dreamer who spends his life drifting though Moscow with a video camera, hoping to shoot footage that will interest Western press agencies.
The Boys Are Back Trailer (2009)
25 September 2009
When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage.
Children Crossing Trailer (1990)
25 March 1990
Is Joe really having an affair - or is Rosie imagining it all? A story of sexual jealousy, betrayal and vengeance - an emotional journey which keeps you guessing to the bitter end.
Korczak Trailer (1990)
06 May 1990
The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.
Shadowlands Trailer (1985)
15 June 1985
A play based on the friendship between CS Lewis and Joy Gresham.
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War Trailer (2016)
20 September 2016
Join an American couple’s courageous mission in 1939 to help refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe. Over the course of two years, the pair will risk their lives so that hundreds can live in freedom.
Maybe Baby Trailer (2000)
02 June 2000
Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life.
Granada: From the North Trailer (1992)
28 December 1992
The story of Granada, the company responsible for Britain's most enduring soap opera Coronation Street, the current affairs series World in Action, and highly praised drama from Brideshead Revisited to Prime Suspect.
Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond Trailer (1993)
17 November 1993
The second part of a BBC documentary on the latter half of the career of French director Jean Renoir.
Screen Goddesses Trailer (2012)
22 December 2012
With the beginnings of Hollywood, the star system was born with an archetypal bad girl - the vampish Theda Bara - and the good girl - the blazingly sincere Lillian Gish.
A Canterbury Trail Trailer (2006)
25 July 2006
BBC producer/director David Thompson follows a group of admirers of the film A Canterbury Tale (1944) on their annual location walk in 2005.
Asinamali Trailer (1986)
13 August 1986
Five black men in South Africa end up in jail - for crimes which range from shooting a security policeman to sleeping with a white boss's wife.
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise Trailer (2001)
23 August 2001
Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on puffa rice stored in his glove compartment, listens to motivation tapes of his own voice shouting 'Sell, sell, fucking sell' and his punters are up to their eyes in debt.
The First Grader Trailer (2010)
12 September 2010
The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.
Wonderland Trailer (1999)
13 May 1999
There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners.
Grow Your Own Trailer (2007)
15 June 2007
A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have workes
The Woman In White Trailer (1997)
28 December 1997
Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white.
TwentyFourSeven Trailer (1998)
03 April 1998
In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs.
Summer in the Suburbs Trailer (2000)
10 January 2000
After the body of a 14-year-old girl is found in a field, detective Ted Lyle and his wife Sandra are among local parents caught up in a wave of fear and suspicion.
Storm Damage Trailer (2000)
23 January 2000
A young teacher returns to the children’s care home where he grew up, and becomes involved with the lives of the troubled teenage children.
Born Romantic Trailer (2000)
14 September 2000
In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine McCormack) fall in and out of love and back again, to the Greek-chorus accompaniment of two cab drivers, who engage in an ongoing conversation about sex.
Among Giants Trailer (1998)
24 June 1998
A manager hires Ray, off the books, to paint all the power towers in a 15-mile stretch of high-tension wires outside Sheffield.
About Adam Trailer (2001)
19 January 2001
A waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.
True North Trailer (2007)
14 September 2007
The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.
The Undertaker Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
An undertaker forms an awkward bond with the daughter of a man he has to bury.
Kiss of Life Trailer (2003)
12 December 2003
Helen lives in London with her father and her kids. John, her husband, is an aid-worker in Eastern Europe.
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time... Trailer (2015)
28 June 2015
The first major profile of the great British film director Nicolas Roeg, examining his very personal vision of cinema as in such films as Don't Look Now, Performance, Walkabout and The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Friends & Crocodiles Trailer (2005)
28 August 2005
Paul Reynolds is a Gatsby-like figure: owner of a magnificent house, the host of great parties, and a collector of interesting people.
Robert Altman in England Trailer (2002)
03 February 2002
Robert Altman interviewed during the making of GOSFORD PARK (2001), as well as members of the cast and crew.
Saltwater Trailer (2000)
29 September 2000
An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt.
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Trailer (1992)
13 September 1992
The real-life struggle to contain the environmental and financial damage caused to Alaska by the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez is dramatized.
The Perfect Blue Trailer (1998)
19 December 1998
When Sunny and Tom are reunited shortly before their respective weddings, the former lovers realize how much they still love each other.
The Student Prince Trailer (1998)
22 November 1998
The Queen's youngest son is off to university, mainly because "I'm hopeless at anything else". Barry, his new bodyguard, has no time for the royal family and left school at fifteen.
Dirty War Trailer (2004)
26 September 2004
After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it.
This Little Life Trailer (2003)
19 March 2003
A powerful one-off drama written by Rosemary Kay , winner of the BBC's Dennis Potter award for new screenwriting.
Wild About Harry Trailer (2000)
31 December 2000
A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again.
When Brendan Met Trudy Trailer (2000)
14 December 2000
Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in his life -- the movies.
Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives Trailer (1979)
04 March 1979
Dramatizations and actual archival film footage and photographs combine to relate the life of American composer Charles Ives and to document the musical background which influenced his work.