The films of Powell and Pressburger turn up in the most unexpected places.
They can sometimes be seen or referenced in other works, like the dancer
in A Chorus Line who says that she started dancing after she saw
The Red Shoes.
The films themselves sometimes reference earlier works and are often
referenced by the films of their admirers (such as Martin Scorsese).
In this context a "reference" doesn't always just mean that something
is copied, it's often much more subtle than that. It's when the idea or the
feeling behind something is the same as in the earlier piece. It could also be a work inspired by a P&P film or making an homage to it. Or it could be that someone mentions the earlier film or watches the earlier film on TV or in a cinema. Or maybe there is just a poster for the earlier film on display.
Then there are the occasions where a segment of one film is used in another. This usually happens in a documentary but can also happen if we see some of the original film when a character in the later film watches the original film on TV or in a cinema. When this happens we say that the earlier film is "featured in" the later one.
When two different films are based on the same original novel, story or play we say that one is a "version of" the other. Whereas the "featured in" and "referenced in" can only be used for works released after the original title, there can be "version of" links to other titles which were made before or after the production we are interested in.
And of course there are some spoofs, usually lovingly done, where a film is gently mocked in a later work.
Finally, some of their earlier films were made in different language versions (often with the same actors) for the different countries in Europe. Films were often made in German, French and English with some films also being made in Spanish (and one in Hungarian). These are indicated as "alt. language version of"
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The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
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remake of
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The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
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remade as
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Die Diebin von Bagdad (1952)
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Il Ladro di Bagdad (1960)
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The Thief of Bagdad (1978) (TV)
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referenced in
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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
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Return to the Edge of the World (1978)
Mentioned in narration
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One from the Heart (1982)
Mentions "The All-Seeing Eye" as an homage
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"The Twilight Zone: Little Boy Lost/Wish Bank/Nightcrawlers (#1.4)" (1985)
Mary Ellen comments that the lamp's message reminds her of the movie
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"The Twilight Zone: The Beacon/One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty (#1.11)" (1985)
Young Gus Rosenthal mentions this movie
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Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
Martin Scorsese mentions The Thief of Bagdad during an interview
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Aladdin (1992)
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Next Friday (2000)
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Se, jie (2007)
Wang Jiazhi is looking at posters outside a film house in 1941 Shanghai. One of them is for ToB
Thanks Barbara
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featured in
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SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (TV)
Scenes are featured in this special effects special
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"Arena: A Pretty British Affair" (1981)
Clips included in documentary
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The Making of 'Aladdin': A Whole New World (1992) (TV)
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"Troldspejlet: Troldspejlet special: Aladdin" (1993)
Jakob Stegelmann mentions the film + clip shown
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"In a Land of Plenty" (2001)
The children are taken to the cinema (where Kathleen Byron is the manager) to see ToB
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"The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear" (2004)
Brief clips from The Thief of Bagdad are used in the title sequence
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War Stories (2006) (TV)
Clips are shown
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spoofed in
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The Pink of Bagdad (1978)
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
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references
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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referenced in
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"The Rockford Files: The Queen of Peru (#4.12)" (1977)
Rockford refers to one character as "Colonel Blimp"
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"Ripping Yarns: Whinfrey's Last Case (#2.1)" (1979)
Jack May does a splendid impersonation of Roger Livesey in Blimp
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The Duellists (1977)
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Raging Bull (1980)
At the dedication of the Powell Building at Canterbury Christ Church College, Thelma said how Scorsese & De Niro both watched Blimp quite a bit just before making Raging Bull. De Niro asked Powell how it was done, especially the scene in the Turkish bath. Powell told him "Skilful & judicious use of a body double, some very clever body make up & padding - and ACTING"
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Forrest Gump (1994)
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The Colour Merchant (1998)
Jack Cardiff filmed the animal heads on the den wall
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"Foyle's War: War Games" (#2.3) (2003)
Sneak attack during war games
Thanks Paula
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featured in
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"Arena: A Pretty British Affair" (1981)
Clips included in documentary
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The Making of an Englishman (1995)
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A Profile of 'Black Narcissus' (2000)
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A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (2000)
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A Profile of 'The Red Shoes' (2000)
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The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
One of the films on the list
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War Stories (2006) (TV)
Clips are shown
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Clips are shown in the documentary about Jack Cardiff
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spoofed in
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The Jungle Book (1967)
Col. Hathi, the elephant
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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
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referenced in
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The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964)
Staircase to Heaven with statues (of cats) on either side
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Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
Martin Scorsese mentions A Matter of Life and Death during an interview
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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Statues on the stairway (including statues of P&P) when Bill & Ted go to heaven with Death
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"The Simpsons: Bart Gets Hit by a Car" (#2.10) (1991)
Bart on Stairway to Heaven
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"The Simpsons: Homer's Triple Bypass" (#4.11) (1992)
Also "Homer Simpson In - Kidney Trouble" (#10.8) (1998)
View through closing eye
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Breaking the Waves (1996)
Looking through the glass panelled door into the operating theatre
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A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
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L.A. Without a Map (1998)
Movie poster on a wall
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The Colour Merchant (1998)
Referenced by name
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Pleasantville (1998)
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"Star Trek: Voyager: Relativity (#5.24)" (1999)
The table tennis ball gets frozen in mid-air in a temporal anomaly
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X-Men (2000)
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"Angels in America" (2003)
The ranks of desks in heaven. Also the general format of the heavenly tribunal where the character decides whether he is to live or die (though the latter could also be Le testament d'Orphee)
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"Go West"
2003 Pop video by The Pet Shop Boys, a remix of the Village People classic. The video makes extensive use of an escalator with statues on either side, leading to the promised land. Neil Tennant is also on the Famous Fans list.
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Film Geek (2005)
One of the "Heaven" movies that Scotty mentions
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The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
One of the films on the list
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And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
The opening tour of the universe narrated by Jim Broadbent
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"The Indian Doctor: The Van" (2010)
Megan & Prem are talking about their favourite films when Megan says how she loves A Matter of Life and Death (1946). Prem agrees with her
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The closing scene of Captain America reworks the opening scene of AMOLAD
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"Something happened on the way to Heaven" by Phil Collins
Scene from the film on the cover of the single
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featured in
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The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob (1966)
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"Arena: A Pretty British Affair" (1981)
Clips included in documentary
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Heaven (1987)
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The Making of an Englishman (1995) (TV)
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A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1994) (TV)
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A Matter of Michael & Emeric (1997) (TV)
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Robinson in Space (1997)
Used the AMOLAD music by Allan Gray
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The Colour Merchant (1998)
Clips are shown
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A Profile of 'Black Narcissus' (2000)
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A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (2001)
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A Profile of 'The Red Shoes' (2000)
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Passing Through (2002)
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The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
Clips are shown
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Clips are shown in the documentary about Jack Cardiff
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The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson (2015)
Clips are shown
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spoofed in
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"The Seven Faces of Jim" (1961)
"The Face of Duty" [Season 1, Episode 5]
The "pilot" of a taxi is lost in the fog and has to be guided back to base
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Pulp "Help the Aged" video (1997)
Jarvis Cocker on a Stairlift to Heaven
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"Big Train" (1998)
A wickedly funny spoof made with a lot of knowledge about and obvious love of the film.
See it on YouTube
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others
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"What's It All About" by Rinaldi Sings
The 2005 song features a sample of Kim Hunter's voice from the film.
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The Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
A short sequence, in which Peter Carter asks June her name, was used in the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the "Frankie and June" musical number.
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J. K. Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe discussion
J. K. Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe, while discussing the near-death or afterlife scenes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . Part 2, said that the film was their favourite and something that each had had in mind when working on the scenes in Harry Potter
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"TIME" by The WEBB
The Electro Goth Punk Band The WEBB used samples from this movie on their TIME album on the song This is The Universe
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Postage stamps
A classic image from this film has been included in a set of postage stamps to celebrate Great British Films
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Megatop Phoenix by Big Audio Dynamite
The 1989 album Megatop Phoenix by Big Audio Dynamite starts off with the sample, "This is the universe...big, isn't it?"
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"Louis XIV" by The Wolfgang Press
The 1991 original version of The Wolfgang Press song "Louis XIV" included this sample from the film, "May I bring you up to date? We're living in the 20th century, not in the 18th. May I bring you up to date, sir? We are not alive at all." But, due to sample clearance issues, several songs including this one had to be re-recorded for the US release of their album, Queer
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Black Narcissus (1947)
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edited into
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A Bit of Scarlet (1997)
Re-editing of dramatic scenes between Sisters Clodagh & Ruth
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The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
The exterior of The Palace of Mopu is re-used as the lamasery.
See this page
Thanks to Vicki Smith for spotting it
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referenced in
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Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
Martin Scorsese mentions Black Narcissus during an interview
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The Age of Innocence (1993)
The wash of yellow filling the screen when Michelle Pfeffier receives her yellow roses is inspired by Kathleen Byron's "seeing red" when she's angry before she faints in BN
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Kundun (1997)
Various "composed" sequences acted to playback
c.f. The "composed" part towards the end when Ruth is stalking Clodagh in BN
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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
At the end of the film when it begins to rain, the shot of the leaf as the rain picks up intensity is mirrored in Saving Private Ryan right before the soldiers enter the first French town after D-Day
Note: Mrs Ryan is played by Katleen Byron - Sister Ruth
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Pride and Prejudice (2005)
About half an hour through the director's commentary Joe Wright states his admiration for the shot in Black Narcissus where Kathleen Byron's red dress bursts into frame. Wright has a red uniform rise into shot
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50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV)
Makes the countdown, is talked about
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"Law & Order: Charity Case (#17.12)" (2007)
Sofia Archer mentions she was up for a role in a remake of the film
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
The convent is on top of a hill in
the Himalayas and looks similar to the House Of Women. There is even
a scene of a bell being rung against a backdrop of hazy mountains
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featured in
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The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob (1966)
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"Arena: A Pretty British Affair" (1981)
Clips included in documentary
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Damned If You Don't (1987)
Showing on TV at start of film
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Remembering Sister Ruth (1997) (TV)
Clips
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A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1994) (TV)
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A Matter of Michael & Emeric (1997) (TV)
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A Profile of 'Black Narcissus' (2000)
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A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (2000)
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A Profile of 'The Red Shoes' (2000)
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The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001) (TV)
Jack's Oscar - clips shown
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War Stories (2006) (TV)
Clips are shown
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50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV)
Clips shown
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Clips are shown in the documentary about Jack Cardiff
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spoofed in
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Legally Blonde (2001)
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The Red Shoes (1948)
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version of
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The Red Shoes (1983) (TV)
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The Red Shoes (1989)
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Bunhongsin (2005)
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The Red Shoes (2009)
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referenced in
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An American in Paris (1951)
Gene Kelly screened The Red Shoes (1948) for the MGM executives to persuade them to back a dance film
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Bellissima (1951)
Maddalena asks someone if they have seen "The Red Shoes"
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M (1951)
Poster for The Red Shoes seen in background outside a cinema
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Island in the Sun (1957)
Recently watched Island in the Sun with James Mason and John Justin. In one scene, Joan Collins and Stephen Boyd return from an illicit assignation and discuss their alibi - they're meant to have see The Red Shoes. Joan asks what she should say about it and Stephen says 'too long', something she then repeats to her mother Diana Wynyard (sadly they then change the subject to some shocking personal revelations rather than continuing with the film criticism). Would that be 20 minutes too long then? ducks
Thanks Nicky
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Suspiria (1977)
Character Eddie Wayne quotes Lementov from TRS
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Time After Time (1979)
Amy Robbins (Mary Steenburgen) is talking to (unbeknownst to her) H. G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) who has travelled back in time to 1979 and she asks if he's ever seen her favorite film which is The Red Shoes
Thanks to Toni Carey for that one
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Raging Bull (1980)
A major P&P influence in Raging Bull is from TRS when Lermontov realises he's lost Vicky - the way he talks to himself influenced the way they did the scene where Jake is preparing to go on stage & is psyching himself up. It's De Niro as Jake as Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront. (It's not an obvious influence but Thelma said that Marty said he had it in mind as they shot it)
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"Hart to Hart: Harts on Their Toes (#3.17)" (1982)
Alexander Minz plays a ballet director named Boris Lermontov. Boris Lermontov is the name of the ballet director that Anton Walbrook played in The Red Shoes.
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After Hours (1985)
The keys thrown down from an apartment window
c.f. The ties that Julian throws out when Vicky says she's coming with him in TRS
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A Chorus Line (1985)
The dancer who says she started dancing because or TRS
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'Round Midnight (1986)
Character Eddie Wayne quotes Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook) from "The Red Shoes"
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Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
Martin Scorsese mentions The Red Shoes during an interview
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Skin Deep (1989)
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The Exorcist III (1989)
Kinderman mentions the film by title
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"Moonlighting: I See England, I See France, I See Maddie's Netherworld (#5.7)" (1989)
Maddie dreams she is dead and being tormented in a graveyard that is an obvious homage to the Red Shoes ballet sequence when Vicky is being assailed my monsters from her own mind.
Thanks Don
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Skin Deep (1989)
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The Exorcist III (1990)
Kinderman mentions the film by title.
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The Incredible Anthony Adverse (1992 CD)
Anthony Adverse was in reality singer Julia Gilbert plus collaborators such as Louis Phillippe. Two albums were released; 'The Incredible Anthony Adverse' based on the Powell and Pressburger film The Red Shoes and 'Spin' - collaboration with songwriter Daemion Barry. 'The Incredible Anthony Adverse' includes tracks 'The Red shoes Waltz', 'Grisha's Birthday' & 'Red Shoes Ballet'
Buy the CD at Amazon.com
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The Age of Innocence (1993)
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The Line, the Cross & the Curve (1993)
Kate Bush's version of the film, full of references
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Casino (1995)
The "Everybody is watching everybody else" sequence
c.f. The swish pans as Vicky is dancing at The Mercury Theatre in TRS
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The Birdcage (1996)
The line "Miss Victoria Page will NOT dance tonight"
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Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
The line "There will be no performance of the Red Shoes tonight" is spoken by the charicter of Buzz (Jason Alexander)
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'Torn Curtain' Rising (2000)
Mentioned once
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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Both films open with a book being opened. Wes Anderson has stated this as a reference
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We Get to Win This Time (2002) (V)
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"Room 101: (#8.3)" (2003)
Referenced by name
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"CSI: NY: Cold Reveal (#3.22)" (2007)
Stella's adoptive sister took Moria Shearer's character's name as an alias
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"BBC Proms: Prom 2: Music from Great British Films (#1.7)" (2007)
Playing the ballet music & showing clips
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Whatever Lola Wants (2007)
Moira Shearers fate in The Red Shoes is mentioned
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Tetro (2009)
By Francis Ford Coppola
Tetro & Bennie reminisce about Bennie watching TRS as a boy
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Shutter Island (2009)
By Martin Scorsese
Teddy Daniels running up the spiral staircase
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Black Swan (2010)
The shot where the camera is spinning around whilst Portman is dancing is a homage to The Red Shoes
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featured in
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The Screen Writer (1950)
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The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob (1966)
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"Arena: A Pretty British Affair" (1981)
Clips included in documentary
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That's Dancing! (1985)
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The Making of an Englishman (1995) (TV)
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Unzipped (1995)
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A Matter of Michael & Emeric (1997) (TV)
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A Profile of 'Black Narcissus' (2000)
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A Profile of 'The Red Shoes' (2000)
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Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
Rosanna starts the documentary by saying that the first movie she ever saw was The Red Shoes and how it's about someone who wants to give up her art and become a wife and mother. This theme is then touched on in many of the interviews and clips are shown
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Le divorce (2003)
TRS is seen on a TV
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A Dirty Shame (2004)
Caprice Stickles watches The Red Shoes claiming her dancing is art
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"Spooks: Love and Death" (#3.5) (2004)
Ruth is watching TRS on TV in her flat
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The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006) (TV)
Jack Cardiff's Oscar
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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
Clips used to illustrate a point in his argument
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"CSI: NY: Cold Reveal (#3.22)" (2007)
In flashbacks to Stella's youth, she and her adoptive sisters watch the film at a theater
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Clips are shown in the documentary about Jack Cardiff
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"Sodankylä ikuisesti: Elokuvan vuosisata (#1.1)" (2010)
Clips shown
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spoofed in
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The Wearing of the Grin (1951)
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"The Simpsons: Last Tap Dance in Springfield (#11.20)" (2000)
Lisa's tap shoes won't stop dancing
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Peeping Tom (1960)
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references
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
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M (1931)
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referenced in
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Sisters (1973)
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Eugénie (1975)
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Blow Out (1981)
The color red is used predominantly in each murder of a woman, a nod to Peeping Tom, which used the same suggestive tactic
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Special Effects (1984)
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After Hours (1985)
The keys thrown down from an apartment window
c.f. The pens falling from Mark's pocket in PT
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"Screen Two: The McGuffin (#2.1)" (1986)
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Crawlspace (1986)
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Rorret (1988)
A theater is named the Peeping Tom, and scenes from it are remade
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¡Átame! (1990)
Poster on wall of office
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Raising Cain (1992)
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Kika (1993)
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Skin Art (1993)
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La cité des enfants perdus (1995)
Character is forced to watch expression on his own face as he dies
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Strange Days (1995)
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The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
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Secrets & Lies (1996)
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A Very British Psycho (1997) (TV)
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The Lost Son (1999)
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Freddy says: "Tom, how's the peeping?"
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"NYPD Blue: Peeping Tommy (#8.11)" (2001)
Title reference
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Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
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One Hour Photo (2002)
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Road to Perdition (2002)
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The Last Horror Movie (2003)
The killer forces a victim to watch themselves die through another medium. Mirror / Camera and TV
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The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
Makes the countdown, is talked about
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Uncanny (2006)
Poster of film seen in Uncanny
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Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
Referenced
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"British Film Forever: Magic, Murder and Monsters: The Story of British Horror and Fantasy (#1.5)" (2007)
Referenced by name
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Los abrazos rotos (2009) [AKA Broken Embraces]
The main character is a blind film-maker and in a flashback to when he was making films, someone says to him "You're just like 'Peeping Tom'"
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Showreel (2010)
Contains a fictional stage play based on the film Peeping Tom
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Scream 4 (2011)
Mentions Peeping Tom as the first slasher film.
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London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
Includes clips of Peeping Tom
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featured in
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"Arena: A Pretty British Affair" (1981)
Clips included in documentary
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Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
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Histoire(s) du cinéma: Toutes les histoires (1988)
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Doing Rude Things (1995) (TV)
Extracts from film
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100 Years of Horror (1996) (V)
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Fantastic Fantasy Fright-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)
This film's theatrical trailer is featured
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A Very British Psycho (1997) (TV)
Features clips from this film
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The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
Clips are shown
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Murder by Numbers (2004)
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The Eye of the Beholder (2005) (V)
The documentary is all about Peeping Tom and many clips are included
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S&Man (2006)
This film opens up with footage from "Peeping Tom"
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"British Film Forever: Magic, Murder and Monsters: The Story of British Horror and Fantasy (#1.5)" (2007)
Clips are shown
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Spoofs |
Richard Layne reports:
Me, Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
One of their parody movies is "Pooping Tom", based on Powell's "Peeping Tom".
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BBC TV series
"Dad's Army" (1968)
- ep: "The Lion Has Phones (1969) [3.3]"
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The local cinema is showing One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942)
and they mention Eric Portman and Googie Withers. There is a
poster for it on display. There is also a poster for next week's film,
The Edge of the World (1937) and of course the episode title
is almost certainly a reference to The Lion Has Wings (1939).
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BBC TV series
"Dad's Army" (1968)
- ep: "The Big Parade (1970) [4.1]"
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Nicky
reports:
Chanced upon an episode of Dad's Army ('The One with the Sheep') and
was amused to see that it began with the Pikes, Wilson, Mainwaring
and Jones at the cinema watching Spy in Black ('I don't believe in
Germans being in films; why couldn't they get a British actor?')
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BBC TV series
"Dad's Army" (1968)
- ep: "Put That Light Out (1970) [4.7]"
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Nicky
reports:
Has anyone come across another film/tv/literary reference to a QQ? Anyway, in the episode Put That Light Out which is mostly set in a light-house (I think you can work out the plot for yourselves!), Pike refers to 'The Phantom Light with Gordon Harker'
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BBC TV series
"Dad's Army" (1968)
- ep: "Time on My Hands (1972) [5.13]"
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Nicky
reports:
Picked up a batch of cheapie tapes recently and have another reference for
the site. In the episode Time on My Hands (The one with the German airman on
the church tower), Pike knows how to release a parachute because he's seen
it done in OOOAIM ! However we don't actually see a demonstration,
unsurprisingly.
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BBC TV series
"Dad's Army" (1968)
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Other episodes have included mentions of, or references to, P&P
films. We are sure that David Croft and/or Jimmy Perry must be fans.
Of course the cast includes John Laurie who appeared in 6 films
for Michael Powell (2 for P&P).
e.g. Episode Operation Kilt: The Home Guard is defending against an
exercise by the regular Army (Highland Regiment). The regulars try to trick
them by starting their attack 1 hour earlier than agreed.
c.f. Colonel Blimp
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Fox cartoon series
"The Simpsons" (1989)
- ep: "Bart Gets Hit by a Car (1991) [2.10]"
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Adriana reports:
There is another episode of the Simpson's where Bart is killed and rides an
escalator to heaven with the earth and oceans beneath. The voice of the late
beloved Phil Hartman says, "Please hold on to the handrail. Please do not spit
over the side." Of course, Bart spits into the ocean, and the escalator turns
into a slide and dumps him in hell. I always thought that was a AMOLAD
reference.
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Fox cartoon series
"The Simpsons" (1989)
- ep: "Homer's Triple Bypass (1992) [4.11]"
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Steve reports:
I was watching The Simpsons last night on channel 4.
They showed "Homer's Triple Bypass" and as the
anaesthetic takes effect when Homer has his bypass surgery they show the
view through Homer's closing eyelids. (c.f. AMOLAD)
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Fox cartoon series
"The Simpsons" (1989)
- ep: "Homer Simpson In - Kidney Trouble (1998) [10.8]"
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Alan reports:
The Simpsons on BBC2 tonight (featuring Homer trying to save his
father with a kidney transplant) featured an AMOLAD homage - Homer
comes around from the operation and we see this via a blinking eyelid
sequence. Episode also featured various classic movie stars (Peter
Lorre as his Casablanca character, someone who appeared to be Miss
Haversham, and some non-descript British Army officer with a tiger
obsession)
This was actually reported before the one about episode "Homer's Triple Bypass" but I've put them in the order of the episodes.
The characters on the boat are on a "lost souls" trip. Shame they weren't going up an escalator.
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BBC family saga
"In a Land of Plenty" (2001)
(Kathleen Byron appeared in some episodes)
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Episode 1 has the children of
the family being taken to the local cinema [Where Kathleen Byron is the cinema manager] for a treat. The treat was a
showing of Thief of Bagdad (1940) and a couple of shots actually
made it on screen (Carlton International were credited at the end for
allowing the shots to be shown).
What looked like the original poster was also prominently displayed in
the cinema.
This was reported by PaPAS Group member
Terry who added
"I'm pleased to say that the kids were transformed from a howling mob
into a hushed and appreciative audience.
Such is the power of TOB ..."
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ITV drama series
"Foyle's War" (2002)
- ep: "War Games"
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Paula reports:
Episode "War Games" [Season 2, episode 3]
The Home Guard have taken over some local property to engage in (surprise) war games, and the young commander of one of the units pulls a maneuver right out of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. He doesn't play by the rules (his men are not in proper uniform) and thus easily captures the Blimpish elderly Home Guard commander, to the very proper elderly gent's shock and dismay.
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Person
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Film or TV series
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Nature of reference
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Michael Powell
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New York, New York (1977)
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When Robert de Niro tries to book into a hotel, he uses the name of
Michael Powell. Michael Powell had long been an influence on director
Martin Scorsese.
See also
other references in Scorsese's films
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Daddy Nostalgie (1990)
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As the final song is heard "These Foolish Things" on the line
"a cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces" the screen slowly
fades to black and the words "À Michael Powell"
scolls up the screen.
(Michael Powell had worked with Tavernier and had
just recently died of cancer)
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I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
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Finnish comedy/drama directed by Aki Kaurismäki, the film is
"Dedicated to the memory of Michael Powell".
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Orlando (1992)
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Sally Potter included a dedication to Michael Powell in her film
Orlando (1992). In an article she said she knew Powell and mentioned how
much he had encouraged her to become a film maker.
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Powell & Pressburger
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Boxcar Bertha (1972)
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Two characters are listed on the credits as
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Grahame Pratt
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Emeric Pressburger
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'Chicken' Holleman
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M. Powell
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but nobody has spotted the actors or characters in the film or
even if Grahame Pratt and 'Chicken' Holleman
exist or if Marty just put the names on the credits (as we suspect).
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Bloodfist VIII: Trained To Kill (1996)
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Two characters are credited as
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Warren Burton
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Michael Powell
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Donnie Hair
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Emeric Pressburger
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but nobody in the group has volunteered to sit through this gore-fest
to see what they get up to :)
See TV Guide for a review of the film and Roger Corman interview
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"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996)
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In the episode "Sabrina, Nipping at Your Nose" (ep. #4.12, first
broadcast 17th December 1999) there are two elves called
"Powell" and "Pressburger".
Nobody knows why :)
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Me, Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) |
Richard Layne reports:
Many references to Scorsese, Thelma and P&P amongst other classic film references. See http://movies.blog.austin360.com/2015/06/25/a-guide-to-fun-movie-references-in-me-and-earl-and-the-dying-girl/. They include an "Archers Logo" at the start of their films.
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