'CAMERAMAN: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff' - trailer
Feature Documentary - 86 minutes.
SYNOPSIS
A film celebrating the remarkable career of legendary cinematographer, Jack Cardiff, who provided the stunning cinematography on such classics like The Red Shoes and The African Queen.
Jack’s career spanned an incredible nine of moving picture’s first ten decades and his work behind the camera altered the look of films forever through his use of Technicolor photography. Featuring over twenty original interviews with the world’s greatest actors, directors and technicians, Cameraman explores Jack’s life and work in compelling detail, scope and intimacy. The film is not only a unique and valuable testimony to British and international cinema history; it’s a humorous and informative one too — an amazing story about an exceptional life.
PRESS
“FANTASTICAL IS WHAT WE GET...BEAUTIFUL”
Time Out New York ★★★★
“CAPTIVATING, ENLIGHTENING AND THOROUGHLY ABSORBING”
The Washington Post 3/4
“GLORIOUSLY VIVID… RICH”
Los Angeles Times ★★★★
“A MUST FOR FILM BUFFS”
New York Magazine
“ONE OF THE BEST FILMMAKING DOCUMENTARIES EVER MADE.”
Film Journal International
“IT’S NOT OFTEN IN THESE DAYS OF CINEMATIC SPRAWL AND GIRTH THAT YOU WISH A FILM COULD BE LONGER. IF ONLY CRAIG MCCALL’S CAMERAMAN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JACK CARDIFF COULD BE A 10- OR 20- PART SERIES.”
The Telegraph ★★★★★
“CHOSEN FOR A SPECIAL SCREENING AT CANNES LATER THIS MONTH, CAMERAMAN IS BURSTING WITH MOUTHWATERING CLIPS AND FASCINATING INSIGHTS INTO THE CINEMATOGRAPHER’S ART. ESSENTIAL VIEWING FOR CINEMA LOVERS”
Daily Express ★★★★
“THIS FASCINATING DOCUMENTARY GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE TALENT OF THE MAN WHO SHOT A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, THE RED SHOES, THE AFRICAN QUEEN AND WAR AND PEACE.... A MUST FOR CINEPHILES AND FILM HISTORY BUFFS.”
The London Times ★★★★
"PORTRAIT OF A MODEST MAN WHO ONCE SAID THE FILM WORLD WAS “FULL OF HYPOCRISY, HYPERBOLE AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF”. THIS DOCUMENTARY COULD HAVE BEEN TWICE AS LONG AND RETAINED OUR INTEREST."
London Evening Standard ★★★★
“FALL IN LOVE WITH CINEMA AFRESH WITH THIS CHATTY DOC ABOUT ROGUISH BRITISH MULTI-OSCAR-WINNER (THE RED SHOES, THE AFRICAN QUEEN) WHO DIED LAST YEAR”
London Metro
"THE AFFECTIONATE AND FASCINATING DOCUMENTARY IS SO ENGAGING AND WATCHABLE THAT ITS MODEST RUNNING TIME ACTUALLY LEAVES YOU WANTING MORE. SHOULD PROVE A POPULAR DRAW FOR FILM FANS AND PROGRAMMERS ALIKE."
Screen Daily
"DESERVES MORE THAN MOST FILM-THEMED DOCUS TO BE SEEN ON THE BIG SCREEN."
Variety
CAST & CREW
Cast | JACK CARDIFF |
MARTIN SCORSESE | |
KIRK DOUGLAS | |
LAUREN BACALL | |
CHARLTON HESTON | |
KIM HUNTER | |
JOHN MILLS | |
ALAN PARKER | |
THELMA SCHOONMAKER | |
FREDDIE FRANCIS | |
RAFFAELLA DE LAURENTIIS | |
RICHARD FLEISCHER | |
PETER YATES | |
KATHLEEN BYRON | |
CHRISTOPHER CHALLIS | |
KEVIN McCLORY | |
IAN CHRISTIE | |
MOIRA SHEARER | |
MICHEL CIMENT | |
PETER HANDFORD | |
GEORGE E TURNER | |
MICHAEL POWELL | |
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Directed and produced by | CRAIG McCALL |
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Producer | RICHARD McGILL |
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Executive Producers | MASON CARDIFF |
LENNY CROOKS | |
CHRIS ROFF | |
JULIE WILLIAMS | |
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Associate Producers | SEAN BROUGHTON |
HELEN IRESON | |
STEVE PARISH | |
PENNY VERBE | |
MARK WILDIG | |
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Editor | DAN ROBERTS |
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Cinematographers | STEVEN CHIVERS |
RICARDO COLL | |
SIMON FANTHORPE | |
NICHOLAS HOFFMAN | |
JONATHAN RHO | |
IAN SALVAGE | |
JAMES WELLAND | |
BOB WILLIAMS | |
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Composer | MARK SAYER-WADE |
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Associate Editor | CHRIS DICKENS |
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Line Producer | MARTIN DOREY |
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Art Director | MILES GLYN |
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Special Thanks to: | FIONA MAXWELL at ITV STUDIOS GLOBAL |
ENTERTAINMENT | |
STUDIO CANAL | |
JONATHAN WOOLF & BERNADETTE CURLEY | |
At ROMULUS FILMS | |
MAGGIE ELLIS at Film London | |
RUPERT DILNOTT-COOPER | |
SIR PAUL GETTY |
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