Roddy McDowall (1928–1998)
Autor von Double Exposure: Take Two
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Bildnachweis: Photo by Alan Light, 1988 (Cropped for Wikipedia)
Reihen
Werke von Roddy McDowall
Great Mysteries Series: Twelve of the Best Mystery Short Stories (2000) — Erzähler; Erzähler — 6 Exemplare
Mean Johnny Barrows 2 Exemplare
Planet Of The Apes - Tv Series 1 Exemplar
MGM Greatest Moments [VHS] 1 Exemplar
Autograph, ("Fright Night"), 3x6 Pub. Photo 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Flicka Family Classics Collection (My Friend Flicka / Thunderhead: Son of Flicka / The Green Grass of Wyoming) (2014) — Actor — 13 Exemplare
Embryo [1976 film] — Actor — 10 Exemplare
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine: Murder in Hollywood & Murder With a Twist, a Vacation to Die for (2002) — Erzähler — 5 Exemplare
Star Hunter [1996 film] 5 Exemplare
Family Theatre: Hill Number One [TV series episode] — Actor — 3 Exemplare
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance [1994 Film] — Actor — 2 Exemplare
Pied Piper [1942 film] — Actor — 2 Exemplare
An Inconvenient Woman [1991 TV mini series] — Actor — 2 Exemplare
The Stars Shine Down (Two Abridged Cassettes) Read By Roddy McDowall — Erzähler — 1 Exemplar
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Wissenswertes
- Geburtstag
- 1928-09-17
- Todestag
- 1998-10-03
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Berufe
- actor
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- Werke
- 14
- Auch von
- 71
- Mitglieder
- 95
- Beliebtheit
- #197,646
- Bewertung
- 3.6
- Rezensionen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 8
It is a real shame that "The Ballad of Tam Lin" is such a little seen effort as it is a hugely interesting and always compelling film. Director Roddy McDowall provides it with a very quirky and singular vision that is steeped in mysticism and weirdness. The placing of the story in the hippie era is a masterstroke that gives the story a fey and dreamy feel that speaks to the hallucinogenic world of the hippies and the otherworldliness of the fairies. McDowall fills the film with odd touches, strange angles and clever camera moves that add tremendously to the overall ambience, while cinematographer Billy Williams provides some beautiful, naturalistic widescreen landscape photography that adds its own dreamy dimension to the piece. Also adding to the mystical feel is the evocative folk score by Stanley Myers and the magical recitation of the actual Burns ballad by the legendary folk rock group Pentangle. The acting is solid throughout - Ava Gardner is beautiful, but with a steely, cynical, knowing underside; Stephanie Beacham is innocent and naive, while Ian McShane appears to know and be happy with his fate. Richard Wattis as Michaela's guardian and protector Elroy brings a dangerously waspish presence, while Michaela's coven harbours a number of well-kent faces including future director Bruce Robinson and starlets Joanna Lumley and Madeleine Smith.
Overall "The Ballad of Tam Lin" is a great film - a pastoral, psychedelic romance with a haunted undercurrent that brilliantly updates its fairy tale source material. It has a great folk horror feel running through it, while also delivering plenty of hippie retro appeal against a background of evocative folk rock. In many ways the film feels like a precursor for folk horror classic "The Wicker Man". A great film and on this showing a great pity that it was Roddy McDowall's only directorial effort.… (mehr)