| Biography: Best remembered in Britain for the television series Arthur of the Britons, Ken Russell's The Devils and as the villain in For your eyes only. His break into films came with Don Levy's Herostratus (1968). Michael was unmarried and lived in Hampstead,England at the time of death. |
Herostratus (1967)Monday, December 7th, 2009 |
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When Max, a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide-by-jumping into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture, and his motivations are revealed as a desperate attempt to seek attention through celebrity. |
Lifeforce (1985)Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 |
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Halley’s Comet returns to the solar system and the English/American team aboard the shuttle “Churchill”, making a close-up survey of the comet, discovers an alien spacecraft in the head of the comet. Inside the spacecraft are some large bat-like creatures and in three cocoons are three “dead” humans - two men and a woman. The “Churchill” takes the humans and a creature back to Earth. There the bosses of the project are amazed to find the shuttle burnt out and all but one of the crew - Carlsen - dead. The humans from the spacecraft suddenly awake and all those who come into contact with them are drained of their “lifeforce” and in time all the victims - including most of the population of London - are turned into zombies all praying on the horrified survivors for their “lifeforce”. It’s up to Carlsen and Major Caine of the SAS to stop them before the whole world turns into a big blood-hunt… |
007 For Your Eyes Only (1981)Sunday, February 4th, 2007 |
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James Bond Adventure. A British spy-ship, the St. Georges, accidently hits a mine and sinks near a Warsaw Pact country. On aboard is ATAC, a communications device that could order Western subs to attack friendly areas. 007 is sent to recover the ATAC and the Russians, interested in getting ATAC, send a message to their local “contact”. Bond’s investigations leads to Greece and he meets Melina Havelock, out for revenge, as the “Contact” has had her parents murdered. Bond also meets Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo (known as “The Dove”) and evidence leads that one of them is the Russian’s “Contact” but both accuses the other. Melina and Bond sets out to recover the ATAC and not only goes up against the “Contract” but also against Bibi, a young ice-skater, who has a major crush on 007… |
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