Linal Haft

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

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A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Baz Luhrmann
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Ewan McGregor  •  John Leguizamo  •  Jim Broadbent

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Baz Luhrmann
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Ewan McGregor  •  John Leguizamo  •  Jim Broadbent

Escape from Sobibor (1987)

The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Alan Arkin  •  Joanna Pacula  •  Rutger Hauer  •  Hartmut Becker

The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Alan Arkin  •  Joanna Pacula  •  Rutger Hauer  •  Hartmut Becker

The Man Who Sued God (2001)

A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was “an act of God”. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and, as God’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Joffe
CAST:  Billy Connolly  •  Judy Davis  •  Colin Friels  •  Bille Brown

A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was “an act of God”. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and, as God’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Joffe
CAST:  Billy Connolly  •  Judy Davis  •  Colin Friels  •  Bille Brown

Soft Fruit (1999)

For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live. One comes from America with her two children. A divorced sister also comes with her child and sneaks off regularly to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christina Andreef
CAST:  Jeanie Drynan  •  Linal Haft  •  Russell Dykstra  •  Geneviève Lemon

For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live. One comes from America with her two children. A divorced sister also comes with her child and sneaks off regularly to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christina Andreef
CAST:  Jeanie Drynan  •  Linal Haft  •  Russell Dykstra  •  Geneviève Lemon

He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)

A search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Danny goes through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east coast of Australia. Together these vignettes form a narrative that is surprisingly reflective.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lowenstein
CAST:  Noah Taylor  •  Emily Hamilton  •  Romane Bohringer  •  Alex Menglet

A search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Danny goes through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east coast of Australia. Together these vignettes form a narrative that is surprisingly reflective.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lowenstein
CAST:  Noah Taylor  •  Emily Hamilton  •  Romane Bohringer  •  Alex Menglet

Birth of the Beatles (1979)

The early days of the Fab Four are traced from their bleakest hours as unknowns on Penny Lane in Liverpool to their triumph on "The Ed Sullivan Show."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Marquand
CAST:  Stephen MacKenna  •  Rod Culbertson  •  Ray Ashcroft  •  John Altman

The early days of the Fab Four are traced from their bleakest hours as unknowns on Penny Lane in Liverpool to their triumph on "The Ed Sullivan Show."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Marquand
CAST:  Stephen MacKenna  •  Rod Culbertson  •  Ray Ashcroft  •  John Altman

The Search for Simon (2013)

30 years ago, David's younger brother Simon disappeared without a trace and has never been seen since. David is still looking, and the search for Simon has become his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Gooch
CAST:  Carol Cleveland  •  Simon Jones  •  Martin Gooch  •  Millie Reeves

30 years ago, David's younger brother Simon disappeared without a trace and has never been seen since. David is still looking, and the search for Simon has become his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Gooch
CAST:  Carol Cleveland  •  Simon Jones  •  Martin Gooch  •  Millie Reeves

Ihaka: Blunt Instrument (2001)

His rough tactics in his native Auckland get Maori detective Tito Ihaka sent to Sydney while the scandal blows over. There he's teamed with urbane police media officer Kirsty Finn to review the unsolved murder of a supermodel. Their investigation lands them in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Fisk
CAST:  Temuera Morrison  •  Rebecca Gibney  •  Linal Haft  •  Olivia Pigeot

His rough tactics in his native Auckland get Maori detective Tito Ihaka sent to Sydney while the scandal blows over. There he's teamed with urbane police media officer Kirsty Finn to review the unsolved murder of a supermodel. Their investigation lands them in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Fisk
CAST:  Temuera Morrison  •  Rebecca Gibney  •  Linal Haft  •  Olivia Pigeot

Outside Bet (2012)

A group of print workers in 1980s London club together to buy a race horse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Bennett
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Vincent Regan  •  Jenny Agutter  •  Phil Davis

A group of print workers in 1980s London club together to buy a race horse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Bennett
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Vincent Regan  •  Jenny Agutter  •  Phil Davis

Solo (2006)

Jack Barrett is the type of guy no one calls Jack. He works for a group of businessmen known as "The Gentlemen" who operate within the fertile realm of the Sydney Underworld. Standover tactics, prostitution, illegal gambling, creative importation - you name it, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morgan O'Neill
CAST:  Colin Friels  •  Cameron Ambridge  •  Bojana Novaković  •  Tony Barry

Jack Barrett is the type of guy no one calls Jack. He works for a group of businessmen known as "The Gentlemen" who operate within the fertile realm of the Sydney Underworld. Standover tactics, prostitution, illegal gambling, creative importation - you name it, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morgan O'Neill
CAST:  Colin Friels  •  Cameron Ambridge  •  Bojana Novaković  •  Tony Barry

We Still Steal the Old Way (2017)

The explosive follow-up to We Still Kill The Old Way (2014). Regarded as the best in the business, The Archer Gang is an aging criminal outfit who carry out a daring robbery, but are caught mid-heist. They are sentenced to do time in Britain's toughest prison. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Bennett
CAST:  Ian Ogilvy  •  Julian Glover  •  Christopher Ellison  •  Lysette Anthony

The explosive follow-up to We Still Kill The Old Way (2014). Regarded as the best in the business, The Archer Gang is an aging criminal outfit who carry out a daring robbery, but are caught mid-heist. They are sentenced to do time in Britain's toughest prison. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Bennett
CAST:  Ian Ogilvy  •  Julian Glover  •  Christopher Ellison  •  Lysette Anthony

After Death (2012)

Following the sudden death of their last surviving parent - their Dad, two brothers and two sisters return to the family home after many years to face each other, face facts and face the future. But what do they know of the past?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Gooch
CAST:  Claira Watson Parr  •  Ben Shockley  •  David Wayman  •  Nicola Goodchild

Following the sudden death of their last surviving parent - their Dad, two brothers and two sisters return to the family home after many years to face each other, face facts and face the future. But what do they know of the past?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Gooch
CAST:  Claira Watson Parr  •  Ben Shockley  •  David Wayman  •  Nicola Goodchild

Tu£sday (2008)

Four career criminals, two glamorous bank workers and one over-the-hill has-been all happen to be planning a robbery on a London bank on the same day, by sheer coincidence. The two investigating detectives must try and deduce how these seemingly unrelated people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Bennett
CAST:  Philip Glenister  •  Kevin McNally  •  Kate Magowan  •  Kirsty Mitchell

Four career criminals, two glamorous bank workers and one over-the-hill has-been all happen to be planning a robbery on a London bank on the same day, by sheer coincidence. The two investigating detectives must try and deduce how these seemingly unrelated people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Bennett
CAST:  Philip Glenister  •  Kevin McNally  •  Kate Magowan  •  Kirsty Mitchell

Tango One (2018)

Three officers are assigned to go undercover and join a mission to capture Den Donovan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Bennett
CAST:  Vincent Regan  •  Sophie Colquhoun  •  Enrique Arce  •  Christopher Ellison

Three officers are assigned to go undercover and join a mission to capture Den Donovan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Bennett
CAST:  Vincent Regan  •  Sophie Colquhoun  •  Enrique Arce  •  Christopher Ellison

The Gatehouse (2016)

Eternity, a 10-year-old girl, lives in a gatehouse at the edge of an ancient forest and she likes to dig for buried treasure. One day she digs up something she shouldn't, and the forest wants it back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Gooch
CAST:  Scarlett Rayner  •  Simeon Willis  •  Linal Haft  •  Samantha White

Eternity, a 10-year-old girl, lives in a gatehouse at the edge of an ancient forest and she likes to dig for buried treasure. One day she digs up something she shouldn't, and the forest wants it back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Gooch
CAST:  Scarlett Rayner  •  Simeon Willis  •  Linal Haft  •  Samantha White

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage (1989)

Joe and Sarah Marriot are a pair of European campers who have pitched their tent for a little R & R at a campsite in France. The other families that have come to the site on holiday provide great comedy and plenty of people watching for the Marriots. Of course ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Jack Shepherd  •  Zoë Wanamaker  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Michael Kitchen

Joe and Sarah Marriot are a pair of European campers who have pitched their tent for a little R & R at a campsite in France. The other families that have come to the site on holiday provide great comedy and plenty of people watching for the Marriots. Of course ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Jack Shepherd  •  Zoë Wanamaker  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Michael Kitchen

The Duck (1998)

Proof of concept for an unproduced film centering around a formula that turns a duck into a cartoon character, which a Mafia eventually uses to their advantage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uli Meyer
CAST:  Richard D. Sharp  •  Teddy Kempner  •  Linal Haft  •  John Hallam

Proof of concept for an unproduced film centering around a formula that turns a duck into a cartoon character, which a Mafia eventually uses to their advantage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uli Meyer
CAST:  Richard D. Sharp  •  Teddy Kempner  •  Linal Haft  •  John Hallam

Comedians (1979)

Comedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring working-class comedians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  Bill Fraser  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  David Burke  •  Linal Haft

Comedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring working-class comedians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  Bill Fraser  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  David Burke  •  Linal Haft

Pete Townshend Live in New York Featuring Psychoderelict (1993)

A performance from Townshend's first North American solo tour was broadcast live from the theatre of the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York in August 1993. The concert was in three parts: an opening session of eight songs, a complete performance of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Gowers
CAST:  Pete Townshend  •  Simon Phillips  •  Andy Fairweather-Low  •  Pino Palladino

A performance from Townshend's first North American solo tour was broadcast live from the theatre of the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York in August 1993. The concert was in three parts: an opening session of eight songs, a complete performance of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Gowers
CAST:  Pete Townshend  •  Simon Phillips  •  Andy Fairweather-Low  •  Pino Palladino