Britannia Hospital 1982  R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Plowright, Marsha A. Hunt, Alan Bates, Barbara Hicks, Mary MacLeod, Mark Hamill, Peter Jeffrey, John Moffatt, Fulton Mackay, Vivian Pickles, Jill Bennett, Gladys Crosbie
The labor dispute in a local hospital is the subject of this heavy satire in which the Queen's visit threatens to become a nightmare when workers refuse to do their appointed jobs. And adding to the confusion is reporter Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) who is shooting a documentary on the hospital.
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 Chariots of Fire 1981  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm, Patrick Magee, Alice Krige, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, Peter Egan, Nicholas Farrell, Cheryl Campbell, Dennis Christopher, Struan Rodger, David Yelland
This is an inspiring story based on the 1924 Olympic games. Two British runners Harold Abrahams and Sam Mussabini (Ben Cross and Ian Holm) practice their sport while working out personal concerns with anti-Semitism and Christian missionary work, respectively. The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Writing, Costume Design, and Musical Score. Nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Holm) and Director.
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Home 1972 TV, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Mona Washbourne, Warren Clarke, Dandy Nichols
Based on David Storey's award-winning tale, this made-for-TV film is set outside a "home," which the viewer can only guess is for old, mentally disturbed people. Harry and Jack (John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson) are two residents who carry on a conversation, which reveals their condition and the condition of the British society as well.
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If... 1968  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, Rupert Webster, Peter Jeffrey, Mona Washbourne, Arthur Lowe, Graham Crowden, Charles Lloyd Pack
This excellent drama/black comedy takes a student revolt to extremes and, in the process, reveals how their actions parallel those of the world of adults. It is often violent as the students rebel against the "establishment."
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In Celebration 1975   PG, 131 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Alan Bates, James Bolam, Brian Cox, Constance Chapman, Gabrielle Daye, Bill Owen
Lindsay Anderson brings his play to the screen with the original cast in this intense story of a family brought together for a 40th wedding anniversary of the Shaws (Bill Owen and Constance Chapman) in a coal-mining town in England. Their three sons–Steven, Andrew, and Colin (Brian Cox, Alan Bates, and James Bolam) have done well in life, at least better than most in this town, but the relationships of the brothers become strained during the visit.
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O Lucky Man! 1973 R, 186 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe, Helen Mirren, Dandy Nichols, Mona Washbourne, Graham Crowden, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Medwin, Alan Price, Philip Stone, Mary MacLeod, Michael Bangerter, Wallas Eaton
This allegory, with the politics of Capitalism as its subject, is told through a young coffee salesman's–Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell)–experiences as he climbs up and falls down the ladder of success. Alan Price adds to the fast-paced story with several songs that reflect Mick's rise and fall: "Someone has to win in the human race, if it isn't you, then it has to be me."
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Prisoner of Honor 1991 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Russell
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Oliver Reed, Peter Firth, Jeremy Kemp, Brian Blessed, Kenneth Colley, Catherine Neilson, Peter Vaughan, Lindsay Anderson, Christopher Ashley, John Bennett, John Cater
This made-for-TV film provides an account of the French "Dreyfus Affair" in the last decade of the 19th century. Captain Alfred Dreyfus (Kenneth Colley) was court-martialed and sent to Devil's Island for espionage. Colonel Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss) was assigned the task of justifying the sentence; but, instead, he uncovered the fact that the Jewish Dreyfus was a scapegoat for a General Staff member. Picquart's efforts ruined his career but resulted in the release of Dreyfus.
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This Sporting Life 1963 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Vanda Godsell, Arthur Lowe, Anne Cunningham, Jack Watson, Harry Markham, George Sewell, Leonard Rossiter, Wallas Eaton
Frank Machin (Richard Harris) is a former Yorkshire coal miner who gains fame and fortune as a rugby player. Frank has it all–except love, and now he pursues a romance with his landlady, the widowed Mrs. Hammond (Rachel Roberts). All goes well for a short time, but when Mrs. Hammond grows tired of Frank, their doomed romance leads to tragedy.
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| 1. Britannia Hospital (1982)
2. Chariots of Fire (1981)
3. Home (1972)
4. If... (1968)
5. In Celebration (1975)
6. O Lucky Man! (1973)
7. Prisoner of Honor (1991)
8. This Sporting Life (1963)
9. The Whales of August (1987)
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