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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Release: 2010-05-05 ·Runtime: 86m ·★ 6.6
Documentary

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Modus Operandi Films
UK Film Council

Cast

Jack Cardiff Jack Cardiff as Self Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese as Self – Interviewee Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas as Self – Interviewee Lauren Bacall Lauren Bacall as Self – Interviewee Charlton Heston Charlton Heston as Self – Interviewee Kim Hunter Kim Hunter as Self – Interviewee John Mills John Mills as Self – Interviewee Alan Parker Alan Parker as Self – Interviewee Thelma Schoonmaker Thelma Schoonmaker as Self – Interviewee Freddie Francis Freddie Francis as Self – Interviewee Raffaella De Laurentiis Raffaella De Laurentiis as Self – Interviewee Richard Fleischer Richard Fleischer as Self – Interviewee Peter Yates Peter Yates as Self – Interviewee Kathleen Byron Kathleen Byron as Self – Interviewee Moira Shearer Moira Shearer as Self – Interviewee Michel Ciment Michel Ciment as Self (archive footage) Michael Powell Michael Powell as Self (voice) (archive sound) Marlene Dietrich Marlene Dietrich as Countess Alexandra Vladinoff (archive footage) Henry Hathaway Henry Hathaway as Self (archive footage) Orson Welles Orson Welles as Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage) John Wayne John Wayne as Self (archive footage) Sophia Loren Sophia Loren as Self (archive footage) Errol Flynn Errol Flynn as Self (archive footage) Leslie Caron Leslie Caron as Fanny (archive footage) Ava Gardner Ava Gardner as Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage) John Huston John Huston as Self (archive footage) Humphrey Bogart Humphrey Bogart as Self (archive footage) Katharine Hepburn Katharine Hepburn as Self (archive footage) Edmond O'Brien Edmond O'Brien as Oscar Muldoon (archive footage) Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostova (archive footage) Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe as Self (archive footage) Laurence Olivier Laurence Olivier as Self (archive footage) Tony Curtis Tony Curtis as Eric (archive footage) (uncredited) Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Deborah Kerr Deborah Kerr as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)

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