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1980
Circle of Two Colour
In this drama Burton stars as a 60-year-old failed artist to Tatum O’Neal’s
16-year-old, wilful schoolgirl. They befriend each other after spotting each other
at a porn movie they have gone to see. She persuades him to resume his career
as an artist, he persuades her to become a writer.
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| Screenplay: Thomas
Hedley |
| Producer: Henry
Van Der Volk |
| Director: Jules
Dassin |
| Running time:
108 minutes |
| Country: Canada |
| Available
from Amazon.com |
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1983
Wagner Colour
This huge nine-hour biographical panorama of the life and times of Wagner includes
an impressive cast. Burton plays Wagner, Vanessa Redgrave as Cosima von Bulow,
John Gielgud as Pfistermeister, Ralph Richardson as Pfordten, and Laurence Olivier
as Pfeufer. Filming took place over seven months, in Switzerland, Bavaria, Venice,
Sienna and Hungary.
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| Screenplay: Charles
Wood |
| Producer: Alan
Wright |
| Director: Tony
Palmer |
| Running time:
488 minutes |
| Country: Austria,
Hungary, UK |
| Available
from Amazon.com |
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1984
1984 Colour
George Orwell’s study of a dystopian future is made bleaker than the 1955
film version of the same novel. Set in a futuristic state, Oceania, the totalitarian
regime ensures that the human spirit has difficulty surviving. Burton plays O’Brien,
who, with his voice and patience, manages to personify ‘Big Brother’s’
omnipresence.
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| Screenplay: Michael
Radford, Jonathan Gems |
| Producer: Simon
Perry |
| Director: Michael
Radford |
| Running time:
108 minutes |
| Country: UK |
| Available
from Amazon.com |
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