The Story of Film: An Odyssey The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream (Season 1, Episode 11)
TV Episode | 62 min | Documentary, History

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey

The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream (Season 1, Episode 11)

TV Episode | 62 min | Documentary, History

The Story of Film: An Odyssey looks at the development of mainstream film in the 1970s and examines how such films were innovative. It first looks at the mainstream films of Hong Kong produced by Shaw Brothers Studio. It looks at the work ...See moreThe Story of Film: An Odyssey looks at the development of mainstream film in the 1970s and examines how such films were innovative. It first looks at the mainstream films of Hong Kong produced by Shaw Brothers Studio. It looks at the work of actor Bruce Lee and directors King Hu, John Woo, Yuen Woo-ping, and Tsui Hark. It then looks at the mainstream Bollywood films of India. It looks at the mega-hit Sholay and examines work of actress Sharmila Tagore, actor Amitabh Bachchan, and directors K. Asif, and Gulzar. It examines film in the Middle East. It discusses Moustapha Akkad's The Message and talks to Egyptian director Youssef Chahine. Finally, it looks at the blockbusters that transformed movie-making in the United States like Steven Spielberg's Jaws, William Friedkin's The Exorcist, and George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Written by Shatterdaymorn See less

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Mark Cousins Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	The First Movie (2009)
Stanley Kwan Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Lan Yu (2001)
Woo-Ping Yuen Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Hark Tsui Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
Sharmila Tagore Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Gulmohar (I) (2023)
Amitabh Bachchan Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Black (2005)
Javed Akhtar Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
Youssef Chahine Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Alexandria... Why? (1979)
Mercedes McCambridge Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Giant (1956)
William Friedkin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
David Dimbleby Self - Reporting Audience Reactions to 'The Exorcist' (archive footage) Self - Reporting Audience Reactions to 'The Exorcist' (archive footage) See fewer	The Goodies (1970)
Steven Spielberg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Schindler's List (1993)
Juan Diego Botto Narrator (voice) (version: spanish) Narrator (voice) (version: spanish) See fewer	La Celestina (1996)