feature films and Movies by the Canadian - British Director / Producer
/ Writer / screen play writer Alvin Rakoff have starred actresses and
actors of the Hollywood screen..
Roger Moore, Peter Sellers, Henry Fonda, Rod Steiger, Ava Gardner, Jean Simmons .. |
Movies and feature films of Alvin Rakoff the Uk - adopted Canadian director - producer - writer - screenplay author includes films with Hollywood screen actresses and British actors... Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Geilgulde, Jeremy Irons, Mirand Richardson, Zoe Wanamaker, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Peter Sellers ..
ON FRIDAY AT ELEVEN (UK
title)
THE WORLD IN MY POCKET(US
title)
starring Rod Steiger, Nadja Tiller, Ian Bannen,
Peter Van Eyck, Jean Servais
A film made in France and Germany for British Lion. "Terse,
underplaying direction by Alvin Rakoff and ... outstanding camerawork do much
to make this one of the more noteworthy pix of the season" (VARIETY)
"..would stop the heartbeats of old Alf Hitchcock
himself " (Daily Sketch)
"..a masterly study in suspense and thrills" (Dublin Herald)
"..our nerves are as taut as violin strings"(Sunday Express) "The suspense is
terrific" (Evening News)
"Infinite suspense" (Daily Mail) "Spine tingling" (Sunday Pictorial)
"Taut with fine direction" (NEW YORK MIRROR)
"I don't expect to sit any further forward on the edge of my seat this year"
(Dublin Independent)
"Bold, bloody and breathless" (Films & Filming) "Imaginative direction" (NY
DAILY NEWS)
CITY ON FIRE
Directed, produced and adapted for the screen by Alvin
Rakoff
starring Henry Fonda, Ava Gardner, Shelley
Winters
"Directed by the reliable Alvin Rakoff" (Daily Mail)
THE COMEDY MAN
Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Billie Whitelaw
"It is far and away the best picture I have
seen in months. There is a moderation and attentiveness in the way the film
is put together that makes me want to tip the hat to: director Alvin Rakoff"
(Clancy Sigal, Town)
"Kenneth More in the greatest performance of his career. Brilliantly directed."
(Sunday Mirror)
SAY HELLO TO YESTERDAY
Jean Simmons, Leonard Whiting Original Screenplay by Alvin
Rakoff
"This stunningly photographed British picture
apparently marks the debut - and it could hardly be more auspicious - of writer-director
Alvin Rakoff, still another talented Canadian." (Los Angeles Times)
"Polished performances and convincing dialogue with story, screenplay and sure
direction by Alvin Rakoff. A good laugh and a good cry combined" (Morning Star)
"Witty, intelligent and genuinely touching essay on a transient autumn-spring
relationship. Location shooting around London is beautiful" (Films & Filming)
"Amusing vignettes, perceptive tenderness and bittersweet wrap-up ... A captivating
immediacy" (Howard Thompson, NY Times)
OTHER FILMS INCLUDE
CROSSPLOT (Roger Moore)
HOFFMAN (Peter Sellers)
DIRTY TRICKS (Elliott Gould)
Alvin's experience in television influenced his film work; likewise film skills were reflected on television. He was one of the first directors to employ film to the advantage of television productions by insisting on inserting exterior film sequences into televised drama. In contrast, when working for the cinema, he often promoted the long single sequence shot on film without any cut. His film HOFFMAN (Peter Sellers) contains perhaps the longest such shot in cinema. The take is more than 8 minutes long, the camera travels through six sets, touching 118 different positions.
For a complete list of feature films please contact Ben
Berry, Production Managager
berry@alvinrakoff.com
Compiled by Ben Berry