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Apr 22, 2021 · India News: NEW DELHI: Oscar-winning British film director David Lean visited Pune’s FTII campus in the early 1960s, watched a bunch of short films made by the st.
David Lean's films were nominated for an astonishing 57 Academy Awards, of which 27 won Oscars. He made unique movies on a grand scale, with huge stories on vast canvases. He was aided by hundreds of technicians, thousands of extras and the most talented actors in the world.
David Lean was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most influential directors of all time, Lean directed the large-scale epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984). [1]
Director David Lean Stars Robert Newton Celia Johnson John Mills. Film's excellence comes mainly in the performances. 4. Blithe Spirit. 1945 1h 36m Approved. 7.0 (8K) Rate. A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife. Director David Lean Stars Rex Harrison Constance Cummings Kay Hammond.
Nov 25, 2007 · But behind the scenes, David Lean and Alec Guinness nursed differences that rankled for decades. They worked together for nearly 40 years and created some of the greatest films of the last century.
A Passage to India is a 1984 epic historical drama film written, directed and edited by David Lean. The screenplay is based on the 1960 play of the same name by Santha Rama Rau, which was in turn based on the 1924 novel of the same name by E. M. Forster . Set in the 1920s during the period of the British Raj, the film tells the story of the ...
Mar 25, 2022 · Lean was one of a quartet of British film directors — Carol Reed, Michael Powell, David Lean and Alfred Hitchcock — who were among the greatest film-makers in the world. And Lean, more than any other, gave British cinema the international reputation that has helped all of us subsequent British film-makers to reach US and world audiences.
