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TCM’s The Essential Directors (56 person items)"Must-See Movies Blithe Spirit Brief Encounter Great Expectations Summertime The Bridge on the River Kwai Lawrence of Arabia Doctor Zhivago A Passage to India "
Every Best Director Winner (71 person items)"1957-The Bridge on the River Kwai 1962-Lawrence of Arabia "
Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 person items)"Alec Guinness - Great Expectations - Oliver Twist - The Bridge on the River Kwai - Lawrence of Arabia - Doctor Zhivago - A Passage to India John Mills - In Which We Serve - This Happy Breed - Great Expectations - Hobson's Choice - Ryan's Daughter Guinness and Mills in Lean's Great Expectations"
Films that Director's Never Got to Make or Wanted (81 person items)"1955 "Journey into Space" (expressed an interest to do a film version of the BBC science fiction radio serial) 1987 "Empire of the Sun" (originally wanted to do it, but he passed the project over to Steven Spielberg in order to concentrate on his other passion project "Nostromo") 1991 "Nostromo" (adaptation of the novel by Joseph Conrad. He wrote the screenplay and the film was budget with $46 million dollars. Dennis Quaid, Isabella Rossellini, Julian Sands, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Irene Papas a"
100 Greatest Filmmakers of All Time (100 person items)"British Major Works: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Brief Encounter (1945) • Director, Writer, Producer, Editor. • "
Oscars 1963 Winners (My Version) (25 movies items)"Best Director! Winner: David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia! Nominees: John Ford - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John Frankenheimer - The Manchurian Candidate Arthur Penn - The Miracle Worker Robert Mulligan - To Kill a Mockingbird"
Legendary Filmakers & Their Masterpieces (20 movies items)" Born March 25 1908 died April 16 1991 Directing Career : 1942-1984 Number Of Films : 17 __________ Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) My Rating : 2.0 for Exceptional The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) My Rating : 2.5 for Remarquable Great Expectations (1946) My Rating : 3.0 for Magnificent "
Oscars 1948 Winners (My Version) (24 movies items)"Best Adapted Screenplay! Winner: David Lean, Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan, Great Expectations! Nominees: Richard Murphy - Boomerang! John Paxton - Crossfire Moss Hart - Gentleman's Agreement George Seaton - Miracle on 34th Street"
Oscars 1946 Winners (My Version) (24 movies items)"Best Director! Winner: David Lean, Brief Encounter! Nominees: Leo McCarey - The Bells of St. Mary's Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend Clarence Brown - National Velvet Alfred Hitchcock - Spellbound"