Disability & Cinema

Filmography

Core Filmsdetailed and listed chronologically

A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg    Columbia / Domino (David Deutsch)

GB  1970 (Released 1972)  106mins   Eastmancolour 

writer  Peter Nichols (from his own play)    director   Peter Medak   

photography   Ken Hodges  music   Edward Elgar 

cast  Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles, Sheila Gish, Joan Hickson 
 

The Raging Moon    EMI

GB  1970 (US title: Long Ago Tomorrow)  111mins    Technicolor

writer   Bryan Forbes (from a novel by Peter Marshall)

director   Bryan Forbes

photography   Tony Imi   music   Stanley Myers

cast   Malcolm McDowell, Nanette Newman, Georgia Brown, Michael Flanders
 

The Elephant Man    EMI / Brooksfilms (Stuart Cornfield)

US   1980   124mins   b&w   Panavision

writers   Christopher de Vore, Eric Bergren and

David Lynch (from various memoirs)

director   David Lynch   photography   Freddie Francis 

music   John Morris (and Samuel Barber)

cast   John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Freddie Jones, John Gielgud, Michael Elphick
 

Whose Life Is It Anyway?     MGM / Martin Schute and Ray Cooney / Lawrence Bachmann

US   1981   118mins   Metrocolor

writer   Brian Clark (from his play) and Reginald Rose 

director   John Badham    photography    Mario Tosi

music   Arthur Rubenstein

cast   Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban 
 

Duet For One    Cannon (Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus)

GB   1987   107mins   Rank colour

writers   Tom Kempinski (from his play), Jeremy Lipp

and Andrei Konchalovsky

director   Andrei Konchalovsky   photography   Alex Thomson

music   Bach (and various others)

cast   Julie Andrews, Alan Bates, Max Von Sydow, Rupert Everett, Liam Neeson   
 

My Left Foot   Palace / Fernadale Films / Granada TV

International / RTE (Noel Pearson)

GB   1989   103mins   Technicolor

writers   Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan

(from book by Christy Brown)

director   Jim Sheridan   photography   Jack Conroy

music   Elmer Bernstein

cast   Daniel Day-Lewis, Ruth McCabe, Fiona Shaw, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker

Other Films Mentioned

Accion Mutante                                 Spain 1995                  Dir: Alex de la Iglesia

Afraid of the Dark                              GB 1992                     Dir: Mark Peploe

The African Queen                            GB 1951                     Dir: John Huston

Almost an Angel                                US 1990                      Dir: John Cornell

Annie Hall                                         US 1977                      Dir: Woody Allen

Annie’s Coming Out                         Australia 1984            Dir: Gil Brealey

Antonia’s Line                                   Holland 1995              Dir: Marleen Gorris

Bad Boy Bubby                                  Australia 1993            Dir: Rolf de Heer

Bad Day at Black Rock                      US 1955                      Dir: John Sturges

Batman Returns                                 US 1992                      Dir: Tim Burton

Baxter                                                 GB 1972                     Dir: Lionel Jeffries

The Best Years of Our Lives               US 1946                      Dir: William Wyler

Beyond the Stars                                 US/Canada 1988         Dir: David Saperstein

The Big Lebowski                              US 1998                      Dir: Joel Cohen

Bitter Moon                                        GB 1992                     Dir: Roman Polanski

Blind Fury                                         US 1989                      Dir: Phillip Noyce

Blind Terror                                       GB 1971                     Dir: Richard Fleischer

Blink                                                  US 1994                      Dir: Michael Apted

Born on the Fourth of July               US 1989                      Dir: Oliver Stone

The Boy Who Could Fly                   US 1986                      Dir: Nick Castle

Breaking the Waves                           Denmark 1996            Dir: Lars Von Trier

Brimstone and Treacle                       GB 1982                     Dir: Richard Loncraine

Broken Silence                                   Germany 1996                        Dir: Caroline Link

La Buena Estrella                              Spain 1997                  Dir: Ricardo Franco

Cactus                                                 Australia 1986            Dir: Paul Cox

Carlito’s Way                                     US 1993                      Dir: Brian de Palma

Carry On ... (generic)                          GB 1958 >1992          Dir: G. Thomas / R. Thomas

Cat O’Nine Tails                               Italy 1971                   Dir: Dario Argento

Charly                                                 US 1968                      Dir: Ralph Nelson

Children of a Lesser God                   US 1986                      Dir: Randa Haines

A Christmas Carol                              US 1938                      Dir: E.L. Marin

Citizen Kane                                      US 1941                      Dir: Orson Wells

A Clockwork Orange                         GB 1971                     Dir: Stanley Kubrick

Coming Home                                    US 1978                      Dir: Hal Ashby

Crash                                                  US 1977                      Dir: Charles Band

Crash                                                  Canada 1996               Dir: David Cronenberg

Crescendo                                           GB 1969                     Dir: Alan Gibson

Crush                                                  New Zealand 1992      Dir: Alison Maclean

Cutter’s Way                                       US 1981                      Dir: Ivan Passer

Dance Me To My Song                      Australia 1998            Dir: Rolf de Heer

The Dark Angel                                 US 1935                      Dir: Sidney Franklin

Dark City                                            US 1997                      Dir: Alex Proyas

Dark Victory                                       US 1939                      Dir: Edmund Goulding

Day of the Locust                               US 1975                      Dir: John Schlesinger

Dolores Claiborne                              US 1995                      Dir: Taylor Hackford

Dragonwyck                                       US 1946                      Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

The Eighth Day                                 Belgium/France 1996  Dir: Jaco Van Dormael            

Elmer Gantry                                      US 1960                      Dir: Richard Brooks

The Enchanted Cottage                     US 1945                      Dir: John Cromwell

Ethan Frome                                      US/GB 1993               Dir: John Madden

Eye of the Cat                                     US 1969                      Dir: David Lowell Rich

Eye of the Needle                               GB 1981                     Dir: Richard Marquand

Faster Pussycat Kill Kill!                   US 1966                      Dir: Russ Meyer

Forrest Gump                                     US 1994                      Dir: Robert Zemeckis

Four Weddings and a Funeral         GB 1994                     Dir: Mike Newell

Frankenstein                                      US 1931                      Dir: James Whale

Frankie Starlight                               GB/US 1995               Dir: Michael Lindsey-Hogg

Freaks                                                 US 1932                      Dir: Tod Browning

Gattaca                                               US 1997                      Dir: Andrew Niccol

Gigot                                                   US 1962                      Dir: Gene Kelly

Go Now (aka Love Bites: Go Now)    GB 1996                     Dir: Michael Winterbottom

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly     Italy 1966                   Dir: Sergio Leone

Gummo                                               US 1997                      Dir: Harmony Korine

Hana Bi                                              Japan 1997                  Dir: Takeshi Kitano

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter            US 1968                      Dir: Robert Ellis Miller

Hearts of Fire                                     US 1992                      Dir: Jeff Bleckner

Hilary and Jackie                              GB 1998                     Dir: Anand Tucker

The Horse Whisperer                          US 1998                      Dir: Robert Redford

The Hunchback of Notre Dame        US 1923 (silent)          Dir: Wallace Worsley

The Hunchback of Notre Dame        US 1939                      Dir: William Dieterle

The Hunchback of Notre Dame        France/Italy 1956        Dir: Jean Delannoy

The Hunchback of Notre Dame        US 1996                      Dir: G. Trousdale and K. Wise

Ich Klage Na                                      Germany 1941                        Dir. Wolfgang Liebeneiner

I Don’t Want to be Born                    GB 1975                     Dir: Peter Sasdy

The Idiots                                           Denmark 1998            Dir: Lars Von Trier

In the Company of Men                    US 1997                      Dir: Neil LeBute

Jennifer 8                                           US 1992                      Dir: Bruce Robinson

Jobman                                               S. Africa 1990             Dir: D. Roodt

Johnny Belinda                                 US 1948                      Dir: Jean Negulesco

Journey To Knock                              GB 1991                     Dir: David Wheatley

Junk Mail                                          Norway 1997              Dir: Pal Sletaune 

Just the Way You Are                      US 1984                      Dir: Eduardo Molinaro

Kingpin                                              US 1996                      Dir: P. & B. Farrelly 

Kings Row                                          US 1942                      Dir: Sam Wood

Kiss of Death                                      US 1947                      Dir: Henry Hathaway

Lady Chatterley                                  GB 1993                     Dir: Ken Russell

Lady Chatterley’s Lover                      GB 1981                     Dir: Just Jaeckin

The Lawnmower Man                        US 1992                      Dir: Brett Leonard

Leap of Faith                                     US 1992                      Dir: Richard Pearce

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty               US 1942                      Dir: Irving Pichel

Live Flesh                                           Spain 1997                  Dir: Pedro Almodovar

Lolita                                                  GB 1962                     Dir: Stanley Kubrick

Magnificent Obsession                      US 1954                      Dir: Douglas Sirk

Mandy                                                GB 1952                     Dir: Alexander Mackendrick

A Man on the Beach                          GB 1956                     Dir: Jospeh Losey

The Man with the Golden Arm         US 1956                      Dir: Otto Preminger

The Men                                             US 1950                      Dir: Fred Zinnemann

Midnight Cowboy                              US 1969                      Dir: John Schlesinger

The Mighty                                         US 1998                      Dir: Peter Chelsom

The Miracle Woman                          US 1931                      Dir: Frank Capra

The Miracle Worker                           US 1962                      Dir: Arthue Penn

Monkey Shines                                  US 1988                      Dir: George Romero

Mr Holland’s Opus                            US 1995                      Dir: Stephen Herek

The Muppet Christmas Carol            US 1993                      Dir: Brian Hanson

Mute Witness                                      GB 1995                     Dir: Anthony Waller

Night Song                                         US 1947                      Dir: John Cromwell

Notorious Landlady                           GB 1962                     Dir: Richard Quine

No Trees in the Street                         GB 1958                     Dir: J. Lee Thompson

On Dangerous Ground                      US 1951                      Dir: Nicholas Ray

Passion Fish                                       US 1992                      Dir: John Sayles

A Patch of Blue                                  US 1965                      Dir: Guy Green

Paula                                                  US 1952                      Dir: Rudolph Mate

Paulie                                                 US 1998                      Dir: John Roberts

The People vs. Larry Flint                 US 1996                      Dir: Milos Forman

Persons Unknown                              US 1996                      Dir: George Hickenlooper

The Piano                                           Australia 1993            Dir: Jane Campion

Poulet au Vinaigre                             France 1984                Dir: Claude Chabrol

Rain Man                                           US 1988                      Dir: Barry Levinson

Reach for the Sky                               GB 1956                     Dir: Lewis Gilbert

The Road To Wellville                      US 1994                      Dir: Alan Parker

Salon Kitty                                         France/Germany 1978 Dir: Tinto Brass

Santa Sangre                                      Italy 1989                   Dir. A. Jodorowski

Saturday Night Fever                         US 1977                      Dir: John Badham

Scrooge                                               GB 1951                     Dir: B.D. Hurst

Scrooge                                               GB 1970                     Dir: Ronald Neame

Scrooged                                             US 1988                      Dir: Richard Donner

The Secret Garden                              US 1993                      Dir: Agnieszka Holland

The Seventh Seal                               Sweden 1957               Dir: Ingmar Bergman

Short Circuit                                      US 1988                      Dir: John Badham

Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist  US 1997  Dir: K. Dick

Sitcom                                                 France 1997                Dir: Francois Ozon

Sixth Happiness                                 GB 1997                     Dir: Waris Hussein

Sling Blade                                        US 1996                      Dir: Billy Bob Thornton

Sorry, Wrong Number                        US 1948                      Dir: Anatole Litvak

The Spiral Staircase                           US 1945                      Dir: Robert Siodmak

Starship Troopers                               US 1997                      Dir: Paul Verhoeven

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell US 1939                    Dir: Irving Cummings

The Story of Esther Costello              GB 1957                     Dir: David Miller

The Stratton Story                              US 1949                      Dir: Sam Wood

The Switch                                         US 1993                      Dir: Bobby Roth

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon  US 1970           Dir: Otto Preminger

There’s Something About Mary        US 1998                     Dir: P. & B. Farrelly

Touch                                                 US 1997                      Dir: Paul Schrader

Wait Until Dark                                 US 1967                      Dir: Terence Young

The Walking Stick                             GB 1970                     Dir: Eric Trill

Walter                                                 GB 1982                     Dir: Stephen Frears

Walter and June                                GB 1983                     Dir: Stephen Frears

War Games                                         US 1983                      Dir: John Badham

The Waterdance                                 US 1992                      Dir: N. Jimenez & S. Michael

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?  US 1962                    Dir: Robert Aldrich

The Wheelchair                                 Spain 1959                  Dir: Marco Ferreri

Wild at Heart                                      US 1990                      Dir: David Lynch

Woman of Straw                                GB 1964                     DirBasil Dearden

Young Frankenstein                          US 1974                      Dir: Mel Brookes

A Zed and Two Noughts                    GB 1985                     Dir: Peter Greenaway