Disability & Cinema
Filmography
Core Films: detailed 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 Dir: Basil Dearden
Young Frankenstein US 1974 Dir: Mel Brookes
A Zed and Two Noughts GB 1985 Dir: Peter Greenaway