David Dixon Movies
- 1990
Go behind-the-scenes at the BBC and discover how Douglas Adam's wild novels have been brought to television. Includes cut footage and archival film. ~ Rovi
Michael Palin wrote and stars in this comedy as The Reverend Charles Fortescue, an unassuming missionary called back to England after spending ten years in Africa teaching children in a native village. Upon arriving in London, he finds that his new assignment is to take charge of a slum mission for prostitutes. He obtains money for the running of the mission from a wealthy woman, Lady Ames (Maggie Smith), whom he meets on the boat sailing to England from Africa. Lady Ames guarantees Fortescue the money on the condition that he take it upon himself to add a little spice to her dormant sex life. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, (more)
- 1981
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy began as a 1978 BBC radio series by Douglas Adams, who adapted the material into a bestselling novel in 1979. This six-part BBC television miniseries - a witty and farcical science-fiction send-up -- stars Simon Jones as gormless Arthur Dent, who wakes up one morning to discover that a demolition crew is preparing to destroy his house and put in a new highway bypass. Saddened by this news, Arthur accepts the offer of his buddy Ford Prefect to head down to the local pub for a drink, but is soon greeted by Ford's wild revelation that he is in fact not a human but a space alien from a small planet just outside of Betelgeuse, who has spent many years on the planet Earth in the guise of a human actor, doing background research for a book called 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.' Before Arthur can fully digest this news, a Vogon spaceship appears in the sky and blasts out the message that the entire Earth will soon be destroyed to put in an intergalactic superhighway. At the last moment, Arthur and Ford manage to board the spaceship to escape obliteration themselves. Arthur is soon ensconced in a strange space vessel festooned with all manner of confusing hardware, and jets through a series of increasingly off-the-wall adventures, where he meets such wild characters as three-armed galaxy president Zaphod Beeblebrox; Trillian, the latter's girlfriend; neurotic robot Marvin; and Veet Voojagig, a graduate student with a ballpoint pen fixation. Like Dr. Who and other BBC productions, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy took its US bow on PBS affiliate stations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Simon Jones, David Dixon, (more)
- 1974
A bunch of beautiful actresses and models convene to discuss their difficulties in securing work. They then redirect their energies into an "anything goes" escort service. Also along for the ride are a few prim secretaries, who shed their inhibitions along with their clothing. There's a wisp of a plotline, but for the most part this is a sexploitationer pure and simple (well, maybe just simple). Escort Girls comes to us courtesy of the supplicatively named firm of Video Gems. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1971
- PG
In this youthful drama, teenagers grow into young adults. The story centers on a young woman who falls in love with one of her teachers. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
