Tony Van Bridge Movies
- 1990
The course of the American Revolution was changed dramatically when the Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant, decided to side with the British rather than the Americans during the American Revolution. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
- 1988
Made for television, Return of Hickey is the sequel to 1987's The Prodigious Mr. William Hicks. Both films were based on Owen Johnson's turn-of-the-century "Lawrenceville Stories." Zach Galligan returns as William "Hickey" Hicks, prep-school prankster supreme. Back at Lawrenceville after a period of suspension, Hickey intends to resume his agenda of elaborate practical jokes. This time, however, he is challenged by a imaginative new student (Nicholas Rowe), who has vowed to out-Hickey Hickey. Return of Hickey was originally telecast February 3, 1988, on PBS' American Playhouse. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1987
This PBS American Playhouse presentation is based on one of the many "Lawrenceville Stories" by Owen Johnson (which also served as the basis of the 1950 MGM feature The Happy Years). Zach Galligan stars as William Hicks, something of a legend at turn-of-century Lawrenceville Boy's School because of his elaborate pranks and practical jokes. This term, however, uptight housemaster Tapping (Robert Joy) has vowed to catch young Hicks in the act of horseplay. "Hickey" considers this threat to be a flung gauntlet, and thus plans his most spectacular prank ever. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
- PG
Marc Singer stars in this biography of Tom Sullivan, a blind singer, songwriter and actor. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marc Singer, R.H. Thomson, (more)
- 1982
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Robert Browning's cautionary poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin is vividly brought to the 21-inch screen by director Nicholas Meyer. Monty Python regular Eric Idle stars as the enigmatic Piper, who agrees for a price to rid the town of Hamelin of its rat population. When the corrupt city elders refuse to pay the Piper, he makes the town's children dance to a strange, alluring tune, resulting in anguish and grief for the selfish adults. Though peppered with comedy relief, wise-guy dialogue and contemporary attitudes, this 60-minute, taped installment of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre is a lucid, faithful recreation of the original. Parents of very young kids, beware: this one might induce a few unsettling dreams. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1980
Population of One stars Dixie Seattle as a small-town Canadian woman unlucky in love. Reasoning that her lack of amorous attachments may be due to an overall lack in men, she heads for the Big City. R.H. Thompson is the man with whom Seattle may settle down--if he meets her demanding standards. Filmed in 1980, Population of One was released to Canadian television in 1981. It didn't see much distribution in the US until it was sold to the Lifetime Cable Network in the late 1980s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1973
In this made-for-TV pilot, a government agent must stop a rogue operative from releasing a lethal virus. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- 1969
A rare radioactive isotope known as Trivanium is the prize in this tense Mission:Impossible episode. With only 48 hours at their disposal, the IMF must recover the isotope before it can be applied to the manufacture of nuclear weaponry. Paris poses as Stefan, the amnesiac former partner of Johan (Steve Ihnat), the thief who stole the Trivanium--and who thought he'd murdered Stefan in the process.. Also in the cast is Julie Gregg as IMF agent Monique. First telecast on December 21, 1969, "The Amnesiac" was written by Scripted by Robert Malcolm Young and Ken Pettus, from a story by Young. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, (more)
- 1961
Keel investigates when the roommate of one of his female patients mysteriously disappears. It turns out that the girl was spirited away by a prostitution ring operating out of a "respectable" hotel. At Keel's behest, another of the victim's girlfriends agrees to pose as a call girl, while John Steed prepares a trap for the head of the ring, whose identity comes as quite a surprise. Written by Bill Strutton, "Toy Trap" was originally telecast July 22, 1961. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Oedipus Rex looks just like what it was: a photographed stage play. Any cinematic deficiencies are, however, quickly forgotten as the "magic" of the Sophocles tragedy (translated by William Butler Yeats) takes hold. Staged by Sir Tyrone Guthrie at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare festival, the film spotlights such formidable Canadian-based talents as Douglas Campbell (Oedipus Rex) and Douglas Rain (Messenger). The story, of course, concerns Oedipus' detective work in locating the murderer of his father, and his nonplused (to say the least) reaction when he discovers that, not only is hehimself the guilty party, but his wife Jocasta is actually his own mother. When Douglas Rain comes on screen, see if you can pin down his voice. That's right: Rain was the dispassionate voice of homicidal computer Hal 9000 in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (Douglas Campbell was later in the McKenzie Brothers' slapstick comedy Strange Brew, but that's hardly in the same category as 2001). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Douglas Rain, Douglas Campbell, (more)
