William Parker Movies
- 2009
This concert program from DJ Spooky and the Matthew Shipp Trio captures the performance with innovative techniques, employing four hand-held cameras on stage to record the action from every angle. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- DJ Spooky, Matthew Shipp, (more)
- 1987
- R
Scripted by Frederick Forsyth from his own novel, The Fourth Protocol is a fact-based spy thriller. The titular protocol is a secret agreement between America, Britain and Russia to cease smuggling nuclear weapons into their respective countries. This figures into the schemes of several rogue spies, who hope to destroy NATO by embarking on just such a smuggling endeavor. Russian agent Valeri Petrofsky (Pierce Brosnan) is ordered to stage a nuclear accident in England, then arrange the evidence to point to the Americans. British intelligence agent John Preston (Michael Caine) begins wondering why such nuclear-weapon components like lithium are showing up in the unlikeliest places. Ignored by his superiors, who figure that Preston is merely an old-line anti-Commie paranoic, Preston gathers the clues that will enable him to find out who's behind the potential breaking of The Fourth Protocol. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, (more)
This kooky British comedy chronicles the zany and occasionally dramatic exploits of the Song and Dance Unit, Southeast Asia (SADUSEA, pronounced "sad-you-see") assigned to entertain troops stationed in the Malayan jungle during WW II. It is based on a play by Peter Nichols. The entertainers are led by the rigid Major Giles Flack. Much to Flack's discomfiture, most of his unit is gay and enjoys dressing up in drag. The film also contains a serious subplot about a treacherous cad in the group who gets the only real woman in the troupe pregnant and then abuses her. He also steals ammo and information to give to the enemy. In the end, a terrible battle ensues at his hands. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Cleese, Denis Quilley, (more)
- 1965
The Hooterville Cannonball is forced to temporarily halt service when a bird builds its nest in the engine's smokestack. Enter the redoubtable Homer Bedloe (Charles Lane), who declares that the Cannonball will be scrapped if it does not return to its appointed rounds immediately. This is one of several second-season episodes written by Jay Sommers and directed by Richard L. Bare, the same team responsible for the Petticoat Junction spinoff series Green Acres. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
