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aka CAMERAMAN: THE WORK
AND LIFE OF JACK CARDIFF
Year: 2010
USA: Strand Releasing
UK: Optimum Releasing
Cast: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren
Bacall, Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, John Mills, Alan Parker, Thelma
Schoonmaker, Freddie Francis, Raffaella De Laurentiis, Richard
Fleischer, Peter Yates, Kathleen Byron, Christopher Challis, Kevin
Mcclory, Ian Christie, Moira Shearer, Michel Ciment, Peter Handford,
George E Turner, Michael Powell
Director: Craig McCall
Country: UK
USA & UK: 90 mins
USA Rated: Unrated
UK Certificate: PG contains mild language, violence and sex
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USA Release Date: 13 May 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 7 May 2010 (Limited Release)
UK DVD Release Date: 19 July 2010
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Synopsis
CAMERAMAN illuminates a unique figure in British and international
cinema, Jack Cardiff, a man whose life and career are inextricably
interwoven with the history of cinema, spanning nine decades of
moving pictures. The phrase “legend” is all too frequently used
in Hollywood, yet Jack Cardiff’s story surely proves him truly
worthy of that title. On March 25, 2001, fifty-four years after
winning his first Oscar for his stunning Technicolor cinematography
on BLACK NARCISSUS, Jack Cardiff was the first Cinematographer ever
to be presented with an Honorary Oscar for:
“Exceptional distinction in lifetime achievement; exceptional
contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences; and
for outstanding services to the Academy.”
In this unique insight into Jack’s life and work, the master
himself explains how he helped elevate cinematography to an art form
and made history with his groundbreaking vision and technical
wizardry in A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, THE RED SHOES, THE AFRICAN
QUEEN, THE VIKINGS and many others. Amongst many fascinating
revelations and anecdotes in the film, Jack relates what it was like
to work with Hollywood’s greatest icons, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey
Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Kirk Douglas and Sophia Loren.
Martin Scorsese passionately guides us through Jack’s films and
tells us why they have had such an influence on him. “I began to
have a very strong affinity towards British Cinema, because of my
recognition of Jack Cardiff’s name.”
Featuring unique interviews with the world’s greatest actors,
directors and technicians, CAMERAMAN explores Jack’s life and work
in compelling detail, scope and intimacy. The film is not only a
unique and valuable testimony to British and international cinema
history; it’s a humorous and informative one too - an amazing
story about an exceptional life.
Official Selection, Cannes Classics - Cannes Film Festival 2010
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