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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Back then, maybe stilltoday, I don't know, there's a slight whiff ofdisreputability, if...

Back then, maybe still
today, I don't know, there's a slight whiff of
disreputability, if that's a word, clung to the acting thing

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Back then, maybe still today, I don't know,
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there's a slight whiff of disreputability, if that's a word,
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clung to the acting thing.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:59
Uploaded
Apr 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Canal Cat Films,Trigger Films,BFI

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Movie Summary

Follows fresh interviews, archival footage, and various animation techniques like marionation to recreate one of the world's leading actors on screen, bringing them back to life through innovative methods.
I think there was a bit of him saying, "I suppose you think - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
I think there was a bit of him saying, "I suppose you t...
Which of course that's reversed much now, where you know, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:14
Which of course that's reversed much now, where you kno...
Of course, he always told the story that when he went to his mother - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:18
Of course, he always told the story that when he went to his...
Oh, Christopher, just think of all the appalling people you'll meet!" - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
Oh, Christopher, just think of all the appalling people you&...
'It was work, which I generally enjoyed - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'It was work, which I generally enjoyed
'with a 15-minute tea break and one hour for lunch. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
'with a 15-minute tea break and one hour for lunch.
'And seven years on a job without notable progression - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'And seven years on a job without notable progression
'But it was not just my lack of progress which frustrated me.' - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'But it was not just my lack of progress which frustrat...
And with my film career barely advanced - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:10
And with my film career barely advanced
Too tall, too foreign-looking, and now, too old. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
Too tall, too foreign-looking, and now, too old.
My dream was dead, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
My dream was dead,
But that was, I suppose, alright, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
But that was, I suppose, alright,
It was almost time for me to be death's emissary in modern cinema. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
It was almost time for me to be death's emissary in mod...
Now, to understand the story of my Dracula, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
Now, to understand the story of my Dracula,
'Hammer was a film production company which, by the mid-50s', - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'Hammer was a film production company which, by the mid...
'It had been established by the comedian William Hines - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:14
'It had been established by the comedian William Hines
They began, really, with very forward thinking. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
They began, really, with very forward thinking.
They began by adapting already popular BBC radio subjects. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
They began by adapting already popular BBC radio subjects.
But in among all that, they also got together - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:11
But in among all that, they also got together
Robert Lippert would send over fading American actors, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
Robert Lippert would send over fading American actors,