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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Short roles enabled him to go from film to film,to film, to film, sometimes to make...

Short roles enabled him to go from film to film,
to film, to film, sometimes to make multiple
films at the same time

Full Transcript

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Short roles enabled him to go
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from film to film, to film, to film,
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sometimes to make multiple films at the same time.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:59
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.
'My antagonistic services became very much in demand. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
'My antagonistic services became very much in demand.
'Now, admittedly, not all of the roles I played were in - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
'Now, admittedly, not all of the roles I played were in
I wouldn't hesitate to shoot this young lady, you know? - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
I wouldn't hesitate to shoot this young lady, you know?
I would say maybe half the movies that he made - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
I would say maybe half the movies that he made
And he once said to me that he pitied me - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
And he once said to me that he pitied me
To keep doing things, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
To keep doing things,
He didn't always say, "Is there any artistic merit in this?" - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
He didn't always say, "Is there any artistic merit...
He just... He just felt that, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
He just... He just felt that,
A better one." - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
A better one."
And things didn't quite work out how he always wanted them - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:10
And things didn't quite work out how he always wanted t...
We had spent almost a decade in America, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:10
We had spent almost a decade in America,
'I was in Las Vegas shooting the movie Jocks - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'I was in Las Vegas shooting the movie Jocks
'I was getting tired very easily and walking became quite exhausting.' - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
'I was getting tired very easily and walking became qui...
'She told me that my mitral valve in my left ventricle - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'She told me that my mitral valve in my left ventricle
'In that moment, I realised that, quite literally, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'In that moment, I realised that, quite literally,
'Back in London I took to Harley Street, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:15
'Back in London I took to Harley Street,
'I campaigned against one of those new-fangled plastic valves - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:10
'I campaigned against one of those new-fangled plastic ...
'As an aspirational raconteur and a connoisseur of the act of death, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
'As an aspirational raconteur and a connoisseur of the ...
'So, they offered me the valve of a pig, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'So, they offered me the valve of a pig,
'In the moment, however, they decided to mend rather than replace. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
'In the moment, however, they decided to mend rather th...