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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'The great playwrightAnthony Shaffer found a novel 'in which he saw a kernel ofa story...

'The great playwright
Anthony Shaffer found a novel 'in which he saw a kernel of
a story which intrigued him

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'The great playwright Anthony Shaffer found a novel
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'in which he saw a kernel of a story which intrigued him.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:10
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.
One should always be open to the regenerative influences. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
One should always be open to the regenerative influences.
'I assure you that this is an extreme rarity in the business. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
'I assure you that this is an extreme rarity in the bus...
'To have a part not just handed to you, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:12
'To have a part not just handed to you,
The Wicker Man really drew from a lot of his past - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
The Wicker Man really drew from a lot of his past
Because The Wicker Man is unquestionably a horror film. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
Because The Wicker Man is unquestionably a horror film.
And at the heart of it, of course, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:13
And at the heart of it, of course,
It's a very clever manipulation of his image. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
It's a very clever manipulation of his image.
And I think to a degree, Lee was aware of that, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:15
And I think to a degree, Lee was aware of that,
What my grandfather had started out of expediency, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
What my grandfather had started out of expediency,
To reverence the music and the drama - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
To reverence the music and the drama
A heathen, conceivably, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
A heathen, conceivably,
'From the grey wind-swept hills of coastal Scotland - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'From the grey wind-swept hills of coastal Scotland
'Famously, the 007 films were lavish Pan Global productions, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:10
'Famously, the 007 films were lavish Pan Global product...
'The producers were Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:11
'The producers were Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman,
'Oh, yes, Ian and I were quite the pair. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
'Oh, yes, Ian and I were quite the pair.
'I've heard talk that certain elements of the James Bond character - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
'I've heard talk that certain elements of the Jame...
'But of course, I couldn't possibly comment on such matters. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
'But of course, I couldn't possibly comment on suc...
'Sadly, by now, Ian was dead - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'Sadly, by now, Ian was dead
'But here I was now squaring off against Roger Moore, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:12
'But here I was now squaring off against Roger Moore,
At a million dollars a contract, I can afford to Mr Bond. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
At a million dollars a contract, I can afford to Mr Bond.