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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

"You have to bring the fire." 'I was recognisedeverywhere I went, 'and it was acertain...

"You have to bring the fire." 'I was recognised
everywhere I went, 'and it was a
certain type of fame

Full Transcript

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"You have to bring the fire."
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'I was recognised everywhere I went,
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'and it was a certain type of fame.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:02
Uploaded
Apr 02, 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 don't say this out of pride or vanity, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'I don't say this out of pride or vanity,
'Meaning that, to some degree, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'Meaning that, to some degree,
'Indeed, had I retired from acting in that very moment, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:14
'Indeed, had I retired from acting in that very moment,
When that film came out in the summer of 1958, you know, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
When that film came out in the summer of 1958, you know,
Picturegoer actually heads a piece about him and calls it, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:12
Picturegoer actually heads a piece about him and calls it,
Because he was an irredeemable monster, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
Because he was an irredeemable monster,
How do you destroy a fiend - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
How do you destroy a fiend
Those who come to end his reign of terror - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
Those who come to end his reign of terror
Hammer suddenly became a... - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
Hammer suddenly became a...
A place for people to go to see a certain kind of movie. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
A place for people to go to see a certain kind of movie.
And that's not to belittle the fact that - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:11
And that's not to belittle the fact that
'The American premiere took place in New York - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'The American premiere took place in New York
'It was my first trip to America, and I was quite overwhelmed. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
'It was my first trip to America, and I was quite overw...
'Dear Peter and I damn near destroyed our wrists - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'Dear Peter and I damn near destroyed our wrists
'By that point, Mr Cushing and I had become good friends. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
'By that point, Mr Cushing and I had become good friend...
'I think the public often made the mistake of assuming - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'I think the public often made the mistake of assuming
'From the day we met, Peter and I, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:11
'From the day we met, Peter and I,
He and Chris became a kind of... - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
He and Chris became a kind of...
A kind of a couple in the sense that they would - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
A kind of a couple in the sense that they would
I think, I can't remember, 17, how many pictures they did together. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:06
I think, I can't remember, 17, how many pictures they d...