Return to waterloo 1985 stream and watch online moviefone. Return to waterloocome dancing with the kinks dvd, 1999 ebay. Surely from the editing in the film release would suggest there was more footage available. With tim roth, kenneth colley, claire parker, ray davies. This frightened the financial backers of kubricks film and they pulled out at the last minute scrapping the shoot. A man taking the train to work one morning is overcome by melancholy memories and morbid fantasies. The format allows davies to write a series of storysongs, including going solo. If you watch this portion of the film that takes place on the day of the battle of waterloo june 18, 1815, you will notice that there is a. Production quality is outstanding, and the music is wonderful. Return to waterloo 1985 the songs of ray davies and the kinks underscore this offbeat account of a london businessmans morning commute.
Watch return to waterloo full movie in hd visit movie 190040 a man taking the train to work one morning is overcome by melanc. Return to waterloo 1985 ray davies related allmovie. Ray davies of the kinks, well respected as one of rocks best storytellers, makes his film making debut as director, writer and composer of return to waterloo. Tim roth, kenneth colley, claire park an unnamed traveler boards the guildford waterloo train and proceeds to dayd.
Within the studio practice major, you can choose specializations in intensive studio, digital art, or the teaching preparation specialization. Return to waterloo seems every bit as disillusioned with the times as the central character,from the punks to the greedy businessmen the film holds them all in contempt,the only character return to waterloo seems to have total sympathy for is the travellers wife who believes her husband is having an affair and is the subject of the touching. Return to waterloo is an insightful and witty portrayal of the modern world, as seen through the eyes of a wellrespected man as he attempts to confront reality and fantasy, love and violence. The second part of the dvd consists of late 80s kinks videos. Return to waterloo is an hourlong music video featuring a number of kinks songs and a storyline about an average, welloff englishman. Date label number country format running time 1985 rcacolumbia pictures home video 60525 usa vhs 60 minutes. Return to waterloo is a 1984 british musical film written and directed by ray davies and starring tim roth, kenneth colley and claire parker. Screw cgi, this war movie used 15,000 real soldiers. Return to waterloo is a terrific soundtrack but a somewhat strange, artsy movie. Waterloo starts out well, showing napoleons abdication to elba in 1814 and subsequent return in 1815.
This hourlong feature is a unique approach to the synthesis of music, video and cinema. The beginning of the film gives a great background to events, including the emperors abdication and his emotional farewell to the old guard. The traveller is played by veteran british actor ken colley the empire strikes back, monty pythons life of brian. An unnamed traveler boards the guildfordwaterloo train and proceeds to daydream about his life and of having interactions with his fellow passengers. Ray davies wrote some songs to accompany the story, such as return to waterloo, and voices in the dark. Return to waterloo embraces ray davies satirical and occasionally comical view of modern society, as reflected in over thirty albums over a remarkable twentyfive years with the kinks. According to ray davies, dave davies refused to perform on the album. It had quite wellknown stars in its cast and won a number of awards upon its release. Lineup announced for 16th edition of film comment selects.
Kubrick was all set to begin filming napoleon when waterloo was released and bombed. However, it bombed at the box office when it came out and was met with a less than positive response from moviegoers and critics alike. Return to waterloo ray davies, uk, 1984, 35mm, 58m the littleseen first and only film by ray davies, songwriter and lead singer of the kinks, is an offbeat musical that takes off from and expands the possibilities of the thennewly emergent musicvideo format while revisiting many of the themes of daviess songs of modern discontent and nostalgia. A hypnotic journey into a mind out of control overview. Napoleon music, the waterloo soundtrack by nino rota. A hybrid of music video and feature film, return to waterloo marks the strong directorial debut of singersongwriter ray davies, leader of the legendary british rock. Epic battle scenes filmed in an era that couldnt imagine using cgi like in return of the king. The movie that used 15,000 real soldiers as extras. Feb 19, 2009 waterloo also has a rather interesting place in film history as it is the main reason stanley kubrick never got to make his napoleon epic. Return to waterloo 1985 is a onehour musical travelogue, written and directed by ray davies. The film shows the journey of a commuter from guildford to waterloo in london.
Return to waterloo 1984 11011984 gb music, drama 1h user score. With rod steiger, christopher plummer, orson welles, jack hawkins. Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror napoleon bonaparte and his army confront the british at the battle of waterloo. Davies, david mingay, geoff hogg, dennis woolf, ray davies. Find similar and related movies for return to waterloo 1985 ray davies on allmovie. Choose studio practice or visual culture as the area of focus for your fine arts major or add additional areas of interest and expertise by including a minor or minors as part of your degree. All of the kinks appear on the album with the exception of dave davies. Fine arts university of waterloo university of waterloo. So first off, waterloo 1970 is a brilliant film and you should all watch it because its awesome.
With a resume that boasted an assortment of villains and neerdowells, actor tim roth often had to avoid being typecast in order to play roles that demonstrated his extraordinary talents. Once you made your payement you will be directed to the downloadpage and be able to download directly to your pc. At various times, ray davies made noises about dissolving the group and going solo, but for years the closest he came to it was taking solo credit for the soundtrack to his 1985 film, return to waterloo which he wrote and directed, even though the music sounds. An unnamed traveler boards the guildford waterloo train and proceeds to daydream about his life and of having interactions with his fellow passengers. Sallie anne field is an actress, known for sid and nancy 1986, return to waterloo 1984 and. The littleseen first and only film by ray davies, songwriter and lead singer of the kinks, is an offbeat musical that takes off from and expands the possibilities of the thennewly emergent musicvideo format while revisiting many of the themes of daviess songs of modern discontent and nostalgia. Aug, 2017 waterloo starts out well, showing napoleons abdication to elba in 1814 and subsequent return in 1815. Tim roth, kenneth colley, claire park an unnamed traveler boards the guildfordwaterloo train. Telecharger return to waterloo film complet en francais vf.
Waterloo 1970 is set in the hundred days period of the napoleonic era and depicts one of the greatest comebacks in history. Luckely for all napoleonic fans we got napoleon music for you here ready to download. Tim roth, kenneth colley, claire park an unnamed traveler boards the guildfordwaterloo train and proceeds to dayd. Overview of return to waterloo, 1985, directed by ray davies, with kenneth colley, valerie holliman, dominique barnes, at turner classic movies. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Marcus college square cinema movie times showtimes and. Written and directed by ray davies type of release. Released 1985, return to waterloo stars kenneth colley, valerie holliman, dominique barnes the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 0 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Return to waterloo is the debut solo album by kinks leader and chief songwriter ray davies.
One of the biggest projects in a career full of big projects, this 1985 film produced for british tv was written, directed and scored by kinks frontman ray. What we need is someone to film a remake fitting for the 200th anniversary in the summer of 2015. Return to waterloo 1984 full movie download full hd. An unnamed traveler boards the guildfordwaterloo train and proceeds to daydream about his life and of having interactions.
Franco zeffirelli was strolling alongside, nodding with excitement and saying, yes. The soundtrack was provided by members of the kinks, who released an album return to waterloo in connection with it albeit without lead guitarist dave davies who refused to. Waterloo also has a rather interesting place in film history as it is the main reason stanley kubrick never got to make his napoleon epic. Three of the tracks on the album release were also available in nearidentical form on the kinks 1984 release word of mouth. Especially memorable is the moment when the emperor walks alone to face his former soldiers, now under orders to kill him, and through sheer bravery and. Dodici canzoni per voce di bambino, corno inglese, due clarinetti, clarinetto basso, pianoforte, organo hammond. The songs of ray davies and the kinks underscore this offbeat account of a london businessmans morning commute. Digital projection, game room, listening devices, party room, stadium seating, wheelchair accessible. Instead of dialogue, the story is told through music and lyrics. I met nino rota once in a moonlit garden some 40 miles from rome. Also the waterloo dvd i have is a vast improvement on the vhs tape. Return to waterloo is a film written and directed by davies depicting the daydreams and nightmares of a commuter taking a onehour train trip from the london suburbs to waterloo train station. Watch return to waterloo full movie in hd visit a man taking the train to work one morning is overcome by melancholy. However, it bombed at the box office when it came out and was met with a less than positive.
The only album ever credited to kinks singersongwriterguitarist ray davies contains music from the motion picture. One of tim roths early roles is in this film playing a young punk see more. Unfortunately it is still the same length as the vhs version, so we will have to keep hoping somebody eventually finds the missing bits. Return to waterloo is a slender but assured 58minute film by ray davies of the. Return to waterloo 1984 full movie download full hd youtube. Return to waterloo, directed by davies himself in 1985, is a long form video telling the story of a middleaged commuter and his experiences with reality, fantasy, love, and violence in the modern world. An hourlong musical film, return to waterloo, was also written and directed. A feeling of possible impending horror is created by repeated newspaper images of a rapist on the loose, a man who closely resembles the hero of the story. Waterloo, released in 1970, is a war movie that had some pretty big stars, and also won a few awards.
Somewhat surprising though it is we are, after all, speaking of some of the most famous commanders and most famous battles in. Return to waterloo 1984 return to waterloo 1984 user. He was strolling beneath a balcony that could have been used for romeo and juliet, and was about to be, and he was twirling a rose and humming a tune beneath his breath. At various times, ray davies made noises about dissolving the group and going solo, but for years the closest he came to it was taking solo credit for the soundtrack to his 1985 film, return to waterloo which he wrote and directed, even though the music sounds as much like the kinks as that on any regular kinks record. Napoleonic music is not easy to find, getting your hands on the waterloo soundtrack takes a hell of an effort. Musiche di scena per larialda di giovanni testori, 1960 10. Most of the action takes place on a commuter train.
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