Lewis Gilbert (1920–2018)
Author of You Only Live Twice [1967 film]
About the Author
Lewis Gilbert was born in London, England on March 6, 1920. As a teenager, he had small roles in a few films. During World War II, he made several documentary shorts with the Royal Air Force. He became a director, producer, and screenwriter for films. He directed his first feature, The Little show more Ballerina, in 1948. His other films included Reach for the Sky, Carve Her Name with Pride, Sink the Bismarck!, You Only Live Twice, Alfie, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, Haunted, Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, and Before You Go. His autobiography, All My Flashbacks, was published in 2010. He died on February 23, 2018 at the age of 97. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Lewis Gilbert
20th Century Fox Studio Classics Collection: Volume 11 (The Blue Max / The Desert Fox / Immortal Sergeant / Sink the… — Director — 6 copies
The Admirable Crichton [1957 film] 4 copies
Heroes of War Collection - Navy Battles (The Enemy Below, The Frogmen, Morituri, Sink the Bismarck!) — Director — 3 copies
The Good Die Young [1954 film] 3 copies
James Bond Blu-ray Collection: Volume Three: The World is Not Enough / Moonraker / Goldfinger — Director — 2 copies
Time Gentlemen, Please! [1952 film] — Director — 2 copies
Sink the Bismarck [and] The Enemy Below (Double Feature Video) — Director; Director — 2 copies
Skywatch [1960 film] — Director — 1 copy
007 James Bond films: Moonraker / Dr. No / The Spy Who Loved Me — Director — 1 copy
The James Bond Collection: Vol. Two — Director — 1 copy
Michael Caine Collection - Sleuth | The Italian Job | Alfie | Zulu | Funeral in Berlin — Director — 1 copy
Educating Rita / Finding Forrester [2 movie collector’s pack] — Director — 1 copy
Scarlet Thread [1951 film] — Director — 1 copy
Associated Works
Shirley Valentine / Terms of Endearment / The First Wives Club — Director — 3 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1920-03-06
- Date of death
- 2018-02-23
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Occupations
- film director
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Bogarde is highly watchable as a man who unfortunately kills his much older wife before she can change her will, but no matter, he's off to the races again with Lockwood, who gives a fine performance. Still, the script has its problems and becomes a bit over-melodramatic toward the end. The settings (Brighton and Bogarde's large house) are excellent, however, so this is far from a waste of time.
Caine is great as Alfie, who frequently speaks directly to the audience in this adaption of a play by the original playwright, Bill Naughton. Alfie is interested in just about any woman, from the gorgeous Jane Asher to Shelley Winters (who hadn't quite evolved into the Poseidon Adventure Shelley Winters, but was well on her way.) Alfie manages to be likable and unlikeable at the same time, as his treatment of a fellow sanatorium patient and his wife show. The film, successfully, moves from outright comedy to some deeply serious moments featuring Alfie's relationships with Foster and Merchant. Highly recommended.… (more)
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Rated 15 which is about right in my view; very well made, with a high profile cast, and some serious issued albeit with some amusing moments, and some rather silly ones.
We enjoyed it, despite the lack of any real plot.
Longer review here: rel="nofollow" target="_top">https://suesdvdreviews.blogspot.com/2023/05/before-you-go-julie-walters.html… (more)