Donovan — Actor (8)

Movie

The Battle of the Mods (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB
La battaglia dei Mods
other title: Siebzehn Jahr, blondes Haar / La battaglia dei Mods …
In Liverpool there's a gang war between the Mods (who dress in the latest fashions and styles) and the Rockers (who are more into the '50s "greaser" look). Ricky, the son of a wealthy businessman, is a Mod guitar player, and in a gang fight with some Rockers, his girlfriend is killed. He leaves Liverpool for the continent and winds up in Rome, where he becomes involved with his father's mistress.

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Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965) TMDB
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
director: Andy Warhol actor: Eric Andersen / Paul America …
The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera on silent, black and white, 100-foot rolls of film at 24 frames per second. The resulting two-and-a-half-minute film reels were then screened in 'slow motion' at 16 frames per second.

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In Search of the English Folk Song (1997) IMDb TMDB
In Search of the English Folk Song
director: Ken Russell actor: Ken Russell / Donovan …
Filmmaker Ken Russell poses the question: "What is a true English folk song, if there is such a thing?" After recieving an indifferent response from his dog, Russell journeys around the English countryside seeking for an answer. He encounters and interviews such famous artists as Donovan, Fairport Convention, Osibisa, Eliza Carthy, So What, Edward II and The Albion Band, among others.

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Festival (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Festival
director: Murray Lerner actor: Horton Barker / Fiddler Beers …
other title: 페스티벌 / 紐波特音樂節 …
Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan, who's acoustic and electric. Son House and Mike Bloomfield talk about the blues; John Hurt, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee show its range. The Osborne Brothers perform bluegrass. Donovan, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Mimi and Dick Farina, and others less well known also perform. Several talk musical philosophy, and there's a running commentary about the nature and appeal of folk music. The crowd looks clean cut.

TV

Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015) TMDB Douban
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All Season 1 part of TV Series: Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
director: 亚历克斯·吉布尼 actor: 珍·爱舍 / Nancy Barbato …
SINATRA: All or Nothing at All is an up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of the legendary entertainer. Told in his own words from hours of archived interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him, the documentary weaves the music and images from Sinatra's life together with rarely seen footage of Sinatra's famous 1971 "Retirement Concert" in Los Angeles. The film's narrative is shaped by Sinatra's song choices for that concert, which Gibney interprets as the singer's personal guide through his own life.

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The Informers (2008) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Informers
★ 4.8 (15 ratings) director: 格雷格·乔丹 actor: 乔恩·福斯特 / 奥斯汀·尼可斯 …
other title: 线人 / 性、谋杀、鬼魅城(台) …
A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.