Sentences with phrase «with chariots of fire»

Not exact matches

It is quite otherwise, however, with Elijah, the ninth century prophet, who, according to the Biblical tradition, had been carried up to heaven in a whirlwind riding in a chariot of fire, drawn by horses of fire.13 Elijah had made such an impression on the men of his own generation as a man of vitality and divine power that he continued to be a living legend.

No sooner had the colonialists waved their goodbyes in 1960 than our political elite rode on winged chariots of fire, burning the decencies of our shared existence with the departing overlords.

The UK re-release of Chariots of Fire to coincide with the London Olympics gives us a golden opportunity to re-examine the film which revitalised the British film industry.

Chariots of Fire may be British with a capital «b», but it doesn't fall into the obvious traps that would hamper later export - driven efforts from the likes of Merchant Ivory.

The studio swiftly hired Hugh Hudson, hot off the Oscar - winning «Chariots Of Fire» to direct the finished film, with Christopher Lambert as the king of the swingers, along with Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm and, as Jane, a debuting Andie MacDowell, who hilariously had her voice dubbed over by Glenn Close due to her impenetrable Southern accenOf Fire» to direct the finished film, with Christopher Lambert as the king of the swingers, along with Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm and, as Jane, a debuting Andie MacDowell, who hilariously had her voice dubbed over by Glenn Close due to her impenetrable Southern accenof the swingers, along with Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm and, as Jane, a debuting Andie MacDowell, who hilariously had her voice dubbed over by Glenn Close due to her impenetrable Southern accent.

Rush is a character study in the manner of Chariots of Fire, with excellent acting, story, pacing, setting, dimension, and moments of pure visual poetry.

2010 The Social Network 2009 UP IN THE AIR 2008 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE 2007 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 2006 Letters from Iwo Jima 2005 Good Night, And Good Luck 2004 Finding Neverland 2003 Mystic River, Clint Eastwood, presented by Laura Linney 2002 The Hours, presented to Scott Rudin by Julianne Moore 2001 Moulin Rouge, presented to Baz Luhrmann, by Stanley Donen 2000 Quills, presented to Peter Kaufman, Julia Chassman and Philip Kaufman by Geoffrey Rush 1999 American Beauty, presented to Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinx by David Denby 1998 Gods and Monsters, presented to Bill Condon by Clive Barker 1997 L.A. Confidential, presented to Curtis Hanson by David Denby 1996 Shine, presented to Scott Hicks and Jane Scott by Isaac Stern 1995 Sense & Sensibility, presented to Lindsay Doran by Alan Pakula 1994 Pulp Fiction, presented to Laurence Bender by Jennifer Beals Forrest Gump, presented to Wendy Finerman by Inez Glucksman 1993 Schindler's List 1992 Howards End 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 1990 Dances With Wolves 1989 Driving Miss Daisy 1987 Empire of the Sun 1986 A Room with a View 1985 The Color Purple 1984 A Passage to India 1983 Betrayal 1982 Gandhi 1981 Chariots of Fire 1980 Ordinary People 1979 Manhattan 1978 Days of Heaven 1977 The Turning Point 1976 All the President's Men 1975 Nashville 1974 The Conversation 1973 The Sting 1972 Cabaret 1971 Macbeth 1970 Patton 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't TWith Wolves 1989 Driving Miss Daisy 1987 Empire of the Sun 1986 A Room with a View 1985 The Color Purple 1984 A Passage to India 1983 Betrayal 1982 Gandhi 1981 Chariots of Fire 1980 Ordinary People 1979 Manhattan 1978 Days of Heaven 1977 The Turning Point 1976 All the President's Men 1975 Nashville 1974 The Conversation 1973 The Sting 1972 Cabaret 1971 Macbeth 1970 Patton 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't Twith a View 1985 The Color Purple 1984 A Passage to India 1983 Betrayal 1982 Gandhi 1981 Chariots of Fire 1980 Ordinary People 1979 Manhattan 1978 Days of Heaven 1977 The Turning Point 1976 All the President's Men 1975 Nashville 1974 The Conversation 1973 The Sting 1972 Cabaret 1971 Macbeth 1970 Patton 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

, Midnight Cowboy, Patton, Ordinary People, Chariots of Fire, Terms of Endearment, Out of Africa, Platoon, Rain Man, Dances With Wolves, Forrest Gump, The English Patient, Titanic, Shakespeare in Love, American Beauty, Gladiator, Crash, The King's Speech

Wonderfully directed by Richard Lester (Juggernaut, How I Won the War) with stunning cinematography by David Watkins (Out of Africa, Chariots of Fire).

1980: Ordinary People — 4 1981: Chariots of Fire — 4 1982: Ghandi — 8 1983: Terms of Endearment — 5 1984: Amadeus — 8 1985: Out of Africa — 7 1986: Platoon — 4 1987: The Last Emperor — 9 1988: Rain Man — 4 1989: Driving Miss Daisy — 4 1990: Dances with Wolves — 7 1991: Silence of the Lambs — 5 1992: Unforgiven — 4 1993: Schindler's List — 7

Spending much of its time spoofing other films (Chariots of Fire, Planet of the Apes, Hawaii Five - O and American Beauty — just to name a few), it doesn't develop characters with enough strength to hold all the bits and pieces together.

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However there was a change in the tide over the course of the night and the Best Picture award, which Reds should have won, went to Chariots of Fire (1981) a rather tepid and, frankly boring British film with a majestic musical score.

He patronizes Michael Powell and Humphrey Jennings (accorded one measly clip each); fails to mention Joseph Losey, Cy Endfield, or Richard Lester (presumably regarding all three as American interlopers); reduces Ken Russell and Mike Leigh to the worst single clips imaginable (and has nothing to say about the TV work of either); limits John Boorman, Bill Douglas, Terry Gilliam, Peter Greenaway, Isaac Julien, and Sally Potter to one fleeting movie poster apiece; and omits virtually the entire English documentary movement (though he includes a disparaging nod to Night Mail), along with the cycle of Hammer horror movies — while paying abject obeisance to the Academy Awards and every crumb they've offered British cinema (special points to Chariots of Fire, Gandhi, and Four Weddings and a Funeral).

Read the last part of that sentence back and let me know whether that sounds at all like Chariots of Fire or Driving Miss Daisy or Dances With Wolves or A Beautiful Mind or any of the staid, dull, forgettable movies that have reeled in Best Picture in the past four decades.

As with the original film, Greek composer Vangelis is the real star here — his keening keyboard themes have been acid - washed by today's re-scorers, Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer, yet the Chariots of Fire wizard's aural signature echoes through these urban canyons like a welcoming beacon.

Same story with Brenda Fricker in 1989, Adrien Brody in 2002 or even 1981's surprise Best Picture winner «Chariots of Fire,» all contenders with deep, even vocal, pockets of support who nonetheless never lost their dark - horse status.