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John Addison
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Biography
English composer John Addison (1920-1998) lent his sophisticated—one is tempted to call it "erudite"—symphonic style to such notable pictures as Tom Jones, Hitchcock's Torn Curtain (replacing Bernard Herrmann), Sleuth, Swashbuckler, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution and A Bridge Too Far. He also wrote the memorable theme to TV's Murder, She Wrote and composed for the stage and concert hall
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Tom Jones
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A Taste of Honey
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Lucky Jim
Appears in a KinoChain journey
A Bridge Too Far
Original Music Composer
Torn Curtain
Original Music Composer
Sleuth
Original Music Composer
The Black Knight
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Guns at Batasi
Original Music Composer
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Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Growing Up Is No Picnic
From the Yorkshire coalfields to the banlieues of Paris, these films capture adolescence as it truly is: messy, unglamorous, and achingly real.
8 films
Breaking the Frame: A Journey Through the Fourth Wall
It began with a gun, a bullet, and an audience leaping out of their seats. When Justus D. Barnes leveled his revolver at the camera in The Great Train Robbery (...
8 films
The University of British Cinema
From the dreaming spires of Cambridge to the redbrick campuses of the provinces, a journey through the British university film and what it reveals about class,...
8 films
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