Best known here and abroad as Agatha Christie's suave Belgian supersleuth Hercule Poirot in scores of 90s mini-movies, London-born actor David Suchet's early interest in the theatre led to his membership with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain in the 1960s following graduation from high school. He then studied for three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and subsequent ... show all
Best known here and abroad as Agatha Christie's suave Belgian supersleuth Hercule Poirot in scores of 90s mini-movies, London-born actor David Suchet's early interest in the theatre led to his membership with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain in the 1960s following graduation from high school. He then studied for three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and subsequently became a company member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973. Balding and stocky-framed with cruel eyes, arched brows and a dark, sinister countenance, he reveled in Shakespearean villainy with expertly loathsome portrayals of Iago in "Othello," Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet" and Caliban in "The Tempest" to his credit. In the 1970s Suchet began to come into his own on British TV. In classical tradition, his first TV movie was "Tale of Two Cities, The" (1980). He actually played his first detective in the Disney mystery-comedy "The Trenchcoat (1983)". His looks were perfect for playing ethnic heavies or dignitaries in 80s films. He was a Middle Eastern terrorist in "Little Drummer Girl (1984)", a Russian operative in "The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)", a French hunter in "Harry and the Hendersons (1987)", a Polish bishop in "To Kill a Priest (1988)" and played Napoleon himself in "Sabotage! (2000)". He also had some masterful TV roles portraying a number of historical, biblical and entertainment figures including Sigmund Freud in the miniseries "Freud" (1984), news reporter William L. Shirer in the biopic "Murrow" (1986), Aaron in "Moses" (1996), and movie mogul Louis B. Mayer in "RKO 281" (1999). While the Poirot mysteries would figure into much of his 90s work, Suchet also enjoyed a few potent, award-winning performances on stage, particularly his George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1996, and composer Salieri in "Amadeus" from 1998-2001, which he took to Broadway and received a Tony nomination. hide
Genres:Documentary Countries:Canada Directors:Sean Faughnan Actors:David Suchet | Max Brown | Simon Coleman | Adrian Dunbar | Bill Fellows | Daniel Hill | Adam Howes | Ricky Nixon | Phil Pritchard | Laurence Richardson | Richard Riddell | Ian Stacey | Robert Hartley Wainwright | Jayson Whiteley | Chris Wilson
Documentarian Jennifer Baichwal helmed this reflective documentary that ponders the spiritual, emotional, and metaphysical ramifications of being struck by a lightning bolt. According to the National Weather Service, the odds of this incident befalling any given person are about one in 700,000, which makes many a survivor question why he or she fell prey to this unusual calamity; some infer a cosmic reason, some reject that possibility, but most fall somewhere in between as they feebly attempt to come to terms with it. In the film, Baichwal speaks with a number of well-known victims, including the novelist and screenwriter Paul Auster (The Music of Chance), the improv-driven prog rock guitarist Fred Frith, and others, and evaluates how the interviewees' lives forked off in new directions after a massive discharge of electricity descended from the sky and landed on them. Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Action Countries:UK Directors:Tony Mitchell Actors:Robert Carlyle | Jessalyn Gilsig | Tom Courtenay | David Suchet | Martin Ball | Graham Bandy | Angus Barnett | John Benfield | Jason Cope | Jeremy Crutchley | Christopher Fosh | Rogan Grant | Francois Grobbelaar | Tom Hardy | Kay Headley
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the Barrier, torrents of water pour into the city. The lives of millions of Londoners are at stake. Top marine engineers and barrier experts Rob, his ex-wife Sam and his father Leonard Morrison, have only a few hours to save the city from total devastation. A real probability in a real location. It is not a question of if, but when London floods. Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family Countries:UK | USA Directors:David Bowers Actors:Hugh Jackman | Kate Winslet | Ian McKellen | Jean Reno | Bill Nighy | Andy Serkis | Shane Richie | Kathy Burke | David Suchet | Miriam Margolyes | Rachel Rawlinson | Susan Duerden | Miles Richardson | John Motson | Douglas Weston
Roddy is a decidedly upper-crust "society mouse" who lives the life of a beloved pet in a posh Kensington flat. When a sewer rat named Sid comes spewing out of the sink and decides he's hit the jackpot, Roddy schemes to rid himself of the pest by luring him into the "whirlpool." Sid may be an ignorant slob, but he's no fool, so it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. There Roddy meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat, the Jammy Dodger. Roddy immediately wants out, or rather, up; Rita wants to be paid for her trouble; and, speaking of trouble, the villainous Toad—who royally despises all rodents equally, making no distinction between mice and rats—wants them iced ... literally. The Toad dispatches his two hapless hench-rats, Spike and Whitey, to get the job done. When they fail, the Toad has no choice but to send to France for his cousin—that dreaded mercenary, Le Frog. Download:DivXiPod