| released = 26 May 2000 ...ack comedy]] [[crime film]] released in 2000. The film was the directorial debut of ex-[[Eurythmics]] member [[David A. Stewart|Dave Stewart]] and starred [

...an Bryce, ''Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood'', Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p. 15</ref> ...oduced by [[Amicus Productions]], a company known predominantly for horror films. It was director [[Richard Lester]]'s first feature film.<ref>{{cite book |

...ision programmes.<ref name=Kemp>{{cite book |last=Kemp |first=Philip |year=2000 |chapter=Charles Crichton |url=https://archive.org/details/internationaldic ...y films, such as ''[[Things to Come]]'' (1936).<ref name=guardian2/> Other films he edited included those that were produced by [[Alexander Korda]], such as

...musical war film directed by [[Richard Attenborough]] (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including [[Maggie Smith]], [[Dirk Bogarde]], [[Jo ...f>Banham (1998, 645), Brockett and Hildy (2003, 493), and Eyre and Wright (2000, 266–69).</ref>

...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate

...which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian|Life of Brian]]'' and ''[[Monty Python's T === Directorial work ===

...No Importance]]'' (1994), ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]'' (2000), ''[[Big Fish]]'' (2003), ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultim ...for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for ''Erin Brockovich'' (2000). He received several awards for his performance as [[Winston Churchill]] i

| distributor = [[EMI Films]] ...and [[Michael Palin]]) and directed by Gilliam and Jones in their feature directorial debuts. It was conceived during the hiatus between the third and fourth ser

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...performing at the [[Oxford Playhouse]] in 1952, and made her professional debut on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''New Faces of '56''. Over the followin ...tober 2007 }}</ref> In 1956 Smith made her [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut playing several roles in the review ''New Faces of '56'', at the [[Ethel Ba

...ich toured Britain and the Far East. After the war, Sellers made his radio debut in ''ShowTime'', and eventually became a regular performer on various [[w:B ...e]] and [[w:black comedy|black humour]] were major features of many of his films, and his performances had a strong influence on a number of later comedians

...ngwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelt ...but also appearing at the [[Shepherd's Bush Empire]], his official London debut.{{sfn|Smart|Bothway Howard|2011|p=88}} Although he had a further recording

...oped the Tramp persona and attracted a large fan base. He directed his own films and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the [[Essanay Studios|Essana ...ve the U.S. and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]'' (1947), ''[[Limelight (1952 film)|L