Tony Palmer Movies
- 1970
Performance
Performance6.71970HD
In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When...
- 2009
Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused
Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused6.82009HD
A rare look at Led Zeppelin, from their humble beginnings to their status as rock gods. The unique chemistry between singer Robert Plant, guitarist...
- 2016
Vangelis: The Interviews
Vangelis: The Interviews02016HD
A collection of unedited interviews with Vangelis recorded for the film Vangelis and The Journey To Ithaca in September 2008, which was subsequently...
- 2010
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire4.52010HD
Celebrated filmmaker Tony Palmer follows Leonard Cohen on his 1972 European tour. The film, after extensive re-editing from its initial version,...
- 1988
Testimony
Testimony4.51988HD
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
- 1971
200 Motels
200 Motels5.31971HD
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The...
- 1988
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton61988HD
Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.
- 1990
The Children
The Children3.8331990HD
Rose Sellars is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower. However, his children believe that their father is too old to start a new...
- 2013
The Piano Room
The Piano Room5.52013HD
A run-down hotel room, a piano, a maid and the guests who stay there. Life begins, life ends, and lives are changed forever in the piano room.
- 1988
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels7.51988HD
A one-hour documentary on the making of Frank Zappa's bizarre 1971 comic musical. Vintage private footage from Frank's personal archives plus...
- 1987
Code Name: Vengeance
Code Name: Vengeance41987HD
Soldier of fortune, Monroe Bieler, is sent to dole out some American-style justice when the wife and child of an African president are kidnapped by...
- 1980
The Space Movie
The Space Movie3.81980HD
1969's Apollo 11 mission to the moon is highlighted in this tribute to the history of the United States' space program.
- 2012
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard02012HD
Director Tony Palmer tells the incredible life story of Athol Fugard, the prolific playwright, novelist, and director who exposed the horrors of...
- 1969
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?01969HD
Banned by the BBC in 1971, director Tony Palmer's profile of the late Peter Sellers was, in the words of the film's subject himself, "the only...
- 1981
Death in Venice
Death in Venice11981HD
Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result of wanderlust and there meets a young man by whose beauty he becomes...
- 1977
Mighty Good: The Beatles
Mighty Good: The Beatles41977HD
No musical group has had as profound an impact on pop music as The Beatles. Tony Palmer's groundbreaking documentary gives us an intimate look at one...
- 2024
Leonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire Concerts
Leonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire Concerts02024HD
Yet more archive film has been found from the famous 1972 tour, which formed the basis of the best-selling 2010 DVD Bird on a Wire. Concert material...
- 1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka01999HD
In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the...
- 1968
All My Loving
All My Loving6.51968HD
Originally a BBC documentary, this film by Tony Palmer about the 1960's music scene was later released as a standalone DVD by the BFI
- 1995
England, My England
England, My England51995HD
The story of Henry Purcell.