Rose Sellars (Kim Novak) is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower (Sir Ben Kingsley). However, his children believe that their father is too old to start a new relationship.
Few great actors have been so unfairly represented in the public image. Drunk, a wastrel, uncontrollable, unprofessional, besotted with glamour and wealth - just a few epithets dumped on Richard Burton.
Directed by celebrated British filmmaker Tony Palmer, "Bird on a Wire" follows Cohen on his 1972 European tour. Long lost 16mm prints were restored for this release, not seen since 1972.
Tony Palmer tells the life story of Sergei Rachmaninoff through the use of home movies, concert footage, and interviews. John Gielgud reads from Rachmaninoff's diaries in a voiceover.
A collection of unedited interviews with Vangelis recorded for the film Vangelis and The Journey To Ithaca in September 2008, which was subsequently finished without Tony Palmer.
This autobiographical film about the most important and influential composer of the 20th century includes documents, photographs and film never seen publicly before.
As an old man, composer Johannes Brahms looks back at his relationships with women, from the prostitutes he knew when playing piano in a brothel as an impoverished boy in Hamburg, to Clara Schumann, the unconsummated love of his life.
Documentary by Tony Palmer about the famous classical violinist Benjamin Schmid. Featuring footage from the opening concert of the Salzburg Festival from 1986
