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Carl Davis

Born: 28 October 1936, New York

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  • Greed

    Greed

    Silent cinema’s most famous ‘lost’ film, Erich von Stroheim’s monumental study of three ordinary lives destroyed by avarice was ruinously edited down by the studio.

  • Topsy-Turvy

    Topsy-Turvy

    Mike Leigh’s first period drama is a witty reconstruction of the stormy relationship between W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan during the creation of ‘The Mikado’.

  • Hope in the Year Two

    A hero of the French Revolution lives his final hours in jail... But is it the real Georges Danton or a decoy?

  • Ethel & Ernest

    A charming animated love story based on Raymond Briggs’ autobiographical book about his parents Ethel and Ernest, voiced by Brenda Blethyn and Jim Broadbent.

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