A-Z Famous People in Films, Books or Song

[Lindum]

Names of famous people in the titles of films, books, songs or drama.

A - Alfred the Great. 1969 British historical drama film starring David Hemmings, Michael York and Ian McKellen.

 

[herringthorpe]

B BOUDICA Queen Of War - film from a couple of years ago. Olga Kurylenko starred.
Have only seen a trailer for it on maybe Netflix.

 

[Lindum]

B BOUDICA Queen Of War - film from a couple of years ago. Olga Kurylenko starred.
Have only seen a trailer for it on maybe Netflix.

Hadn't heard of that one. I like Olga Kurylenko. Saw her in The Water Diviner and as a vicious female warrior in Centurion.

 

[Lindum]

C - Cromwell. 1970 film about the English Civil War with Richard Harris and Alec Guinness. Keeps being shown on TV.

 

[herringthorpe]

D The DIG - 2021 film based on an excavation in Sutton Hoo about archeologist Basil Brown and the owner of the land Edith Pretty.

 

[Lindum]

E - Einstein and Eddington. 2008 biopic starring Andy Serkis and David Tennant. Quite good I thought. British astronomer proves Einstein's theory is correct.

 

[herringthorpe]

F FARRAH FAWCETT Hair - song by a duo called Capital Cities

 

[Lindum]

G - Gary Gilmore's Eyes. 1978 hit by punk band The Adverts. Gary Gilmore was a murderer famously executed in the US by firing squad.

 

[herringthorpe]

H I'M HENRY the eighth I am - Herman Hermits song taken from a music hall song - the Henry pronounced either 'Enery or Henery.

 

[Lindum]

H I'M HENRY the eighth I am - Herman Hermits song taken from a music hall song - the Henry pronounced either 'Enery or Henery.

I knew the music hall song made famous by Harry Champion but had forgotten Herman's Hermits had done it - was No.1 in USA and at the time fastest selling single ever! Joe Brown did it too a year or two before HH.

 

[Lindum]

I - Isadora. 1968 biographical drama film about dancer Isadora Duncan starring Vanessa Redgrave.

 

[herringthorpe]

J JULIE, JULIA - film about chefs Julia Child and Julie Powell.

(Only when I saw it I didn't cotton on about it was about 2 different people!)

 

[sixpence]

K - KAY Scarpetta. A forensic pathologist who solves the crimes in Patricia Cornwell novels.

 

[Lindum]

L - Lincoln. 2012 Stephen Speilberg historical drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis as the US President.

 

[herringthorpe]

M MR and MRS Stodola - film about a married couple who were serial killers

 

[mikemiller]

The version of "I'm Henry VIII" that I remember was by Joe Brown and his Bruvvers

 

[mikemiller]

Trying to think of an 'N"... All I have come up with so far is a film/song... "Never Olosunde"

 

[mikemiller]

N ... "I hate NERYS Hughes " by satirical indie/punk band, Half Man Half Biscuit (1986).
Nerys Hughes played one of the main characters in the well-known tv sitcom "The Liver Birds". Songwriter Nigel Blackwell later said that it wasn't anything personal, he just didn't like that (safe) style of sitcom. Clip on YouTube.

My comment - there were much worse tv sitcoms than than "The Liver Birds" on tv , but because Nigel Blackwell was from Merseyside himself , it may have particularly annoyed him.

 

[Lindum]

Also N - Nixon. 1995 biopic by Oliver Stone starring Anthony Hopkins.

O - Oliver's Army. 1979 single by Elvis Costello, the Oliver being Cromwell.

 

[herringthorpe]

P (The) PLAINSMAN - film about Wild Bill Hickok from the 1930's. Gary Cooper played the main part.