Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Name: Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Director: Craig McCall
Released: 2010
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Charlton Heston

2010 · 86 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 1,363 VOTES · DIR. Craig McCall

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff poster

Overview

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,125 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:36 (Audience applauds)

00:05:40 A couple of weeks ago, I was 91.

00:09:03 which was just two pieces of wood that did that

00:12:21 (Cardiff) We had this scene in the bath

00:15:14 - Here they come. - (Cheering)

00:18:23 (Cardiff) When Vesuvius was on, and splotches of molten lava were falling

00:21:05 Hello? Hello, Peter? Can you hear me?

00:24:01 In order to get the transition from black and white to colour

00:27:26 and Jack pointed out that the kind of lighting that he wanted

00:30:39 He gave me half of my performance with the lighting.

00:33:59 (Schoonmaker) The camera devices are welded to the material.

00:37:29 It's about passion, I think.

00:40:26 through the kitchen and then into the drawing room.

00:43:52 I never saw anyone look less like young gallants going off on a great adventure.

00:46:47 I've got something for you too, and it's my heart, black as it is, but all of it.

00:49:55 He had a good sense of timing and all the things that are good in a stunt man.

00:52:57 I painted the glass, in other words, the same colour.

00:55:57 (Whirring)

00:59:15 So we were drinking just river water with the droppings of hippos and crocodiles.

01:02:07 That's your light when the stage is all lit up

01:05:40 but she...she had a lot of problems...

01:08:48 I'd just done a film for Jack Clayton, called "Room At The Top"

01:12:11 and I really felt for him when he had to do it, in one way.

01:15:25 So I've always felt a bit left... Ieft in the lurch.

Cast & Characters

Jack Cardiff Self Martin Scorsese Self - Interviewee Kirk Douglas Self - Interviewee Lauren Bacall Self - Interviewee Charlton Heston Self - Interviewee Thelma Schoonmaker Self - Interviewee Freddie Francis Self - Interviewee

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,125

Dialogue density13.1 lines / min

First line00:00:36

Final line01:15:25

Production Record

DirectorCraig McCall

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,363