TV Guide: Laurence Olivier

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Video: Spartacus

Hulu — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Screen legends Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and Laurence Olivier highlight an all-star cast in this Academy Award-winning epic about a gladiator whose love for a beautiful slave inspires him to lead a violent rebellion against the decadent Roman Empire. Dire

Video: Wuthering Heights (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Life Has Ended For Me

TCM — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Heathcliff (Laurence Olivier) refuses to dance with Isabella (Geraldine Fitzgerald) then escapes with Cathy (Merle Oberon) for constrained passion on the terrace in William Wyler's Wuthering Heights, 1939.

Video: Trailer

Trailer Addict — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Rome, 73 B.C. Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), a Thracian slave, is brought from Libya by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), a Roman trader. He is assigned to the Capuan School of Gladiators. There he meets Varinia (Jean Simmons), a beautiful slave from Britain, and they fall in love. When Spartacus training is almost complete, a Roman general, Marcus Crassus (Laurence Olivier), pays a visit to the school with his protege, Glabrus (John Dall). He demands that two gladiators fight to the death and Spartacus is chosen to confront the Ethiopian warrior Draba (Woody Strode). Draba is victorious, but refuses to finish Spartacus off. Draba turns on Crassua who kills him. Shortly after, Spartacus escapes with his companions and becomes leader of an army of slaves. He fights and wins his first battle against a Roman army led by Glabrus and trains his men in the mountains of Italy, where Varinia and Antoninus (Tony Curtis), Crassus servant, later join them. After two years of raiding and beating small

Video: Trailer

Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Thomas Levy (Hoffman), better known as "Babe", is a graduate student living by himself in New York City. Occasionally, his brother, Henry (Roy Scheider) will stop by for a visit. Henry is a spy working for the United States government and is often out of the country for extended periods of time. After the brother of a Nazi war criminal, who possessed a safety deposit box key, is killed in a traffic accident, Henry suspects that the Dr. Szell (Olivier) will be arriving to retrieve an extremely valuable diamond collection.

Video: Carrie (1952) - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The passion of a married man (Laurence Olivier) for a young woman (Jennifer Jones) leads to tragedy in William Wyler's Carrie (1952).

Video: That Hamilton Woman -- (Movie Clip) Queen

TCM — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Lady Hamilton (Vivien Leigh) demonstrates to Nelson (Laurence Olivier) that the Queen of Naples is the true power behind the king in That Hamilton Woman, 1941.

Video: Richard III (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits

TCM — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Crisp and clear opening credits to Laurence Olivier's 1955 adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III, starring Olivier, John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson, adapted by Olivier and Alan Dent.

Video: Richard III (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Now is the Winter...

TCM — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Laurence Olivier directs himself in this portion of his stirring delivery of Richard-Gloucester's famous speech in Shakespeare's Richard III, 1955.

Video: Wuthering Heights

Hulu — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A rejected lover plans revenge on his betrayers. Loosely based on the novel by Emily Bronte.

Video: Anthony Hopkins: MiniBio

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Sir Anthony Hopkins began his career when he took over for Laurence Olivier at London's National Theatre. After a long stage career and battle with alcoholism, he signed on for the film role that changed his life.

Video: That Hamilton Woman -- (Movie Intro/Outro) Gore Vidal

TCM — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Guest Programmer Gore Vidal joins Robert Osborne for introduction and comments following That Hamilton Woman, 1941, starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.

Video: Battle of Britain - (Original Trailer)