Screenplay: Melvyn Bragg

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Melvyn Bragg. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Jesus Christ, Superstar

1973 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Norman Jewison

Cast Ted Neeley · Carl Anderson · Yvonne Elliman · Barry Dennen

Synopsis Based on a concept album project written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and the subsequent long-running Broadway performance, this film tells the story of the final 6 days...

6.8

8K votes

6.8

8K votes

Isadora

1968 · Movie · 138 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Karel Reisz

Cast Vanessa Redgrave · James Fox · Jason Robards · Ivan Tchenko

Synopsis A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on...

6.6

576 votes

6.6

576 votes

Play Dirty

1968 · Movie · 117 min. · United Kingdom

Direction André De Toth

Cast Michael Caine · Nigel Davenport · Nigel Green · Harry Andrews

Synopsis The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming...

6.2

656 votes

6.2

656 votes

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The Debussy Film

1965 · Documentary · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Russell

Cast Oliver Reed · Vladek Sheybal · Annette Robertson · Iza Teller

Synopsis An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.

Not rated

Not rated

Always on Sunday

1965 · Documentary · 43 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Russell

Cast James Lloyd · Annette Robertson · Bryan Pringle · Roland MacLeod

Synopsis Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.

Not rated

Not rated

The South Bank Show (TV Series)

1978 · Documentary · 53 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Susan Shaw · Nigel Wattis · Tony Knox · Robert Bee

Cast Melvyn Bragg

Synopsis TV Serie (1978-2010). 32 Seasons. 126 episodes. Long-running arts series.

Not rated

Not rated