Scene by Scene
1997 - 2001
Sean Connery
10th May 1997Episode 1
With a career spanning nearly 40 years, Scottish actor Sean Connery is one of the world's most popular movie stars. In this programme, while watching clips from his films, he relates anecdotesto Mark Cousins about his life in cinema. Films discussed include Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie and The Hill.
Director Mark Cousins
Executive producer May MillerSteve Martin
21st February 1998Episode 2
No overview available.Terence Stamp
28th February 1998Episode 3
Maverick actor Terence Stamp talks to Mark Cousins about his life, loves and the decisions that have shaped his career. Clips from Billy Budd and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert are interspersed with Stamp's candid comments.Martin Scorsese
4th April 1998Episode 4
Martin Scorsese, acclaimed as one of the world's greatest living directors, talks to Mark Cousins in an interview that coincides with the release of Кундун (1997), exploring the life of the Dalai Lama. In his New York production office, Scorsese discusses the experiences of working with actors such as Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli and Harvey Keitel, and how his style has evolved over the last three decades. Scorsese also analyses clips from Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas and New York, New York, and what he considers his best film, Italo-American (1974), a documentary with his parents as subjects.Paul Schrader
25th April 1998Episode 5
About screenwriter/filmmaker/producer Paul Schrader who entered Hollywood with the script of "Taxi Driver".Jack Lemmon
15th August 1998Episode 6
Jack Lemmon talks to Mark Cousins about his diverse and enduring career in cinema in a conversation punctuated by clips from his films, including The Apartment (1960) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).Brian De Palma
8th November 1998Episode 7
No overview available.Jonathan Demme
27th February 1999Episode 8
No overview available.Jane Russell
15th May 1999Episode 9
Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was an American film actress and one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s.Bernardo Bertolucci
18th September 1999Episode 10
Bernardo Bertolucci's career reached a peak of notoriety with Last Tango in Paris (1972) in 1972, but atmospheric early work such as Spider's Strategy (1970) and The Conformist (1970) had already earmarked him as a major talent. Here, in the company of Mark Cousins, he discusses the frank sexuality in his work and influences informing it, and his hatred of his native Italy. The programme includes clips from Bertolucci's films and from those of his many admirers.David Lynch
28th November 1999Episode 11
Mark Cousins meets US director David Lynch, the creator of such idiosyncratic and groundbreaking screen landmarks as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Twin PeaksJames Coburn
11th March 2000Episode 12
No overview available.Roman Polanski
27th May 2000Episode 13
No overview available.Woody Allen
10th June 2000Episode 14
Mark Cousins Interviews Woody Allen about his life and work.Rod Steiger
15th July 2000Episode 15
No overview available.Lauren Bacall
5th August 2000Episode 16
In a rare interview, Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall speaks to Mark Cousins about her career, her marriage to Humphrey Bogart and her friendships with Katharine Hepburn and Rock Hudson.Janet Leigh
16th December 2000Episode 17
No overview available.Kirk Douglas
28th December 2000Episode 18
No overview available.Tom Hanks
21st January 2001Episode 19
No overview available.Donald Sutherland
22nd March 2001Episode 20
With roles in Военно-полевой госпиталь M*A*S*H. (1970), Klute (1971), Donald Sutherland made his name in some of the outstanding films of the seventies. He has remained one of Hollywood's most versatile actors, and in this programme he talks with Mark Cousins about his life and work.Jeff Bridges
8th August 2001Episode 21
No overview available.Dennis Hopper
20th August 2001Episode 22
No overview available.Jeanne Moreau
1st December 2001Episode 23
Considered by Orson Welles to be the greatest actress in the world, Jeanne Moreau was the muse of French cinema in the 1960s. Here she reveals the stories behind the making of Jules and Jim (1962), and explores sexual and intellectual freedom in her career and private life.John Sayles
8th December 2001Episode 24
No overview available.Top Cast
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Mark Cousins invites film actors and directors to watch major scenes in their career to date, and to talk us through them.
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