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Secret policemans third ball the kate bush encyclopedia. The secret policemans biggest ball poster 1 goldposter. The secret policeman s other ball 1982 09231982 au comedy, music, tv movie 1h 30m user score. In 1969, 500,000 people descended on a small patch of field in a littleknown town in upstate new york called woodstock. The kremlins secret police have gone by many names. It was the second of many shows to bear the celebrated secret policemans title that became the iconic series known informally as the secret policemans balls.
Rent the secret policeman s balls 1981 starring john cleese and michael palin on dvd and bluray. The 1979 secret policeman s ball show had yielded a successful film and two albums of comedy and music, and the same production team banded together in september 1981 for an even more triumphant fournight reprise at london s theatre royal. Stings roxanne, becks crossroads, and geldofs i dont like mondays are among the albums highlights, along with collins in the air tonight. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular british comedians but later included leading musicians and actors. The material photographed in the secret policeman s other ball is sometimes pretty funny, but it tends to get sidetracked by the lowbudget videotape recording of the show, and the result is seen. The secret policemans other ball trailer 1981 video. The secret policemans balls online full episodes of season. The other performances come from 35mm sources, but theyre also somewhat grainy and sport faded colors and some halo effects. Peter cook and dudley moore frog and peach duration. Feral tv is owned by the australian broadcasting corporation and hasnt been aired since the 90s and is not on dvd. Phil collin s piano in the roof is leaking made me cry. Eric clapton, jeff beck, monty python, pete townshend, billy connolly, sting.
The secret policeman s ball is the name informally used for the longrunning series of benefit shows staged initially in england to raise funds for the human rights organisation amnesty international. All feral tv episodes i upload come from 2 vhs tapes that also have rugrats on them, so excuse the sudden cuts. The secret policemans other ball 1982 english movie. The secret policemans other ball trailer 1981 director. The second amnesty international charity concert performance and film to use the secret policemans ball phraseology which became synonymous with the series and the title basis for many subsequent entries. On the latter he is joined by classical guitarist john williams, who also contributes a couple of other tracks. French translation of policeman the official collins englishfrench dictionary online. Here is the australian vhs trailer of the secret policeman s other ball 1982, the followup to the secret policeman s ball 1979 featuring john cleese, rowan atkinson, the late graham chapman, alexei sayle, michael palin, victoria woods, dennis thatcher, alan bennett, barry humphries, billy connolly and many more. We sat around his mother s record player and listen to the best live album ever. The film of an onstage charity benefit for amnesty international. That 1981 show was to be the last secret policemans ball for six years and marked the end of an era. Mar 05, 2012 s unday afternoon, radio city music hall, and rehearsals for the secret policeman s ball were in full flow. The secret policeman s ball is the collective name informally used to describe the longrunning series of benefit shows staged in england to raise funds for the human rights organisation amnesty international. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular british comedians but.
Stewart, colbert and coldplay lined up for first secret policemans ball in u. Jan 01, 2014 the secret policemans other ball january 1, 2014 by the thorn in film, television. The show title was a conscious reprise of the title of the 1979 amnesty benefit show that heralded the organization s breakthrough in public awareness and fundraising. The material photographed in the secret policemans other ball is sometimes pretty funny, but it tends to get sidetracked by the lowbudget videotape recording of the show, and the result is seen. Secret policemans balls, the the secret policemans balls is the collective name for the legendary series of benefit shows staged to raise funds for amnesty international. June 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the pioneering secret policemans ball series of benefit shows for amnesty international. In this documentary, the iconic event is chronicled in. The complete edition 1976 1991 a series of benefit concerts to raise money for amnesty international. The shootist inseminoid mephisto young doctors in love the secret policemans other ball union city a change of seasons endless. Apr 18, 2016 the secret policeman s other ball was the fourth of the benefit shows staged by the british section of amnesty international to raise funds for its research and campaign work in the human rights.
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The secret policemans balls are a legendary series of benefit shows staged to raise funds for amnesty international. The secret policemans ball is the name informally used for the longrunning series of benefit shows staged initially in england to raise funds for the human rights organisation amnesty international. Over 100,000 french translations of english words and phrases. Phil collins piano in the roof is leaking made me cry. The secret policemans ball shows are credited by many prominent entertainers with having galvanised them to become. The secret policeman s ball is back and in new york for the first time. S unday afternoon, radio city music hall, and rehearsals for the secret policemans ball were in full flow. Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to amnesty from the spinoff movie, tv special and record albums cleese, lewis and walker planned the next show to be a more spectacular event.
In later years, other amnesty benefit shows also bore the secret policemans title. The secret policemans other ball 1982 the movie database. Feb 06, 2017 1987 the secret policemans third ball complete brunette soul. The music delivers performances from 1982s second secret policemans concert, which benefited amnesty international and featured phil collins, jeff beck, bob geldof, and sting among its headliners. Dad said that they were driven only by secret policemen and men from the ministry.
I remember martin lewis who invited me to do the thing in the first place. With paul abrahams, rowan atkinson, chris beetles, mike brearley. The secret policemans other ball was the fourth of the benefit shows staged by the british section of amnesty international to raise funds for its research and campaign work in the human rights. Russell brand was stalking the aisles and eddie izzard was lolling backstage as richard. The secret policemans third ball 1987, amnesty international, 89 min.
Of course, most phenomena have their precedents, and for live aid the inspiration was, and thirty years on still is, the series of benefit shows collectively known as the secret policeman s ball, staged not for famine relief but in support of global human rights, specifically for the then woefully unheralded organization known as amnesty international. The secret policemans third ball 1987 rotten tomatoes. As the title suggests, the secret policemans third ball was preceded by two other amnesty international benefit shows coordinated by john cleese, with several more to follow. The secret policeman s other ball trailer 1981 director. When it restarted the secret policemans series in 1987 it scaled back from producing theatrical movies of its shows to making them into tv and home video specials. Thats not always the case in other places around the world. The secret policemans other ball was the fourth of the benefit shows staged by the british section of amnesty international to raise funds for its research and campaign work in the human rights field. Other ball was the first big hit for young upstart distributor miramax, and boss harvey weinstein was already showing the editorial inclinations that would later earn him the nickname harvey scissorhands. The story of the secret policemans other balls radio times.