William Hoyland Movies

  • 1996
    Half the Picture

    Half the Picture

    Half the Picture

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    A dramatized account of the Scott Inquiry about the sales of arms to Iraq.

    Half the Picture
  • 1975
    Kill Two Birds

    Kill Two Birds

    Kill Two Birds

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    Two female tourists are taken hostage by criminals who are chasing a man recently released from prison who knows the whereabouts of stolen money

    Kill Two Birds
  • 1995
    A Very Open Prison

    A Very Open Prison

    A Very Open Prison

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    The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped...

    A Very Open Prison
  • 1975
    Sunset Across the Bay

    Sunset Across the Bay

    Sunset Across the Bay

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    A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast changing world around them, the habitual nature...

    Sunset Across the Bay
  • 1973
    Blooming Youth

    Blooming Youth

    Blooming Youth

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    An improvised character piece, overseen by Les Blair and Tony Garnett set in the everyday life of a group of polytechnic students.

    Blooming Youth
  • 1967
    You're Human Like the Rest of Them

    You're Human Like the Rest of Them

    You're Human Like the Rest of Them

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    After treatment for a slipped disc in a London hospital, a teacher struggles to convey his thoughts on mortality to his class and fellow staff.

    You're Human Like the Rest of Them
  • 1972
    Not Counting the Savages

    Not Counting the Savages

    Not Counting the Savages

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    Directed by Mike Newell.

    Not Counting the Savages
  • 1977
    A Choice of Evils

    A Choice of Evils

    A Choice of Evils

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    Cardinal Volponi tries to save his old friend, a priest-turned-militant communist, from being executed by the Nazis alongside 334 other hostages but...

    A Choice of Evils
  • 1969
    Paradigm

    Paradigm

    Paradigm

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    William Hoyland stars as a nameless protagonist who speaks to the camera in a fabricated language and, though the course of the film, transforms from...

    Paradigm
  • 1971
    Poem

    Poem

    Poem

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    A poignant short film set to the fourth part of Samuel Beckett's Quatre Poèmes, as narrated by frequent BS Johnson collaborator William...

    Poem
  • 1972
    On Reflection: B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson

    On Reflection: B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson

    On Reflection: B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson

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    Directed by B.S. Johnson.

    On Reflection: B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson
  • 1969
    The Unfortunates

    The Unfortunates

    The Unfortunates

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    Directed by B.S. Johnson.

    The Unfortunates