Billy Connolly
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1942-11-24
Locus Natus: Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Et ut: William Connolly, Біллі Конноллі, William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE, The Big Yin (The Big One), Sir Billy Connolly, 빌리 코놀리
The Last Samurai
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and...
release : 2003.12.05popularis : 35.806
Still Crazy
In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an...
release : 1998.10.30popularis : 13.15
Pocahontas
Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
release : 1995.06.14popularis : 35.227
Fido
Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and...
release : 2006.09.07popularis : 12.585
Indecent Proposal
John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
release : 1993.04.07popularis : 77.861
Muppet Treasure Island
After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are...
release : 1996.02.16popularis : 11.463
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Skillfully framed by an unknown enemy for the murder of a priest, wanted vigilante MacManus brothers Murphy and Connor must come out of hiding on a...
release : 2009.11.24popularis : 20.659
Fuck
A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.
release : 2006.11.10popularis : 5.978
Open Season
Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule...
release : 2006.09.27popularis : 24.798
The Boondock Saints
Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their...
release : 1999.01.22popularis : 22.604
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
The very best of Billy Connolly's stand up comedy, from 30 years of performances around the world!
release : 1999.01.01popularis : 3.622
Billy Connolly: Live in New York
Billy Connolly's pathologically devoted fans have helped make him the best-selling comedian around the world. In this raucous special taped in New...
release : 2005.11.14popularis : 2.384
Billy Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002
Billy Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002 presents highlights from the Big Yin's 2002 stage tour. The program is divided in two, the first part offering an...
release : 2002.02.10popularis : 3.118
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly delivers his special brand of stand-up comedy and abrasive humour in front of a celebrity audience.
release : 1985.10.26popularis : 6.021
Billy Connolly: Billy Bites Yer Bum
From the days when he still had red hair and was rising to the peak of his career, this is one of Billy’s legendary early performances. The...
release : 1981.01.01popularis : 3.558
Billy Connolly: The Pick of Billy Connolly
Highlights from Pick of Billy Connolly concerts.
release : 1982.01.01popularis : 1.555
Billy Connolly: Hand Picked by Billy
Recorded in 1982, Hand Picked By Billy was recorded at the Cambridge Theatre in London on Billy's "The Pick of Billy Connolly" tour. This show takes...
release : 1982.11.24popularis : 3.141
Billy Connolly: Live at the Apollo
Filmed during Billy's record breaking twenty two night run at London's famous Hammersmith Apollo.
release : 1994.10.11popularis : 2.304
Beautiful Joe
An extremely nice guy falls for a really bad girl
release : 2000.06.09popularis : 5.02
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Six years after the events of The X-Files series finale, former FBI agent Doctor Dana Scully is now a staff physician at Our Lady of Sorrows, a...
release : 2008.07.24popularis : 20.826
Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said?
Billy Connolly's sensational show "Was It Something I Said?" was filmed in Adelaide on the Australian leg of his sell out 2006 World Tour. This...
release : 2007.11.19popularis : 1.654
Billy Connolly: Billy and Albert (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
Billy Connolly, captured live on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall in July 1987, offering his own unusual views of (among others) Thatcher and...
release : 1987.06.30popularis : 2.957
Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet
Billy Connolly was, in the 1970s, a sort of Scottish Lenny Bruce, who, with devastating humour, sliced through the hypocrisies he perceived. This...
release : 1977.08.24popularis : 1
Who Is Cletis Tout?
A comedy about a hitman who sees everything in terms of the movies and how mistaken identity is getting in the way of recovering a stash of diamonds...
release : 2001.09.12popularis : 8.639
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle. His reign is soon jeopardized...
release : 2006.06.15popularis : 34.685
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians...
release : 2003.08.16popularis : 4.607
Timeline
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century...
release : 2003.11.26popularis : 15.752
Billy Connolly: Two Night Stand
This 90 minute recording is excerpts of 45 minutes each from Billy Connolly's live appearances in London and Glasgow in 1997. Topics include; The...
release : 1997.01.01popularis : 1.338
The Man Who Sued God
A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance...
release : 2001.10.25popularis : 6.109
The Debt Collector
Mean, gritty, dirty and low, and that's just the policeman Gary Keltie, out for retribution for the horrendous crimes against the helpless people of...
release : 1999.06.25popularis : 1.926
The Impostors
Wrongly accused of physically abusing a fellow actor, starving thespians Arthur and Maurice find themselves pursued by the law aboard a cruise ship.
release : 1998.10.02popularis : 5.484
Open Season 2
After falling head over hooves in love with Giselle, Elliot's road to the altar takes a slight detour when Mr. Weenie is kidnapped by a group of...
release : 2008.09.24popularis : 21.178
An Everlasting Piece
Colin is a Catholic and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead they became business...
release : 2000.12.22popularis : 1.506
The Aristocrats
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
release : 2005.07.29popularis : 10.471
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and...
release : 2004.12.09popularis : 1.103
Gentlemen's Relish
The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When a leading gallery rejects his work, he seems at the...
release : 2001.01.01popularis : 1.815
Brave
Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly...
release : 2012.06.21popularis : 63.435
Bullshot
The dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond - WWI ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth and all round spiffing chap -...
release : 1983.10.27popularis : 1.909
Androcles and the Lion
Shaw used the traditional fable of Andocles to focus on the integrity of religious belief. Androcles, a christian fleeing persecution in Rome, is...
release : 1984.06.12popularis : 0.643
Gulliver's Travels
Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.
release : 2010.12.23popularis : 18.681
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Oscar-winning actor Sean Connery is profiled in this segment of "Intimate Portrait." Includes film clips, never-before-seen photos and interviews with
release : 1998.10.02popularis : 2.773
Mrs Brown
When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown. But their relationship also brings scandal...
release : 1997.07.18popularis : 14.139
Live Aid Against All Odds
Documentary which traces the story of Live Aid from its humble beginnings, a pop tune cobbled together in the back seat of a taxi, to the eve of the...
release : 2005.06.15popularis : 3.776
Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010
Finally, the wait is over. Billy Connolly, the King of Comedy, returns in his first brand new stand up DVD for three years. As funny, topical and...
release : 2010.11.15popularis : 1.326
Billy Connolly: You Asked for It
Billy Connolly’s most requested comedy clips – in addition to his first live TV performance. Billy is universally recognised as the...
release : 2011.11.21popularis : 1.855
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from...
release : 2002.04.16popularis : 9.984
Prince Charming
After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a...
release : 2001.07.13popularis : 4.628
Water
A British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge...
release : 1985.01.11popularis : 5.409
The Hunting of the Snark
This is a musical by Mike Batt based on Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem. Mike Batt conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.
release : 1987.04.01popularis : 5.401
The Big Man
An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
release : 1990.08.31popularis : 3.434
The Ballad of Nessie
A legendary and friendly creature named Nessie lives happily in a small pond with her friend MacQuack, a rubber duck. When a rich developer takes the...
release : 2011.04.13popularis : 6.158
Absolution
At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges...
release : 1978.06.05popularis : 6.167
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Amnesty decided not to present a benefit show in 1978 in order to consider how to make better use of the performing talent so favourably disposed to...
release : 1979.12.22popularis : 0.925
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums –...
release : 1982.03.01popularis : 3.487
Billy Connolly: In His Own Words
A study of the comedian and actor based on interviews, TV appearances, and stand-up performances from his career, revealing his journey from a...
release : 2021.11.28popularis : 1.516
Paws
A talking Terrier with impressive computer skills teams up with two youngsters to stop a million dollars from falling into the wrong hands.
release : 1997.09.25popularis : 2.236
Quartet
Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they...
release : 2012.12.26popularis : 11.015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it:...
release : 2014.12.10popularis : 305.882
Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure
Billy Connolly invites us to his newly adopted home of the Florida Keys for an intimate look at the life he leads since deciding to step back from...
release : 2021.12.21popularis : 1.319
Just Another Saturday
It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns...
release : 1975.07.05popularis : 3.17
What About Dick?
The movie begins with the birth of a sex toy invented in Shagistan in 1898 by Deepak Rushdie Obi Ben Kingsley, and tells the story of the subsequent...
release : 2012.11.13popularis : 2.1
Billy Connolly: Live - The Greatest Hits
A collection of the funniest routines from Billy Connolly's three decades of stand-up comedy.
release : 2003.09.25popularis : 1.418
Billy Connolly - One Night Stand
Stand up comedy from Billy Connolly filmed live in Brisbane in 1999, plus a compilation of highlights from his many live performances over the years.
release : 2004.10.10popularis : 1.196
The Elephants' Graveyard
Bunny has told his wife he is working as a postman, but in fact is wandering the hills all day, wondering why he doesn't want to work. He meets Jody,...
release : 1976.10.11popularis : 1.817
Parkinson at 50
Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of the interview trade and remembering some of his...
release : 2021.08.28popularis : 4.07
Blue Money
Mobsters and the IRA chase a stagestruck London cabby (Tim Curry) who has found a briefcase full of cash.
release : 1985.03.01popularis : 1.568
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin
An affectionate tribute to the Glasgow-born Cutler who has been Britain's best kept secret with his mix of poetry, music, painting and comedy.
release : 2005.04.14popularis : 0.861
Billy Connolly - Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London
Sheer brilliance. Billy Connolly's razor-sharp mixture of bewildered surrealism and ultra-perceptive observational comedy is showcased here. If...
release : 1991.12.30popularis : 1.996
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly
HBO stand up comedy presents Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Connolly
release : 1989.09.10popularis : 1.054
Down Among the Big Boys
Set in Glasgow, Louie, the detective son of an upright police sergeant, is about to marry. His intended is the daughter of JoJo (Connolly), a wealthy...
release : 1993.09.19popularis : 4.488
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
Konnie Huq celebrates the very best of British children’s television, with a dazzling array of clips from some of the most treasured programmes...
release : 2022.10.26popularis : 3.646
Top Gear of the Pops
As part of Comic Relief 2007, the boys revived "Top Of The Pops" by having performances by Lethal Bizzle, Supergrass, Travis and Mcfly as well as...
release : 2007.03.16popularis : 0.74
What We Did on Our Holiday
Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's birthday party. It's soon clear that when it comes...
release : 2014.09.26popularis : 7.188
Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
One of the greatest poets of his generation, Norman MacCaig (1910-96) was also an expert fly-fisher. His favourite loch, the Loch of the Green...
release : 2010.11.08popularis : 0.592
Gabriel & Me
A young boy believes he can save his dying father if he can become an angel.
release : 2001.08.13popularis : 2.192
Billy Connolly: Pale Blue Scottish Person
A rare comedy hour on HBO starring Scottish-born comedian Billy Connolly
release : 1991.09.14popularis : 1.014
White Oleander
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
release : 2002.10.11popularis : 14.987
McGinn of the Calton
The story of songwriting genius Matt McGinn. Featuring Robbie Coltrane among many others. Recorded by Stramash 1988 on cassette (Greentrax Records)....
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 0.412
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
A look behind the scenes of satirical sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News.
release : 2009.12.28popularis : 0.698
Clydescope
A panorama of the Clyde, from Biggar to Brodick, with Billy Connolly as your guide. Directed by Murray Grigor for the Films of Scotland Committee.
release : 1974.01.01popularis : 0.55
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Jimmy Tarbuck parades his comic wares in front of a celebrity audience, including Cilla Black, Bruce Forsyth, Billy Connolly, Michael Parkinson,...
release : 1994.10.22popularis : 1.462
Beverly Hills Ninja
Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows...
release : 1997.01.17popularis : 39.851
Stanley Baxter in Person
Documentary profile of Stanley Baxter featuring his first in-depth interview for forty years and extracts from his comedy series and specials. With...
release : 1998.12.31popularis : 0.841
Acoustic Routes
The story of seminal guitarist and singer Bert Jansch, from his early days in Edinburgh, Scotland, to becoming the acoustic guitarist that everyone...
release : 1992.03.20popularis : 0.727
An Evening In Australia With Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly discusses his life, starting with his humorous public encounters and his early realization that he was funny. He reflects on his...
release : 2001.01.01popularis : 0.623
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Television
In an evening of delights and insight distilled from a lifetime's viewing, Billy Connolly presents the people who have changed his life and the...
release : 1999.05.27popularis : 1.809
Dreaming
Unemployed Ayrshire teenager Sammy Nelson is a dreamer, using his vivid imagination to conjure up a gallery of heroes. But far from simply providing...
release : 1991.03.24popularis : 0.408
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party. Bonding over music, a friendship and songwriting...
release : 2024.03.15popularis : 1.519
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland
'Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland' chronicles Billy's 40 date concert tour and is a personal celebration of Scotland, seen through the eyes of...
release : 1994.07.12popularis : 2.03
Dying Laughing
The craft, creative process and complicated lives of Stand-up Comedians.
release : 2017.02.24popularis : 3.257
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and...
release : 2004.12.16popularis : 26.283
Wild Oats
Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. She...
release : 2016.09.22popularis : 6.891
Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live
Stand-up legend, Billy Connolly returns in his ‘High Horse Tour’. Even at the age of 72, the legendary Scot has a wild and manic...
release : 2016.11.16popularis : 1.331
The Movie Life of George
When EMI refused to produce Monty Python's Life of Brian, George Harrison founded Handmade Pictures so that he could see the film. This is the story...
release : 1989.02.10popularis : 1.69
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
This documentary celebrates one of Britain’s greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over her remarkable 60-year career.
release : 2016.12.30popularis : 3.653
Deacon Brodie
Drama based on the true story of Deacon Brodie one of Scotland's most notorious criminals. In 1788 Deacon Brodie a master cabinet maker and town...
release : 1997.03.08popularis : 0.952
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
A BAFTA tribute celebrating the career of Billy Connolly.
release : 2002.12.22popularis : 2.642
Billy Connolly Live At Usher Hall
Concert from 1995 filmed during Billy's World Tour Of Scotland TV series , Live At The Usher Hall - Edinburgh.
release : 1995.10.17popularis : 0.679
Billy Connolly And Me
Fans from around the globe share anecdotes about how Billy Connolly inspired them, with contributions from Judi Dench, David Tennant, Andy Murray,...
release : 2017.04.18popularis : 2.147
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
Celebrating Billy Connolly's 75th birthday and 50 years in the business, three Scottish artists - John Byrne, Jack Vettriano and Rachel MacLean -...
release : 2017.06.14popularis : 2.782
Billy Connolly - One Night Stand/Down Under
Stand up comedy from Billy Connolly. Filmed live in Brisbane in April ‘99. It's Billy at his best - in front of a packed house - a brand new...
release : 1999.12.27popularis : 0.623
Overnight
Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches...
release : 2003.06.12popularis : 5.259
Live Aid
Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United...
release : 1985.07.13popularis : 4.681
Ronnie Drew: September Song
The name of the documentary comes from Drew's recording of "September Song", the Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson song made popular through recordings...
release : 2008.05.01popularis : 0.353
Laughs and Larrikins
Midday with Ray Martin from 1985 - 1993.
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 0.656
Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band
A profile of the Hippest band of the 60's and 70's as they prepare for a reunion gig.
release : 1997.10.25popularis : 0.905
Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages
Hailed as the UK’s most influential comedian of all time, legendary Scot Billy Connolly is coming to cinemas with this brilliant show from his...
release : 2019.10.10popularis : 1.438
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Christmas is coming to Ten Acre Field and Worzel Gummidge (Jon Pertwee) is determined to enjoy it in style. He goes searching for Aunt Sally (Una...
release : 1980.12.27popularis : 3.042
Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter
Billy Connolly returns to Glasgow’s famous Kings Theatre, where his journey into comedy first began, to talk life, death and laughter, in a no...
release : 2020.01.10popularis : 1.262
Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour
Billy Connolly takes you on a tour of his home in Florida. The journey is intercut with Billy reflecting on 25 years of distinctive and joyful global...
release : 2018.12.13popularis : 1.25
Scotland: Contains Strong Language
Schooled in Fife, coming of age in a rock ’n’ roll band, then finding her forte was directing temperamental actors, Cora Bissett is no...
release : 2020.04.04popularis : 1.493
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
This concert film was created for the London premiére launch of Live Aid on dvd in November 2004. It contains selected highlights of the...
release : 2005.07.13popularis : 6.3
Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing
Scottish documentary which tells the story of one of the greatest footballers of all time, Celtic's Jimmy Johnstone
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 0.48
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
In April 1986, inspired by the previous summer's bombastic Live Aid event and the success of Amnesty's first four Secret Policeman's Ball shows, the...
release : 1986.04.25popularis : 3.884
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC...
release : 1988.06.11popularis : 1.029
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
Gerry Rafferty, who died in January 2011, was one of Scotland's best-loved singer/songwriters, famous around the world for hits such as "Baker...
release : 2011.08.29popularis : 0.885
Billy Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic
Comedian, actor and national treasure, Billy Connolly, travels to the wilds of Arctic Canada to spend quality time by himself , with just his...
release : 1995.12.28popularis : 0.711
The Return of the Musketeers
It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt,...
release : 1989.04.12popularis : 6.617
Richard Thompson: Solitary Life
A portrait of Richard Thompson, co-founder of folk-rock group Fairport Convention and also an eminent singer/guitarist/songwriter in his own right.
release : 2003.02.02popularis : 0.937
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
As all-time comedy-great Sir Billy Connolly steps back from his legendary stand-up shows, this star-studded special celebrates Billy’s...
release : 2020.12.28popularis : 2.406
Billy Connolly: In Concert
Early stand-up television special starring Billy Connolly
release : 1978.05.01popularis : 0.927
Middleton's Changeling
Movie adaptation of the 17th century tragedy play, originally written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.
release : 1998.01.01popularis : 0.641
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Organized by Paul McCartney and the United Nations, these concerts were in response to the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge’s reign, where three million...
release : 1981.03.29popularis : 4.851