Peter Barnes (Writing)

Free Lunch Society: Komm Komm Grundeinkommen

What would you do if your basic income was taken care of month after month? Would you stop working? Follow your passions? Take more risks? The four-figure sum that all four members of the Wardwell family receive each year from the Alaskan government’s crude oil profits goes towards a college fund for their children, something they would otherwise be unable to afford. Filmmaker Christian Tod, himself a fervent supporter of the idea, explores the model of an unconditional basic income and takes a look at trial systems already underway in the US, Canada and Namibia. Wandering the history of this utopia reminiscent of science fiction he eventually ends up in Switzerland, where the new system was voted on in 2016. In this multifaceted and highly entertaining documentary, Tod broaches life’s existential questions and fuels the debate on one of the most prevalent economic topics of our generation.

Release Date:2017-05-05

Character:Himself

Vote Count:8

The Moon and the Stars

1939: Rome stands on the brink of World War II. In the midst of this political and social tension famed producer Davide Rieta is making a major film. The two lead actors, the German woman Kristina Baumgarten and the English man James Clavel ace each others' initial antagonism and eventually fall in love. Meanwhile the fascist police are looking for an excuse to arrest the Jewish filmmaker and any other potential "troublemakers." The producer and his crew decide to make one final extraordinary effort to complete the film - against all odds.

Release Date:2007-02-02

Department:Writing

Job:Author

Vote Count:6

Arabian Nights

Targeted for assassination by his first wife and his evil brother, a young sultan must marry by the next full moon or he will lose his kingdom. His uncertainty over his newfound bride causes her to stall the sultan with a series of fantastic stories to ease the tension and stall her impending execution.

Release Date:2000-04-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:50

A Christmas Carol

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Release Date:1999-12-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:203

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

In a land of myth and magic, a forbidden love affair ignites an ancient war between the leprechauns and the trooping fairies. Jack Woods is appointed to restore harmony...but will peace prevail before the unthinkable happens?

Release Date:1999-11-07

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:93

Noah's Ark

In the Biblical story from Genesis, God floods the world as Noah rescues his family and the animals in a gigantic ark.

Release Date:1999-05-04

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:32

Alice in Wonderland

Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?

Release Date:1999-02-28

Department:Writing

Job:Teleplay

Vote Count:345

Merlin

A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes it.

Release Date:1998-04-26

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:277

Voices

A story about real life early 20th century British composer and music critic Philip Arnold Heseltine.

Release Date:1995-09-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:6

Hard Times

Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life with an outstanding cast and brilliant cinematography.

Release Date:1994-04-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Hard Times

Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life.

Release Date:1994-04-29

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:4

Enchanted April

When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for a quiet holiday. Joining the ladies is Caroline Dester, a young socialite, and Mrs. Fisher, an older aristocrat. Liberated from their daily routines, the four women ease into life in rural Italy, and each finds herself transformed by the experience.

Release Date:1991-11-27

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:68

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Three short plays celebrating people with disabilities.

Release Date:1989-11-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

The Spirit of Man

In pursuit of faith, God and the Devil, spells are cast, buckets of water thrown and men with black beards dance and sing.

Release Date:1989-08-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. It features interviews with Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Babe London, Marcel Marceau, Lucille Hardy (Ollie's wife), Bob Monkhouse, Hal Roach, Marvin T Hatley, Jack McCabe and many more.

Release Date:1974-12-21

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

The Ruling Class

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

Release Date:1972-09-13

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:84

Not With My Wife, You Don't

During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been killed in a plane crash. She soon discovers Scott is alive, but remains happily married to Curtis until Scott re-enters their lives 14 years later.

Release Date:1966-11-02

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:9

Ring of Spies

The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.

Release Date:1964-03-23

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:12

Offbeat

When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.

Release Date:1961-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:10

The Professionals

A renowned safecracker and his crew try to rob a bank by entering the vault through the sewer system.

Release Date:1960-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

The White Trap

Serving a jail sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Paul Langley makes several attempts to escape from prison, in order to clear his name. He also has other problems, his wife is about to go into labor with their first baby.

Release Date:1959-08-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2

Violent Moment

Douglas Baines, a wartime army deserter, is lying low in a shabby flat with his girlfriend Daisy and the couple's small son, Jiffy. Returning home with a toy for Jiffy's second birthday, he learns that Daisy has had the boy adopted. When she refuses to tell him where the boy is, he strangles Daisy and goes on the run.

Release Date:1959-03-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2