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Encyclopedia > Gambit (film)

Gambit is a 1966 film starring Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine as two criminals involved in an elaborate plot to steal a priceless antiquity from millionaire Mr Shabandar, played by Herbert Lom. The film was directed by Ronald Neame from a screenplay by Jack Davies and Alvin Sargeant. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, CBE (born 14 March 1933), known professionally as Sir Michael Caine, is an English film actor. ... Shirley MacLaine, (born Shirley MacLean Beaty on April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia), is an Academy Award-winning American actress well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. ... Herbert Lom (born January 9, 1917) is an international film actor. ... Ronald Neame is a British film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter, and director. ...


The film is currently being remade and has an anticipated release date of 2006. It will star Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley as Harry Dean and Shabandar respectively. Colin Firth Colin Firth (born September 10, 1960) is a popular English actor. ... Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943) is a British-Indian actor. ...


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New gambit vs film pirates - Oct. 14, 2003 (580 words)
FILM and music piracy is a huge problem not just in the Philippines but in other countries as well.
Film and video pirates are bleeding them dry to the tune of billions of dollars a year, and the hemorrhage hasn't been stanched yet.
Film people now send "spies" into movie houses who are equipped with night-vision goggles, the better for them to catch pirates in the act of videotaping a film with a small camcorder.
A revolution in Russian filmmaking - Arts & Leisure - International Herald Tribune (945 words)
Films were lucky to premiere on 10 screens in Moscow because that's about how many of the grand Soviet cinemas were still showing movies.
In 2004, 86 Russian films were made, and in a few years the agency expects there will be 200 films a year.
It is a sign of the times that Faiziyev, 44, whose first, free-thinking short films were forbidden in the Soviet Union, would be accused by some Russian journalists of producing a "state-owned, patriotic movie" with his first full-length feature.
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