John Mackenzie

John Mackenzie

John Mackenzie was a Scottish film director perhaps best known for the 1980 gangster film The Long Good Friday. Born in Edinburgh, Mackenzie worked in British film from the late 1960s, first as an assistant director to Ken Loach on productions such as Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home, before becoming an independent director himself, going on to work in both the UK and the US.

  • Title: John Mackenzie
  • Popularity: 1.2278
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1932-08-16
  • Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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  • Also Known As: 존 맥켄지
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John Mackenzie Movies

  • 2006
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    Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday

    Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday

    6.6 2006 HD

    A documentary about the making of The Long Good Friday, including interviews with John Mackenzie, stars Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, producer Barry Hanson and Phil Meheux.

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  • 1987
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    The Fourth Protocol

    The Fourth Protocol

    6.314 1987 HD

    Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.

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  • 1985
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    A Sense of Freedom

    A Sense of Freedom

    6.4 1985 HD

    The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.

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  • 1980
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    The Long Good Friday

    The Long Good Friday

    7.2 1980 HD

    In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.

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  • 2003
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    Quicksand

    Quicksand

    4.726 2003 HD

    The workaholic head of the compliance section of a New York bank flies to Monaco to investigate unusual deposits from an offshore bank and meets a down-on-his-luck international film star who has become embroiled in criminal activities.

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  • 1983
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    The Honorary Consul

    The Honorary Consul

    5.795 1983 HD

    Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley Fortnum, a representative in Latin America who is trying to keep Revolution from occurring. He is also a remorseful alcoholic. Another person the doctor meets is Clara, whom he immediately falls in love with, but there is a problem: Clara is Charley's wife.

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  • 1992
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    Ruby

    Ruby

    5.4 1992 HD

    Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K.

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  • 2000
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    When the Sky Falls

    When the Sky Falls

    4.625 2000 HD

    Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate activities she found. Hampered by the system, a police consort is ineffectual at aiding her despite trying to step outside of the normal bounds. Kevin McNally plays her husband, who hates her activities and the danger in which she places herself. Nonetheless, he grudgingly admires her persistence and encourages her investigation.

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  • 1990
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    The Last of the Finest

    The Last of the Finest

    5.91 1990 HD

    An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).

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  • 1975
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    Just Another Saturday

    Just Another Saturday

    8 1975 HD

    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 the truth behind the costumes and songs.

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  • 1971
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    Unman, Wittering and Zigo

    Unman, Wittering and Zigo

    6.789 1971 HD

    A new schoolteacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his students, and he fears the same fate will befall him.

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  • 1972
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    Made

    Made

    5.5 1972 HD

    This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people – a local priest and a folk singer – each of whom wants to convert her to his own worldview. An elegy to a younger generation looking for something to believe in, Made co-stars hugely influential folk-rock musician Roy Harper in his screen debut. Produced by Joseph Janni – who previously made the astonishingly successful Poor Cow with White – directed by The Long Good Friday's John Mackenzie and featuring new songs specially composed by Harper.

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  • 1995
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    The Infiltrator

    The Infiltrator

    5.9 1995 HD

    In the early 1990s, an Israeli freelance journalist travels to Germany and uncovers a dangerously pervasive underground Neo-Nazi faction intent on bringing Nazism back to the forefront in Germany.

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  • 1976
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    The Elephants' Graveyard

    The Elephants' Graveyard

    7.2 1976 HD

    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, an older man who has told his wife he's working in a factory, but is in fact doing the same thing. The two men spend a day of friendship together, but what does the future offer them? And tonight is supposed to be pay night...

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  • 1977
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    Apaches

    Apaches

    6.471 1977 HD

    On an English farm, six reckless children play at being a fierce band of Apache warriors, unaware of the many dangers to which they are exposed. (Public information short film produced on behalf of the British Government to warn children living in rural areas about the risks of playing near farm machinery.)

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  • 1998
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    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

    6 1998 HD

    Fact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history

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  • 1996
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    Deadly Voyage

    Deadly Voyage

    5.4 1996 HD

    When stowaways are found on board a Russian cargo ship, some of the officers and crew decide to dispose of them at sea. The last time they had a stowaway on board, the ship was fined heavily and black marks entered into their records, when he made it off the ship into a foreign port.

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  • 1978
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    Red Shift

    Red Shift

    7.4 1978 HD

    Three men at three different times in history come to Mow Top hill in search of sanctuary from their troubles. A Roman soldier, a medieval rebel and a 1970s young man. Somehow they seem linked through an energy within the hill and an axe. Is history doomed to repeat itself or can loving another person free them?

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  • 1974
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    The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

    The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

    1 1974 HD

    In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. Their production before a live audience is intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags.

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  • 1981
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    Say No to Strangers

    Say No to Strangers

    7 1981 HD

    A short film to warn children of sexual predators.

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  • 1976
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    Double Dare

    Double Dare

    1 1976 HD

    Martin Ellis (Alan Dobie) is a blocked screenwriter who invites Helen, an actress (Kika Markham), to a hotel in central London to discuss an idea for a play he is writing with her in mind. As they discuss the play, Martin discovers that a businessman and an escort named Carol are sat at a nearby table and appear to be speaking lines from the as yet unwritten piece. Martin becomes anxious at what will eventually become of the girl, already knowing that the play will not have a happy resolution

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  • 1979
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    Just a Boys' Game

    Just a Boys' Game

    8 1979 HD

    Jake lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who was once the town's toughest hard man. Despite their hatred of each other, Jake's sole aim is to be as tough as the old man was. One day in Jake's life, as he drifts, drinks and fights, leads to a bleak realisation.

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  • 1986
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    Act of Vengeance

    Act of Vengeance

    5.6 1986 HD

    In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.

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  • 1993
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    Voyage

    Voyage

    4.9 1993 HD

    Morgan and Catherine Norvell have their future plans ready. In Monte Carlo, their sailboat is stocked. From there they are going to sail to Malta and live on the boat for a year. They have bought some real estate with an old ruin of a hotel on it, which they are going to rebuild. A few days before they are about to start, they meet Gil and Ronnie Freeland. They would give anything to join them for a couple of days on the sea, and no sooner said than done, all four of them are enjoying the sweet life on the boat. The Norvells soon discover that it was a big mistake to invite them on board...

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  • 1985
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    The Innocent

    The Innocent

    5.5 1985 HD

    A young Yorkshire boy struggles to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way – and that is only the half of it. The boy, Tim, also acts as a go-between for his friend Carns, who is having an affair with a married woman. Eventually, things start to sort themselves out, and Tim sees life getting more interesting when he and his friend Win slowly get a relationship going.

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  • 1968
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    Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

    Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

    1 1968 HD

    When an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.

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  • 1977
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    Talkin' Blues

    Talkin' Blues

    1 1977 HD

    John and Helen have moved into a house in Brixton, sourh London. John then gets to know a couple of his neighbours, his next door neighbour, who is black, and a white neighbour and his young leather-clad son.

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  • 1967
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    The Voices in the Park

    The Voices in the Park

    1 1967 HD

    The life and passions of a speaker at Hyde Park Corner.

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  • 1973
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    Shut Down

    Shut Down

    1 1973 HD

    During Wakes Week in the Potteries, the factory is deserted except for three electricians on an emergency maintenance job.

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  • 1974
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    Taking Leave

    Taking Leave

    1 1974 HD

    Mike comes home on leave from Ulster. After six years in the Army he has to decide whether to sign up again or not. His parents want him to leave the army and come home, but the family flare-ups and bickerings are not conducive to helping him choose.

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  • 1975
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    A Passage to England

    A Passage to England

    1 1975 HD

    Anand, his pretty cousin and their sick uncle are stranded in Amsterdam where they receive an offer to take them to England.

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  • 1971
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    One Brief Summer

    One Brief Summer

    5 1971 HD

    The story deals with the situation of a mature man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who comes into their lives.

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  • 1982
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    Paul McCartney - Take It Away

    Paul McCartney - Take It Away

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1969
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    There Is Also Tomorrow

    There Is Also Tomorrow

    1 1969 HD

    The commanding officer of a regiment handling nuclear missiles is shocked to see his daughter Sally on television taking part in a student demonstration.

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  • 1973
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    The Black Dog

    The Black Dog

    1 1973 HD

    A daughter visits her father after being estranged for 3 years and schemes to destroy his relationship with another woman.

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  • 1970
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    7.6 1970 HD

    Jo Jo is an Edinburgh Goodfella with a sharp mind and a cavalier attitude to law. In the bleak, edgy climate of the 1980's Jo Jo is seen by many on the estate as a hero; out-manoeuvring the police while supporting his close-knit family. What is it that draws the charming and confident Jo Jo to Lorraine, a vulnerable woman obsessed by Marilyn Monroe? What figure from his past is fuelling his fantasies and driving him towards darker crimes and the quicksand of heroin? Can Jo Jo look after himself when he doesn't know who he is?

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  • 1970
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    6.3 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

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  • 1970
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    6.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    An anthology of 1920s set plays and musicals, transmissioned from 10 September to 10 December 1968 on BBC One.

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