Lord of Misrule: The Autobiography of Christopher Lee

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Note: Lee was 'ghost-editor' on the above series, which was edited by the anthologist Michel Parry. Duncan, Pamela (9 November 2011). "Lee receives Bram Stoker award". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011 . Retrieved 10 January 2022. Return from Witch Mountain". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015 . Retrieved 15 August 2015. In addition to making films in the United Kingdom, Lee made films in mainland Europe: he appeared in two German films, Count Dracula (1970), where he again played the vampire count, and The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967). Other films in Europe he made include Castle of the Living Dead (1964) and Horror Express (1972). Lee was a producer of the horror film Nothing But the Night (1972), in which he starred. It was the first and last film he produced, as he did not enjoy the process. [89] Sir Christopher Lee: tributes to 'titan of cinema' ". BBC News. 11 June 2015 . Retrieved 22 March 2016.

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Trumbore, Dave (29 December 2011). "Christopher Lee Talks The Hobbit, Hugo and Dark Shadows". Collider. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013 . Retrieved 11 June 2021. Charlemagne Music Samples". Christopher Lee Web. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010 . Retrieved 4 October 2010. Interestingly, Lee was offered the role of Grand Moff Tarkin in the very first Star Wars film. He turned it down, and the role famously went to his friend Peter Cushing. Lee would later join the Star Wars franchise when he played Count Dooku in the prequel films. Some might argue that Cushing got the better deal of the two. One of Lee’s more underrated performances can be found in the equally underrated film Triage. Aside from adopting a Spanish accent for the role, and despite only appearing in the second half of the film, Lee also had to learn more dialogue than he’s ever had to learn for a role before, and this was when he was already 86 years old. Small wonder that Lee later remarked that he would no longer take on leading roles in films after that.

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With the amount of work Lee has done with Hammer Films, we can conclude that cooperating with them has paid off well. Income from Television Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016 . Retrieved 15 November 2020. Lee was a great actor who appeared in films such as The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and James Bond. He also appeared in a number of other films in addition to these franchises. The following are some of his films, along with their box office gross: Movies

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Throughout the book, the tone is warm, charming and conversational. It is in no way a chore to read and the impression it left me with was one of sitting down and being told stories by a grandfather of his past. Although Lee has some genuinely harrowing episodes in his life such as his wartime exploits in North Africa, his sense of humour is always evident and there were times when I had to sit the book down due to laughing so much! Real life film stars who have put in an appearance" (PDF). Sloane Square (September 2020): 58. 2020.

His roles in the films Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969), and Scars of Dracula (1970) all gave the Count very little to do. Lee said in an interview in 2005, "all they do is write a story and try and fit the character in somewhere, which is very clear when you see the films. They gave me nothing to do! I pleaded with Hammer to let me use some of the lines that Bram Stoker had written. Occasionally, I sneaked one in." [72] He starred in two further Dracula films for Hammer in the early 1970s, both of which attempted to bring the character into the modern-day era. These were not commercially successful: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) and The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973). The latter film was tentatively titled Dracula Is Dead... and Well and Living in London, a parody of the stage and film musical revue Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, but Lee was not amused. Speaking at a press conference in 1973 to announce the film, Lee said, "I'm doing it under protest. I think it is fatuous. I can think of twenty adjectives – fatuous, pointless, absurd. It's not a comedy, but it's got a comic title. I don't see the point." [87] The Satanic Rites of Dracula was the last Dracula film in which Lee played the Dracula role, as he felt he had played the part too many times and that the films had deteriorated in quality. [88]

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Lee, Christopher. "My Music: 'It's been the greatest regret of my life: I still believe I was born to be an opera singer' ". Gramophone . Retrieved 26 September 2022.

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