Magee, Patrick

Overview

Works:	102 works in 670 publications in 7 languages and 13,930 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Film adaptations Television adaptations History Biographical films Historical films Made-for-TV movies Science fiction films Televised plays Sports films
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Narrator, Author, Costume designer, Other, Contributor
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Patrick Magee

A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick( Visual )

181 editions published between 1971 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 4,213 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Depicts a harrowing journey through a near-future world of decaying cities, murderous adolescents and nightmarish technologies of punishment and crime

Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick( Visual )

115 editions published between 1975 and 2016 in 8 languages and held by 2,029 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The rise and fall of a young 18th century Irishman bent on achieving fame and fortune, mainly by marriage

Chariots of Fire by Hugh Hudson( Visual )

13 editions published between 1981 and 2013 in English and held by 2,007 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a Sunday, refuses to run despite pressure from the Olympic committee. A compromise is reached when a nobleman allows Eric to compete in his 400 meter slot. Eric and Harold win their respective races and go on to achieve fame as missionary and businessman/athletic advocate, respectively

Luther by Kari Tikka( Visual )

19 editions published between 1973 and 2015 in English and held by 802 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Luther compresses nearly two decades into a provocative character study that parallels Martin Luther's deepening religious dilemmas with the irresolvable earthly anxieties that shaped his beliefs and his rebellious search for truth. We're introduced to Luther as a young monk in 1506, as he defends his vows to his jealous and disapproving father (Patrick McGee). But as Luther's religious commitment deepens, his faith in an increasingly commercialized, politicized, and spiritually empty Papacy atrophies until, having preached against the medieval Catholic Church's hypocrisy, he is called to account by the very bishops he must denounce

King Lear by William Shakespeare( Visual )

25 editions published between 1974 and 2006 in English and held by 787 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm. Can a man undo his wrongs? Will Cordelia be saved? Or will the wheels of fate crush all in its way?

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade by Peter Weiss( Visual )

29 editions published between 1966 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 717 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The infamous Marquis de Sade, confined to an asylum, directs the other inmates in a re-enactment of the bloody assassination of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat

Mrs. Warren's profession by Bernard Shaw( Visual )

2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 520 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In the bonus play, "Mrs. Landfrey and her three children return to England after 18 years abroad, where a chance encounter with their traditionalist husband and father quickly entangles them in a series of comic events"--Container

The Trojan women by Michael Cacoyannis( Visual )

6 editions published between 1971 and 2004 in English and held by 455 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After the Greek victory in the Trojan War, all the Trojan warriors and princes are slain and the women and children are left to be divided among the conquerors. Beautiful Cassandra is betrothed against her will and despite her vanishing sanity. Andromache discovers that her son is to be executed to end her royal bloodline. Helen desperately wields the arrogant beauty that leveled a city as she pleads for her life. In the end, it is the enduring dignity and unfaltering strength of Hecuba, widowed queen of Troy, that makes cowards of Troy's captors

Cromwell by Ken Hughes( Visual )

7 editions published between 1970 and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 443 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Der erbitterte Kampf Oliver Cromwells gegen den englischen König Karl I. für Demokratie und Puritanismus, der mit der Hinrichtung des Monarchen endet. Durchschnittlicher Historienfilm in aufwendigem Dekor; dank der ausgezeichneten Darstellerleistungen eine annehmbare Unterhaltung

Dementia 13 by Francis Ford Coppola( Visual )

48 editions published between 1963 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 297 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A noble Irish family find themselves at the mercy of an axe-wielding killer and are made prisoners in their secluded ancestral castle

Seance on a wet afternoon by Bryan Forbes( Visual )

3 editions published between 1964 and 2004 in English and held by 199 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A mentally unstable medium and her weak-willed husband embark on a dubious kidnapping scheme

Galileo by Bertolt Brecht( Visual )

8 editions published between 1974 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Screen version of Bertolt Brecht's play about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church. By threatening him with torture, the Church forced him to recant his views in front of a tribunal, and sentenced him to house arrest. However, Galileo's trials and theories inspired others like Newton and Kepler to prove that the Earth was not the center of the Universe

Young winston by Richard Attenborough( Visual )

3 editions published between 2007 and 2011 in English and German and held by 100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Richard Attenborough's examination of the early life of Winston Churchill, up until his early days at Parliament, and before his marriage is a fascinating look at the formative years of one of the greatest politicians and most influential world leaders in recent history. This film has been newly remastered

Harold Pinter's The birthday party by Harold Pinter( Visual )

20 editions published between 1968 and 2015 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 97 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A failed individual seeks refuge at a seaside resort where he leads a childlike existence until two mysterious men arrive and carry him away

King Lear by William Shakespeare( Visual )

12 editions published between 1970 and 2005 in English and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shakespeare's tragedy of the conflict between parent and child, pride and wisdom, expectation and fulfillment

Five one-act plays by W. B Yeats( Recording )

1 edition published in 1966 in English and held by 85 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Asylum : a history of the mental institution in America by Sandy McLeod( Visual )

8 editions published between 1990 and 2006 in English and held by 83 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Inmates in the "House of Crazies" tell their personal horror stories to the facility's new, young administrator (Robert Powell), who must guess which one of the psychopaths was his predecessor

Great British speeches by John Graham( Recording )

9 editions published between 1971 and 1973 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tales from the crypt( Visual )

2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 73 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Vault of horror: Five unsuspecting hotel guests step out of an elevator into a vault deep underground. Trapped with no way out, each guest shares a gruesome story of an encounter with death. But as the stories unfold, the men begin to suspect that their presence in the vault is no coincidence, and they may have already found that the only way out is death

The young racers( Visual )

1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 61 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The wild angels: Heavenly Blues is the leader of a wild, roving band of leather-clad bikers. When his best friend, Loser, needs a new motorcycle, he tries to steal one from the police and is shot. Kidnapping their badly injured buddy from the hospital and causing pandemonium in the process, Blues and his friends believe they've set Loser free, but he dies not long after the escape. Staging a funeral and drunken orgy in a small town church, the gang flees is set upon by the enraged locals, leaving Blues alone to face the law