Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
August 1, 2000Release Date
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
August 1, 2000Release Date
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Cast & Crew.

John Mills
Self

Hayley Mills
Self

Richard Attenborough
Self

Juliet Mills
Self

Jonathan Mills
Self

Mary Hayley Bell
Self

Dirk Bogarde
Self (archive footage)

Bryan Forbes
Self (archive footage)

Walt Disney
Self

Rex Harrison
Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self

Deborah Kerr
Self (archive footage)

Harry Andrews
Self (archive footage)

Vivien Leigh
Self (archive footage)

David Niven
Self (archive footage)

Nanette Newman
Self (archive footage)

Ernest Borgnine
Self (archive footage)

Montgomery Clift
Self (archive footage)

Laurence Olivier
Self (archive footage)

Tom Courtenay
Self (archive footage)

Angela Lansbury
Self (archive footage)

Karl Malden
Self (archive footage)

Stewart Granger
Self (archive footage)

Anthony Pelissier
Self (archive footage)

James Robertson Justice
Self (archive footage)

Michael Balcon
Self (archive footage)

Bernard Lee
Self (archive footage)

James Mason
Self (archive footage)

Anthony Quayle
Self (archive footage)

Denholm Elliott
Self (archive footage)

Dale Ishimoto
Self (archive footage)

Tyrone Power
Self (archive footage)

Marcus Dillistone
Director
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories is a British documentary film featuring 16mm color home movies shot by the actor Sir John Mills. It documents his life between 1946 and 1969, directed and edited by Marcus Dillistone and produced by his son Jonathan Mills. Commentary was provided by Sir John (who was over 90 years old at the time), Hayley Mills, Juliet Mills and Sir Richard Attenborough. His wife Mary Hayley Bell is also seen towards the end of the film listening to her husband singing at the piano. The scene was later to be screened in full when Sir John appeared on the Parkinson chat show.
The home movie clips date mainly from the 1950 and early 1960s and include appearances by Dirk Bogarde, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lionel Jeffries, Rex Harrison, Walt Disney, Jean Simmons, Harry Andrews, Tyrone Power and Stewart Granger. Some of the color footage was shot on the sets of black and white movies such as Ice-Cold in Alex (1958) and Dunkirk (1958). Marcus, who also edited the film, spent many hours matching Sir John's home movie location clips to the finished scenes in these movies.
Jonathan said "I immediately realised what could be made using these home movies β a unique way of telling my father's extraordinary life story."
The film was broadcast by the BBC in its Christmas schedule.
In 2002 the film was released on DVD and VHS video by ITV Studios Home Entertainment.