Site Notes
Of course I have not seen all the films here but I
have written a brief summary for nearly all the films.
For more recent films you will find a number of detailed reviews at
http://imdb.com. If you haven't
already discovered it this site is indispensable.
The AMG site
http://www.allmovie.com is good for summaries but doesn't have
external reviews. See the
Links page for more reviews
If you can, buy a copy of the now discontinued Microsoft Cinemania
97. Useful though now superseded by Internet sites.
The language of a film is that of the country unless otherwise
stated. The English title is given except where there isn't
one, or there are too many titles and to choose one might cause
confusion.
All accents e.g. circumflex, umlauts have been removed because they
become corrupted converting from database to html.
I should love to point out where a disabled actor plays a part but
most of the time I don't know.
If you consider my comments on a film are ill-judged then please
send your opinion and I'll include it.
It's quite difficult to decide whether to include some films in the
major or minor category and over the years this site has been online
there have arisen some contradictions. Also where a film comes
under two categories and one disability is major the other minor it
will show under both categories as major, and vice-versa.
The rating system is very rough and the main criterion has been the
quality of the film not its depiction of disability. The
"Recommended Films" are a better guideline.
Most spellings are in English English e.g. tumour not tumor, colour
not color but not film titles e.g. The Color of Money.
Comments on films from emails etc.
