In this Omnibus film, Andre Previn asks the question, 'Who needs a conductor?' 'Conducting,' said Leonard Bernstein, 'is the only profession in the world where you get paid for having a fit in public!' Previn debunks many of the conventional myths that surround the subject, exposing the foibles, prejudices, insecurities and backstage dramas that the general public knows little of. The London Symphony Orchestra, led by John Georgiadis, plays excerpts from some of the most popular pieces in the concert repertoire, including Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, Bartok's Dance Suite and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.

Charismatic conductor and composer Andre Previn looks back at some of his greatest television moments, from thrilling performances of orchestral favourites by Mozart and Berlioz to his classic comedy encounter with Morecambe and Wise.

The tumultuous life of the controversial 1960s black revolutionary (and convicted murderer) Michael X is illustrated by a kaleidoscopic melding of sound and images. The radically discordant free jazz soundtrack provides a surreal counterpoint to the mix of newsreel and staged footage in this exhilarating experiment in documentary storytelling.

Unsettled by the preventable death of a coworker, filmmaker Haskell Wexler learns that sleep deprivation and long work hours are a deadly combination. Interweaving medical findings with personal accounts, his camera reveals how a 24/7 work culture affects all Americans.

Plot TBA. Described as an urban crime drama with aspects of social realism.

A music engineer helps a young music aficionado compose a beat for a once-in-lifetime competition in a mall where nothing ever happens.

Elementary school teacher Pobmek doesn't like kids, but his boyfriend Teacher Solar does, and he likes Solar more than enough to make up for it. When he suffers an accident, however, Solar is left with brain damage, reverting mentally at times to the age of seven. After he takes Nong Solar back home, there are days when Pobmek doesn't get any respite from children.

The conflicts of a married couple traveling with their children on vacation. The growing discomfort of the couple and the boys in the closed space and in the movement of a car, has an unexpected additional element at the end that will enhance the climate of fury.

A short 16mm movie based on my childhood memories of attending a reading of Everybody Needs a Rock, by Byrd Baylor. It was the question and answer session that really changed me.

Sir André Previn, born in Berlin in 1929, figures among the most prominent musicians of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He won four Academy Awards for his film scores, he composes concertos, musicals and operas. He conducts, arranges music, and is a renowned pianist, as well as a jazz musician. Previn’s first opera, ‚A Streetcar Named Desire’, based on Tennessee Williams’ play, successfully premiered in San Francisco, in 1998. Our film mirrors Sir Previn’s affinities to Europe as well as to the United States. He is at home in both worlds, with their rather different cultural realities.