Marshall McLuhan

Acting

Marshall McLuhan

Born

1911-07-21 (115)

Place of birth

Edmonton, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

11 titles

Marshall McLuhan was born on July 21, 1911 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada as Herbert Marshall McLuhan. He was an actor and writer, known for Annie Hall (1977), Intercut (1980) and The Third Walker (1978). He was married to Corinne Lewis. He died on December 31, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Known for

Annie Hall poster
7.7

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

Annie Hall

1977

Buñuel in Hollywood poster
8.0

This documentary traces the relationship of Buñuel with American culture and Hollywood. The program proposes a chronological journey through the Aragonese filmmaker stays in the U.S., the characters he met, the films he made and he could never do. The program also includes new material-unpublished until 2012 - the Aragonese director filmed in the U.S. in the early 1940s and where he can be seen playing one of their children or enjoying a short holiday in a cottage.

Buñuel in Hollywood

2000

Beatles '64 poster
6.6

Featuring never-before-seen footage of the band and the legions of young fans who helped fuel their ascendance, follow McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Starr as they land in New York City in February 1964 and solidify their status as the biggest band in the world.

Beatles '64

2024

Twist poster
6.6

Combining rare and often hilarious archival footage with engaging interviews, this groovy documentary chronicles the evolution of the titular postwar rock ’n' roll dance craze that took America by storm. Featuring singers and musicians who helped define the phenomenon like Hank Ballard, Chubby Checker, and Joey Dee, as well as clips from TV shows like “American Bandstand,” TWIST tells the overlooked story of how shaking your hips went from being a sign of social degeneracy to the dance form that rocked the world.

Twist

1992

Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big AI, Big Brother poster
8.1

We are engulfed in a digital tsunami—a toxic mix of artificial intelligence, state and corporate surveillance, and social media addiction controlled by powerful algorithms. Digital Tsunami shows how these are all elements of a digital ecosystem that is changing us as humans—just as the prophetic media guru Marshall McLuhan predicted 60 years ago. The unexpected consequences of this digital revolution have created an urgent need for strategies for survival.

Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big AI, Big Brother

2025

This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage poster
9.0

Investigates the central ideas of Marshall McLuhan using pictorial techniques and including his own comments. Examines the reaction of others to his views and points out that his interest is the impact of electronic technology on the contemporary world.

This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

1967

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

1990s · 2 titles