agreed re SH. His autobiography "Wanderer" is one of the best film star autobios I have read, and I have…
Sterling Hayden was a remarkable actor and a very interesting person. His cameo in Dr Strangelove was essential to the…
It is truly a boring, pretentious movie. I always found a good litmus test to weed out film w-kers was…
Bader was an arsehole by all accounts, though his story was remarkable. I read the book when I was a…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
DISCLOSURE (1994)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Barry Levinson SCREENWRITER: Paul Attanasio FILM STARS: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall, Roma Maffia COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Michael Crichton TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Arrow THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1994 COUNTRY: Australia COVER: Paperback … Continue reading
BLADE RUNNER (1982)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott SCREENWRITER: Hampton Fancher, David Peoples FILM STARS: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Philip K. Dick TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Harper Collins THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1993 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT (1994)
THE FILM (Mini Series) DIRECTOR: Pedr James SCREENWRITER: David Lodge STARS: Paul Scofield, Ben Walden, John Mills, Tom Wilkinson, Pete Postlethwaite, Joan Sims COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Charles Dickens TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1994 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
THE WAR WAGON (1967)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Burt Kennedy SCREENWRITER: Clair Huffaker FILM STARS: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr., Keenan Wynn, Bruce Cabot, Gene Evans, Joanna Barnes, Bruce Dern, Sheb Wooley, Emilio Fernandez, Chuck Robertson, Hal Needham COUNTRY: USA … Continue reading
THE SHADOW RIDERS (1982)
THE FILM (Made for TV) FILM DIRECTOR: Andrew V. McLaglen SCREENWRITER: Jim Byrnes, Verne Nobles (uncredited) FILM STARS: Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Dominique Dunne, Katharine Ross, Ben Johnson, Scanlon Gail, Geoffrey Lewis, Jeff Osterhage, Gene Evans, R. G. Armstrong, Marshall … Continue reading
STAY AWAY, JOE (1968)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Peter Tewksbury SCREENWRITER: Michael A. Hoey, Burt Kennedy (uncredited) FILM STARS: Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell, Katy Jurado, Thomas Gomez, Henry Jones, L.Q. Jones, Quentin Dean, Anne Seymour, Douglas Henderson, Angus Duncan, Mike Lane, Susan … Continue reading
RAGTIME (1981)
THE FILM ILM DIRECTOR: Milos Forman SCREENWRITER: Michael Weller FILM STARS: James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Elizabeth McGovern, Moses Gunn, Mary Steenburgen, James Olson, Pat O’Brien, Mandy Patinkin, Donald O’Connor, Fran Drescher, Norman Mailer, Jeff Daniels COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: … Continue reading
LIFE AT THE TOP (1965)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ted Kotcheff SCREENWRITER: Mordecai Richler FILM STARS: Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman, Michael Craig, Donald Wolfit, Robert Morley, Margaret Johnston, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Nigel Davenport COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: John Brain TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT (1972)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: George Cukor SCREENWRITER: Jay Presson Allen, Hugh Wheeler FILM STARS: Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Stephens, Cindy Williams, Robert Flemyng, José Luis López Vázquez, Valerie White COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Graham Greene … Continue reading
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yep re Kirk … no one pushes Kirk around. His Bryna Production Company was involved with (partially funded) POG ..and…