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: December 2022
SLIVER (1993)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Phillip Noyce SCREENWRITER: Joe Eszterhas FILM STARS: Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker, Colleen Camp, Amanda Foreman, Martin Landau, Nina Foch, Nicholas Pryor COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Ira Levin TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Bantam … Continue reading
CHISUM (1970)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Andrew V. McLaglen SCREENWRITER: Andrew J. Fenady FILM STARS: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Ben Johnson, Patric Knowles, Geoffrey Deuel, Pamela McMyler, Glenn Corbett, Andrew Prine, Christopher George, Bruce Cabot, Richard Jaeckel, Lynda Day, Robert Donner, John … Continue reading
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: David Lean SCREENWRITER: Carl Foreman. Michael Wilson FILM STARS: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Percy Herbert COUNTRY: Great Britain / USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Pierre Boulle TYPE: … Continue reading
THE MAN CALLED NOON (1973)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Peter Collinson SCREENWRITER: Scot Finch, Antonio Recoder FILM STARS: Richard Crenna, Stephen Boyd, Rosanna Schiaffino, Farley Granger, Patty Shepard, Ángel del Pozo COUNTRY: Great Britain / Spain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Louis L’Amour TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Corgi … Continue reading
yep re Kirk … no one pushes Kirk around. His Bryna Production Company was involved with (partially funded) POG ..and…